Bloodlines 2 update adds more customization options, and the developer is considering ‘the ability to play only Phyre’s side of the story on your second playthrough’ for a future patch

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 was a bit lacking in the character-creation department, but developer The Chinese Room has taken that criticism on-board and added 24 more customization options in its Halloween update. There are eight new hairstyles, eight new makeup styles, and eight new eye colors to choose from, though you’ll need to…

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If you’re a fan of Blue Prince and the Golden Idol games, this spooky detective mystery has arrived just in time for Halloween

In the excellent puzzle strategy game Blue Prince I walked around exploring a mansion while collecting clues and solving puzzles. In the grisly murder mysteries The Case of the Golden Idol and its sequel I solved crimes by collecting words and using them to fill in the blanks. So I’m pretty happy right now because…

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Patrick Soderlund, who was vice president at EA when Titanfall 2 got crushed between Battlefield and Call of Duty, talks about doing it again with Arc Raiders: ‘People may look at that and say, what the hell are they doing?’

It’s widely believed that one of the big reasons Titanfall 2 tanked badly, despite being such a good game, is that EA decided to shove it out the door between the releases of the Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare behemoths. Despite being better than either of those games (an objective truth), there…

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Roblox, which is being sued by 2 US states for endangering children, earns praise from the US Attorney General Alliance for ‘promoting safe, more positive digital experiences’

The Attorney General Alliance, a bipartisan group of US state attorneys general that “takes on emerging issues like cannabis regulation, sports betting,” has launched a new Partnership for Youth Online Safety initiative, and its first game industry partner is none other than Roblox. The AGA praised Roblox “for its leadership in promoting safe, more positive…

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Dev who accidentally listed his game on Japanese Steam as ‘Sh***y Dungeon’ sees skyrocketing wishlists and sales: ‘Everyone was laughing and, honestly, I was laughing like crazy too!’

Back in August, PCG’s Lincoln Carpenter reported on one of modern life’s little issues, in this case double-checking that machine translation tools are accurate. Turin-based developer Paolo Nicoletti released a demo for his game The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles on Japanese Steam after using machine tools to translate the text: and ended up listing the game…

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While players are still adjusting to its most controversial changes, World of Warcraft: Midnight is already jumping straight to beta after only a month of alpha testing

Apparently a single month of alpha testing was enough for Blizzard to transition World of Warcraft’s next expansion into a beta. Starting next month, WoW: Midnight will enter its next phase of testing as it nears its suspected release date early next year. Midnight alpha testing started at the beginning of October and brought with…

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