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Lost Ark is "actively working" on reversing "false bans" that mistakenly banished lapsed players

15-01-2023 21:39 via gamesradar.com

Remember when we told you that MMO Lost Ark has lost over 200k of its player count following a bot ban wave earlier this week? Well, it seems that the bans didn't just take out bots.As reported by Lost Ark fan account @lostinarkesia, the game was reaching 323,725 players on January 9 but by January 10, it had dropped to 101,550 - that's just over 200k accounts wiped out. Shortly after the ban, however, Lost Ark's Steam rating began to take a beating, with unhappy players flocking to Steam to lea

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The Callisto Protocol hasn't even hit half of its 5m sales target yet

15-01-2023 21:20 via gamesradar.com

The Callisto Protocol has only sold two of the five million copies its publisher, Krafton, and investors had been expecting. Korean site MK Odyssey reports that developer Striking Distance Studios spent 200 billion won - that's $161.5m/£132m - during its three-year development cycle, but the action horror's mixed reception and "sluggish" sales have also sent Krafton's share price tumbling. The majority of SDS' funding came in the game's final year of development between January and Se

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WWE 2K23 is rumored to be releasing in March 2023

15-01-2023 20:13 via gamesradar.com

Rumor has it, 2K is holding a big reveal event at the end of the month that will share more details about WWE 2K23 and when it may finally release.Whilst nothing is set in stone - at least not yet - Insider Gaming reckons 2K is planning on holding a WWE 2K23 event at the Royal Rumble event in San Antonio, TX, on January 28. The site also teases that the event will offer a hands-on gameplay preview for guests as well as pull back the curtain on an all-new mode, too.
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Texas Chain Saw Massacre shows how it captures people being chopped up by chainsaws in mocap

15-01-2023 13:33 via gamesradar.com

If you've ever wondered how developers capture people getting chopped up by chainsaws, wonder no more - Gun Interactive is here to show you how it's done.Along with a couple of new environments screenshots and a taster of both the game's soundtrack and "companion album", the studio has released a fascinating behind-the-scenes video to show how the team acted out the violent acts in the upcoming asymmetrical horror, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. "Shot on location at The House of Moves in Los

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Valve leak contains the developer's "entire repository", including Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 assets

15-01-2023 12:34 via gamesradar.com

It looks like Valve's "entire repository" - that is, a huge bundle of assets from all of its games, including Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life Episodes 1 and 2 - have leaked online. With the Team Fortress 2 bundle of assets alone weighing in at 61GB, the leak - which features assets from Portal, Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source, and Half-Life 2: Episodes 1, 2, and 2's multiplayer - features thousands of assets, some of which originate from modified or cut content

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