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How much 5e do you have to know to enjoy Balders Gate 3?

I mean, the title is mostly it. I haven’t played DnD for…long enough that I know none of the rules and few of the classes. I didn’t play BG or BG2....

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)

Anyone else have a fleshed out game completion list or am I just properly insane?

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Over 5,000 games industry workers have already lost their jobs in 2024 (www.videogameschronicle.com)

Bigger Than Godzilla: Why Are Games Using So Many Gigabytes? (www.techspot.com)

What is some very predatory, sneaky and popular among children game?

I’ll be doing a workshop in a few weeks, and I wanna raise awareness about predatory lootbox paytowin games. I wanna play live, an easy to start playing and understand game, that is so sneaky and predatory that some kid would very easily buy some microtransaction or lootbox without even realizing what they just did....

'Starfield' glitch makes it hilariously easy to get a great spacesuit (mashable.com)

Soulframe is Elden Ring meets Ghost of Tsushima, but with 'Disney princesses' - PCGamesN (www.pcgamesn.com)

Play Station (lemmy.world)

hardware: use TV as a monitor?

Hi all My kid will get a gaming pc soon. I can’t swallow the cost of a whole setup at the moment. I’m thinking of getting a good motherboard with a decent second hand graphics card (a colleague I trust can find me one). And over time upgrade where needed. For monitor I would be using my TV....

Helldivers 2 gets delisted in more countries without PSN access, blindsided devs call for it to be "available worldwide" | Gamesrader (www.gamesradar.com)

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I just got a Playdate!

I ordered my Playdate last week, and it arrived today. I am having a blast with it so far. Highly recommend it. The build quality is really solid, and the software is snappy and fast. Seriously, get yourself one of these.

The 'rushed' attempt to rehabilitate Cities Skylines II is becoming a cautionary tale (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Couch Gaming setups

So I switch between playing games from my desk and my couch. I have a long HDMI cable that runs from my desktop to my tv. before I would use a bluetooth keyboard and a bluetooth mouse when playing from the couch with a little table or with a xbox 360 controller....

Subnautica 2 Devs Quickly Clarify That, No, It's Not A Live-Service Thing (kotaku.com)

2K pulls Spec Ops: The Line from digital stores without warning (www.polygon.com)

Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update (www.half-life.com)

Game of the Year | Nominees (thegameawards.com)

Call of Duty MW3 faces dramatic Steam drop-off from MW2 launch (www.pcgamesn.com)

What is the most terrifying RTS game unit to be up against?

My vote is monk from age of empires 2. These dudes can walk up and stare at your friend chanting for a bit, then suddenly they turn around and attack you. That’s horrifying.

RDR1 - Where to play best? Switch, PS4...or Steam Deck?

Hi guys! So I happen to still own all these three devices, and I just saw RDR1 just dropped on the first two. Which device would you advice to play it on? Is it looking any better on PS4? Is it playing decently on the Deck yet? What’s your advice on this?...

Paradox Lays Off Entire Studio Before Its Game Was Even Released (aftermath.site)

Microsoft announces a disc-less Xbox Series X console in white (www.theverge.com)

The new console option won’t include a disc drive, and will be entirely all-digital. Inside it’s identical to the Xbox Series X, with the same performance for existing Xbox games. This new white model will be available with 1TB of storage later this year, priced at $449.99....

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