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Mortal Shell 2 will let you lower its difficulty by making executions refill your health, or up the challenge by turning off the sun
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Mortal Shell 2 will let you lower its difficulty by making executions refill your health, or up the challenge by turning off the sun

While Soulslike Mortal Shell 2 doesn't feature traditional difficulty modes, developers Cold Symmetry have included a set of special items that let you tweak the challenge to your liking. As someone who just got back from a three-day cycle trip with friends who coasted up the hills on bikes fitted with fancy 12-speed rear cassettes loaded with extra, larger gear cogs, while I huffed and puffed on my 11-speed, this is an approach to difficulty I both recognise and envy. Read more

Stop Killing Games join lawsuit against the PlayStation Store's "Sony Tax," in latest venture beyond game preservation
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Stop Killing Games join lawsuit against the PlayStation Store's "Sony Tax," in latest venture beyond game preservation

"It’s time to sue Sony," game preservation advocates Stop Killing Games have declared, as the group throws its weight behind a Dutch lawsuit targeting the PlayStation Store’s alleged monopoly and "Sony Tax" on digital games. While the case originated back in 2024, as part of an effort by Dutch consumer group Stichting Massaschade & Consument, the core complaint – that Sony wields monopoly power by only making digital PlayStation games available through its own store – ha

GE-Proton 11-4 brings lots of controller improvements
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GE-Proton 11-4 brings lots of controller improvements

The community maintained compatibility layer GE-Proton 11-4 is out now, and with it there's a whole lot of fixes and improvements for controllers.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Shipping ore between the asteroid mining stations of Profits 2617 would be much easier if it weren't for the darn space bug infestation
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Shipping ore between the asteroid mining stations of Profits 2617 would be much easier if it weren't for the darn space bug infestation

After a 90-second electrical fault left me stuck for two hours at Wilmslow station this weekend, I could be fooled into thinking trains are delicate fickle things. However, PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator is here to set me straight. The game puts you in the driver's seat on a train rattling along the tracks of a deep space mining operation. A mining operation under assault from thousands of space bugs. Avanti West Coast might struggle