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Wardogs cheaters will be easy to deal with, claims CEO

FPS games on PC have had cheaters and players using unfair hacks for as long as they've been around. Various anticheat solutions have come and gone, to varying degrees of success. One of the latest, that almost every modern FPS game is implementing, are hardware-level protections, such as enabling secure boot and TPM 2.0. Wardogs will follow suit with that requirement, Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer told Polygon. He wouldn't go into much more detail about the studio's specific anticheat plans, but when it comes to exploits, he thinks the game itself will protect players from unfair behavior: source https://www.polygon.com/wardogs-interview-cheaters-exploiters-wont-succeed/

Call of Duty reminds players that Modern Warfare 4 won't be coming to Game Pass this year

In 2024, Xbox added Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to its Game Pass subscription service, granting everyone who uses it access to the latest entry in the series. This didn't arrive until July, however, which meant the game had been out for around nine months already by that point. A few months later, Black Ops 6 joined Game Pass at launch , and the following year, Black Ops 7 did the same. Microsoft pledged that this would be the protocol going forward: all new Call of Duty games would be on Game Pass at launch. source https://www.polygon.com/modern-warfare-4-not-on-xbox-game-pass-ads/

Netflix is adapting Atlus Persona for new live-action TV series

Netflix is developing a live-action TV series based on Atlus' Persona role-playing game franchise, according to a new report. The series is being developed by production company Story Kitchen , which produces the Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise for Sega, and 21 Laps, the production company founded by Shawn Levy ( Deadpool & Wolverine , Free Guy ), who produced Stranger Things . source https://www.polygon.com/persona-tv-series-netflix-atlus-sega/

X-Men: The Animated Series original director reveals why Cable is so different in X-Men '97 season 2

Back in the early 1990s, X-Men fans knew Cable was cool, but they didn't know exactly why. (Besides that fact that he was a badass, battle-hardened, time-traveling super soldier, of course.) Turns out, neither did the creators of X-Men: The Animated Series . source https://www.polygon.com/x-men-97-season-2-cable/

Silent Hill f DLC adds legendary costume from the Fatal Frame II remake

Konami's Silent Hill f won hearts and minds when it debuted last September. Not only did it do well critically, with Polygon's review praising its art, characters, and story, but it also raked in plenty of awards across the games industry — particularly at The Horror Game Awards . It's quickly become one of the most iconic additions to the Silent Hill franchise. source https://www.polygon.com/silent-hill-f-fatal-frame-remake-dlc/

House of the Dragon season 3 episode 2 ending explained: Let's talk about [SPOILERS] big death

The Battle of the Gullet has concluded in House of the Dragon season 3 , and though Team Black ultimately emerges victorious, Rhaenyra Targaryen pays a devastating personal price. By the end of episode 2 , the war has taken another dramatic turn as the fight for the Iron Throne reaches King's Landing. Along the way, a major character returns after a long hiatus — only to meet their bloody end. source https://www.polygon.com/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-episode-2-ending-explained-death/

GTA 6, Steam Machine, Xbox price hikes, and Destiny layoffs herald the end times

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