Kings under the Mountain! 33 Enshrouded players spent 10,000 hours to recreate this iconic location from The Lord of the Rings

Above you’ll see the efforts of Enshrouded players working collaboratively to recreate an iconic location from The Lord of the Rings. Erebor, the dwarven city built under Lonely Mountain, has been brought to life in the early access survival sandbox from Keen Games—and all it took was 33 players working for a staggering 10,000 hours…

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Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics lays off 17 employees ‘to better align our current business needs and the studio’s future success’

Crystal Dynamics, which is currently working on a Perfect Dark reboot and a new Tomb Raider game, has announced the layoff of 17 employees. “This morning, Crystal Dynamics made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce by 17 talented team members,” the studio said in a message posted to X. “We did not make this…

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‘You’re a very long arm. You steal things. It’s a comedy game,’ explains developer of comedy game where you steal things with a very long arm

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A grizzled detective one week away from retirement sits at his desk in a dimly lit office, clearly frustrated by a criminal mastermind who continues to elude him. Strewn across his desk and pinned to the bulletin board behind him are photos of the perp he’s been pursuing…

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Pillars of Eternity is getting turn-based combat to mark its 10th anniversary, and that means PC Gamer editors will soon be arguing about combat mechanics again

To mark the 10th anniversary of its old-school isometric RPG Pillars of Eternity, the game that (in a very roundabout way) gave us Avowed, Obsidian has rolled out a big new patch and an even bigger piece of news: It took a full decade to happen, but turn-based combat is finally on the way. “Coming…

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It doesn’t really make sense that soccer star Ronaldo is now a Fatal Fury character, but if you follow the money you can see how it happened

Soccer players aren’t generally known for their fighting prowess, but that’s not stopping SNK from adding famed footballer Cristiano Ronaldo to the lineup of Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, the latest addition to the long-running Fatal Fury series of fighting games. “One of the top football players in the world,” Ronaldo’s character page states….

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Today’s RPG fans are ‘very sensitive to feeling like they wasted time’ when they die, says Metaphor: ReFantazio battle planner—but Atlus still made combat hard anyway

According to HowLongToBeat, Atlus’s 2024 RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is a mere 65-and-a-half hours long—if you stick to the critical path. Go for the mad completionist playthrough and you’re looking at 105 hours of turn-based battles, cutscenes and life simmy chats with your party members, which is objectively a lot of game. But imagine how much…

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Lies of P’s Future Begins with a Journey into the Past

Category: Games March 26, 2025 Lies of P’s Future Begins with a Journey into the Past Jeff Rubenstein Every generation or so, a new game genre ascends in popularity, carving out a spot in player’s hearts, with its breakout hit spawning countless imitators: think the Platformer, the FPS, the Open World, the Soulslike. While dozens…

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