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Baldur's Gate 3 used motion capture from 248 actors to bring its NPCs to life: 'You’re not only hearing the actors' voices, but you’re also seeing their physical performances' (www.pcgamer.com)

Baldur's Gate 3 performance director Aliona Baranova broke down the process.

Denuvo security is now on Switch, including new tech to block PC Switch emulation (www.videogameschronicle.com)

The first of the tools Denuvo is offering to Switch developers is Nintendo Switch Emulator Protection, a “revolutionary technology to protect games launching on Nintendo Switch from piracy”....

Hades player beats unmodded 64 Heat difficulty run - "arguably unachievable in thousands of hours" (www.gamesradar.com)

Haelian published a video a week or so ago setting out the probabilities for why it was so unlikely that this difficulty configuration would ever be beat: youtu.be/S-VUzcJHWF0...

Just completed Undertale for the first time, this truly is something special. (beehaw.org)

Hey people!...

Game developers flee Unity after exorbitant price plan announced, but not everyone can get out (boingboing.net)

Unity isn't a game engine. It's a malware-pushing advertising network which merged with a game engine to acquire a delivery channel and now wears its skin. This is fine for the bigger devs and publishers structured around platform relationships, but for everyone else? Gamemaker, Godot, Unreal, Defold… pick a flavor, they're...

Xbox's new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error '0x82d60002' (www.windowscentral.com)

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SAG-AFTRA Seeks Approval for Second Strike Against Video Game Companies (variety.com)

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You can play Starfield on PC and Xbox even if you only buy it once (www.pcgamesn.com)

Legend has spent years making Portal for the N64 and by Gaben he's done it (www.pcgamer.com)

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Unity introducing new fee attached to game installs (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Cyberpunk's storytelling makes Starfield seem ancient - Opinion (www.eurogamer.net)

Hi, I'm A Stupid Person Who Gets Mad At Review Scores (www.thegamer.com)

A 7/10 is basically a complete failure, so why didn't reviewers take my feelings into account before publishing their scores?

Baldur's Gate 3's companions were overly horny due to a bug (www.eurogamer.net)

Hi-Rez Studios, the people behind Paladins and Smite, have stated that they will be using AI to clone voices and refused to add in any words to contracts that would protect actors from it (twitter.com)

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Unity reportedly told dev Planned Parenthood and children's hospital are "not valid charities" (www.gamesindustry.biz)

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I built a fightstick! (beehaw.org)

I built a fightstick the other week! Mostly for Street Fighter 6, though I have played some other 2D games including Hades and River City Girls with it as well....

The Escapist staff resign following termination of editor-in-chief Nick Calandra (www.gamesindustry.biz)

Calandra shared more information on Discord, revealing that the “entire video team” has resigned in response....

Why did Baldur's Gate 3 blow up? Larian lead writer says it's thanks to "a big gamble" with CRPG standards (www.gamesradar.com)

"We believe RPGs are big ... So we always believed the audience was there," says Adam Smith

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