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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me… you can’t get fooled again. The Electronic Wireless Showpodcastreturns to one of ourrecent previous messesto discussPayday 3. More specifically, we look at the post-launch changes the devs are making in an effort to improve matchmaking and wait times. Specifically, we use this to think about games that have changed their reputations after a rocky start, what withCyberpunk 2077’s recent 2.0 update. What are the circumstances that allow games to do that?...

Bit of a turn off InThe Lamplighters League, three evil factions are gathering the power to seize an apocalyptic tower, and you must stop them by finding and trashing their power bases. They’ll grow in power the whole time, but you’ll slow them by stealing and sabotaging with your team of colourful secret agents, who’ll bash through gauntlets of mooks and monsters with munitions, magic, and mkicks to the stomach, mostly two action points at a time....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 5? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess - but often, that’s not enough....

The creators of Ara: History Untold pitch their pipedreams Yesterday I had a lovely chat with the brainy folk of Oxide Games, developers ofAshes of the Singularityand the forthcomingAra: History Untold, a historical 4Xstrategy gamethat puts a baroque spin on the classic Civilization format, with each player’s turn unfolding simultaneously once you’ve queued up a bunch of commands. There’s a lot to sift through there, which we’ll get into next week, but we also found time towards the finish for some off-the-cuff chinwaggery about dream 4X or strategy game projects....

Fight three crustacean bosses and steal their plastic shells Another Crab’s Treasurehooked me with its underwater Soulslike premise and cutesy charm. But once you take a closer look at the game’s polluted ocean, filled with plastic shells and weapons, the comparisons toDark Soulsget a little clearer. This is a quiet and kinda melancholy post-apocalypse. We can now find out whether the crustaceans lean on cuteness or sadness more in the game’s new demo, released just yesterday....

Everything is permitted, but stabbing is the most permitted. I’m close to being whatever the Assassin’s Creed equivalent of a Pokémon genwunner is. It’s not like I’m snobby about the newer, more action-oriented Creeds; I welcomed the shift brought in byAssassin’s Creed Origins, which shook the series up a bit, and I loved Cassandra kicking her way around Ancient Greece. Valhalla, although it had a relative dearth of things to parkour around, was a fun open-worldRPG....

“So what went wrong? Total lack of direction" Creative Assembly’sHyenas- therecently cancelled extraction shooterabout space Robin Hoods - was supposedly publisher Sega’s biggest budget game ever. New details about the game’s development claim that a lack of direction, slow progress, and an engine change turned the once hopeful “Super Game” into the cannedFPSthat it sadly is today. That’s according to a report from Total War-centric YouTuberVolound, citing anonymous sources that were corroborated byVGC....

It might’ve released too early, but give it time After 11 years,Counter-Strike: Global Offensivehas been, somewhat unceremoniously, shut down in favour of the newer, shinierCounter-Strike: 2. Whether you like it or not, Valve wants you playing CS2. For those who don’t take their CS all too seriously, CS2 won’t seem like much of a change from CS:GO, besides some grenade changes, more detailed maps, and a disappointing lack of fan favourite game modes....

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty’s romance options are centered on continuing the love stories from the base game Does Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty add new romance options?If you’re looking for love in Night City and hope to find it in the newCyberpunk 2077DLC, you may be a little surprised to learn that the storyline doesn’t introduce any new romanceable characters. However, that doesn’t mean the storyline completely neglected romance in the new expansion....

“We are struggling to understand why BioWare is shortchanging us” Seven former BioWare employees are suing the storied RPG studio for “adequate severance.” The studio behindMass EffectandDragon Agerecentlylaid off around 50 employees, including developers who had been with the team for two decades, citing a “shift towards a more agile and more focused studio.” Now, a group of former workers are seeking better compensation. “Edmonton video game studio BioWare ULC terminated 50 employees without cause,” reads astatementfrom the ex-employees....

Ubisoft “has no knowledge of what has been shared” Five former Ubisoft employees, including former chief creative officer Serge Hascoët and former editoral head Tommy François, have been taken into custody by French police with regard to allegations of sexual misconduct during their time at the publisher. That’s according to an article in French newspaperLibération(viaEurogamer) which echoes allegations from French videogame union Solidaires Informatique Jeu Vidéo,posted on Xitterjust this morning....

Here’s how to keep playing CS:GO after CS2’s release Want to go back to playing CS:GO now that Counter-Strike 2 is released?You may have heard thatCounter-Strike 2was released as a total replacement of Valve’s venerableCounter-Strike: Global Offensive. And it’s true - for the most part. But if you’re hankering for the good old days of CS:GO once more, there is a way to keep playing Global Offensive. In this quick guide we’ll explain exactly how to play CS:GO afterCounter-Strike 2’s release - as well as the limitations involved in doing so....

Gigabyte’s Aorus FI32U gets rave reviews too. It’s rare to see 32-inch 4K 144Hz monitors under $500, but that’s exactly what you can get on Amazon US at the moment thanks to a hefty discount on the Aorus FI32U. This HDMI 2.1-capable model suits PC, PS5 and Series X use, uses a Fast IPS panel I’ve recommended many times before and even comes with some extra features worth knowing about. First, here’s the link to the deal:...