Avowed’s companions won’t ditch you for making the ‘wrong’ choices: ‘It’s not about maintaining their approval, it’s about getting to know them’

Avowed, the upcoming first-person RPG from Obsidian, mixes and matches a few RPG standards in its approach to companion characters and their stories. Before we get into details, some basics—in an interview with game director Carrie Patel and gameplay director Gabe Paramo this week, we learned the following about Avowed’s companions and party management: We’ll…

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2 months after killing the Overwatch League, Blizzard teams up with Saudi Arabia’s esports org for ‘a new era of Overwatch esports’

As promised, Blizzard has unveiled “the next chapter” of professional Overwatch esports: The Overwatch Champions Series, a multi-region competitive circuit that will culminate in two major tournaments at Dreamhack. The Overwatch Champions Series will be operated in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa by, an esports company owned by Saudi Arabia’s Savvy…

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Immortality developer Sam Barlow teases 2 new projects on Steam, and one of them is survival horror

Sam Barlow’s studio Half Mermaid, the developer of Her Story, Telling Lies, and Immortality—one of highest-reviewed games of 2022—are teasing a pair of mysterious new projects on Steam called, mysteriously, Project C and Project D. The newly-arrived Steam pages for both new games are heavily redacted. The description for Project C opens with a biblical…

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Xbox Insider Release Notes – Delta (2402.240118-2200)

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview releasing to the Delta ring today. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We will continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes…

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Xbox Insider Release Notes – Beta (2402.240118-2200)

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview releasing to the Beta ring today. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We will continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes…

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Review: The Legend Of Steel Empire (Switch) – A Classic Steampunk Shmup Gets A Lick Of Paint

Full steam ahead! We believe it quite impossible to be a shoot-’em-up lover and not have stumbled upon HOT-B’s cult classic Steel Empire, the 1992 Mega Drive-exclusive horizontal shmup that mesmerised players with incredible steampunk aesthetics, an epic soundtrack, and a stiff challenge. Far from forgotten, there have been in the past two re-releases/remasters of…

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Diablo IV Season of the Construct: Diving into the Lore Behind the Sinister Zoltun Kulle

Category: GamesJanuary 23, 2024 Diablo IV Season of the Construct: Diving into the Lore Behind the Sinister Zoltun Kulle Marcus Kretz, Community Manager, Blizzard ­­Something sinister stirs – elemental machinations scuttle beneath the sands of Kehjistan. Launching today, Diablo IV’s Season of the Construct arrives. Arm your own Seasonal Companion, battle through Hazards in Vaults…

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