"You're swimming against the tide making games like this": Why more developers didn't copy Firewatch's reactive storytelling
By the time Campo Santo were reaching the end of Firewatch's development, Chris Remo was itching to start over. "I …
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“Not even the littlest bit": GTA 6 publisher CEO doesn't think genAI will level the playing field for smaller devs
Hello everybody! A major technology company executive is talking in this, the year 2026, which means it's time for more …
Nvidia DLSS 5 critics have the tech "completely wrong", CEO Jensen Huang insists, arguing it's somehow "very different than generative AI"
As you're probably aware, Nvidia unveiled DLSS 5 earlier this week, showing off the tech via a slideshow of game …
A day after Unknown Worlds' ousted CEO gets reinstated, Subnautica 2 gets an early access release date
Welp, it's only been a day since we got wind that a judge has ordered Krafton to reinstate the former …
Death Stranding 2's PC launch comes with a tougher new mode and, staying true to the brand, live-action cutscenes
That there PC release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is now only a couple of days away, and …
MindsEye developers Build a Rocket Boy and IO Interactive announce their publishing divorce, won't stay together for the Hitman crossover
Build a Rocket Boy, developers of MindsEye, and the publishing arm of Hitman studio IO Interactive have announced the end …
Bethesda reveal Starfield's Terran Armada DLC: it's about a space robot army and drops alongside a beefy free overhaul of the base game
Bethesda have followed up being one of the studios gushing about Nvidia's face yassifying DLSS 5 tech by revealing two …
Far Cry's open world takes on new significance when you consider the etymology of "explore"
During a random dictionary delve last week I learned that "explore" once meant to cry out. It comes from an …
"You're not doing parkour off a roof, but the principles were the same": How the makers of Firewatch pulled from Mirror's Edge, Far Cry 2, and Bioshock to tell a new kind of story in a walking simulator
In May 2014, the small team at Campo Santo were still in the early days of making Firewatch, a first-person …
Origin, a breezy free-to-play open world RPG
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin is three things. Firstly, it is available now on Steam. Secondly, it is a splashy …
Judge orders Subnautica 2 bosses be handed back control of company after Krafton found guilty of "wrongfully usurping control"
Less than a year since Krafton fired the co-founders of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds, a Delaware court has ordered …
"We don't reuse enough": Far Cry 4 director says developers need to stop doing "pointless work" and learn lessons from Elden Ring and Like A Dragon
No matter how many times you walk through the Like A Dragon series' nearly ever-present stomping ground of Kamurocho, odds …
Addled brain properly fall in love with the weirdest Elder Scrolls in latest showcase
While not as close to release as its sibling-of-sorts Skyblivion, we've been getting regular looks at what Morrowind remake mod …
Gotham Knights studio Warner Bros. Games Montréal appear to have laid off staff
Warner Bros. Games Montréal, developers of Gotham Knights, look to have laid off an unspecified number of staff late last …
Everybody fights, no-one goes AFK in Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War, the new FPS from the makers of Warhammer 40K Boltgun
Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War is out today on PC. It's another licensed retro first-person shooter from Auroch Digital, the …
Skyblivion project lead says the massive Oblivion remake mod is "in a great place" during its first proper showcase of 2026
The team behind Skyblivion, the massive mod remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, have shown off a few late-stage Mages …
Starfield is a game people were "just not ready" for and it'll still come good at some point, reckons Fallout 4 composer
Starfield, despite having fallen short of lodging itself as firmly in the bit of humanity's collective psyche labelled 'the good …
There's no secret Cyberpunk 2077 DLC coming, CD Projekt say, immediately setting themselves up for more nagging about secret Witcher 3 DLC
No. I, your dad, haven't bought you any Christmas presents. No, that isn't the wry smile of deceit you see …
Rooftops are jumped, skulls are thumped and a man falls on his wet bum in Thief-esque Project Shadowglass' latest trailer
Shhhhhhh. I'm trying to sneak into this poor bloke's castle. I'm doing it all stealthy, sneaky, and shadowy-like. I'm climbing …
Survivor is adding a bulldozing new class, while fellow spinoff Rogue Core gets an early access release date
In today’s dwarf news, both Deep Rock Galactic spinoffs had announcements to make at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase. …