"We ended up kind of cornered there": Mortal Shell 2 devs say they didn't intend to "lock everybody out" by disabling achievements for Slayer Seal "easy mode" users

They were caught out by the practicalities of selling the game on discs

The creepy Malborn Offspring of Mortal Shell 2 prepares for battle, with a huge blade and a face that is a gaping crevasse of nothingness.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Playstack

Formidable fantasy soulslike Mortal Shell 2 has been getting it in the shins from certain players over the decision to 'lock them out' of Steam achievements, when they equip the notorious Slayer Seal.

Hear Neil Young’s New Recording of a Song He Originally Wrote as a Teenager in 1965

Long May He Run

“Casting Me Away From You” will appear on Young’s new LP Second Song, which he recorded with the Chrome Dreams

In October 1965, seven months before he left the Toronto folk scene to move to Los Angeles, Neil Young recorded the ballad “Casting Me Away From You” in the attic of his high school buddy, Comrie Smith. Young revisited the melody for the 1968 instrumental track “The Emperor of Wyoming,” which kicks off his self-titled solo debut LP, and the line “we found things to do in stormy weather” was used in his 1976 classic “Long May You Run.” 

The Witcher 4 Confirmed for 2028 Release in Official CD Projekt Gamescom 2026 Announcement

The Witcher 4 is targeting a 2028 release window, CD Projekt has confirmed.

The announcement comes via a special video message from Michał Nowakowski, Joint Chief Executive Officer, CD Projekt Red. Assuming CD Projekt hits 2028 for The Witcher 4, and the company sticks to its ambitious release strategy for this new The Witcher trilogy, we could see The Witcher 5 in 2031 and The Witcher 6 in 2034.

UK graduate job vacancies plunge to lowest in a decade

Graduate job vacancies in the UK have sunk to their lowest level since they started being tracked a decade ago, according to a recruiting website.

Just 8,383 jobs for people leaving university were advertised in July, Adzuna reported on Monday, down 45% compared with the same point last year and the lowest since the company started gathering the data in 2016.