Topic: community reaction
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Destiny 2 Eases Exhausting Power Grind for Renegades
Bungie is reversing its plan for a full power level reset in the Destiny 2 Renegades expansion, allowing players to keep their current power levels and key infusion materials like Unstable Cores. The changes raise concerns about the game's reward structure, as maintaining power caps could let pla...
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Clair Obscur Player Beats Boss With 10,545 Perfect Parries, No Dodges
A player named Recordbreaks defeated a challenging boss in *Clair Obscur: Expedition 33* using only perfect parries, requiring over 10,000 successful maneuvers across an eight-hour session. The achievement is notable for the player's deliberate avoidance of dodging and use of an under-leveled tea...
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Cyberpunk 2077 VR Modder Slams 'Corpo Logic' in Takedown
A VR modder known as Luke Ross is distributing paywalled VR mods for major games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3, leading to DMCA takedowns from publishers like CD Projekt Red for violating terms of service. The modder's subscription model, requiring a $10 monthly fee for access, has prov...
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Ready or Not Dev Shares Before-and-After Screenshots Amid Censorship Backlash
VOID Interactive clarified that recent changes to Ready or Not were minor and required for console certification, emphasizing core elements like gore and violence remain intact. Adjustments targeted specific scenarios (e.g., modifying nudity, disabling post-mortem dismemberment), sparking playe...
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Pokemon Bank shutting down, Nintendo confirms
Pokémon Bank will be officially shut down on February 26, 2027, ending all transfers to Pokémon Home and cloud storage for Pokémon. Any Pokémon left in Bank after the shutdown will become inaccessible, with no replacement transfer method announced, making it a final deadline for collectors to pre...
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Pokemon Go Data Now Powers Food Delivery Robots
The vast dataset of over 30 billion real-world scans collected by players of Pokémon Go and Ingress was repurposed by Niantic to train its Visual Positioning System (VPS), a technology now used by Coco Robotics to guide autonomous delivery robots. These player scans, which captured detailed photo...
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Deus Ex Series Under $10 on Steam vs. $30 Remaster
The $30 price of the new Deus Ex remaster is heavily criticized, especially since the entire core series is often available for under $10, making the remaster's value questionable. Early footage shows the remaster alters the original game's gritty aesthetic for a dated look that fans feel lacks t...
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Halo Evolved Campaign Comparison: Xbox Series X vs Ally X
The Xbox Series X delivers a more stable, polished campaign experience with consistent frame rates, higher resolution textures, and richer lighting and shadow detail, while the Ally X relies on dynamic scaling and lower settings for portability. The Series X offers near-instantaneous load times a...
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Nightreign DLC Revives a Beloved Dark Souls Boss
Elden Ring Nightreign's DLC, The Forsaken Hollows, launches on December 4, introducing new character classes, bosses, and the return of Knight Artorias from Dark Souls lore. The expansion features two new Nightfarer classes, new locations, and boss encounters, with Knight Artorias highlighted for...
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Commander's Hybrid Mana Rules Face Potential Overhaul
Wizards of the Coast is considering a rule change to allow hybrid mana cards in Commander to be played in decks with at least one of the card's colors, increasing the playability of nearly 500 cards. This change would align Commander with other Magic formats, treating hybrid mana as an "or" mecha...
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