Tag: games

Marathon’s murderous audio change was an ‘overcorrection,’ Bungie admits, promises to pull it back in an upcoming update

Marathon’s murderous audio change…

PC Gamer’s Morgan Park had a rough night in Marathon a couple days ago. He initially attributed it to…
‘No matter what we changed, somebody was going to get mad:’ After hearing what an Obsidian dev went through to get RPG difficulty right, I get why nobody’s ever gotten RPG difficulty right

‘No matter what we…

In a talk at the Game Developers Conference, Obsidian senior systems designer Robert Donovan spoke about dialing in the…
Palworld’s Bucky got off a plane to find ‘about 8,000 Discord messages from Palworld fans’ who really wanted him to know about Pickmon: ‘God bless their little hearts’

Palworld’s Bucky got off…

Being highly active with the community for a videogame must mean your DMs are a perpetual nightmare of notifications,…
Dead By Daylight devs reckon the game has ‘at least’ another 10 years in it

Dead By Daylight devs…

In June this year, Behaviour Interactive’s Dead By Daylight will celebrate ten years of release: quite the feat for…
Arc Raiders’ devs didn’t expect such a passionate PvE-only crowd

Arc Raiders’ devs didn’t…

The Arc Raiders developers have said in the past that during development playtests that preceded launch, raiders were behaving…
2 years after its announcement, FF14’s monster-taming Beastmaster job finally arrives this year, along with what looks like a Slay the Spire-esque roguelike mode

2 years after its…

Final Fantasy 14‘s next big patch, 7.5, will be dropping next month—and in subsequent updates will be adding Beastmaster…
‘It was supposed to be the greatest time ever’: Jeff Kaplan only got 6 weeks to come up with and pitch Overwatch: ‘We were probably the most demoralised we’d ever been’

‘It was supposed to…

Before the rise of Overwatch there was the fall of Titan, a cancelled Blizzard MMO which was stripped for…
Europe’s game rating agency takes aim at in-app purchases, loot boxes, and ‘unrestricted communication’ with new ‘interactive risk categories’

Europe’s game rating agency…

European game rating agency PEGI is about to make life more complicated for some game developers, as it plans…
Playing World of Warcraft with a controller might become my preferred playstyle thanks to this excellent gamepad-friendly addon that’s letting me enjoy Azeroth from my couch

Playing World of Warcraft…

After a few years of lapsed subscription, Midnight’s launch has lured me back into World of Warcraft. But as…
Today’s Wordle clues, hints and answer for August 3 (#1506)

Today’s Wordle clues, hints…

Sundays are for many a time for rest, relaxation, and a good game of Wordle. Or maybe a bad…