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Welcome to Aftermath, a worker-owned, reader-supported news site covering video games, the internet, and the cultures that surround them. Just launched today.

The 26-year-old Quake 2 just got the remaster of my dreams, plus a big expansion (www.pcgamer.com)

Microsoft expected to finally buy Activision Blizzard next week (www.eurogamer.net)

Epic Games Cutting 870 Jobs, 16 Percent Of Its Workforce, also selling Bandcamp (kotaku.com)

Unity CEO John Riccitiello Steps Down After Pricing Blowup (www.wired.com)

Unity reportedly told dev Planned Parenthood and children's hospital are "not valid charities" (www.gamesindustry.biz)

Developers of indie puzzle game Orgynizer have claimed that Unity said organisations like Planned Parenthood are “not valid charities” and are instead “political groups.”...

I'm so glad I waited nearly 3 years to play Cyberpunk 2077, but I dread the fact that this is our new normal (www.pcgamer.com)

How did we get here?

Xbox users call out Activision and Microsoft for "vomit inducing" full-screen Modern Warfare 3 ad (www.eurogamer.net)

Looking for games with strong female leads for my daughter (even just to watch as I play). Came across this link, but they're a bit age-inappropriate. Any suggestions from the community? (gameranx.com)

Edit: Daughter is only 5 so she’s unlikely to play much but she watches me and as long as it’s not too violent, it should be fine

Use of AMD Anti-Lag+ technology in Counter Strike 2 will result in a VAC Ban, Valve confirms (videocardz.com)

AMD has made an oversight in implementing their new technology that poses a significant issue for Counter Strike 2 players who have opted to utilize AMD’s AntiLag+. Recently, AMD introduced a new 23.10.1 driver allowing players to access this technology in the game. However, it has now been confirmed that utilizing this...

After earning $544 million in its most recent quarter, Unity says even more layoffs are 'likely' (www.pcgamer.com)

Worst fear confirmed: You can't launch Modern Warfare 3 without first launching Modern Warfare 2 (www.pcgamer.com)

The Escapist murica-fires Editor-in-Chief - loses Yahtzee Croshaw and entire video team in hours (twitter.com)

Fired or resigned, extremely incomplete list:...

Minecraft's recent EULA changes place heavy restrictions on Java servers (twitter.com)

Just spreading awareness about whatever the fuck Mojang thinks they’re doing. Given their enforcement of the EULA, or the lack thereof, this probably isn’t going to have as huge of an impact, but I think it’s still something worth talking about....

Steam Deck OLED announced (www.steamdeck.com)

New OLED screen. New APU. And lots of small hardware improvements.

Unity issue an apology on Twitter for "confusion and angst" over the runtime fee policy. (nitter.net)

We have heard you. We apologize for the confusion and angst the runtime fee policy we announced on Tuesday caused. We are listening, talking to our team members, community, customers, and partners, and will be making changes to the policy. We will share an update in a couple of days. Thank you for your honest and critical...

Idris Elba: Actors in video games like Phantom Liberty is 'sign of the times' (www.bbc.com)

Idris Elba, who stars in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, sees a future where films and games converge.

Fallout 4 has been released on GOG (www.gog.com)

Sega of America accused of trying to axe 40 percent of unionized staff (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Cities: Skylines 2 is turning deadly and will launch with new natural disasters (www.techradar.com)

The official Lord of the Rings special effects studio is making a cozy hobbit game (www.pcgamer.com)

Stray is being turned into a movie (www.theverge.com)

Stray, the hit Annapurna Interactive game starring a cat, is getting a “feature adaptation” from Annapurna Animation, according to a press release. Annapurna didn’t share much else about the movie — we still don’t know when it might come out or what it might look like — but if you were a fan of the game and looking...

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