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"It's expensive and it doesn't age": Why Ken Levine didn't aim for realistic graphics in BioShock, and won't for Judas either
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"It's expensive and it doesn't age": Why Ken Levine didn't aim for realistic graphics in BioShock, and won't for Judas either

While there has always been a portion of the games industry that's pushed and pushed for the cutting edge of graphics, using only the prettiest polygons and most verdant vertices in their games, Bioshock director Ken Levine hasn't got much time for graphical realism: "It's expensive and it doesn't age". That's not to say Judas, his narratively-flexible immersive sim follow up to Bioshock, will look like a dog's dinner, rather he's making an argument for style over photorealism. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.05.2026 17:30 Uhr
I've walked the waterlogged streets of The Sinking City 2, and we might finally have a Cthulhu survival horror game to rival Resident Evil and Silent Hill
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I've walked the waterlogged streets of The Sinking City 2, and we might finally have a Cthulhu survival horror game to rival Resident Evil and Silent Hill

Frogwares' The Sinking City was rough around the edges, but it shone with a genuine appreciation for its Lovecraftian lore, despite a cosmic horror-style litigation fracas which saw the developer fighting their publisher over control of the game. The Sinking City 2, due to release later this year, is free of these legal travails, though as a game developed by a Ukranian team in the midst of Russia's invasion, real-world politics have once again provided a backdrop for eldritch horror. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.05.2026 16:00 Uhr
"Let's finish it": After a 20-year wait, Nightdive would complete the SiN Episodes shooter series if its upcoming remaster is a success
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"Let's finish it": After a 20-year wait, Nightdive would complete the SiN Episodes shooter series if its upcoming remaster is a success

SiN Episodes: Emergence was supposed to be the first instalment in a series that ran for nine episodes. Instead, it's the opening chapter in a story that has remained unfinished for 20 years. But all that could change. "I do see a world, yes," Nightdive CEO Stephen Kick told me. The studio known for its remaster work now owns the rights to the SiN series and is currently working on SiN Reloaded, a re-release of the 1998 shooter that started the series. Kick says they could even go further than

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.05.2026 15:59 Uhr
Microsoft Israel boss leaves after investigation into whether IDF contracts broke Microsoft's code of ethics
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Microsoft Israel boss leaves after investigation into whether IDF contracts broke Microsoft's code of ethics

The general manager of Microsoft Israel, Alon Haimovich, has left his role following an investigation into the regional branch's contracts with the Israeli Defense Forces' intelligence units. According to a report by Globes, Microsoft's global management launched the investigation because they were concerned that the company's code of ethics had been breached by the branch's work with the IDF. While Microsoft have not revealed the results of the investigation they announced in August, Globes re

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.05.2026 14:15 Uhr
Wordle's getting a TV adaptation made in partnership with Jimmy Fallon’s Electric Hot Dog, please pray for our guides writers
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Wordle's getting a TV adaptation made in partnership with Jimmy Fallon’s Electric Hot Dog, please pray for our guides writers

Wordle. A lot of people play it. In turn, a lot of guides writers at sites across the internet have to play it as part of their jobs, so that they can provide that big bunch of players with answers and helpful hints. It's relentless work that's invaluable in helping keep the likes of us full-time newsers and critics in jobs and one that might now end up leading these talented folks to have to bravely do something you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy - watching a TV show about regular people so

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.05.2026 13:42 Uhr