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28 mars
13h39
Embracer Group lets go of Borderlands maker for 460M after three years
Kevin Purdy
Swedish giant releases the largest piece of its Katamari like studio roll up.
27 mars
15h58
Microsoft opens a crack in console gaming’s decades-old walled garden
Kyle Orland
Competing marketplaces like the Epic Games Store could show up on Xbox in the future.
26 mars
18h53
Cities: Skylines 2 gets long-awaited official mod support and map editor
Kevin Purdy
Modding was seen as the most important next step by developer’s leader.
11h00
Super Mario Maker’s final boss was a fraud all along
Kyle Orland
Team declares a bittersweet victory as Trimming the Herbs’ creator comes clean.
22 mars
22h22
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is gritty, janky, goofy, tough, and lots of fun
Kevin Purdy
This epic RPG reminds us of Skyrim’s ambitious jank, but with way better combat.
20h08
Take a trip through gaming history with this charming GDC display
Kyle Orland
Come for the retro Will Wright photo, stay for the game with a pack in harmonica.
16h56
We’ve done our job : Baldur’s Gate 3 devs call off DLC and step away from D&D
Kevin Purdy
Larian boss says BG is a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
15h20
Switch emulator Suyu hit by GitLab DMCA, project lives on through self-hosting
Kyle Orland
Developer says there’s no way to confirm if Nintendo was involved in takedown.
21 mars
17h20
AMD promises big upscaling improvements and a future-proof API in FSR 3.1
Andrew Cunningham
API should help more games get future FSR improvements without a game update.
15h15
Super Mario Bros. Wonder devs created 2,000 game-altering Wonder Effect ideas
Kyle Orland
Anyone on the development team could submit an idea on a sticky note.
19 mars
10h30
The Super Mario Maker community faces its final boss
Kyle Orland
Team is struggling to clear Trimming the Herbs before an April server shutdown.
18 mars
22h10
Steam Families opens up game libraries for sharing, with a few caveats
Kevin Purdy
It’s a more simple and somewhat more liberal version of Family Sharing.
20h36
Playtron’s wildly ambitious gaming OS aims to unite stores, lure core casuals
Kevin Purdy
Headed by former Cyanogen CEO, it’s a Linux OS that might not be fully open.
19h37
Report: Sony stops producing PSVR2 amid surplus of unsold units
Kyle Orland
Pricy tethered headset falters after the modest success of original PSVR.
14 mars
19h37
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Edition debuts to stuffed servers, angry players
Kevin Purdy
Players eager to revisit all time shooters met with age old launch issues.
17h46
You a holes : Court docs reveal Epic CEO’s anger at Steam’s 30% fees
Kyle Orland
Unearthed emails show the fury that helped motivate Epic’s Games Store launch.
13 mars
18h00
Google’s new gaming AI aims past superhuman opponent and at obedient partner
Kyle Orland
New model can respond to natural language commands, even on games it has never seen.
12 mars
16h31
Lost, circa-2008 Timesplitters 4 prototype discovered on PS3 dev kit
Kyle Orland
Redditor paid a reported to rescue the unit and archive the game for posterity.
11 mars
16h22
Here’s how the makers of the Suyu Switch emulator plan to avoid getting sued
Kyle Orland
Dev says project is in a legal gray area we are trying to work our way out of...
10 mars
11h21
Sixty Four is a beautiful system design toy that reveals something rather dark
Kevin Purdy
Please do not load up this game if you have real tasks to accomplish, I beg you.