There are an awful lot of spells in D&D, and while Baldur’s Gate 3 features less than half of them, several of the big hitters are present; Tasha’s Hideous Laughter, Otto’s Irresistible Dance, or true classics like Fireball and Healing Word. But when a boss fight meant that all of …
Read More »Baldurs Gate 3s darker second act had to exist because otherwise “it gets exhausting”
Baldur’s Gate 3‘s second act is very different to its first. Fairytale-style exploration quickly gives way to something far darker and less welcoming, but according to lead writer Adam Smith, there’s a very good reason for that. Speaking with Smith at Gamescom, GamesRadar+ asks about the somewhat jarring difference in …
Read More »Meet the Animal Crossing: New Horizons fan who went on a round-the-world in-game art trip that started out as a joke
The Animal Crossing: New Horizons fan that traveled across 3 continents to see all of Redd’s artwork in real life has revealed it started out as a joke. Back in 2022, Mayplaystv – Animal Crossing fan and TikTok creator – began their travel series after posting a video to TikTok …
Read More »Why did Baldurs Gate 3 blow up? Larian lead writer says its thanks to “a big gamble” with CRPG standards
Why did Baldur’s Gate 3 blow up the way it did? We put the question to lead Larian writer Adam Smith at Gamescom, and he reckons it’s partly down to the fact that it doesn’t just look like Larian’s traditional brand of CRPG – it’s a full-fledged cinematic RPG, too. …
Read More »The new Diablo 4 patch notes tackle yet another laundry list of common complaints
The Diablo 4 1.1.3 patch notes are here, and they bring a welcome list of fixes for common complaints. There have been a number of patches released since the unambiguous disaster that was Diablo 4’s Season 1 launch, some of them better received than others. Patch 1.1.3 is yet another …
Read More »Homeworld 3 preview: The Battlestar Galactica game I always wanted
I’m an amateur fleet commander with admirable intentions: I want to dominate the stars in Homeworld 3 with a massive squadron of Interceptors, the nimble fighters that look a lot like the Vipers from Battlestar Galactica. Hitting the population cap, I’m able to arrange my Interceptors into differing formation and …
Read More »Blasphemous 2 has the best interconnected map Ive seen since Dark Souls
In our Blasphemous 2 review, I describe The Game Kitchen’s blood-spattered second coming as “a Soulslike sequel that’s as unsettling as it is unpredictable”. For the most part, that’s in reference to the Metroidvania-meets-FromSoftware-styled adventure’s brutal boss battles, its disparate themes of tragedy framed by religion and cultism, and the …
Read More »Thronefall is real-time strategy for people who dont like RTS
I am a turtler, at heart. The kind of player who prefers to hide behind a big stone wall and let archers and guard towers do the work in the best RTS games. Nothing gives me more satisfaction than to set a city going, and let wave after wave of …
Read More »AMD says its not blocking Starfield from getting Nvidias superior performance-boosting tech
Starfield could get Nvidia’s performance-boosting DLSS tech if Bethesda wanted to add it, according to AMD’s gaming boss. “If and when Bethesda wants to put DLSS into the game, they have our full support,” AMD gaming lead Frank Azor tells The Verge. Azor goes to some lengths to avoid discussing …
Read More »After a fire at the studio, co-op horror darling Phasmophobia delays console launch to October
Phasmophobia’s long-awaited console launch has been delayed due to a fire at developer Kinetic Games’ office building. Previously scheduled to go live in August, the Phasmophobia console release date for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PSVR 2 has now been pushed to “the week leading up to Halloween this October.” …
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