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Halo Infinite’s art director and a developer who’s worked on the franchise for 17 years, Glenn Israel, is accusing senior Halo Studios staff of “numerous unethical and/or unlawful acts.”In a series of LinkedIn posts, the long-time Halo developer says he either witnessed or was personally subjected to “blacklisting, fraud, rampant favoritism/cronyism” and “multiple harassment campaigns designed to provoke the constructive discharge of “unwanted” employees otherwise in good standing” between January 2024 and June 2025 – a few months before his eventual departure from the Xbox Game Studio.”After filing several documented complaints with Microsoft ‘s Human Resources department in June 2025,…
As it approaches its eighth birthday, and with over ten million players to its name, House Flipper is yours for free on Steam ahead of its full-scale remaster. One of the best building games, and certainly among the most relaxing of them, the home makeover sim is being given away in preparation for the upcoming launch of the House Flipper Remastered Collection, which is due later this year. Not only can you grab a copy of the original for free, but you can also snag a discount on the new version for doing so, so don’t miss out. House Flipper…
Ghost of Yotei Legends’ forthcoming Raid mode won’t include online matchmaking at launch, so prospective raiders might want to self-organize a four-player group ahead of time since, as developer Sucker Punch warned in the past, it’s practically impossible to beat without a full party.Ghost of Yotei followed in the footsteps of its older sibling, Ghost of Tsushima, last month with a looty-tooty, full-fledged, four-player multiplayer mode called Legends. The class-based detour came with a survival mode that throws increasingly tough waves of baddies at players, as well as a mission-based story mode.But it’s Ghost of Yotei Legends’ Raid that’s promising…
Garth DeAngelis remembers being in the room when Firaxis chose to ditch XCOM: Enemy Unknown’s procedurally generated maps. Despite being a feature of the original 1994 game, when Firaxis tried to build the tech for their reboot of the turn-based tactical classic 15 years later, it was causing major headaches.
Verdict A mass of features, including a heated and massaging lumbar support, under-seat cooling fan, integrated footrest, and loads of adjustability make this an impressive chair on paper. However, many of these features are more frustrating than fantastic, and when combined with a high price, they make for an unconvincing whole. Pros Amazing amount of adjustability Loads of features Footrest is a great addition Mesh build is comfortable and ventilating Cons Lumbar heating and massage aren’t very effective AI lumbar support is irritating Infuriating armrests Lots of assembly required The Hbada X7 Smart Ergonomic Chair is absolutely packed with features…
Crimson Desert players have been complaining that main man Kliff’s pockets aren’t deep enough to carry all the miscellaneous shiny jiggys littering the game’s massive open world, so Pearl Abyss has rolled another goodie out of its patch conveyor belt, this time increasing storage to up to 1,000 slots.Crimson Desert patch 1.02.00 plopped along earlier today – following yesterday’s similarly sizeable patch… see, it’s an assembly line – and it’s live on all systems bar Mac, though that’s in-progress too.The update’s headlining feature is that “the capacity of your private storage can now be increased from 240 slots up to…
I’m fully immersed in the world of Crimson Desert, and things only keep getting better as developer Pearl Abyss rolls out continued updates targeting specific community complaints and other issues with the open-world game. It’s always pleasing to see a team so responsive to its player base, and this fresh set of Crimson Desert patch notes proves that the studio is prepared to consider both sides of the coin. Update 1.02.00 introduces the option for anyone who preferred the old movement controls to flip back to them, dramatically expands your private storage, and adds one of my favorite roleplaying features,…
As is often the way for Warhammer 40K, things have gone horribly wrong. First, robo-skeleton Necrons woke up a malevolent star god in the ‘500 Worlds’ supplement. This was followed by pirates raiding the beleaguered Imperium in ‘Maelstrom.’ Now, the forces of Chaos are pouring from a tear in space-time to bring down mankind (a standard Tuesday for the grimdark future, in other words). An accompanying book called ‘Eye of Terror’ tells us all about the latter event, including how to play what it describes as “the most enormous and spectacular wargaming experience in the 41st Millennium.” But this isn’t…
Generally speaking, the Greymanes of Crimson Desert live up to their reputation as mighty warriors who protect what is just. Except for Yann, who spends a remarkable amount of time complaining, which might not be so bad, if he wasn’t always giving you stuff to do, and players are already getting sick of him.”There are like 40 Greymanes, most of which are genuinely pretty interesting and have cool stories,” John ‘Bucky’ Buckley, head of publishing and communications at Pocketpair, says on Twitter. “And yet… We have to do like 40 missions that involve Yann moaning like a baby for 15…
Humble Bundle is being suspiciously generous again. As ever, the lineup of Humble Choice games gives you good value for money in terms of the cost of the subscription versus what the games would normally cost, but now a special offer code is bringing the subscription fee down to almost half price. This means you’re effectively getting eight games, including Tempest Rising and Chants of Sennaar, for just $1 each. Yes, actual maths. If you caught my last piece, I was raving about Chants of Sennaar and you’re lucky because you still have a chance to get this gem as…