Welcome a new old face It’s Monday and I’m tired, so do I really have to write out hundreds of words telling you who Nic Reuben is? You already know Nic! He’s been writing here as a freelancer loads. He threw a rock through the treehouse window and were preparing to sacrifice him to appease Horace’s great coils, but the endless bear spake and instead commanded us to hire him, after a rigorous interview process....
Bend Studios could be pivoting away from single-player Days Gone was a single-player sort-of-RPG action adventure in a big map, starring a former MC outlaw called, against all probability, Deacon St. John. I was very disappointed it’s not prounced Sinjun, but you can’t have everything in life. As Deacon you roared about on your cool motorbike and did missions, while searching for your missing-presumed-dead wife. You know these games, you’ve played these games....
Capcom detail plans for the first wodge of tweaks and bug fixes Fantasy action-RPGDragon’s Dogma 2has had a tumultuous launch week:praised by reviewers,slated for its performance issues, andberated for its microtransactions, which appear to have been stealthily added after the game was sent to critics. Now begins the labour of patching the game. Capcom have released a few hints about forthcomingDragon’s Dogma 2updates. Their plans for the PC version include letting players acquire dwellings earlier on in the story, improving quality when DLSS super resolution is enabled, and adding the option to start a new game when save data already exists....
Best Mystic Spearhand skills and augments in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Interested in the best Mystic Spearhand skills and augments in Dragon’s Dogma 2?One of the two main vocations that combine might and magick inDragon’s Dogma 2, the Mystic Spearhand is a powerful combatant wielding the elegant Duospear. From spinning strikes to supplementary spells that can lift enemies up in a bubble before smashing them back into the ground, these expert spear fighters have a plethora of options in their arsenal....
Mods make the character editor item and other paid DLC cheaper and easier to find in-game Everyone likesDragon’s Dogma 2, it seems. Except everyone also seems to dislike one specific part of Dragon’s Dogma 2: the fantasy sequel’s microtransactions. But that one dull spot has already been polished out by modders, who are offering more convenient (and less expensive) ways to pick up items that you’ll either need to potentially grind or cough up real money for....
Kuja believe it? On top of announcing therelease dateforFinal Fantasy 14’s next expansion, Dawntrail, at PAX East over the weekend, producer Yoshi-P setFinal Fantasytongues wagging even further by mentioning the words “Final Fantasy 9” and “secret” in the same sentence. Many of the pre-order and special edition bonus items players can get with the upcoming Dawntrail expansion are suspiciously FF9-themed, you see, but when pointing this out to PAX-goers, Yoshi-P said “the reason is a secret” for now, sparking fresh rumours about Square Enix’s supposed Final Fantasy IX remake/remaster....
Slender meets Yedoma Globula If ever there were a game not to play on a Monday when you’ve had minimal sleep and basically want to crawl under the table and eat three-day-old pizza, that game - or rather, free “tech demo” - isFractal Sailor. The work of Struct9 founderMatej Vanco, it hands you a distressingly unwieldy and roofless hovership and cuts you adrift in a vast ocean of malevolent mathematics....
As the article notes, this fear over delays could well be a factor in Rockstar’s decisions to call for staff to return to office in April, asreported by the IWGBand recentlycovered by Aftermath. This decision was, understandably, unpopular with employees. Staff were initially informed of the mandate one year after submitting a petition opposing mandatory 3-day office work, which IWGB point out was “one of the UK games industry’s biggest ever trade union actions....
“Please take this” One of my favourite things aboutHelldivers 2is the fact it’s home to a human game master, known as “Joel”, who controls the narrative. Joel’s been known toleave surprises, namely mechs before they officially launched a while back. And now he’s seemingly granted a group of lucky players the chance to ride about in an armoured truck outfitted with guns. Maybe, just maybe this signals their imminent release?...
Still codenamed ‘Condor’, still a co-op Control spin-off There’s a teaser image on the wall. We stare at it and we think that’s the wholemultiplayershooter set in theControlfranchise. Then, Remedy sneak a second teaser image alongside some tantalising lore snippets into theirlatest investor report(Thanks,resetera!) Also there’s an air fryer that turns nuggets into miniature black holes, or something. I’m not sure because, honestly, I never learned to appreciate Control’s wonderful architecture and lore because the combat made me want to gnaw my fingers off....
Here’s how to change your character appearance in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Looking to change your appearance in Dragon’s Dogma 2?Dragon’s Dogma 2has a substantialcharacter creatorfull of options to make your perfect Arisen and Pawn pals. As with anyRPG, you may find yourself looking at a complete stranger once you leap from character creator to in-game lighting, however. If you’re facing character creator remorse, don’t fear - there are ways to change your character’s appearance in-game....
Needed more time on the drawing board It’s been nearly eight years since the launch ofCivilization VI, which is the longest gap between mainline Civ entries the series has seen since the first game appeared way back in 1991. It’s the perfect time for a new contender to rise and claim the historical 4X throne, and indeed, many have tried, and some have even come close. Soren Johnson and the gang at Mohawk Games struck gold inOld Worldby zeroing in on the ancient era and opening up the personal lives of rulers and generals as fields of play....
“ChatGPT is not only practical; in most cases, it’s better” Generative AI is one of the biggest debates raging across not just video games, but art and culture as a whole at the moment. Into that debate has waded the CEO of graphics card giants Nvidia to drop a prediction that can only be described as searingly flammable: we’ll see games where everything seen on-screen is fully generated by AI, in real-time, within the next 10 years....
