Raph Koster has enlisted the help of Portuguese software company Didimo to help populate his Playable Worlds virtual multiverse using their AI-powered 3D character generation platform called Popul8. The relatively new platform takes a huge chunk of the workload from the developers by creating all of the characters in the game with minimal input and is also in use by [...]
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The recently renamed studio Unchained Entertainment has brought their first title Final Stand: Ragnarok closer to full release. While originally published on Steam back in 2021 for $19.99, the game was in an early alpha phase that only garnered about 37 peak concurrent players. After a recent investment round, Unchained Entertainment is finally in a position to push out the [...]
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Hearthstone turned 10 years old this week and is celebrating the occasion with freebies for both the Warcraft-inspired card battler and World of Warcraft. “Hearthstone turns 10 this year—and Blizzard is giving away some awesome party favors! Tune up your decks, get your friends together, and hit the tables.” Hearthstone players who log in at least once until the end [...]
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Elodie Games is lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding Seekers of Skyveil as it lifts the NDA for the co-op RPG turned PvPvE fantasy extraction game later this week. The NDA will officially be lifted by 8 a.m. PDT tomorrow, March 13 alongside the release of a new developer video that will give fans a quick look at the game’s [...]
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EXFIL is a new first-person shooter that combines the tactical precision of military simulators like ARMA, the extraction mechanics of Escape from Tarkov, and the intuitive pick-up-and-play squad-based combat of Counter-Strike 2. The game drops four opposing teams into a single map with the goal of recovering intel from a downed helicopter. They must then exfiltrate safely from the map [...]
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Big things are in store for PUBG: Battlegrounds this year as Krafton unveils its 2024 development roadmap for the granddaddy of all battle royale games. One of the biggest things to watch out for is the game’s Unreal Engine 5 upgrade and the visual improvements that will come along with it. Krafton will also be making the entire map fully [...]
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Ikonei Island is expanding its playerbase to include console users as the cutesy cozy co-op game heads to PlayStation and Xbox on March 21. It also promises a radically revamped experience on the same day with the release of Update 1.5: Blooming Beginnings. While Ikonei Island has enjoyed very positive reviews on Steam since it launched on the platform in [...]
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Overwatch 2 has dropped another nostalgia-inducing trailer ahead of its Cowboy Bebop crossover event later today. That’s two trailers in less than a week, with another one likely locked and loaded for when the event officially begins. The new trailer offers a better look at the four event-exclusive Cowboy Bebop-inspired skins featured in the previous trailer as well as the [...]
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All-star PvP brawler MultiVersus is returning in a few short months as Warner Bros. and Player First Games confirms its official launch on May 28. We first got an inkling that the Smash Bros-inspired title will be coming back to life last week when its Twitter page showed signs of life after nearly nine months of radio silence. Now, it’s [...]
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Eleventh Hour Games is currently putting together a mid-season patch for Last Epoch and its asking players to help them decide which builds, skills, and items will be getting the nerf hammer. The studio is gathering feedback through a survey where they’ll rate certain things on how much they should be nerfed on a scale of one to five. The [...]
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