Samuel Brooks

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s a car in Gran Turismo 7.
Gran Turismo 7 players have flocked to social media to share examples of, uh, unusual driving physics after the racer’s 1.49 update added a new setting that seemingly fills vehicles with helium.

Gran Turismo 7 vs Forza Motorsport – The Duel – Digital Foundry Graphics Breakdown

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Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has said it will once again allow players to purchase the free-to-play shooter’s battle passes with in-game premium currency after it announced it would only be selling them for real money starting in Season 22.

Earlier this month, Respawn unveiled a number of controversial changes to Apex Legends’ existing battle pass system, in a move it insisted would provide more “value” to players. One of these changes will see the current season-long Battle Pass essentially split in two, with Respawn charging players full price for each half-season premium pass across the same amount of time.

However, the change that attracted perhaps the most fan ire was Respawn’s decision to begin charging real money for its battle passes, …

2K is working on an unannounced remake.
That’s according to the now-deleted LinkedIn page (via MP1st) of a motion capture animator who has been working at 2K for the last two and a half years.
Among the games you’d expect to see on the resume of a developer working at 2K Games – 2K25 WWE, NBA 2K25, that upcoming Mafia game, and the highly-anticipated new BioShock game, to name but a few – there are also references to two unannounced games (one is a sports title) and an “unannounced upcoming remake”.

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Yes, Valve is still working on an anticheat for its new shooter, Deadlock.
A developer for Deadlock – the hero shooter Valve wouldn’t admit existed even after it had hit a concurrent player peak of over 16,000 last month – first confirmed on the game’s Discord server that it was working on anticheat back on 11th August.
Since then, the development team has dropped several updates saying it “certainly considers [cheating] a very high priority in the long term”, and had “a group of people working on anti cheat”.

Eurogamer Newscast: When it costs £700, who exactly is the PS5 Pro for?

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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai is “so sorry” to players who have spent “hundreds or even thousands of hours” in the Nintendo fighting game.
In the latest video of his Creating Games YouTube series, Sakurai discussed the importance of being mindful of the time players give to developers.
“There are plenty of people who have spent hundreds or even thousands of hours in Smash Bros., for example,” said Sakurai. “I’m so sorry!”

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Gameplay – Overview Trailer Featuring The Announcer

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An annual report into the use of minerals sourced from conflict zones by major technology companies has praised Microsoft and Nintendo for their efforts to improve over the past year.

But the same report – compiled by former GamesIndustry.biz writer Brendan Sinclair, now at Unlosing Writer – also highlighted how Sony had regressed.

The use of minerals in hardware manufacturing – most commonly tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold – is tracked by US and EU legislation to ensure companies disclose the countries and specific mines where their resources originate in a bid to ensure these operations aren’t funding human rights abuses.

This year’s report reflects on an overall dip in standards caused by the Covid pandemic – when inspections were more difficult and …

Amazon’s Fallout adaptation now has two Emmy awards to its name.
The show, which was released earlier this year on Amazon Prime, follows the story of Ella Purnell’s Lucy, Walton Goggins’ Ghoul and Aaron Moten’s Brotherhood of Steel member Maximus as they each make their way through the post-apocalyptic wasteland with varying degrees of success.
The series quickly became a hit for the streaming service, with scores of praise across the industry. Our own Fallout review called it “a lovely, if blood-spattered, surprise”, while Fallout’s original creator Tim Cain had nothing but praise for the adaptation.

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