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• What's it like to walk across an entire planet in No Man's Sky?

  A Reddit poster going by the name ‘ St3amb0t’ has recounted his journey circumnavigating an entire planet in No Man’s Sky by foot, a feat that took him around 40 hours.

• Destiny subreddit creator hired by Bungie as community manager

  Bungie has hired Chris ‘Cozmo23’ Shannon, who created the Destiny subreddit, as a community manager.

• Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman takes over for exiting CEO Ellen Pao

  Ellen Pao resigned as Reddit’s interim CEO yesterday, and the site’s co-founder Steve Huffman has stepped in to fill her shoes.

• This is why gaming subreddits are offline

  A few of the most popular gaming subreddits have been set to private in protest.

• Is James Cameron in Alien: Isolation?

  An eagle-eyed Redditor named THE-WARD3VIL has posted a screenshot of an open magazine with what looks to be James Cameron’s likeness. The caption reads “just started playing alien isolation, already found james cameron [sic]” and while there’s not been official confirmation, that’s pretty much exactly what it looks like.

• Reddit has just closed a $50 million round of outside funding

  Reddit has raised $50 million in a round of outside funding which will allow it to hire more staff, expand its community management team and more.

• Now there's a Reddit app for your Xbox One

  As if you don’t spend enough time on Reddit already, you’ll seen be able to use it on your Xbox One too. Major Nelson has released a video to walk you through how it’ll work.

• World of Darkness manual, screenshots from March playtest leaked

  World of Darkness leaks have appeared online a couple weeks after the news of its cancellation was announced by CCP.

• Evolve developers Turtle Rock hosting AMA on Reddit, and it's live

  Evolve developer Turtle Rock is featured in a Reddit AMA session, and it’s going on right this minute. If you would like to ask some of the artists questions on the upcoming shooter, sign in through the link. Studio co-founder Phil Robb will also be on hand to answer all sorts of queries tossed in […]

• Gabe Newell's Reddit AMA rescheduled for tomorrow

  Valve founder Gabe Newell’s Reddit AMA was derailed today, but you can tune in to watch the hive mind pester the Steam boss tomorrow.

• Assassin's Creed: modern day game doubtful, closure of Connor's story unlikely says Ubisoft

  Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag developer Ubisoft Montreal has taken to Reddit to answer a slew of fan questions. The team has poured cold water on hopes that a modern day entry to the series could happen.

• Xbox One measurements released, Kinect cable length confirmed - report

  Xbox One has been sized up by a ‘verified’ Xbox One developer over on Reddit. Kinect’s girth and cable length have also been noted, which should come useful to those fearing a living room upheaval.

• 2K Marin reddit AMA explains The Bureau: XCOM Declassified's canon status

  Some staffers from 2K Marin, devs on The Bureau, held an Ask Me Anything on reddit an hour ago, and despite the fact that a lot of folks tend to tie the identity of the XCOM franchise to a gameplay genre that this prequel is looking to skirt a bit, there was a question about […]

• Microsoft will "absolutely not" block Xbox One games if your Live account is banned, says Nelson

  Microsoft’s community figure Major Nelson has stated that the company will not block your library of Xbox One games should your Xbox Live account become banned. The statement was given at E3 last week and comes as confusion clouds the matter.

• Dean Hall discusses responsibility of consumers, The War Z and accusations from his own family

  Dean Hall, creator of DayZ, has once again visited Reddit in order to answer questions about his game and The War Z. As expected, he doesn’t pull any punches when giving answers. Hall discusses the responsibility of consumers, his anger towards The War Z, and accusations from his family in decent length.

• Guild Wars 2 boss discusses security issues & account theft

  Guild Wars 2 launched on Tuesday and was almost instantly besieged by security and server issues. ArenaNet co-founder Mike O’Brien has discussed these issues and more in detail on Reddit.

• Notch: 'Minecraft mod used to threaten my vision' - Minecraft creator speaks

  Minecraft creator, Markus “Notch” Persson took to Reddit last night to take part in an ‘Ask me anything’ Q&A session with fans, revealing the developers thoughts on the modding community and the prospect of future updates.