Dr Disrespect fired by the game studio he co-founded: 'It is our duty to act with dignity on behalf of all individuals involved' (www.pcgamer.com)
Valve has now filed for a trademark for Deadlock, the hero shooter it refuses to admit exists (www.pcgamer.com)
'This is only the beginning': Metal Gear Solid fans lose their minds as David Hayter returns to voice Solid Snake in a new teaser (www.pcgamer.com)
PC gaming is mainstream. Now what? (www.pcgamer.com)
Fan-made Fallout 2 first-person remake now has over 100 developers working on it, and is targeting a Steam release while making 'fast progress' (www.pcgamer.com)
Star Wars Outlaws' $110 and $130 editions prompt a collective sigh from potential players tired of season passes and ill-advised early access periods (www.pcgamer.com)
Just more nickel and diming of gamers…
The makers of Palworld are desperate to hire more developers: 'We are overwhelmingly short of people' (www.pcgamer.com)
Unity apologises. (www.pcgamer.com)
Wait, what? The Witcher 3 is getting its own official mod editor after eight long years (www.pcgamer.com)
Websites stole and monetized a free browser game, so the designer replaced it with Goatse (www.pcgamer.com)
"It has been one of my greatest achievements as a dev".
Blizzard bans 250,000 Overwatch 2 cheaters, says its AI that analyses voice chat is warning naughty players and can often 'correct negative behaviour immediately' (www.pcgamer.com)
Blizzard bans 250,000 Overwatch 2 cheaters, says its AI that analyses voice chat is warning naughty players and can often ‘correct negative behaviour immediately’::Overwatch 2 has not been having a good time of it in 2023. May brought the unwelcome news that Blizzard’s original plans for the game’s post-launch support...
Arrowhead initially planned to make Helldivers 2 in 3 years—instead it took 7 years, 11 months, and 26 days (www.pcgamer.com)
Microsoft's current OS has been shrunk to a ridiculous 100MB in size, but only by getting rid of windows from Windows (www.pcgamer.com)
No matter how many times they've declared PC gaming dead over the last 30 years, it's kept on kicking (www.pcgamer.com)
CCP reveals first details of survival game set on a single shard in the EVE universe, but wait: here comes the blockchain (www.pcgamer.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/16182791...
The official Lord of the Rings special effects studio is making a cozy hobbit game (www.pcgamer.com)
Nintendo is suing the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claims 'There is no lawful way to use Yuzu' (www.pcgamer.com)
Nintendo says Yuzu played a large role in encouraging piracy of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Intel CEO laments Nvidia's 'extraordinarily lucky' AI dominance, claims it coulda-woulda-shoulda have been Intel (www.pcgamer.com)
Intel CEO laments Nvidia’s ‘extraordinarily lucky’ AI dominance, claims it coulda-woulda-shoulda have been Intel::Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has taken a shot at his main rival in high performance computing, dismissing Nvidia’s success in providing GPUs for AI modelling as “extraordinarily lucky.” Gels
Why the original, 1999 version of EverQuest is still one of the best MMOs to play today (www.pcgamer.com)
Study finds a quarter of all webpages from 2013 to 2023 no longer exist (www.pcgamer.com)
Todd Howard says Bethesda's trying to 'increase our output' with Elder Scrolls and Fallout 'because we don't want to wait that long either' (www.pcgamer.com)
A Konami code variant in Castlevania has been discovered after a quarter of a century (www.pcgamer.com)
Power-mad modder puts Sonic the Hedgehog at the heart of the most tedious game ever made, so you can speed boost to the end in 3 straight hours instead of 8. (www.pcgamer.com)
The best MMOs in 2023 - PCGamer (www.pcgamer.com)
How Cyberpunk 2077 clawed its way back from disaster to complete one of the greatest redemption arcs in gaming history (www.pcgamer.com)
A 3-year breakdown of Cyberpunk's bugs, lawsuits, and the many, many patches that brought it back.
