Author: Liv Ngan
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Among Us teams up with Untitled Goose Game, Celeste and more in new cosmetic bundle
Among Us developer InnerSloth has announced its biggest ever cosmetic collaboration for its social deduction game, featuring crossovers with six beloved indie titles. The Indie Cosmicube is live now, and includes 70 new wearables inspired by Alien Hominid, Castle Crashers, Celeste, Crypt of the NecroDancer, A Hat in Time, Undertale, and Untitled Goose Game. Some…
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Silent Hill: Ascension not written by AI, developer insists
After speculation on the use of AI in Silent Hill: Ascension, the CEO of developer Genvid has denied that it was used in any of the creative work for the interactive streaming series. Silent Hill: Ascension viewers suggested the show’s script was written by AI due to its abrupt tonal shifts and disjointed nature. The…
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Baldur’s Gate 3 will fix slowdowns and Astarion’s kisses later this week
Larian Studios says it’s aiming to release Patch 5 for Baldur’s Gate 3 later this week. The update will include a fix for performance issues in Act 3, Astarion’s kisses, and more. Since Patch 4 was released at the beginning of the month, Baldur’s Gate 3 players have experienced slowdown in Act 3. The performance…
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Take-Two and 2K sued over in-game currency in yearly sports series
Take-Two Interactive and 2K Games are facing a class-action lawsuit over the removal of purchased in-game currencies from accounts when a game’s online features are taken offline. The lawsuit was filed by J.A., a minor, and his mother, acting as his representative and next friend, to the federal court of Northern District of California on…
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NCSoft shows new trailers for Project M and LLL
NCSoft unveiled new trailers for its upcoming games Project M and LLL at G-Star 2023 which show off new features. Project M is a narrative thriller which we first saw in June 2022 with a trailer filled with quicktime events reminiscent of Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human. The game looks packed with drama, family,…
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New Tribes game seen in first gameplay footage
Videos of gameplay from a new Tribes entry have been shared online ahead of a public playtest later this week. The most recent release in the series was Tribes: Ascend in 2012, which was developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios. Tribes 3: Rivals is in development by Prophecy Games, an independent studio which was founded…
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The Pokémon Company sets up 16ft Christmas tree made of plushies
The Pokémon Company is kicking things off for Christmas with a huge 5m (16.4ft) Poké Plush tree set up at the North Atrium in Westfield London. The tree is made up of over 800 plushies, and in an artist’s impression shared by the company it consists of numerous species including Ditto, Piplup and Grookey, all…
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Intellivision launches app version of Amico console, as hardware remains distant
Intellision has released Amico Home, an app for Android phones, as the company continues to struggle getting its hardware out the door. But you’ll actually need two phones to play it – one to act as a controller, while a separate mobile device needs to have the Amico Controller app installed and be connected to…
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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says Google offered “what seemed like a crooked” deal to release Fortnite on Play Store
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has claimed Google offered him what “seemed like a crooked arrangement” in order to persuade the company to release Fortnite in the Google Play Store rather than through its own website. Sweeney made the statement when he took to the witness stand yesterday in the ongoing trial between Epic and…
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£5bn lawsuit over unfair PlayStation prices may continue, tribunal rules
Sony must face a £5bn lawsuit that alleges gamers have been repeatedly overcharged for PlayStation products, following a decision this week by the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal. The lawsuit was originally filed in August 2022 by ex-managing director of Which? UK Alex Neill, on behalf of UK PlayStation users. Neill’s application for a collective proceedings…