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Swen Vincke
Larian is finished with Baldur's Gate: 'We're going to move away from D&D and we're going to start making a new thing'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Larian boss Swen Vincke said the studio's ambitions are too big, and life is too short, to be making Baldur's Gate 3 expansions.

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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty cinematics
CDPR wanted to split players 'in a way that's almost 50/50' with Phantom Liberty's hardest choice, and drew on the toughest decision in Witcher 2 to do it

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Did you struggle to choose towards Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's end? Then CDPR did its job.

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A screenshot from the State of Unreal address at GDC 2024, showing a character riding a futuristic motorbike across the sand in the upcoming Dune game with a spaceship on fire above
'You name it, we made it faster'—The State of Unreal keynote didn't just show off Unreal Engine 5.4 graphical goodies, but major performance optimisations too

By Andy Edser Published

news Shiny good, but shiny also demanding. Unreal Engine 5.4 aims to make that less so.

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Tarn and Zach Adams laugh during an interview at GDC 2024.
'Big Wait's dead': Dwarf Fortress creators are going to stop disappearing for months to get updates done in a post-Kitfox world

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Tarn waits for no man. Or uh, dwarf.

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Two spies from Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty meet in a dusty bar.
Putting the roleplay back in the RPG was a huge reason for Cyberpunk 2077's recent metro and romance updates, says associate game director: 'It's easy to overlook'

By Harvey Randall Published

News The vibes are vital.

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Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra trailer still - Captain America and Black Panther face to face, about to fight
'America's hero, dancing around in red white and blue underwear': Black Panther trash-talks the Cap in the first trailer for Amy Hennig's WW2 Marvel game

By Andy Chalk Published

news Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, as it's now officially known, will be out in 2025.

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Images of developers at the GDScream event at GDC 2024
Watch a bunch of game developers screaming in a public park to protest the state of the industry: 'It feels hard to be here and pretend like everything is fine'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Amidst the excitement of GDC, dozens of developers shared a moment of pure catharsis.

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A goblin from Baldur's Gate 3 is about to meet his imminent doom, thanks to the adventurer Shrek, who is looming over his shoulder.
The mastermind behind Baldur's Gate 3's popular TikTok account spills his secrets: The sooner you can 'make a character look like Shrek and kick somebody off a cliff' unsupervised, 'the better'

By Harvey Randall Published

News Somebody once told me to roll a d20, they used their Acrobatics instead.

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Woman standing with arms crossed
Starfield's lead quest designer had 'absolutely no time' and had to hit the 'panic button' so the game would have a satisfying final quest

By Christopher Livingston Published

News "It became very clear that we were missing the large final location that was going to tie the story together," says former lead quest designer Will Shen.

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Swen Vincke
Larian CEO Swen Vincke extols the 'incredible achievement' of Baldur's Gate 3 influence Ultima 7, but confesses he hasn't played since the '90s 'because I don't want to spoil the memory'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News You know what, Swen? I get it.

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