The EU is set to rule on Microsoft’s $7.5bn purchase of ZeniMax by March 5. A filing on the European Commission’s website shows that the tech giant requested approval for the deal on January 29. [Update: With the EU approval out of the way, the Microsoft-Bethesda deal is official.] Reuters …
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The Fallout: New Vegas mod The Frontier was in development for a long time, but it was only up for less than two weeks before concerns about its inappropriate content resulted in its development team temporarily removing it from Nexus Mods. Now, the mod has returned, but some elements of …
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February is Back History Month and Microsoft is celebrating in a variety of ways across games and the wider Xbox ecosystem. For the duration of the month, Microsoft will highlight the efforts of Black and African American developers and personalities and help raise money and awareness for important causes. “We …
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The long-in-development Fallout: New Vegas PC mod that recently launched, The Frontier, has been taken offline due to “deeply disturbing” content shared by a member of the team. According to the team’s project lead Thomas “tgspy,” who delivered a message on the mod’s Discord server, the artist in question had …
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Ubisoft has announced another crossover for Immortals: Fenyx Rising, and this time it’s with another one of its popular games: Uno. You can download a Fenyx’s Quest pack for the popular card game, which will give it a Greek mythology makeover. In Fenyx’s Quest, the cards and game board get …
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2021 marks the 25th anniversary of Lara Croft’s video game debut, and current Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics plans to celebrate with a year’s worth of events. “25 years is such a major milestone so we really want to celebrate with the community as we look back on Tomb Raider’s …
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Actor and comedian Kevin Hart has officially boarded the upcoming Borderlands movie. He joins Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett, who was previously announced to star in the film, and we’ve also learned about who Hart will play in the adaptation of Gearbox’s popular game. Hart is lined up to portray Roland, a …
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Haven’t played enough Skyrim in the near-decade it’s been out yet? A modder has unlocked a new way to play Skyrim with an uncapped frame rate, resulting in buttery-smooth 60FPS gameplay when played via backwards compatibility on the PS5. The best part is that no workarounds are required: it’s available …
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Banjo-Kazooie’s Stop ‘N’ Swop feature is one of the most infamous pieces of cut content in video game history, and it’s been the subject of fan speculation for decades. Now, thanks to the Rare fansite Rare Gamer, a leaked communication between Nintendo and developer Rare reveals why the feature was …
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With January in its final days, Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate subscribers have only a few days left to claim two of January’s Games With Gold offerings, though you’ll still have a couple of weeks to claim the third game. Through January 31, you can claim Little Nightmares …
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