The Splitgate 2 open beta is here, complete with a map maker and dev hunting

As much as I’m up for trying a new one whenever one arrives, I’m not particularly good at shooters. It just gets too sweaty for me, I prefer a good single-player shooter above all else because I can actually take down my opponents without the fear of embarrassing myself somehow. And yet here we are again, with the open beta for Splitgate 2, which started earlier today, leaving me thinking “well, I could give it a go I suppose.”

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Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy is the next tactical and bloody CRPG from the devs behind Rogue Trader

The Warhammer Skulls Showcase was full to the brim with, unsurprisingly, lots of Warhammer 40,000 game news, including a sequel to Boltgun and a definitive edition of Dawn of War. CRPG heads were also treated to a reveal of Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy, a new party-based title from Owlcat Games, the devs behind another Warhammer game Rogue Trader. The reveal came in the form of a nicely partially 2D-animated trailer alongside some brief looks at gameplay, all of which is looking quite good.

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Monster Hunter Wilds nabs Street Fighter 6’s Akuma, Chun-Li and more for a Capcom centric collab

The unthinkable has happened, folks: Monster Hunter Wilds, from the one and only Capcom, is collaborating with Street Fighter 6, also from the one and only Capcom. This won’t be much of a surprise for many of you given that 1. Capcom own both titles and can arrange collabs like this pretty easily I assume and B. it’s been teasing it for days now. That isn’t to say the trailer showing off the crossover didn’t have anything concrete, as it did confirm that you’ll be able dress up as Street Fighter baddie Akuma.

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Bungie leaders feared Destiny 2’s fancy glowing Trials gear would kill the microtransactions, claims source

A new video from Youtuber Destin Legarie includes a number of allegations about Destiny 2 and Marathon developers Bungie from anonymous former employees. Amongst other things, we hear that Bungie staff once proposed a Destiny subscription model, but were “vehemently shut down” by leaders. There are also lots of claims about toxic, unaccountable management, and some throwaway insights about how the company’s culture has changed in the course of being acquired by Sony.

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Your snacks are trying to kill you in Leftovers KO!, aka Punch-Out for foodies

I can’t be the only person here who’s ever had a fistfight with their washing-up. I have this big metal spatula that has a malicious habit of bouncing out of the drying rack. Again and again, it sneaks under my elbow to spring and sproing over the lino, gathering as much stray onion peel as it can on the way to the door. The fourth time this happened I bent it in two. Then I thought my sieve was giving me stinkeye, so I threw it down and stamped on it, gangland-style. Look, it was kind of a bad day. But one thing I will swear to you, probably-concerned reader: I would never behave this way towards my leftovers.

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Lies Of P’s upcoming easy difficulty modes have wonderfully unhelpful names

Which sounds like the more intense experience to you, dear reader – “Butterfly’s Guidance” or “Awakened Puppet”? No, this isn’t me workshopping titles for my latest range of exotic fragrances. I’m referring to the new easier difficulty modes Neowiz will add to Pinnochio-powered soulslike Lies Of P alongside the game’s Overture DLC this summer.

The difficulty modes will arrive in a free Lies Of P update. The standard difficulty will be “Legendary Stalker”, which honestly I think is a bit of a letdown, after “Butterfly’s Guidance” and “Awakened Puppet”. It barely sounds like an exotic fragrance at all. Possibly you could peddle it as some kind of feline musk.

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