Moving to petition the National Labor Relations Board Activision Blizzard have declined to voluntarily recognise the union forming at Raven Software’s QA department, forcing workers to take the long approach. The group calling themselves the Game Workers Alliance will now have to hit up the National Labor Relations Board and run elections, but say they’re still confident about unionising because, y’know, they have the support of a supermajority. “Once again, when management is given a choice, they always seem to take the low road,” the group said....

With the first units shipping on the 28th After ashort delayat the end of last year, Valve haveannouncedtheir portableSteam DeckPC is officially launching on February 25th. Sort of. The very first units won’t actually ship until February 28th at the earliest, but the 25th is the day Valve will be sending out their first batch of order emails to existing reservation holders. Once you receive your order email, which Valve say will start to be sent out from 10am PST on the 25th, you’ll have three days (72 hours, to be exact) to complete your purchase and order your Steam Deck....

A full list of every Forbidden, Limited, and Semi-Limited card in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Want to know which cards are forbidden or limited in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel?As is the case with most card games,Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duelhas a substantial list of Forbidden, Limited, and Semi-Limited cards. Forbidden cards are completely banned from competitive play, usually because they break the game by making it too easy or making large swathes of cards redundant....

Discover the best starter deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel and learn how to get every starter deck Want to know the best Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel starter deck?Yu-Gi-Oh Master Dueldoesn’t give you long to learn the rules. After a quick tutorial, you face a substantial choice that will determine the shape of your duelling career. It’s time to choose your starter deck. Okay, so maybe it isn’t that pivotal, but you’ll need to know the best starter deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel if you want to get ahead and win some of those early Ranked duels against other players....

They’re looking for devs to join the team Blizzard have announced they’re making a survival game set in an “all-new universe.” There’s not much information on it bar two pieces of concept art, but they’re looking for artists, designers and engineers to join its development team. This announcement obviously comes at an interesting and troubled time for Blizzard.Several lawsuitsallege that the studio and its parent company Activision Blizzard have a culture of sexual harassment and discrimination....

New customisation options for all Cities: Skylines' Airports DLC is out now. It lets you build your own airports within your cities, placing down terminals, taxi lanes, customising the plane liveries and so on. It also comes alongside a free update for the base game which expands some substantial city customisation options. Here’s the launch trailer for the Airports DLC: I always like the idea that a citybuilder can contain within it a multitude of other business sims....

“Streamlining will allow players cognitive capacity to focus on combat,” say devs Age of Empires IV. WarCraft III: Reforged.Company of Heroes 3. The team at Blackbird Interactive has watched the recent return of the classicRTS gameswith interest - vested interest, in fact. Tasked by Korean developer Smilegate with transposing their Counter-Strike-style shooterCrossfire to the strategy genre, Blackbird believes it has identified a hole yet to be filled. A nostalgic need to be catered to....

Fear not, it’s on schedule Bang your gong, sing it from the rooftops, put your phone on full brightness and swing it to and fro.Elden Ringhas gone gold, which means the game should be ready to release on schedule in February. Every NPC has rehearsed their ominous laugh and bosses their second and third phases, basically. In a newElden Ringgameplay presentation from the Taipei Game Show, producer Yasuhiro Kitao confirmed that development was going smoothly....

A nice amount of time According to From Software producer Yasuhiro Kitao,Elden Ringcan be finished in roughly 30 hours. That’s a really nice amount of time. Long enough to feel substantial, but not too long that it’ll feel like a massive slog. No bloat, more riding on spectral horse-goat, as they say. News ofElden Ring’s playtime comes from the Taipei Game Show, where Kitao confirmed that the game hadgone goldand answered plenty of questions, including how long it’ll take to beat....

I see, dead people Fireworkactually came out almost exactly a year ago, but the English language version (translated from the original Chinese) was released just before Christmas. Which is a good thing, because Firework is well worth checking out if you have an interest in eitherhorrorgames orpuzzlegames. The horror isn’t blood-chilling, but rather twisted up with grief and sorrow in how inevitable it is. Similarly, the puzzles aren’t going to stump you for long, but they fit very well with the story....

Oceania gets a data center too After six long weeks,Final Fantasy XIVis back on sale. That’s after Square Enixstopped sellingthe MMORPG after the critically acclaimed life-hog overwhelmed its servers, causing massive server queues and network errors. Thankfully, those days are behind the game now. So yes, if you’ve been longing to check out itsexcellent Endwalker expansionor famoussmooth grapes, you can! And from a new Oceania server too, because Squeenix now have room for those down under to sample Eorzea’s delicacies....

Become Teyvat’s best errand runner Want to learn how to increase your Reputation in Genshin Impact?If you’re willing to spend some time away fromGenshin Impact’smain story, gaining Reputation in your favorite city can be a great way to sharpen your battle skills or uncover some of the game’s lore. The tasks you’ll receive while gaining Reputation are definitely a lot to ask of a Traveler who’s supposed to be looking for their long lost sibling, but you’ll gain some pretty cool gadgets and cosmetics in the process!...

Learn how to unlock more cards in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Want to know how to unlock more cards in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel?With over 10,000 cards available inYu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, you should definitely want to know how to move beyond your starting deck and unlock more cards. Whether you want to collect every card in Master Duel or just find specific cards for a new deck, there are lots of ways to add to your collection and discover new strategies and synergies....