Wizards of the Coast fully retreats from D&D license changes after community outrage

In a blog post published Friday, Wizards of the Coast announced that it is fully putting the kibosh on the proposed Open Gaming License (OGL) 1.2 that threw the tabletop RPG community into disarray at the beginning of this month.Instead, Wizards will leave the previously enshrined OGL 1.0 in place, while also putting the latest D&D Systems Reference...

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The Dead Space remake will blur out 'disturbing scenes' if you want it to

Dead Space is a disturbing game. One of its most iconic moments is the discovery early on of the helpful hint, "Cut off their limbs," scrawled on the wall in blood. It's a famously violent, frightening gore fest from start to finish. But if you're not into that sort of thing, a new filter in the Dead Space remake will give you the option to blur out...

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Overwatch 2 director: New ranked system suffers from 'poor comprehension,' will change in future seasons

A lot of Overwatch 2 players aren't happy with the sequel's new ranked mode, and Blizzard is starting to agree. In a new blog post meant to address recent player complaints, Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller said improvements to Competitive mode, including "more clarity" around what ranks mean, are coming over the next several months. We will...

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16 weird reasons games disappear from Steam

Did you buy Prey on Steam? Not the 2017 version from Arkane and Bethedsa: I'm talking about the 2006 version from Human Head Studios and 2K Games. If you didn't and want to now, you can't—the original Prey was quietly removed from Steam a few years ago. If you own it, you should still be able to play it, and if you can find a physical copy or a online...

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Steam launches a new 'Discovery Hub' dedicated to DLC

Steam has a multitude of systems for recommending games to people as accurately and precisely as possible. Now it's looking to do the same with DLC through a new personalized hub called—get ready for it—DLC Discovery Hub.The DLC Discovery Lab is the latest new feature to come out of Steam Labs, an experimental playground that Valve uses to corral and...

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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened invites you to cross-examine the creepiest evil doll I've ever seen

After 20 years and nine Sherlock Holmes games, Frogwares, a Ukrainian studio based in Kyiv, has established itself as the undisputed champions of making games about one of literature's stuffiest Englishmen. The course of the Sherlock Holmes series hasn't always run smooth, but that's never stopped Frogwares's developers. It may be that nothing can stop...

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The Last of Us has already been renewed for season 2

In what will likely be the day's least surprising bit of news, HBO has confirmed that The Last of Us has been renewed for a second season.The Last of Us—the game, that is—is generally regarded as one of the best videogame stories ever told, so that's a strong foundation to build on—and in a world in which awful game movie and television adaptations...

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Nintendo brings back rare Pokémon card 23 years later after famous magician drops lawsuit: 'I was a fool'

A Pokémon that has been absent from the Pokémon TCG for over two decades is finally returning, after illusionist Uri Geller (who claimed the Pokémon was based on his likeness) seemingly got a new perspective on life. Geller first sued Nintendo in 2000 after seeing an image of the Kadabra cards in Japan, which has the name "Yungerer" or "Yungeller"(a...

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The HTC Vive XR Elite is so light I damn near stole it

If ever there was a headset that made me think after just 45 minutes with it, "Damn, maybe we could all end up wearing VR on the way to work" the HTC Vive XR Elite would be it. And although we're a little way from living inside the Metaverse, this is still one of the lightest and most versatile VR headsets I've had the pleasure of testing out. Coming...

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The best Dishonored game goes free on the Epic Store next week

Is Death of the Outsider really the best Dishonored game? The answer to that question will be a firm "yes" next week, because next week it will be free on the Epic Games Store.Death of the Outsider is a standalone expansion—a separate game, really, I don't know why we insist on calling it an "expansion"—that follows the events of Dishonored 2. Players...

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