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The authors of Battlefield have announced a large-scale pre-alpha server performance test that will allow even more players to try out the upcoming part of the legendary series and provide feedback.
Nintendo's controversial decision to raise the price of Mario Kart World to $80 has caused a real stir among gamers, especially after Microsoft did not hesitate to make a similar move. And although Sony has not yet announced any price increases for its upcoming exclusives such as Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Ghost of Yotei, fans are already pre-ordering expensive digital Deluxe editions. Perhaps it's only a matter of time before Sony joins the $80 club. And one of the directors of Borderlands 4 commented on the price increase in a very strange way.
Get ready, hell raisers! Super Earth, our home, has now become a battlefield. Helldivers 2 has finally received the maps of Super Earth, where fierce battles will unfold as part of the massive Heart of Democracy update. As predicted by last week's leaks, the Heart of Democracy update, which is now available for PC and PlayStation 5, marks the arrival of the Illuminati on Super Earth.
However, Embark Studios employees still left the executable file (.exe), which contains only a banner with the "play" and "exit" buttons.
After the end of the second season of Andor, it became clear that Star Wars fans are hungry for more. Thousands of players around the world rushed to the old but beloved game, and the number of players in Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017) is growing rapidly again. The story of Cassian Andor, which culminated in the second season of the Rogue One prequel on Disney+, is widely considered not only one of the best works in the Star Wars universe, but also one of the best television works ever.
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about Bungie and its upcoming action shooter Marathon, and, unfortunately, mostly in a negative way. The problems with the plagiarism scandal and reports of a catastrophic drop in morale at the studio have been compounded by the revelation that a former employee who worked on Marathon has described the working conditions as "extremely toxic and degrading".
Although it's too early to talk about the long-term commercial success of DOOM: The Dark Ages, the first-person shooter has had a good start in the UK physical sales market. According to the charts released by GfK, DOOM: The Dark Ages topped the list of best-selling physical games in the UK for the week.
Arc Raiders, Embark Studios' upcoming multiplayer extraction adventure, is generating considerable buzz among gamers looking for their next obsession. This third-person shooter offers a fresh take on the genre in a deadly future Earth ravaged by mysterious mechanised threats known as ARCs. Players venture from an underground shelter to the dangerous surface world, collecting valuable loot while battling both robotic enemies and human raiders. Although the extraction genre seems to be somewhat oversaturated nowadays, Arc Raiders offers several good reasons to dive into this post-apocalyptic world. And having played the game during the second closed technical test, gg's editorial team will tell you about the 7 main reasons why you should pay attention to the Embark project.
On the eve of the release of the long-awaited Borderlands 4, fans of the famous series have united to express their indignation at the new terms of service from Take-Two Interactive. The situation has escalated so much that Borderlands games are currently experiencing a real "revenge bombing" on Steam.
The bloody and brutal Doom: The Dark Ages finally broke free in May. But on PC, the new Doom failed to repeat the resounding success of its predecessors.
The situation around the upcoming action shooter Marathon is becoming increasingly tense after a few difficult weeks for the studio. It all started with the launch of a closed alpha version of the game, which received mostly restrained and mixed reviews. One of the reasons for the criticism was the lack of separate PvE. The developers wanted it, but Bungie did not hear them.
After the high-profile gameplay demonstration and the launch of the closed alpha version of Marathon, the community's reaction was far from unambiguous, and many reviews were openly negative. The situation was further complicated by a plagiarism scandal, when an artist accused the studio of using her 2017 work in the game's alpha build. Bungie admitted the mistake and promised to fix everything, but this story has already seriously affected the perception of the game by fans.
Bungie's upcoming action shooter Marathon has hit a losing streak. According to a new report, the studio is experiencing one of the lowest levels of morale in its history. It all started with the demonstration of the closed alpha version of Marathon, which caused mostly mixed and negative reactions from the community. Instead of the expected excitement, players expressed concerns about the direction of the game, the "plastic" look and feel, and the overall feel.
The developer is offering to jump into Call of Duty: Mobile for free as an alternative
For Sony, the last 24 hours have been extremely unfortunate: The Fairgames live game seems to be falling apart before our eyes, and now another Sony subsidiary, Bungie, is forced to respond to serious plagiarism allegations.
