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Valorant patch 13.01 buffs Yoru and Iso as Riot targets rank manipulation

5+ hour, 9+ min ago  (604+ words) Valorant patch 13.01 has arrived with buffs for Yoru and Iso, changes to the Outlaw sniper rifle, and a tougher stance against players manipulating the game’s competitive ranking system. It is not the largest update Riot Games has released, but several…...

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Manor Lords latest patch notes tune citizen pathing, and the alcoholism in your settlements

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (339+ words) Manor Lords latest patch notes confirms the recent beta build is now on the main branch. The core focus is stability and foundational improvements ahead of future content launches, rather than a sweeping content drop. It also make massive changes…...

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Good Fun Corp announces Open Beta for HUNGER, with sign-ups now open

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (346+ words) HUNGER, the multiplayer extraction RPG set in plague-ravaged Napoleonic Europe, has confirmed its Open Beta is on the way. Developer Good Fun Corp has now opened up invite requests on the game’s Steam store page ahead of the beta going…...

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Riftbound Vendetta reveals Kennen as the Purple and Yellow Legend ahead of full preview season - The Escapist

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (348+ words) Craig Robinson is an experienced gaming and esports writer with nearly a decade of coverage experience since 2015. With a background in software engineering, he combines his journalistic expertise with a strong understanding of technical SEO and web development fundamentals. He’s…...

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Former Call of Duty Dev's New Game Wants You to Question War Shooters

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (304+ words) War Fantasy is “the anti Call of Duty” and aims a kick to the groin of the games industry and its relentless gamification of conflict Okay, so I was up late. I mean really late watching the World Cup so…...

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Slay the Spire 2 beta patch adds new multiplayer cards and modding fixes

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (815+ words) Paul McNally has been around consoles and computers since his parents bought him a Mattel Intellivision in 1980. He has been a prominent games journalist since the 1990s, spending over a decade as editor of popular print-based video games and computer magazines,…...

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Bitmap Books is preserving gaming history one beautiful book at a time

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1869+ words) There is a moment, before you even open a Bitmap Books release, when you start to realise the book is only part of the actual product. That is where I was when my copy of Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The…...

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FLASK’s first playable demo lands on Steam, offering a new take on set bonuses, companions and deck building

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (408+ words) Craig Robinson is an experienced gaming and esports writer with nearly a decade of coverage experience since 2015. With a background in software engineering, he combines his journalistic expertise with a strong understanding of technical SEO and web development fundamentals. He’s…...

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Dawn of War IV gameplay shows off new mechanics for Orks and Space Marines

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (368+ words) Dawn of War IV’s Creative Director Jan Theysen and Senior Game Designer Elliott Verbiest uploaded a multiplayer 1v1 on YouTube. The video puts the two devs as Space Marines and Orks, battling 1v1 on one of the game’s maps. Interestingly, we got…...

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Cat Secretary Is a Game About Saving Humanity From AI

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (293+ words) It’s a tale as old as time. Well, a few years at least. As the AI automatons come for us, and automatic workflows continue to push people aside because it’s probably cheaper, gaming has seen a bigger push-back than most…...