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[Link] 'Escape From Tarkov' Players Feel the Squeeze of the Ruble's Collapse
Read: 9/3/2022 www.vice.com
Russia’s currency, the ruble, has collapsed. It’s worth less than Roblox's in-game currency, robux. The economic collapse has also affected the video game Escape from Tarkov, which uses the ruble, euro, dollar, and bitcoin as in-game currencies and uses real world exchange rates within the game.
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[Link] The Secret to a Better Internet? Post Less, Chat More.
Read: 15/11/2021 www.nytimes.com
One of the web’s oldest functions remains one of its most powerful and promising. As we debate the negative effects of social media, consider the earliest and arguably most prevalent way that we use the internet to connect with other people: the chat.
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[Link] Cheat Maker Is Not Afraid of Call of Duty’s New Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
Activision announced its new anti-cheat system, called RICOCHET, on Monday. The company also said the new system will run in the kernel, the core of the operating system, which controls and has access to most of the computer's functions.
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[Link] 'Hell Let Loose' Asks 50 Players to Work Together, or Die
Read: 11/8/2021 www.vice.com
This is a bad game with a bad commander. We don't need more people at the tiny steppe village on the Kursk map. We have about 40 infantry on our team across eight squads, and Yamki is really nothing more than a row of small wooden houses, burning ruins, a couple ditches, and a vegetable garden.
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[Link] Back 4 Blood's PvP Versus mode has too many hiding places for humans
Read: 7/8/2021 www.rockpapershotgun.com
I had a grand old time blasting through the open beta of Back 4 Blood's campaign mode earlier this week, and I'm pretty sure everyone from Left 4 Dead diehards to complete newbies like myself will have an equally fun romp with it when the open beta starts for real on August 12th.
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[Link] Halo announcer says “trans rights” in the Halo voice
Read: 5/8/2021 www.pcgamesn.com
If you’ve heard Jeff Steitzer’s voice – and the odds are pretty good that you have – he’s probably been saying things like “triple kill” and “killing spree” during Halo multiplayer game matches.
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[Link] Blizzard confirms developer named in lawsuit was removed for “misconduct”
Read: 31/7/2021 arstechnica.com
Last year, reports started to bubble up among Blizzard-watchers that longtime World of Warcraft developer Alex Afrasiabi, who was first hired in 2004, had quietly left the company without any official explanation.
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[Link] Halo Infinite's first multiplayer technical preview starts tomorrow
Read: 31/7/2021 www.rockpapershotgun.com
With its launch planned for the end of this year, Halo Infinite is now just about to put some Spartan boots on the ground. As we found out last weekend, 343 Industries are planning a technical test for parts of Infinite's free-to-play multiplayer.
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[Link] Even Flying to the Battlefield Is About to Become Dangerous in PUBG
Read: 31/7/2021 www.ign.com
Dropping into the battlefield in PUBG is about to become even more perilous, as the game adds an emergency landing feature to its latest update. The patch notes for update 13.
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[Link] The joy of playing Escape From Tarkov in single player
Read: 31/7/2021 www.rockpapershotgun.com
Tarkov Interchange, Norvinsk Economic Zone, 1500 hours. As I made my way to the extraction zone after wading through the remnants of a Swedish furniture store - a venture which had cost me most of my ammunition and the use of my left leg - I spotted a figure scrounging for supplies 300 metres away.
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