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Ah, Los Ratones, European League of Legends’ lightning in a bottle. Honestly, I had lost all interest in western LoL until Marc ‘Caedrel’ Lamont’s self-styled “content team” came along and gave us one of most engaging storylines the MOBA’s had in years. It’s now but a not-so-distant memory, but that hasn’t stopped questions about the rats from popping up in Caedrel’s stream. One thing I always wondered is if LR actually managed to turn a profit; few esports teams actually do so, after all. The answer, perhaps unsurprisingly considering its popularity, is a positive one. “LR was set up to…
Microsoft is no longer developing a version of its Copilot AI assistant for consoles, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has confirmed.In a message on X, Sharm stated that one of Xbox‘s main priorities is to “address friction” it has with players and Xbox developers, and that the scrapping of Copilot on Xbox consoles is part of this move.“Xbox needs to move faster, deepen our connection with the community, and address friction for both players and developers,” she wrote.“Today, we promoted leaders who helped build Xbox, while also bringing in new voices to help push us forward. This balance is important as…
PC gamers burned through the initial Steam Controller stock within an hour after orders went live, which Valve admits was unexpected as it reflects on the frustration-tinged launch.”Steam Controller ran out faster than we anticipated, and we hate that not everyone who wanted one was able to get it,” Valve says in a post on Bluesky. “We’re working on getting more in stock and will have an update on expected timeline soon.”Players feared this exact situation as soon as it was revealed that Valve wouldn’t be taking pre-orders for the Steam Controller, though I suppose opening the gates early doesn’t…
As you’ve probably heard by now, Subnautica 2 is releasing in early access on May 14th. Unknown Worlds have packed up all of their leviathans and everything. Cool. Unless you’re planning to launch a campervanning game that same day. Square Glade Games have decided they’d rather not.
As someone with a Steam backlog, that I’m constantly filling up with games I’ll ‘play later’, I don’t typically pay full price unless I really want the game – I already have too many games. However, when deals like the Fanatical Legendary Bundle come around, it’s hard to say no to so many excellent games at a lower price than ever before, and with experiences ranging from The Alters to Frostpunk 2, there’s no reason to pass on this essential bundle. Fanatical’s latest bundle has plenty of my favorite games from recent years, including a few that I enjoyed much…
Sure, you’ve probably considered the effect that paying $80 or more for GTA 6 would have on your own wallet, but have you ever stopped to consider the poor, struggling game industry? The multi-billion dollar publishers that make AAA games can’t justify raising their own prices if a megalith like GTA 6 sticks to the old model, and Take-Two should really just do the rest of the industry a solid and open the $80 floodgates.At least, that’s the argument made by Bank of America analyst Omar Dessouky after attending the iicon conference in Las Vegas earlier this month. His team…
I confess, I don’t think very hard about cover when I’m playing Total War games – I’m too busy micromanaging cavalry and ensuring all of my ranged unit formations are nice and stretched out, with minimal depth for a cannon ball to travel through. I’ll have to address that mentality when playing Total War: Warhammer 40,000, which is not only a strategy game in which you can do an Exterminatus on planets, but also one in which players can destroy many other objects smaller than planets, including objects your squishy Imperial Guardsmen are cowering behind. “One of the really big…
People’s ability to anonymously say whatever they want online is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, you can look at literally any YouTube video, Instagram post, or other piece of content with a substantial number of views, and you’ll find anonymous users saying the most hateful and disgusting things. It’s practically impossible to be a PC gamer without encountering this. But I still think it’s important that people have access to that level of anonymity (hence why I champion VPNs so much), and news about upcoming changes to internet privacy has me concerned. The update comes…
A new Elden Lord has been crowned. On April 21, Elden Ring speedrunner N1ghtglow, a Chinese player sporting a respectable profile picture of Persona 5’s Haru on Speedrun.com, set a new world record for the glitchless any% category of FromSoftware’s open-world epic, beating the previous holder, fellow Chinese runner Okkotsu_Yuta, by just four seconds at 52:12. That’s how tight the Elden Ring races have become, but this run stands out not just because it’s a bit faster, but also because it makes for incredible TV.The YouTube version of the run mirroring the bilibili video is a one-hour Elden Ring masterclass…
Yep. May 1st 2002. You came and looked upon the Heart and Akulakahn for the first time. You brought Wraithguard, because the nice guy in the mask and loincloth had need of it. The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind came out. It’s now raised a glass of sujamma to salute its 24th anniversary. If you’re looking for ways to celebrate, a fresh Morrowind modathon’s just kicked off on Nexus Mods, and one of its early entries adds more tax-adjacent missions than the average accountant tackles on a yearly basis.