Fallout creator Tim Cain does the impossible, makes me shift my opinion on respecs just a little bit, because fine, I guess it does sometimes turn bad design ‘into a player problem’

I don’t like paid respecs. In fact, I think respecs should be straightforward, unlimited, and free. A bright future for all respecs! Allow me to explore and adore your game’s many intricacies without starting multiple playthroughs! Viva la build! Unfortunately, Tim Cain, the OG lead on Fallout and a longtime CRPG (and MMORPG) developer besides,…

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87% of game developers are already using AI agents and over a third use AI for creative elements like level design and dialogue according to a new Google survey

Fully 87% of game developers are already using AI agents. That’s according to a new survey from Google Cloud and The Harris Poll of 615 game developers in the United States, South Korea, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. It’s also just the tip of the AI-berg. Some of the tasks completed by AI aren’t immediately worrisome…

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Marvel Rivals devs have been given the go-ahead to make their own characters for the game, and I have literally no idea why they’d do that

Marvel Rivals devs have been given a big thumbs up to go ahead and make their own heroes or villains—that’s according to a brief interview snippet from MP1st, who spoke with Guangyun Chen at a Marvel Rivals tournament held in China. “Yes, we are allowed to introduce original characters in Marvel Rivals,” he responded. As…

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Well, skibidi is in the dictionary now

I am 29. I still do not understand a thing about Skibidi Toilet outside of it being a machinima series which, to be fair, I probably would have loved had I been 15 years younger and somehow more internet brainrotted than I am now. It seems that the world at large understands skibidi enough to…

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‘Leaks are poison to all creation’: Infinity Nikki developer asks very nicely to stop spilling all its upcoming outfits by gifting everyone a vaguely threatening hammer

Every developer handles leaks a little differently. Some might ignore them outright, while others quietly confirm the legitimacy before trying very hard to pretend it never happened. Infinity Nikki developer Infold, on the other hand, has gone for quite a different tactic: a dramatic plea paired with gifting all its players a mildly threatening hammer….

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