Former Mount & Blade modders are making Kinstrife, a medieval mosh pitter set in 13th century Germany
Arrrrrrrrrghhhh. Slash. Thunk. Well, we're a man down. It's a good thing that in the genre of strategy sandboxes built …
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"Departures are necessary," Crystal Dynamics say as they yet again lay off Tomb Raider staff, but they're "fully committed" to the reboot and sequel
Tomb Raider developers Crystal Dynamics have announced their fourth round of layoffs in 12 months. A total of 20 staff …
Like space RPG Exodus drops another in-game trailer, much to the misfortune of Biggs "The Bolt" Keil
Exodus was announced as a fulsome narrative experiment with time dilation, aided and abetted by extremely non-AI-generated Matthew McConaughey – …
Silksong's Sea of Sorrow expansion, Team Cherry have gotten their Traditional Chinese and German translation ducks in a row
Hollow Knight: Silksong devs Team Cherry have put out what they're aiming to be the "last significant update" prior to …
"The sheer scale is daunting": These Baldur's Gate 3 modders are remaking the entirety of Baldur's Gate 1 as a custom campaign, with a first demo already out
Last August, I wrote about a Baldur's Gate 3 modder who had recreated Candlekeep, the library-fortress which serves as the …
"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 …
“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 …
AI’s ‘boys’ club’ could widen the wealth gap for women, says Rana el Kaliouby
AI investor Rana el Kaliouby warns that if women are shut out of AI funding and leadership, the consequences will …
"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 …
Frore hits $1.64B
At Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's urging, Frore developed liquid-cooling tech for chips. That shift helped it raise $143 million.
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 …
Fuse raises $25M to disrupt aging loan origination systems used by US credit unions
The startup also announced a $5 million "rescue fund" to help credit unions ditch legacy software for its AI-native platform.
"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 …