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Take-Two boss declines to offer advice to the new Microsoft Gaming chief, says she'll be fine on her own: 'She’s a highly accomplished executive who’s done just great without ever having met me'

Asha Sharma came into Microsoft's Xbox business without a background in gaming, but Zelnick did the same thing at Take-Two and that's worked out pretty well.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/take-two-boss-declines-to-offer-advice-to-the-new-microsoft-gaming-chief-says-shell-be-fine-on-her-own-shes-a-highly-accomplished-executive-whos-done-just-great-without-ever-having-met-me/

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The co-creators of Caves of Qud, our favorite roguelike fever dream, worked as narrative consultants on Marathon—which mostly meant they 'got to sit there in the room and throw completely absurd ideas

I knew something about that Tick Milk felt familiar.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-co-creators-of-caves-of-qud-our-favorite-roguelike-fever-dream-worked-as-narrative-consultants-on-marathon-which-mostly-meant-they-got-to-sit-there-in-the-room-and-throw-completely-absurd-ideas-at-the-wall/

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Remedy is moving on from FBC: Firebreak, but it's going out with a bang: One final update adds 5 new maps, a lower price, friend's pass, and a promise the game will 'continue to be playable for years

Remedy's first multiplayer shooter didn't go well, but the studio says it learned a lot from the experience and hopes new players will give it a chance.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/remedy-is-moving-on-from-fbc-firebreak-but-its-going-out-with-a-bang-one-final-update-adds-5-new-maps-a-lower-price-friends-pass-and-a-promise-the-game-will-continue-to-be-playable-for-years-to-come/

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Hitman's planned crossover with MindsEye is cancelled as the publishing deal with IO Interactive is officially over

Build a Rocket Boy says it will continue to publish updates and expansion on its own.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/hitmans-planned-crossover-with-mindseye-is-cancelled-as-the-publishing-deal-with-io-interactive-is-officially-over/

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Slay the Spire 2 is one of the year's biggest hits, which is a good time to remember it abandoned Unity because of the dev fee debacle: 'That is how badly you f****d up'

The fallout from Unity's disastrous 2023 fee overhaul continues to be felt.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/slay-the-spire-2-is-one-of-the-years-biggest-hits-which-is-a-good-time-to-remember-it-abandoned-unity-because-of-the-dev-fee-debacle-that-is-how-badly-you-f-d-up/

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Arc Raiders studio splits with co-founder over 'unsustainable' situation involving streamer allegations

Longtime EA veteran Rob Runesson co-founded Embark Studios in 2018 and served as its chief content officer.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/arc-raiders-studio-splits-with-co-founder-over-unsustainable-situation-involving-streamer-allegations/

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Nvidia DLSS 5 reveal: PC Gamer reacts... not wholly positively

This has been one of the most controversial reveals of an Nvidia technology I can remember, and people have a lot of thoughts.

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/nvidia-dlss-5-reveal-pc-gamer-reacts-not-wholly-positively/

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Epic Games lead producer calls belief DLSS 5 looks bad or detracts from art direction 'absolutely insane': 'If that was shown as a next-gen hardware reveal and not AI you guys would be going nuts'

"The lighting and shading improvements are bonkers."

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/epic-games-lead-producer-calls-belief-dlss-5-looks-bad-or-detracts-from-art-direction-absolutely-insane-if-that-was-shown-as-a-next-gen-hardware-reveal-and-not-ai-you-guys-would-be-going-nuts/

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Todd Howard would really have preferred not to announce The Elder Scrolls 6 a full 8 years ago, sounds like: 'Just pretend we didn't announce it. Doesn't exist. No one's heard a word'

I also constantly make commitments I really wish I hadn't, so I understand.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-elder-scrolls/todd-howard-would-really-have-preferred-not-to-announce-the-elder-scrolls-6-a-full-8-years-ago-sounds-like-just-pretend-we-didnt-announce-it-doesnt-exist-no-ones-heard-a-word/

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The latest game from the developer of Moonlighter is a tower defence roguelike about Dracula fighting off waves of vampire hunters

Deploy werebears and ghosts to turn away unwanted visitors in ReVamp.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/the-latest-game-from-the-developer-of-moonlighter-is-a-tower-defence-roguelike-about-dracula-fighting-off-waves-of-vampire-hunters/

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