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Fable will let me romance nearly all of its 1000 NPCs "with a very few exceptions," lead says, and I can't wait to be a hero-turned-divorcee with two kids after orchestrating a turbulent love triangle
Fable is about to bring us into an open-world version of Albion that’s home to a living population of over 1000 NPCs, and I’m happy to confirm that you can romance almost all of them.With the Xbox Developer Direct revealing that we can get to know the NPCs, go on dates, get married, and even have kids, I took the opportunity to ask Playground Games’ general manager Ralph Fulton if we could feasibly woo and wed any one of NPCs we encounter in the world.”With a very few exceptions, the answer is yes,” Fulton says. “We went into this with…
Monster Hunter Wilds is finally getting a performance patch, and there's a perfectly-timed price cut too
It’s a tale as old as time; a new triple-A game releases on PC, and for many players, it barely functions. Such a huge range of PC builds means that many playing Monster Hunter Wilds have had, well, problems getting the game to run smoothly. That doesn’t negate the core experience, and it’s still one of the best RPGs of last year, but the reality is that most people can’t fully enjoy it. Fortunately, there’s an upcoming patch that will optimize the game, and you can finally give it a try – especially as it’s cheaper than ever before right…
Marvel Studios has been billing its upcoming Wonder Man streaming series as something different from the usual MCU fare, and it’s already bringing in some seriously eccentric characters and concepts from comics. That includes taking what could be the next step in assembling the weirdest incarnation of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes ever – the Great Lakes Avengers.Doorman, a relatively obscure mutant hero with the ability turn his body into a portal of dark energy, is confirmed as part of the cast of Wonder Man, making him the second member of the GLA to make it into the MCU alongside the unkillable…
Looking for Arknights Endfield guides? Arknights developer Hypergryph has broken out of its mobile tower defense shell, bringing the hit franchise into a rich 3D world. However, this isn’t another generic gacha-filled anime RPG. Instead, Endfield sticks to the series’ strengths by bringing base-building to the fore. Announced back in 2022, Arknights Endfield was on our radar for quite some time. Joining the likes of Genshin Impact and Wuthering Waves in the open-world gacha game arena, your gaming hours will now become a whole lot more stretched. To help navigate Talos-II, we’ve put together a comprehensive suite of guides that’ll…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 couldn't compete with Assassin's Creed or Dragon Age: The Veilguard's budgets, so Warhorse had to "change the rules of the game"
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is an absolutely huge game by pretty much every metric, but it was made on a much tighter budget than comparable RPGs like Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows and EA’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard. However, instead of trying to directly compete with those giga budget projects, Warhorse decided to forge its own distinct path forward.Talking to Edge Magazine for issue #420, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 lead designer Prokop Jirsa explained the game’s brilliant balancing of hardcore RPG and survival elements with approachable systems that, in my experience, always feel just on the edge of being too demanding,…
Wild West soulslike Tombwater unveils full class lineup, from a Red Dead Redemption-style gunslinger to a hex-casting occultist
What would happen if you took Red Dead Redemption, made it top-down and 2D, infested it with eldritch horrors, and threw in some soulslike combat? Well, you’d get something not too dissimilar to Tombwater. We’ve had our eye on this intriguing and surprisingly deep Western game for a while, and while there’s sadly no news to share on a firm release date just yet, solo developer Moth Atlas has got me salivating all over again by revealing all seven of its starting classes. Already renowned for his 2D homage to Bloodborne, Moth Atlas (led by Max Mraz and Jake Wagner)…
New Fable developer Playground "got a treasure trove of documents" from original creator Lionhead "that had been in storage," and one sums up the whole series in 5 words
New Fable developer Playground Games has been careful not to slavishly emulate the work of series creator Lionhead Games, but the new shepherds of the IP did obviously want to examine and learn from the games that came before them. As part of this history lesson, the studio unearthed design files that were evidently stored away before or around the time Xbox shut down Lionhead a decade after acquiring the studio and mismanaging it into dust – a misstep that Xbox leadership has publicly owned up to in the past. Surely they wouldn’t do that again.In an Xbox Wire post,…
Riot apologizes for divisive 2XKO Twitch campaign, promises a "better solution" for the League of Legends fighting game
I love a good Twitch drop. As someone who spends far too much time on the purple platform, watching the likes of Marc ‘Caedrel’ Lamont scream at League of Legends, every time I earn a new reward I get that little dopamine hit. But, despite launching Season 1 on Wednesday January 21, 2XKO has found itself in hot water with content creators, as its new Twitch campaign feels more like free promotion than something that rewards hours watched. Global head of player community Erin ‘Aureylian’ Wayne has responded to concerns over the program, promising a “better solution for future activations”…
Forza Horizon 6 adds Assassin's Creed Shadows-style Estate where you can build "pretty much whatever," as long as you fund your lavish lifestyle by doing things like "delivering tofu"
The Forza series – which lets you drive at 300mph – is not one you might automatically associate with “responsibility,” but the upcoming Forza Horizon 6 is going to teach you to take some, damn it.The Japan-set racing game out on May 19, per the January 22 Xbox Developer Direct, will introduce new, fantastic stretches of rural land called Estates, which are yours to customize exactly how you want… as long as you can afford it.Per an Xbox Wire post, “The Estate is a flat area of land where you can build anything you want – a mountain hideaway, a…
This Pokemon x Secretlab gaming chair collaboration lets you nestle in with Pikachu, Gengar, or Eevee
Secretlab is well known for its gaming chair brand collaborations, creating some of my favorite gaming chair designs ever. From its classic Minecraft and League of Legends designs to its more recent Warhammer 40K options, it has an incredible selection. The latest, though, is perhaps my favorite yet, as Secretlab and Pokemon have just announced their new line of Secretlab Pokemon gaming chairs. Based on Secretlab’s superb Titan Evo chair, which currently sits atop our best gaming chair guide, the new collection lets you choose from either an Eevee, Gengar, or Pikachu design, with the whole chair given a complete…