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People who don't play life sims might not understand that they're 'the most complex RPGs ever written,' says Life by You director
news But they're inclusive and easy to pick up, which is why their popularity keeps growing, Rod Humble says.
The Fallout show's Lucy was described to Ella Purnell as a 'Leslie Knope/Ned Flanders-type' who would 'star in a toothpaste commercial but could also kill you'
news And Walton Goggins says he's never played a character more badass than The Ghoul.
The Fallout show's Wasteland looks so good in part because it's real: Some of it was shot in the same desert as Mad Max: Fury Road
news Locations included a real ghost town and "a bombed diamond mine that is now a hyenas' den."
Game studio owner suddenly lays everyone off and blames a Kotaku report that hasn't been published
news Possibility Space's founder claims that leaks to press—which haven't been made public—led to a conversation that closed the studio.
Helldivers 2's new Eruptor gun is a beast: basically a support stratagem, but as a primary weapon
news Players are being awed by the new bolt-action weapon's democratic fervor.
Slay the Spire 2 ditched Unity for open-source engine Godot after over 2 years of development
news Mega Crit switched to the free engine after the install fee debacle that led to the resignation of Unity's CEO.
EA denies rumor that it canceled an in-progress Dead Space 2 remake
news The publisher announced this week that the Dead Space remake leads are now working on Battlefield.
The Rogue Prince of Persia revealed: a slick 2D roguelite coming to Steam in May
news Dead Cells developer Evil Empire is making the Prince's next adventure, and Ubisoft is skipping the usual Epic Games Store exclusivity period.
Slay the Spire 2 releases in 2025: 'The Spire isn't what it used to be'
news Goodbye, free time: The sequel to the influential deckbuilder hits early access next year.
Battlefield 2042 won't get more new seasons as next Battlefield game enters full production
news The Dead Space remake team at Motive is now working on Battlefield, too.
Card game developer says it paid an 'AI artist' $90,000 to generate card art because 'no one comes close to the quality he delivers'
news "For us to get this with a team of traditional artists it would cost us a lot more money, and time," the developer told us.
Gamers seek legal win that would stop developers from rendering online games unplayable: 'It is an assault on both consumer rights and preservation of media'
news The organizer of "Stop Killing Games" hopes to get France and other governments to examine the legality of live service shutdowns.
Smaller games can be 'more creative,' says designer who made one of Ubisoft's most acclaimed games with a tiny team
news "If you've got a more limited budget than triple-A, and you've got a more limited timeframe to do it, I think you get more innovation..."
Upcoming pirate RPG wants to break from cliché and show 'what piracy really was'
news Flint: Treasure of Oblivion promises big tactical battles and an un-Hollywood-like vision of pirates.
The PC game releases we're most excited about in April
📆 Plus events, updates, and other PC gaming happenings to look out for this month.
Co-op space game Jump Ship just shot to the top of my 2024 wishlist
Lost in space It's kind of like Sea of Thieves combined with FTL.
This year's best April Fools' Day gaming gags: Bears, bugs, and 97,000 floppy disks
Fool's Gold That Elden Ring expansion just keeps expanding, doesn't it?
Spectator rushes stage at CS2 tournament and gets tackled into trophy, smashing it to pieces
news A skin gambling site took responsibility for the stunt, which took place at PGL Major Copenhagen. The event organizer says it will press charges.
Actor Louis Gossett Jr, who voiced Half-Life 2's vortigaunts, has died
news Gossett won an Oscar for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman, but PC gamers and cult sci-fi fans also remember him for portraying notable aliens.
I really enjoyed running around as a tiny ant in this upcoming RTS
Hands-on Being very small has advantages in insect strategy game Empire of the Ants.
You can't sue us for making games 'too entertaining,' say major game developers in response to addiction lawsuits
news Microsoft, Rockstar, Epic, and others are being sued for using "addictive psychological features" in games like Minecraft, GTA 5, and Fortnite.
Lawyer warns game developers about 'unlawful game design' as 'dark patterns' lawsuits rise
news Could a game that makes you grind too much be unlawful? It's possible.
Twitch targets butt streams with new rule banning 'content that focuses on intimate body parts for a prolonged period of time'
news Looks like we're at the rear end of the butt streaming meta.
