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Obsidian's Josh Sawyer on RPG cities: 'Compared to a dungeon, generally speaking, a town is 4x the expense per square foot'
It's these freaking zoning laws, man.
Here's one bit of good news for Mass Effect: modders are bringing the multiplayer mode to Mass Effect Legendary Edition
"Enemies still active, stay alert."
Rings of Power showrunners say it "hits its stride" in season 3 despite divisive fan response
Patrick McKay reflects on fan feedback ahead of season 3
Gag Order is a co-op, SCP-ish horror shooter about surviving as best you can against some nasty, tentacle covered cephalopod creatures
What makes Carrion interesting obviously lies in playing as the monster in a horror game rather than being the one chased down by it. The game's nasty tentacle monster still gives me the heebie jeebies, so I really would hate to be hunted by one. This is where I point you towards Gag Order, a shooter where you are in fact hunted by a disgusting cephalopod creature all while tracking down a distress signal. Read more
Dune: Awakening's seasonally appropriate Blood and Ice expansion gets a December release date, and in a plus for preservation, an offline mode this month
December is certainly going to be the month of Dune. The biggest Dune of Dunecember will obviously go to Dune: Part 3, which is Duen out December 18th. A little bit before that, however, is a well-timed free expansion coming to Dune: Awakening . It's called Blood and Ice, which sounds gross, but hey, I guess free blood and ice isn't entirely a bad thing? Read more
What remains of canned Portal prequel white whale F-Stop is now fully playable thanks to modders and some big leaks
If you're something of a Portal or Half-Life head, you'll probably already be familiar with F-Stop, an unreleased Portal prequel that remained quite mysterious for many years. Back in 2020 , a much deeper look was revealed in a semi-official capacity, revealing a pretty neat concept (that isn't so dissimilar to that of Superliminal). Now, all these years later, assets and source code for the game has leaked, and what exists of F-Stop is fully playable. Read more
Jagex partnered with a RuneScape-inspired idle game to turn the sequel into an official spinoff
Melvor Idle 2 has gained a subtitle: A RuneScape Adventure.
Smash hit co-op space cleanup game Moon Sweepers is "nowhere near finished" as it soars past the half-million mark
DragDrop Games celebrates over 600,000 players and climbing for its indie co-op game, but the moon is “only the beginning of your career.”
At Dead of Night sequel The Great Hugo is coming "(very) soon"
Baggy Cat Games, the team behind viral FMV horror game At Dead Of Night, has confirmed that a sequel is "coming (very) soon". Read more
Final Fantasy 14: Evercold sets itself a release date at the tail end of winter, alongside offering a look at its second, avian-inclined new job
Let's start with the bad news: Final Fantasy 14: Evercold has been delayed. The good news, that doesn't matter all that much, as it's only a delay of roughly a month, and a release date has been set in stone too: February 23rd, 2027. It's cutting it a bit close to the seasons shifting towards spring, making the game seasonally inappropriate, but hey ho, February is still winter! Read more
Grand Theft Auto 6 teased a handful of its upcoming radio stations and its music curation is as strong as ever
I can already picture my late-night Leonida drives to these bangers.
GTA 6 lead channels the spirit of Skyrim-era Todd Howard: "You can go anywhere, any random location"
Rockstar's next contains "an order of magnitude more interiors" than its predecessors
Interview: Fan Translator Chapu Talks Upcoming Projects, Gaming in Argentina, & Resurfacing The PS1's Strangest Oddities
"Games that aren't great also deserve a translation, & a chance to reach a wider audience.". When the hacker Chapu Translations released his PS1 fan translation of Gust Co., Ltd.'s slapstick 3D adventure Welcome House 2 in December 2024 , he was fulfilling a decade-long dream. A huge fan of the PlayStation 1's eclectic Japanese library and a great admirer of the PlayStation fan translation community, he had always wanted to produce his own English translations of Japanese games; however, he admits some early failed attempts forced him to put his dreams on hold in 2014. Read the full article on timeextension.com
GOG wants to bring back physical games, but it's 'a very, very complicated thing'
"You click on the game that you would like to receive a physical copy of, you order it, and it gets to you. That would be a perfect scenario."
Valve's long-lost prototype Portal prequel appears online after nearly 20 years
F-Stop was a result of a post-Orange Box, 2007 Valve game jam.
Modern Warfare 4 on Switch 2 has much worse input lag than PS5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on Switch 2 has noticeably worse input lag than on PS5, which could put Nintendo players at a disadvantage in multiplayer. Read more
It looks like footage of a Persona 1 remake has leaked, and if it's legit I really hope you don't hate the colour purple
In this genAI world, every single leak that makes its way out into the world should be seen as more of a "leak" until proven otherwise. With that said, it does kind of seem like a remake of the first Persona game is on the way, with some footage supposedly leaking and showing it in action. Read more
Upcoming indie RTS DORF aims to solve "the Command and Conquer problem" with infantry, by looking to Menace
A DORF update shows the RTS game’s improved squad system and dynamic infantry reinforcements, along with new units and suppression systems.
Composer and designer Lena Raine explains how Pigstep altered Minecraft's approach to music: 'The prompt I keep hearing is "Oh, Pigstep was such a banger that they want more bangers"'
The composer for Celeste and Minecraft guides us through the games on her PC.
Despite GOG's best efforts this classic Dune RTS is trapped in 5-way licensing hell
"The situation is a good example of how bad it can get"
'An absolute behemoth': Wildly ambitious FPS Selaco is getting a massive update that doubles its size and adds 'a heavy machinegun that fires literal explosions'
Selaco: The Machines of War arrives later this month.
Chronicles: Medieval developer faces imminent closure after losing funding: 'What makes it hurt is how close we are. Early access is in reach'
But the studio says it is "not going down without a fight".
Footage of a Persona 1 remake has seemingly leaked online
Almost two minutes of footage from what appears to be a remake of the original Persona has leaked online. Read more
It's not just Steam: New game pages created per day on Itch.io has doubled in the last two months, with AI slop the likely culprit
"The number of downloads and purchases has *not* doubled."