Author: [email protected] (Ted Litchfield)
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I found everything I love—and none of what annoys me—about classic JRPGs in this upcoming game about a heartbroken knight combatting uncanny terrors
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Look, I’m aware that the phrase “indie RPG set in early modern Hungary” sounds almost excruciatingly arch and high-falutin’, but for your own sake, don’t touch that dial—Felvidek has the juice. I was already excited for this singular-looking JRPG-style project, but after making my way through its ~45-minute demo, I’m here to say it’s a…
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Elden Ring once had a different starting location, and while it makes more sense than the one we got, I’m glad they changed it
Souls series dataminer Sekiro Dubi recently found evidence of an alternate starting location in Elden Ring. After your “supposed to lose” fight with a Grafted Scion in the Chapel of Anticipation, you would have washed ashore on a beach in Limgrave instead of waking up underground. It’s a starting sequence FromSoft has delighted in over…
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600 Activision QA workers just formed the biggest videogame union in the US
First reported by The Verge, 600 Activision QA workers have formed a new union at the publisher. It was organized through the Communications Workers of America (CWA), like other unions at the company, and this new union is now the largest in the American gaming industry, surpassing the 300-person Zenimax Workers United, a fellow CWA…
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New Blood boss wanted Dusk to be as moddable as Doom and Skyrim: ‘If there’s not anime big tiddy waifus in Dusk by the time we’re done with the SDK, then we haven’t done it right’
Before Dusk HD ballooned into a full overhaul of the game’s graphics, it was meant to be a companion piece to an oft-requested feature for the beloved 2018 boomer shooter: a full software development kit (SDK) for modders to run wild with, alongside Steam Workshop support for those mods. “You see what people do with…
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‘F*** it, let’s go all the way with this:’ How a side project for Dusk snowballed into a complete overhaul of the beloved boomer shooter’s visuals
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Dusk wasn’t originally supposed to get a full graphical remaster just five years after launch. In its initial reveal at the 2022 PC Gaming show, New Blood head honcho Dave Oshry called it an update “nobody asked for, so we’re doing it anyway,” and the “HD” moniker for the tastefully updated weapon and enemy models…
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Helldivers 2 director explains how its freedom and wacky guns were inspired by tabletop: ‘Let the player do the action, and you’ll see what happens’
If you asked me to list PC gaming’s contributions to the hobby at large, it wouldn’t take long for me to hit emergent gameplay, that hallmark of immersive sims and other PC-centric genres where a developer makes a sandbox deep enough to celebrate genuine player freedom and creativity—Baldur’s Gate 3 is one recent emergent gameplay…
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Skyrim remake of 24 year-old Vampire RPG shows off its modern London level, and the guns are way less janky than I expected
Skyrim total conversion mod Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption Reawakened just got an updated look at its modern day portion, with a 10-minute video showcasing London in the year 2000, as well as how the team’s managed to get firearms working pretty well in the battered warhorse that is Bethesda’s seminal 2011 RPG. The original…
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Speaking at Stardew Valley soundtrack concert, creator Eric Barone quips about finding an audience for his music: ‘All I had to do was develop an entire videogame from scratch’
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone (aka ConcernedApe) briefly took to the stage at the New York stop of the “Festival of Seasons” Stardew concert tour to talk about his music and thank the crowd. The opening speech was shared to Twitter by Aftermath co-founder Nathan Grayson. “Thank you so much everyone, this is my first…
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I wish I could actually play these PS1-style demakes of the latest Resident Evil games
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Rustic Games BR is one of those YouTube channels with a delightfully simple niche: what would X modern game (usually a Resident Evil) look like on the PS1? Their collection of delightful little anachronisms scratches this itch in the dumb nostalgic lizard part of my brain, with their latest creation, a PS1 demake of the…
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Star Wars: Dark Forces’ box art showed a level that wasn’t in the game: nearly 30 years later, we can finally play it thanks to the remaster
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Nightdive Studios’ quality remaster of Star Wars: Dark Forces is an excellent way to revisit Kyle Katarn’s first adventure, a landmark FPS that would give rise to some of the best lightsaber action games ever. As pointed out by the Twitter account of Dark Forces/Jedi Knight fan site df-21.net, the remaster also preserves a bit…