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Subnautica Was Never Just a Game About Diving. It Was Always About Falling.

Charlie Cleveland spent 20+ years building worlds beneath the surface. Then one surfaced without him. The ocean has always been a metaphor. For danger, for mystery, for rebirth. But for Charlie Cleveland—the original creative force behind Subnautica—it was also the perfect mirror for game development. Isolated, iterative, occasionally full of sharks. His first playable game, built with friends…

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Bethesda Is Quietly Gearing Up for a Fallout Revival — Starting With Fallout 3 Remastered

Multiple projects reportedly in the works, but don’t start dusting off your Pip-Boy just yet The Vaults Are StirringA new report suggests Bethesda is ramping up work across multiple Fallout titles, including a long-rumored Fallout 3 Remastered. The update comes via Friends Per Second podcast guest Jordan Middler (of VGC), who casually dropped the news that several Fallout projects are now in…

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Marvel Rivals Swimsuit Skins Revealed in New Comic Tie-In

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The Best Towns to Stay in Australia’s South West

Cozy fires, cool wine, and coastal escapes worth the road trip There’s a reason Western Australia’s South West is a favorite among locals: it’s cinematic. Forests that stretch like something out of Fellowship of the Ring, wine country straight from a Tourism Australia reel, and beaches so pristine they feel like a production set. But where should you stay when the credits roll on a day of…

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The Best Wineries in Margaret River, Where History Breathes Between Sips

In Western Australia’s remote southwest, a few hours’ drive from Perth and several worlds away from anywhere else, lies Margaret River—an improbable epicenter of oenological excellence. What began, in the 1960s, as a scientific hunch (thanks to agronomist Dr. John Gladstones) has since evolved into one of the most celebrated wine regions on Earth. And within this leafy pocket of surf breaks,…

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Back to Blackwall: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Is Real, And It’s Got More Chrome Than Ever

The anime returns with a new director, new story—and maybe a game crossover too? The Burnout Was Real—Until Now For Cyberpunk: Edgerunners fans, the past two years have felt like the aftermath of a Sandevistan burnout—blistering, abrupt, and over far too soon. The 2022 Netflix anime from CD PROJEKT RED and Studio TRIGGER ended as definitively as it began: a heartbreak speedrun through Night…

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Microsoft Is Quietly Replacing Developers With AI—And the Layoffs Are Just Beginning

Halo’s latest cuts highlight a bigger shift inside one of tech’s most powerful companies On July 2, Microsoft cut roughly 9,000 jobs globally, amounting to about 4% of its workforce. The official reason? A standard bit of corporate jargon: “organizational and workforce changes.” But inside the company—particularly in the Xbox division—employees tell a much more specific story: Microsoft is…

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Crunchyroll Uses AI Translations Months After CEO Claimed “No AI”

Despite public assurances that AI wouldn’t touch creative content, fans spot ChatGPT in Crunchyroll’s latest anime release. Oops, ChatGPT Said That Out Loud Crunchyroll has accidentally confirmed what fans have long suspected: AI is quietly translating anime—and now it’s left digital fingerprints. On June 1, during the debut of Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show, a new series from Cygames,…

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The Art of the Pause: Is Video Game Photography More Than Just a Pretty Screenshot?

Somewhere in between pausing a game and pressing the screenshot button, something has started to happen. Players are taking it all in, considering and composing shots. Angling. Adjusting. Waiting for the perfect animation frame. And increasingly, it’s becoming art. Virtual photography—or in-game photography, depending on who you ask—has become an unexpectedly serious pursuit for a growing number…

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Korea’s Most Powerful (& Shady) Studio Is Betting on AI— Starting With A Cute Cat

The studio behind Parasite unveils its first fully AI-generated series, while questions about transparency and trust still linger. CJ ENM wants you to meet Cat Biggie — a fatherly feline who just became the unlikely parent to a baby chick. He’s cute. He’s animated. And he’s entirely the product of artificial intelligence. The non-verbal short-form series, created using CJ ENM’s in-house AI…

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Rogue Trader: Lex Imperialis Review

The Emperor’s Law Comes With Teeth The Imperium is a bureaucratic nightmare wrapped in dogma, and Rogue Trader: Lex Imperialis finally lets you lean into it. Owlcat Games’ second major DLC for its CRPG Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader doesn’t just add content — it enforces ideology. And the enforcer? You. Or more specifically, the Adeptus Arbites, the Emperor’s leather-clad, baton-wielding…

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Nintendo Switch 2 Bans Brick Consoles Permanently

The first victim? Twink Link. Nintendo’s notoriously strict stance on console modifications and “unauthorized behavior” has reached new heights — or lows — with the Switch 2. As one unfortunate player discovered, even a slightly cheeky username can be enough to get your entire system exiled from the Mushroom Kingdom forever. A Reddit user who goes by Funaoe24 posted their harrowing tale this…

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All Borderlands 4 Vault Hunter Action Skills and Traits

Explosive Abilities, Chaos Styles, and a Whole Lot of Firepower The Borderlands 4 Vault Hunters are here, and they���re a wild mix of chaos-casters, brute brawlers, techno-blade runners, and spectral summoners. Game Informer’s new preview breaks down each of their kits, and every single one feels built to break the rules of previous Borderlands builds. Here’s a clean look at what each Vault Hunter…

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Disco Elysium Is Coming to Android. Fans Are Mourning the Game’s Soul.

Joyce Messier said it best: Capital eats its critics. Disco Elysium — the genre-defying RPG that lets you spiral into philosophical collapse in a crusty seaside town — is officially coming to Android on August 5. The first two chapters are free, with the full game unlockable for a price. But instead of celebrating, longtime fans are revisiting a familiar emotion: grief. It’s not about platform…

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Capcom Spotlight Set For June 26, Monster Hunter Wilds News and More

Mark your calendars: Capcom is returning to the virtual stage with a new Spotlight on June 26 at 3PM PDT. The 40-minute digital broadcast promises updates on upcoming Capcom titles, developer interviews, and—most notably—a fresh look at Monster Hunter Wilds, the highly anticipated sequel set for 2025. This year’s Spotlight will stream globally with subtitles in 13 languages, which means Capcom…

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Persona 5 Royal Crossover Launched In Naraka: Bladepoint

Stylish chaos has arrived. The Phantom Thieves have found their next target—and it’s not a corrupt Tokyo politician this time. Starting June 18, Naraka: Bladepoint players can gear up in the iconic looks of Persona 5 Royal as part of a new crossover between NetEase’s melee battle royale and Atlus’s genre-defining RPG. This collaboration brings four standout Persona 5 characters into Naraka…

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Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners) to Write Original Death Stranding Anime

Aaron Guzikowski, of Raised by Wolves fame, will write an original story set in Kojima’s eerie universe.Hideo Kojima’s ever-expanding world of Death Stranding is getting another entry—this time in the form of an animated film. Kojima Productions has confirmed that an anime adaptation is officially in development, with screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski (Raised by Wolves) attached to pen the…