If you’ve been worried about Avowed not looking punchy enough, Obsidian’s combat designer has a hitstop animation ‘superpower’ that might reassure you

My ears perk up anytime a game developer says the word “hitstop.” It means I’m about to hear some secret sauce, or at least opinions, about how to make a game feel great—specifically how and when to add a short pause mid-combat to make a hit really pop. In early footage of Avowed it’s been…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 console players are now limited to 100 mods per save—and probably won’t have unfettered access to big naturals Withers like we do on PC

Larian released its modding tools for Baldur’s Gate 3 recently—and it’s a damn impressive integration that the developer, technically-speaking, wasn’t under any obligation to make. Granted it paid off, with head of publishing Michael Douse crediting mods for the game’s physics-defying player numbers throughout 2024. This integration also included mods for consoles (and Mac), which…

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Ex-Blizzard president has rather boldly called Sony’s potential FromSoftware scoop ‘probably a top 2 acquisition in videogames in the last 15+ years if not ever’

As spotted by GamesRadar, Ybarra weighed in on the hot news of the week—the report that Sony was sniffing around Kadokawa, which was later confirmed in a statement which said Kadokawa had received “an initial letter of intent to acquire the company’s shares.” In what I would argue is a rather bold claim, Ybarra tweeted:…

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A team of chemists have created the world’s thinnest spaghetti, although there’s no word yet on the sauce

In a rather wonderful and incredibly science-fiction-like display, a few researchers have discovered how to make spaghetti which is just 372 nanometers thick. Though not as slurpable as the real stuff, this discovery could have great effects in the medical and science fields. A paper was recently published entitled “Nanopasta: Electrospinning nanofibers of white flour”…

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