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Following the beta, Treyarch have promised major changes to skill-based matchmaking and aim assist when Black Ops 7 launches. SBMM has been one of the hottest topics in Call of Duty for many years, with plenty of fans believing that it’s too punishing for higher-skill players. In the Black Ops 7 beta, the devs finally listened and implemented a playlist …

A group of former ZeniMax Online developers have announced the formation of Sackbird Studios. The independent, self-funded, and employee-owned studio consists of under ten people who worked on Elder Scrolls Online, as well as the long-in-development MMO codenamed Project Blackbird. While Sackbird Studios is not announcing its first title yet, it has confirmed to be in “active development” on an …

Remember how the upcoming extraction shooter Arc Raiders was meant to launch in 2022? Good times! And quite different times, because back then the game was PvE, seeing you and a few friends take on some nasty bots. Three years on, the game has shifted into a PvPvE experience, and the reason for 1. such a lengthy delay, and …

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 …

Nearly four years ago, Arc Raiders was announced with a bombastic trailer at The Game Awards. It blew everyone away, the developers included. “I’d want to play that game,” Embark CEO Patrick Soderlund recalls thinking at the time, according to a new interview with Edge. The problem was, the actual game felt nothing like that trailer – fresh eyes and …

Resident Evil has been one of the video game industry’s quintessential, flagship horror games for years now, delivering everything over the years from unsettling, atmospheric haunting to outright jumpscares. But as its development team continues to search for new ways to freak people out, a few of its leaders are admitting that they’re not always 100% certain what elements of …

Xbox has a new ‘history’ setting, which lets you view the most recent games you played across devices. On Xbox PC or on Xbox console, you can now view a list of the games you’ve been playing in chronological order, based on when they were most recently launched. The feature has only been live for a few weeks, but I …

PC Guide is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More Borderlands 4 was released last week across all platforms, and fans are loving what Gearbox has created. However, the experience hasn’t been smooth for everyone, as some PC players have been facing performance issues. The worst part is that even …

Team Cherry’s long-awaited Hollow Knight follow-up Silksong has spawned lengthy discourse around difficulty in games, and now the developers have addressed the topic too. The game is part of the Game Worlds exhibition at Australia’s national museum of screen culture (ACMI), which was attended by Dexerto. The exhibition’s co-curator Jini Maxwell spoke with Ari Gibson and William Pellen from Team …

Episodic games, much like baggy jeans and curtain haircuts, may be about to make a comeback, and once again it’s Telltale staff – former Telltale staff – who are leading the charge. AdHoc Studios, a team founded by Telltale developers in 2018, when Telltale collapsed, will launch debut game Dispatch – a superhero workplace comedy – episodically in October. Episodes …