The newest batch of Deadlock patch notes are here courtesy of Valve, and that game-breaking shop bug has been swiftly patched out. Players discovered that shooting the shop (yes, really) with certain active abilities mimicked their effects during combat, giving them a huge advantage. For the brief time this bug was available it destroyed the meta, but the developer has acted fast to deal with it. That's not all though, as Valve has made getting around Deadlock's outer lanes easier, improved some respawn times, and stopped a spirit urn strategy in its tracks. Continue reading Latest Deadlock patch notes nuke a hero-breaking exploit from orbit MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Deadlock release date , Deadlock crosshair, Deadlock characters

It’s been fascinating watching the progression of Dungeonborne from launch to its current iteration. Regardless of your feelings on the quality of the game, you have to admire how its developer is trying new things, even if those updates are not entirely successful. A big experimental change has just hit the game as part of the preseason patch and though it’s an admirable attempt to fix one huge issue, it seems fans aren’t entirely pleased. Continue reading Dungeonborne revamps matchmaking to be like a “casino”, fans hate it MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPGs, Best survival games, Best multiplayer games

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Monday Morning Meme Madness

There's been a lot of talk about what games are going to be gunning for game of the year when December rolls around. Games like Black Myth Wukong and Final Fantasy Rebirth are already a shoo-in but it seems a new contender has just entered the fray, as Astro Bot, the mascot platforming successor to Astro's Playroom, has blown away fans and critics alike.

Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Philip Pacheco, Getty Images Four years after Epic sued Google for running an illegal app store monopoly — a case it won this past December — Epic is suing again. The Fortnite game developer has filed a second antitrust lawsuit against Google, and now additionally Samsung, accusing them of illegally conspiring to undermine third-party app stores. The lawsuit revolves around Samsung’s “Auto Blocker” feature, which now comes turned-on-by-default on new Samsung phones. While it’s turned on, it automatically keeps users from installing apps unless they come from “authorized sources” — namely, Google and Samsung’s app stores. Epic claims there’s no process for any rival store to become “authorized.” When Epic filed its original lawsuits against Google and Apple in... Continue reading…