Remedy’s latest financials aren’t too bad considering Firebreak flopped, which the CEO puts down to its ‘structurally more efficient budgets’

Remedy, the creative geniuses behind Alan Wake, Control, and Max Payne, to name a few, has always been an odd studio. Despite making banger after banger (mostly), the web of business dealings seems to have it trapped in purgatory. Well, the studio has published its latest financial results, and they’re much better than I’d thought…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 cast ‘changed the game’ for videogame actors, says Dragon Age: Inquisition lead: ‘We too deserve to stand up and be counted’

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a phenomenal game—noteworthy not just for being a very good RPG, but also several brilliant performances and a heck of a lot of mocapping. Having spoken to some of its cast myself in the past, I can speak to the thought and weight they’ve put behind their work. As can Alix…

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Elon Musk considered calling OpenAI ‘Freeman’ because ‘it reminds me of the scientist protagonist in Half-Life’

The ongoing legal fight between OpenAI co-founders Elon Musk and Sam Altman has seen the release of a treasure-trove of internal documentation from the firm’s earliest years. One minor theme has been the presence of Gabe Newell, who gave the company over $20 million and was the sole member of its “informal advisory board” in…

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