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May 20, 2024
Diablo 4's Season 4 PTR didn't reveal everything; Blizzard teases there are "still a few small items" to reveal that "will round out the season"
It turns out the Diablo 4 team didn't quite bring everything to bear in Season 4's Public Test Realm, as there are a few small extra items to come at launch. Reflecting on the PTR that's since closed, global community development director Adam Fletcher thanks the community for getting involved and assures that the team has been combing through feedback...
May 20, 2024
City-builder dev tempers expectations for anticipated new game by reminding fans it's not an RPG, RTS, map game, or a Total War competitor
Manor Lords is launching into Early Access next week, and as the milestone approaches, its developer is taking a moment to remind fans what the game isn't. Yes, it's a slightly inexplicable way of celebrating the imminent launch milestone, but Manor Lords developer Slavic Magic clearly feels the need to get ahead of expectations for the new game. The new...
May 20, 2024
Incredibly realistic GTA VR mod garners praise from former GTA 5 developer who says they "barely recognize the game I worked so hard on" and reveals Rockstar "had no interest" in making its own
One former GTA 5 developer says they barely recognize the game I worked so hard on after seeing it in VR combined with an ultra-realistic graphics mod, and has revealed that Rockstar's lack of interest in making anything similar is part of why they stopped working there in the first place. The veteran developer, Bela Kampis, spent a year working...
May 20, 2024
This Nintendo Indie Showcase debut had platformer fans calling it a Pizza Tower clone, but they're both inspired by the same 2001 GBA classic
Pizza Tower fans have been waiting for the well-loved PC indie platformer to make the jump to consoles, but this week's Nintendo Indie Showcase once again failed to deliver that announcement. Instead, we saw a very similar-looking game called Antonblast - and while some elements of the fandom were quick to call it a Pizza Tower clone, both games owe...
May 20, 2024
Cities: Skylines 2's first DLC went down so badly it's free now, and the city builder devs have delayed the next expansion to focus on fixing everything else
Cities: Skylines 2 is still having a very rough time, to the point where every player who bought the recent Beach Properties DLC will soon be offered compensation, and its devs are delaying the Bridges and Ports Expansion as well as the console release of the base game. Sadly for fans of the city builder, complaints surrounding Cities: Skylines 2...
May 20, 2024
Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 will add "improved evil endings" even if you're not playing Dark Urge, and cross-play and photo mode are on their way too
Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 is in the works, and it sounds like it's going big on evil endings for the game, even if you aren't playing as the Dark Urge. Today, April 18, Larian took to the Steam forums to post a big update for Baldur's Gate 3 players discussing, among other things, the studio's plans for its next...
May 20, 2024
Indie devs behind Animal Crossing-style management sim with 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam reviews get candid about future plans: "Will we milk this? No, we clearly don't want to do that"
The developers behind cozy management sim Minami Lane have gotten candid about indie game development and revealed they have no plans to milk their game despite its success. In a post on the r/GameDev subreddit, one-third of Minami Lane's development team, 'Doot', shared a post-mortem of their game - giving an honest insight into what it takes to publish a...
May 20, 2024
After slowing the Automaton invasion, Helldivers 2's next Major Order asks players to squash 2 billion Terminids - and 100 million of them died in the first hour
The latest Helldivers 2 Major Order is live, and it simply tasks Super Earth's soldiers with squishing two billion Terminids in right around six days. Today, April 18, Arrowhead initiated a new phase of Helldivers 2's ongoing Galactic War - tasking players with eliminating two billion Terminids throughout the whole world. That might sound like a staggering number, but Super...
May 20, 2024
Before it can even launch, Steam's most-anticipated city-builder is forced to patch an economy-busting 'exploit' by hard-nerfing sheep
The developer of Steam's most-anticipated city-builder says he had to nerf sheep at the last minute to prevent crippling economy exploits. Manor Lords is due to release next week. The medieval city-builder is on an incredible trajectory, having recently topped 2.5 million wishlists to become the most-wishlisted game on Steam (despite its solo dev's girlfriend predicting it would only garner...
May 20, 2024
Even though it's not Baldur's Gate 4, Larian's next RPG "will be our best work ever" says 'excited' Baldur's Gate 3 director
Baldur's Gate 3 CEO Swen Vincke has issued a new statement about developer Larian Studio's next RPG, promising that it could be our best work ever. In a message via Steam, Larian reiterated that it had no plans to work on Baldur's Gate 4, and had scrapped early efforts for Baldur's Gate 3 DLC. Instead, the team is working on...
May 20, 2024
The first Nintendo emulator to land on the App Store and stick following an Apple rule change plays DS, GBA, N64 games for free
A free retro Nintendo game emulator is now live on the Apple App Store, and because of recent changes made to Apple's app review guidelines, it's actually permitted to be on there. Whether Nintendo will take kindly to it is another matter, given its stance that supporting emulation also supports the illegal piracy of our products. In case you missed...
May 20, 2024
Nier Automata's Yoko Taro thinks Japanese devs have struggled to embrace Western tech, but Stellar Blade's director says "Japanese content is completely back on top"
Nier Automata's director believes Japanese game developers have had difficulty implementing Western systems because it was hard for them to move away from Japanese-made game engines. In a new interview with IGN, Nier Automata director Yoko Taro and Stellar Blade director Hyung-Tae Kim are asked why very few Japanese developers make games that look as good as Stellar Blade. That's...
May 20, 2024
Hades 2 fans think the roguelike sequel confirms a 6-year-old fan theory about the mysterious narrator's identity, in an easter egg 2,000 years in the making
The Hades 2 technical test has only been live for a day, and it already seems to have confirmed a long-running fan theory about who the Narrator is. Earlier this week, developer Supergiant Games announced that the Hades 2 beta will begin shortly and that the roguelike's Early Access shouldn't be far behind. Jump ahead just two days and the...
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