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Report: Diablo IV Devs Say June Release Date Will Lead To More Crunch
1Loot action-RPG Diablo IV received glowing previews this week and is expected to appear at the 2022 edition of The Game Awards Thursday night. But some of the game’s developers tell the The Washington Post that production might not wrap in time for a planned June 2023 release date unless they crunch in the months…
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Fortnite (?) Is Now One Of The Best-Looking Games On Earth (?!)
One of the big reasons Fortnite became one of the biggest games on the planet is because it could run on anything, from phones to tired laptops to hand-me-down desktops. That’s created an expectation that the game is graphically basic, but as we head into 2023 the shooter — first released in 2017 — just…
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Blizzard Testers Win Case, Can Now Vote On Forming A Union
Back in July, a group of 21 quality assurance workers at Activision’s Albany studio — formerly known as Vicarious Visions — announced their intentions to unionise. Today, the National Labour Relations Board have confirmed that their vote can go ahead.
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Rollback Netcode Announcements Made For Multiple Fighting Games At EVO 2022
EVO, the year’s biggest fighting games event, went down over the weekend, and in terms of news perhaps the biggest announcement was that not one but two games will be getting Rollback Netcode improvements over the next 12 months. Don’t know what that means, or why it’s important? I got you!