Eternal Strands is a new game from former BioWare and Ubisoft devs, and it’s coming to Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC in 2025

What you need to know Founded in 2020, Yellow Brick Games is a Canadian game studio with offices in Quebec and Montreal.  The team’s new game, Eternal Strands, was originally being published by Private Division, but is now a self-published project.  Eternal Strands is a third-person action-adventure game where players scale colossal foes. Eternal Strands […]

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Eternal Strands is a new game from former BioWare and Ubisoft devs, and it’s coming to Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC in 2025

What you need to know Founded in 2020, Yellow Brick Games is a Canadian game studio with offices in Quebec and Montreal.  The team’s new game, Eternal Strands, was originally being published by Private Division, but is now a self-published project.  Eternal Strands is a third-person action-adventure game where players scale colossal foes. Eternal Strands […]

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Helldivers 2 boss says devs may make a critically important Galactic War mechanic easier to understand: “We are talking about making this more clear”

What you need to know Arrowhead Game Studios’ co-op PvE shooter Helldivers 2 has a Galactic War metagame in which players are tasked with attacking or defending specific planets by Major Orders. The game doesn’t explain this, but you can only fight on a world if it’s near one players control. This is called the […]

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Helldivers 2 director addresses “inexcusable behavior” from devs amid balance patch criticisms: “This is not a message that the studio stands behind”

What you need to know Helldivers 2’s long-awaited first balance patch came this week on Wednesday morning, but nerfs to popular weapons and a lack of buffs to compensate left many frustrated and disappointed.  The situation quickly grew heated when a few members of the Helldivers development team made some comments that were perceived as […]

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Helldivers 2 director addresses “inexcusable behavior” from devs amid balance patch criticisms: “This is not a message that the studio stands behind”

What you need to know Helldivers 2’s long-awaited first balance patch came this week on Wednesday morning, but nerfs to popular weapons and a lack of buffs to compensate left many frustrated and disappointed.  The situation quickly grew heated when a few members of the Helldivers development team made some comments that were perceived as […]

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Palworld devs accidentally patch the tower boss capture glitch with v0.1.5.0: “We apologize for inadvertently fixing a bug”

What you need to know The biggest and arguably the most popular exploit in the creature capture survival game Palworld was the tower boss capture glitch that allowed players to catch tower bosses like Zoe and Grizzbolt that have drastically more health than standard Pals. This bug was patched recently with the arrival of version […]

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GitHub : oui, l’IA aide les devs à écrire du code plus sûr, mais les garde-fous sont hyper importants

Il est toujours agréable de disposer d’outils de cybersécurité sophistiqués pour détecter les vulnérabilités. Mais la sécurité du code doit toujours commencer par le respect des règles par les développeurs. Pour Mike Hanley, responsable de la sécurité chez GitHub, cette attention portée aux fondations du code signifie qu’il faut adhérer aux principes fondamentaux. Lesquels ? […]

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Ex-Volition devs form Shapeshifter Games, assisting inXile Entertainment with Xbox RPG Clockwork Revolution

What you need to know Shapeshifter Games is a new studio founded by ex-Volition devs who were laid off when Embracer Group closed Volition last year.  Shapeshifter Games is working with inXile Entertainment on the upcoming role-playing game Clockwork Revolution.  Revealed during the Xbox Games Showcase last year, Clockwork Revolution is currently in development exclusively […]

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“Everyday I walk in afraid that I or my friends are next.” Destiny 2 Bungie devs describe ‘soul-crushing’ mood after layoffs as worries of a Sony takeover mount

What you need to know A new report details the “soul-crushing” mood at Destiny 2 developer Bungie following the recent wave of layoffs that saw roughly 100 workers cut from the studio. Developers have spoken of significant cost-cutting measures, including the slashing of bonuses, benefits, and other morale-boosting programs.  Meanwhile, management is described to be […]

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“I like to see new ideas. When we partnered with Microsoft, that’s what we saw …” ARA: History Untold’s devs spoke with us about building the next great PC strategy game

A short while ago, I was able to go hands-on with another upcoming Xbox-published Windows PC, which in a sense is a bit of an outlier. ARA: History Untold is a 4X strategy game built by Oxide, known for Ashes of the Singularity published under Stardock. Oxide Games shares a lot of its DNA with […]

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Recommended game specs are a joke — PC devs need to temper expectations

My latest PC upgrades pale in comparison to new AAA game requirements. (Image credit: Ben Wilson | Windows Central) There’s no denying that a PC is at least implied to be the superior gaming platform, thanks to the sheer power offered by various combinations of components. However, it’s not the most approachable way to play […]

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DSI : vous voulez plus de productivité ? Aidez vos Ops à penser comme des Devs

La clé d’une collaboration réussie au sein des équipes informatiques ne consiste pas seulement à aligner le travail des développeurs sur celui des équipes d’exploitation. Il faut aussi libérer les compétences en développement qui sommeillent au sein des équipes de production. Le responsable DevOps du Nasdaq affirme que le temps est venu pour les équipes […]

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Lords of the Fallen devs admit that the Xbox version will be subpar at launch

What you need to know Lords of the Fallen (2023) is a soft reboot of the 2014 soulslike of the same name, developed by HexWorks and published by CI Games. The team behind the game shared a post on Twitter addressing the Day 1 patch, which stated that PS5 and PC players would experience the […]

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ProDeus devs announce new DLC after leaving Xbox Game Pass

What you need to know Bounding Box Software has announced its 90s-inspired FPS, ProDeus, will receive a major update and new DLC. No release date was given for the DLC. ProDeus is available on Xbox, the Microsoft Store, and Steam, though it is no longer available via Xbox Game Pass. The teams behind the boomer […]

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Apple Surveys Devs With Vision Pro About Digital ‘Persona’

While the Apple Vision Pro headset is not launching until early 2024, some developers have access to the device in order to develop visionOS apps. Though Feedback Assistant, Apple is collecting opinions on the Vision Pro “Persona” that is created for each person for use with FaceTime. The Persona is a digital representation of the […]

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Baldur’s Gate 3 devs promise Patch 2 will bring huge changes to the game

What you need to know  In the first community update following it’s huge 1000 fix patch, Baldur’s Gate creators have addressed their vision for the future of the game. Included in the update is details on the second patch which will dramatically improve performance in Act 3 which has been a roadblock for many players. […]

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Remnant 2 devs release hotfix update on Xbox Series X|S, here are the patch notes

What you need to know Gunfire Games, the developers of Remnant 2, have just uploaded a hotfix patch to the game. This hotfix patch features performance improvements, the option to turn the motion blur on or off, toning down the player character’s commentary during gameplay, bug fixes, and more. Remnant 2 is a third-person shooter […]

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VisionOS : Apple publie un SDK , et les devs peuvent demander un kit matériel Vision Pro

Lors de la WWDC de cette année, Apple a annoncé le lancement d’une nouvelle plateforme matérielle et logicielle avec le casque Apple Vision Pro et un nouvel OS, VisionOS pour le faire fonctionner. Mercredi, Apple a publié le SDK de VisionOS, et le processus qui permet aux développeurs de s’inscrire pour obtenir le kit de […]

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The Elder Scrolls Online devs want the Arcanist to be your new main

What you need to know The Arcanist is a new class being added to The Elder Scrolls Online with the Necrom expansion.  A new trailer provides an overview into the myriad powers of the Arcanist, who wields a fraction of the power of the Daedric Prince Hermaeus Mora.  Speaking with the developers, the Arcanist is […]

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Xbox going green(er) with new sustainability toolkit for game devs

What you need to know On Wednesday, Xbox announced a new Developer Sustainability Toolkit for game designers to help reduce Xbox gaming’s impact on the environment. This new tool allows developers to identify energy inefficiencies in their games so they can be improved upon without negatively affecting the playing experience.  Ubisoft and 343 Industries collaborated […]

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