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The new HyperX SoloCast 2 looks like a return to gaming microphone simplicity, whereas its bigger brother is covered in all the bells and whistles you could think of

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A good microphone doesn’t need to have a million features to make an impact. Wrap a high-quality capsule in a sturdy frame, convert the output to a USB connection, and provide a stand. That’s about all you get with our current favourite budget gaming microphone, the Amazon Basics USB condenser mic, and it works brilliantly. … Read more

Rematch’s latest update aims to fix ‘major netcode releases’ including missed tackles and false goals, crossplay will ‘hopefully’ go live by the end of August

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The multiplayer soccer game Rematch came out strong in June, despite missing one major feature: Crossplay was not enabled because of “unforeseen technical complexities.” Two months later, it’s still not there, but developer Sloclap says it’ll be here soon. Word of the upcoming crossplay functionality came in the notes of the second major patch for … Read more

A game was unintentionally listed as ‘Sh***y Dungeon’ on Steam in Japan thanks to goofed-up machine translation

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In our current technological moment, when we’re being urged by the world’s largest companies to trust our lives to the whims of machines that might generously be considered “truth agnostic,” it’s important to check your work if you’re letting a computer do it for you. It’s a lesson that was starkly demonstrated this week for … Read more

Roblox explains crackdown on ‘vigilantes’ after ban of a popular YouTuber sparks furor: ‘They are acting in ways that could be harmful to others, both on and off our platform’

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Following an uproar over its ban of a popular YouTuber who purportedly pursues and exposes child predators on the platform, Roblox has posted an update saying it became necessary to remove “vigilantes” from its platform after their behavior “evolved” and began conflicting with Roblox’s own systems. Roblox banned YouTuber Schlep earlier this week, saying in … Read more

Subscription services like Xbox Game Pass turn developers into ‘wage slaves’, says former PlayStation boss

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Former Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shawn Layden thinks subscription services like Xbox Game Pass are a “danger” to the industry, and that the model risks turning developers into “wage slaves”. In a wide ranging Games Industry interview on the state of the industry, Layden compared gaming subscription services unfavourably with music subscriptions services. While products … Read more

New report suggests that there are 3 million fewer PC gamers in Japan than 10 years ago, despite the market having at least tripled in size

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As reported by Automaton, Famitsu has released a preview of its annual Famitsu Game Hakusho, a survey of the games industry by Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories. One confounding takeaway from the data is that the games market in Japan is bigger than ever, with the PC space nearly matching consoles for economic impact, while there … Read more

Someone at Blizzard might’ve accidentally revealed Diablo 4’s new class, which fans have been begging for since release

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Someone at Blizzard this week probably learned a lesson on what to never ever name your files. A few outlets, including Wowhead, spotted a Diablo 4 server update that went out under the name of what sure sounds like the new class coming in the second expansion next year. Blizzard regularly updates internal versions of … Read more