Games

You can explore a portion of the project before its release. The creators of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II have resurfaced recently. Bulwark Studios has released a PC demo of the tactical title on Steam. Players can sample two playable factions — the Necrons and the Adeptus Mechanicus. “Download, jump into the game, and put your...

Unity has encountered a security issue. Unity’s team recently disclosed a vulnerability that could impact a variety of projects.The engine powers many well-known games, including miHoYo (HoYoverse)’s Genshin Impact. Unity’s developers urge users to update their software because the security flaw affects Unity 2017.1 and newer releases. The issue is relevant across platforms — Windows,...

Efforts to find further optimizations are ongoing. The creators of the space grand strategy Stellaris recently published a new development diary. Once again, they focused on performance optimization. During testing, the Stellaris team discovered that the late game can spawn an enormous number of ships (in some cases exceeding 24,000). They are looking to reduce...

Developers continue to refine the game’s technical foundation and more. The team behind Borderlands 4 rolled out a new patch in early October. It updated the weekly boss and the Wildcard activity, along with several other adjustments. An automatic cleanup of legacy Borderlands 4 shaders is now performed during version updates to help prevent performance...

A $70 billion franchise. The beta for the new Call of Duty is live. We’ll check whether it’s a clear improvement — or a step back — compared with Black Ops 6. The broadcast begins at 20:00 Moscow time on our YouTube channel, VK Play, and Twitch. Source: iXBT.games

The team had to revisit the original concept and carry out substantial revisions. Embark explained the prolonged development of its extraction shooter ARC Raiders. According to CEO Patrick Soderlund, the project — initially envisioned as a PvE shooter emphasizing cooperative play — was extensively reworked. After ARC Raiders was announced in 2021 the project fell...

Supporters of the company are attributing the change to the new cashback scheme, but many remain unconvinced about how the two are related. Without prior notice or explanation, Microsoft removed the 10% discount on CoD Points—the in-game currency for Call of Duty—that was available to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Players also lost the discount...

The developers are considerate of players who, for one reason or another, haven’t switched to solid‑state drives. Arrowhead’s Deputy Technical Director, Brendan Armstrong, clarified why the PC edition of Helldivers 2 requires about 140 GB, while the console version only needs roughly 35 GB. The explanation centers on supporting mechanical hard drives (HDDs). To speed...

Players are accusing the company of greed and question how it makes sense to charge to watch an event that effectively serves as advertising for Street Fighter. The Street Fighter 6 community has been thrown into uproar following Capcom’s decision to make paid streams mandatory for two major fighting tournaments — the Capcom Cup and...

A simple joke grew into one of the defining signatures of the Mortal Kombat series. Dan Forden, audio director at NetherRealm Studios, has announced his departure from the studio after 15 years — or, more precisely, after 36 years when his roots at Midway Chicago are included. Wednesday was my last day at NetherRealm. Over...