Capcom has revealed updated sales figures for its new and successful games, including Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Pragmata, and Resident Evil Requiem. But for some reason, Monster Hunter Wilds is absent from the report. Read more
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"Creation without a creator": Pathologic 3's devs have refused to patch an invisible apple tree, and for a blissful moment, I thought they were lying to poison Google's AI
Magnificent, depressing plague colony fable Pathologic 3 has received a sizeable game update that adds some new difficulty modes, a photo feature, and some new, worryingly folkloric methods of defeating a murky embodiment of disease. Developers Ice Pick Lodge have also staunchly refused to remove an invisible apple tree, describing this apparently "famous" bug as a hallmark of a game whose "symbolic nature has almost overtaken its function as a product". This appears to be the last major update for Pathologic 3, so that invisible apple tree is staying in the game forever.
I confess, when I first read the Steam blog in question, I doubted. The thing about invisible apple trees is that they are quite easy to confuse with apple trees that are simply not there. Pathologic in general is a house of lies: as Quintin Smith (RPS in peace) put it in his legendary Butchering Pathologic trilogy, "absolutely everybody has an angle, everyone's bending the truth and trying to twist you round their fingers." Pathologic 3 especially is a purgatorial time travel story that must be continually rewritten, a crock of festering rumours enclosed by an enormous, phantom theatre. As such, I read Ice-Pick's typically professorial account of the "invisible apple tree" with intense suspicion.
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Tim Sweeney argues Steam has held gaming back, but Valve's tools tell a different story
Epic Games' Tim Sweeney is taking aim at Steamworks, but Valve's tools suggest there's more to the story than his criticism lets on.
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Steam Beta makes game invites simpler on SteamOS / Big Picture Mode
Valve released the latest Steam Beta for all supported platforms, with the October 26th update finally making game invites easier.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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"This is a serious incident": Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs Warhorse hit by cyberattack targeting their systems and data
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developers Warhorse, who're also working on a Lord of the Rings RPG, have revealed that they've been targeted by a cyberattack aiming to access their systems and data. The studio are currently working to make sure their locks are all clicked back into place and tolearn exactly how the incident happened.
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UK-based Rockstar devs will be putting their union recognition to a vote during GTA 6's launch next month
November is potentially going to be big for Rockstar Games, and not just because of that GTA 6 thing they're doing. As shared in a press release from the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB), recognition of the IWGB Union at Rockstar will be voted upon by staffers at the studio, with votes being held from November 12th (a week before GTA 6's launch date) and November 26th.
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