Author: Ed Nightingale
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What might the ultimate character creator look like?
Have you spotted the Killmonger dreads? They’re everywhere these days. What started in Marvel’s Black Panther film is now ubiquitous in gaming. And these dreads are not just on the heads of Miles Morales or Tekken’s Eddy Gordo. They’re in character creators too. The style began as fashion but has quickly become a stereotype. …
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Behaviour-published puzzle game Islands of Insight gets release date
Shared-world puzzle game Islands of Insight now has a release date: 13th February. Published by Dead by Daylight studio Behaviour Interactive, the game has been developed by Lunarch Studios as a first-person open world puzzle game with a mystical theme – think Myst or The Witness with multiplayer. A demo will also…
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Stardew Valley co-developer announces release window for urban life sim Sunkissed City
Developer Arthur ‘Mr. Podunkian’ Lee, who worked with ConcernedApe on Stardew Valley, has announced the release window for his own forthcoming life sim. Sunkissed City will launch on PC via Steam in Q4 2024, with a console release to follow. Lee has been sharing videos on social media from throughout the development…
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Palworld to get PvP and Pal Arena modes in future update
Palworld developer Pocketpair has laid out a roadmap of improvements for the early access game. In the short term, the studio will be addressing critical issues such as bugs and a persistent loading screen. Other improvements will include key configuration and the AI of Pals. Further down the line, new elements like…
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Valve likely earned over $1bn in Counter-Strike 2 loot boxes last year
Valve likely made over $1bn last year from loot boxes in Counter-Strike 2. That’s according to data from CS2 Case Tracker (thanks Dexerto), which released a 2023 year in review. The most striking statistic is that $980m was spent by players on keys for cases, the free-to-play game’s loot box equivalent. To…
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Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 out next week
Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 is set to launch next week and will introduce new antagonist CatNap. Titled Deep Sleep, the third chapter of the horror series will arrive on Steam on 31st January. There’s no word yet of other platforms. CatNap, as the name suggests, is a giant fluffy cat who puts…
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Splatoon 3’s Side Order DLC will be served up next month
Splatoon 3’s campaign DLC Side Order finally has a release date: 22nd February. The second wave of the game’s DLC Expansion Pass was first announced a year ago and has been eagerly anticipated by players. Nintendo shared the news on X, formerly Twitter, adding players will “join up with new faces…
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Twitch expands programme for improved revenue share to more streamers
Twitch is expanding its Partner Plus programme to allow more streamers to benefit from its higher revenue share. The programme was introduced last June and offers a 70 percent revenue split on subscriptions rather than the standard 50 percent. However, its criteria was particularly stringent, meaning many streamers did not qualify. …
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Final Fantasy 14 live-action TV series officially “dead”
A Final Fantasy 14 live-action TV series is now confirmed to be “dead” due to the “size and scale needed to do it right”. The series was previously announced as a collaboration between Sony Pictures Television and Hivemind, the company behind Netflix’s The Witcher series. However, Hivemind co-founder Dinesh Shamdasani has now…
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Four Van Gogh Museum employees suspended after Pokémon exhibit chaos
Four employees of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam were suspended due to misconduct during its Pokémon exhibition last year. Though the museum did not confirm the number of employees involved, it confirmed security guards and public service employees were suspended in mid-December for not adhering to the procedures and codes of conduct…