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I'm sure to the surprise of few, Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2 is leading the pack this year with the open-world sim earning 7 different category nominations. Following closely behind is a pair of Sony first-party titles in God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man each of which received 6 nominations each. All three of these aforementioned games are also nominated for the highly-coveted Game of the Year award, with Celeste and Return of the Obra Dinn rounding out the categ

GDC 2019 will take place in San Francisco from March 18 through the 22nd. The GDC Awards specifically will happen on March 20 at 6:30 PM. If you're at the conference and have a GDC pass, you can attend the show yours

It's the early part of 2019, which means GDC is right around the corner just a few months from now. As such, that also indicates that the GDC Awards are also coming up and as of today, we know which games from the past year have now been nomina

"We’re known—let me be humble for a moment here—we are known for treating gamers with respect...And I actually would [like] for us to also be known for treating developers with respect." Iwiński stated. He went on to say that "We’ve been working toward it for some time already...but we want to be more humane and treat people with respect. If they need to take time off, they can take time off. Nobody will be frowned upon if this will be requested." Badowski also highlighted that there are personal motivations for this change as well: "We are getting older, and most of the people who are responsible for crunch, they have families, little kids, and they feel exactly the sa

What the devs need to do, then, is inject that same magic into Red Dead Online . At the moment, it just isn’t performing to the standards that the main game deserves, floundering in comparison to GTA Online . Still, it’s very early days for the service, and Rockstar is working on introducing all kinds of interesting new modes to keep players engaged. Let’s take a look at the latest

Since publishing the story, there have been a few occasional developments. Update 1.07 has rolled out overnight, however it appears to just fix matchmaking in Red Dead Redemption Online. Though Rockstar hasn't confirmed whether the speculation is true yet, there has been a community groundswell to take comparison photos of the game -- either in temps to support or debunk the ambient occlusion issue.

Oddly enough, it doesn't appear that the latest update mentions anything about removing or altering the lighting of the game, let alone a full removal of ambient occlusion. In fact, lighting isn't mentioned at all outside of small changes and texture issues .

Obviously, there is always the chance that there are mitigating factors causing these differences -- in previous rumors of downgrades, these could have been caused by differences in the weather or time of day . On the other hand, it isn't totally uncommon to see assets shift in updates as games are further optimized, either intentionally or unintentionally. However, if this is real and not just unfortunate side-by-side screenshot grabs, it is a shame. One of the principal reasons the game received a 10 from DualShockers is because it was a technical showstopper , including the lighting.

To use a cheat code, first head to the Red Dead Redemption 2 Settings menu and press Triangle/Y to bring up the Cheats menu. Hit X/A to enter a cheat code which, if entered correctly, will prompt the following warning mess

There are several spooks and specters to be found in RDR2. The ghost of a very tragic woman haunts the swamp area, and she's apparently very persistent. The Kotaku article reports that she can be encountered at least 16 times. The swamps also play home to a group called the Nite Folk. They come out at night and are strangely pale, leading some to claim that they're undead. Whatever they are, their tendency to ambush unsuspecting cowpokes makes them an unwelcome si

It wouldn't be a Rockstar game without easter eggs, and Red Dead Redemption 2 is full of them. The game takes place in the Wild West, a land full of strange tales and superstitious folk, so the setting lends itself all too well to secrets of a more supernatural nature. Players have already discovered a few shockers, and we're here to break them down for

After gaining possession of the paper, hold right on the D-pad to open your Satchel and use the bumpers to find the Documents tab, where newspapers can be found. Select an issue to read it and search for a pull quote. You'd have to flip the paper and look to the bottom right to find the cheat c

As for the crunch that will be retained, Iwiński told Kotaku "We’ve been communicating clearly to people that of course there are certain moments where we need to work harder—like I think the E3 demo is a pretty good example" and Badowski said "sometimes we have unique specialties, very unique people, great site and you cannot clone them. We need them to work on highly specific things. And we need to ask them to spend more time on something highly specific because there’s no other way to do