World of Warcraft senior game director Ion Hazzikostas announced last week that Blizzard Entertainment will cut off access to the live combat log and auras for add-ons in the game, after incorporating new features to replace the most popular mods. I interviewed Hazzikostas for an hour about the broadcast to identify in detail what would…
Borderlands fans noticed that instead of the minimap introduced in Borderlands 2, the recent Borderlands 4 gameplay deep dive features a compass bar that points toward objectives. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford confirmed that the minimap is gone during a PAX East panel on Friday, and asked fans to hold judgement until they’ve played the game….
Nearly 200 Overwatch developers at Activision Blizzard have formed a new union under the Communications Workers of America called The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild—CWA, “a wall-to-wall unit that includes game developers across all disciplines, including design, production, engineering, art, sound, and quality assurance.” The announcement of the new union followed confirmation from a neutral arbitrator that…
It should speak to an already stacked year for games that we’re just over a month away from Death Stranding 2, and yet it feels like this major PlayStation (timed) exclusive is flying under the radar. Maybe that has more to do with the divisive response to Kojima’s first apocalyptic mailman simulator—Death Stranding was the…
Summary From Sketch to Soul: How We Created Zoe in Steel Seed. The face of Steel Seed: Crafting Zoe’s story, style, and spirit. Behind the scenes of Steel Seed. After five years in development, Steel Seed has officially launched on Xbox Series X|S — and whether you’re just starting your journey or well into the…
Good news for lovers and sand, spice, and/or worms: Dune: Awakening’s beta weekend, which started today and will run until May 12, is now open to anyone who preordered the survival MMO. It’s also mildly perplexing news because, y’know… why weren’t players who preordered the $50 game on Steam automatically included in the beta weekend…
In a surprise appearance alongside UK indie band and Disco Elysium composers, Sea Power, voice actor and musician Mikee W. Goodman donned the green jacket and flared trousers of Disco Elysium protagonist Harry Du Bois to belt out a rendition of “The Smallest Church in Saint-Saëns.” The melancholy song is the subject of Disco’s memorable…
Good news, Goggins-heads: It looks like work is proceeding apace on Fallout season 2. In an Instagram post uploaded yesterday, Ella Purnell uploaded a celebratory selfie with costar and fictional dad Kyle MacLachlan to commemorate the end of filming for Fallout’s second season. If you’re wondering, yes: Walton Goggins made his own announcement, by which…
As Fortnite slowly grinds its way back to iOS devices in the US, Epic Games is offering players a deal: Make purchases in Fortnite—or Rocket League or Fall Guys—using Epic’s payment system and you’ll get back 20% of what you spend in Epic Rewards. That’s a big boost over the usual 5% offering on Epic…
Alex Mashinsky, the co-founder of the failed crypto lending platform Celsius, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison (via Wired). Federal Judge John Koeltl handed down the sentence after a long hearing in Manhattan that heard from Mashinsky’s victims as well as the defendant. The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Mashinsky with seven counts…