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Call of Duty marketing finds a new level of tastelessness It’s all about “the epic intimacy of World War II” apparently. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The latest marketing push forCall of Duty: Vanguardwants you to believe its graphics are so realistic that conflict photographers can’t tell the difference between the videogame and reality. “Call of Duty: Vanguard captures the epic intimacy of World War II in an incredibly immersive manner,” saidchief marketing officer Fernando Machado, presumably keeping a straight face....

Caves of Qud update has relaxed story mode and a coral-encrusted arcology Roleplay and Wander modes will make the roguelike more accessible. Plus “gutsmongers and organ markets.” When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Impressively large and strange roguelikeCaves of Qudhas a new update out on October 25, a big one adding two new regions, a new village, and a bunch of improvements for those looking to get into what can be an intimidating genre....

Crapshoot: The Hobbit, the text adventure that let try to you kill Gandalf We’re rerunning Richard Cobbett’s classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. From 2010 to 2014Richard Cobbettwrote Crapshoot, a column about rolling the dice to bring random obscure games back into the light....

Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 25, 2021) Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don’t have to. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. On an average day, about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam....

Indie dev finds that Linux users generate more, better bug reports Though they comprised just 5.8% of sales, Linux users found more bugs affecting players from any platform. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. An indie developer has found an interesting observation: Though only 5.8% of his game’s buyers were playing on Linux, they generated over 38% of the bug reports....

Jagex to publish Runescape-inspired idle game Melvor Idle The idler has been in Early Access since 2020, and will now release in November. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Runescape developerJagex’s publishing wing has picked up a promising indie release for its Jagex Partners label, making Melvor Idle an indie no longer. The idler game, similar to games likeClicker HeroesorIdle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, released on Steam last year and wears its influences from Jagex’s flagship Runescape very proudly....

One early idea for Mass Effect 3’s ending involved a reaper god instead of the Star Child “She was their queen, but she proposed things the reapers didn’t like.” When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. YouTube’sPeople Make Gamesasked several ex-BioWare developers who worked on Mass Effect 3 how they felt about the endings, and in particular about putting together the Extended Cut—an update that expanded on the endings and addressed some of the many complaints players had....