The Witcher 3’s former lead quest designer says ‘of course’ there is romance in upcoming vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker: ‘You can expect to build relationships with characters’

The Witcher 3 may notionally be about helping Ciri defeat The Wild Hunt, but real heads know CD Projekt’s RPG is really about mending Geralt’s fractured relationship with Yennefer with the help of a stuffed unicorn. Navigating the love triangle between Geralt, Triss and Yen was a big part of CDP’s 2015′ masterpiece, so naturally…

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Former Assassin’s Creed director doesn’t think the current way of making big budget games is ‘tenable’: ‘I think the future lies in smaller teams’

It’s no secret that major studios are struggling to put out successful games. Between increasing development turnarounds, ballooning budgets, cancellations and mass layoffs, the industry is finding it harder to reliably bring projects to conclusion, leading to fewer blockbusters coming out each year. Various reasons have been aired for these problems, ranging from overeager profit…

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Manor Lords’ dev is experimenting with a new trading system that allows for ‘deliberate economic strategies’, including establishing monopolies on resources

Medieval city-builder Manor Lords had a quiet 2025, as its developer adjusted to the game’s enormous success following its release into Steam early access in 2024. Things picked up speed toward the end of the year, however, with a major patch arriving in December that introduced a rework to core systems and an overhaul to…

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Manor Lords’ dev is experimenting with a new trading system that allows for ‘deliberate economic strategies’, including establishing monopolies on resources

Medieval city-builder Manor Lords had a quiet 2025, as its developer adjusted to the game’s enormous success following its release into Steam early access in 2024. Things picked up speed toward the end of the year, however, with a major patch arriving in December that introduced a rework to core systems and an overhaul to…

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After Netflix pulled the rug from under Monument Valley 3 six months after launch, its developer says it’s a ‘PC first’ studio: ‘we can build more direct relationships with our audience and community’

Monument Valley was an award-winning phenomenon on mobile back in 2014 that made its way to PC eventually, as did its sequels and several other games by its developer, Ustwo. That studio has now apparently moved on from mobile-first development, as CEO Maria Sayans recently told Mobile Gamer. “What has changed more recently is shifting…

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After Netflix pulled the rug from under Monument Valley 3 six months after launch, its developer says it’s a ‘PC first’ studio: ‘we can build more direct relationships with our audience and community’

Monument Valley was an award-winning phenomenon on mobile back in 2014 that made its way to PC eventually, as did its sequels and several other games by its developer, Ustwo. That studio has now apparently moved on from mobile-first development, as CEO Maria Sayans recently told Mobile Gamer. “What has changed more recently is shifting…

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