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Valve Updates Team Fortress 2 to 64-Bit, Boosting Performance of the 17-Year-Old FPS (www.ign.com)
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[–] dbaner@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago

This always happens. The first pre-release screenshots are the ones with the most views so tend to appear at the top of Google searches. Guaranteeing them to be used in most news stories for years to come. Which gives them more views. Which gives them a higher Google rank. Etc...