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Echoes of the End: An Epic Fantasy Adventure Inspired By Iceland

August 11, 2025 Echoes of the End: An Epic Fantasy Adventure Inspired By Iceland
  • Magnús Fr. Guðrúnarson, Senior Writer, Myrkur Games
Summary
  • Explore a brand-new fantasy setting inspired by the untamed beauty of Icelandic nature.
  • Learn how a small team used advancements in photogrammetry and motion capture to craft an ...
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Arrowhead Says Fortnite’s New Alien Bug Season Is Very ‘We Have Helldivers at Home’

The latest season of Fortnite sees you and your squad fending off insectoid alien enemies nicknamed Bugs while levelling up your battle pass — and if that sounds familiar, well, you aren't the first to notice.Arrowhead Game Studios, developer of Helldivers 2, another shooter where you squad up against insectoid ...
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Bithell Games are laying off most full-time staff, with the Tron: Catalyst studio “unable to secure a new larger scale project”

Some upsetting news from the past weekend: Bithell Games, the Mike Bithell-founded indie studio behind Thomas Was Alone, John Wick Hex, Tron: Identity and the just-released Tron: Catalyst, are laying off 11 developers. That’s "The majority of our full-time staff," according to a post on Bithell’s personal Bluesky account. Read ...
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McDonald’s Japan Pulls Happy Meal Pokémon Cards Early, And Fans Blame Scalpers

But will they learn from their McSteaks?McDonald's restaurants in Japan seem to have got a little more than they bargained for over this past weekend, as a promotion between Pokémon and the company's Happy Meals had to shut down early. The reason? "Higher-than-expected sales". However, it appears there's more going ...
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Whipping Up a Storm: How Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Took Big Last-Minute Changes on the Chin To Become a Hit With Critics and Players

At the Develop Conference in Brighton, MachineGames’ Design Director Jens Andersson and Audio Director Pete Ward told an audience how the Swedish studio approached making Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the well-received return of the adventuring archaeologist to the world of video games.Their talk revealed a number of insights ...
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Why Has There Never Been a Dragon Age: Origins Remaster? BioWare Exec Explains Past Plans and Continued Difficulties

Former Dragon Age franchise boss Mark Darrah has discussed BioWare's difficulty getting a remaster of the series' first game off the ground, and why it would be a much tougher project than Mass Effect's trilogy re-release.Firstly, speaking about the future of the Dragon Age series after the mixed response to ...
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Amazon Restocks Spider-Man MTG Booster Box Preorders for the First Time in Months

If your wallet is still nursing bruises from the Final Fantasy and Edge of Eternities Magic: The Gathering sets, you might want to brace yourself for another hit.For the first time in months, Amazon has restocked part of the Marvel’s Spider-Man MTG lineup, one of the most sought-after Universes Beyond ...
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Cyberpunk 2077 gets its most effective horror mod yet: a story-driven rent system featuring landlord selfies

Everybody stay calm. You're about to read about landlords and the prospect of paying rent. Don't worry, there probably aren't any landlords in the room right now. There are, however, new landlords in Cyberpunk 2077, should you choose to install this mod that introduces a whole bunch of expanded mechanics ...
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Turtle Beach Announces Officially Licensed Budget Headset For Switch 2

A price that's lite on your pocket.Turtle Beach is one of the more well-known brands that's already got an entry on our current list of best gaming headsets for Switch 2, and it looks like it may well be sniffing after another with its latest, rather snazzy-looking budget offering.Turtle Beach's ...
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Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick Insists Projections for the ‘Lifetime Value’ of Civilization 7 Are ‘Very Consistent With Our Initial Expectations for the Title’ — Despite ‘Slow Start’

We’re now half a year since the troubled launch of Civilization 7, which has fewer players on Steam than both Civilization 6 and the 15-year-old Civilization 5. But according to the boss of Take-Two, Civ 7 is projected to meet the company's initial internal expectations over the course of its ...
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