They are not learning: Halo Campaign Evolved is getting mixed reviews since Microsoft login system is barely working even during early access from a pricey Premium Edition.

Since yeah, a solo game requires full and constant online to be actually functional but the company behind it (the second biggest server provider) is unable to get enough login servers for it to work.

The same recurring issue occurred with Halo Collection for dozens of times, keeping even the solo game locked for days in a row.

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How curious

https://github.com/SmtimesIWndr/gdid-reversal

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There's a fully vibe coded VR mod for Halo 3 and ODST:

https://github.com/pancreations/Halo-MCC-VR — the author hates AI "art" as he's the 3D artist himself, but since no real developers were willing to make a VR mod for his favourite Halo game, he had to do it with the evil machine.

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At least, Friday

Another one

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The last game of Warren Spector (the father of immersive sim genre) will not get content updates and instead will become Peer-2-Peer to avoid servers.

The studio fired over 35 people, less than 10 of employees remain in the office, and their destiny is also fairly unpredictable. So the team want the game to remain accessible regardless of the outcome.

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No, we aren't

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Mount & Blade studio co-founder Ipek Yavuz just passed away. She was only 54 years old.

Their duo with Armagan Yavuz made a very unique series possible despite not many initially believed in the such a mix of genres. Her most recent achievement is the release of the big War Sails DLC for Mount & Blade 2 (came out last year).

PlayStation Network went offline for hours in a row, proving that offline gaming is a must. Most of the new games aren't working at all when servers are down.

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Over an hour of uncut Total War Warhammer 40K:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gplb9CQy9lk
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Due to local laws, DLC codes for GTA VI made for Japan will be time-limited. The scope is still unclear, some say the whole game will expire.

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Google made Jimothy Easter egg: he now appears running in search window! The reason Jimothy (a short-spine mutated racoon) survived mostly relies on racoon mothers being exceptional: long parenting period, huge dedication to every single baby, and special treatment and teaching for babies with disabilities.

According to scientists, there are actually least two of them, not one.

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Windows Troubleshooter code just leaked...

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They don't want competition!

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