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Be warned: Fallout 4’s next update may break your mods – and there’s a similar one for Skyrim in the works, too

Bethesda announced that a new update for Fallout 4 Creations (mods) will arrive today, 18th August to deliver “general improvements”. In the patch’s announcement on X, the developer advised players to log in and back up their save files, or manually save the load order of their mods before installing the patch as a precaution. […]

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Battlefield 6’s Top Gun collaboration is more involved than I expected, and it convinced me that Carrier Strike should be a permanent mode

The second half of Season 4 arrives with said cross-over as part of a limited-time event that introduces a lot of exciting new stuff to the game, to the point it wouldn’t make sense to vault all that content in a few weeks’ time. Yes, there are character and vehicle skins to spend money on,

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Long-awaited Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 reportedly releases days after BlizzCon, and includes both game expansions

That’s according to Dealabs’ leaker billbil-kun (via Resetera), the person who provided the originating ‘Diablo 4 on Switch 2’ rumour earlier this month. Back then, a date wasn’t known, nor did we know whether the expansions would be included, yet now, we apparently do. The 15th September release date is two days after Blizzard’s annual

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“I’m pretty sure I mean it” – Legendary game developer Warren Spector announces retirement

Posting a lengthy statement on LinkedIn, Spector established that he’s “pretty sure” this would mark the end of his career. The full statement can be read below: “I’ve had a great career. Wouldn’t change a thing even if I could. But the reasons to retire are simple: I’m a month away from my 44th year

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Shuhei Yoshida told Expedition 33 studio to avoid terms like ‘turn-based RPG’ because it may cause people to “overlook” the game

Veteran PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida revealed at the Busan Indie Connect Festival 2026 over the weekend that he warned Expedition 33 developers not to give the game that label (via Automaton). Yoshida was impressed by the game’s combat, likening it to The Legend of Dragoon’s, a game he was the producer of. However, his advice

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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, a remake of the first game, is getting RPG skill trees, crafting mechanics and a ‘focus meter’

Legacy of Atlantis’ “fiery, fabulous and fit” incarnation of Lara has been designed to feel agile and dangerous. She also comes with a ‘focus’ meter that fills as you deal damage, take damage, and dodge attacks. ‘Focus’ allows you to slow down time around you and engage in acrobatic maneuvers that feel good “on the

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20-year-old Gunz the Duel gets Steam re-release, receives harsh criticism over network issues and suspected use of generative AI

Gunz the Duel was first developed by MAIET Entertainment, but has been brought to modern platforms by Masangsoft. This resurrection of Gunz the Duel has been in the works for a few years, and has built up organic hype from older PC players with fond memories of Gunz. However, with the game releasing on Steam

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Filling Big Walk with people who had no one to play with demonstrated how deceptively profound it can be

This seed is what this article grew out of: loneliness. It’s a sentiment that provoked an experiment – a human experiment, to make it sound tantalisingly risqué – about what would happen if I got people together online that didn’t play games online very often. Big Walk was the catalyst for it, an acclaimed game

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Call of Duty now has a guide on how to enable its convoluted security features so you can play the Modern Warfare 4 beta on PC

If you played any multiplayer game on PC in the last five years – shooters especially – you’ll no doubt be familiar with the TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirements on Windows. Those have existed in Call of Duty for a couple of years now, but it appears the restrictions are being tightened for Modern

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Tests show newer OLED TVs can still experience significant burn-in because they’re much brighter, proving that you can’t have your cake and eat it

If you’ve considered an OLED gaming monitor or TV purchase over the last few years, you’ve probably done a little bit of research on the dreaded phenomena of burn-in. OLED panels can retain ghostly images after displaying static on-screen objects over long periods, although many modern displays appear to be better at mitigating the issue.

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