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Shadow of Mordor’s beloved nemesis system exists because the publisher threw a tantrum about second-hand sales

Remember that weird time about 15 years back when the videogame industry filled its nappy over the existence of second-hand games? Activision-Blizzard clamped down on them, following EA and THQ’s lead, and one of Fable 3’s developers said they were worse than piracy, which was the other big bogeyman of the day. One unexpected consequence…

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‘The dream of the tech industry is to sell off your company at an overinflated price and retire,’ says actor behind Baldur’s Gate 3’s Karlach, ‘And I feel that’s being done with game studios right now’

In a recent interview with Edge magazine (spotted via GamesRadar), actor Samantha Béart⁠—most famous for their performance as Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3⁠—gave their assessment of the push for AI-generated performances and other assets in games, and the motivation behind it. “Essentially, [CEOs pushing AI] just want to save money,” said Béart. “In the long…

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Medieval colony sim Norland is getting a ‘damn big update’ that completely overhauls the game’s mechanics: ‘We’re rolling out some radical changes to the core gameplay’

I mostly enjoyed Norland and its randy lords when I previewed it last summer, but the medieval colony sim definitely had its problems. Getting monarchs and nobles to do what you needed to ensure your colony’s survival could be tricky when all they cared about was getting laid and acquiring holy rings as status symbols,…

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