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Amazon's once-hailed fantasy MMO New World will vanish from servers in a year's time
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Amazon's once-hailed fantasy MMO New World will vanish from servers in a year's time

Amazon’s colonial fantasy MMO New World (latterly rebranded New World: Aeternum) is no longer available for purchase as of yesterday, and will be taken offline for good from 31st January 2027, the publishers have announced. The news follows the release of the game’s final major update back in October, amid mass layoffs at Amazon. Read more

That Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag sea shanty deluge was just down to "technical issues", Ubisoft say
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That Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag sea shanty deluge was just down to "technical issues", Ubisoft say

I be a poor journo. Newly come from the official Ubisoft music YouTube channel. I spend my life in jeopardy. Of a publisher suddenly turning around and saying that a sudden mass reupload of Black Flag's sea shanties was in fact just a case of behind-the-scenes issues, rather than another harbinger of a remake announcement. Tp be fair, it did follow many reports about the badly kept secret that is the Black Flag remake and a PEGI rating that sure looks like it's for such a game. Read more

Further testing seems to confirm Monster Hunter Wilds DLC performance improvement theory, to an extent
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Further testing seems to confirm Monster Hunter Wilds DLC performance improvement theory, to an extent

I think we all want it to be true that the Monster Hunter Wilds’ infamously limp PC performance can be blamed upon, as was reported yesterday, an overzealous DLC checking process gumming up what might overwise be a perfectly fine-running beastfight game. Partly because it just sounds funny. Willing but frustrated graphics elves running about, harangued to distraction by a hairstyle add-on overseer nagging for licenses, like a Daily Telegraph reader demanding to know why you aren’t w

Fallout Shelter is being turned into a reality TV series by Amazon, as vault life gets Squid Gameified
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Fallout Shelter is being turned into a reality TV series by Amazon, as vault life gets Squid Gameified

Abandon your plans to run for public office. If you don't, you'll not be eligible to apply to be a contestant on the Fallout Shelter reality TV series Amazon are now working on, following the success of their other Fallout show. Stop protesting, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be locked in a set resembling a vault and subsequently have your mind messed with as you and your fellow inmates take on a bunch of challenges. Read more

Some of Resident Evil Requiem's regular zombies remember being alive
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Some of Resident Evil Requiem's regular zombies remember being alive

Capcom have released a new 13 minute Resident Evil Requiem gameplay showcase, with commentary from director Koshi Nakanishi. About 20% of it is Leon Kennedy kicking zombies in the noggin, doing Wickian dodge-shoots, or chopping torsos with a chainsaw or hatchet (the latter a subweapon that needs periodic resharpening). Another 20% consists of new, stealth-oriented character Grace creeping through ornate chambers in first person; being the "cold bath" to Leon's "hot sauna", she doesn’t ha