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Journey composer Austin Wintory played an unreleased song from his canceled ‘dream job of all time’ during the Game Developers Choice Awards, just to drive home that the industry’s doing great

“There are so many innovative games coming up that I can’t wait for,” Game Developers Choice Awards host Sam Maggs said Thursday night. That doesn’t sound like the setup for a spot of black comedy, but wait until you hear the names of the games Maggs rattled off. Perfect Dark? Canceled, as Microsoft shut down…

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Two laugh-out-loud moments in Zero Parades gave me hope that the Disco Elysium successor will still deliver flashes of brilliance

RPG developer ZA/UM has a difficult—maybe impossible—wire to walk with Zero Parades, its follow-up to Disco Elysium. The spy thriller wants to strike a different tone to one of the best RPGs ever made while still working in the same verbose style. And while parts of it indeed feel very similar, as PC Gamer’s Joshua…

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