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Vanished for a year, early access dev returns to announce a crisis taught them ‘videogames ain’t it’ and end development on ‘singleplayer EVE’ they’ve been making since 2019

I’ve always had a soft spot for Astrox Imperium, an early access game that first hit Steam all the way back in 2019, and that aimed to be, in the words of every other review on its page, a “singleplayer EVE Online”. You have a ship, a universe, and all the dreams you can fill

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WoW has raised over $2 million for charity CureDuchenne by selling a cute little fox, after being inspired by The Remarkable Life of Ibelin documentary

(Image credit: Blizzard) Blizzard has raised over $2 million for the charity CureDuchenne, using the seemingly irresistible lure of microtransactions for good. World of Warcraft players accomplished this via The Reven Pack (a cute little fox companion and a backpack to go with it), which Blizzard donated 100% of the purchase price of to CureDuchenne.

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The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did

US Treasury Department and White House officials have repeatedly denied that technologists associated with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had the ability to rewrite the code of the payment system through which the vast majority of federal spending flows. WIRED reporting shows, however, that at the time these statements were made, a

Civilization 7 influence guide: How to make friends and influence people

(Image credit: Firaxis) Influence, which you may be familiar from past Civs’ expansions, has finally made the jump to being a base game currency out of the box in Civilization 7. Alongside Food, Gold, Culture, Science, and Production, it’s one of your main tools for achieving world domination. But unlike some of the others, it’s

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Ford goes protectionist as EV losses top $5B

Ford CEO Jim Farley has a question about President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China: Why stop there? Farley said in a conference call Wednesday that Trump’s selective approach “doesn’t make sense.” “Why are we having this conversation while Hyundai-Kia is importing 600,000 units in the U.S. with no incremental