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Skyrim's latest patch has pissed off players for two reasons: It broke old mods and added new paid ones (www.pcgamer.com)

Safe to say this isn't the most popular update.

Unity Bosses Sold Stock Ahead Of Scummy Dev Fees Announcement (kotaku.com)

CEO John Riccitiello sold 2,000 shares a week before Unity revealed its Runtime Fee

Meet the Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time (www.404media.co)

Ethan Lee has been keeping your favorite indie games running for years by porting them to Linux. Now he wants developers to start thinking about “maintenance” instead of “remasters.”

New Survey Reveals That Many Game Developers Consider Their Career Unsustainable (www.ign.com)

IGN can exclusively reveal the details from IATSE's 2023 Gameworkers.org Rates and Conditions Survey, where the organization asked hundreds of video game developers about their pay, benefits, and working conditions.

Starfield Megathread - Steam & Gamepass Preload Now Up ! (Spoilers without tags will be banned) Reviews Up (kbin.social)

Rather than have multiple threads and review links I Figured Id start a megathread to pin to the top for the release of Starfield...

The recent criticism of Linus Tech Tips, explained (www.pcgamer.com)

Hardware channel Linus Tech Tips defended itself following a competitor's claims about its "accuracy, ethics, and responsibility."

The Main Lesson From ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Should Be ‘People Hate Microtransactions’ (www.forbes.com)

If reception to Baldur’s Gate says anything, it’s that people hate microtransactions in their AAA games.

Logitech Now Goes To A random website in order to add peripherals to a PC (kbin.social)

As if it wasn’t bad enough that they want me to use a random internet service to add a keyboard to a usb wifi receiver, they are also stopping Firefox users from accessing it. I clicked out of pure curiosity, as I’m not even remotely interested in involving a corporate internet service in getting my keyboard connected to my...

The ESRB wants to start using facial recognition to check people's ages (www.pcgamer.com)

The FTC is now seeking public feedback on the ESRB's proposal.

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution - LRG3 Announcement Video (www.youtube.com)

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is back in development after nearly 20 years! This lost Shantae sequel fills in the gaps between the original Shantae (2002...

Ayaneo announces the Next Lite, the first non-Valve handheld PC with SteamOS preinstalled (www.pcgamer.com)

It's aiming to be budget friendly, so don't expect cutting edge hardware

CD Projekt staff form union after layoffs - and want everybody in the industry to join (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

There's a side mission in Cyberpunk 2077 that involves abducting a notorious union-breaker. One wonders if any of the p…

Out of the blue, seven-year-old FPS Titanfall 2 has fully working multiplayer again (www.pcgamer.com)

Beloved robot friend simulator and first-person shooter Titanfall 2 has had a matchmaking problem for years. Even after its previous server issues were fixed, players would still be disconnected if they had to queue for any length of time. And, given that Titanfall 2 came out in 2016, it's pretty likely you'd be waiting in that...

Cities Skylines 2 has realistic economy, layoffs and even homelessness (gamerkick.com)

Expected to arrive at the end of the year, Cities Skylines 2 increasingly shows what is his goal: after some promotional trailers, the game seems to aim for

Wipeout Fan Ports Classic Game to PC, Tells PlayStation to Shut It Down and Make a Real Remaster - IGN (www.ign.com)

A Wipeout fan tired of waiting for Sony to remaster the classic PlayStation game has taken it upon themselves to port the game to PC, daring the publisher to take it down and make its own remaster in the process....

Metro 2033 creator Dmitry Glukhovsky faces eight-year jail sentence if he returns to Russia (metro.co.uk)

The writer of the Metro novels and video games has been handed an eight-year prison sentence, for his opposition to the Ukraine war.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is Causing Some Developers to Panic (youtube.com)

While Baldur's Gate 3 is being widely celebrated by fans and developers alike, some are panicking that this could set new expectations from fans. Good.

Quake II Remastered - Official Trailer (2023) (www.youtube.com)

You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now enhanced for modern platforms and feature-complete with all-new campaign content, Quake II 64, online multiplayer and co-op support, and more.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Now One of the Biggest Steam Games Ever - IGN (www.ign.com)

Baldur’s Gate 3’s huge launch swelled over the weekend, with the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game breaking the 800,000 concurrent players barrier on Sunday, August 6.

Linux passes Mac for Steam's second-most used OS, possibly due to Steam Deck (www.destructoid.com)

Linux overtakes Mac in Steam's July hardware report, with the Steam Deck and its popularity looking like a likely motivator.

Flush with the Baldur's Gate 3 vibes, Larian CEO tells acquisitive corporations to take a hike: 'I'm getting older, but I'm certainly not done yet' (www.pcgamer.com)

The company caught Microsoft's eye as a potential acquisition in 2021, but although Larian finds the attention "flattering," it's just not interested.