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Steam Deck Will Have Support For Video Game Mods

[embedded content] Mods are present for pretty much every console but none of them comes close to the mod support PC players have. Massive communities are building up mods to their favorite games and in some cases, developers even provide tools for creators to build mods. It’s all about creating something new and keeping players enjoying the title long after they wrapped up the campaign. Steam Deck, has been receiving plenty of attention online, and for good reason. The Valve Steam Deck is quite an impressive piece of hardware on

Final Fantasy 7 Co-Director Talks Remake Sequels Being Different

The Final Fantasy franchise is such a beloved IP that decades after it was first developed, the franchise continues to thrive. We have new mainline installments and countless spin-offs to play right now. Over the years, players have loved some installments more than others, but one of the key installments to have blown the franchise up in a bigger hit was the iconic PlayStation release of Final Fantasy VII. This installment was such a beloved hit worldwide for its storyline and characters. For some players, this was their first real

Hikaru Nakamura on competing and breaking bullet chess records: ‘I’m going to say that I expect to smash the record—I don’t expect it to be close’

Hikaru Nakamura has remained a top-level chess player for more than two decades. He’s now a driving force in the growth of the game on platforms like Twitch and YouTube, all while continuing to compete under TSM’s banner. Over the last month, Hikaru averaged nearly 13,000 viewers on Twitch and peaked at 36,788, according to Twitchmetrics. He exclusively streams various versions of chess, mostly involving direct competition and puzzle challenges.  Along with streaming challenges or competing, he tends to focus on fast chess variants, where he’s widely considered one of

Mass Effect Legendary Edition Mouse Acceleration: How to Fix

Top GamesMass Effect Legendary Edition is so faithful, it preserved the mouse acceleration bug that plagued the game's original PC port. | Photo courtesy of BioWare/EAMass Effect Legendary Edition has a mouse acceleration problem. Players are logging into the game on Steam and finding that Mass Effect 1 suffers from a bug that causes players' mouse acceleration to spike. With this bug, the game becomes just about unplayable with the mouse and keyboard. Here's how to deal with this bug.For as nice as the Mass Effect remaster's visual and gameplay

‘It’s Trash’: Glow Up Games CXO Latoya Peterson on the State of Diversity in Games

Latoya Peterson is tired of the games industry ignoring Black women, and now she's ready to do something about it. | Photo courtesy of Glow Up GamesThe video game industry is as prone to systemic oppression as any other. Developers of color, and perhaps particularly Black developers, face an uphill battle for employment, let alone creative expression. With this series of features, DBLTAP hopes to highlight the creations of Black developers working to tell their own stories through games in this monthly series. Check out our previous entries here.Issa Dee

Genshin Impact Skin System: Everything You Need to Know

Top Gamescourtesy of miHoYoThe skin system in Genshin Impact has been mentioned numerous times by developers yet has not been confirmed in the game as of the 1.5 patch. Character popularity is one of the huge appeals of Genshin Impact. Fan arts, videos, and novels are all extremely active. The characteristics and visuals of the characters are all unique that people have their favorite despite the combat abilities.Speaking of the visuals, having skins for characters is what Genshin Impact fans have been asking for a long time. The skin system

Epic Games v. Apple: The start of the next big antitrust war for the iOS developer

It was a big day on March 12, 2018, in Cary, North Carolina, as Epic Games geared up for its next big announcement: Fortnite was coming to mobile. The battle royale title had grown significantly over the preceding months, transforming Epic into one of the biggest companies in the world.  The mobile launch added another layer to that rise and tapped into a larger audience than many PC or console games had lured in. The cultural phenomenon became apparent and Fortnite soon landed merchandising, music, and film collaborations, from hosting