Author: Jody Macgregor
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The three parts of Total War: Warhammer 3’s next DLC, Thrones of Decay, will be available individually
Following complaints about a price increase and widespread perception of a drop in value, the previous DLC for Total War: Warhammer 3, Shadows of Change, was significantly expanded to make it better value. Creative Assembly isn’t done placating its audience, and has announced the next DLC, Thrones of Decay, which expands three of the game’s…
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Darktide’s first update for 2024 revises penances, adds puzzles, pox gas, and a new enemy
While it’s had several hotfixes already this year, Darktide will be getting its first significant 2024 update in late April. As developer Fatshark explains on its blog, this update—called the Path of Redemption—includes a reinvented penance system. Previously, penances were achievements that occasionally rewarded players with a cosmetic. Under the revised system, the points earned…
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The next Magic: The Gathering set wants you to do crimes
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One of the mechanics coming to Magic: The Gathering in the western-themed Outlaws of Thunder Junction set is called Crime. It’s a way of rewarding outlaw behavior, with Crime specifically defined as using your spells or abilities to directly target an opponent, anything they control, or even their discards. When you do so, that’s called…
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This year’s inevitable flood of April Fools Day joke visual novels begins with Palworld
Palworld, everyone’s favorite Nintendo lawsuit waiting to happen, got in on the April Fools Day action early by releasing a trailer for an imaginary visual novel called Pal♡world! ~More Than Just Pals~, which is set in a high school full of Pals and their trainers who want to go on dates with you. There are…
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73M AT&T customers have had their personal data, including passcodes, leaked online
Telecommunications giant AT&T has confirmed that 7.6 million current and 65.4 million former customers have had their personal data compromised. The data stolen isn’t uniform, but may include, as AT&T detailed, “full name, email address, mailing address, phone number, social security number, date of birth, AT&T account number and passcode.” AT&T passcodes are four-digit pins,…
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CD Projekt Red says the next Witcher game is ‘not just repeating what was done before’ as the dev team ramps up to over 400
There are currently 627 developers working at CD Projekt Red, and as the studio revealed during its financial year 2023 earnings conference, 403 of them are now dedicated to work on Project Polaris, which is to say, The Witcher 4. (Thanks, RPS.) Meanwhile, the skeleton crew left to work on Cyberpunk 2077 updates has shrunk…
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The Elder Scrolls, ranked | PC Gamer
Obviously the Elder Scroll of Chim is the best, though the Elder Scroll (Blood) is certainly memorable—wait, this is supposed to be a ranking of the Elder Scrolls videogames? Silly me, I thought this was a ranking of those prophetic texts beyond the contemplation of mortal minds. I’ve been struck temporarily blind and permanently mad…
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Path of Exile 2’s beta delayed from June ‘until later in the year’
We’ve had plenty of intriguing news about Path of Exile 2 today, like the combat having been reworked around a new control scheme and the announcement it will be sticking to its “ethical free-to-play” model. However, to pour a little ice water on the fire, here’s one bit of not-so-great news: the beta previously announced…
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Apex Legends streamers warned to ‘perform a clean OS reinstall as soon as possible’ after hacks during NA Finals match
The Apex Legends Global Series is currently in regional finals mode, but the North America finals have been delayed after two players were hacked mid-match. First, Noyan “Genburten” Ozkose of DarkZero suddenly found himself able to see other players through walls, then Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen of TSM was given an aimbot. Genburten’s hack happened part…
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Blood Bowl 3 gets Wood Elves, Resurrection mode, and a new roadmap
Blood Bowl 3 continues to trundle along somewhere between life and death, receiving a seasonal pass update every three months including a new team. Following last season’s addition of the Shambling Undead, Season 4 brings us an agility team: Wood Elves. In previous editions of tabletop Blood Bowl the Wood Elves were top tier, and…