Good news from the world of game development: all the outrage over crunch appears to have made a positive change. The 2019 edition of the International Game Developers Association's Developer Satisfaction Survey indicates that workplace conditions have improved. Devs are less crushed by crunch.
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The start of a new console generation can end up leaving some players in the lurch. New exclusives are typically reserved for the new machine, and the old one is usually left behind. Microsoft, however, is looking to break with tradition and keep Xbox One owners gaming for at least a few more years.
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Despite the backlash that EA has received over the years, it's clear that the publisher has no intentions of slowing down. This is especially true when it comes to the next generation of console gaming. In fact, we finally have an idea as to how EA feels about what it's seen from the next era.
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You've probably seen the bathtub scene from The Witcher 3 by now, even if you've never played the game. It's been all over. It reached meme-dom. But it wasn't quite right in the Netflix series The Witcher. Fortunately, Henry Cavill decided to tell us why.
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For devoted players, Borderlands 3 is literally the gift that keeps on giving. A new event just launched today for the game that aims to give players the best loot possible. It's called "Rare Chest Riches," and we've got the details on it right here.
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What if the Untitled Goose Game was your entire computer? That's the question that inventive developer Samperson, @SamNChiet on Twitter, has answered with his "Desktop Goose."
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Untitled Goose Game was undoubtedly a smashing success for the small, indie studio House House. What started as a whim blossomed into one of the best, and most entertaining, games of 2019. Now House House has decided to do some public good with its success.
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TemTem, an indie game that's been called an outright Pokemon clone, has given players the Pokemon MMO they've wanted for years. Now we have Kindred Fates, an open-world monster-battling RPG that puts its own, rather dark, twist on the usual Pokemon formula.
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Geralt of Racoon City? That's what we're looking at in this latest Resident Evil 2 mod, which takes the main character of The Witcher series and drops him into a world full of zombies. It's yet another in a long string of RE2 hacks that add new characters. It might also be the most fitting.
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The dedicated devs at Bay 12 Games have been continually improving Dwarf Fortress and adding in cartloads of features. The latest release is chock full of features that fans have been requesting for quite some time.
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Get pumped, Destiny 2 fans -- the mode you've asked Bungie to add over and over again could soon be coming to the game. According to a reliable data miner, Trials of Osiris appears ready to make its debut in Destiny 2 during Season 10. That season, as it so happens, begins in March.
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Google Stadia has had its ups and downs since it launched back in November. Unfortunately, there have been way more downs than ups. Now the users of r/Stadia are making it known -- they are not happy.
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Glimmer is somewhat valuable now in Destiny 2, as are planetary materials. So you can understand the shock some players had when, after today's patch, they realized these key resources had gone missing.
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You've likely heard about the Cyberpunk 2077 delay by now. It was a meteor that left a crater in the Spring schedules of gamers everywhere. What you might not have heard was a little rumor about what caused the delay. That rumor was addressed by a CD Projekt Red employee recently.
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Conspiracies have taken form in gaming as consumers have been lied to and companies have tried to save face. Let's take a look at a couple of examples of real-life video game conspiracies.
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After wrecking his way through the roster of Mortal Kombat 11, the Terminator has set his sights on another video game franchise. Starting Jan. 29, the T-800 will arrive in Ghost Recon Breakpoint for a live event.
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Doom Eternal is on the way and it's going to be big and bad in the best of ways. What's more is that we also have the welcome news that, unlike some other games, Doom Eternal will be entirely free of microtransactions.
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In a video posted by the official Apex Legends account, we got a look at what most assumed was backstory for James "The Forge" McCormick. This supremely confident man appeared poised to join the roster of Respawn's battle royale shooter at the start of Season 4. Yeah, maybe not.
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This weekend, the world received the shocking and sad news that basketball legend Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash. Basketball fans and gamers alike have moved to commemorate the player. Now there's a special tribute to the Black Mamba in NBA 2K20.
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Despite the legitimate and insanely lucrative state of the gaming world today, Atari has gone by the wayside. But now it's back with new... hotels? Hotels. Atari is getting into the hospitality business in a big way.
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VR games are supposed to be exciting, immersive, and sometimes intense. The wondrous technology packed into those goofy headsets throw you into worlds where zombies, headcrabs, and giant spiders lurk. So why would Blizzard want to make a Hearthstone VR game?
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Capcom is releasing not one, but two games in the coming months. The surprise Resident Evil 3 remake will come loaded with Project Resistance, a 4v1 multiplayer mode. Despite telling a similar story of terror, escape, and monstrous harassment, Project Resistance is not part of Resident Evil canon.
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There are plenty of controversies these days over microtransactions, delays, and conspicuously missing content. Historically, however, there's nothing like a sour story that will ruffle gamers' feathers. Here are some character arcs from the world of gaming that drudged up some serious controversy.
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How jazzed are devs about next-gen consoles? The odds are fairly good that you'll see both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X attract their fair share of third-party support. But the people who make the games clearly favor one, as outlined by the latest GDC "State of the Game Industry" survey.
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Doom Eternal is looking to be a love letter to the gory shooter franchise's past. In addition to featuring a storyline reminiscent of the original Doom 2: Hell on Earth, the upcoming sequel to 2016's Doom reboot has a few surprises for longtime fans.
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Mortal Kombat 11, meet the Jester of Genocide. Joker officially makes his way into NetherRealm's excessively violent fighting game tomorrow, and fortunately, thanks to early access granted to some players, we know all about this DC villain's story arc and how his time in the MK universe wraps up.
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Epic Games is well known for being up for all kinds of wacky promotional tie-ins and limited time game modes within Fortnite. Thanks to a recent tweet from the official Fortnite Twitter account, we may know what the battle royale game's next "fantabulous" crossover event might involve.
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