Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios ( www.pcgamer.com )
Sony backs down on demand that Helldivers 2 players log into a PSN account ( www.pcgamer.com )
Study finds a quarter of all webpages from 2013 to 2023 no longer exist ( www.pcgamer.com )
The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEO ( www.pcgamer.com )
Stellaris gets a DLC about AI that features AI-created voices, director insists it's 'ethical' and 'we're pretty good at exploring dystopian sci-fi and don't want to end up there ourselves' ( www.pcgamer.com )
Ultrakill dev says it's fine to pirate his game if you don't have money to spare: 'Culture shouldn't exist only for those who can afford it' ( www.pcgamer.com )
I actually bought ultrakill but now I have an even bigger respect for the chad that is Hakita
Catholic 'media ministry' defrocks AWOL AI priest after it told faithful you can baptise babies in Gatorade and that, sure, it can totally perform your wedding ( www.pcgamer.com )
Helldivers 2 remains delisted in 177 countries and territories even as Sony backs down on PSN requirement, Arrowhead CEO says 'I won't rest in my desire to have it available everywhere' ( www.pcgamer.com )
Old School RuneScape player says 'see ya at a million!' after pickpocketing 500,000 NPCs in a doomed quest for treasure under multiple self-imposed restrictions ( www.pcgamer.com )
Eat_my_yarmulke is on a quest to complete the easy treasure trail collection log (OSRS lets players track the drops they get from the game's various activities via logs, which turn green when completed), but they're also operating under multiple self-imposed restrictions. For one thing, they're playing on Ironman Mode, which...
Kerbal Space Program fans react with anger over Intercept Games closure, and you know what that means: Review bombing on Steam ( www.pcgamer.com )
A Tekken 8 streamer spent almost a week using a one-button mashing bot to prove that Eddy Gordo is as big a menace as ever ( www.pcgamer.com )
That is honestly hilarious from a old, old used to play Tekken player.
I'm so annoyed that they're calling the new hobbit game 'A The Lord of the Rings Game' ( www.pcgamer.com )
President of Xbox at Microsoft asked about the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, spends close to a minute saying almost nothing ( www.pcgamer.com )
Casper Van Dien geeks out over Helldivers 2's references and gives it a patriotic 10/10—'such a tribute to Starship Troopers it's really quite wonderful' ( www.pcgamer.com )
Don't say Manor Lords was made by a 'solo developer,' argues competing city builder maker: 'The team size on it is maybe even larger than ours' ( www.pcgamer.com )
'We have not confirmed any instance of Vanguard bricking anyone's hardware' following its League of Legends rollout, Riot says, but there are definitely problems for some players ( www.pcgamer.com )
Redfall's devs were reportedly building out its massively delayed Hero Pass content 'very recently'—before Microsoft closed Arkane Austin for good ( www.pcgamer.com )
Arrowhead initially planned to make Helldivers 2 in 3 years—instead it took 7 years, 11 months, and 26 days ( www.pcgamer.com )
Russian Twitch streamer sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for criticizing the invasion of Ukraine ( www.pcgamer.com )
The Divinity: Original Sin board game took 6 years to make because Larian was determined to do right by the series ( www.pcgamer.com )
FromSoftware says Elden Ring's popular Seamless Co-op mod is 'definitely not something we actively oppose,' and may even 'consider ideas like that with our future games' ( www.pcgamer.com )
Fallout 4's most popular mods are now ones that remove Bethesda's disastrous 'next gen' update ( www.pcgamer.com )
The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cook ( www.pcgamer.com )
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