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Baldur's Gate 3 investigator says Larian "neutered" one of the RPG's major factions, stopping its NPCs from using their "most important" D&D class feature
News It's bad news for the Harpers
Assassin's Creed Odyssey helped shape Star Wars Outlaws because its director "could pick up the phone and talk to" Ubisoft's other devs about the technicalities of shaping their open world
News "How did you do this? What was too big for you? What was too long a distance for traversal?'"
Cult D&D-style RPG Wildermyth was supposed to be finished - so imagine my surprise at its perfectly-timed console port complete with local co-op
News I'm extremely excited for Wildermyth on Switch
9 years into development, one-time Minecraft challenger Hytale is checking that its new engine can actually run its own game
News Hypixel wants to "verify that our engine [is] capable of supporting our gameplay"
Baldur's Gate 3 lead says "forward momentum will make another" game as good as the world-beating RPG as Larian does "much forward thinking" about what's next
News "It's such a good game"
Devs behind survival MMO Pax Dei say it currently feels a little more like Valheim than WoW, but that'll change once they let you form "actual civilizations"
News On the shoulders of giants
GTA: San Andreas dev says GTA 6 leaks aren't a big deal -"It's just because there are millions of people waiting for any news, and Rockstar doesn't give them any news"
News "Their best bet is just to be quiet"
Borderlands boss says fantasy spin-off Tiny Tina's Wonderlands was "wildly successful," and because it was so big "it's reasonable for our fans to expect more there"
News Time for Tiny Tina Two?
Thanks to its PS1-era Snitch mechanics, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions' first gameplay trailer suggests Wizard Sport Tech hasn't moved on in 23 years
News This is some Philosopher's Stone-level Snitch tech
This beautiful, Japanese mythology-inspired Metroidvania is far from a Hollow Knight clone, but it's exactly what you need while you wait for Silksong
Features Indie Spotlight | Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus is a gorgeous 2.D Metroidvania
Flintlock: Siege of Dawn isn't a Soulslike or an action RPG – it's a Souls-lite designed to help newcomers discover "what's so great about this genre"
Interview After making "very much a Soulslike" with Ashen, the Flintlock team is trying to create a new subgenre
It sounds like all the tech behind planet-spanning survival game Light No Fire is hiding within No Man's Sky's massive new update
Features Opinion | This week didn't bring any news on Hello Games' ambitious next project, but are there some clues hiding in plain sight?
Leaked Valve data reveals it's smaller than most AAA developers, let alone publishers – and The Witcher 4 seemingly has 5x more staff than the entirety of Steam
News Valve is punching far above its weight
Rumored BioShock 4 screenshot shows off some new powers and a very punchy-looking shotgun
News Booker would be proud
Concord gets an early seal of approval from hero shooter rival Overwatch, amid open beta praise for "solid gunplay" and some amazing sci-fi art
News Concord had a strong first weekend
Baldur's Gate 3 won so many awards that it started to "affect development", forcing Larian to send "rotating teams" of devs to ceremonies
News Swen Vincke is suffering from success
Cyberpunk 2 director thought he was getting fired - just before he was asked to help lead the RPG sequel and set up CDPR's new studio
News Pawel Sasko went on a rollercoaster of emotions
Baldur's Gate 3 CEO says Larian was "fighting with embassies" to relocate developers after closing its Russian studio in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine
News "The decision was instant: We can't stay here"
The Witcher 4 is "the most advanced" game CD Projekt is working on right now, ahead of Cyberpunk 2 and The Witcher remake
News CDPR has a busy slate, but The Witcher 4 is at its head
Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer is "really curious" to see the CRPG series' future beyond Larian - but suggests that people should maybe chill out on the "spicy" fan art
News "Some of it's so spicy that it burns my mouth"
Helldivers 2 CEO promises "our intent is to add more stuff for long term progression," and he's turning to the community for ideas
News Great news if you've got thousands of common samples to your name
Survival juggernaut Terraria has officially outsold Super Mario Bros - and its devs waited 2 years just to flex its latest sales milestone
News At 58.7 million sales, Terraria can't be stopped
Former World of Warcraft security expert defends survival hit Once Human's unpopular privacy policy: "fearmongering on social media is boring as s***"
News It's not as bad as you think
