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  Valve Announces Counter-Strike 2

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-22-2023, 12:01 PM
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  Valve Announces Counter-Strike 2

  Valve's massively popular FPS gets an engine upgrade and a test starting today.
  
  Valve officially announced Counter-Strike 2 today after weeks of teases, speculation, and rumors. The developer calls this "the largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike's history" and I'm inclined to believe it.
  
  Counter-Strike 2 will launch to everyone starting in Summer of 2023. Counter-Strike 2 will be a free upgrade to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Some Counter-Strike:...

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  Deceive Inc. Now Available

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-21-2023, 03:35 PM
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  Deceive Inc. Now Available

  Spy vs spy vs spy vs spy vs...
  
  Sweet Bandits Studios and publisher Tripwire Presents just released Deceive Inc. on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. From the looks of it, this one is going for just $19.99 (USD) on all platforms. ...

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  EA Pulling Mirror's Edge, Battlefield 1943, Bad Company 1 & 2 from Stores in April

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-21-2023, 12:55 PM
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  EA Pulling Mirror's Edge, Battlefield 1943, Bad Company 1 & 2 from Stores in April

  The Battlefield games I can understand, but Mirror's Edge?
  
  Electronic Arts and DICE just announced that they plan on "sunsetting" a handful of older titles. By "sunsetting" they mean that they will be taking the servers for these games offline and they will also remove the games from digital storefronts. After April 27, 2023, you will no longer be able to purchase these games.
  
  Those games being pulled starting April 28 include Battlefield 1943, Battlefield:...

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  Elden Ring Players Died Billions of Times

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-20-2023, 07:12 PM
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  Elden Ring Players Died Billions of Times

  Elden Ring players died over a billion times more than there are people on Earth right now.
  
  The world population currently sits at about 7.96 billion people. Elden Ring players died over 9 billion times since the game's release. That is a lot of character deaths, especially since it has been just one year since Elden Ring was released.
  
  This interesting fact was shared today to celebrate said anniversary from Bandai Namco. Not only did they share that there were 9 billion...

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  PSA: GOG's Spring Sale is Live and with a Free Game for Everyone

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-20-2023, 04:52 PM
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  PSA: GOG's Spring Sale is Live and with a Free Game for Everyone

  Move over Steam, there's another big spring sale now underway!
  
  If you're already tired of the Steam Spring Sale, which is going on for another few days, then maybe GOG can excite and titillate. The service that offers good, old, and good old games just kicked off their spring sale event.
  
  The aptly named Spring Sale runs from today through to April 3 at GOG.com. This sale includes event-long deals, daily deals, and even a free game for everyone. The free game is called...

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  Mass Layoffs Hit Twitch and Gamur Group

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-20-2023, 04:12 PM
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  Mass Layoffs Hit Twitch and Gamur Group

  The Twitch layoffs are just a part of the more than 9,000 positions eliminated from Amazon today.
  
  On Monday, Amazon announced plans to cut another 9,000 positions from areas including Amazon Web Services (AWS), human resources, advertising, and Twitch. The additional 9,000 layoffs are planned to be completed by the end of April and follow the 18,000 people that have already been laid off from Amazon from December 2022 through January 2023.
  
  Amazon says that these layoffs...

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  Respawn Opens Third Studio to Keep Apex Legends Going Another 15 Years

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-20-2023, 03:01 PM
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  Respawn Opens Third Studio to Keep Apex Legends Going Another 15 Years

  This third studio will be opening in Madison, Wisconsin.
  
  It seems both Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment plan to keep Apex Legends going for a very, very long time.
  
  A third Respawn studio is soon to open in Madison, Wisconsin. This third studio will initially focus solely on Apex Legends for the foreseeable future. This studio will be led by industry veteran Ryan Burnett. Burnett has been in game development for about two decades now. He previously worked at Raven...

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  Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Story Trailer is Light on Story

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-20-2023, 12:43 PM
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  Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Story Trailer is Light on Story

  Finally, a story trailer that doesn't just spill the entire can of beans.
  
  EA and Respawn Entertainment just released a new story focused trailer for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Unlike many other story trailers for games, this one doesn't exactly reveal much of the plot. At least, I don't think it did. It was kept vague enough while showing a bunch of quick scenes.
  
  Still, if you don't want any spoilers at all, it's best to avoid this trailer.
  
  Star Wars Jedi:...

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  New 'COUNTER STRIKE' and 'CS2' Trademarks Filed by Valve

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-18-2023, 01:47 PM
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  New 'COUNTER STRIKE' and 'CS2' Trademarks Filed by Valve

  New trademarks by Valve sure do seem to be hinting at something. But what ever could it be?
  
  March really started off with a bang for Counter-Strike fans when Nvidia included references to something called Counter-Strike 2. Specifically, the drivers starting with 531.18 included profiles for "Counter-strike 2 (cs2.exe)" and "Counter-strike 2 (csgos2.exe)."
  
  Since that time, the Counter-Strike community has gone a bit rabid in their desire for a Source...

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  Destiny, Horizon, and Quantum Break Actor Lance Reddick Dead at 60

  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 03-17-2023, 05:16 PM
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  Destiny, Horizon, and Quantum Break Actor Lance Reddick Dead at 60

  It is said that the late actor passed away from natural causes.
  
  Actor Lance Reddick has passed away at the age of 60. The initial report came from TMZ but was later corroborated by several other media outlets. Police say they found Reddick in his home in Studio City, Los Angeles on Friday morning. The exact cause of death has not been revealed, but authorities are saying that he passed from natural causes.
  
  Reddick has a lot of "best known for" roles under his...

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  First Gameplay Reveal for Layers of Fear

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  • Published: 03-17-2023, 03:41 PM
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  First Gameplay Reveal for Layers of Fear

  A first look at the new gameplay mechanics and visual improvements.
  
  Bloober Team released the first gameplay video for their upcoming horror title, Layers of Fear. This reveal clocks in at a bit over 11 minutes and shows some of the new gameplay mechanics present in this release. It also shows off how this Unreal Engine 5 brings some graphical improvements compared to the original releases of the series.
  
  Some of these graphical improvements include the addition of ray...

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  The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Game Release Set for August

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  • Published: 03-17-2023, 02:39 PM
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  The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Game Release Set for August

  A technical playtest is also set to arrive before the release of the full game.
  
  Gun Interactive and Sumo Digital, the studios working on the asymmetrical horror adaptation of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, announced today that the game will release on August 18, 2023. This is apparently the same date that the events in the original 1974 film took place. Prior to the August 18th release, there will be a technical playtest starting on May 25, 2023.
  
  Gun Interactive says that...

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  Facepunch Studios Cancels Community Meetup After Receiving Death Threats

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  • Published: 03-16-2023, 07:31 PM
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  Facepunch Studios Cancels Community Meetup After Receiving Death Threats

  The studio behind Rust has cancelled plans to meet with developers and fans near GDC.
  
  Facepunch Studios says that due to an "IRL threat" they were cancelling a planned meetup set to take place next week. Facepunch took to the official Rust Twitter account to share this disturbing news with the community.
  
  A small meet and greet was scheduled to take place at a small coffee shop in San Francisco next week. The meetup would take place near the Game Developers Conference...

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  Disco Elysium Updated with Nifty Photo Mode

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  • Published: 03-16-2023, 06:09 PM
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  Disco Elysium Updated with Nifty Photo Mode

  Good cop? Bad cop? What about fab cop?
  
  A new mode was added to the stellar Disco Elysium today that allows players to create the photo opportunity of their dreams. So long as their dreams are entirely about the content within Disco Elysium.
  
  If you ever tire of solving dramatic mysteries or reading any of the dense, branching dialogue, you can now fire up Collage Mode. This new mode is a photo mode on steroids. It offers players "full access to characters, environments,...

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  Far Cry 5 Receives 60fps Patch on Xbox and PlayStation

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  • Published: 03-16-2023, 05:32 PM
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  Far Cry 5 Receives 60fps Patch on Xbox and PlayStation

  You will need a newer generation console for this, of course.
  
  In honor of the game's fifth anniversary, Ubisoft rolled out a new 60fps patch for Far Cry 5. This update, out now on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S will allow you to run the game at a much higher framerate than what you were used to seeing on consoles.
  
  This 60fps update doesn't seem to include anything else. Meaning, you won't see any next-gen graphical bells and whistles here. I am reading from some users...

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