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A system flaw allowed fraudsters to profit by producing rare items. Valve recently rolled out the 7.39e update for Dota 2. The developers have introduced a ban on selling certain skins. Items that are trade-locked until a specific date can no longer be listed for sale on the marketplace. Previously, scammers exploited a vulnerability in...
In the latest entry of the franchise, the diplomacy mechanics have been reworked. The team behind the grand strategy Europa Universalis 5 published a new development diary. This edition turns the spotlight on diplomacy. Diplomacy in EU5 has been redesigned: previously it relied on a fixed pool of diplomats, each capable of performing a single...
Image: Paramount Pictures The 2025 horror film Vicious follows Polly (Dakota Fanning) as she is relentlessly tormented by an obscure, malevolent force. Pressured into committing horrific acts to survive, Polly endures escalating violence, terror and physical harm as the film progresses. Although the ending of Vicious simultaneously closes one storyline and hints at another, the...
The number of issues facing players who use dishonest tactics keeps growing. Riot Games has released a new League of Legends developer diary focused on combating smurfing — when experienced players hop onto fresh accounts to face off against newcomers and less experienced opponents. Over the coming months, the League team plans to increase penalties...
The game’s milestone anniversary is being celebrated in grand style. In October 2025, fans mark the 20th anniversary of Serious Sam 2. The developers have joined the celebration of the “meat shooter.” Croteam has released the “20th Anniversary Update” for Serious Sam 2: Steam community items: emoticons, profile backgrounds, trading cards, avatar frames, and animated...
Admiring the city’s beauty turned into the realization of Night City’s apparent artifice. Years after its release, Cyberpunk 2077 still manages to surprise. Recently, a player drew attention to a technical choice made by CD Projekt Red. Kamil_Montana took a bird’s-eye view of Night City and zoomed in tightly. While inspecting the traffic, he noticed...
When creating the RPG, the developers consulted a wide range of sources for inspiration. Fallout creator Tim Cain continues to publish videos on various subjects. Recently he chose to discuss several mechanics from the original game. The focus was the FEV radiation (Forced Evolutionary Virus). Tim emphasized that he was presenting his own ideas; canon...
Image: Marvel Studios At New York Comic-Con, Marvel unveiled a slate of upcoming television and animated projects destined for Disney Plus. Leading the announcements is Daredevil: Born Again season 2, slated to premiere in March 2026. The series returns Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock and brings back familiar faces from the earlier Netflix Marvel universe,...
A still from Tron: AresPhoto: Leah Gallo/Disney This weekend brings a rare return to the Tron universe. Audiences waited nearly 30 years for Tron: Legacy, and then another decade and a half for Tron: Ares, a new installment that reconnects more directly with the original 1982 film than the previous follow-up did. Those gaps weren’t...
It’s time to watch a new video about the portable KONKR Pocket Fit Elite to determine whether this 6-inch LCD handheld—powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, running Android 16, and offering 8–24 GB of RAM—is worth purchasing. The KONKR Pocket Fit Elite will only reach Indiegogo backers in December 2025. To prepare gamers for...
