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Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 is live bringing massive changes
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Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 is live bringing massive changes

Dune: Awakening has been struggling for a while, but I do hope this latest major update brings some more people back to it as there's some great stuff in it.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Ubisoft reportedly fire Assassin's Creed designer who spoke out publicly against return-to-office, as union reps call for CEO to resign
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Ubisoft reportedly fire Assassin's Creed designer who spoke out publicly against return-to-office, as union reps call for CEO to resign

An Assassin's Creed designer who publicly spoke out against Ubisoft's return-to-office mandate claims the company have now fired him. Developer David Michaud-Cromp posted on LinkedIn last week that he'd been put on unpaid disciplinary leave after recently criticising the policy change on the social media platform. If you're out of the loop, Ubisoft have recently revealed plans to push remote staff back into offices amid a bloodbath of game cancellations, restructuring and voluntary redundancies

Jetpacking space pirates taught me a painful lesson in punishing strategy game Menace
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Jetpacking space pirates taught me a painful lesson in punishing strategy game Menace

There's an accidental element of roleplaying to the Early Access launch of Menace, the latest turn-based tactics game from Battle Brothers developers Overhype Studios. Like the newly-minted commander of the TCRN Impetus, thrust into leadership after a warp travel accident left everyone on the bridge of the colonial navy ship violently decompressed, I too have very little idea what I'm doing. While Menace's tutorial walks you through the basics of directing soldiers on the battlefield, there's c

Civilization 7's big Test of Time update that'll bring back playing as one civ for the whole game is set to drop this spring
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Civilization 7's big Test of Time update that'll bring back playing as one civ for the whole game is set to drop this spring

As any Civ player knows, time has a habit of passing. Next week, Civ 7 will turn a year old. It's been a year of regular additions and tweaks following the mixed initial reception to Firaxis' attempt to do something different with their grant strategy behemoth. Fitting, then, that the devs have rung in that first birthday by revealing when they're hoping to drop some big changes that'll have "major implications" for Civ 7. Read more

Valheim developers celebrate the game's fifth anniversary with flower garlands, sweetbread, and Steam Deck optimisations
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Valheim developers celebrate the game's fifth anniversary with flower garlands, sweetbread, and Steam Deck optimisations

I'm going to a toddler's birthday party on Saturday and I have it on good authority from Alva's dad that there will be trays of sandwiches and a couple of cakes from M&S. There is no booze provided. I'm not sure if that's because there should be no booze consumed at a two-year-old's birthday, or only that we should bring our own. I guess I'll find out for sure if they frisk on the door. However, if Valheim's latest anniversary update is anything to go by, I am now looking forward to Alva's fift

"This shouldn’t have happened": GOG reportedly claim sale banner made with "Al tools" ended up on store by mistake
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"This shouldn’t have happened": GOG reportedly claim sale banner made with "Al tools" ended up on store by mistake

After being accused last week of using AI-generated artwork to promote their store's new year sale, retro game sellers GOG have reportedly addressed the issue in a private Discord server for paying supporters. According to this fresh response from a GOG staffer, the banner was made "with the help of Al tools" and was "mistakenly allowed" to be pushed live on the storefront. Read more

Firefox will get AI controls to turn it all off
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Firefox will get AI controls to turn it all off

Something that might help calm the masses against generative AI, Mozilla announced that AI controls are coming to Firefox.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

If you're in the mood for a shapeshifting open world labyrinth, NaissanceE follow-up SenS has a new update
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If you're in the mood for a shapeshifting open world labyrinth, NaissanceE follow-up SenS has a new update

NaissancE developers Limasse Five have released a big update for SenS, their early access open world spelunking game in which you search an enveloping Structure for Unique Places, tools and artefacts. The ExistencE of SenS is news to me, despite it being very much my cup of ImpossiblE ArchitecturE. Launched on Steam in 2022, it’s a work of torqued cuboids, sunken pockets of city, and vaguely fractal fissures. While there are no living or active threats, as far as I can tell, you do ha

Team Fortress 2 Classified is good, clean, hatless fun, despite its cruel Horace ban
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Team Fortress 2 Classified is good, clean, hatless fun, despite its cruel Horace ban

Team Fortress 2 Classified is out now on Steam, the mod having finally earned Valve’s blessing after a bit of a tizzy with its former name of Team Fortress 2 Classic. That makes it an easy one-click job to install, assuming you have the original TF2 installed, and it’s a fine piece of modding work in general: inspired by the shooter’s past without being beholden to nostalgia, while expanding itself with restored modes and weapons that Valve left on the cutting room floor. Read