Halo Infinite's season 5 will be the last as it switches to smaller updates and 343i works on "new projects"
Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries has confirmed there will be no further seasons after season 5.
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The upcoming prequel to 1999 Dreamcast game Slave Zero just got its own prequel, and it's a free Quake mod
Slave Zero X: Episode Enyo is a weird tie-in for a weird game: a free prequel Quake mod for the upcoming 2D character action game Slave Zero X, itself a prequel to the 1999 PC/Dreamcast mech game, Slave Zero. That context might make it seem impenetrable, but even if you're not already «Slave Zero-pilled» (sorry), the six-level Quake campaign is a solid little free FPS that's worth your time.
The British Army made its own Fortnite map as a recruitment tool, but Epic could block it
America's Army was at one time the world's most (in)famous videogame military recruitment tool, but now that it's out of the picture the British are taking their shot. The British Army has revealed a new «Fortnite experience» called Operation: Belong, and it plans to livestream an influencer-led competition on it next week.
Absurdly rare Team Fortress 2 hat called 'The Crone's Dome' sells for a record-setting $18,000 worth of keys because 'it's one of a kind and will not ever be unboxed again'
The single most expensive hat trade in Team Fortress 2's history went down this week, with one player exchanging goods worth over 10,000 of the game's crate keys (around $1.80 each) for an unusual Arcana Crone's Dome, the characteristics of which make it the only one in existence. It's a witch's hat with some Halloween effects, basically, and the trade was first spotted by PyroJoe on X (formerly Twitter), who called it «the biggest singular unusual TF2 Hat trade» in the game's history.
This gorgeous horror game looks just like a retro Disney film and it's already messing with my head
Don't be fooled by this upcoming indie with its Disney-style animations, as it's closer to Little Nightmares than The Little Mermaid.
This Metroidvania isn't even trying to hide the fact that it tore off Hollow Knight's skin and is wearing it like a jacket
Folks, I have seen some games like Hollow Knight in my day. Until this afternoon, I would've told you that the iconic Metroidvania's closest relative is probably Crowsworn, which proudly blends Hollow Knight's style with action games like Devil May Cry to make something that appears meaningfully different. But Crowsworn has now been dethroned by Deviator, a 2D Metroidvania that looks so uncannily similar that I genuinely thought we'd gotten new Hollow Knight Silksong screenshots for a split-second.
PC is the most 'dominant' it's been this decade as two-thirds of devs say they're targeting the platform
Sometimes, it's nice to hear the things you know in your heart said out loud. Such is the case with the Game Developers' Conference State of the Games Industry 2024 report, the latest edition of GDC's annual look at just what devs are doing.
Your PC might be cool, but it'll never be Colossus—a 80-year-old beast as tall as a person that could 'read Hitler's mind'
The United Kingdom's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has unveiled further details about Colossus, often referred to as «the first ever digital computer», for its 80th birthday. A machine which—as this obituary to an MI5 chief scientific officer who helped rebuild it states—could «read Hitler's mind».