Vikki Blake
Contributor
When her friends were falling in love with soap stars, Vikki was falling in love with video games. She's a survival horror survivalist with a penchant for Yorkshire Tea, men dressed up as doctors and sweary words. She struggles to juggle a fair-to-middling Destiny/Halo addiction and her kill/death ratio is terrible.
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Italian police smash counterfeit retro games ring worth £42m
Authorities seized over 12,000 fake Nintendo, Sega, and Atari consoles.
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Bungie's former General Counsel says Sony forced the studio "to fix the things that were wrong with their game"
"But there were a lot of egos for whom it was important to pretend 'nothing would change'."
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Diablo 4 has reportedly earned Blizzard $150m from microtransactions
And it's topped "over $1bn total lifetime revenue".
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Human Fall Flat loved a fan-made VR mod so much it "bought it"
They were so excited they are now releasing an official VR port."
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Palworld is "not changing business model" or switching to "free-to-play or games-as-a-service"
"Palworld was never designed with that model in mind."
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Penny's Big Breakaway studio Evening Star announces another half a dozen layoffs
"This isn't a choice we wanted to make."
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Suda51 reckons "everyone cares too much about the numbers" on Metacritic
"What's important to us is putting the games out that we want to put out."
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I Am Your Beast review - whiplash, short-form action with a surprising narrative heart
Sorry for Ramboing on.
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CWA union slams Microsoft layoffs as "extremely disappointing"
"Heartless layoffs like these have become all too common."
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Destiny 2 "resolves" complaint after artist accuses Bungie of plagiarism
Artist says it "feels like a punch in the gut".
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Two-thirds of female players still report being harassed when playing online
"It's scary to be a woman in gaming."
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Days Gone director is upset his leading man has been "reduced to a cartoon shill"
"Well done Bend Studio! Way to protect your legacy!"
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Star Wars Outlaws' "punishing" stealth sequences will soon be easier
"We're correcting already for a patch that's coming out maybe in 10 days."
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Destiny 2's Steam player count average is now the lowest in the franchise's history
The pick of Destiny.
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Heaven 17 songwriter tells Rockstar to "go f**k yourself" after "iniquitous" GTA 6 royalties offer
"Naturally excited about the immense wealth that was about to head my way, I scrolled to the bottom of the email…"
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"Modding is pretty big" says Baldur's Gate 3 director as over 1m mods are installed in less than 24 hours
"Just ticked over 3m installs and accelerating," adds ModDB founder.
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Outer Wilds: Archaeologist Edition physical PS5 discs will be reprinted after all
"Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to make this right."
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2001 survival horror Silent Hill 2 remake has 1990s filter
Developer Bloober Team talks UI and filters.