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Blizzard boss says keeping World of Warcraft players happy for 20 years is so hard because the MMO is filled with "different demographics that only have so much time in their day"
News Striking the right balance for everyone is a "never-ending" struggle
After 3 years and 44,327 overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews, viral hit PowerWash Simulator is finally getting a sequel complete with split-screen co-op
News The viral first-person soaper evolves its own winning formula
Lady Dimitrescu actor wasn't a gamer before Resident Evil Village, so she "pulled a lot of Shakespeare stuff" into her vampire mommy role
News Lady D "really truly" changed her life
City-builder dev implores Valve to give devs real social media tools on Steam, because they're "terrified of the future market" and need a "solution for indie sustainability"
news The Falconeer and Bulwark developer wants Valve to improve its follower and social systems
Despite more than $60 million in investments, Shroud-backed FPS Spectre Divide and its dev are shutting down after the first season failed "to cover day-to-day costs"
News The 3v3 tactical shooter is going offline sometime in the next 30 days
Avowed director says Xbox and Microsoft are "very happy" with the reception to its new Obsidian RPG
News Carrie Patel reveals the megacorp is happy with the number of people in Eora
Ubisoft shareholder plans protest in response to mismanagement, Assassin's Creed Shadows delays, and alleged acquisition talks with Microsoft and EA
News AJ Investments calls Ubisoft "horribly mismanaged"
Balatro creator hits back at AI art spread on the roguelike's subreddit: "I don't use it in my game, I think it does real harm to artists of all kinds"
News Localthunk lands on the anti side of the AI art fence
The Skate reboot isn't even out yet, but it already has an EA specialty: microtransactions
News We don't know when skate. is launching into early access, but you can be extra sure it'll have freemium currency to buy when it's here
As Palworld studio's publishing branch teases new reveals, its head is "nervous" that "people will just expect more" games like its survival hit
News Pocketpair Publishing isn't aiming to simply create more Palworld-shaped games
Balatro creator started "properly playing the game myself about a week before launch" and had "a pretty emotional moment" where he realized it's "actually fun"
News Well, of course
Kingmakers is a strategy game about taking on medieval armies with a gun, but its devs thought the giant mech was too much
News Bringing a giant mechanized titan to a sword fight isn't very demure
The Witcher 3 lead says "not many games" were trying to match the RPG back in 2015, and that meant "there was a risk" to making it in the first place
News CDPR's big risk paid off
The Sims rival InZoi has 300 people hanging out in each of its in-game cities and they all "interact with each other in real-time"
News A good recipe for mayhem
The Witcher 4 devs explain how Ciri's fighting style will differ from Geralt's: "He's nimble, but he feels like a block...she's liquid"
News Ciri's build and personality all influence a new fighting style in CD Projekt Red's sequel
True to the anime, Stardew Valley's hottest mod adds two romanceable Demon Slayer dudes who are both "rude and standoffish" at first
News Genya and Sanemi seem to have retired to a peaceful life
Arrowhead reveals the Helldivers 2 ideas left on its cutting room floor, from 5-player squads to low-gravity planets and a whole new armor system
News I'd quite like to see floating Divers some day
With 18,000 glowing Steam reviews on their lovely debut game, this indie team's game about leading cute fantasy yaks up a mountain is instantly one to watch
News From the FAR team
Genre giants Metal Gear Solid and Splinter Cell might not be kicking like they used to, but underrated stealth gem Styx is coming back for another game
News Styx: Blades of Greed is sneaking out later this year
This Harry Potter parody game is more than just a meme - it's a co-op "comedic sandbox with a complete lack of safety nets" and 100% positive Steam reviews
News Secret Agent Wizard Boy's early access release has no negative reviews so far
"What the f*** is this?": Split Fiction's Josef Fares shuts down players upset by the game's two female protagonists
News The It Takes Two director doesn't "care what's in between your legs"
Balatro's first few hours generated over $600,000, "far more money" than the roguelike's creator had ever made: "It is the most surreal day of my life"
News Its launch was 10-20 times bigger than LocalThunk thought it would be
Yet another Respawn shooter has reportedly been canceled, following the studio's Star Wars FPS and rumored Titanfall Legends game to the grave
News It's reportedly EA's third Respawn cancelation in just over two years
