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Nothing is too niche for modders to remaster, not even a '90s Star Wars FPS expansion pack where you play as Luke Skywalker's weird non-canon wife rescuing my favorite Expanded Universe dork ( www.pcgamer.com )

Luke Skywalker had a weird wife named Mara Jade who was a femme fatal ex-Sith assassin with a purple lightsaber. Chewbacca died at the age of 225 years old when Star Wars' Aldi brand Borg dropped a moon on him. The Death Star plans were not stolen by a ragtag bunch of rebel soldiers that included beloved martial arts leading man...

A Windows XP machine's life expectancy in 2024 seems to be about 10 minutes before even just an idle net connection renders it a trojan-riddled zombie PC ( www.pcgamer.com )

Just a fun, somewhat terrifying read

Ubisoft insists yet again that its uncanny AI-generated 'NEO-NPCs' will make games 'more alive and richer', whatever that means ( www.pcgamer.com )

Ubisoft insists yet again that its uncanny AI-generated 'NEO-NPCs' will make games 'more alive and richer', whatever that means ( www.pcgamer.com )

Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert's next game is 'classic Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park' ( www.pcgamer.com )

Stellaris gets a DLC about AI that features AI-created voices, director insists it's 'ethical' and 'we're pretty good at exploring dystopian sci-fi and don't want to end up there ourselves' ( www.pcgamer.com )

Stellaris gets a DLC about AI that features AI-created voices, director insists it's 'ethical' and 'we're pretty good at exploring dystopian sci-fi and don't want to end up there ourselves' ( www.pcgamer.com )

This year's Warhammer Skulls event, presented by actor Rahul Kohli, will have new reveals for Space Marine 2, Boltgun, and more—plus an up to 90% off sale on Warhammer games ( www.pcgamer.com )

Helldivers 2 only became a live-service game halfway through development, but 'feels like what live service was born to do' ( www.pcgamer.com )

The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEO ( www.pcgamer.com )

Bungie's first big hit, Marathon, is now free on Steam thanks to a fan revival that has Bungie's blessing ( www.pcgamer.com )

President of Xbox asked about the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, spends close to a minute saying almost nothing ( www.pcgamer.com )

The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEO ( www.pcgamer.com )

How Larian Studios skirted bankruptcy before making Divinity: Original Sin (2018) ( www.pcgamer.com )

Old article, but still interesting

President of Xbox at Microsoft asked about the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, spends close to a minute saying almost nothing ( www.pcgamer.com )

Homeworld 3 performance analysis: Surprisingly scalable but no ultra-high frame rates ( www.pcgamer.com )

Helldivers 2 remains delisted in 177 countries and territories even as Sony backs down on PSN requirement, Arrowhead CEO says 'I won't rest in my desire to have it available everywhere' ( www.pcgamer.com )

Corsair to go all in on sim racing with plans to acquire Fanatec and help with its €70 million debt ( www.pcgamer.com )

Legendary creator Shinji Mikami has one word for Microsoft shutting down the studio he founded: 'Sad' ( www.pcgamer.com )

Redfall's devs were reportedly building out its massively delayed Hero Pass content 'very recently'—before Microsoft closed Arkane Austin for good ( www.pcgamer.com )

EA studios 'hunger' to start using generative AI 'as quickly as possible,' says CEO ( www.pcgamer.com )

As if EA didn't already make bland, derivative games...

Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios ( www.pcgamer.com )

Sony backs down on demand that Helldivers 2 players log into a PSN account ( www.pcgamer.com )

Eyeing the Helldivers 2 backlash with a nervous flop sweat, Sucker Punch assures us that Ghost of Tsushima won't need a PSN login for single player ( www.pcgamer.com )

I'm so annoyed that they're calling the new hobbit game 'A The Lord of the Rings Game' ( www.pcgamer.com )