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Game development rarely unfolds exactly as originally planned. Dan Houser spoke with Lex Fridman on a recent podcast about his projects. The Rockstar veteran reflected on the pressure he experienced during the development of Red Dead Redemption 2. The RDR2 team slipped behind schedule and went over budget. Houser avoided detailed specifics but suggested the...

Tame Impala Dusts Off “Sundown Syndrome” During Halloween Run at Barclays Center By Julian Klincewicz On Halloween in Brooklyn, Kevin Parker treated fans to a slew of surprises — including a rare live rendition of an early Tame Impala gem. Tame Impala — photo: Julian Klincewicz Kevin Parker brought the Deadbeat Tour to Barclays Center...

There has been an uneasy quiet around Bend Studio, the team behind Days Gone and Syphon Filter, in recent years. Although the PlayStation-owned developer has long indicated it was working on a new title, concrete details never surfaced. It has now come to light that the silence had a reason — and it’s unlikely to...

The block-based sandbox remains hugely popular across a wide range of platforms. Guinness World Records recently updated its “Best‑selling video game” entry. According to the revised listing, that distinction now belongs to Minecraft. Reports indicate that more than 350 million copies of the blocky sandbox have been sold: Minecraft began as a free alpha in...

You can now view a 3D glimpse of Silksong. The creator behind the YouTube channel Botão Select presented an alternative vision of Hollow Knight: Silksong. He demonstrated how Team Cherry’s project might have looked if it had been released as a Nintendo 64 title. Using Blender, the artist deliberately limited polygon count when modeling the...

Travis Barker Honors Son Rocky on His Second Birthday Published: Nov. 1 — Celebrity · Family Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, Peacock Theater — January 15, 2024. Photo: Gilbert Flores. Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian celebrated a special moment over the Halloween weekend: their youngest son, Rocky Thirteen, turned...

It appears the digitalization effect is starting to fade. Recently, Tim Cain, one of the developers of the original Fallout, published a blog post exploring the “Physical vs Digital” debate. He laid out his view on the recent shifts in game pricing. For a long time AAA titles were priced roughly the same — around...

Later projects revealed that the protagonist had been remarkably lucky. Rockstar veteran Dan Houser joined Lex Fridman’s podcast and spoke about his involvement in a number of the studio’s games. It emerged that the life of Grand Theft Auto IV’s hero was truly at risk. Niko could have been killed, but fortune intervened — at...

Gamers now have an unexpected reason to revisit Condemned: Criminal Origins. A few days ago Condemned: Criminal Origins was featured in a Steam sale — but the situation has since changed. Publisher SEGA has pulled the game from sale on Steam and other digital storefronts. Valve has not removed the game’s store page. Instead, it...

Multiple iterations of Agent never came together as an open-world title. The espionage action game Agent, announced by Rockstar Games many years ago, ultimately never reached release. For years, fans speculated about what went wrong; recently Dan Houser offered an explanation. The Rockstar veteran spoke with Lex Fridman, and the pair discussed Agent during the...

Another iconic franchise has arrived in the world of Fortnite. Fortnite’s developers have announced a fresh crossover — a season themed around The Simpsons is now live. The team unveiled “Springfield Island,” built for 80 players. The classic Battle Royale rules remain, but with twists crafted by the show’s creators: Giant donuts will rain from...

Players who prefer a more relaxed experience can join less intense matches. Dedicated farm servers quickly gained popularity in Battlefield 6, where players could rapidly level accounts and complete challenges by taking down specially configured bots. The developers responded by disabling the completion of activities and assignments within Portal mode. The Battlefield 6 team has...

Image: Netflix On October 28, 2025, a long-standing broadcast tradition in anime quietly came to a close. For decades Japanese viewers could rely on a steady weekly stream of episodes from their favorite shows — a rhythm that shaped a generation of fans. In the West that routine varied before streaming, but the so-called “big...

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures Students climb aboard a bus that soon slips away from the familiar suburbs into an uncanny, scorched landscape. The vehicle teeters above a yawning chasm as the students realize the driver is none other than Freddy Krueger — and a hellish portal begins to open beneath them, with his bladed glove...

Certain interface elements can occasionally lead to unintended spending. The Diablo IV team is preparing to deploy patch 2.4.3. As usual, Blizzard Entertainment has published the full patch notes ahead of the release. The update contains various technical fixes and specifically addresses situations in which players were accidentally spending the premium currency, Platinum. Previously, members...