In defense of the Neanderthal.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is the game that everyone has been waiting for this year. We have a release date of November 19th, but other than that? Pretty much radio silence. We have had basically no gameplay footage and, outside a couple of cinematic trailers, we have little to no information on what this game actually is going to look like, feel like, and most importantly play like.

Microsoft has announced that, effective today, it will be cutting the price of Game Pass, following a report last week that fledgling gaming division CEO Asha Sharma believed that it had become "too expensive" for players. However, the monkey's paw has curled for Call of Duty players, as future releases from the iconic franchise will no longer be coming to the subscription service at launch.

At a certain point in an extraction shooter wipe, going in with a free loadout becomes a ridiculously tough pursuit. No matter how cautious you are, you're bound to run into players that are looted to the gods. Your meds get gobbled up in an instant, and you're suddenly praying to a higher power for any sort of exit that gets you back to the lobby safe. In Marathon, you already have limited backpack space, so stocking up on extra consumables mid-run is often a difficult choice. Well, in the FPS game's latest update, Bungie has offered a small amount of salvation on both fronts, having upped the amount of meds Standard Sponsored Kits come with, and increasing their stack size.

Some games just hit you in the right way, and you decide to dedicate your time to mastering them completely. Whether you stop at the platinum trophy or, in the case of regularly-updated MMORPGs, when the updates cease to satisfy your curiosity, you can always look forward to a sequel. In the case of Aion 2, however, that sequel is arriving 18 years after the original game was released. Luckily, it's getting a full release on Steam, with servers in four continents and multiple language options.

Nomion Games is the brainchild of former Battlestate Games duo Dmitri Ogorodnikov and German Terekhov. Having left the Escape From Tarkov studio for pastures new, the pair bring with them a wealth of experience, and have certainly felt the changing tides within the industry over the years. A key belief pillar for Nomion is, according to Ogorodnikov, that "creative potential, accumulated experience, and ambition should not be put on hold." As the integration of AI into videogame development continues to be a hot topic, usually for the wrong reasons, it was only prudent that I quizzed the devs behind upcoming shooter Rush is Real as to how, if at all, AI would be utilized in their maiden project.

I went into Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred with a feeling of sadness. It feels like the conclusion of an almost three-year-long story; a book abruptly slammed shut. It's been a rocky road to get here: Blizzard has struggled to really find its feet with D4, be it with somewhat lackluster seasons, missing features, and a general stagnation around the ARPG's endgame. Lord of Hatred certainly fixes the latter, truly making Diablo 4 feel like the best dungeon crawler on the market, but with its overarching narrative at an end and more ways to customize your build than I can count, I find myself asking a single question: what's next?

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