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Disgaea fans: How does 4 compare to 1 and 2, doods?

I used to play the hell out of 1 and 2 back in the PS2 days, but I haven’t touched the series beyond that, and haven’t even played 1/2 much in the last 10 years....

RimWorld - Anomaly (DLC) Store page is up (store.steampowered.com)

What are the best Samurai period games?

I’m watching the new Shogun and wondering which games from that period (or a bit earlier) are really good. Thoughts?

Two indie Steam games were disguised as Helldivers 2 to scam players (www.videogameschronicle.com)

Shadow of Erdtree price

What do you all think about the price for Elden Rings dlc?...

Starbreeze admits Payday 3 is massively underperforming (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Payday 3 launched for Windows PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S in September 2023 but has seemingly struggled to win over players. The title currently has a ‘mixed’ rating on Steam with over 36,000 user reviews, although the vast majority of recent reviews have been ‘mostly negative.’...

Does anyone remember the name of that Dwarf-themed FPS game that got announced at (I believe) Summer Game Fest last year?

EDIT: I’ve only just remembered a crucial detail. The game is a highly detailed voxel game (similar looking to Teardown) and the terrain, as well as the enemies are fully destructable. I remember in the trailer, his gun was not only carving through the walls but he was shooting pieces off of the enemies too. The voxel enemies...

The Day Before studio say the game's downfall was thanks to "a hate campaign" (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

Game devs should follow the BG3 development footprint

Just release a beta version and let the true/core fans shape the final version of game....

Tribes 3: Rivals - Official Gameplay (www.youtube.com)

Why the original, 1999 version of EverQuest is still one of the best MMOs to play today (www.pcgamer.com)

The Talos Principle 2 | Demo on Steam Available Now (youtu.be)

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria - 13 Minutes of Exclusive Gameplay | gamescom 2023 (www.youtube.com)

2023 might be the best year for sequels and worst for new IPs

It’s a really weird, happy and sad state of affairs....

Rant: Frustration About Current State of Games Companies

Hi, everybody! Sorry for the rant! I’m Cross-Posting this from my other account on Beehaw, because I’d love to hear others’ thoughts on this. I don’t see much discussion about this and I’m really curious if maybe I’m viewing this all wrong....

Gothic, Risen, and Elex Dev "Piranha Bytes" Reportedly the Latest Embracer Studio to Shut Down (www.ign.com)

Indie games using retro graphics

Two examples of this are :...

A Konami code variant in Castlevania has been discovered after a quarter of a century (www.pcgamer.com)

The New York Times Simulator - A free casual game about manufacturing consent (www.youtube.com)

Fully playable in the browser here!

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)

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