Or, to be more specific, post-Steam Deck OLEDones. True, it is heftier in the hand, but hardly any more so than a Steam Deck. The switch from a 40WHr battery to an 80WHr one also pays dividends to battery life. On these grounds, the ROG Ally X is instantly more appealing than the fast-burning original. A more surprising, though hardly less welcome improvement is that of actual game performance. Even the screen is better, and I dont even recall this being an advertised improvement....

Do you know how long it took to cobble together that 2024 list? I still get hand cramps. The report in question is from The Verge’s Tom Warren - as sturdy a source as they come. Obsidianaccidentally let slip a 12th November release date for Avowedin June in a developer blog. I’m not convinced that qualifies as a “very busy period”. I do like the looks of the game, but I’m not exhilarated....

The lauded expansion has apparently sold worse than the panned Lightfall This week’smass layoffsatDestinystudio Bungie were planned out months ago, former employees have told journalist Stephen Totilo atGame File(paywalled). According to Totilo, Bungie leadership “overstated their studios financial prospects to Sony” after the latterbought Bungie in 2022for $3.6 billion. The latest cuts were necessary to prevent continued losses, says the report, after Bungie missed Sonys targets following the release of last years Lightfall....

Payback’s cancellation seems to have paved the way for Smith and Noseworthy’s departures. The shockwaves from Bungie’s headcount reduction continue to spread. Aside from laying off staff, Bungie have also transferred 155 roles to parent company Sony Interactive Entertainment. Those remaining at Bungie will double down on development of theMarathonreboot and future Destiny projects.

Then, the prisoners seize control of the mines and form a rogue nation consisting of three factions. The second plot to escape the magical barrier, using the ore as a catalyst. And the third, swamp-dwelling “brotherhood” worship a mysterious god called the Sleeper. It’s difficult to express something that fancy in an abbreviated gameplay presentation, of course. This feels more like a stray pocket ofSkyrim, perhaps an undiscovered section of the Markath area....

It gotshut down last yearas Activision focused their efforts elsewhere, making the map unplayable. But you’re free to now revisit those bullet-strewn beaches. In theory, anyway. Activision have released it as a 4GB open-source project that can be explored in a 3D model-viewing tool. The data they’re releasing also includes records of the paths players took across the island. That information is often critical to designers of these sorts of huge landmasses....

“Well, it depends on what your standards are. “The future is uncertain, let’s put it that way,” he added. Blow answered the question similarly 68 and 74 days after release, calling sales “utterly terrible.” Although sales haven’t been great, Blow seems happy with the game they produced, at least. Braid: Anniversary Edition remasters the game with fully recreated artwork and over 15 hours of developer commentary. It’s the first game released by Blow’s company, Thekla, since first-person puzzlerThe Witnessin 2016....

A live service game gracefully bowing out, in this economy? Its currently slated for release this October, but this wont mean the end for Chivalry. Neither has support for Chivalry 2 completely ended, as there’ll still be hotfixes and the like. Its certainly been a busy few years for Chivalry 2. Whether they did indeed succeed in making the best horses ever, though, Ill let you decide.

We eventually realized that this model stretched our talent too thin, too quickly. Bungie’s remaining 850 or so staff will now “focus development efforts entirely on Destiny and Marathon”. It was reportedly subject to acreative leadership shake-up in March. Several now-former Bungie developers have shared the news on social media. Other developers have warm words for Bungie’s leadership. “Inexcusable,“wroteglobal community lead Dylan Gafner, who still has his job. “Industry leading talent being lost, yet again....

The list is enormous and designed expressly around improved replayability - take that, Las Vegas Dome. Take new Guild Assignments, which are essentially special challenge runs. As for those new monsters, there’s one called the breeder that continuously spawns new ticks. If you shoot it, it’ll harden for a bit and make life more difficult. you’re free to view them all over onSteamif you’re keen to soak it all in.

EA’s financial year begins April, with Q1 ending on June 30th and Q2 ending on September 30th. This is assuming that the game experiences no further development hiccups. Edwin saw a 45-minute segment of The Veilguardback in June. It’s a welcome surprise that there are positive vibes about it now that’s seemingly mere months away.

All of these are represented as new spaces on the board to which players can send their agents. Earlier this month,Sin played both recent Dune strategy games, Imperium and real-time cousin Spice Wars. I haven’t played Spice Wars, which means I can confidently state that Imperium is definitely better.

So you don’t really have that technology jump to make things different and better. I don’t think we can ever see a jump like that again." Again, Vermeij is impressed by what he’s glimpsed of GTA 6 nonetheless. “Every character has got their own animation. I think that looks pretty amazing. But I don’t think it is going to be wildly different from GTA 5. I think maybe people might be a little disappointed....