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The game launches globally today, following its Early Access period
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Scott Van Vliet has explained what led to the outage and what's being done to prevent it happening again
Capcom reports another strong quarter as Resident Evil Requiem passes 8 million sold and Pragmata hits 2.5 million
Q1 net sales were up 54% and operating profit was up 67% year-on-year
Blizzard fired an employee for cheating with a developer-only instakill move in World of Warcraft
The employee gave a group an "unfair advantage" by killing all their enemies instantly
Pokémon card stores in Japan are adding facial recognition to stop people breaking their purchasing rules
Customers will be scanned to make sure they don't come back more than once per day
Xbox says it’s aware of ‘major outages’ when signing in and launching games, and is ‘working to mitigate the issue’
Players are reporting having issues when trying to sign in or see their library
Tomb Raider Catalyst has seemingly been delayed to 2028, according to Amazon’s gaming lead
The game, set in Northern India, was originally set to release in 2027
A Final Fantasy 6 remake would need four or five games to do the story justice, Yoshi-P says
"I understand the feelings of the players but you've got to think about it," he says
Dragon Age series producer says he doesn’t see it returning because of EA’s greenlighting process
Mark Darrah says people who pitch existing IP are often "ripped apart" by others
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says if people want games on disc ‘companies should provide it’
Houser was the lead writer on almost every Grand Theft Auto game to date
PlayStation confirms God of War Laufey release date and return of Kratos in next game
The next God of War will directly connect to Laufey
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How to get to the World Tree in Palworld 1.0
How to enter the World Tree for the final quests in Palworld 1.0
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Palworld 1.0: Find Ancient Bone, best farming location
The best place to farm Ancient Bones in Palworld 1.0
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