How to get into the Deadlock playtest [ randomly by Valve, or nvited by a friend who's already in the playtest] (www.pcgamer.com)
Shadows of Doubt, the procgen private-eye immersive sim, is leaving early access next month (www.pcgamer.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18591054
Stardew Valley creator swears 'on the honor of my family name' that he'll never charge money for DLC (www.pcgamer.com)
Nintendo is suing the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claims 'There is no lawful way to use Yuzu' (www.pcgamer.com)
Nintendo says Yuzu played a large role in encouraging piracy of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Intel CEO laments Nvidia's 'extraordinarily lucky' AI dominance, claims it coulda-woulda-shoulda have been Intel (www.pcgamer.com)
Intel CEO laments Nvidia’s ‘extraordinarily lucky’ AI dominance, claims it coulda-woulda-shoulda have been Intel::Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has taken a shot at his main rival in high performance computing, dismissing Nvidia’s success in providing GPUs for AI modelling as “extraordinarily lucky.” Gels
Why the original, 1999 version of EverQuest is still one of the best MMOs to play today (www.pcgamer.com)
Space Marine 2 feels even more explosively, grimly, and hilariously authentic to the Warhammer 40,000 universe than the first game (www.pcgamer.com)
A Warhammer 40,000 space marine is not just your usual sci-fi super soldier. They are hulking behemoths, 10 feet tall (and about 10 feet wide too). They don’t move like people, they move like freight trains. They have the physical bearing of an industrial freezer unit and the emotional intelligence of a crocodile. They do not...
Study finds a quarter of all webpages from 2013 to 2023 no longer exist (www.pcgamer.com)
Todd Howard says Bethesda's trying to 'increase our output' with Elder Scrolls and Fallout 'because we don't want to wait that long either' (www.pcgamer.com)
A Konami code variant in Castlevania has been discovered after a quarter of a century (www.pcgamer.com)
Power-mad modder puts Sonic the Hedgehog at the heart of the most tedious game ever made, so you can speed boost to the end in 3 straight hours instead of 8. (www.pcgamer.com)
The best MMOs in 2023 - PCGamer (www.pcgamer.com)
How Cyberpunk 2077 clawed its way back from disaster to complete one of the greatest redemption arcs in gaming history (www.pcgamer.com)
A 3-year breakdown of Cyberpunk's bugs, lawsuits, and the many, many patches that brought it back.
Bethesda teases The Elder Scrolls 6 in anniversary message and brags its developers are already 'playing early builds' and loving it (www.pcgamer.com)
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive is laying off 5% of its workforce and 'rationalizing its pipeline,' the latest skin-crawling corporate euphemism for people losing their jobs (www.pcgamer.com)
Elon Musk appearance at Valorant Champions tournament met with boos, crowd chanting 'bring back Twitter' (www.pcgamer.com)
Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions.
Official Minecraft wiki editors so furious at Fandom's 'degraded' functionality and popups they're overwhelmingly voting to leave the site (www.pcgamer.com)
Citing "lack of transparency from Fandom [...] loss of features [...] and toxic company culture."
Former GTA dev says 'it's time for a revolution' where 'animation is more AI-driven and physics-driven' than done by hand (www.pcgamer.com)
Files allegedly obtained in the 2021 CD Projekt hack indicate Cyberpunk 2077 was once planned to have a level or DLC set on the Moon (www.pcgamer.com)
Eyeing the Helldivers 2 backlash with a nervous flop sweat, Sucker Punch assures us that Ghost of Tsushima won't need a PSN login for single player [co-op online multiplayer mode still require it] (www.pcgamer.com)
Tekken director asks why Americans want Waffle House to be a stage in Tekken 8 (www.pcgamer.com)
Swen Vincke was worried that the 100-hour Baldur's Gate 3 would be too short, which is why Larian made a ton of extra areas they wound up cutting (www.pcgamer.com)
Larian publishing director on mass layoffs: 'None of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt. They were just at risk of pissing off the shareholders' (www.pcgamer.com)
Speaking with Game File (users will encounter a paywall) at the Game Developers Choice Awards, Larian director of publishing Michael Douse gave his take on the current state of the industry, including some sharp criticism on the wave after wave of mass layoffs we’ve been seeing....