ThatFeed https://thatfeed.com/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png 2026-09-15T16:30:00+00:00 https://thatfeed.com/feed/rss Songs of the Past were made possible thanks to the development of a remaster of the 11-year-old The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/2006/ballads-of-the-past-were-made-possible-thanks-to-the-development-of-a-remaster-of-the-11-year-old-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt 2026-09-15T16:30:00+00:00 2026-09-15T16:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Fool's Theory revealed that the Songs of the Past expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt might never have happened without a massive remaster of the base game. Technical limits of the original engine made it impossible to bring the studio's vision for Letten, the area at the heart of...
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]]> Fans ran Fallout New Vegas through DLSS 5 seven times and got a real nightmare https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/2036/fans-ran-fallout-new-vegas-through-dlss-5-seven-times-and-got-a-real-nightmare 2026-09-15T16:00:00+00:00 2026-09-15T16:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Anyone who has been anywhere near the gaming space over the past couple of weeks has probably seen folks messing around with DLSS 5, NVIDIA's AI-driven neural rendering tech that pushes games toward photorealism in real time. The results have been both impressive and downright unsettling. A recent example involving...
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]]> Rusty car turned out to be the most dangerous Predator of the Wasteland in Fallout 4 due to typical Bethesda bugs https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/2002/rusty-car-turned-out-to-be-the-most-dangerous-predator-of-the-wasteland-in-fallout-4-due-to-typical-bethesda-bugs 2026-09-15T15:30:00+00:00 2026-09-15T15:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Some enemies in games you actually prepare for: you hear a deathclaw roar behind a hill, count your ammo, gear up in power armor. Others make no sound, don't show up on the compass, and kill instantly – and in Fallout 4, the reigning champion of that category has been...
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]]> Zach Cregger apologized in advance for the Resident Evil film adaptation to disgruntled fans – especially for the absence of Leon Kennedy https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/1998/zach-cregger-apologized-in-advance-for-the-resident-evil-film-adaptation-to-disgruntled-fans-especially-for-the-absence-of-leon-kennedy 2026-09-15T15:00:00+00:00 2026-09-15T15:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Zach Cregger, director of the upcoming Resident Evil movie, admitted to a communication misstep with fans and apologized for not meeting the expectations of part of the fanbase. He addressed months of criticism from the fan community in a recent interview. According to Cregger, he expected fans of the games...
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]]> Amazing video of a flight over the Sahara led to an analysis of dune geometry https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/2005/amazing-video-of-a-flight-over-the-sahara-led-to-an-analysis-of-dune-geometry 2026-09-15T14:30:00+00:00 2026-09-15T14:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
A video shot through a plane window over the Sahara shows perfectly even rows of dunes stretching to the horizon with no landmark in sight. The pattern repeats so precisely that the first wave of reactions boiled down to jokes about copy-pasted textures and lazy developers. Luckily, the discussion moved...
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]]> There are still a hundred days until Avengers: Doomsday is released, and the movie has already earned more than $50 million in the US https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/2012/there-are-still-a-hundred-days-until-avengers-doomsday-is-released-and-the-movie-has-already-earned-more-than-50-million-in-the-us 2026-09-15T14:00:00+00:00 2026-09-15T14:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Disney has already broken a major ticket resale record for Avengers: Doomsday, and the movie still has more than three months to go before it hits theaters. Disney has officially confirmed that the film has crossed $50 million in domestic pre-sales in the US. Disney SEVP and CFO Hugh Johnston...
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]]> Fallout 4 fan showed how to turn a supermarket shopping cart into an equivalent of power armor using Bethesda's famous game physics https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/1999/fallout-4-fan-showed-how-to-turn-a-supermarket-shopping-cart-into-an-equivalent-of-power-armor-using-bethesdas-famous-game-physics 2026-09-15T13:30:00+00:00 2026-09-15T13:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Power armor in Fallout 4 is presented as the pinnacle of pre-war engineering – nuclear cores, servomotors, a dedicated entry animation. But the most reliable shield in the Commonwealth turns out to be a rusty shopping cart, one you can grab with your bare hands and hold in front of...
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]]> Old SSDs turned into Steam game cartridges, and it works better than it sounds https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/1987/old-ssds-are-turned-into-steam-game-cartridges-and-it-works-better-than-it-sounds 2026-09-15T13:00:00+00:00 2026-09-15T13:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Digital libraries took away the shelf full of game boxes and replaced it with a list of icons and endless redownloading. The longing for physical media never really went away, though, and sometimes it takes on downright exotic forms – all the way down to homemade cartridges hiding a regular...
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]]> 19 years later, a lost part of God of War finally made it to PS2 https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/1979/19-years-later-a-lost-part-of-god-of-war-finally-made-it-to-ps2 2026-09-15T12:30:00+00:00 2026-09-15T12:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
God of War series has sold tens of millions of copies, spawned remasters, collector editions, and a move to Norse mythology, but one entry spent almost two decades existing only in the memory of flip phone owners. The mobile God of War: Betrayal remained the only game in the franchise...
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]]> Four ways to save a PC system unit from a cat https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/1988/four-ways-to-save-a-pc-system-unit-from-a-cat 2026-09-15T12:00:00+00:00 2026-09-15T12:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
The most expensive space heater in any gamer's apartment sits under the desk, costs as much as a used car, and is officially registered as a gaming PC. Cats figured out this detail long before their owners did, so sooner or later, any case with top exhaust turns into a...
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]]> New patch for The Blood of Dawnwalker removed that infamous red pipe and stopped dead people from talking to Coen https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/2001/new-patch-for-the-blood-of-dawnwalker-removed-that-infamous-red-pipe-and-stopped-dead-people-from-talking-to-coen 2026-09-15T11:30:00+00:00 2026-09-15T11:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Rebel Wolves, the studio founded by CD Projekt RED veterans who worked on The Witcher 3, keeps supporting its vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker with post-launch updates. The game only came out a few days ago, but the developers have already pushed out several hotfixes, and the latest one,...
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]]> Invoke Studios head explained why the protagonist of Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons was made a warlock https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/2000/invoke-studios-head-explained-why-the-protagonist-of-warlock-dungeons-dragons-was-made-a-warlock 2026-09-15T11:00:00+00:00 2026-09-15T11:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Invoke Studios head Dominic Guay has shared why the team chose a warlock protagonist for Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons, explaining that "creative magic" was central to gameplay and story in the upcoming single-player action-adventure game. Speaking in an interview with TechRadar Gaming at Gamescom 2026, Guay said the team took...
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]]> Players are unhappy that Marvel's Wolverine is a movie – the game plays scenes for you https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/2037/players-are-unhappy-that-marvels-wolverine-is-a-movie-the-game-plays-scenes-for-you 2026-09-15T10:30:00+00:00 2026-09-15T10:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Calling out "the game plays itself" is one of the oldest and easiest tricks in game criticism. Cut a twenty second clip of a flashy finisher where the camera swoops around the hero while the player isn't touching the sticks, and the verdict is in. The problem is that half...
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]]> WoW fans are thrilled with the new lighting, fog, and water in WoW Forever running on Blizzard custom ray tracer https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/2039/wow-fans-are-thrilled-with-the-new-lighting-fog-and-water-in-wow-forever-running-on-blizzards-custom-ray-tracer 2026-09-15T10:00:00+00:00 2026-09-15T10:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
The debate over whether a twenty-year-old game can get a graphics overhaul without losing its identity just got a detailed technical answer. On the second day of BlizzCon, the panel "Evolving a Timeless World" brought together lead environment artist Matt Heyman and lead software engineer Jason Scott, who walked through...
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]]> Players are unhappy that games without a discount are becoming the main faces of Steam sales https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/1973/players-are-unhappy-that-games-without-a-discount-are-becoming-the-main-faces-of-steam-sales 2026-09-15T09:30:00+00:00 2026-09-15T09:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Steam sale banners work on simple logic: the bigger the picture, the deeper the discount. So when a specific title stares back at you from the cover of yet another themed event, your brain automatically pencils in a red price tag with a minus sign next to it. Which makes...
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]]> AI GPT-6 Astra mined a diamond in Minecraft overnight by directly controlling a computer https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/1972/ai-gpt-6-astra-mined-a-diamond-in-minecraft-overnight-by-directly-controlling-a-computer 2026-09-15T09:00:00+00:00 2026-09-15T09:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Developer Wuyang Zhou gave GPT-6 Astra one task – mine a diamond in Minecraft – then hit record and went to bed. By morning the diamond sat in the inventory, and the toolkit that made it all work went public shortly after. The interesting part is how the agent actually...
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]]> Futurologist Ray Kurzweil joins a startup that wants to replace brain implants with a nasal spray containing nanoparticles https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/1977/futurologist-ray-kurzweil-joins-a-startup-that-wants-to-replace-brain-implants-with-a-nasal-spray-containing-nanoparticles 2026-09-15T08:00:00+00:00 2026-09-15T08:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Ray Kurzweil, one of the most well known futurists and AI pioneers, has joined neurotechnology startup Subsense. The company is developing a brain-computer interface that skips surgery entirely. Kurzweil's career kicked off back in the 1960s. He helped pioneer speech synthesis, voice recognition systems and optical character recognition, and he's...
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]]> Web development veteran compares AI's impact on frontend to an asteroid impact https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/15/1970/web-development-veteran-compares-ais-impact-on-frontend-to-an-asteroid-impact 2026-09-15T07:00:00+00:00 2026-09-15T07:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Developer Nolan Lawson published a piece on August 23 on his blog Read the Tea Leaves about what's happening to frontend development in the age of agents. The main metaphor made it straight into the title. Lawson has been a known name in web development for a long time. He...
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]]> Gamer spent three hours in Skyrim's tutorial dungeon to grind hapless Ralof up to level 81 https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2030/gamer-spent-three-hours-in-skyrims-tutorial-dungeon-to-grind-hapless-ralof-up-to-level-81 2026-09-14T19:30:00+00:00 2026-09-14T19:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Any RPG with a leveling system eventually runs into a player who finds more joy in breaking the mechanics than following the story. And when the system can be broken without even leaving the tutorial area, the temptation becomes impossible to resist. One gamer posted a clip on Reddit showing...
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]]> After PlayStation's claims that games don't belong to buyers, disappointed fans compiled a list of 34 examples where Sony said otherwise https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2019/after-playstations-claims-that-games-dont-belong-to-buyers-disappointed-fans-compiled-a-list-of-34-examples-where-sony-said-otherwise 2026-09-14T19:00:00+00:00 2026-09-14T19:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Sony is facing a class action lawsuit claiming that PlayStation Store language misleads users about what they're actually buying. The company insists digital games are licensed rather than sold, even though the PlayStation Store interface has used words like "buy" and "own" for years. PlayStation fans have taken it upon...
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]]> Athlete proves the reality of the controversial backflip from the GTA 6 trailer https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2011/athlete-proves-the-reality-of-the-controversial-backflip-from-the-gta-6-trailer 2026-09-14T18:30:00+00:00 2026-09-14T18:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
In last month's extended GTA 6 trailer, fans found a moment that has been dissected frame by frame and turned into a meme. The scene shows Jason doing a running backflip off a pier and into gorgeous blue ocean water. Plenty of people thought the move looked physically impossible. On...
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]]> In six weeks, AI built on the Godot engine created a full-fledged fishing game https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2008/in-six-weeks-ai-built-on-the-godot-engine-created-a-full-fledged-fishing-game 2026-09-14T18:00:00+00:00 2026-09-14T18:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Indie developer Hakim Eiqbal has released the first downloadable build of a fishing game he's building entirely with AI. The project started as an experiment and by week six turned into a playable build available to anyone who wants to try it. Eiqbal says he had zero game development experience...
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]]> A player in Europa Universalis 5 completed a legendary achievement of the entire franchise and conquered the whole world as Ryukyu https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2032/a-player-in-europa-universalis-5-completed-a-legendary-achievement-of-the-entire-franchise-and-conquered-the-whole-world-as-ryukyu 2026-09-14T17:30:00+00:00 2026-09-14T17:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Developers of grand strategy games love to insist that conquering the entire map in their titles is impossible – the mechanics won't allow it, the economy will collapse, control will tank. That claim usually holds up right until someone takes on the challenge with an island kingdom the size of...
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]]> Japanese modder launched DLSS 5 together with ENB in Fallout 4 – the game now looks like a photograph https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2003/japanese-modder-launched-dlss-5-together-with-enb-in-fallout-4-the-game-now-looks-like-a-photograph 2026-09-14T17:00:00+00:00 2026-09-14T17:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
A Japanese player going by ピピ (pipi_rossa) got DLSS 5 and the ENB graphics mod running together in Fallout 4. The two have historically clashed since both hook into frame post-processing. Turns out the fix was simpler than anyone expected. According to the modder, all it takes is switching to...
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]]> Fallout 4 fans recalled the best companion interactions – Strong and Hancock, and Danse and Valentine are the most memorable https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2034/fallout-4-fans-recalled-the-best-companion-interactions-strong-and-hancock-and-danse-and-valentine-are-the-most-memorable 2026-09-14T16:30:00+00:00 2026-09-14T16:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Companions in Fallout 4 usually exist for two reasons: carrying loot and soaking up bullets meant for the hero. But what actually sticks in people's memory isn't their combat stats – it's the moment a seven-foot super mutant looms over a ghoul and gives his tricorn hat an approving sniff....
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]]> STALKER 2 receives patch 2.0.5 with over 200 fixes https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2020/stalker-2-receives-patch-205-with-over-200-fixes 2026-09-14T16:00:00+00:00 2026-09-14T16:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
GSC Game World shows no signs of slowing down support for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, even after the successful launch of its first story DLC, "The Price of Hope." Shortly after the expansion arrived, the studio rolled out a new patch focused entirely on bug fixes and gameplay polish. The update, numbered...
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]]> Gamers laugh at fans of realism in GTA 6 who will need sun visors on the windshield https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2004/gamers-laugh-at-fans-of-realism-in-gta-6-who-will-need-sun-visors-on-the-windshield 2026-09-14T15:30:00+00:00 2026-09-14T15:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
The desire for realism in open-world games has long crossed the line where immersion ends and simulation of daily chores begins. First it's filling the tank with gas, then turn signals and seatbelts, and it's not far off from demanding you unfold a silver sunshade on the windshield so the...
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]]> Anthony Hopkins to star in sci-fi film 2048 about humanity that went underground after the apocalypse https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2018/anthony-hopkins-to-star-in-sci-fi-film-2048-about-humanity-that-went-underground-after-the-apocalypse 2026-09-14T15:00:00+00:00 2026-09-14T15:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Deadline reported that a new science fiction film titled 2048 has entered production. Anthony Hopkins will star in one of the lead roles. The story takes place in a future where humanity can no longer live on the surface of the planet and has been forced to move underground. Society...
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]]> Gamers crashed Wardogs servers on the very first day of early access – developers partially blame Valve https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2029/gamers-crashed-wardogs-servers-on-the-very-first-day-of-early-access-developers-partially-blame-valve 2026-09-14T14:30:00+00:00 2026-09-14T14:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Wardogs, a 100-player milsim FPS, launched in Steam early access and instantly became a hit. The game topped Steam's global sales chart, and its player count blew past 300,000 concurrent users right away. Not everyone managed to get into a match, though. Servers buckled under the flood of players, and...
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]]> Players are unhappy with how Bethesda is handling their beloved The Elder Scrolls franchise – a collaboration with IKEA instead of DLCs and a new game https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2016/players-are-unhappy-with-how-bethesda-is-handling-their-beloved-the-elder-scrolls-franchise-a-collaboration-with-ikea-instead-of-dlcs-and-a-new-game 2026-09-14T14:00:00+00:00 2026-09-14T14:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Brand collaborations in games stopped being a pleasant novelty a long time ago. But there is a difference between a pop star showing up in a shooter and a game about Nordic dragons getting its own bookshelf. The mod in question was commissioned and paid for by IKEA: Skyrim now...
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]]> Alex Hirsh does not intend to make a third season of "Gravity Falls" https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2033/alex-hirsh-does-not-intend-to-make-a-third-season-of-gravity-falls 2026-09-14T13:30:00+00:00 2026-09-14T13:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch confirmed he has no plans to make a third season of the animated series, despite massive renewed interest in the show a decade after its finale. Hirsch says the success of The Book of Bill caught him off guard. The book got a huge response,...
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]]> Second Chance – Games That Don't Click at First but Become Masterpieces https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2014/second-chance-games-that-dont-click-at-first-but-become-masterpieces 2026-09-14T13:00:00+00:00 2026-09-14T13:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Game quality gets treated like a fixed value, similar to weight or length. In practice it depends on mood, age, tiredness, and how much sleep you got, so the same game can feel like dull garbage on a Tuesday before a calculus seminar and then become the best title of...
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]]> Rockstar taped up office windows after drones started filming employees at work https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2025/rockstar-taped-up-office-windows-after-drones-started-filming-employees-at-work 2026-09-14T12:30:00+00:00 2026-09-14T12:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Rockstar Games published its opening note ahead of the employment tribunal hearing in Glasgow, where the fate of 31 dismissed employees is being decided. In the document, the studio detailed the security measures surrounding GTA 6 development, including privacy films on office windows that it had to install after drones...
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]]> World of Warcraft: The Last Titan expansion will launch in 2027 and conclude a 20-year saga https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2024/world-of-warcraft-the-last-titan-expansion-will-launch-in-2027-and-conclude-a-20-year-saga 2026-09-14T12:00:00+00:00 2026-09-14T12:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Blizzard revealed the release window for World of Warcraft: The Last Titan during the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2026. The twelfth expansion arrives in 2027 and closes out the "Worldsoul Saga," which began with The War Within in 2024 and continued with Midnight in March 2026. A short cinematic teaser...
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]]> Heroes of the Storm returns to life – the first new hero in six years https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2026/heroes-of-the-storm-returns-to-life-the-first-new-hero-in-six-years 2026-09-14T11:30:00+00:00 2026-09-14T11:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Blizzard announced at the BlizzCon opening ceremony that Heroes of the Storm will get a new hero, Xal'atath, the Harbinger of the Void. It's the first roster addition since 2020, when Hogger joined the game. The six-year gap marks the longest stretch of its kind in the MOBA genre. For...
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]]> New Minecraft addon simulates multiplayer without friends or internet https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2009/new-minecraft-addon-simulates-multiplayer-without-friends-or-internet 2026-09-14T11:00:00+00:00 2026-09-14T11:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
Gamemode One, an official Mojang partner, has announced AI Players, an add-on that fills a single-player Minecraft world with bots behaving like real players. The multiplayer illusion works entirely offline, with no internet connection needed. Normally, playing together requires a server, a Realm subscription, a local network, or an online...
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]]> Geralt's chain was supposed to appear back in The Witcher 3, but it only became technically possible now https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2027/geralts-chain-was-supposed-to-appear-back-in-the-witcher-3-but-it-only-became-technically-possible-now 2026-09-14T10:30:00+00:00 2026-09-14T10:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
The Witcher 3 is finally getting a weapon fans have wanted for over a decade – Geralt will get a chain. In Andrzej Sapkowski novels, the witcher occasionally uses a chain when fighting monsters. It also shows up in the opening cinematic of the first Witcher game, where Geralt fights...
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]]> In November, Blizzard will release WoW Forever – the promised Classic+ with a new race, 9 dungeons, and 1000 quests https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2028/in-november-blizzard-will-release-wow-forever-the-promised-classic-with-a-new-race-9-dungeons-and-1000-quests 2026-09-14T10:00:00+00:00 2026-09-14T10:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
At the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, Blizzard announced World of Warcraft: Forever, the very version of the game the community has spent years discussing under the name Classic . Release is set for November 4, 2026, with beta testing kicking off September 17. The Classic team is handling development, drawing...
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]]> Blizzard released the Forsaken Kingdom campaign for Warcraft III Reforged with 30 hours of gameplay https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2023/blizzard-released-the-forsaken-kingdom-campaign-for-warcraft-iii-reforged-with-30-hours-of-gameplay 2026-09-14T09:30:00+00:00 2026-09-14T09:30:00+00:00 Cosmo
Blizzard released Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom without any prior announcement, marking the first new campaign for Warcraft III: Reforged in 23 years. The launch happened right during the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, and the expansion is already available on Battle.net for $30 as a standalone purchase or as part...
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]]> Blizzard revealed the first 3 classes of Diablo 5 – among them is a plague knight https://thatfeed.com/2026/09/14/2022/blizzard-revealed-the-first-3-classes-of-diablo-5-among-them-is-a-plague-knight 2026-09-14T09:00:00+00:00 2026-09-14T09:00:00+00:00 Cosmo
At the Diablo 5: Forging the Next Era panel during BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard revealed the first three playable classes. Two of them will feel familiar to series veterans, while the third marks a new addition to the franchise. The Diablo 5 reveal itself came as a surprise for the event,...
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