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System Shock and Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
After buying Nightdive and Digital Eclipse last year, Atari CEO says the company has 'already opened more doors and more opportunities' for both studios

By Wes Fenlon Published

News "For both companies there are a lot of exciting announcements to come."

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Sci-fi character from Dune
Survival MMO Dune: Awakening wants to 'pull people away from competing and fighting over bases' and have them battle over spice instead

By Christopher Livingston Published

News Funcom says PvP works best when players are "fighting over something that's not as personal as your base."

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Sci-fi character from Dune
Dune: Awakening's survival systems might do the impossible: make smashing boulders and collecting water fun

By Christopher Livingston Published

let's rock Harvesting rocks and stockpiling water are usually mindless chores, but in Funcom's survival MMO they look kinda enjoyable.

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Marvel's Midnight Suns - Wolverine
Midnight Suns devs 'absolutely' knew cards would be a controversial choice, but they were also 'absolutely the right fit for this game and our design goals'

By Wes Fenlon Published

News Midnight Suns' game director explains how XCOM's combat evolved into the strategic card system that emphasized "feeling heroic."

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Luna Abyss bullet hell FPS
I've now played exactly one bullet hell FPS, and I'm ready for this to be the next big genre

By Wes Fenlon Published

Orb-pilled Luna Abyss upends some FPS conventions—like, uh, aiming—to great effect.

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Hyper Light Breaker player characters standing in a row with yellow cloud and dark background behind
Hyper Light Drifter's long-awaited sequel feels like the first game got caught in a transporter accident with Risk of Rain⁠ 2—and I can't wait for more

By Ted Litchfield Published

open world Procedural generation's still an open question, but Hyper Light Breaker's combat is already a winner.

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Ciri in Cyberpunk
How are CD Projekt's side quests so good? Cyberpunk quest designer says they reject 'over 90%' of their pitches

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News Just use the good ideas. Simple as.

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knockout city
'Make a private hosted version of your game': Knockout City dev's top tip for studios shutting down a live service game is to give players the keys

By Tyler Wilde Published

news "Ultimately, it keeps the game that everybody at the studio worked so hard on alive forever."

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World of Warcraft Paladin character
Against all odds, World of Warcraft's subscription price hasn't changed in 20 years: 'I'd rather have a big, healthy, happy audience' than risk driving players away with a price hike, Warcraft boss says

By Tyler Colp Published

news Blizzard isn't planning on changing the subscription fee anytime soon.

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Dave holds up a fish he just caught
'Is Dave The Diver an indie game? I would say no,' says game director

By Christopher Livingston Published

news "Everyone says triple-A or indie, but there's so many games in between," Jaeho Hwang of Mintrocket said at GDC.

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