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Google slapped with $1 billion fine for violating EU's antitrust legislation
Continued non-compliance could result in further penalties of 'up to 5% of [Google's] total worldwide turnover'.
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Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 set to arrive August 25
Some explosive co-op action is coming our way, with Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 getting an August 25th release date announced today.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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Halo: Campaign Evolved review - a curiosity for the hardcore
Halo: Campaign Evolved is a remarkably faithful remake that looks stunning, but it feels like an old game, so maybe it's time to move on.
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Should you play the bonus missions first in Halo: Campaign Evolved?
Decide where to begin John 117's story.
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I would only play Halo: Campaign Evolved on handheld with upscaling
It's a bit choppy running natively.
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Halo: Campaign Evolved's motion blur is terrible. Just look at it
I know motion blur is the devil, but it's particularly⌠devilish here.
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Where to find Grunt Birthday Party in Halo: Campaign Evolved
Acquire the classic skull to celebrate your headshots.
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This week's free Epic Games Store game has you saving the world, or ending it, in card-based style
This week's free Epic Games Store game serves up a card-based narrative adventure that has you stepping into the shoes of a... shoebill.
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Terrific castle-building sim Cataclismo is being transformed into a chunky strategy boardgame, care of a paid Old Kingdom expansion
Excellent real-time castle defender Cataclismo is getting a DLC expansion, The Old Kingdom, which transforms it into a hex-based strategy boardgame. Players must hexpand from citadel to citadel, shoring up supply lines and unlocking technology while fending off the minions of the Mist. Please aim your Lobbers and Cannoneers at this trailer. Read more
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After months of surprising stability in graphics card prices, apparently Nvidia is now raising the cost of its GPU kits for AIB partners
And that's both for GDDR6 and GDDR7 cards.
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Amazon walks back comments about taking 007 off of IO, but does say 'anything's possible' when it comes to buying the studio outright
Not quite what I wanted to hear.
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Merge a Black Hole codes (July 2026)
Get free stars to spend on boosts and cash to increase spawn rates and hole caps when you redeem these new Merge a Black Hole codes.
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Rockstar Games Workers Union say their first meeting with the GTA 6 studio's management was "a step in the right direction"
The recently formed Rockstar developer union - officially the Rockstar Games Workers Union - have had their first meeting with management at the GTA 6 maker, whom they're still seeking voluntary recognition from. The union, who're part of the wider Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB), have called this first meeting "a step in the right direction" and that they've secured "a roadmap for a speedy negotiation process". Read more
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Early '90s animation tools were so primitive that Doom's lead artist says he pretty much did the whole thing with 'the undo key'
The UnDoom key, if you will.
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You only get one, permakillable Jedi Padawan in Star Wars Zero Company, but that's fine because I'm going to roll an R2-D2 deathsquad anyway
Star Wars Zero Company is the XCOM-style tactics RPG in which you, a Clone Wars-era roughneck called Hawks, lead a squad of "unconventional professionals" into battle against some enigmatic threat to the galaxy. Among these unconventional professionals is a Jedi Padawan, Tel-Rea. Her moves include dual-wielding lightsabers and Force Pushing mooks into overwatch zones. What a beast! Be careful with your Tel-Rea, though: you only get one of her, and she's permakillable. There's no option to train
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The Incident At Galley House review â an enthralling deduction game that can't escape the genre's classic problem
The machine before me looks like Frankenstein's homebrew version of Guess Who. Its main panel is composed of three rows of portraits. Some show men in 1930s suits, others women in flapper dresses, still more are simply blue people-shaped silhouettes. Below each portrait is a simple on/off switch. To the left of the portraits is a slide selector alongside a list of locations. Above that is a radio dial and filament lights indicating a current setting. At the bottom of the machine is a readout d
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Steam Machine with SteamOS Linux - initial thoughts
Good news everyone, I now have a Steam Machine in the GamingOnLinux house and I have some initial thoughts.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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Lick your way to victory with the Mouth Pad, a Bluetooth device that lets you control your PC with just your tongue
An early prototype looked like 'a lollipop with a bunch of sensors.'
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Oblivion Remastered's lengthy patch drought could end with its Switch 2 release, which Bethesda say includes "optimisations" they hope to bring to PC
It's been just over a year since Oblivion Remastered got update 1.2, a patch aiming to improve its performance and fix a bunch of bugs that'd been floating around since release. Since that point, the Elder Scrolls 4 revamp's been without any major updates, despite problems persisting. The good news, or potential good news, is that Bethesda have now confirmed that the game's Switch 2 port features "optimisations" they're hoping to bring to PC at some juncture. Read more
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Star Wars Zero Company is a 30-40 hour linear game with no New Game+, and I'm totally OK with this
I'll actually be able to finish it. Hurray!
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Hideo Kojima's worked out exactly how he wants to die: Kicking the popcorn bucket
Gotta admire a man who knows what he likes.
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Indie open worlder Future? No Thanks! gets last minute delay after Steam content mods allegedly demand a "watch the sex scene" button
Entertaining open world satire Future? No Thanks! has been abruptly delayed by Steam content reviewers, due to the presence of multiple seconds of "untextured polygons depicting ass and boobs". In a statement, developer Paulo "Molleindustria" Pedercini reveals that Valve's moderation teams have had the game under review for "more than three weeks", but have yet to make a call. Steamworks documentation suggests that content review should take no more than seven business days. Read more