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Netflix’s Spirit Crossing Is A Gorgeous Cozy MMO With A Lot To Prove

Netflix’s Spirit Crossing Is A Gorgeous Cozy MMO With A Lot…

Spirit Crossing is the next life sim from the Netflix-owned studio Spry Fox, makers of the beloved Animal Crossing-like Cozy Grove. Netflix announced the ambitious social MMO this week…
Gabe Newell is hooked on Stalker 2 and once he’s got the fourth ending (!) will ‘figure out what I’m going to play next’

Gabe Newell is hooked on Stalker 2 and once he’s got…

It’s been one heck of a week for serious Valve news, thanks largely to founder Monica Harrington’s new GDC talk about the company’s early days. So I thought it…
Like a Dragon series director sums up why sidequests are essential to a great RPG with a single metaphor: ‘a good main dish alone will not earn you a Michelin star’

Like a Dragon series director sums up why sidequests are essential…

In a talk at San Francisco’s Game Developer’s Conference on Friday, Like a Dragon series director Ryosuke Horii said something simple out loud that I wish more big RPGs…
‘The Tea Ceremony’ walkthrough for Assassin’s Creed Shadows

‘The Tea Ceremony’ walkthrough for Assassin’s Creed Shadows

“The Tea Ceremony” is a main story quest you can find in Assassin’s Creed Shadows in the Izumi Settsu region. It’s your last step in tracking down the Golden…
‘The Perfect Gift’ walkthrough for Assassin’s Creed Shadows

‘The Perfect Gift’ walkthrough for Assassin’s Creed Shadows

“The Perfect Gift” is a main story quest you can find in Assassin’s Creed Shadows in the Izumi Settsu region. It’s available after finding Imai Sokyu during “Searching Sakai”…
Bethesda marks Oblivion’s 19th with a sweetroll, a candle, and absolutely no happy birthday gift for fans eager for the still-unannounced remaster

Bethesda marks Oblivion’s 19th with a sweetroll, a candle, and absolutely…

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, the second or maybe third-best game in Bethesda’s long-running Elder Scrolls RPG series, turned 19 yesterday. In Canada, 19th birthdays are traditionally a very…
Valve’s DRM was inspired by an exec’s nephew, who ‘used a $500 check I’d sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note’

Valve’s DRM was inspired by an exec’s nephew, who ‘used a…

One of this year’s most interesting GDC talks was delivered by Monica Harrington, a founding member of Valve and the company’s first chief marketing officer, who went over her…
REPO dev says it wasn’t actually inspired by Lethal Company, and started as a singleplayer cleaning game: ‘It was nice, but far from what REPO is now’

REPO dev says it wasn’t actually inspired by Lethal Company, and…

You’d be forgiven for thinking REPO is a lot like Lethal Company. Both games involve fetching precious objects, hiding from things that go bump in the night, working cooperatively…
‘We made one big mistake’: Destiny 2 developer reveals how a small team dedicated to player retention led to a 20 hour server outage and character rollback

‘We made one big mistake’: Destiny 2 developer reveals how a…

Destiny 2 has had a turbulent history—it’s a game that, since its release in 2017, has seen many ups, downs, and outright blunders. So a GDC talk from one…
Periphery and Warframe 1999 come together with a new guest track, but how on earth did that happen?

Periphery and Warframe 1999 come together with a new guest track,…

Warframe 1999: Techrot Encore is out, and it’s a lot of fun. But, one thing you may not have noticed as a player or a far-flung spectator is that…