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Crytek, developers of Hunt: Showdown and the Crysis series, have announced that “the company has adopted a remote work option for employees who prefer it.” The decision comes after the studio initially switched to work-from-home during the Covid-19 pandemic and found that development didn’t slow down, and follows a similar decision made by Destiny developer

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have ruled this week that Raven Software’s 21 QA staff can vote on whether to form a union. The decision comes after months of arguments by Raven and Activision Blizzard management that the employees’ petition be either denied or amended in such a way that, QA staff say, would

With your help, I’m on a mission to answer the biggest question: what’s the best things in video games? With a wholly sensical face-off between two things each week, we’ll surely soon discover the absolute best thing. Last week, our mission resumed after a wee hiatus and you decided that parody in-game brands are better

Corsair make a particularly fine selection of AiOs, also known as all-in-one liquid coolers. They use off-the-shelf designs for their pumps and radiators, as do many other companies, but distinguish themselves with good-quality fans, optional lighting and low prices for a major brand. That last point is particularly pertinent today, as their H100X 240mm AiO

Another week has flown by, another busy handful of weekdays have disappeared in no time. Blizzard had a big week, announcing the new World of Warcraft expansion Dragonflight (we have previews of it here and here) as well as detailing the character reworks coming in the Overwatch 2 beta. A Ghostbusters VR game was announced from Sony Pictures

Chants of Sennaar is an eye-catching narrative adventure game that debuted at PAX East whose story is steeped in the legend of Babel. As a robed figure, you must unite a population shunned by the gods by restoring their primary connection: language. The core of the experience involved decoding ancient languages to communicate with the Tower

A week-long festival highlighting the work of Chinese developers begins on Steam today, organised by publisher Pixmain. Enter The Dragon brings a load of streams lined up on Steam and over at Pixmain’s Twitch channel to show off Chinese-developed indies like the spooky looking SCP: Secret Files, and plenty of demos to take a crack

A former Sony IT security analyst named Emma Majo filed a lawsuit against Sony PlayStation in 2021, alleging that “Sony discriminated against female employees, including those who are female and those who identify as female, in compensation and promotion and subjects them to a work culture predominated by men.”  Major sought court approval in 2021

Nintendo has released a new gameplay trailer for its upcoming third-person multiplayer ink shooter, Splatoon 3, and in it, the company reveals that it will launch in just under five months.  More specifically, Nintendo has revealed that Splatoon 3 will hit Switch on September 9. To accompany the news, a nearly four-minute trailer showcasing some

Croatian development studio Under the Stairs is developing a new roguelike under the Gearbox Publishing banner that casts the rogue-lite genre in a veil of darkness. Eyes in the Dark: The Curious Case of One Victoria Bloom is a black and white twin-stick platformer that debuted today at PAX East and aims to stun players with its striking

Outsiders’ first major story expansion, Worldslayer, got its big reveal today during a special developer broadcast. A dense overview video provides an extensive breakdown of its new campaign, locations, and features.  The enhanced edition of Outriders includes the base game along with every update and the New Horizon content. However, players who own the original

With your help, I’m on a mission to answer the biggest question: what’s the best things in video games? With a wholly sensical face-off between two things each week, we’ll surely soon discover the absolute best thing. I am tremendously sorry to report that last time (which I imagine was only a week or two

I’ve enjoyed building a house of card in Stacklands, and farms of cards, and lumberyards of cards, and… it’s a new manage-o-strategy game where every building, resource, and unit is a card on a table. It’s a cute conceit and fun, especially because it treats the virtual tabletop as a physical space. Your own farm

Keeping with its yearly release cadence, Blizzard has announced it’s adding the Wrath of the Lich King expansion to World of Warcraft Classic this year. Easily one of the most revered expansions for Warcraft, Wrath will send players to the land of Northrend where Arthas Menethil, the titular Lich King, and his ever-growing undead scourge threaten

Playdate reviewA joyous and magical little handheld that will appeal to anyone who has a deep love of games and new experiences. Its added PC functionality is also a surprising bonus. Developer: Panic, Teenage Engineering From: Playdate Price: $179 On paper, Panic’s Playdate doesn’t have a lot to do with PC. It’s a standalone handheld

Marvel Studios has released an official teaser trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder.  This trailer comes just months before this sequel, which is directed by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, hits theaters. With the release of this trailer, Thor: Love and Thunder now holds the record for the shortest amount of time between a Marvel

Waffle is a free, browser-based word game with a single puzzle each day and plentiful green and yellow squares. Beyond that, it has some pretty major differences from Wordle. It doesn’t require you to type the letters, for one. Instead, Waffle presents you with a grid of five intersecting words with all of the letters

Earlier this week, the PlayStation Studios website was updated so that the banner image included an picture of Sam Bridges from Death Stranding. Yesterday, Death Stranding designer and Kojima Productions founder Hideo Kojima tweeted a picture said banner. People then got excited, thinking this wordless tweet meant that Sony had acquired Kojima Productions. It caused