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Riot has denied the claims. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing - the same agency suing Activision Blizzard over what it alleges to be a “frat boy” culture that created “a breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women” - said League of Legends maker Riot failed to tell its staff of their right to speak to the government about harassment and discrimination. The DFEH filed its own lawsuit against Riot in February....

The Razer Raptor is a big, 27-inch display with many gaming-centred features, and it’s currently available for £549 from the Microsoft Store. That’s £250 off the usual retail price. It has a stylish design, as its wide stand makes it feel like a giant CRT of yesteryear. The Raptor has a QHD resolution, perfect for pushing the latest games to stunning visual quality with the latest PC parts. However, it’s also handy if you like to play on a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series console, with many games offering performance and visual quality modes at this high resolution....

However, Currys currently have a few Switch OLED bundles on sale, saving you at least £20 instead of buying everything separately. The star buy is this bundle which includes an OLED Switch, Animal Crossing New Horizons and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for £359. This is ideal especially for kids and those of you planning on playing with a friend or partner, as both games work splendidly as local multiplayer titles....

Right now, GOG is running its own Black Friday sale, slashing the prices of digital games spanning the complete genre gamut. Whether you’re an indie game lover or you want to sink hundreds of hours into a massive open world RPG, GOG has you covered with a plethora of deals. For example, to satiate those of you into indie titles, there’s a great little Team 17-themed bundle you can put together yourself with whatever games you want from the listings, including games like the sidescroller-action Blasphemous, the soulslike Thymesia, and the party-centric Overcooked!...

That’s according to the company’s latest report, which lays out its medium-term plan. It’s not clear exactly what this “Super Game” could be, but Sega has high hopes for its existing and past IPs, including Sonic. Watch on YouTube Sonic Frontiers - Combat & Upgrades The report includes a message from Sega CEO Haruki Satomi in which he discusses the strategy behind this “Super Game” and the aim to attract streamers....

Shadow of the Tomb Raider, if you’re unfamiliar, picks up its narrative around a year after the events of 2015’s Rise of the Tomb Raider, following young Lara Croft as she races through the Peruvian jungle in a bid to stop a Mayan apocalypse. “This is a well-crafted and polished experience,” Eurogamer’s Aoife Wilson wrote in her Shadow of the Tomb Raider review in 2018, “and when [it] actually gives you full control and leaves you alone to seek out its quieter mysteries, it can render you wide-eyed with wonder”....

That’s according to Bloober Team’s marketing chief Anna Jasińska in an interview with DreadXP. Asked about the extent the studio was given free reign by Konami to transform the game with its own vision, Jasińska said: “We are focusing on bringing the distinct, visceral atmosphere back in the modernised Silent Hill 2. Longtime fans shouldn’t worry about us ‘missing the point’ while we’re livening up the title. We faithfully stick to the traditional story canon while remaking the gameplay and updating the graphics from the ground up....

The publisher today showed off gameplay for eFootball - what was once PES - with a new trailer, below, and confirmed a handful of new mechanics and gameplay features that won’t be available until some future update. For example, the new control ball trapping feature is only available post-launch. “Loads of dribbles and body feints are also available with intuitive commands,” Konami said. “These make every duel an exciting moment for both attacker and defender....

It’s just an example of one of many things whose ubiquity comes and goes with time. The most personal demonstrations of this can be seen through the phenomenon from the early 2000 onwards, of people sharing what was in their backpacks, starting with Flickr and reaching all the way to tech sites and Instagram tags. I tend to focus on the tech a little not just because of my own nerdiness, but the fact that iPods, PDAs and dreadful laptops were adding so much bulk to our backs and shoulders in recent years....

Released in November 2010, Sonic Colours builds spectacularly upon the foundation formed by Sonic Unleashed - stages seamlessly transition between full 3D sections and 2D side-scrolling sections as you play. Sonic has a lock-on, a boost button and a slide, among other things. It may seem slightly overwhelming at first blush but once you become accustomed to the controls and level design, it starts to flow beautifully. As you nail boost pads, springboards and bounce off enemies in quick succession, it feels highly satisfying....

According to SteamDB, the game’s all-time peak is at 19,181 concurrent players. The previous record was set by Sonic Mania around five years ago, with 11,937 concurrent players. Watch on YouTube Sonic Frontiers - The DF Tech Review - Every Version Tested - PlayStation, Xbox, PC, Switch! Earlier this year, the release of Sonic Origins managed just 2668 concurrent players. Sonic Frontiers is certainly the most popular Sonic release on Steam for some time, then....

A job advertisement for Head of Mobile, PlayStation Studios, SIE, reveals plans for the successful candidate to “focus on successfully adapting PlayStation’s most popular franchises for mobile”. “You will be responsible for building and scaling a team of mobile leaders and will serve as the Head of this new business unit within PlayStation Studios.” So, what should we expect? Well, PlayStation’s most popular franchises include Naughty Dog’s Uncharted and The Last of Us series, Polyphony’s Gran Turismo, Sony Santa Monica’s God of War, and Insomniac’s Ratchet & Clank....

Sony initially confirmed it was exploring bringing its first-party PlayStation exclusives to PC in March 2020, announcing that Horizon Zero Dawn would lead the charge - although it said “releasing one first-party AAA title to PC doesn’t necessarily mean that every game now will come to PC” and that it didn’t have plans to follow Xbox’s lead with day-and-date PC releases. Since then, following the successful launch of Horizon Zero Dawn on PC, the number of titles joining the platform has continued to grow....

Featuring a brand-new campaign story, Worldslayer contains higher gear level caps, new gear, a new difficulty mode and a gigantic new end-game. The story campaign is standalone from the original game, with players facing a new Altered enemy, Ereshkigal, who wields an unnamed new power. For lore fans, the new campaign will delve deeper into the planet Enoch with more backstory, as well as a greater combat variety and new environments....

The first real thing to note about the MM720 is its unusual shape. It’s an especially sculpted frame with a wide stance that’s ideal for claw grippers, according to Cooler Master themselves. This may take some getting used to if you’re used to a more orthodox design, but it’s surprisingly comfortable and easy to grip. The MM720 also weighs just 49g, meaning this mouse is particularly amenable to snappy flicks of the wrist in FPS games, too....

This festival is being presented by Indie Cup, with the support of the Ukrainian Indie Developers community. Here, you will find broadcasts for a variety of games made by Ukrainian developers, as well as deals on titles such as The Testament of Sherlock Holmes by Frogwares and Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl by GSC Games World. You will also be able to see some upcoming games from Ukraine, with Farlanders from developer Andriy Bychkovskyi being highlighted....

Traffic Jams puts players in the crisp white gloves of a trainee traffic controller who must guide pedestrians and motor vehicles safely through a variety of busy intersections from around the world. It’s a bright, cartoony and quite comical take on the simulator genre but it’s safe to say that I grew tyre-d of its one note gameplay pretty quickly. Even the rapid introduction of bizarre hazards like wasps, zombies and even an unexpected meteor from space couldn’t stop its wacky traffic controlling action feeling stretched thin and repetitive....

Lead character Jack is able to switch between a number of jobs (or classes) that alter his equipment and moveset and should cause some… chaos. The final game has 27 different jobs to choose from, many of which are taken from previous titles in the series. However, some are brand new - three are shown in a new PlayStation Blog. The Breaker job uses the Zantetsuken sword possessed by the summon Odin in previous games to one-shot kill enemies....

Eurogamer has seen screenshots of bots using Team Fortress 2’s chat function to advertise links to ecommerce platforms such as Shoppy, where bot hosters have found ways to monetise their disruptive efforts. Along with offering the option to rent bots, stores are offering the option to purchase “bot immunity” to allow the player to be ignored by that particular brand of bots. It’s basically a virtual protection racket. This seems to have been an issue for the past few months, as posts about bot immunity first appeared three months ago, but reports of these adverts are continue to pop up on Reddit....

In the crossover, players explore The Constant, a world seed inspired by Don’t Starve Together’s environments. Players can encounter mechanics, pets, weapons, equipment, emotes, and bosses new to Terraria. Update 1.4.3 also introduces a plethora of improvements and bug fixes, including further optimisations for the Steam Deck. You can see all the patch notes here. The update also includes all the content from the 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 updates - including the Community Contest vanity armours and the Tenth Anniversary World Seed....