Possessor(s) review

Need to know What is it? A moody sci-fi metroidvania with rapidfire Smash-like combat.Release date November 11, 2025Expect to pay $18Developer Heart MachinePublisher DevolverReviewed on RTX 3060 (laptop), Ryzen 5 5600H, 16GB RAMSteam Deck PlayableLink Steam Possessors is a quiet game by most measures, but it starts all whips akimbo. It’s set in a walled…

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‘Every game company is now using AI’: Nexon’s CEO defends the use of generative AI in game development in the wake of Arc Raiders’ controversy

Arc Raiders has taken the gamers by storm, achieving more than 700,000 concurrent players over the weekend, beating Helldivers 2’s player record, and just generally proving that extraction shooters can indeed be fun. But all of these successes have unfortunately been mired by Embark Studio’s use of generative AI for its voice acting. To this…

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CD Projekt was worried people wouldn’t really ‘get’ dark fantasy as a concept, and then Game of Thrones became the biggest franchise on Earth

It’s hard to imagine a time where dark fantasy wasn’t a game industry heavyweight that permeates every fiber of my being—who doesn’t love tales that leave you in a moral quandary for days on end? The perceived level of complexity that you’re getting into can be challenging to overcome, but over the last decade more…

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