Bloomberg say they have been passed an internal e-mail from studio head Adam Badowski by an employee who wished to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. “Starting today, the entire (development) studio is in overdrive,” Badowski supposedly wrote in Monday’s message, specifying this means working “your typical amount of work and one day of the weekend.” Bloomberg say he expressed optimism about the game but it was time to focus on fixing bugs and glitches....

Now a proposed settlement has been approved by a federal judge in California’s Central District. The settlement reached will see CDPR pay out $1.85 million USD (around £1.52m GBP), or roughly $0.49 per eligible share. The lawsuit began as four separate actions brought by investors and shareholders, before being merged into one in May 2021. The lawyers behind the suit claimed that Cyberpunk 2077 was “virtually unplayable” on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and that CDPR withheld that fact....

The Dungeon’s first free trial weekend also kicks off today, so you can get all cross without spending a penny. Many of the specifics are murky, which is at least thematically appropriate. You fight in 4v4 battles, and unlock new banners as you climb up the ranks. You unlock “new gladiatorial trinkets” as you play, and those aren’t lost on death. Developers Red Hook Studios assure us that heroes now “inflict stress with many of their skills”, and that you’ll “be able to cause afflictions to hamper and demoralise your opponents”....

Every so often the devs at Behaviour Interactive will release a code that you can redeem in-game. Most of these codes will give you a certain number of Bloodpoints for free, which are important for upgrading your characters by unlocking perk slots, and also for setting up new characters. Below we’ll walk you through all the currently working DBD codes you can redeem, along with information on how to redeem them....

We’re sent into the EAZ with five minutes on the timer to run around finding and killing bosses. They might be high on a tower block, low in a rusting factory, on some level of a car park, deep in a shopping complex, or just hanging out on a floating rock. When the time runs out, a big final boss drops in. Ultimately, one treasure chest will spawn somewhere for each miniboss you killed, with a short timer to find and open them....

“We want the journey to level 99 to be accessible to a larger population of players, offer more variety other than repeatedly farming Baal, Diablo, and Nihlathak, and most importantly, remain challenging,” says the patch notes post. Enter Terror Zones. Once per hour, corruption will seep into a particular area of Diablo 2’s world, making the monsters within higher level and the loot received for killing them higher level, too....

There are two types of Rifts: Elder Rifts can reward Legendary Gems and will be one of the most important bits of content to farm in Diablo Immortal. However, you’ll need the right Crests to get the best rewards. Challenge Rifts also come with significant rewards, plus leaderboards to show off your progress. Learn the difference between the two Rifts and where to get more Rare and Legendary Crests for your Elder Rifts with this guide....

You’ll head to Paris and handle the pre-revolution days with the tools at the disposal of a well-dressed lady: gossip, parties, and romance. You’ll need to plan an appropriate wardrobe for events while also learning to leverage the secrets you overhear there. “Use your calendar to plan your commitments each week in Paris, and more importantly, who you do them with,” say developers Joy Manufacturing Co. “In a city marching towards revolution, time is of the essence, and your enemies have agendas of their own!...

Diplomacy Is Not An Option doesn’t bill itself as a tower defence game, but it is a real-time strategy game about protecting your medieval settlement as wave after wave of attackers try to smash it up. Rather than have you traipsing around the map in search of trouble to make, there is a refreshing focus on defence – offence’s nerdy younger sister – with victory determined not by how well you’ve conquered the surrounding land, but how capable you are of taking a beating and coming out on top....

He’s already aware that making a game requires a different skillset from directing a movie. As per IGN: “The difference [from directing a film] is not acting like a single point that guides the creative team. It’s making sure that you’re integrated into the team in a real way. I can come in with a very definitive point of view, but it has to work on two levels. It has to be accepted by the greater team as the right creative direction to go in....

“So many mainstream narratives about trans people are rooted in pain or trauma, it was important to our team to tell a different, more multi-dimensional story with Tyler,” they say. “The idea that being transgender is caused by trauma is a stereotype that has no basis in fact, and it plays no role in Tyler’s story.” In case you missed it, Tell Me Why is the story of twins Alyson and Tyler, who have a special bond that allows them to see visions as they uncover their childhood memories....

A statement from the Alberta Labour Relations Board provided to RPS said that the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union will act on behalf of Keywords Studios employees working in development support at BioWare Edmonton during collective bargaining. A representative from Keywords Studios said that the bargaining process will start this week. The Keywords Studios workers, contracted to BioWare Edmonton, first filed to unionise on April 20th earlier this year....

Here you must make an important decision: give the Water Tower to the Peacekeepers, or hand it to the Survivors. Below we’ll walk you through how each choice affects the rest of your Dying Light 2 playthrough. Note: spoilers follow. Obviously. Dying Light 2 Water Tower quest: give the Water Tower to the Survivors or the Peacekeepers? A few story missions into Dying Light 2, in the titular quest “Water Tower”, you’re tasked with wresting control of a Water Tower in Old Villedor from Jack and Joe, two former Survivors who took the tower as revenge for being kicked out of the community....

“If you are hungry for factory fun at present, and want it on a level that lets you play with the stars themselves as fuel, I’d struggle to think of a reason you shouldn’t try this game,” our Nate said after playing Dyson Sphere Program. Big nods to Factorio here. One worth keeping an eye on as it ventures towards a full launch in a year or so. Developers Youthcat Studio and publishers Gamera Game have released a few wee patches with bug fixes since the early access debut on January 21st, and now are looking at adding and expanding features....

The ESA had said in March that they were “exploring options with our members to coordinate an online experience to showcase industry announcements and news in June 2020.” Turns out, that didn’t pan out. “Given the disruption brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, we will not be presenting an online E3 2020 event in June,” the ESA told cheery RPS fanzine PC Gamer. “Instead, we will be working with exhibitors to promote and showcase individual company announcements, including on www....

Elden Ring Maliketh, the Black Blade boss fight walkthrough The fight is split into two phases. In the first, you’ll battle Maliketh’s Beast Clergyman form. If you did Gurranq’s Deathroot quest, much of this phase will be familiar to you. The Clergyman is quick, but he also takes a lot of damage. At around half his health bar, the Clergyman will turn into Maliketh, the Black Blade. Maliketh is even faster in this phase and can leap across the arena in the blink of an eye....

Check out this video of it in action: Seamless Co-Op does what it says: allows you to play the entirety of Elden Ring in co-op with almost no restrictions. It’s effectively an expansion of the game’s existing summoning system, which lets you spawn a pal for a short session in a particular zone and sends them home again after a boss is defeated or an area cleared. With this mod, they’re never sent home, and they can enter any zone....

Developed and published by the studio Mischief, and written by Doc Burford (who previously wrote Paratopic), Adios plonks you in the shoes of a pig farmer who has a tough decision to make. The game takes place over a day that should be fairly normal to you. The body delivery is here, as is your old pal who just so happens to be a hitman. But you’ve had enough of this life, and have finally worked up the courage to say “no more” to your friend....

Developers Rockfish Games say the early access launch comes with the first 12 or so hours of the story campaign, as well as some side missions in the game’s first two star systems. They add that the initial early access version will have around 25 hours of gameplay to get stuck into, letting players try out space combat, exploration, mining, puzzle-solving, traveling, trading, itemization, crafting, ship customisation and more....