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Halo Studios reportedly cancels Halo multiplayer project Ekur, which had customisable Spartans and Elites and large player battles

Black Flag Resynced came under fire last week after players discovered the £49.99 single-player game (£59.99 if you’ve opted for the Deluxe Edition) launched with around £75 of microtransactions. Some of these fall into the cosmetics camp, while others are gameplay focused, providing time-saving shortcuts for busy types willing to fork over an extra bit […]

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Straight from the r/Legoleak subreddit, we’ve received a first look at a Donkey Kong arcade machine potentially set to release in August for $200 USD. At the time of writing, the build hasn’t been formally announced, but considering the release date is soon and that this subreddit has been a reliable source of Lego leaks

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Halo Studios reportedly cancels Halo multiplayer project Ekur, which had customisable Spartans and Elites and large player battles

"The best way to implement quality-of-life improvements? Don't impinge on the original experience, give the player more possibilities." “We are trying our best to win back trust from those players who felt [disappointed] in with the launch of Dragon’s Dogma 2,” says Oyama in an interview with Eurogamer. “We’ve already seen positive responses to the

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Halo Studios reportedly cancels Halo multiplayer project Ekur, which had customisable Spartans and Elites and large player battles

Halo reporter Rebs Gaming originated the story on YouTube, saying they’d heard from multiple employees at Halo Studios that Project Ekur was no longer in development. The claim was backed up this afternoon by well-Microsoft-connected Windows Central reporter Jez Corden, who said the information was “100 percent true”. A week earlier, however, Rebs Gaming had

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Halo Studios reportedly cancels Halo multiplayer project Ekur, which had customisable Spartans and Elites and large player battles

"GDQ is committed to supporting human rights and inclusivity." Though users on social media pointed out early that GDQ’s organisation should’ve binned plans for the stream, it still went live before it was cut short following criticism from the viewers. As our peers at Rock Paper Shotgun pointed out, 2026’s SGDQ raised $2,408,701 for Doctors

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Arc Raiders has targeted yet another duplication exploit just a couple of days after celebrating a drop in suspicious player accounts

The first hotfix since Arc Raiders’ 1.36 update has rocked up, and while it may be small it does tackle some important issues, namely a new duplication exploit which has popped up recently and saw mountains of explosives spawn even faster than the throwables glitch. “We have just pushed a hotfix on all platforms to

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“My ‘Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand’ statement isn’t aging well” – id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs

"I'm saddened, but I can't muster anger or outrage." Earlier this week, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced 1,600 employees would initially lose their jobs, with another 1,600 cuts to come over the next year. As part of the restructuring, some studios – including Double Fine, Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory, Undead Labs, and potentially Arkane

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Sony, Bungie settle with ex-Marathon director they accused of “predatory behaviour”, bringing $200m wrongful dismissal lawsuit to a close

"I am grateful to everyone who stood by me". Barrett’s departure from Bungie was first reported in March 2024, amid word of a leadership shakeup at the studio. However, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier later wrote – after speaking directly with some of those involved – that Barrett was fired following an internal investigation into accusations of

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The upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops PlayStation re-releases seemingly drop a few fondly-remembered features

But while that may be cause for celebration, the Trophy lists have also revealed that some modes and features from the classic games may not make the jump to PS4 and PS5. As spotted by ForwardLeaks, Black Ops 1’s biggest omissions appear to be Wager Matches and Theater Mode. Black Ops 2, on the other

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