Fallout: New Vegas lead writer returns to Obsidian after leaving 14 years ago, but before you ask, no, ‘It’s not FNV2’

14 years after leaving Obsidian Entertainment to ply his trade on games including Guardians of Middle-earth, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Horizon Forbidden West, Fallout: New Vegas creative design lead John Gonzalez has returned. But don’t get too excited, New Vegas fans, because he says it’s not for New Vegas 2. “I’m happy to share that…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 8 testers are whispering that a previously mediocre subclass is now an S-tier war god of infinite thunder smites, but there’s no way it can last

Baldur’s Gate 3’s upcoming deluge of new subclasses is practically as exciting as all the entirely new games we’re about to get in February, and we’re starting to get reports trickling in from loose-lipped Patch 8 stress testers about how those new subclasses work in action. One thing that really stands out to me among…

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Elder Scrolls voice actor Wes Johnson shares message of thanks after waking from coma to $175K GoFundMe: ‘I love you all. I’m not going anywhere’

Wes Johnson, the actor whose voice permeates Bethesda’s RPGs like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Skyrim, has addressed fans and friends as he recovers from being found “barely alive” in his hotel room last week. The actor had travelled to Atlanta, where he was scheduled to host a benefit event for the…

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‘Dragon Age isn’t dead because it’s yours now,’ former BioWare writer reassures fans: ‘EA/BioWare owns the IP but you can’t own an idea’

Dragon Age appears to have reached the end of the road, at least for now. Despite the largely positive reception, sales of Dragon Age: The Veilguard didn’t meet C-suite expectations, the game’s most recent update appears to be its last, and developers at BioWare have been scattered to the four winds as the studio focuses…

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Truly the dumbest timeline: Mexican president formally requests Google Maps does not re-name the Gulf of Mexico, jokes about renaming North America ‘América Mexicana’

It is one of life’s truisms that, whenever you see something and think “this couldn’t possibly get any dumber”, it will then proceed to astound and amaze you with just how god damn dumb it can get. Today’s exhibit A is US President Donald Trump’s idea that the Gulf of Mexico, an enormous body of…

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Hello Kitty Island Adventure warns players coming from ‘other cozy games’ not to do that cheat-y time travel stuff or risk corrupting their save files

Hello Kitty Island Adventure arrived this week as the newest and cutest in the genre of ‘games where you’re stuck on an island with those licensed property characters you love’ but hold your darn Turfys just a minute. HKIA has kicked off its PC launch with a warning that bringing your cheater-pants system date changing…

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