Just like XCOM, superhero comedy Dispatch cheats random percentages of success in the player's favor: 'anything that had over a 76% success chance would automatically succeed'

When Firaxis's XCOM remake came out a constant complaint in the comments was that its random number generator was clearly cheating against players. Someone would miss a 95% chance, or God forbid a ...
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Garry Newman says his game creation platform s&box will 'probably' be priced similarly to Garry's Mod

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Crabmeat is a horror game about catching crabs—no, not like that

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Brendan Greene says AI content is ruining the internet because it's 'a loop, LLMs are scanning this junk, and then that becomes truth… it's like a race to the middle of sh*t'

PC Gamer's Joshua Wolens at one point asks Greene about his prediction that the future of computing will be more local than we think, given that much of what we see from big tech ...

After two years in early access, Greedfall: The Dying World still feels unfinished

Having spent the last week playing the final version of Greedfall: The Dying World I'm faced with a conundrum. I admire its quiet ambition and some elements of its world, but it's ...

Bungie is adding more shell skins to Marathon's battle pass after feedback

So Bungie says OK, have more skins. Three additional shell skins are coming to the season one track in April. At the same time, new Arachne-themed shell skins will come to the Cod ...

Marathon ignores extraction shooter 'rules' and is better for it

The extraction shooter is still figuring itself out. That's a funny thing to say about a videogame genre that's been around for like a decade (Escape From Tarkov's first alpha goe ...

Stardew Valley and Wordle sure do make for a cute combination in this daily guessing game on the farm sim's crops

In Stardewdle, you start by submitting any crop as a first guess and seeing what criteria it shares with the game's daily pick. That leads you to a list of qualities that do and d ...

Former EA chief Peter Moore says his game industry style of PR irritated his bosses at Liverpool FC, and that's partly why he's not the CEO of Liverpool FC anymore

"I felt that not being cold and distant, which the football club was with absentee American owners, was the way to go. My American owners did not agree." ...

Making Dispatch was motivated by 'a mix of arrogance and stupidity,' its creative directors say

Gaming Industry CEO of Kitfox Games reckons hundreds of hours playing Civilization could be the secret to the Dwarf Fortress publisher's success: 'Maybe Kitfox wouldn't be as successful if I didn't ...

Mega Man 11 actor won't return for the next game in the series because Capcom refuses to work under a union contract

Veteran voice actor Ben Diskin, who provided the voice of Mega Man in the 2018 release Mega Man 11, says he won't be returning to the series because Capcom refuses to use unionized voice actors.

All Catch and Tame codes for March 2026: Steak, Bones, and more animal food

I'm not sure what's more popular on Roblox, games about pets or games about anime, but both are always sure to include freebies like those found in Catch and Tame codes. Developer ...