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One of the most recent popular multiplayer shooters (The Finals) uses AI voiceovers. "My bigger issue with The Finals, however, starts with its AI voiceovers. This is by far the most contentious feature of The Finals, to the point where it's actively put some people off playing it. Basically...

I'm really enjoying seeing your records. It shows how diverse gaming is, and how different tastes can be. Yet, all of them are united under gaming.💙

An insightful report into The Game Awards show. This is a valuable article exploring some of the hidden aspects of the whole show. https://www.wired.com/story/the-game-awards-israel-palestine-open-letter-future-class/

Eurogamer raises a very important topic (that we discussed here in this thread before): https://www.eurogamer.net/you-cant-talk-about-2023-in-games-without-talking-about-layoffs And then there is a terrible leak involving Insomniac Games...

Steam Year in Review 2023 is available now, yay! Just click this button to see your own report. I love the graph and numbers they show there. I'll share a few snippets from my report, please share yours! 14 days of playing BG3 non-stop, yay. I wonder how that would look for people like @Black...

A leak by hackers shows the cost of upcoming AAA games by Insomniac Games based on the X-Men franchise. "Of particular interest to gamers who are fans of the X-Men is a publishing agreement between Marvel and Sony Interactive Entertainment, signed by both Isaac Perlmutter, Marvel’s chairperson...

I've got a habit of coming back to ESO every December. It's such a cozy and relaxing game. Freedom of what you can do in this game is hard to match. What I value the most, is just walking around and noticing all the little details developers put into the world. For example, I stumbled upon the...

A very detailed (and spoiler-heavy) interview with Swen Vincke and Adam Smith on BG3, they go through each character and their stories: https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-final-interview-game-of-the-year-2023-characters-endings One snippet that is not a spoiler: Looking ahead to...

Epic started their usual "1 day = 1 free game" festive cadence. Yesterday it was Destiny 2: Legacy Collection. You can track free games at https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/free-games. Also, they have this good offer on Alan Wake 2 that gives you the remaster of Alan Wake 1 for free.

Devs that won at The Game Awards talked about what it means to them: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/300-baldurs-gate-3-devs-and-more-game-award-winners-share-their-reactions/1100-6519969/ On a side note, Naughty Dog canceled all plans for their live-service game...

Another round of awards received coming? Baldur’s Gate 3 has been long-listed in 11 categories for the BAFTA Game Awards - Animation - Artistic Achievement - Audio Achievement - Best Game - Game Design - Multiplayer - Music - Narrative - Technical Achievement - Performer in a Leading Role...

This is some new info about WotC (you can read more in a separate thread about the DnD franchise). Not sure yet how it will affect my assumption:

Read on about the investigation of their finance scheme: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/i-tried-visiting-the-day-before-developer-fntastics-offices-in-singapore-and-this-is-what-i-found-181132052.html?guccounter=2 And on a separate note, here are the numbers for Alan Wake 2, one of the...

Turns out, actions have consequences. But these consequences affect normal people working in the company that made bad decisions. https://www.forbes.com/sites/robwieland/2023/12/13/hasbro-layoffs-affect-wizards-of-the-coast/ 1100 (!) people laid off. More than the number from Epic Games...

It's interesting because the fight never seemed difficult to me. But probably that is because it was a normal playthrough in terms of exploring everything, so even the Tactician didn't bring any challenge - the characters were overleveled and overstacked with items for the fight. I guess the...

Another story for the record. https://gamevro.com/the-day-before-sold-200k-units-with-91k-refunds-launch/ Once the most wish-listed game on Steam sold only 200k units with 91k refunds and got shut down 4 days after the Early Access launch. IGN created a series of pictures explaining the depth...

Wow, thanks for sharing. I didn't know any of that. Seems like a marvel to be able to do that flawlessly in the Honour mode! It would have been a marvel even with save/load.

Very nice screenshots. But I'm confused: is it the Dark Urge run or not? "Good" or "Evil"? The red-green colors are funny and indeed look festive. 🎄

With all the focus on The Game Awards now, I've found the following graphic illustrating winners and nominees, as well as highly-regarded (by the Metascore) games from the last 9 years (The Game Awards started in 2014). The image was created by u/baiisun on Reddit. 2023 has been quite a year...

Wilds looked wild, I agree. I also noticed Exodus, of course. https://www.ign.com/articles/inside-exodus-archetypes-ambitious-new-mass-effect-like-rpg-revealed-at-the-game-awards