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Black Flag Resynced should have followed Resident Evil 4’s lead – risks make a remake stronger
This GamesRadar+ opinion piece argues that Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag Resynced remake should have taken bolder creative risks in the way Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 remake did. The writer’s central contention is that the strongest remakes are those willing to rework and reimagine their source material rather than simply update it, and that…
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This Riftbound Vendetta Champion Card Introduces A Decade-Old Champion To The TCG
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Open World RPG Project Awakening Still in Development, 8 Years After Stunning PS4 Reveal
Cygames has confirmed that Project Awakening, its open-world action RPG, remains in active development eight years after a striking teaser trailer dazzled fans at PlayStation’s 2018 LineUp Tour. The update matters because the game — first announced in 2016 — has gone years without a release window, leaving many to assume it had quietly been…
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Sony, Bungie settle with ex-Marathon director they accused of “predatory behaviour”, bringing $200m wrongful dismissal lawsuit to a close
Christopher Barrett, the original game director for Bungie’s shooter Marathon, has announced that his lawsuit against Sony and Bungie has been settled, drawing a close to a bitter $200m wrongful dismissal dispute. Barrett had accused the two companies of deliberately destroying his reputation by publicly insinuating he had engaged in sexual misconduct, and the settlement…
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Persona 4 Revival seemingly features more scenes with Marie, fuelling hopes she’ll be integrated better than in Golden: “If they do that, the remake will have fulfilled its purpose”
Reports suggest that the upcoming remake Persona 4 Revival will feature more scenes involving the character Marie, prompting fans to hope she will be more meaningfully woven into the story than she was in the earlier Persona 4 Golden re-release. Marie was a divisive addition to Golden, often criticised for feeling tacked on rather than…
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Subnautica 2 celebrates 5 million copies sold ahead of Adaptive Measures, its first early access update
Developer Unknown Worlds has announced that Subnautica 2 has passed 5 million copies sold, a milestone reached while the underwater survival game remains in early access. The figure underlines the strong commercial performance of the sequel to the popular Subnautica franchise, even before its full release. The announcement coincides with the imminent arrival of Adaptive…
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How to repair your ship in Black Flag Resynced
This GamesRadar+ guide explains how players can repair their ship in Black Flag Resynced, the remaster/reworked version of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Naval combat is central to the game, and keeping the player’s vessel, the Jackdaw, in fighting condition is essential for surviving encounters with enemy ships and completing voyages across the Caribbean. The…
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Fallout: New Vegas studio Obsidian reportedly moved onto a new Fallout game by Xbox, but at the cost of a sequel to Avowed
Days after Microsoft announced 3,200 job cuts at Xbox, a new Bloomberg report indicates that the fallout for developer Obsidian Entertainment extends beyond the roughly quarter of its staff reportedly lost. Xbox has apparently redirected the studio onto the Fallout franchise, in line with its stated aim of concentrating on its biggest brands. Notably, the…
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Microsoft Layoffs Cut id Software’s Game Pitches, Including Perfect Dark Reboot and John Wick-Inspired Cyberpunk Title
Microsoft’s recent mass layoffs impacted id Software with approximately 136 job cuts, affecting the Doom developer as the team was finalising downloadable content for Doom: The Dark Ages. Prior to the redundancies, the s
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Palworld 1.0 patch notes exceed 10,000 words, nearly hitting Steam’s limit
Pocketpair has released the 1.0 version of its monster-catching survival game Palworld, accompanied by an unusually large set of patch notes running to more than 10,000 words. The volume of changes was so great that the notes nearly exceeded Steam’s character limit for a single update post, though the developer said it managed to resolve…