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A new report claims the firing of 34 developers by Rockstar Games for alleged "gross misconduct" followed a Discord discussion which cited emails about changes to the company's internal Slack policies. https://bit.ly/4hLZAJX
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Tower of Fantasy is quitting the gacha life as it, sort of, transitions into a regular MMO
Four years after it launched, the not-quite MMO Tower of Fantasy is introducing a server that makes it an almost fully fledged MMO after all.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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The former creative director of The Chinese Room's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has finally said the quiet part loud and agreed that the game really shouldn't have been called Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. https://bit.ly/47Y9GEu
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Climb a dark fantasy tower and find the sweepstakes code in the Pocketpair published looter-shooter Vision Quench
Vision Quench is a bit fantasy, a bit techy, and plenty weird, seeing you muck about with friends as you climb and shoot through a dark fantasy tower.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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TimeSplitters: Rewind, the fanmade sort of remake project, finally makes it into early access 13 years on
It may have taken 13 years, but the fanmade remake project TimeSplitters: Rewind has finally entered early access.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Valve have confirmed, or reaffirmed, that the Steam Machine's yet-to-be-revealed price will be in line with a regular PC built to similar specs. https://bit.ly/4p2i103
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The Blood of Dawnwalker has no main quest, apparently, and now I'm a lot more interested in playing it
Shucking any notion of genre conventions, The Blood of Dawnwalker won't feature any kind of main quest.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Constance, a lovely looking hand-drawn metroidvania about creatively fighting your inner demons, is out now
If you're in need of another, very pretty, hand-drawn metroidvania after your bout with Silksong, then Constance is here to help you out.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Reflections In Red is a new Thief fan level based on a very stupid castle from the Arkane Lyon dev behind The Black Parade
The Arkane Lyon level designer who led standalone mod project Thief: The Black Parade returns with a spooky mansion heist for Thief 2.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Rockstar fired unionising GTA 6 devs following Discord chat about new company Slack policy, claims report
Rockstar's firing of unionising GTA 6 developers followed a Discord discussion which quoted a new company Slack policy, claims a new report.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 should have been called something else, agrees former creative director
The former creative director of The Chinese Room's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has finally said the quiet part loud.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Valve confirm the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC with similar specs, rather than a console
Valve have confirmed the Steam Machine's price will be comparable to a custom-built PC with similar performance, rather than subsidised like a console.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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The Crew Unlimited devs have prevented the Ubisoft racer's "3rd imminent death", this time via a "Y29K" bug
The Crew revival project The Crew Unlimited's developers have found a way to work around a date bug which would have seen the game stop working in 2029.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The Fallout TV Show season 2's NCR ranger power armour has already arrived in Fallout 4 thanks to modders
A new Fallout 4 mod adds the NCR ranger power armour seen in the latest trailer for the Fallout TV Show's second season to Bethesda's RPG.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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This week in PC games: warriors, painters, roguelikes, sailors, shotguns, subs and metroidvanias
A.I.L.A, Red Rogue Sea, Primal Fray, Constance, Kings Of Hell and Death In Abyss are a few of this week's new PC releases.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Celebrate the fictitious 35th anniversary of Ruin, a faux point-and-click adventure game that never was
The version of Ruin that it pretends to be might not exist, but an intriguing experience still awaits within it.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Who knows if we'll ever get another Hollow Knight, but if we do, you can expect them to be as standalone as Silksong
Hollow Knight: Silksong more sits beside the original game that it does continue on from it, and you can expect the same from future hypothetical sequels.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Varsapura adds some flashy-but-plain-looking, pyschic action to miHoYo's Genshin Impact formula in its first gameplay trailer
Varsapura is the next open-world game from Genshin Impact maker miHoYo, and it's looking just fine.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Hytale gets a cheap price point, all because its devs don't think the game is good yet
Hytale won't set you back very much whenever it comes out, all because its devs think that the game needs some improvements first.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is free to keep forever on Steam, as long as you're quick about it
You've not got all that long, but Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is currently free to keep forever on Steam.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord War Sails designer on ships that mimic horse archers and dredging for inspiration in French bogs
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord design team lead Gökçen Karaağaç spoke ot us about the process of putting together the War Sails expansion's unique faction ships.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Seasons Of Solitude is a wistful turn-based strategy game with constantly changing prehistoric maps
Based on Estonian myths, Seasons Of Solitude challenges you to survive in a prehistoric wilderness without reducing the map to a wasteland.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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PUBG: Black Budget is an extraction shooter spin-off with an island trapped in time loop of supernatural munching
Krafton have revealed PUBG: Black Budget, an extraction shooter spin-off of the battle royale game, begins closed alpha testing in December,
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November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake project has more leaks than the Cutty Sark after a voyage through the legendary Sea of Cheesegraters, with the latest news suggesting a release March 23rd 2026. https://bit.ly/3K735OX
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake will release in March 2026, according to the latest whispers
Ubisoft's long-rumoured remake of the fan-favourite nautical Assassin's Creed will launch in March next year, according to reports.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM