Baldur’s Gate 3’s champion speedrunner just smashed two world records in as many days through the power of friendly fire, invisible bears, and throwing a guy off a bridge

Even after a standout AGDQ showing, prolific Baldur’s Gate 3 speedrunner Mae shows no signs of pumping the brakes any time soon. Building on the strategies shown off at AGDQ, the runner brought BG3’s all-acts world record under 20 minutes before zipping through the megahard permadeath Honour mode in 21:17 for another world record the…

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It’s a miracle that Palworld exists, according to the studio founder: ‘It was the antithesis of proper game development’

You could make a convincing argument that Steam sensation Palworld shouldn’t exist, but you don’t have to—the game’s creator has already made that argument himself.  Not because it’s controversial, though it is that—the bizarre mash-up of sandbox survival and perverse reimagining of catching ‘em all has been accused of copying Pokémon models and using AI…

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Bloodborne Kart won’t be ‘Bloodborne Kart’ anymore after a letter from Sony, but the devs are excited to make it an original thing: ‘This is a fan game no more!’

We still don’t have Bloodborne on PC yet, but who needs it? We’ve got something even better on the way: Bloodborne Kart, a PlayStation-style demake that somehow evolved from a seeming April Fool’s gag into a fully-fledged kart racing game. It was intended to be out on January 31, but developer Lilith Walther said today…

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Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone says he’s ‘done adding major new content’ to the 1.6 update, promises it will ‘absolutely’ be out this year

The Stardew Valley 1.6 update is done! Done having new content added to it, that is. Creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone said on Twitter today that the long-awaited update is now content-complete, and now he’s focused on polish and bugs. (Sorry about the fakeout. It was exciting there for a second though, wasn’t it?) (Image credit:…

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