20 years ago, Dead Rising showed a different path for open worlds, and more games should pinch its ideas | Gaming

Photojournalist Frank West is heli-dropped into the Willamette Parkview mall, following a tip-off that there’s something sinister going down in the sleepy Colorado town. Impressively undeterred by the sight of…

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Filming has wrapped on Garland’s Elden Ring movie just 6 months after it started, according to a now deleted instagram post | Gaming

It seems like it was only yesterday we were getting leaks from the Elden Ring film set, and now you’re telling me Alex Garland and co have wrapped filming? Time…

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EA expect their $55 billion sale to Saudi Arabia and private equity firms to close next week, with “all regulatory approvals required” in place | Gaming

About a week on from getting the thumbs up from the European Commission, the $55 billion leveraged buyout which will see Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner-founded investment firm…

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Xbox’s Four Priorities Detailed By Asha Sharma After Major ‘Reset’ | Gaming

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has outline her plans to get the brand back on track. In a memo obtained by The Verge, she detailed four key priorities she believes will…

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Sony vows to press on with discless plans, saying “digitalization is progressing” across all media despite heavy protest from players | Gaming

Sony has been asked about its decision to kill off physical media in PlayStation’s latest earnings call. The company, which announced that it will be ending the production and sale…

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Book Review: Bimbo Agitprop by Raquelle Jac | News World

I just received a copy of Raquelle Jac’s comic Bimbo Agitprop in the mail. I’m supposed to review it. But what do I say? I don’t review a lot of…

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To escalate its relationship-straining putting contests, Golf With Your Friends 2 is turning to chaos and custom courses | Gaming

Before friendslop, there was friendgolf. Sorry, Golf With Your Friends. Released in early access in 2016, Blacklight Interactive’s devilishly competitive crazy golf sim ended up joining Among Us as a…

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella promise Xbox will “return to growth” by the end of FY27 — What went wrong last fiscal? | Gaming

Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled its fiscal performance for the past year, and most segments were up, save for Windows and Xbox. Microsoft’s consumer-oriented segments saw material declines, albeit coming in slightly…

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Roblox Q2 revenue rises 36% to $1.5bn | Gaming

Roblox has announced its second-quarter financial results, highlighting substantial year-over-year revenue growth, despite a minor shortfall in net bookings. Here’s what you need to know: The numbers For the three…

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The voice of Lady D and Orin the Red will be back for the next D&D videogame | Gaming

Baldur’s Gate 3 proved that the rules of Dungeons & Dragons, with some tweaks, make a brilliant framework for a videogame RPG. And yet Wizards of the Coast seems intent…

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Rideshare “Stimulator” is an Uber driver sim set in a city full of weirdos that I’m hoping is satirical enough to pull the concept off | Gaming

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 developer Saber Interactive clearly like to keep themselves busy, as today they’ve announced the next game that they’re publishing. It’s called Rideshare “Stimulator” (I…

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Xbox Revenue Falls 7% to $21.8B Despite 200M Players [2026] | Gaming

Microsoft told investors something that sounds like it shouldn’t be possible: Xbox picked up more than 200 million new players in fiscal year 2026, and the business got smaller anyway….

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Helldivers 2’s Warhammer 40k warbond finally gets a release date, will let you bust out the meltaguns and meltamines | Gaming

After tease upon tease upon tease, Helldivers 2‘s Warhammer 40k crossover warbond will finally arrive on August 12th. If you splash out for it, you’ll get a box of gear,…

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Four C’s of Xbox’s future outlined in new CEO memo | Gaming

The future of Xbox will be determined by four C’s: Core, content, creation, connection. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES With FY26 now closed and the games division seeing a -$1.7…

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Marvel Icon Frank Miller Seals ‘Spider-Man’ With Stamp of Approval | News World

While it’s earned plenty of praise in its release week, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” got a particularly energizing stamp of approval from comics legend Frank Miller on Thursday, who after…

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Halo: Campaign Evolved doesn’t have split-screen on PC, but this mod fixes that, if you’re willing to look past some quirks | Gaming

Halo: Campaign Evolved is officially available now across PC and consoles. All versions are nearly identical in their feature sets. Nearly. That’s because the PC version does not support split-screen…

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Midnight Moments is a cyberpunk diorama builder for the neon sign and drizzly rain lovers | Gaming

I’m finding the relatively recent trend of supposedly calming diorama builders in games to be an interesting one in that there’s a clear desire amongst creatively inclined folks to…

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MSFT’s Xbox Has A 2030 Goal — Microsoft’s Gaming Unit CEO Reportedly Wants To Top Sony And Nintendo On Margins | Gaming

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma outlined a turnaround plan focused on accelerating growth, expanding franchises and lifting margins. Xbox’s new chief laid out a multi-year roadmap aimed at accelerating player growth,…

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AppMagic: Pokémon Go generates $48.5m during 10th anniversary celebrations | Gaming

Pokémon Go generated over $48.5 million in in-app purchase revenue during its 10th anniversary week, according to AppMagic data. This increase occurred during the Road to Legends event, held from…

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The mod we called ‘the best Fallout game you’ll play this year’ back in 2018 just launched on GOG | Gaming

Fallout 4 remaster, Fallout: New Vegas remaster, Fallout 5, Fallout 3 prequel for Fallout 76, Fallout (the TV series) Season 3, and whatever Fallout game Obsidian is now working on……

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Your most powerful Necron unit in Dawn of War 4 is a sentient shard of a dead star god, and boy does he hate you | Gaming

In Dawn of War 4, each faction can field a massive endgame unit that basically dwarfs everything else on the battlefield. For instance, the machine-loving techpriests of the Adeptus Mechanicus,…

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A Microsoft Flight Simulator Cinderella Story: Building the A220 Airliner | Gaming

Earlier this week, Synaptic Simulations, a small team of young developers only a few years out of high school, launched their first product on the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace:…

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Tucson Now: AZPM hosts free comic book class for kids | News World

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – As part of an Arizona Illustrated, AZPM will be holding a free comic book class for kids at the Wheeler Taft Abbet Sr. Library on…

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Machine Party, out now, is masochistic Mario Party from the dev that brought you Buckshot Roulette | Gaming

There is an obvious humour to be found in the contrast between the visual presentation of Mario Party and the agita and unbridled rage it brings out in people….

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Thimbleweed Park 2 is “not really a sequel, not really a prequel,” but it is in development and due out in 2028 | Gaming

Hark! I bring word of some good news for those of you with an appetite for adventure games with tasty pixel art. You may remember that Monkey Island creator…

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Xbox expected to vaguely ‘return to growth’ this year in FY27 | Gaming

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that Xbox is expected to “return to growth” in FY27, but what does that actually mean? VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES Microsoft has pulled all…

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Path of Exile 2 finally has a fix for two of its longest-lasting, and most frustrating, technical problems | Gaming

Path of Exile 2 finally has a fix for two of its longest-lasting and most frustrating technical problems, with director Jonathan Rogers celebrating the occasion by popping open a bottle…

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‘We are not looking to just maintain’ Elder Scrolls Online, new ZeniMax boss says, but a bunch of updates have been delayed into 2027 and possibly beyond | Gaming

New ZeniMax Online Studios co-head Nick Giacomini says that despite deep cuts at the studio as part of the most recent round of Xbox layoffs, The Elder Scrolls Online “is…

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Analyst data: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey experiences surge in daily active users following Christopher Nolan film | Gaming

Following the release of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey film on July 17, daily active users of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey increased significantly across all platforms. Despite limited promotion from Ubisoft, aside from…

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Retrace The Light Brings Stylish Sci-Fi Action And Mind-Bending Combat To Xbox | Gaming

Retrace the light – out now on Xbox The future is broken, memories have been lost, and reality itself has become a battlefield. Welcome to Retrace The Light, a new…

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