If you watch the Dawn of War 4 trailer showing off the Adeptus Mechanicus faction, you might have spotted a mech that's practically dancing on the spot. The excitable little thing looks to be itching to get into the fight. It turns out, it's not channeling the spirit of a warmongering puppy, it's got to keep moving for very serious lore reasons.
"They can never stop," Dawn of War 4's creative director Jan Theysen tells me. "They're always moving and always walking because the Adeptus Mechanicus fear that if they turn off, they might not be able to turn them on again. So they just keep them moving all the time."
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Category: Gaming
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"If they turn off, they might not be able to turn them on again": The charming reason behind Dawn of War 4's excitable, dancing mech
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Don't worry, GTA 6 is still planned for November, marketing push will begin this summer
I know, I know, whenever you see a GTA headline at the moment, you're expecting a new trailer, right? There is currently a huge swathe of the internet obsessed with the idea we're going to get GTA 6 price and its third trailer any day now. And you know what? It seems, maybe, there's some fire behind all that smoke. Overnight, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick allayed fears that that Grand Theft Auto 6 may not launch in November after all, and reiterated that the game's marketing push will begin this summer. Read more
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Destiny 2 is getting its final update in June, and the team reportedly face "significant" layoffs as soon as it's out the door
Bungie have announced that they are putting together the final update for Destiny 2, bringing to an end the live service shooters 12-year run. The game itself will continue to exist for players to replay the content that already exists but nothing new will be added.
Behind the announcement, as told to Bloomberg by their sources, is the news that Bungie face "significant" layoffs as soon as the update is out the door.
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Microsoft is letting Office users remove an annoying Copilot button
Microsoft is rolling out Office app updates next week that allow users to disable a floating Copilot button. The button appeared in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in recent weeks, and floats above the bottom right-hand section of spreadsheets or documents. It has angered many Excel users in particular, because it obstructs cells and you can't […]
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Microsoft’s consumer marketing chief to leave next year
Yusuf Mehdi, executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer at Microsoft, is leaving the company after 35 years. Mehdi announced his departure in an internal memo on Thursday, noting that he will leave Microsoft next year. He will remain focused on marketing for Windows, Copilot for consumers and the Microsoft 365 consumer business until […]
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Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year
Details have emerged about a tentative deal struck between Samsung and semiconductor employees who had threatened to strike. The deal reportedly makes some workers eligible for average annual bonuses of $340,000. The proposed 18-day strike had hinged on Samsung's bonus cap for employees in the semiconductor division and followed a substantial rise in the possible […]