Eric Barone says he’d ‘love to’ make Stardew Valley 2 someday: ‘A whole new set of characters, a whole new world, maybe capture some of that original energy that I had back in 2012’

Stardew Valley debuted 10 years ago this month, but creator Eric Barone is still hammering away on it. He’s also working on a whole new game called Haunted Chocolatier. It’s a lot for one guy, and so you might reasonably think that there’s not much room in there for thoughts of a full-on Stardew Valley…

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Skyrim lead designer says the next Elder Scrolls should look at how Baldur’s Gate 3 made things ‘meaningful,’ because ‘the gaming community has spoken’

In a new interview with PressBoxPR, Bethesda veteran and Skyrim lead designer Bruce Nesmith goes over his time at the studio, addressing topics like why it wouldn’t make sense to switch to Unreal Engine, studio head Todd Howard’s habit of “seagulling,” and lore choices that had PCG’s Joshua Wolens despairing. One of Nesmith’s themes is…

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Helldivers 2 has a tank now

Some might be too terrified to type these words where the Super Earth censors can see, but I’ll say it: I’m starting to worry that we’re trusting the Helldivers with too much terrifying firepower. Fortunately for the cape-wearing commandos gleefully detonating ordnance across the galaxy, my input has no bearing on the matter, and today…

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MindsEye studio boss threatens legal action against YouTuber as co-CEO Leslie Benzies denies Epstein allegations: ‘I have never met Jeffrey Epstein, nor have I ever visited his island’

Former Rockstar North CEO and current Build a Rocket Boy co-CEO Leslie Benzies has denied allegations of involvement with billionaire pedophile and human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, saying in a statement provided to Kotaku that “these allegations are false.” Benzies’ statement comes a few days after Build a Rocket Boy co-CEO Mark Gerhard issued a “formal…

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Civilization 7 players can once again play as a single civilization in a massive overhaul update that’s ‘tentatively’ coming in Spring: ‘Together, these updates are similar in scope to an expansion’

Though it brings me immense psychic pain to acknowledge the grinding forward churn of passing time, it’s already been a year since the launch of Civilization 7. And while its reception could have been a warmer one, Firaxis is celebrating Civ 7’s first anniversary by sharing its plans for an expansion-sized overhaul update that will…

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