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Citizen Sleeper 2 asks how we stay human in a hopeless future
11 Jan

Citizen Sleeper 2 asks how we stay human in a hopeless future

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Life for Sleepers is fraught. They gain consciousness in a state of indentured servitude, an emulated human mind inside an android body, forced to work until they’re discarded. Those who escape don’t last long due to trackers in their bodies, and their hardcoded dependence on a drug known as Stabilizer. Without it, a Sleeper’s body will eventually reject its biosynthetic organs.If this sounds like tech's worst excesses of the present taken to their most extreme, you're grasping what Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector's creator, Gareth Damian Martin, is driving at.“Citizen Sleeper was me drawing on things from when I was…
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The Government Wants to Protect Robux From Hackers
10 Jan

The Government Wants to Protect Robux From Hackers

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a new measure on Friday that could protect your Robux from scammers and hackers.The proposed rule would interpret terms in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, or EFTA, which has traditionally been used to protect consumers from unauthorized debit transactions, to include some virtual currencies supplied by gaming and cryptocurrency companies.“Gamers—or in some cases their parents and guardians—have reported issues such as trouble when converting dollars to in-game currency, unauthorized transactions, account hacks and takeovers, theft, scams, and loss of assets,” reads the CFPB’s post announcing the proposal. “They have also described receiving limited to…
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Russia is trying to make its own game consoles in a bid for technological independence
31 Dec

Russia is trying to make its own game consoles in a bid for technological independence

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It’s no secret that Russia has been slowly working towards eschewing as much Western technology as it can and developing its own, and its latest effort seems to be related to video games. On December 25, Anton Gorelkin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, some information on a domestic video game console being developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as reported by . The theoretical console will have an Elbrus processor and be powered by either Aurora or Alt Linux, both Russian forks of the popular Linux operating system.According to TechSpot, the Elbrus processor…
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Engadget’s Balatro of the year 2024
24 Dec

Engadget’s Balatro of the year 2024

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No game this year captured the imagination of the Engadget crew quite like Balatro did, and when it came time for each staff member to pitch their favorite games of 2024, everyone – and I mean everyone – wanted to write about Balatro. In the end, rather than forcing everyone to fight for the chance to write about their love of the game, we instead decided to ask the team to write their own individual take on Balatro.My Steam Deck is a Balatro machine and I love itMy Steam Deck is a Balatro machine at this point, and no, I’m…
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Engadget’s Games of the Year 2024
24 Dec

Engadget’s Games of the Year 2024

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This year may not have been as jam packed as 2023 was for gaming, but there were still plenty of amazing new releases. Whether you love a good indie or a big-budget production, this year had you covered. All you needed to do was look a bit deeper than you might have in 2023.Animal WellThe core of Animal Well isn’t that structurally complicated: It’s a lock-and-key Metroidvania. You go to places to unlock other places and abilities. There are puzzle bits. Platforming bits. Bosses. A sense of progression. Beating the core “story” opens up a couple layers of admirably elaborate…
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Ubisoft quietly squeezes out another NFT game featuring Rayman, Blood Dragon
21 Dec

Ubisoft quietly squeezes out another NFT game featuring Rayman, Blood Dragon

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Hey, gamers! Do you like Rayman? Do you like Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon? Do you wish they’d make a new Rayman or Blood Dragon game? Well, you got your wish (sort of) if you’re willing to give your wish a lot of leeway and a bit of money. Journalist Stephen Totilo’s newsletter reported that Ubisoft secretly released a new Web3 game with NFTs featuring Captain Laserhawk from the Blood Dragon animated series spinoff on Netflix and Rayman (who hasn’t appeared in a proper new adventure in years). looks like a generic top down shooter set in the bright neon…
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The first Witcher 4 trailer sees Ciri kicking butt
15 Dec

The first Witcher 4 trailer sees Ciri kicking butt

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Well, let's be honest: I don't think any of us expected to see CD Projekt Red preview The Witcher 4 anytime soon, and yet the studio did just that, sharing a lengthy cinematic trailer for the upcoming sequel at the Game Awards. Even if there's no gameplay footage to be found, fans of the series will love what they see.That's because the clip reveals the protagonist of the game, and it's none other than Ciri, the adopted daughter of everyone's favorite witcher, Geralt of Rivia. Thematically, the clip is similar to The Witcher 3's excellent "Killing Monsters" trailer. Ciri arrives…
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Ragebound is a new Ninja Gaiden game from the team behind Blasphemous
15 Dec

Ragebound is a new Ninja Gaiden game from the team behind Blasphemous

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Resurrecting a beloved gaming series like Ninja Gaiden is always a tricky proposition. Anyone who might have worked on the franchise in its heyday has likely moved on to other projects or left the industry entirely. But judging by the talent working on Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, the new series entry revealed at the Game Awards, I think it's safe to say the franchise is in safe hands. That's because Ragebound unites two companies who know a thing or two about making quality games.The Game Kitchen — the Spanish studio behind Blasphemous and its excellent sequel, Blasphemous 2 — is developing…
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The Game Awards has already set a date for its 2025 show
14 Dec

The Game Awards has already set a date for its 2025 show

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The annual Game Awards came and went this week, bringing for upcoming games, and crowning 2024’s game of the year: Astro Bot. Riding the excitement, The Game Awards has already announced the date for next year’s event. It’ll take place on December 11, 2025 at LA’s Peacock Theater.As always, The Game Awards on Thursday treated us to of music from the GOTY nominees, and it goes so hard. That includes music from Astro Bot, Balatro and Black Myth: Wukong. It’s definitely worth checking it out if you missed it during the stream.Among the trailers, we got a surprise look at…
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Despelote is dribbling its way to the Nintendo Switch
11 Dec

Despelote is dribbling its way to the Nintendo Switch

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Wanna go outside and kick the ball around? The soccer story game Despelote is coming to the Nintendo Switch in early 2025. The game was for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. is a story-driven game about people and the emotional spirit and camaraderie of football. You play as a plucky 8-year-old kid named Julián from Quito, Ecuador who goes out with his friends for a fun-filled afternoon of neighborhood football after a long day of school. The game tells the story of Ecuador’s economic struggles in the late 1990s and the sense of community and unity that grew leading…
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