Author: Liv Ngan
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Max Payne, Alan Wake 2 voice actor James McCaffrey dies aged 65
James McCaffrey, best known for his voice work as Max Payne, has passed away at the age of 65. McCaffrey leant his voice to several other games as well as the Max Payne series. He voiced Edward Carnby in 2008’s Alone in the Dark, Zachariah Trench in Remedy’s Control, and most recently provided the voice…
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Sea of Stars removes YouTuber cameo following charity fraud allegations
Sabotage Studio, developer of indie RPG Sea of Stars, has removed the appearance of YouTuber Jirard “The Completionist” Khalil as a cameo in the game. The move follows the ongoing investigations into The Open Hand Foundation, a fundraising body created by Khalil’s family. Sabotage and Khalil had a close working relationship, with Khalil consistently giving…
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Apple TestFlight servers from 2012 to 2015 leak, containing terabytes of data
Data scraped from the servers for Apple’s TestFlight service circa 2012 to 2015 have been leaked, giving access to tens of thousands of iOS apps and games. The leak has been dubbed the “teraleak” due to its sheer size and seemingly as a nod to the Nintendo “gigaleak” from 2020 which included prototypes of Star…
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Pokémon fans experiment with playing as their creatures in Scarlet and Violet DLC
The latest DLC for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet lets players explore Paldea as their pocketed creatures, to some adorable and hilarious results. The mechanic was revealed last week in a new trailer for The Indigo Disk. Now it’s been released, players have been experimenting with what they can and can’t do as their caught Pokémon.…
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Festive fan-game Birdo’s Holiday Brawl is a late entrant for game of the year
Eurogamer’s game of the year 2023 is… I jest, I jest. Even though the spirit of Birdo-loving continues at Eurogamer, passed down by our old mate Martin Robinson, I can’t crown the title to fangame Birdo’s Holiday Brawl, deserving though it may be. Birdo’s Holiday Brawl was made by Super Squidoodle for the Christmas Sonic…
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Like a Dragon to hold exhibition dedicated to dead characters
The Japanese department store Parco is holding an exhibition in collaboration with the Like a Dragon series, which is themed around some of its most notable dead characters. The exhibition will first be held at Parco Factory, a gallery at the Parco store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo from 30th December to 15th January, 2024. It’ll feature…
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Larian CEO acknowledges Wizards of the Coasts layoffs in belated The Game Awards speech
Swen Vincke, the CEO of Larian Studios, has shared what he wanted to say in his acceptance speech at The Game Awards. Larian took home six wins at the awards ceremony for Baldur’s Gate 3, including game of the year. Yesterday, Vincke posted a thread on X (née Twitter) with all the thanks he had…
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PowerWash Simulator Christmas update out now
FuturLab has announced the next free update for PowerWash Simulator is a new map of Santa’s Workshop, and it’s out now on PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The update was listed in FuturLab’s 2023 roadmap for the game all the way back in April and was simply described as…
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Netflix developing over 10 games in-house currently
Netflix head of gaming Mike Verdu has revealed the company has more than 10 games in development at its in-house studios. Netflix formed its own studios in Helsinki and California last year, and acquired four other studios, including Oxenfree developer Night School Studio and Cozy Grove developer Spry Fox. Verdu said the six studios are…
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Sci-fi horror Fort Solis being adapted for film and TV
Swedish production company Studios Extraordinaires and developer Fallen Leaf have announced a TV and film adaptation of Fort Solis. Fort Solis released on 22nd August this year on PC and PS5, and stars Roger Clark (Red Dead Redemption 2), Troy Baker (The Last of Us), and Julia Brown (World On Fire) in a sci-fi, horror…