Blizzard's game director defends Diablo 4's constant system overhauls as a natural consequence of live-service action RPGs, where design problems only surface once players sink thousands of hours into the game.
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Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive have apologised for a controversial $5 voice pack DLC and made it free to all players after the gaming community roundly rejected what many saw as incomplete and misleadingly advertised content.
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Melbourne Writers Festival marks its 40th anniversary with a major program launching this week, featuring former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern and international literary luminaries.
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Kyle Sandilands has rejected ARN's termination of his $100 million contract and vowed a legal battle, as the network haemorrhages listeners across Sydney in wake of the shock jock's clash with co-host Jackie O.
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With South Australia's election set for Saturday, polling suggests an emphatic Labor victory. But the real story is what happens to the fragmented right.
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Fresh ratings show Kyle and Jackie O lost Sydney listeners and struggled in Melbourne as their $200m radio experiment unravels
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Two high-profile insider trading cases exposed a glaring weakness in prediction market regulation: the exchanges themselves are doing the policing, with little federal enforcement to back them up.
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Iran's 18-day internet blackout reveals a calculated two-tier system: state officials and loyalists get unfiltered access while ordinary citizens remain offline, unable to verify information or reach the outside world.
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The RBA's March rate hike to 4.10% will push some small businesses over the edge, yet the government is doing little to help. Rate rises are the wrong tool for an energy-driven inflation crisis.
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Marvel Rivals is deliberately mixing Marvel's greatest hits with characters few have heard of. The bet is that comic depth, not just cinematic fame, will keep players engaged.
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Google's new AI notification summaries finally give Pixel users what iPhone owners have had for years: a way to quickly scan long conversations without opening every message thread.
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A council's attempt to modernise its HR and payroll systems has exploded from a £2.6m project to £41m, revealing the systemic failures that plague government IT.
Riley Fitzgerald One Nation's surge to 23.5% primary support signals something more damaging than a protest vote. It's the sound of Australians giving up on both major parties to solve cost-of-living pressures.
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The Burnett River rose to 7.4 metres in March 2026, inundating over 350 homes and businesses in Bundaberg and prompting the deadliest flood response in Queensland.
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McLaren suffered an unprecedented double failure at Shanghai, with both Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris unable to start the Chinese Grand Prix due to pre-race technical issues.
Riley Fitzgerald Comprehensive car insurance premiums have surged 42% over five years, with major insurers hiking new policies by up to 25% as repair costs and labour shortages drive claims to record levels.
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The Nationals' new leader is an economist with ministerial experience and a reading habit. Whether policy rigour can save the party from One Nation's surge remains the open question.
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UK Parliament's Public Accounts Committee chair has questioned why the DWP awarded Capita a major civil service payroll contract despite the outsourcer's recent failures managing pensions for 1.5 million public servants.
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Father Dave Smith, the boxing priest known for his activism on Palestine issues, has challenged former Prime Minister Tony Abbott to a charity bout after a clash at a pro-Palestine rally.
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Dreamhaven's new roguelite Shadowstone kicks off a public playtest today. The publisher desperately needs a hit.
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