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In its big Divinity AMA yesterday, Larian clarified its use of generative AI tools in development: No AI art or concept art, but the studio is leaving the door open for other applications like using machine learning⁠—and potentially generative AI, it’s unclear where it draws the line in some of its communication⁠—to help clean up…

While the gory trailer certainly turned heads, we still don’t know much about Larian’s upcoming Divinity game. Even the teases seem shrouded in mystery—design head Nick Pechenin responded to a Reddit AMA question yesterday with a comment that sounds like a reveal, but confirms nothing. He wrote in the thread: “There was something that bothered…

I have a theory, which is that video games ultimately exist to create the most complex simulation of defending Earth against alien threats possible, so that in the event aliens really do invade Earth, there will be people who know exactly how to respond. Is this theory plausible? Unlikely. Have I just made it up…

When Valorant launched back in 2020, it was pitched as Counter-Strike with added superpowers, a combination that proved irresistible for shooter expert Morgan Park in PC Gamer’s Valorant review. Over the last few years, however, the emphasis has gradually shifted to the point where Valorant has turned into superpowers with added Counter-Strike. This problem came…

I can’t pretend to be anything other than relieved that Stranger Things is over. While I enjoyed the first few seasons of its pulpy Spielberg pastiche, it ultimately became far too big for its Nike high tops. But if you still haven’t had enough of the gang explaining its preposterously convoluted plans to kill Vecna,…

Before he spent thirteen years struggling to finish Star Citizen, Chris Roberts spent six years struggling to finish Freelancer. Digital Anvil’s third-person space-sim was conceived by Roberts in the late nineties. But after blasting through both Freelancer’s budget and its planned two-and-a-half-year development cycle, Digital Anvil was acquired by Microsoft. Roberts left the company shortly…

It’s happening again. You’ve ignored your body’s alarms and pushed yourself well beyond the threshold of exhaustion. It’s Monday, or maybe Thursday, but who’s keeping track anymore? Your body moves independently from thought—either unconcerned or incapable of addressing the growing detachment—and you repeat the same, torturous daily routine with a mechanical ease. You’re not physically…

We all save scummed in Baldur’s Gate 3⁠—except, apparently, for my friend Jack and coworker Morgan Park. They both accidentally killed everyone at the Last Light Inn and just kept trucking. As part of Larian’s big Divinity AMA on Reddit, the game’s writing director, Adam Smith, revealed how the studio is factoring players’ save scumming…

League of Legends looks unrecognizable in 2025 when compared to its cartoonier, humbler 2009 incarnation. And yet, while Summoner’s Rift has been dotted with all sorts of new jungle monsters, balance tweaks, and visual overhauls, the actual map has changed only slightly. Occasionally a different mode is introduced with a new map, but those rarely…

Not that there was much doubt, but now it’s confirmed, and it’s good news for Larian fans. Borislav Slavov, the creator of the Baldur’s Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2 soundtracks, is composing the music for the studio’s next game, Divinity. “We wouldn’t be able to stop him even if we wanted to,” Larian…