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Crystal Dynamics, the esteemed studio known best for its work on the Tomb Raider franchise, has announced its fourth round of layoffs in the past year alone. The developer said this latest round, which impacted 20 people, was “necessary.” In…
Valve is changing how we reload and manage ammo reserves in Counter-Strike 2. Like plenty of other shooters, Counter-Strike games typically let us reload weapons without penalty. Now, however, Valve is bringing “higher stakes” to how and when you reload…
Pearl Abyss, publisher and developer of Crimson Desert, has seen its stock price plunge nearly 30% in what is seen as a reaction to review scores. Reviews for the hotly anticipated open-world action game went live yesterday, March 18. On…
The ‘PSN’ will be no more, but it hasn’t really meant anything for a very long time
Capcom’s upcoming PlayStation 5 title Pragmata , launching on April 17, is a bold new sci-fi adventure that combines puzzles and action to deliver an experience that is both thrilling and deeply strategic. During the recent hands-on, we also spoke…
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have been friends and collaborators since the mid-1990s, and it’s impossible to overstate their impact as a comedic duo both in their native Britain and here in the U.S. When Simon Pegg co-created the sitcom…
This review is based on a screening from the SXSW Film & TV Festival. They Will Kill You opens in theaters March 27. Kirill Sokolov’s terrific They Will Kill You, a modern action gem whose stellar fight sequences are brought…
Valve has updated Counter Strike 2‘s reloading mechanics. While that doesn’t sound particularly exciting on its face, this change may have a massive impact on the way in which players engage in extended firefights. These Counter Strike veterans will now…
As if there wasn’t already preposterous levels of demand for computer memory, Micron has identified two new classes of device that will soon be gobbling up RAM in huge quantities. Apparently, both autonomous cars and humanoid robots will need hundreds…
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered studio Aspyr has said no AI was used for the game’s newly-released content. Read more