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The Blood of Dawnwalker’s mods immediately scrap the time pressure mechanic, which is apparently a dealbreaker for some people

The Blood of Dawnwalker’s out now—which means that players are getting introduced to its slightly more experimental take on RPG time. For the uninitiated, protagonist Coen has about 30 days and nights to save his family, the ticking clock of which is tracked in the UI. Completing quests, levelling up, and ticking off side-objectives costs […]

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Petit Planet’s delightfully cosy galactic take on Animal Crossing is the closest we’ll ever get to the life sim on PC

I had a lot of one-hour appointments at Gamescom, but none of them had time escaping from me quite like my 60 minutes with Petit Planet. It’s Hoyoverse’s attempt to tap into the Animal Crossing demographic, and by that I mean the developer has essentially taken Nintendo’s cosy life sim and shot it up into

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September’s first wave of Xbox Game Pass games revealed, and it brings RuneScape to console for the first time

Dragonwilds’ arrival is quietly a rather monumental moment for RuneScape, for it represents the first time a RuneScape game has appeared on console. But to be clear: this is not the age-old MMO, it’s a brand new open-world survival crafting game in the vein of Valheim or Enshrouded – that kind of thing. Dragonwilds has

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After playing a bit of Lego Skylines, it seems like a city builder for people who care less about traffic jams and more about decorating

It makes so much sense I can’t believe it didn’t happen years ago: as revealed at Gamescom last week, Lego is finally fulfilling its destiny by making a city builder. And I’m happy to say I got my eager hands on an early build of Lego Skylines for a little preview. I do want to

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Resident Evil 2’s director believes Capcom has become ‘completely numb to how scary’ recent games have been and wants a ‘non-horror mode’

Something’s wrong with me. No matter how many horror games I play, I just can’t get scared like I used to. Perhaps I’m the problem—maybe a decade of playing horror games pretty much non-stop has irrevocably altered my brain chemistry. Take Resident Evil Requiem, for example—that just doesn’t make the cut for a horror game

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This concept handheld can turn into a laptop, complete with a keyboard

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Acer is no stranger to handheld gaming, as its Windows handhelds have been around for a while. Now, the company has revealed its new Predator Atlas 7 handheld, along with a radical concept handheld. Starting with the concept device, Acer has unveiled the

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The Grand Theft Auto run button has changed after 25 years – GTA 6 no longer requires you to tap a face button to peg it

Rockstar recently showed GTA 6 to select few media outlets and content creators, and now that we’ve gone through the meaty details about driving mechanics, character relationships and the open world, some of the finer gameplay nuances have started to show. YouTuber MikeShowSha was one of the content creators invited, and in a new Q&A

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Life is Strange and Aphelion studio Don’t Nod probably facing layoffs again, as it announces ominous-sounding “transformation initiative”

"A backdrop of profound changes in the economic conditions of the video game industry." In a company press release (via Resetera and translated by DeepL), Don’t Nod announced it’s “embarking on a transformation initiative” to deal with “profound changes in the economic conditions of the video game industry”. Layoffs aren’t specifically mentioned, but when referring

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PlayStation argues “reasonable consumers” already know they don’t actually own their digital games

This comes in the middle of a class action lawsuit filed against Sony by four customers, who stated back in July that the PlayStation Store’s disclosures don’t do enough to comply with a certain 2025 California law around digital ownership. Companies are required to let customers know loud and clear that they’re not owed access

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