‘This game could never be made by AI… it’s too human,’ says Baldur’s Gate 3 actor Neil Newbon after wrapping a playthrough on stream

Over the course of two years and 126(!) episodes, Astarion actor Neil Newbon has been streaming a co-op playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3 alongside his friend Tom de Ville, with occasional guests like Amelia Tyler and Devora Wilde. And yes, he did romance himself. The series has finally wrapped up now, and Newbon spent a…

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‘This game could never be made by AI… it’s too human,’ says Baldur’s Gate 3 actor Neil Newbon after wrapping a playthrough on stream

Over the course of two years and 126(!) episodes, Astarion actor Neil Newbon has been streaming a co-op playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3 alongside his friend Tom de Ville, with occasional guests like Amelia Tyler and Devora Wilde. And yes, he did romance himself. The series has finally wrapped up now, and Newbon spent a…

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‘I have no regrets saving Hytale,’ says co-founder who purchased the game from Riot and released it just two months later: ‘It’s been the most challenging but rewarding experience of my life’

Today marks one week since the early access release of Hytale, the Minecraft-like that was famously rescued from oblivion earlier this year by original co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme. By all appearances it’s been a very successful rebirth, and Collins-Laflamme underscored that feeling with a message on X saying he has “no regrets” about resurrecting the game….

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Mewgenics will have 280 Steam achievements at launch, in case you were wondering how huge the Binding of Isaac successor is going to be

After more than a decade in development, Mewgenics is almost upon us. It’s a game about breeding bizarre cats and then pitting them against one another in turn-based combat, or at least, that’s what it seems to be about: Tyler Wilde previewed it late last year and it seems a whole lot more complicated than…

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Russian politician calls for Call of Duty ban and home-grown alternative because ‘you’re almost always shooting at Russian soldiers’ in the Modern Warfare games

The Russian government is prepared to support the development of a homegrown military shooter akin to Call of Duty through measures including reduced corporate tax rates and insurance premiums for developers who make it. Confirmation of those potential incentives comes a month after a Russian lawmaker called for a ban on the Call of Duty…

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Russian politician calls for Call of Duty ban and home-grown alternative because ‘you’re almost always shooting at Russian soldiers’ in the Modern Warfare games

The Russian government is prepared to support the development of a homegrown military shooter akin to Call of Duty through measures including reduced corporate tax rates and insurance premiums for developers who make it. Confirmation of those potential incentives comes a month after a Russian lawmaker called for a ban on the Call of Duty…

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