Shams Jorjani, boss of Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead, has taken to Discord to address the rise in reports of performance issues following the arrival of the shooter's Into the Unjust update. In addition to admitting that the new addition has missed the mark from a stability pespective, the exec added that the game's Xbox release now being in the rear view mirror should free up more resources to tackle performance problems.

Since the Terminid spelunking expedition-themed update arrived yesterday, players have cited an uptick in crashes that Arrowhead are already looking into, with the installation size the game's ballooned to on PC and your usual sorts of pesky bugs also being sources of ire, at least among vocal online Helldivers.

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The Blood of the Dawnwalker is the debut fantasy RPG from new Polish developer Rebel Wolves, a studio founded by former members of Witcher outfit CD Projekt. In June, obvious vampire thrall Mark expressed happy emotions about main character Coen's balance of mortal and undead abilities - by day, he'll trot around having regular human chinwags with people and participating in regular human swordfights, by night he transmogrifies into a nimble Nosferatu, able to teleport and slash people with his talons. Now, it's time to dig further into the game's two critical resources, which are handily encapsulated by the title: time and blood.

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The Perfect Dark reboot Microsoft cancelled as part of their mass layoffs in July could reportedly have been "revived" under new publisher Take-Two, had talks over a deal between the two sides and Embracer Group not fallen through.

That's according to a report from Bloomberg, who claim that Microsoft and Take-Two's failure to reach an agreement is what preceded the unspecified number of layoffs at Crystal Dynamics last week. It'd be nice if we lived in a world where bigwigs shaking hands wasn't sometimes a thing workers have to pin their hopes of retaining their livelihoods on.

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Another one for the "not news, but news to me" pile: you can download a free updated version of classic 4X space strategy sim Starships Unlimited from creator Andrew "APEzone" Paul Ewanchyna's website. Originally released in 1999 - an era of relative mental calm, before the Broadband Blight - it's a turn-based affair with four ages of technology to discover, a range of alien factions who (in the original version, anyway) all look like gurning hoover attachments, and the prospect of zesty tactical combat involving ships of your own design.

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We’re always on the lookout for great microSD cards for Steam Deck, and now James’ pick of the bunch has seen another discount worth mentioning.

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A group of fangame developers have taken it upon themselves to make a new Sonic Rush game for PC, combining the previous Sonic Rush games for Nintendo DS into one "definitive" remastering, with extra stuff and some apparently overdue fixes. Seems bold! I missed the Rush games back in the noughties, but I do like me a Sonic. Here's a trailer for Sonic Rush Rerun.

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