Convai aims to put an end to basic 'one-line' NPCs with AI but says it 'needs more high quality writers and artists, not less' to get it done (www.pcgamer.com)
In a suspicious act of generosity, EA quietly slashes the Steam price on 4 Command and Conquer games to nearly nothing (www.pcgamer.com)
'Today is the end of Steam': Argentina and Turkey floored by new Steam price hikes as high as 2900% (www.pcgamer.com)
Cabal of 'gay furry hackers' claims over 3,000 files stolen in NATO website breach (www.pcgamer.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 minmaxer finds terrifying 240 damage-per-turn Monk build, carrying on D&D's long tradition of rules-based ultraviolence (www.pcgamer.com)
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'We haven't started on an expansion' to Baldur's Gate 3, Larian says, but it's not completely off the table (www.pcgamer.com)
A level 12-20 D&D adventure would pose major new design challenges.
It's official: International Olympic Committee votes to confirm the first Olympic Esports Games will happen in 2025, even if they don't know the games yet (www.pcgamer.com)
Team Fortress 2's player count doubles after fan pressure sees Valve step in with a bot-demolishing banwave and a firm line on appeals: 'No' (www.pcgamer.com)
More details on MS Flight Simulator 2024, including full 3D landscapes in 30 biomes (www.pcgamer.com)
Obsidian CEO responds to worries Xbox could shut them down, too: 'I'm not worried about tomorrow' (www.pcgamer.com)
Ultrakill dev says it's fine to pirate his game if you don't have money to spare: 'Culture shouldn't exist only for those who can afford it' (www.pcgamer.com)
The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cook (www.pcgamer.com)
I tried two demos of machine learning AI NPCs, and they didn't convince me AI will lead to anything that immersive sims like Deus Ex haven't already done better (www.pcgamer.com)
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 reveals its first clan, the Brujah, four years after it revealed its first clan, the Brujah (www.pcgamer.com)
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After 3 years of 'hands-off' management, Microsoft is making Bethesda and ZeniMax report directly to an Xbox bigwig, Matt Booty (www.pcgamer.com)
BattleBit Remastered is dominating Steam because there's no catch: it's just a lot of game for $15 (www.pcgamer.com)
FromSoftware says Elden Ring's popular Seamless Co-op mod is 'definitely not something we actively oppose,' and may even 'consider ideas like that with our future games' (www.pcgamer.com)
Senior Riot devs say the League of Legends playerbase is getting older, with fewer newbies jumping in: 'Candidly, it's not the same situation it was 10 years ago' (www.pcgamer.com)
Hands on with the Zotac Zone gaming handheld: It's got a gorgeous screen, but the competition is ramping up [AMD Ryzen 7 8840U, 780M GPU,16GB Ram, 7-inch AMOLED 1080p, ~800$] (www.pcgamer.com)
GOG is going to start deleting oversized cloud saves at the end of August (www.pcgamer.com)
Game devs praise Steam as a 'democratic platform' that 'continues to be transformative' for PC gaming today (www.pcgamer.com)
'You won’t find our games on a subscription service' says the founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian, after Ubisoft forecasts a future of players 'not owning' games (www.pcgamer.com)
"Subscription models will always end up being cost/benefit analysis exercises intended to maximise profit."