Author: Lincoln Carpenter
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A studio helmed by StarCraft 2’s multiplayer lead wants to create an RTS ‘paradigm shift’ with its unannounced game
Uncapped Games, a new Tencent studio formed in 2021, revealed itself to the world this week with a documentary from Noclip’s Danny O’Dwyer (embedded above). The studio is working on an unannounced RTS game that it hopes will trigger a “paradigm shift” in realtime strategy by shifting the emphasis away from memorization and execution speed.…
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Riot hits the development reset button for its League of Legends MMO: ‘The initial vision just wasn’t different enough from what you can play today’
Riot has “reset” the development of its League of Legends MMO, according to cofounder and CPO Marc Merrill. Posting on Twitter, Merrill confirmed that “yes, we’re still working on the game,” but that the project has been set back to its early stages to pursue a new design direction. The decision was made “some time…
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Marathon reboot gets a surprise game director replacement as Bungie is once more denied a moment’s peace
A new game director has been appointed on Marathon, the upcoming reboot of Bungie’s classic Macintosh shooter series. As reported by IGN, Joe Ziegler, hired by Bungie in 2022 after departing his role at Riot as Valorant game director, has replaced previous Marathon game director Chris Barrett, best known for his work on Destiny 2’s…
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Dragon’s Dogma 2 review roundup: ‘An engine to create dynamic moments during every adventure’
With embargoes lifted and reviews rolling in for Dragon’s Dogma 2, I’m willing to say it: after more than a decade since the original game’s release, Dragon’s Dogma sickos are finally vindicated. We’re poised to enter an era where we’re regularly regaled by our friends’ tales of their Arisen’s latest, delightfully-sidetracked quests alongside a gang…
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Roblox reveals new AI-powered 3D modeling tools to ’empower the creation of anything, anywhere, by anyone,’ which we’re probably not meant to read too closely
Today at GDC, Roblox unveiled a pair of AI technologies aiming to streamline 3D modeling for the platform’s boundless legion of content creators. The tools aim to automatically prepare 3D models for animation and provide AI-powered texture generation, offering either a way to offload some creative tedium, or to accelerate the expansion of the company’s…
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Classic Marathon is coming to Steam well before the unclassic Marathon reboot
While Marathon awaits its high-saturation extraction shooter reboot somewhere on the other side of Destiny 2’s The Final Shape, anyone who’s never played the 1994 Mac original will soon have another chance. Classic Marathon, a freeware fan revival for modern systems, is coming to Steam. Witness the roots of Bungie’s infatuation with neurotic AI. Behold…
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A giant snake monster ruined my apple-fueled medieval utopia in the Steam Next Fest demo for this settlement sim
I was doing pretty well in the Next Fest demo for Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown. I’d achieved a happy equilibrium, with all my villagers gathering and producing the necessary supplies for my hand-built hamlet’s steady growth. Lumberers were lumbering, quarriers were hauling rocks, and my orchard farmers were churning out apples: the basic fuel…
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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is really hoping you’ll show up already loving Avatar
A few minutes into my Frontiers of Pandora demo session, a viperwolf interrupts my exploration of the overgrown ruins of an RDA colonial outpost. I kill it with an arrow as it snarls at me. I approach and press the harvest button, watching with confusion as my na’vi character kneels, offering a prolonged prayer of…