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Capitalism Innit | Ubisoft argues The Crew players should've realised they weren't paying for "unfettered ownership" of a game and whips out the phrase "inactionable puffery" about some words on a box

Ubi's lawyers aren't fans of folks suggesting the slogan "Never Drive Alone" should be legally binding.

April 10, 2025 Mark Warren

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Switch Goal-ts | As Goat Sim’s devs host a Goat Direct the day before Nintendo’s pretty low-key Switch 2 Direct, they're keen to include the new console in their plan to have Pilgor "on everything"

"Now I think we're on like 10 or 11 platforms, so what's one more?"

April 1, 2025 Mark Warren

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Leonidown | GTA modder behind "Project Vice" mod that re-created GTA 6's map in GTA 5 opts to take down download links to it after Take-Two claims YouTube video

"[Take-Two] didn't ask me to, but I think it's smarter to get out in front of them, rather than waiting for their email."

March 24, 2025 Mark Warren

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Casino Claw-fuffle? | Fresh Fallout TV show season 2 set leaks appear to show evidence of the New Vegas Strip being attacked by something that isn't an army of blokes in togas

It looks like someone might have not run fast enough through Quarry Junction.

March 18, 2025 Mark Warren

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Vice Vice Baby | Desperate to play GTA 6 before GTA 6? Well, the mod bringing its map to GTA 5 is now "done" and out in non-PS2 graphics form

Project Vice even features with some billboards with cheeky jokes, to really try and nail the Rockstar experience.

March 17, 2025 Mark Warren

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Mankar Comingoran | UPDATE: That official Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake could reportedly release very soon, with a leaker claiming a shadow drop next month "is possible"

Someone go and warn the people of Kvatch, they've probably just finished un-scorching all of their houses.

March 14, 2025 Mark Warren

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Stripped Away | Fresh Fallout TV show set leaks appear to give us our first up-close look at the Lucky 38, and if they do, someone needs to tell Mr House his tower's been nicked

Don't look at me, I've already pushed his luck by refusing to hand over a certain chip.

March 10, 2025 Mark Warren

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Mixed Mouth Moves | GTA 5 PC enhanced edition divides opinion, at least in part because it encourages you to use your real voice to tell your mate 'U, me, 1v1, roof of Maze Bank tower, RPGs only'

Players also report having had trouble transferring their mega-rich crims with dodgy tattoos across.

March 5, 2025 Mark Warren

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Reclaimed | Acclaim rises from the dead, with help from the founder of Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion's publisher, and a guy who once said "It's Mr Slap Nuts to you"

The classic publisher is being resurrected, with the goal to "support indie developers and reignite classic franchises".

March 4, 2025 Mark Warren

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Bounce to Burham | Fallout New Vegas adaptation of the infamous Black Isle Fallout 3 we never got releases its first demo, and it certainly doesn't look Van Boring

Get ready to travel to a totally not ominous "small mining town that was once under NCR control, now abandoned due to a terrible incident".

March 3, 2025 Mark Warren

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Nierly There | Yes, Square Enix has announced a special Nier 15th anniversary livestream for April, no, it hasn't said anything about a new game

The main focus will be on merch and events, it seems.

Feb. 23, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Niben-hey, new stuff | Massive Oblivion remake mod Skyblivion shows off the final region its devs have just finished laying the foundations of in new gameplay at C3

The Skyrim modding project's level of growing polish as it marches forward towards release later this year really stuck out here.

Feb. 22, 2025 Mark Warren

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Peak | "It's like a classic piece of art" Doom: The Dark Ages' director on revisiting the original boomer shooter for inspiration

"It's like a painter going to a museum and studying the Norman Rockwell painting he's already studied 50 times."

Feb. 22, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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The Final Step-tims | “It's modding on steroids” Skyblivion project lead talks progress towards a 2025 release, those official Oblivion remake rumours, and if Fallout: London offers any lessons

The massive Skyrim mod that'll offer a revamped take on The Elder Scrolls 4 being "nearly in a releasable state is a miracle", says its lead dev.

Feb. 21, 2025 Mark Warren

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Getting Closer | Skyblivion devs reveal the final region they had to build in the huge Oblivion remake mod is now complete, but there's still stuff to sort ahead of release

The entire landscape of Cyrodiil has now had "at least a first pass".

Feb. 20, 2025 Mark Warren

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For Five Minutes! | GTA 5 on PC's free upgrade to match current-gen consoles finally has a concrete arrival date, giving people a distraction from GTA 6 chatter for all of 0.5 seconds

Cue the scene of Shrek calmly asking Donkey if he can be quiet for literally five minutes.

Feb. 20, 2025 Mark Warren

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Sulthing Different | Fallout New Vegas is being re-created in The Sims 2, so I assume we're not long from seeing Mr House's monitor be chucked in a pool by some pesky step-deleting courier

Vulpes Inculta apparently likes having a kick about with ghouls, the more you know.

Feb. 18, 2025 Mark Warren

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Bearing Eoravrything | Avowed isn't technically even out yet, and someone's already nicked its underpants

It's not Skyrim, but it definitely seems to be following in that game's shoeless footsteps when it comes to bare bums.

Feb. 17, 2025 Mark Warren

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Sticking Around? | Wondering what GTA 6 releasing will mean for GTA Online? Take-Two's CEO has suggested it might depend on how many psychopathic trillionaires are left in Los Santos

Hey, Vice City's probably overrated anyway, call Lester and get on with breaking into Bolingbroke for the millionth time.

Feb. 14, 2025 Mark Warren

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Sigh | Ex-Activision boss suggests buying Project Gotham Racing developer was “a bad acquisition”, and it's seemingly scarred him so badly he can't remember Bizarre Creations' name

In the same chat, Bobby Kotick did manage to recall the name of Neversoft, because it can be interpreted as a gag about erections.

Feb. 12, 2025 Mark Warren

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Things Happen Y'know | PlayStation royalty Shuhei Yoshida being revealed as a duck mascot alongside Swery right after leaving Sony wasn't some master plan, it was "complete serendipity"

Promise Mascot Agency's devs not only didn't initially plan on casting industry legends - they thought their game might not even have any voice acting at all.

Feb. 10, 2025 Mark Warren

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Tamrihell Yeah | There's now a Witcher 3 mod that lets you ride around on a full-size dragon Skyrim-style, just in case you don't fancy a piggyback from an alchemist

Because sometimes Tomira just can't run fast enough to get you from Novigrad to Kaer Morhen in less than a year.

Feb. 7, 2025 Mark Warren

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Film Fever | Video game adaptation season is still going strong, as Jack Ryan producer Aaron Rabin is set to write a Just Cause movie

Why get Aaron Rabin? Just cus. SORRY, sorry. I'm sorry.

Feb. 4, 2025 Connor Makar

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First Quarter | The 25 best Sims games for The Sims 25th anniversary

Yes, there are over two dozen Sims games out there. No, we're not counting expansion packs.

Feb. 3, 2025 Rebecca Jones

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Don't Fall Out | Yes, the lead writer of Fallout: New Vegas is back at Obsidian, but you might want to hold off on those sequel hopes of yours

Just let him cook.

Feb. 2, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Bow Wow! | Turns out those Sleeping Dogs aren't lying, as that new Simu Liu-involved film adaptation might be further ahead than you thought

Details are still minimal right now though.

Feb. 2, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Wei're So Back | Our Sleeping Dogs movie and sequel dreams may not be dead, and the Marvel star responsible has said the thing about pork buns to prove he knows the Wei

"Everyone's overwhelming love of Sleeping Dogs here has really given us life!"

Jan. 31, 2025 Mark Warren

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Good News | "There's a lot of love in this world" Elder Scrolls and Fallout voice actor Wes Johnson provides video update following medical emergency

"It's going to be a while as I work my way back, but I'm coming back."

Jan. 31, 2025 Mark Warren

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Pictures of You | On its 10th anniversary, it’s time to admit that Life Is Strange was never simply a love story: it was a watershed moment for games that tell hella authentic, human stories

The original Life is Strange is just about old enough to have a legacy at this stage, but what, exactly, is that legacy?

Jan. 29, 2025 Rebecca Jones

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Vice Looks Nice | GTA 6's map is being re-created as a GTA 5 mod that Rockstar may or may not make some phone calls about

YouTuber Dark Space has been busy creating their own version of Vice City.

Jan. 29, 2025 Mark Warren

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Stunt Casting | We have Phil Spencer to thank for the idea to bring Team Ninja and PlatinumGames together for Ninja Gaiden 4

Uniting two of the most respected action game makers to create the next Ninja Gaiden once sounded like a dream, and we now know who came up with the idea.

Jan. 28, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Mexican Stopoff | After a stop/start 2024, DLC-sized New Vegas mod Fallout Nuevo Mexico finally bites the cancellation bullet

"Letting go of something you’ve poured your heart into is painful, but it’s necessary."

Jan. 28, 2025 Mark Warren

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Judgment 2 | Outriders dev People Can Fly shares some good news as it returns to the Gears of War series to help The Coalition develop E-Day

People Can Fly, the talented team that has extensive history with the Gears of War series, is returning to work on the next big mainline title.

Jan. 28, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Best Wishes | UPDATE: Iconic Elder Scrolls and Fallout voice actor Wes Johnson suffers medical emergency, fundraiser to "help his family" raises over $130,000 in a day

"Wes has always been the friend who would give you his last dollar, as well as the shirt off his back."

Jan. 28, 2025 Mark Warren

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Seriously Tho | Sure, the Nintendo Switch 2 has finally been revealed...but what does that tell us about GTA 6?

Right, everyone’s fired off their hot takes - now it’s time for the real work to begin.

Jan. 20, 2025 Mark Warren

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Real Slop Hours | One of the worst Resident Evil games could be coming to current-gen consoles, if a new ESRB rating is accurate

Though it seems more like a remaster than a remake.

Jan. 20, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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You Know The Meme | Turns out the devs behind Crysis made its highest settings so hard to run is because they were thinking about the PC you would own in 2010, not the one you were stuck with in 2007

Do I even need to ask the question?

Jan. 19, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Veilgone? | UPDATE: Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director Corinne Busche is leaving BioWare, having spent 18 years at publisher EA

Busche, along with John Epler, was one of the main figures responsible for overseeing Veilguard's final push across the release finish line.

Jan. 17, 2025 Mark Warren

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Wasted | Massive GTA 5 Liberty City modding project bites the dust after "friendly takedown" chat with Rockstar, dev says there's "no negativity" between it and Take-Two

"We appreciate all the support that the project has received."

Jan. 16, 2025 Mark Warren

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More To Playgue | Massive Skyrim mod inspired by The Witcher 3's Hearts of Stone gets an extra 20 hours added to its questline about the Dragonborn fighting a full-on plague

Version 2.0 of Death Consumes All definitely looks to have made it close to as beefy as CD Projekt's DLC masterworks.

Jan. 14, 2025 Mark Warren

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Mankar Come On, Man | Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remake is reportedly reworking some gameplay systems, including two I'm worried might stop me re-creating the funniest clip ever

Look, leakings that may or may not be accurate, all I want is to watch guards flop about going 'Unnnghhh' with totally straight faces.

Jan. 14, 2025 Mark Warren

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Not Fin-ished | SEGA looks like it could be bringing back one of the smuggest blowhole-owners gaming has ever seen, if new trademarks mean anything

Damn Ecco, you might be helping to save the environment or some shit, but you don't have to look as pleased with yourself.

Jan. 14, 2025 Mark Warren

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Need A Pick-Me-Up? | I need you to stop what you're doing and watch this Games Done Quick Crazy Taxi speedrun that has a live backing band

Pure cinema.

Jan. 12, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Warmods | Helldivers 2 players are modding their own Warbonds into the game, and the latest one's perfect for Halo fans

Hey, a diver can never have too much gear to pick between before diving pod-first into the Voteless hordes.

Jan. 10, 2025 Mark Warren

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A Real Shenme | Sleeping Dogs movie no longer in the works, because there's no Wei we can be allowed nice things

Our favourite not quite GTA with kickass martial arts is no longer coming to the big screen.

Jan. 10, 2025 Mark Warren

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Boomer Schooler | “It always felt like this vague form of superficial hell to me” Doom: The Gallery Experience devs on turning a 90s shooter into high culture

Read on to find out which Renaissance paintings they think Doomguy himself would get a kick out of.

Jan. 8, 2025 Mark Warren

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Miner Key | Good news culture lovers, a Minecraft YouTuber is hopping on Classic FM to blast banging choons from Skyrim, Street Fighter, and more

And here's the symphony that plays when an army of creepers blows up your entire town, delivered by the brass section of the New York philharmonic.

Jan. 8, 2025 Mark Warren

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So Long, Farewell | It's time to finally say goodbye to your dreams of a Mighty No. 9 3DS port, as Amazon seemingly starts cancelling very old orders of the failed Mega Man successor

I mean, if you were holding on this long, that's on you in my opinion.

Jan. 6, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Culture Classic | Doom: The Gallery Experience takes you to the real hell - trying not to choke on wine and cheese by sniggering at the nude bits of classical art

*cough* Oh, yes, it's a *cough* masterpiece, you can tell by the shading around the er...excuse me a moment...

Jan. 6, 2025 Mark Warren

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The Year Of Serving | Bayonetta celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, and despite a recent staff exodus, PlatinumGames has teased it has "a few things in store"

"Keep your eyes peeled."

Jan. 6, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke