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The ol’ mouse and keyboard conundrum The Coalition is running a multiplayer experiment forGears of War 4this weekend, and you’re invited to play and help the studio see if crossplay is viable for the game’s competitive modes. PC players will be able to directly compete against Xbox One players in Versus (outside of private matches) with a temporary playlist. It’ll run from Friday, December 2 to Monday, December 5. It’s unclear what’ll happen next, and The Coalition is entirely up front about that fact....

Pioneering group ends three-year partnership Gaming initiativeGirls Who Codeannounced this weekend that it is severing its partnership with Activision Blizzard over the accusations ofbullying, sexual harassment, and a general toxic work culturewithin the developer/publisher’s walls. The non-profit organization — which works to encourage better opportunities and equal rights for women in video game development — had been working alongside Activision for the past three years, after the two companies came together over the 2018 Summer Immersion Programme....

SinceGray Zone Warfare’sEarly Access launch began, players have been able to leverage their mission progress and rewards. Now, a new progress wipe is on the horizon, promising a fresh start for Day One users and making it more inviting for newcomers. To prepare you for this change-up, here’s when to expectGray Zone Warfare’sfirst progress wipe, including details on the latest update. GZW first progress wipe release date and expected changes Gray Zone Warfare’sprogress wipe begins onNov....

The oldest of old school Every week for the past few years, Hamster Corporation has continued to drop classic arcade and Neo Geo titles onto modern platforms, offering up some solid gold releases alongside some games probably best left in the past. The company is far from done, however, has given fans a heads up on some of the coin-ops that are headed to the Arcade Archives range in the near future....

So wrong, yet so right Perhaps I get more joy out of bizarre glitches than most. I probably do. But I felt obligated to share what has got to be one of the more entertaining texture mess-ups out there and couldn’t turn down the opportunity to write the sentence “His hair is made of little faces.” Not going for it would’ve been a regret for the death bed if I’ve ever had one....

A lonely, clearly grumpy fishercat you meet asks for a favor inCat Quest 3: Track down the Fursome Four, and you’ll earn his treasure.As a pirate, there’s nothing more enticing than than T-word. Here’s how to find the Fursome Four fish locations and complete the quest. The Grumpy Fishercat (yes, that’s what he’s called in the game) can be found at the northern tip of Straits Island, justnorth of Pawt Purvanna....

Mecha Breakhas a pretty smooth matchmaking system that allows you to play with strangers on the internet, but you can also play in the same squad with your buddies. As of writing, the PVP-based mecha shooter is available on PC and Xbox consoles. With built-in crossplay, you may play with your buddies irrespective of whether you’re all on the same platform or different ones. But to do so, you’ll need to add one another and become friends inside the game....

Still waiting for the Total War: Lu Bu expansion Total War: Three Kingdomswill unleash Lu Bu on June 07, 2025. Pre-orders arenow availablefor the game and anyone that does so will receive the “Yellow Turban Rebellion” scenario pack (this will also be available as extra DLC on release). If you aren’t keen to get a digital copy, Sega has also unveiled that two different collector’s editions will be available for purchase....

Don’t take my precious I often wonder if the glint in the eye of game developers grows dim when their publisher announces it wants the next entry of their franchise to go mobile. For many developers, far more than I have enough time to gush over, the mobile marketplace is an opportunity for experimentation and creating small games that use the platform to its fullest. For financially successful developers, those with marketing budgets large enough to snare Super Bowl ads, the mobile marketplace is an opportunity to take franchises people love, slap some skinner boxes in them, and then send them out into the App Store sea to hunt whales like digital Captain Ahabs....

Escape The Maw RememberHunger? Maybe not its name (those one-word titles sure have a habit of slipping out of mind for me), but the unnerving, surreal, not-quite-right world should seem vaguely familiar. Bandai Namco has opted to publish the Tarsier Studios-developed game, and now it’s calledLittle Nightmares. The full re-reveal is set for next week’s gamescom, so details aside from this trailer and the old one (included below!) are fairly light, but it sounds like the premise is unchanged: you’re helping a young girl get off a floating vessel and far away from “corrupted souls looking for their next meal....

I HAVE THE POW-DER! Capcom’s million-selling adventure titleMonster Hunter: Worldhas been big on the freebies lately.Last weeksaw players pick a free pack of Armour Spheres, while this week offers a new gift to budding hunters everywhere. Logging into the game today will bag you thePlay Together! Powder Gift Set. This set, released in part to celebrate the ongoing Monster Hunter Championships, includes 30 Life Powders, 20 Dragon Powders, 20 Hardshell Powders and 20 Herbal Powders....

Sony’s Jack Trenton aerates his opinion I’m just going to let this little quote fromSony Computer Entertainment of America president and CEOJack Trenton, regarding his thoughts about what he calls“good-enough gaming,”breathe like a fine bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon recently poured into a decanter. “It’s like wine. Your first wine tastes good, and you start drinking more of it. You go from white to red, and you go from $10 bottles to $50 bottles....

MIX Games and Wallridehave announced that their modern NES title,Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland, is nearly complete and will launch next month. It will be available on PS4/PS5, Switch, and PC on May 27, 2025. Also Xbox One and Series X|S, I think, but the press release formats it weirdly. The big deal aboutRugrats: Adventures in Gamelandis that it’s built to run on an actual NES, but the modern console versions also have an HD overlay that makes the game look closer to the actual cartoon....