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Arc Raiders audio director Bence Pajor has spoken on the Game Makers Notebook podcast about his earlier career at DICE, working on sound effects for the Battlefield FPS series. The discussion includes some insights about how Pajor – a former Swedish military sniper – created effects for soldiers getting struck by bullets. Amongst other things, he experimented with punching himself hard enough to elicit cries of pain. It’s not clear whether the resulting recordings made their way into any Battlefield game – one of Pajor’s designer colleagues found them so unpleasant that they asked for them to be removed.
While some of the games on Roblox are cool, and blow up as a result – Grow a Garden springs to mind – there’s a lot of terrible stuff on the platform. Since many of the games have predominantly young player bases, it’s important that they’re not subjected to potentially dangerous experiences. Thankfully, Roblox is making some changes to make it harder to upload unsavoury games. To publish games on Roblox, your account now needs to match certain criteria, with that changing depending on who your game is targeted at. This doesn’t affect what you need to do to play…
Not afraid of curling the monkey’s paw, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s director isn’t shying away from everyone comparing his new vampiric RPG to the CD Projekt Red masterpiece he previously had a hand in creating. That’s how confident he is in The Blood of Dawnwalker.The Blood of Dawnwalker was always going to court comparisons to The Witcher 3. It’s a third-person action-RPG set in a dark fantasy world, full of succulent moral dilemmas, story-splitting decisions, and romance with (fingers crossed) the other hot vampires. In case that wasn’t enough, Rebel Wolves’ debut game is also being built by several…
I’m happily trucking down the highway in American Truck Simulator. The radio’s on, it’s a while to my next mandatory break, and there’s not too much traffic. Things are going we-OH NO, OH BALLS, THAT’S MY TURN! I’M JERKING THE WHEEL VIOLENTLY, I’M TURNING, I’VE FORGOTTEN TO BR. Right, now my truck needs to be turned the right way up. Usually, I’d need to be dragged all the way to the nearest service station, but thanks to a new feature SCS Software are starting to roll out to their truck sims, I can now be neatly plopped back onto the…
Verdict Blink and you could miss the multitude of small improvements that make the Razer Viper V4 Pro a significant upgrade over the the V3 Pro, and a truly fantastic esports-focused gaming mouse overall. It’s lighter, more durable, and has much better battery life. Indeed, it’s battery life is class-leading. It is expensive, though, and its cable is not nice to use for wired gaming while charging. Pros Supremely comfortable and light Simple but stylish design Fantastic overall performance Class-leading battery life Cons Expensive Cable is thick and stiff No RGB Not as light as some Razer’s back with the…
Bethesda has acknowledged crash issues affecting Starfield on PlayStation 5 and promised fixes later this week.Since Starfield’s PS5 release earlier this month, which comes nearly three years after Xbox and PC, many players have reported technical issues, with some calling the sci-fi RPG “unplayable” due to bugs.“I’m getting crashes every 2 minutes. Tried everything,” wrote one Reddit user. “Consistent crashing. Mostly when scanning and exploring. I haven’t even left Kreet yet,” added another.In a post on social media published on Monday, Bethesda Game Studios said it was aware that some players are experiencing crashes on PS5 and claimed that it…
Metro 2033 author and collaborator on the video game series, Dmitry Glukhovsky, is saying the next entry, Metro 2039, will be the darkest in the series to date.Earlier this week – after a weekend packed with rumors and leaks – Microsoft announced a new Xbox Showcase, but rather than an all-encompassing show, this one has a single purpose: to reveal the next game in the Metro series. While details about the game are slim, Glukhovsky has posted about the announcement, reiterating his involvement in the title, which was first announced back in 2020 as an unnamed sequel to Metro Exodus.I’m…
The likeness model behind Insomniac’s Spider-Man games has seemingly revealed he’s working on new content for a potential future game.In an Instagram post published on Monday, Ben Jordan posted an image of himself gearing up for a performance session. The post was accompanied by the message, ‘IYKYK (if you know, you know)’ and a spider emoji.The post was soon deleted, but not before it was archived on Reddit. Jordan typically works as a model, and his only acting credits so far are for PlayStation’s Marvel Spider-Man games.It’s been speculated that the capture could be for Insomniac’s upcoming Wolverine game, but…
It’s hard in the industry right now for games at all levels, but especially for indies, for whom even managing to stand out can be a mountain. Gothic Stardew Valley-like Graveyard Keeper has bucked several trends in this respect, and being (temporarily) free is a central reason why, according to publisher tinyBuild.On Twitter, Alex Nichiporchik, the CEO of tinyBuild, posts a graph demonstrating the current popularity of Graveyard Keeper. “Graveyard Keeper is currently the top39 most played game on Steam, propelling the sequel to 400k wishlists,” he says, proudly showing off having over 40,000 concurrent players in the graveyard management…
Idols of Ash reviewA brief, delightfully freaky blend of cyclopean architecture and freefall, with unlockable modes and maps for speedrunners. Developer: Leafy Games Publisher: Leafy Games Release: April 9th, 2026 On: Windows From: Steam, Itch.io Price: £2.12/€2.52/$2.39 Reviewed on: Intel Core-i7 12700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060, Windows 11 When I think of Idols of Ash, I think of seven sounds, listed here in order of deepening dreadfulness. The first and nicest sound is the clink of my silvery grapple sinking its hook, interrupting the rush of air past my ears as I fall. That’s the second, less nice…