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Embark Studios’ extraction shooter Arc Raiders hits PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on October 30, and in the lead-up to its launch, the studio dropped a “server slam” from October 17-19 that blew up on Steam. In light of this success, design director Virgil Watkins said the playtest was illuminating because of Bungie’s Marathon. Speaking to PC Gamer, Watkins …

Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford has declared, “We suck” following the launch of the studio’s latest game, Borderlands 4. Why does he believe that? In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, Pitchford said Gearbox’s mission is “to entertain the world,” and the company is only currently reaching a small piece of the pie. “There are billions of people in …

Hello gamers! We’re here to talk about our next new mode coming in patch 25.21, ARAM: Mayhem! ARAM has always been a mainstay for League, whether as the mode you queue up for when you’re chilling with friends, or as the main way you play League, and this year we’ve been looking for ways to shake up the mode you …

Hey everyone, Pabro, Meddler, Riot Cadmus, Riot Phlox, Phroxzon, and just a capybara here with a quick TL;DW of today’s Dev Update: We’re ramping up our punishments for botting and smurfing over the next few months, and have been taking things slowly to avoid falsely punishing anyone. Since patch 25.18 we’ve banned 400,000 purchased accounts that were used in Ranked, …

TL;DW: ARAM Mayhem, Smurfing & More Dev Update  League of Legends /dev: Bringing Mayhem to ARAM  League of Legends LoL: New Game Mode, Millions of Bans, Arcane’s Anniversary… The Latest Dev Blog is Here  Sheep Esports League of Legends Dev Update Reveals ARAM: Mayhem Mode, Account Crackdowns, and Arcane Celebration  Inven Global /dev: Account Linking and Streamer Mode  League of Legends Source link

Metal: Hellsinger developer The Outsiders is being shuttered by parent company Funcom.  The Outsiders founder and creative director David Goldfarb shared the news on Bluesky and explained the decade-old studio will be closing its doors. The news comes days after Funcom confirmed it would be making layoffs just months after million-seller Dune: Awakening became the “biggest release” in its history.  …

Hello gamers! We’re here to talk about our next new mode coming in patch 25.21, ARAM: Mayhem! ARAM has always been a mainstay for League, whether as the mode you queue up for when you’re chilling with friends, or as the main way you play League, and this year we’ve been looking for ways to shake up the mode you …

Have you ever noticed that Helldivers 2 takes up a lot more room on PC than it does on either Xbox Series X|S or PlayStation 5? At 150GB, the game is roughly three times bigger on PC than on consoles. According to Arrowhead game studio deputy technical director Brendan Armstrong, the reason why is that Helldivers 2 is still catering …

A lack of trust Google has an answer for the most problematic elements of its verification plan, but anywhere there’s a gap, it’s easy to see a conspiracy. Why? Well, let’s look at the situation in which Google finds itself. The courts have ruled that Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in the Play Store—it worked against the interests …

Even the most fervent Super Earth bootlicker wouldn’t deny that Helldivers 2 has been suffering some technical problems, especially after the performance-sapping Into the Unjust update. Developers Arrowhead say a patch is coming, and in the meantime, have shared the first in a series of techy blog posts burrowing into the engineering side of how the co-op bugshooter comes together. …