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Anime action RPG studio Pahdo Labs shuts down despite accruing $17.5M in funding: ‘We believed making a demo of a familiar but new game would be our best shot’

In November, just three months after it launched into early access, Starlight Re:Volver halted updates. Despite a demo that did well during Steam Next Fest, the anime action RPG underperformed at launch. Pahdo Labs laid off half its team, halted updates, and said it was going “back to the drawing board”, with a follow-up announcement…

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Sorry, but that countdown on Amazon’s Fallout site didn’t lead to a Fallout 3 or New Vegas remaster announcement… or any announcement at all

Amazon’s Fallout website has been counting down to something since early January, and since the timer coincides with the release of Fallout Season 2 Episode 8, some hopeful fans decided maybe the countdown would lead to the announcement of something special. Maybe a Fallout 3 remaster! Heck, maybe a Fallout: New Vegas remaster! You’ve got…

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Why does isometric perspective suit Disco Elysium? ‘You can design the entire game as if it was a painting’

God bless Aleksander Rostov. The art director has been a highlight of Noclip’s documentary about the making of Disco Elysium so far, always chiming in with the kind of insight you get with the real-life equivalent of Disco’s “Actual Art Degree” thought cabinet project. The latest episode is focused entirely on Disco’s art, which means…

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