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Stumbled upon this interview today: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/wayfinder-games-and-the-ex-dice-devs-trying-to-shake-up-rpgs That's the first time I learned about Wayfinder Games, a studio founded in 2020 by Dennis Brännvall, previously creative director at DICE, and his partner Fia...

This week has been full of news. Alan Wake 2 by Remedy should be released his year. And it'll be a full-scale horror game. https://www.gamesradar.com/after-a-decade-of-dreaming-remedy-is-finally-ready-to-write-alan-wake-2-into-reality/ Electronic Arts and Respawn canceled a single-player game...

Still a tad weak there from Critical Role, but at least they said something.

The topic has got a surprise surge this week. It started with this tweet by John Linneman, Senior Staff Writer and Video Producer for Digital Foundry.

I just finished the week of a free ESO Plus trial. Essentially, I could visit all the areas and do all the available content in the game (for 7 days, that is). It's been such a great experience visiting places like Fargrave (a neutral Oblivion plane), Deadlands (a plane of Mehrunes Dagon), Anvil...

It's so great to see. Taking a stand is indeed important, especially if it's for things that matter. Imagine a horrendous situation if the majority just ignored this and went silent.

1 hour ago Nightwish released The Phantom of the Opera video live from Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam featuring Henk Poort. It's been 17 years since they last performed this iconic song. After a viral Beste Zangers performance and a three-year wait due to Covid, it's finally here!

Thank you, @IsaacCHS, for doing an excellent AMA on Reddit. Lots of insights shared from your side, and lots of love shared by players!

I think I'd mention the concept of forgiveness. It's one of the core aspects of being "good". That's the reason I don't approve of "lawful stupid" behavior when a good character sees a drow and wants to burn them. I always want to ask that character a question: why didn't you think about...

Mass Effect Writer Mac Walters has left BioWare after 19 years. He was the lead writer on Mass Effect 2 & 3 and production director on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. https://www.ign.com/articles/mass-effect-writer-mac-walters-leaves-bioware-after-nearly-two-decades

That's a really great article. I've read (so far) only the first part of it, and there is a lot to digest. When you mention "Ubisoft releases" and separate them from games that don't do strict handholding, what do you think about settings in Ubisoft games such as Assassin's Creed that disable...

Or, in the words of Marko, kiss your loved ones, while your lips are still red.

Age of Wonders 4 was announced yesterday, with release date of 2 May, 2023 (very soon). https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/strategy-sequel-age-of-wonders-4-hops-out-of-a-magic-portal-onto-pc-in-may I haven't played previous AoW games for some reason but it looks quite interesting. Did anyone...

I meant that story/NPC tropes first shown in BG1 & BG2 released 24 and 22 years ago respectively worked in those games but they no longer work nowadays, due to them being repeated in many other games & other media and also due to age. Just a few examples: Imoen being your sidekick and weaker...

Hard to say what this will lead to. Mass layoffs are common for mega companies, but 10k people is A LOT. Microsoft hasn't had too many exclusive titles for the new gen. Starfield should become their first big exclusive, and its success is still yet to be seen. In the follow-up tweets, Jason...

The European Parliament voted today to adopt a report calling for the European Commission to address several issues in the games industry that it believes will better protect consumers, especially young people...

Baldur's Gate 3 tops the list of 30 most-anticipated PC games of 2023, as selected by the PC Gamer global team of editors. https://www.pcgamer.com/most-anticipated-pc-games-of-2023/

We had a good discussion before here on what makes a good story, it's still relevant to this topic. I don't intend to sound controversial but I will go on and say that BG2's writing is now dated mostly. It still has beautiful language, yes, but the world has changed, this medium has changed...

ESO is such a complex game with so many activities, I like it a lot. But I would probably put one factor above others, for me personally--it allows you to actually visit and explore different parts of Tamriel, and when you do that, you learn to know what places are called, who inhabits them...