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A Fallout 76 fan visited the real-life Whitespring resort and the bunker beneath it and was amazed by its resemblance to locations in the game
Virtual locations usually fall apart the moment you compare them to the real thing – proportions are off, the staircase is in the wrong place, and a luxury lobby turns out to be a box...
Court dismissed $341,000 lawsuit against Nintendo over denial of Pokémon professor status
A federal judge has dismissed a case brought by an Iowa man who demanded $341,000 in compensation from Nintendo and The Pokemon Company after being denied a "Pokemon Professor" certification. The judge called the lawsuit...
Streamer taught viewers how to call CJ's phone in GTA San Andreas live during the stream
Streamer Kreyg has built a custom Twitch integration for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that lets viewers call CJ's in-game phone. The system uses the original phone-answering animation – CJ pulls out his phone, and...
Rebel Wolves named 4 main problems of The Blood of Dawnwalker on PC and suggested temporary fixes
Vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker launched with a handful of technical issues on PC. Rebel Wolves, a studio made up of CD Projekt RED veterans, has already published a list of the most common...
In GTA 6, the minimap shows in advance which buildings can be visited, and aloe contains liters of water
Open worlds stopped impressing players with size alone a while back – now everyone wants to know what in the environment actually works and what is just there for show. Rockstar apparently found a simple...
Rockstar changed the sprint button in GTA 6 after almost 25 years of tradition
Grand Theft Auto has kept one of its most recognizable control quirks for almost 25 years – sprinting by tapping a face button on the controller. Starting with GTA 3, players had to mash X...
Andrew Garfield's tracksuit from "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" sold for $2650
A production practice suit worn by Andrew Garfield on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has sold at auction for $2,650. According to the listing, the suit was worn directly during filming, which is...
Skyrim fans continue to argue about which playstyle is more effective and spectacular – the stealth archer or the sneaky throat-slitter
Fifteen years after release, Skyrim players are still finding ways to work around the combat system in ways Bethesda probably never intended. The "stealth archer" meme has long been a series trademark, but more and...
No Man's Sky became the first game where DLSS 5 impressed even critics of the technology
Spanish blogger Oskar1up posted footage of No Man's Sky running with DLSS 5 neural rendering enabled. The reaction turned out to be unexpected for a topic that spent the last week collecting nothing but backlash...
Six games from the '90s and 2000s that still hold up
Nostalgia is a tricky thing – childhood memory loves to embellish, and what seemed like a masterpiece at age ten often turns out to be janky nonsense with terrible controls once you revisit it as...
Soldiers and androids in first behind-the-scenes footage from season 2 of Alien: Earth
FX and Hulu have released the first behind-the-scenes footage from season two of Alien: Earth – shots and photos confirm that production on the sequel has officially begun. Noah Hawley created the series and remains...
Rockstar promises that vehicle handling in GTA 6 will combine the best elements from GTA 4 and GTA 5
Driving has always been one of the defining elements of the Grand Theft Auto series, right alongside stealing cars and causing chaos in the streets. That is why vehicle handling physics remain one of the...
Steam version of Civilization 7 is free until September 10 – the game is gradually catching up to the fifth installment in online players
Firaxis Games has made Civilization 7 free to play on Steam through September 10. Just head to the game page and hit the "Play Game" button, then let the files download – no payment required....
Players are still unhappy that Arthur from the Red Dead Redemption 2 artwork doesn't resemble his in-game version
The cover art for a big game is almost always drawn while the game itself is still unfinished. Artists get their hands on intermediate models, marketing designers get a deadline, and years later players squint...
Amazon canceled Spider-Noir starring Nicolas Cage after one season
The Spider-Noir series from Prime Video and MGM won't get a second season. The show got the axe after just eight episodes, even though it was considered one of the platform's biggest hits this year....
Popular streamer refused to advertise ARC Raiders for a six-figure sum in dollars – but agreed for a seven-figure one
Popular streamer TimTheTatman revealed what it would take for him to go back to ARC Raiders, and the number he mentioned is impressive even by influencer industry standards. He'd previously been offered an ad deal...
AI GPT-6 Astra created a three-dimensional world inspired by six paintings by Vincent van Gogh
Developer Peter Gostev built a walkable 3D world based on Van Gogh paintings and made it publicly available. According to him, GPT-6 Astra (Max) delivered a working result on the first try. He also published...
Skyrim player pulled dragon armor from a chest at level 24 and was surprised to learn how the Anniversary Edition broke progression
Any RPG runs on a simple rule – first you fight in rags and rusty scraps, and only later do you earn the right to wear something legendary. That formula breaks instantly the moment a...
A Crusader Kings 3 veteran finally finished a campaign for the first time in 2,000 hours – eight rulers with god‑like traits were enough to last 586 years
Paradox grand strategy games are built so the final date barely matters. Fans start a campaign with excitement, turn into a land-grabbing machine by the midpoint, then start a new save the moment an heir...
GTA 6 on PC may be released earlier due to hardware shortage
The PC version of GTA V from Rockstar Games arrived more than a year and a half after the console release. Rumor has it GTA VI might not make PC players wait nearly as long....
