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Elder Scrolls fans get terrible update on Skyrim sequel’s release
Fans of The Elder Scrolls have been told they still face a lengthy wait for The Elder Scrolls 6, the long-anticipated sequel to Skyrim. According to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, speaking during a live Q&A, the game remains “at least two or more years away” from completing development. The update matters because Microsoft, facing difficulties…
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‘Hacks’ Jean Smart Chases Emmy History As She Nears Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Cloris Leachman Record
Jean Smart has secured another Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the final season of HBO Max’s *Hacks*, positioning her to potentially make Emmy history. Having already won the award for each of the show’s first four seasons, a fifth win at the September ceremony would give her eight acting…
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Paralives’ Success Shows Being Generous To Players Isn’t Unreasonable
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Rather than rip and tear id Software apart, Xbox should have put the FPS pioneers on Gears of War
This GamesRadar+ opinion piece argues that Microsoft’s Xbox division made a strategic error in how it deployed id Software, the studio behind Doom, and suggests a better path would have been to hand the FPS pioneers a Gears of War project. The writer’s core contention is that id’s expertise in fast, punchy first-person shooters could…
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‘Slopfix’: A software team is charging up to $10,000 to clean up AI-generated code, with the help of *checks notes* AI
PC Gamer reports on a software team offering a paid service, dubbed “Slopfix”, that charges clients up to $10,000 to clean up messy, unreliable code generated by AI tools. The story’s angle is the irony that a business has emerged to fix the problems created by AI-assisted “vibe coding”, highlighting growing concerns about the quality…
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Doom’s new Chain Spear weapon seems to be dividing The Dark Ages’ audience – “I’m like an hour in and I can’t wait to get the shield back”
Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations, the recently revealed expansion for id Software’s shooter, has launched to a broadly warm reception but has sparked debate over one addition: the new Chain Spear weapon. The DLC currently holds a “Very Positive” rating on Steam, with some players praising it as feeling like a full sequel and…
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A current Valve designer recreated Half-Life 2’s Ravenholm in the Source 2 engine, and says he was “blown away at how powerful these tools are”
A designer currently working at Valve has rebuilt Ravenholm, the memorably grim zombie-infested town from Half-Life 2, inside the newer Source 2 engine, and shared his enthusiasm about the experience. He said he was “blown away at how powerful these tools are,” offering fans a glimpse of how one of the series’ most iconic locations…
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Palworld Reaches A Huge Player Milestone Ahead Of 1.0 Launch
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Palworld will remain $30 as it gears up for its 1.0 release
Pocketpair has confirmed that Palworld, its “Pokémon with guns” survival game, will keep its price at $29.99 when it leaves early access and launches as Version 1.0 on 10 July. This matters because, like many early access titles, the game had long carried the possibility of a price rise at full release, with its Steam…
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Marvel Officially Brings Back ‘Moon Knight’ Character After 4 Years
The second season of Marvel’s acclaimed animated series X-Men ’97 has continued a run of hidden connections to the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the latest episode has revived a character last seen in the 2022 Disney Plus series Moon Knight. In the episode “The Rise of Apocalypse Part 2”, one of the statues resurrected…