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Dan Houser Denies Involvement in Writing the GTA 6 Script, Shares His Expectations
Over the course of his career, the Rockstar co‑founder has helped develop numerous games. Dan Houser has departed from Rockstar Games. He previously contributed to virtually every Grand Theft Auto project, so many people assumed he might have been involved with the new title as well. However, Dan Houser recently said he did not take...
Steam’s Most-Wanted PC Game for October 2025 Revealed — Bloodlines 2 Faces Rivals for Gamers’ Attention
Steam offers a huge catalog, but some titles attract particular attention before launch and quickly rise in the most anticipated rankings. You can add a game to your Steam wishlist, which lets developers measure how much interest their project generates. Titles that are frequently wishlisted climb the charts, moving closer to the top and drawing...
Modified Borderlands 4 Weapons Hit Auction, but Sellers Suffer Losses Due to Gearbox Decisions
Some entrepreneurs have tried to cash in on the game’s recent buzz. In the looter-shooter Borderlands 4, players scour the world for powerful gear, and a few saw a business opportunity: merchants attempting to monetize in-game weapons. Listings offering modified Borderlands 4 weapons started appearing online, but demand for such items has proven fairly modest....
The Most Influential ’90s Cooking Show Still Holds Up
Image: Fuji TV Cooking shows have been part of television almost as long as the medium itself, but the competitive variety—think Top Chef and The Great British Bake Off—is a more recent invention. Like many cultural exports we celebrate, that format traces roots to 1990s Japan. Iron Chef reinvented the genre by turning a recipe...
Modder Adds Lore-Accurate Battles to The Witcher 3 — Combat Reflects Details from Sapkowski’s Books
Some players find the game’s default combat system unsatisfactory. While waiting for The Witcher 4, many players continue to support The Witcher 3. Recently, one enthusiast set out to refresh the combat mechanics. Modder fallanmorgh proposed several changes to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to make battles more faithful to the lore from Andrzej Sapkowski’s...
“It’s a leap of faith”: Cyberpunk 2077’s quest director teared up and celebrated the Phantom Liberty anniversary
The Phantom Liberty expansion for CD Projekt RED’s game delighted many. September marks another anniversary of the Phantom Liberty expansion for Cyberpunk 2077. One of the studio’s lead developers joined in the celebration. Cyberpunk 2077’s quest director, Paweł Sasko, posted on social media and appended a smiling emoji with tear-filled eyes: “Phantom Liberty felt like...
Warhammer: The Old World Team to Open Pre-Orders for Lich Priest and Royal Herald Miniatures
This week pre-orders open for the arcane volume “The War of Settra’s Fury” and miniature kits featuring Liche Priests, a Battle Standard Bearer and a Prince of Tombs for Warhammer: The Old World, and large combat force boxes for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Legions Imperialis will also be available. On October 4, 2025, Games...
Rockstar Co‑Founder Calls Red Dead Redemption 2 the Studio’s Creative Pinnacle
Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, said he regards Red Dead Redemption 2 as the studio’s crowning achievement. He also singled out GTA IV, GTA V and the original Red Dead Redemption as standout projects. Although Rockstar is most commonly associated with the Grand Theft Auto series, its catalog includes other renowned franchises — Max...
Fortnite Removes Controversial Peacemaker Dance Emote After Show’s Major Plot Twist
Photo: HBO Max James Gunn introduced Peacemaker with a show-stopping musical opening in which the entire cast executes a deliberately theatrical, 1980s rock‑tinged dance while keeping stone‑faced expressions. A clip of that routine set to Wig Wam’s “Do Ya Wanna Taste It” has racked up more than 20 million views on YouTube. For season 2,...
OneXPlayer Unveils Flagship Portable Console OneXFly Apex with Liquid Cooling System
Serious gamers will soon be able to play their favorite titles on the portable OneXFly Apex handheld from OneXPlayer. The unit features an 8-inch display, a silent liquid-cooling system, and an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 “Strix Halo” processor. One-Netbook, the company behind the X1 Air and OneXSugar 1, has published a teaser video for...
Vampire Survivors with Dwarves — Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Launches on iOS and Android in November
The Deep Rock Galactic spin-off has exited Steam Early Access and garnered “Very Positive” reviews. Funday Games, together with publisher Ghost Ship Publishing — founded by members of the original Deep Rock Galactic team — have announced that Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is coming to mobile devices. After leaving Early Access on PC, the next...
EA Officially Delists; Consortium of Investors Acquires Company for $55 Billion
The transaction will be funded entirely in cash rather than through assumed liabilities or contractual arrangements common in the industry. Electronic Arts announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a consortium of private investors that includes the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. The transaction...
Blogger Builds Portable Frankenstein Monster from an Original Xbox Using Glue and an Angle Grinder
Retro hardware experiments can sometimes go too far. This time, an original Xbox has been turned into a portable — and potentially hazardous — gaming device. The original Xbox was once regarded as the bulkiest console of its generation. Yet a creator known as James Channel set out to prove that even such a machine...
Soccer anime “Blue Lock” to get a third season and a live-action film
At Egoist Fest 2025, the creators of “Blue Lock” unveiled two new projects. The sports anime “Blue Lock” will return for a third season, which will adapt the “Neo Egoists League” arc. The story picks up after the match against Japan’s U-20 youth national team. Youth squads from Europe’s leading football nations — Germany, France,...
Blogger Built CraftGPT in Minecraft — a Language Model Like ChatGPT, Powered by Redstone and Blocks
Players continue to discover ever more inventive ways to use redstone. The blocky sandbox Minecraft offers abundant opportunities for creative expression. The creator behind the YouTube channel sammyuri set out to assemble a compact language model. The dimensions of his “small” model, CraftGPT, measure 1020 × 260 × 1656 blocks. He clarified that, because of...
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: Yasuyuki Oda and Laurent Vernézy from SNK Answer Our Questions
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves n’est sorti que récemment, mais SNK ne laisse pas retomber la flamme de sa franchise historique. Après un long repos de 26 ans, l’éditeur japonais relance Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (1998) — un épisode souvent cité comme l’un des meilleurs de la série — via une...
Dan Houser Denies Involvement in Writing the GTA 6 Script, Shares His Expectations
Over the course of his career, the Rockstar co‑founder has helped develop numerous games. Dan Houser has departed from Rockstar Games. He previously contributed to virtually every Grand Theft Auto project, so many people assumed he might have been involved with the new title as well. However, Dan Houser recently said he did not take...
Steam’s Most-Wanted PC Game for October 2025 Revealed — Bloodlines 2 Faces Rivals for Gamers’ Attention
Steam offers a huge catalog, but some titles attract particular attention before launch and quickly rise in the most anticipated rankings. You can add a game to your Steam wishlist, which lets developers measure how much interest their project generates. Titles that are frequently wishlisted climb the charts, moving closer to the top and drawing...
Modified Borderlands 4 Weapons Hit Auction, but Sellers Suffer Losses Due to Gearbox Decisions
Some entrepreneurs have tried to cash in on the game’s recent buzz. In the looter-shooter Borderlands 4, players scour the world for powerful gear, and a few saw a business opportunity: merchants attempting to monetize in-game weapons. Listings offering modified Borderlands 4 weapons started appearing online, but demand for such items has proven fairly modest....
The Most Influential ’90s Cooking Show Still Holds Up
Image: Fuji TV Cooking shows have been part of television almost as long as the medium itself, but the competitive variety—think Top Chef and The Great British Bake Off—is a more recent invention. Like many cultural exports we celebrate, that format traces roots to 1990s Japan. Iron Chef reinvented the genre by turning a recipe...
Modder Adds Lore-Accurate Battles to The Witcher 3 — Combat Reflects Details from Sapkowski’s Books
Some players find the game’s default combat system unsatisfactory. While waiting for The Witcher 4, many players continue to support The Witcher 3. Recently, one enthusiast set out to refresh the combat mechanics. Modder fallanmorgh proposed several changes to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to make battles more faithful to the lore from Andrzej Sapkowski’s...
“It’s a leap of faith”: Cyberpunk 2077’s quest director teared up and celebrated the Phantom Liberty anniversary
The Phantom Liberty expansion for CD Projekt RED’s game delighted many. September marks another anniversary of the Phantom Liberty expansion for Cyberpunk 2077. One of the studio’s lead developers joined in the celebration. Cyberpunk 2077’s quest director, Paweł Sasko, posted on social media and appended a smiling emoji with tear-filled eyes: “Phantom Liberty felt like...
Warhammer: The Old World Team to Open Pre-Orders for Lich Priest and Royal Herald Miniatures
This week pre-orders open for the arcane volume “The War of Settra’s Fury” and miniature kits featuring Liche Priests, a Battle Standard Bearer and a Prince of Tombs for Warhammer: The Old World, and large combat force boxes for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Legions Imperialis will also be available. On October 4, 2025, Games...
Rockstar Co‑Founder Calls Red Dead Redemption 2 the Studio’s Creative Pinnacle
Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, said he regards Red Dead Redemption 2 as the studio’s crowning achievement. He also singled out GTA IV, GTA V and the original Red Dead Redemption as standout projects. Although Rockstar is most commonly associated with the Grand Theft Auto series, its catalog includes other renowned franchises — Max...
Fortnite Removes Controversial Peacemaker Dance Emote After Show’s Major Plot Twist
Photo: HBO Max James Gunn introduced Peacemaker with a show-stopping musical opening in which the entire cast executes a deliberately theatrical, 1980s rock‑tinged dance while keeping stone‑faced expressions. A clip of that routine set to Wig Wam’s “Do Ya Wanna Taste It” has racked up more than 20 million views on YouTube. For season 2,...