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Blizzard’s chief legal officer has resigned amid lawsuits
Blizzard’s chief legal officer and senior vice president, Claire Hart, has resigned from the company. Hart spent over three years at the World of Warcraft maker, which is at the centre of ongoing lawsuits being faced by its parent company Activision Blizzard related to toxic workplace culture. She directed the global legal and public policy team for the studio, while also working for ...read more
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See Forza Horizon 5's Multiplayer Modes In Action
Forza Horizon 5's dev team introduced and showed the upcoming racing game's different multiplayer modes in the latest Forza Horizon 5: Let’s ¡Go! livestream. The three multiplayer modes are Horizon Arcade, Horizon Tour, and Horizon Open. Horizon Arcade is a collection of minigames and will be marked by pink circles on the map. Players can team up together to find and smash pinatas, hit ...read more
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Latest PS4 Update Reportedly Fixes Huge System Clock Error
Sony's recent moves to end support for its previous consoles may have made some PS4 owners nervous, especially with the CBOMB system clock issue looming overhead. However, a new PS4 firmware update appears to have fixed the issue, which could have rendered all physical and digital PS4 games unplayable. CBOMB is a portmanteau of CMOS, the small PS4 internal clock battery that plays an important ...read more
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Halo Infinite Multiplayer Microtransaction System Is Coming Into Focus
As a free-to-play standalone game, Halo Infinite multiplayer embraces microtransactions in its business model, just like Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, Apex Legends, and many others. 343 Industries has now begun to lay out its vision for Halo Infinite as it relates to what will be available in the store to buy with real money. The studio divulged these details in the latest installment of ...read more
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Halo Infinite dev clarifies how multiplayer challenges work
There’s been some discussion over the past weeks about Halo Infinite’s progression system, with players who joined in the technical flights expressing some concern over the decision to tie all of the FPS game’s experience gain to a multiplayer challenge system. Now, developer 343 Industries has laid out how the progression system works, revealing some key new details about how you’ll ...read more
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Forza Horizon 5 multiplayer gameplay reveals new modes
Forza Horizon 5 has debuted multiplayer gameplay ahead of launch in November. Just below, you can check out an archive of a recent livestream hosted by Forza Horizon 5 developers at Playground Games. In the 50-minute showcase, the developers of the new racing sim show viewers what Forza Horizon 5 is going to look like when you're playing it alongside a number of your friends on the same ...read more
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Halo Infinite multiplayer preview returns for end of September
The Halo Infinite multiplayer technical preview is coming back before the end of the month. As confirmed via the most recent Inside Infinite blog post, developer 343 Industries will be hosting another technical preview - following the first technical preview in late July/early August - that will take place from September 23 - 26 and September 30 - October 3, 2021. According to the post, ...read more
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Valve Patent Looks to Make Steam Games Playable While They Download
Valve appears to be working on tech that would allow its Steam users to play their purchased games while they're downloading, according to some recently discovered patents. This type of feature is something that's been employed on consoles in the past, though it hasn't been present within Steam save for an older implementation that Valve abandoned years ago. Given the nature of these sorts of ...read more
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Gran Turismo 7 Is Yet Another Paid Next-Gen Upgrade From Sony
Details of the Gran Turismo 7 pre-order and 25th-anniversary edition have been revealed on the PlayStation Blog. While there are some nice goodies up for grabs across the various versions available, including cars, a steelbook case, and in-game credits, if you want the standard PS4 version while you wait to get your hands on the ever-elusive PS5 - seriously, it's been a year since pre-orders went ...read more
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Far Cry 6 Doesn’t Have Ray-Tracing On Consoles, Ubisoft Confirms
In a recent interview with Wccftech, lead programmer at Ubisoft Stephanie Brenham revealed that Far Cry 6 will not have ray-tracing options on consoles. During the interview, he revealed that players on consoles will not be able to enjoy the cutting-edge in terms of lighting technology. Brenham explains that with Far Cry 6 on consoles, Ubisoft wants to prioritize performance over visual ...read more
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