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Shock and Anger as Xbox Shuts Down Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and More (www.ign.com)

Todd Howard says Bethesda is focused on finding ways to increase its output (www.videogameschronicle.com)

Roleplaying evil characters

So, I almost never play evil characters in most CRPGs - despite the potential fun to be had - and recently I’ve been thinking about why....

Cities: Skylines 2's first post-launch DLC, Beach Properties, is out now and players aren't happy: 'This is a disgrace' (www.pcgamer.com)

Microsoft’s recent layoffs contradict what the company promised of its merger, the FTC says. (www.theverge.com)

A new Tribes game is coming next year and it's not free to play: 'We made some mistakes in how we monetized Ascend' (www.pcgamer.com)

Mortal Kombat 1 Players Are Furious With Inclusion of Paid Fatalities (comicbook.com)

Mortal Kombat 1 players are finding themselves quite upset this week following the announcement that paid Fatalities will soon be coming to the popular fighting game. With the last few Mortal Kombat installments, NetherRealm Studios has added paid content that players can choose to purchase outside of the main game. Not only has...

As the WGA writers' strike looks set to end, a massive video game strike could be just around the corner (www.vg247.com)

Unity: An open letter to our community (blog.unity.com)

Sony's new PlayStation 2 emulator tested - and it's another disappointing effort. Subpar image quality, poor filtering options and bugs do these classics no favours. (www.eurogamer.net)

Todd Howard says Fallout renaissance is "beyond anything" he's seen in his career (www.eurogamer.net)

Stardew Valley is basically the same game 8 years later (www.polygon.com)

The Feds Are Coming for “Extremist” Gamers (theintercept.com)

OneDrive is ruining my PC gaming setups (www.digitaltrends.com)

The makers of Palworld are desperate to hire more developers: 'We are overwhelmingly short of people' (www.pcgamer.com)

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Preview – We Played it and Didn't Like it (www.ign.com)

PlayStation accounts are being ‘permanently suspended’ and no one knows why (www.theverge.com)

Halo Infinite has hit 18,000 concurrent players on steam, this is it's highest peak since the launch of Season 2, 17 months ago. It is currently in the Top 50 on steam right now (twitter.com)

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Unity: disappointed at how removal ToS has been framed. We removed it way before the pricing change was announced not because we didn't want people to see it. (twitter.com)

Dr Disrespect Knowingly Sent Explicit Messages to a Minor, Former Twitch Employee Says (www.rollingstone.com)

“I recall that Dr Disrespect was made aware by the individual that they were underage during the conversation, after which he indicated that this was no problem and continued on,” the former employee says. “There was no confusion. Messages sent after this was acknowledged were no less graphic and in sexually explicit...

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