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MMO community fears PvP bots have formed a “cartel” using false reports to get you banned if you kill them for their illegal loot, bringing Old School RuneScape’s bot problem to a boil
For years, any celebration of Old School RuneScape hitting a new player count record has come with a non-trivial asterisk: a chunk of those ‘players’ are surely bots, or automated accounts following scripted behavior to collect resources, usually to line the pockets of gold sellers. The bot problem has peaked and valleyed but never truly…
Valorant, League fans lash out against Riot’s new gambling rules
League of Legends and Valorant developer Riot Games is endorsing and embracing the spread of sports betting in its esports competitions, the company announced Thursday. In a change announced by president of publishing an esports at Riot Games John Needham, Riot will allow esports gambling sponsorships for Tear 1 League of Legends and Valorant teams…
The Sims competitor InZOI has one big issue beating every other problem in a new player survey: it’s “lacking simulation content,” which seems kinda bad
InZOI developer Krafton seems to have a fairly significant problem on its hands with regards to its new life sim: there isn’t enough simulation, according to players. Director Hyungjun ‘Kjun’ Kim recently hosted a private livestream for a number of select InZOI content creators, and a streamer going by fantayzia (timestamp) shared a slide from…
When are the daily and weekly reset times in Persona 5 The Phantom X
The daily reset time in Persona 5: The Phantom X is when your dailies refresh, allowing you to complete daily goals and collect rewards. If you’re playing on the global server, the daily reset time happens at the same time every day, but the time of day will be different depending on your time zone….
Emma Stone stars in frenetic first trailer for Poor Things director’s remake of cult South Korean sci-fi comedy
The first trailer for Bugonia has arrived, and it’s one wild ride. In the video, which you can watch above, Jesse Plemons narrates the opening, intercut with footage of him working and what looks to be a successful business woman played by Emma Stone: “It all starts with something magnificent. A flower, then, a honey…
All PEAK badges and how to get them
There are ways to take your PEAK playthrough beyond just climbing up a few mountains and logging off. If you’re looking for a challenge, you can set off on a mission to collect every badge, unlock every difficulty level, and more. All PEAK achievements PEAK features 32 badges you can collect across multiple runs. While…
Peak devs really did not expect to sell 2 million copies in 9 days, say they’re now “looking into possible updates” for their hit that started as a “stupid jam game”
Indie co-op climbing game Peak has reached a new sales milestone of two million copies, and developers Landfall and Aggro Crab are now “looking into possible updates” after an “amazing launch”. “Peak managed to exceed our expectations of player count and hype by like.. a lot,” Landfall Games and Aggro Crab (collectively Landcrab) say in…
Lost Records and Jusant developer Don’t Nod is laying off staff
Don’t Nod – the developer behind Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, Jusant, and the recently-announced Aphelion – is laying off staff from its Montreal office. The number of impacted staff is undisclosed. Read more
James Gunn says Supergirl is the next DCU movie after Superman because of its “incredible script”: “Other movies have been written, but they haven’t been as good as this one”
James Gunn has doubled down on his key DC Studios philosophy when discussing Supergirl’s early placement in DCU Chapter One: quality is king, regardless of the overarching universe’s story. “I didn’t necessarily know that Supergirl would be the second movie we were going to make, but Ana [Nogueira] wrote an incredible script, and then we…