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Last year, after a bit of a wait, Silent Hill was released, and with it came some changes to the series. The combat was a lot more actiony, the format for multiple endings was drastically different, but the most obvious change was its setting. We’re not in Silent Hill anymore, Toto! We’re in Ebisugaoka, Japan, also a fictional town, though clearly not a fictional country. And that’s because Silent Hill, the place, is now also Silent Hill, the “phenomenon.” Writer of the game Ryukishi07 recently shared in an interview with Famitsu (ta for the translations, GamesRadar) that he…
The end of this week spells the final gasp for BioWare’s Anthem. I suspect most people won’t think too much about it – that’s why, almost seven years after it first launched and five since EA pulled the plug on development, the Anthem servers are due to be shut off on Monday January 12. But I can’t help feeling a real pang of sadness; Anthem as it launched wasn’t the game it needed to be, and ultimately it never got there. But for me, it was so close that I could taste it – and now all that’s left are…
Divinity is ditching the randomized loot of its predecessors, Divinity: Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin 2, in favor of the more handcrafted gear seen in its developer’s latest mega RPG Baldur’s Gate 3. The biggest sin of all is not guaranteeing good loot, it seems.Larian Studios took questions from the community in a recent and surprisingly meaty Reddit AMA, mostly focused on its upcoming game Divinity with a couple of answers reserved for the team’s massive breakout hit Baldur’s Gate 3. One specific fan question wondered whether Divinity would have handcrafted loot (a la Baldur’s Gate 3) or randomized…
No, I’m not busy. Ignore the very famous actor acting moody in the corner, he’ll be quiet if you pay him no mind. Also, do like I am and just pretend my holo-phone doesn’t have a million urgent messages about some relic sitting in its inbox. Just sit here on the sofa, in this Cyberpunk 2077 flat, and watch as the big flying thing with Dogtown’s military dictator’s face on it floats between my futuristic kitchen and lounge, thanks to a new mod.
The Final Fantasy 14 team at Square Enix has just done the smartest thing possible right now by capitalizing on the hugely positive response to patch 7.4 with the return of the FF14 free login campaign. The special event allows lapsed players to come back and check out the latest additions, from the new story content to the final act of Dawntrail’s Arcadion raid series, along with all of the quality-of-life tools that have just been rolled out. With player sentiment at its highest since Endwalker wrapped up, it’s a good time to find out why. There was no question…
Larian Studios is peeking over the shoulders of mod makers, at least when it comes to user interface ideas, while making its next big CRPG, Divinity.After a gruesome debut trailer last month and a hefty dollop of controversy around generative AI, the Baldur’s Gate 3 developer just yesterday decided to hold an online AMA centred around Divinity, answering questions big and small about everything from co-op party sizes to D&D limitations.When asked if the team were looking to Baldur’s Gate 3 modders for inspiration, design lead Nick Pechenin confirmed that “we’re taking notes on all of the UI mods for…
Ah, hello, Prince Arthur. This is King Dutch. Long time no see. We thought today would be a good day for rolling. The katamari. The gunslinger suffering from tuberculosis. Where the first rolls the second follows. Roll, roll, roll. That, essentially, is the ethos behind a Red Dead Redemption 2 mod which streamer Blurbs created late last year, and has since shown off in a video that’s heavy on large masses of horses and pardners being rolled into rootin’ tootin’ chaos balls.
Decided to kick off your weekend with a couple of rounds of Apex Legends and a couple of cold brewskis? Well, if you ended up heading to bed early when your Ballistic lived up to his name by slamming every bullet you own into a cliff face without your involvement, don’t go blaming the ol’ liquid courage. Turns out someone has managed to find a way to “control the inputs of another player remotely,” says Respawn Entertainment. While the studio says it was able to curb the issue within a few hours, it’s never a good thing for the reputation…
As Housemarque celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, it’s definitely on the up. It doesn’t feel that long ago (but it was – 2017!) that the studio announced it wouldn’t be making small, arcade-like games any more, which was an incredibly sad day given its prior output. But having made Returnal, a standout title in PS5’s line-up, the decision (and Sony’s purchasing of the developer) was vindicated – now backed by big budgets, spiritual successor Saros is looking to evolve on this new concept of glossy, twitchy play. Made to push the power of the PS5, it’s set for release…
As the Bob Dylan song goes, how many lush alien planets must a Man presumptuously land on and turn into poorly optimised Toyota plants before he finally decides he’s sick of being an extractivist piece of shit? Dylan was being rhetorical, but I studied at the school of Homer Simpson, and want you to give me an actual figure. I’m going to say: four and a half. If you’ve yet to hit your personal quota, well, here’s StarRupture out now in early access.