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Apex Legends Devs Are Not Touching Valkyrie in Season 10

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Time Stamp: July 26, 2021 4:10 PM - Modified On: July 26, 2021 - Published By:
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Apex LegendsApex Legends developers have no plans to change Valkyrie in Season 10: Emergence, according to Daniel Klein, Lead Game Designer. / Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends developers have no plans to change Valkyrie in Season 10: Emergence, according to Daniel Klein, Lead Game Designer.Live service games like Apex Legends are constantly subject to change. The delicate balance of nerfs and buffs can change at any time thanks to a host of variables from new characters designed by developers to new instances of player behavior. It's rare that anything stays the same

Xbox Series S Is “An Ambivalent Piece of Hardware,” Says Blacktail Developer

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Time Stamp: July 24, 2021 10:29 AM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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In an interview with Gamingbolt – CEO and creative director at THE PARASIGHT, the developer behind Blacktail, gave some great insights about Microsoft’s next-gen budget offering, the Xbox Series S. Kapron believes that the Series S is an ambivalent piece of hardware. The Xbox Series S is a drastically weaker console when compared to its bigger brothers such as the PS5 and Xbox Series X. In terms of raw TFLOPs, the Series S just has a third of the graphical grunt of the Series X. Thus, many seem to have

Netflix confirms it will add games to existing subscription model at no added cost, will initially focus on mobile titles

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Time Stamp: July 20, 2021 7:04 PM - Modified On: July 20, 2021 - Published By:
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Netflix has further detailed its upcoming entry into the games industry, confirming previous reports of adding gaming-related operations into the company’s current subscription model.  In its Q2 shareholders letter that was sent out earlier today, Netflix specifically noted that it is approaching games as a “new content category,” similarly to that of its previous expansion into original films, animation, and other programming.  At the moment, Netflix is planning to include games as part of its current subscription service at no extra cost to users, treating these titles as new films

Frustrating Warzone Gulag Glitch Ruins Winner Respawns

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Time Stamp: July 18, 2021 2:06 PM - Modified On: July 18, 2021 - Published By:
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Call of DutyThe only thing the Season 4 patch reloaded was a bunch of frustrating bugs—including this gulag glitch. / ActivisionThe only thing the Season 4 patch reloaded was a bunch of frustrating bugs—including this gulag glitch.When players downloaded the mid-season Reloaded patch, they were expecting new weapons, operators, modes, and changes to the map. Unfortunately, more than a few blips and bugs managed to hitchhike their way through, as well. Currently, the most frustrating of these is the "gulag glitch" wasting players' hard work to win their matches.Essentially, the

Psychonauts 2 Will Have An Invincibility Option For Accessibility

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Time Stamp: July 12, 2021 6:35 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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[embedded content] Double Fine, the creators of the long-awaited upcoming game Psychonauts 2, announced a new accessibility option for the game — an invincibility mode. When the game rolls out on August 25, players will be able to play through the whole thing with this on, and it won’t affect the outcome of the game. According to Double Fine, this invincibility mode is to help players of every kind enjoy the game. Difficult games without appropriate accessibility options can preclude some players from playing the game at all, let alone

B1ad3: “If there’s a great rivalry between top teams, they always improve each other; it’s a natural process”

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Time Stamp: July 8, 2021 11:45 AM - Modified On: July 8, 2021 - Published By:
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Natus Vincere enter IEM Cologne chasing their goal of winning back-to-back tournaments following a close victory against Gambit in the StarLadder CIS RMR, the latest chapter of a burgeoning rivalry with the young CIS squad, who are now in their third month at No.1 in the world rankings. Confidence is at a high in the NAVI camp, according to s1mple NAVI will start their tournament run against Renegades, one of the heavy underdogs at the event in Cologne, although the Australians showed in the Play-In stage that they are not

gla1ve: “Without an AWPer I don’t see us taking the No.1 spot for quite some time”

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Time Stamp: July 5, 2021 4:48 PM - Modified On: July 5, 2021 - Published By:
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Astralis captain Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander believes that his team will have a hard time to return to the top of the world rankings as long as they continue to play without a dedicated AWPer. The Danish team have had to place the AWP in Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen’s hands to make up for the departure of Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz, who was transferred to NIP in April after over five years with the Danish organisation. dupreeh has not been able to able to provide the same threat, with his numbers dipping across

Riot Games Developer Suggests Killjoy is Not Underpowered

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Time Stamp: July 3, 2021 3:29 PM - Modified On: July 3, 2021 - Published By:
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ValorantIn Valorant's subreddit, a thread where users discussed if the community liked the newest Agent, KAY/O, users went on a tangent to discuss if Killjoy was underpowered due to the release of KAY/O. However, a Riot developer suggested that the "genius of Germany" is indeed still really strong despite nerfs to her abilities and the introduction of the new Agent.In the Reddit thread, a user wrote that "nerfing Killjoy and introducing KAY/O at the same time was a bad call." The nerfs in question refer to the Episode 3 patch

Studio Acquisitions Are “a Natural and Healthy Part of Our Industry” – Phil Spencer

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Time Stamp: June 30, 2021 10:05 AM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Acquisitions of developers (and at times even publishers) have been part of the games industry for a long time, as is the case in any other industry of course, but the last few years in particular have seen a flurry of activity on that front. Sony recently confirmed the purchase of Housemarque (and may have leaked an imminent Bluepoint Games acquisition), EA has acquired Codemasters, Embracer Group’s spending spree is refusing to end, and of course, Microsoft has picked up a large number of companies as well, most notably with

XQc reacts to ASMR meta streamers receiving 3-day suspensions: ‘That makes no f****** sense at all’

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Time Stamp: June 22, 2021 10:34 PM - Modified On: June 22, 2021 - Published By:
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After finding out that Twitch had banned streamers Amoranth and Indifoxx for only three days for their involvement in the ASMR meta, fellow streamer xQc expressed his frustration on stream. When reacting to a post regarding the pairs unbanning on his stream xQc explained that the issue stemmed not from the streamers themselves, but instead from the moderation staff at Twitch. “Dude, same offense five times in three months, and a three-day [ban]?” xQc said. “After repeating the same offense two times, I thought I was going to get perma’d. Honestly,