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Debate Among Baldur’s Gate 3 Fans Continues Over Astarion for Valid Reasons

20 Jan at 20:00

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Cass Marshall is a news writer focusing on gaming and culture coverage, taking a particular interest in the human stories of the wild world of online games. Months after Baldur’s Gate 3’s release, I continue to be haunted by one…

Dark Souls 3 class guide

06.04.2016

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The most difficult part of any Dark Souls game isn’t battling monsters or navigating trap-ridden environments—it’s choosing how to play. I can’t tell you how many times I agonized over which skill to level up next, or before that, which character…

Pathologic studio delivers first screens and talks “drastic changes”

06.04.2016

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Ice-Pick Lodge has released a dozen “environment draft” screenshots from the first build of its Pathologic “reimagining,” which actually look an awful lot like the original—stylistically, anyway. More interestingly, it also revealed a bit about which elements of the game…

Hand of Fate 2 doubles down on the original’s cool concept

05.04.2016

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A little over a year ago I reviewed Hand of Fate, an action-RPG with deckbuilding strategy and a lot of tough choices. The concept was unique and clever—you create a deck from encounter and equipment cards, the dealer mixes in…

Major Stardew Valley makes getting married more fun, among other things

05.04.2016

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It’s possible to get married in Stardew Valley, but for a long time it’s not been particularly satisfying. Have you noticed, for instance, that your spouse does not stand next to you during the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies? What cheek!…

EA demands removal of Donald Trump video in Mass Effect universe

05.04.2016

Mass Effect, News, RPG

Image via Esquire. Earlier today a Twitter user posted a fan-made campaign video for US Republican candidate Donald Trump. A vague riff on the Mass Effect universe, it was a fairly amateuristic piece of Trump worship that no one would have paid much attention…

Underworld Ascendant studio reveals “authored look” art style

04.04.2016

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“There’s a ‘reality bug’ going around in TV, film, and games, where fantasy has become inundated by gritty photo-realism,” Nate Wells, the art director at Underworld Ascendant studio OtherSide Entertainment, said in a new update on the game’s progress. “With…

Mass Effect: Andromeda looks quite nice, if leaked footage is real

02.04.2016

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April 1 is the absolute best day for a spot of leaked game footage to come out, so you’ll want to take this video with a heap of salt (alternate link here, if that’s been taken down, and I’ve embedded another video…

Hyper Light Drifter review

01.04.2016

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NEED TO KNOW What is it? A beautiful, challenging action RPG.Expect to pay £15/$20Developer Heart MachinePublisher In-houseReviewed on GeForce GTX 970, Intel i7-5820K, 16GB RAMMultiplayer NoneLink Official site The drifter, a mute warrior draped in a red cloak and wielding…

Divinity: Original Sin 2 dev diary shows off PvP

01.04.2016

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The folk at Larian Studios are working on Divinity: Original Sin II, but they’re also working on amusing videos such as the one embedded above. Ostensibly an update on the sequel’s development, CEO Swen Vicke also takes the opportunity to gently…

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