Steven T. Wright

Half-Life 1 Has Been Remade As A Top-Down Roguelike

Half-Life 1 is one of the best first-person shooters ever made, and its fan community is still going strong nearly 25 years after its release. A developer who goes by PinkyDev has recreated the original Half-Life as an isometric twin-stick shooter, and the developer says that Valve has given its …

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Coca-Cola Launches First Gaming Flavor, "Tastes Like XP"

Soda companies have been collaborating with gaming brands for years, but Coca-Cola has remained out of that picture–until now. The soda giant recently announced that it’s partnering with League Of Legends in producing a limited-edition flavor of its Ultimate Zero Sugar soda, which it dubbed “+XP,” for “the taste of …

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Dead Cells Studio Is Reviving Two Dormant Franchises

Dead Cells is one of the successful indie games of all time, and it now seems that the studio behind it is turning its attention to new projects. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Evil Empire CEO Steve Filby said that the studio is working on two “massive video game …

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Diablo 4 Patch Notes Make Big Class Adjustments

Two new patches for Diablo IV have dropped in the past few days, and they’ve introduced some significant changes to the game. June 4’s Patch 1.0.2e is the most recent, but it was June 3’s Patch 1.0.2d that really adjusted the math behind many of the game’s classes, and that’s …

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EA Racing Studio Hit With Significant Layoffs

Layoffs are nothing new in the video game industry, but the past few months have been dire in that department. EA’s Australian studio Firemonkeys is the latest impacted by large layoffs, with up to two-thirds of the developers’ staff on the chopping block. As first reported by Kotaku AU, the …

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