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Mobile"I wanted you to feel bad": former Battlefield audio designer recalls punching himself to record more realistic gunshot screams
Arc Raiders audio director Bence Pajor has spoken on the Game Makers Notebook podcast about his earlier career at DICE, working on sound effects for the Battlefield FPS series. The discussion includes some insights about how Pajor – a former Swedish military sniper – created effects for soldiers getting struck by bullets. Amongst other things, he experimented with punching himself hard enough to elicit cries of pain. It's not clear whether the resulting recordings made their way into
ConsoleDisney yank a bunch of games from Steam, including bonafide classics Star Wars: Dark Forces, Outlaws and High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance
A bunch of older games linked to or published by Disney have just been delisted from Steam in one fell swoop, with the original 90s versions of Star Wars: Dark Forces and Outlaws among their number. These 15 make up the second round of Disney-related games to be yanked from the storefront this year, with 14 having gotten the hook back in January. Read more
MobileMarathon's next experimental mode goes all in on sponsored kits, which sounds great for scaredy-cats like me
There's another experiment on the way to Marathon. Last month, Bungie started testing a duos mode in the extraction shooter. According to an update from Joe Ziegler, that mode will be making its way into the game as a full feature in season two, with Bungie "diligently working on delivering that to all of you who are eagerly awaiting its return." But with this update comes the next test: a new mode that forces you into using sponsored kits. Read more
ConsoleSTALKER 2’s latest update adds an easily missed new questline, while dispersing accidental mutant crowds
Get in here, stalker. STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl just got its meatiest patch in months, the Sealed Truth update, which has added a spooky, story-based new questline along with various bug fixes. The new quests, which take you deep into the monster-infested bowels of the X-18 laboratory (previously visited in STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl), seemingly play up HoC’s horror side, and word is it’ll loosely tie into the plot of the incoming Cost of Hope expansion. Which sounds good, alth
ConsoleMarathon will test out a new experimental game mode which forces players to use free sponsored kits
If you've been playing Marathon and have been bodied by geared-out players, packing fully upgraded guns and purple shields, a new experimental game mode coming this week may be exactly what you've been waiting for. Read more
MobileWarhammer Classics initiative re-releases 28 vintage Warhammer and W40K games, with seven out on Steam for the first time
Games Workshop have buddied up with bygone re-release specialists SNEG to launch Warhammer Classics: nearly thirty games of varying oldness (but spanning both the original Fantasy and shooty 40K Warhams), "revived in their original state" on Steam. Read more
ConsoleCareful, huge spoilers are out for James Bond game 007: First Light, following an Indonesian Game Rating leak
007: First Light is set to finally launch in late May, but James Bond's next adventure is already facing a full-blown leak of late-story spoilers. Read more
PC"This is the most reasonable and wise thing to do": survival shooter Road to Vostok's dev plans to recharge a bit before tackling fixes and larger updates
Finnish survivashooter Road to Vostok has fared very well since wandering out of the early access gates last week, and its solo developer Antti Leinonen's now turning his thoughts towards how he'll build on that going forwards. However, he's keen not to rush into any fixes or work on overhauls/additions, instead taking some time to get back to 100% following what sounds like an intense push to this initial build. Read more
Mobile"I couldn't protect it" Pete Hines says he left Microsoft-owned Bethesda because he didn't want to watch it be "damaged and broken apart and frankly mistreated, abused"
Following the release of Starfield back in 2023, one of the long-time faces of the publisher announced he was wandering off into the great retirement beyond. Pete Hines, who was head of publishing at the Fallout and Elder Scrolls maker, said at the time that walking away was "not a decision I came to easily or quickly", but that "the time is right". He's now expanded on what went into his exit, painting a picture that reflects far less rosily on Bethesda's current corporate overlords Microsoft,
Console"Mads Mikkelsen in Hannibal but with flair" - Casting calls for Hideo Kojima's new PlayStation-published spy game Physint give new clues about what to expect
With Death Stranding 2 now behind us, Kojima Productions' future includes horror game OD and the new espionage game Physint, which will be published on PlayStation by Sony. It's still a long way off, but recent casting details are providing a clearer idea of what to expect from it. Read more
MobileThis week in PC games: sci-fi shooter Pragmata, 2.5D platformer Replaced, and the most wishlisted game on Steam compete with illuminated manuscripts
As you may well know, Edwin has been devoured by The Maw more than once in his time as news editor. Though you cant say he's not learned from the experience of being a digestee. Knowing that The Maw becomes particularly agitated in weeks stuffed with new releases, I suspect he saw the bloated Steam Upcoming chart and hastily booked his holiday, leaving us to wrangle the beast. Read more
Console"Players always get through them faster than we think" - inside Bungie's big Marathon ARG
There was this wonderful energy around Marathon a few weeks ago. Not unusual for a brand-new release, sure, but altogether different than the usual hype-laden first impressions. No, this had the unmistakable feeling of a treasure hunt, a community-wide push to unlock something tangible: the Cryo Archive map. All they had to do was solve one measly alternate reality game (ARG). How hard could it be? Read more
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MobileArc Raiders Launches Map Conditions tracker - here's what the tracker tells us
Embark Studios has released a new tracker to help players monitor map conditions across Arc Raiders. Read more
ConsoleGTA 6 dev Rockstar have seemingly been hacked again, but they don't seem all that worried
Update: The hackers have told the BBC that Rockstar haven't met their demands by the deadline of April 14th that they sought to impose. So, the hackers say they'll publish the data they've stolen online. Read more
MobileFollowing mass layoffs, Epic are reportedly putting their hopes on a Disney extraction shooter
I do not like the combination of the words "Epic Games," "Disney," and "extraction shooter," yet write them I must. That's because of a new report from Bloomberg (paywalled), which digs into some of the issues the Fortnite developer has been facing in recent years with the popular battle royale, and the hopes the company is pinning on its Disney deal. Read more
Redeem CodeWhat are we all playing this weekend?
After months of pleading for the sun to show its face, I'm actually feeling quite warm now. Potentially, I'd go so far as to say I'm too toasty. I'm not saying I'm looking forward to winter. But I'm not not saying it. Read more
Redeem CodeDatamined code shows Valve referencing an AI "SteamGPT" tool presumably to help Steam better cope with cheaters and customer support
So far there's only been hints that game-maker and Steam-owner Valve has been dabbling in generative AI use. But if recent findings are to be believed, it might be working on a "SteamGPT" AI feature to help tackle cheating on Steam and manage account restrictions. Read more
PCRust 2 isn't in development, Facepunch boss confirms after suspicious Steam page sparks speculation
Facepunch founder Garry Newman has denied that a sequel to survival/naked bloke battle royale game Rust is currently in the works, after a Rust 2 Steam listing ignited online chatter along those lines. Read more