Another Game Just Got Review-Bombed Into Dropping Controversial Login Requirement [ EDF 6 and requirement to Epic's login on Steam] (kotaku.com)
There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs — any damage is permanent (www.theverge.com)
Path of Exile blows up on Steam with the launch of its best update yet (www.pcgamesn.com)
Arc A750 vs RX 6600 GPU faceoff: Intel Alchemist takes on AMD RDNA 2 in the budget sector ["For most people, that makes the RX 6600 the better choice..." (www.tomshardware.com)
Actors' union 'not happy' about GTA 6 strike exemption, but confirms it's in the contract: 'Insane, but it's there' (www.pcgamer.com)
Castle Crashers DLC Announcement: Painter Boss Paradise (yt.artemislena.eu)
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World of Goo 2 - Official Trailer 2 (yt.artemislena.eu)
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Valve gives developers some big reasons to add a demo on Steam (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Phoenix Labs' Cancelled Cozy Crafting RPG Everhaven Was Almost Ready for Early Access - Simulation Daily (simulationdaily.com)
Dragon Age Veilguard is already Steam Deck verified (www.pcgamesn.com)
No Rest for the Wicked now Steam Deck Verified thanks to latest update (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Videogame Voice Actors in SAG-AFTRA Go On Strike Over AI Concerns (www.pastemagazine.com)
Fallout: London is out (www.gog.com)
Stormgate developers say they want to lower the RTS skill floor, not the skill ceiling: 'It's okay to be a high-skill game' (www.pcgamer.com)
Microsoft’s ‘World of Warcraft’ Gaming Staff Votes to Unionize (www.bloomberg.com)
It's official: International Olympic Committee votes to confirm the first Olympic Esports Games will happen in 2025, even if they don't know the games yet (www.pcgamer.com)
Warframe Players Have Baldur’s Gate 3 To Thank For New Romance System (kotaku.com)
Concord’s second free weekend on PS5 defies logic with 8% player drop [premise of what's coming to PC] (www.truetrophies.com)
Tekken 8 Interview: Why Harada Lied to Us and How Heihachi Found His Way Back to Tekken 8 [Harada: "we were kind of feeling that the players kind of missed him as well"] (www.ign.com)
Unreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performance (www.tomshardware.com)
Respawn Announces Changes to Apex Legends Battle Pass After Community Outcry - IGN (www.ign.com)
Conscript review [83/100] (www.pcgamer.com)
We're maybe one step closer to the Stellar Blade PC port, as a new Shift Up job listing indicates that the team is starting on it real soon. (www.pcgamesn.com)
Asus’ new ROG Ally software is broken. The brand new ACSE 1.5 software is entering a never ending install loop, but thankfully some ROG Ally owners have figured out a fix [also here in comments] (www.pcgamesn.com)
Find the Armoury Crate SE shortcut on the Windows desktop...