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Not so much James Bond, more Mission Impossible – 007 First Light was originally more of an ensemble piece, says IO Interactive

"During the training sequence, we make a false promise." The traces of IO’s original approach can still be felt in First Light, as British spy headquarters MI6 restarts the double-O programme and recruits Bond to join a series of other young hopefuls-in-training. Bond jets to Malta and slowly ingratiates himself with the other trainees there.

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Marathon director Joe Ziegler leaves Bungie just four months after launch

In an update posted to Twitter on Friday, Ziegler announced Friday 17th July was his last day at the studio, and that he was “passing the torch of game director” to Del Chafe III and Julia Nardin, insisting: “both of them have been operating in a strong leadership capacity for the team and are ready

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Call of Duty movie will be set in the Modern Warfare universe

Confirmation came by way of director Peter Berg, who revealed the news at this weekend’s Fanatics Fest. The movie, announced earlier this year, is still set to premiere on 30th June, 2028. If you’re looking for more information, I’m afraid there isn’t any – that’s the entirety of the announcement. But given there’s little else

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Palworld is once again dominating Steam this weekend, clocking up almost 1m concurrent players

Palworld finally released in full on PC and consoles on 10th July, and while it still hasn’t quite managed to top its massive 2.1m concurrent player peak from early 2024, according to SteamDB this is the second time it’s almost topped the charts as the most played game on Steam of the entire weekend, second

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Claims about GTA 6 pre-orders are incorrect and “absurd”, analyst firm says, but it’s still had the “strongest pre-order campaign ever recorded”

According to data shared by Newzoo (via VGC), players spent approximately $180m on digital pre-orders across the US and European markets during the last week of June. Using that data, and mapping it onto player distribution of GTA 5, Newzoo estimates that the game made $260m in its first week – that’ll be $180m from

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This liquid-cooled Android tablet runs PC games natively, and now everyone can buy it

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. As promised last month, REDMAGIC’s newest liquid-cooled gaming tablet is now launching globally as “Astra 2.” It is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, supports native PC game emulation, and features one of the snazziest designs you’ll find on Android tablets.

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The blinding muzzle flash in Modern Warfare 4’s gameplay premiere was actually a bug

Before Modern Warfare 4’s official hands-on gameplay premiere yesterday, Infinity Ward had to clear the air regarding visual recoil. Effectively, it’s aware of the concerns it’s buck wild, and will be monitoring feedback during the beta before launch. So what I wasn’t expecting soon after was to get blinded by a severe case of muzzle

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No, Doom maker id Software hasn’t been “nerfed into the ground and gutted” by the Xbox cuts, insists director Hugo Martin

Legal documents suggested id Software lost nearly three quarters of its 185-person staff in the layoffs, reducing the workforce to 49 people – a move people who worked there referred to as “a bloodbath”. This prompted the suggestion id Software would become a support studio for Xbox rather than one capable of making full-scale games

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GTA Online mimics reality by nerfing payouts after making everything cost more: ‘Prices go up, paychecks go down’

Making money in GTA Online has basically always been a game of whack-a-mole, with players finding the latest and greatest trick, and Rockstar promptly shutting the loophole down. With Grand Theft Auto 6 on the horizon, Rockstar has decided to nerf heists, which were one of the most popular ways to make a good buck

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