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Apr 23, 2025
First big Dragon's Dogma 2 patch notes add some RPG essentials players have wanted since launch: a new game option, graphics toggles for motion blur, and more
The first major Dragon's Dogma 2 patch has added some essential RPG features, such as the option to actually begin a new game and toggles for motion blur. Publisher Capcom's (almost unreadable) patch notes detail all the changes added to the game on PS5 and Steam, with the update planned to come to Xbox Series X|S consoles in the next...
Apr 23, 2025
18 months into a massive war, MMO devs give the Elite Dangerous community all the tools they need to win - but no instruction manual
The Thargoids have been quite the thorn in the side of the Elite Dangerous community for a long time. So says lead game designer Luke Betterton, who spoke to GamesRadar+ amid the latest development in a conflict that's been raging for 18 months. Now, developer Frontier is giving players everything they need to turn the Thargoid threat back into space...
Apr 23, 2025
After making Final Fantasy 14 more accessible to solo RPG fans, Yoshi-P wants an even more "fulfilling" MMO experience with better "refined" multiplayer
Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida has looked to the next 10 years of the MMO, teasing what plenty of the community wants to see. Yoshida's PAX talk earlier this week offered insight into where the MMO has been and where it's going next. While the headlines have focused on Dawntrail arriving one week after the Elden...
Apr 23, 2025
After Breath of the Wild got a sick motorbike, I need this ingenious hoverboard as Tears of the Kingdom DLC immediately
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom mechanics have already produced some ingenious machines to traverse the world, bash beasts, and torture Koroks. But the most impressive creation I've seen so far is a surprisingly simple hoverboard that I'd love to see added to the game as DLC. Redditor Wise_Mulberry1065 posted their creation on the HyruleEngineering subreddit, showing off...
Apr 23, 2025
After 11,130 attempts, legendary Pokemon Nuzlocker fails their quest for 7 "broken" Pokemon but still finishes one of the JRPG series' hardest challenges to date
A dedicated hardcore Pokemon player has managed to complete what's arguably one of the most difficult Nuzlocke challenges out there after 11,130 attempts, all while wrestling with a run-destroying spreadsheet and a deep desire for a 'perfect run.' In case you were unfamiliar, Nuzlocke challenges are one of the most popular ways to play through the Pokemon series if you're...
Apr 23, 2025
While Hollow Knight hopefuls wait for Silksong, another modern Metroidvania classic gears up for its second massive expansion
Metroidvania Rain World is getting a second major expansion with brand new areas and a playable slugcat. Rain World had the unfortunate luck of coming out within a month of Hollow Knight back in 2017, but that didn't hurt the moody platformer from finding massive success. The Rain World: Downpour expansion already flooded the game with even more content just...
Apr 23, 2025
Stardew Valley 1.6 Easter egg adds a fantastic nod to one of the farming sim's strangest glitches – which could transform stairs into underwear
Stardew Valley 1.6 is jam-packed with new content to delve into and fresh secrets to discover, and one of the best ones is seemingly a direct reference to one of the glitches removed in the very same update. The glitch in question was an unusual one. Up until the 1.6 update, players were able to equip a craftable staircase as...
Apr 23, 2025
The truth behind one of Baldur's Gate 3's most hotly-debated lines might have been found lurking in a 28-year-old D&D source book
The answer to one of the most hotly-debated lines in Baldur's Gate 3 might have been found lurking in a decades-old DD source book. This article contains late-game spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3. If you've made it to the end of Act 2 of Baldur's Gate 3, you'll have met Enver Gortash. The archduke of the city is up to...
Apr 23, 2025
After 39 years, Nintendo's legendary composer put his voice in Super Mario Bros Wonder when his idea for a "live-action" Mario with "human proportions" was rejected
Koji Kondo joined Nintendo in 1984 and ended up composing basically every memorable theme from the Mario or Zelda series. The legendary composer had a particularly wild idea for a stage effect in last year's Super Mario Bros Wonder, and while that idea was rejected, it did end up giving Kondo the opportunity to bring his voice to the game....
Apr 23, 2025
After Baldur's Gate 3's unexpected success, Larian boss says the studio is "good for quite a number of years"
With layoffs and studio shutdowns becoming an almost weekly occurrence in the video game world, Larian Studios' CEO claims the developer is good for quite a number of years. In an interview with Eurogamer, studio founder Swen Vincke discussed how the team grew from 50 employees in 2014 to a whopping 470 employees throughout Baldur's Gate 3's lengthy development -...
Apr 23, 2025
Veteran MMO studio casually reveals Guild Wars 3 is in development, and fans aren't sure how to feel
Guild Wars 3 has quietly been confirmed. Although Guild Wars 2 was first released way back in 2012, it's still one of the most popular MMOs with active servers and just last year dropped the generally well-received fourth expansion, Secrets of the Obscure, with more to come in 2024 and 2025.That, combined with the fact that developer ArenaNet and publisher...
Apr 23, 2025
Larian boss clarifies comments about the studio's next game: "I think scope wise, Baldur's Gate 3 is probably already good enough"
Swen Vincke, head of Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios, is dreaming about a very big RPG that will dwarf them all, but he wants to make sure there are a few things you know about it. If you missed Vincke's original quote, he said that Baldur's Gate 3 was part of a larger plan that I have towards what...
Apr 23, 2025
"You're an idiot," Baldur's Gate 3 boss says of studios firing critical technical artists, and "anyway, we're hiring them to come work for us"
Swen Vincke, head of Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian, has been vocal about the ongoing wave of layoffs in the games industry, and reckons that cuts affecting critical departments and senior developers are especially shortsighted. In a new interview with Eurogamer, Vincke comments on how studios can hold onto the institutional knowledge that senior developers contribute, jokingly (and also not...
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