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Skyrim and Fallout artist says Todd Howard would tell devs "we can do anything but we can't do everything," and 95% of player-reported issues were flagged internally before launch
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These days, the vast majority of games ship with bugs that are later patched out, but Bethesda games in particular…
CD Projekt Red veteran tells game devs to unionize after Epic adds 1,000 people to the layoff pile: "Collectively, we can influence things"
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Workiversaries in the game industry are bittersweet these days. It’s tricky celebrating career milestones when it seems like every other…
Witchbrook's taken 10 years because "Harry Potter meets Stardew Valley" got old and the devs wanted time to make "something more unique"
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We’ve been waiting a decade now for the release of Witchbrook, formerly Spellbrook, the cutesy magical life sim from Chucklefish.…
Arc Raiders devs would love to have machine takedowns "like the Hoth invasion scene in Star Wars," and "we could do that if we just had better rope physics"
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There’s an interesting relationship between what developer Embark Studios is doing with new updates, like the recent Arc Raiders Flashpoint…
As ex-Helldivers 2 devs prepare to launch a Resident Evil-inspired horror game, they reminisce on their past Metroidvania that was too "happy": "'I need to get to blow someone's head off with a shotgun in the next game'"
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You might be surprised to learn, if you didn’t know already, that happy-go-lucky Metroidvania Yoku’s Island Express featured a pair…
Ghost of Yotei Legends' upcoming Raid won't launch with matchmaking, despite devs warning it's impossible to beat without 4-player co-op
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Ghost of Yotei Legends’ forthcoming Raid mode won’t include online matchmaking at launch, so prospective raiders might want to self-organize…
Cyberpunk 2077's best shopkeeper was originally a "vapid" side character devs had no idea what to do with, says actor, until a few redrafts made her "one of my favourite characters I've ever voiced"
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Actor Erica Lindbeck hated Misty Olszewski, one of the characters she plays in Cyberpunk 2077, until developer CD Projekt Red…
Crimson Desert players are speed-gliding using this "game changer" of a trick that may or may not be a bug: "Dear devs, please do not patch this"
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Crimson Desert players are waiting anxiously to find out how Pearl Abyss will approach fun bugs. That is, glitches that…
Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen devs found that "the programming sucks" in the original RPGs, but needed Nintendo's help on the remakes because they "hadn't gotten any better at programming since then"
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Pokemon games are often criticized for their poor technical states these days, but the lack of refinement goes back to…
Eidos Montreal continues 3 straight years of layoffs as the Deus Ex studio fires 124 devs and 12-year studio head departs: "Today is a difficult day"
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Eidos Montreal, best known as the developer behind the modern Deus Ex games, has announced another round of layoffs, continuing…