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Halo Infinite: 343’s Statement Runs Against Deep Cuts in Halo Development Team

Halo developer 343 Industries says Master Chief and Cortana are staying under its roof, but reports of deep cuts to Halo's development staff calls into question the studio's ability to sustainably develop future Halo content.This saga began last week, when we learned that the Halo studio was impacted by Microsoft's ...
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Warhammer 40K: Darktide Console Release Delayed: ‘We Fell Short of Meeting Expectations’

Since Warhammer 40,000: Darktide's launch in November, players have issued complaints about its incomplete gameplay mechanics and unstable framerate, with just 35% of its 8,510 recent Steam reviews currently being positive. Now, Fatshark, the team behind the co-op shooter, is shifting its focus to address these complaints.Today, Fatshark CEO Martin ...
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God-Punching MOBA ‘Smite’ Teams Up With Magic: The Gathering For Crossover Event

Smite be a good one.Ten years ago today, mythological MOBA SMITE came out in open beta on PC. To celebrate its tenth year on the MOBA circuit, the freemium game is teaming up with card battler Magic: The Gathering to create an event unlike any other.The crossover will last for ...
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Warhammer 40K: Darktide developers pause new content to address “mostly negative” feedback

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide developers Fatshark have announced that they're delaying the co-op horde shooter's seasonal content in order to focus solely on addressing "the feedback that many of you have." That feedback is best witnessed via the recent Darktide Steam reviews, which sit at "Mostly Negative" after 8471 submissions. Specifically, ...
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Speedrunner Beats Breath of the Wild 50 Times in 24 Hours

Between hunting for weapons, fighting bosses, and completing Hyrule's many side quests, gamers who choose to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in its entirety can spend upward of 50-100 hours preparing for its final boss. Of course, some players choose to abandon the game's guidance and ...
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Genshin Impact developer’s new RPG is getting a final closed beta in February

Honkai: Star Rail, the intergalactic interrailing RPG from the makers of Genshin Impact, is gearing up for its final closed beta. It'll leave the station on February 10th and you can sign up to take part now. Or you can just watch a new trailer below. Read more ...
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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty: Watch the Opening Cutscene Now – IGN First

We end January’s IGN First coverage of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty by going back to the very beginning: Let’s have a look at the game’s opening cutscene. Watch it above.In the clip, we hear a man talking about an elixir sought by the sovereigns of ancient China. This elixir could ...
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Grab a 480GB Kingston SSD for £25, upgrade an old laptop or something

While we spend a lot of our time over here in the deals corner of RPS covering high-speed NVMe SSDs, I also try to keep an eye out for good deals on classic 2.5-inch SATA SSDs as well. These drives are physically larger, slower and not much better value than ...
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Lord Of The Rings Game Gets Release Window After Multiple Delays

Will this one stick, precious?What has it gots in its pocketses, precious? A release date for troubled Lord of the Rings game, Gollum!Initially announced for Switch in 2020 and aiming at a release in 2021, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a Daedelic Entertainment-developed stealth-parkour game starring the titular ...
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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Isn’t Launching Until April at the Earliest

French games publisher Nacon, which is co-publishing Daedalic Entertainment's upcoming action-adventure game The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, recently released an earnings report that detailed yet another delay for the Tolkein-inspired adventure.The report lists Gollum as one of their titles that will be released in "the first half of the ...
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