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What is the most terrifying RTS game unit to be up against?

My vote is monk from age of empires 2. These dudes can walk up and stare at your friend chanting for a bit, then suddenly they turn around and attack you. That’s horrifying.

RDR1 - Where to play best? Switch, PS4...or Steam Deck?

Hi guys! So I happen to still own all these three devices, and I just saw RDR1 just dropped on the first two. Which device would you advice to play it on? Is it looking any better on PS4? Is it playing decently on the Deck yet? What’s your advice on this?...

What Happened to Dolphin on Steam? (dolphin-emu.org)

Paradox Lays Off Entire Studio Before Its Game Was Even Released (aftermath.site)

Microsoft announces a disc-less Xbox Series X console in white (www.theverge.com)

The new console option won’t include a disc drive, and will be entirely all-digital. Inside it’s identical to the Xbox Series X, with the same performance for existing Xbox games. This new white model will be available with 1TB of storage later this year, priced at $449.99....

Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio (www.theverge.com)

AI NPCs Have Potential, But Not The Kind Big Video Game Companies Want (aftermath.site)

EA will spend over $125 million laying off 5 percent of its workforce (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Riot Games Now Requires Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Software for League of Legends, Following Valorant's Implementation (tuta.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10958052...

GTA 6 and Alan Wake parent companies are locked in a trademark dispute over the letter ‘R’ (www.gamesradar.com)

Google Loses Antitrust Case Brought by Epic Games (archive.ph)

Original (pay-walled): wsj.com/…/google-loses-antitrust-case-brought-by-…

Introducing Steam Deck OLED (store.steampowered.com)

A high dynamic range screen, a longer-lasting battery, faster downloads, and much more

Anyone feels like almost all modern online games are boring?

I don’t feel compeled to play any online game at the moment except if a friend asks me to play with them. Even then, the only part where I am having fun is when some weird shenanigens happen which doesn’t happen at all given how sanetized and “ballanced” games are. I just want to see a funny ragdoll fly off one side of...

Looking for retro adventure games

i recently played Syberia, Resonance, The Samaritan Paradox and Lamplight City. I’m looking for games along the same direction: 90s/2000s style adventure games. It could be really old games or also retro ones that have been released recently....

EA is making a single-player Black Panther game (www.theverge.com)

What games have great cinematography?

I’ve come to really appreciate when games aren’t merely graphically pretty, but that they also take great care with their use of camera angles and animation in general. I speak particularly of cutscenes and dialogue, but frankly this question applies to the entire game....

Larian publishing director on mass layoffs: 'None of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt. They were just at risk of pissing off the shareholders' (www.pcgamer.com)

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