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Joshua Eric “Josh” Sawyer, best known for his work on RPG gems like Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity, explains why Obsidian Entertainment doesn’t always favour including romance in its games.Put simply, as Sawyer says in a new interview with SIFTER on YouTube (below), “the time involved” is a major factor. “It’s a lot of work,” admits the legendary developer. “Even asking the studios where that is sort of their focus – I think they would say it’s an enormous amount of work on top of all the other stuff that the companions do.” I can certainly see how…
If you’ve been cheating in Valorant and your hardware remains functional, I’d strongly recommend disabling whatever tools you may be using. The latest anti-cheat update has introduced mechanisms that are reportedly bricking people’s PCs, and Riot Games is not sympathetic in the least.Valorant’s brand of cheat prevention, known as Vanguard, has been somewhat contentious since the FPS launched in 2020. Employing kernel-level software – essentially going straight for the fundamental aspects of your operating system – it’s a headache to work around for those who use dishonest tactics. Occasionally, players who aren’t guilty of cheating have gotten caught in the…
In the wake of Ubisoft’s “major reset” earlier this year, which resulted in the loss of about 1,200 jobs, the cancelation of six games, and the closure of two studios, it’s easy to forget that the company still employees somewhere around 16,500 employees across a massive global network of dozens of studios.By contrast, Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio Warhorse operates out of just two offices in the Czech Republic and employs an estimated 240 workers. Yet, it’s managed to deliver a strong 2025 GOTY contender in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, with plans for a follow-up as early as 2027 and a…
Choosing the best Forza Horizon 6 cars isn’t easy as there are just so many to test, but there are some that really shine above the rest. There’s no one-size-fits-all answer here as the variety of race types and activities in Forza Horizon 6 means you need a broad selection in your garage. But some of the best cars in the game are highly versatile and easy to use, helping you win races and earn three stars in a variety of PR Stunts. Here are the cars I found to be the best from my time playing Forza Horizon 6.Best…
Valorant developer Riot was facing backlash after an apparent joke about turning cheaters’ hardware into paperweights went haywire, but the company is now clarifying its Vanguard anti-cheat won’t actually transform your PC into a sack of sprouted potatoes.”Congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight,” the official Riot Twitter account responded on May 21 to a cheaters’ report that Vanguard now makes a ton of Valorant cheating firmware useless. Understandably, many Valorant players – both cheating and loyal – took this to mean Riot’s controversial, kernel-level anti-cheat was destroying PCs just because it can. Riot says this isn’t…
The reveal that a new Kingdom Come game is in development has been a rollercoaster for fans. First, there was the revelation that, not only is Warhorse making a new open-world Lord of the Rings game, but it’s also working on a whole new Kingdom Come project. Many including myself had feared Kingdom Come was being shelved to make space for Lord of the Rings, but somehow the relatively small studio has space for two ambitious sounding new projects.However, because the announcement specifically said there was a new Kingdom Come “adventure” in development, and not specifically a game, there was…
Diablo 4’s new Lord of Hatred expansion has effectively revitalized the ARPG’s endgame and loot, but with any update that fundamentally shakes up core systems to such a degree, there are bound to be some unintended interactions, and one of those appears to allow for thousands of treasure goblins in a single dungeon and so much loot the game can’t keep up.Diablo content creator FP recently released a video demonstrating a trick hiding in the Lord of Hatred DLC’s new War Plans feature, which lets you pick and pull from your favorite endgame activities and pair them with special nodes…
Forza Horizon 6 has sold 4.9 million copies since its global launch on May 19, a major accomplishment for an Xbox game in 2026, according to analyst Rhys Elliott.The head of market analysis at game data tracker Alinea Analytics explains in a new installment of The Alinea Insight Newsletter that Forza Horizon 6 has earned developer Playground Games $325 million in about a week – with plenty of assistance from the 1.7 million players who opted to buy the racing game’s early access on May 15. None of that would be too surprising for a highly desired, AAA game, however,…
The anime battleground has never been fiercer. Crunchyroll, once the predominant top dog of the industry, is being rivaled by the likes of Netflix and Amazon, with each bolstered by financial backing, fearsome reputations, and their own set of exclusives – including Dan Da Dan on Netflix, The Ghost in the Shell on Prime Video, and Bleach on Disney Plus.But Crunchyroll CEO and president Rahul Purini remains assured that, even in a crowded marketplace, the anime streamer is offering the biggest and best options for viewers.”The audience is young; they’re engaged; they spend money in the medium. We’re not surprised…
Both at work and among friends, I’m known as a Soulslike hater, but my actual relationship with games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring is a lot more complicated. I have treasured memories playing parts of Bloodborne’s campaign and dueling in Dark Souls 2 with my college roommates, and I tried like hell to get through Elden Ring because I’m hopelessly transfixed by its world and story, but ultimately, I always end up falling off these types of games simply because I am not very good at them. I’m an anxious, fidgety, deeply impatient person, and I’ve found those…