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Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Looks Set to Include Multiplayer, Years After Cyberpunk 2077 Online Mode Scrapped

CD Projekt looks set to include multiplayer features in Cyberpunk 2, years after similar plans were scrapped for Cyberpunk 2077.A posting for the role of Cyberpunk 2's lead network engineer lists the job's responsibilities as including the need to "develop and optimize multiplayer systems, including matchmaking" with an aim to ...
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Creators of Reigns, Streets of Rage and Saturnalia launch Palestinian Voices in Gaming to support indies from Gaza and the West Bank

A group of game industry folks including Reigns studio Nerial, Saturnalia creators Santa Ragione and Streets Of Rage 4 outfit Lizardcube have launched Palestinian Voices in Gaming, an international volunteer network to support current and emerging independent Palestinian developers. First convened in May 2024, the network are currently looking to ...
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Apple Event Reveals Arknights: Endfield Set For Early 2026 Release, GRYPHLINE’s POPUCOM Also Coming To Switch

Last week's Apple Event provided a first look at mobile gameplay from upcoming 3D RPG and strategy game Arknights: Endfield, alongside confirmation of the title's early 2026 release.The GRYPHLINE game, set in the same world as the studio's tower defence hit Arknights, featured in a segment showcasing the iPhone 17 ...
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Next Week on Xbox: New Games for September 22 to 26

September 19, 2025 Next Week on Xbox: New Games for September 22 to 26 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC, ...
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Nintendo Says Mods Don’t Count as ‘Prior Art’ as They’re Not Full Games, Attempting to Sway Judge in Palworld Lawsuit

User-made mods should not be considered prior art, Nintendo has argued, as part of the company's lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair.Nintendo's claim appears to be an attempt at blocking Pocketpair from using popular Pokémon mods as evidence that the franchise's patented gameplay was already being featured in other games elsewhere ...
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We Got a GTA College History Class Before GTA 6

On January 20, 2026, students at the University of Tennessee will attend the world’s first Grand Theft Auto college history class. That’s right: we got a GTA college history class before GTA 6.‘Grand Theft America: U.S. History Since 1980 through the GTA Video Games’ was devised and will be taught ...
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Endless Legend 2’s demo had its critics – here’s how Amplitude are changing the early access build in response

I confess, after reading the comments on yesterday's Endless Legend 2 early access impressions, I am mortally afeared that I'm one of those accursed "positive outliers" I keep reading about in the Gamer Witchfinder Almanac. Seemingly, a fair portion of you were turned off by the recent Steam demo. You ...
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Umurangi Generation devs sign up Disco Elysium’s Furies to voice their new penguin open worlder, which looks like The Thing

There was really only one way to enhance the prospect of an Antarctic open world game with a choice of playable penguins that's actually a fractious retelling of Lovecraft's Mountains of Madness, created by the developers of Umurangi Generation. And that one way was to hire Lenval Brown, narrator for ...
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Amid a Turbulent Time for Fortnite Battle Royale, Epic Games Doubles Down on Rivalling Roblox, Letting Creators Sell Their Own Items for the First Time

Fortnite maker Epic Games will allow creators to sell in-game items through its platform — and earn a better cut of sales than via Roblox. The announcement comes at an interesting time for Fortnite as a whole, which has seen lower than average player numbers for its core battle royale ...
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Steam is now blocking NSFW updates for published adult-only games, according to a raunchy RPG developer

The great 'dematuring' of videogames continues with reports that Valve are now forbidding "post-launch NSFW content" for games on Steam, even those that are already "adult-only". That's according to Crimson Delight Games, the developers of fantasy RPG Tales of Legendary Lust: Aphrodisia. They launched it on September 15th with adult ...
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