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Approximately 15 years, two months, and 14 days ago, Quintin Smith (RPS in peace) lobbed the headline ‘Poker Night At The Inventory Released Today’ onto this fine site. On this day, February 5th – approximately 479,821,535 seconds further on in time – I’m here to tell you Poker Night At The Inventory is coming back, baby.
Daniel Vávra, the director of medieval epic Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, maintains gen-AI is “here and it’s not going anywhere,” and says he considers it “an opportunity for everyone to make great stuff without the big money from corporations.” He even addresses the possibility of historically accurate, dynamic NPC dialog generated by AI in RPGs like KCD 2, although I’d argue that such systems forget what makes its world feel so earnest and memorable in the process. “Everybody hates AI (well actually not everybody). But I told you it’s (the) unavoidable future,” Vávra writes via social media. “Hate me as…
The next big Nintendo Direct takes place today, promising half an hour of new announcements.Today’s Nintendo Direct is a Partner Showcase, which means Nintendo will be taking a back seat and letting third-party developers and publishers announce their upcoming wares.The last Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase took place in July 2025, where the featured games included Final Fantasy Tactics, Monster Hunter Stories 3, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Star Wars Outlaws, Octopath Traveler 0, and more.As such, Switch and Switch 2 owners can expect to see announcements of brand new games, ports of existing games and confirmed release dates for previously…
Blizzard Entertainment yesterday announced major plans for Overwatch 2, which is now just Overwatch again because why the hell not, and fans are thanking Marvel Rivals for lighting a fire under the hero shooter subgenre.The Overwatch team said a lot yesterday, but the biggest news is that we’re getting 10 new characters this year instead of the usual three, five of which are coming next week, Jetpack Cat included. Blizzard’s also kickstarting an annual storyline that’ll unfold in animated shorts, in-game comics, and more. That’s alongside sweeping changes to the UI, progression, perks, and practically every other corner of the…
Following The Witcher 4’s big reveal at 2024’s Geoff Awards, it predictably took modders about five minutes to revamp The Witcher 3’s Ciri into her older monster slaying variant. Now, one of them’s had a crack at going a step further by designing a short questline offering a taste of Geralt’s non-quite-daughter slaying monsters in Kovir and Poviss, with help from CD Projekt’s RedKIT tools.
Felicity’s Door, a new rhythm action game from a Japanese indie studio, has arrived on Apple Arcade.Created by Tokyo-based AREA35, Felicity’s Door is described as a “premium music / rhythm game” exclusive to Apple‘s subscription service.“Blending music, visuals, and narrative into a single interactive experience, Felicity’s Door invites players to journey through a story-driven world where rhythm gameplay is designed to feel less like tapping notes and more like performing music on an instrument,” the game’s description reads.“Every interaction produces sound that meaningfully contributes to the composition, creating a sense of true musical participation.”According to the studio, rather than focusing…
Harrison Ford says he wouldn’t mind if his career ended after his time on the Apple TV comedy-drama Shrinking, which he calls a “very special” and nurturing experience.”Where do you go from here? The kind of work that we’re able to do is remarkable given the tools we have to work with, and the notion that lies behind this series,” Ford said during an Apple TV press day panel (via The Hollywood Reporter). “And if it was all over here, that would be sufficient. This has been a different kind of job for me, and I’ve been doing this for…
Valve has claimed that the majority of games will “play great at 4K 60 with FSR” on its upcoming console-like PC, Steam Machine.Steam Machine, a reinvented version of the small-sized boxes that Valve brought to market in the early 2010s, aims to let players access their Steam library in a more traditional console environment, like a living room.Since the Steam Machine was announced, fans have questioned Valve about the box’s performance specs, especially when compared to contemporary consoles like the PS5 and Xbox Series X.In a new FAQ posted this week, Valve shared updates on ongoing testing of the system…
The latest Star Trek show, Starfleet Academy, just aired its fifth episode. Titled ‘Series Acclimation Mil’, it offered a surprising follow-up to a mystery that fans have been pondering for almost 30 years.The episode follows Sam (Kerrice Brooks), the first Kasqian (a sort of sentient hologram) to attend Starfleet Academy. Sam has been assigned the task of being Kasq’s emissary to the Federation, with one of her roles being to try to explain organic life to her creators. As part of this mission, she decides to study another emissary: Captain Benjamin Sisko, the lead character from beloved ’90s Star Trek…
Despite AMD’s assurances to the contrary, Valve have announced that they’ve pushed back release plans for the new Steam Machine, Steam Controller, and Steam Frame VR headset. Alas, my curse of publishing news posts roughly 0.0045 seconds before a major situation change continues to ruin my life – sometimes I wish I’d never beaten the warlocks in that Titanfall 2 pub match.