Ambitious The Witcher 3 restoration mod adds yet more cut dialogue to the game, including a new Yennefer romance scene and extra choices for its most famous quest

With nearly half a million words in its script and 950 speaking roles to voice them, one thing The Witcher 3 isn’t short of is dialogue. Yet like any properly edited work of fiction, there were originally a lot more words in CD Projekt’s brilliant RPG. Hundreds of cut voice lines lurk within The Witcher…

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Hytale console commands to give yourself any item, teleport around the map, and swap between game modes

Whether you’re playing alone or managing a server online with friends, tinkering with Hytale console commands takes the charming Minecraft-like sandbox and turns it into the perfect playground for your most creative ideas. They’re easy to use, albeit a little hard to parse with so many modes and early access growing pains. There are no…

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Nexus Mods quashes rumor of 2-year bans for linking the site on Discord: ‘There does not appear to be any risk of being moderated by Discord for posting Nexus Mods links’

Nexus Mods community manager Pickysaurus has shared a statement to the modding site’s Discord server addressing a claim circulating on social media and gaming sites that Discord is banning users who share links to Nexus Mods. The claim does not appear to be true. I have reached out to Discord for comment, and will update…

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Steam updates AI disclosure form to specify that it’s focused on AI-generated content that is ‘consumed by players,’ not efficiency tools used behind the scenes

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney recently said digital storefronts like Steam should stop using AI disclosure labels because “AI will be involved in nearly all future production” anyway. PC Gamer’s Tyler Wilde disagreed (as do I), but he also noted that such disclosures can be tricky for developers: “Does it count if you used Photoshop’s…

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There’s a fantasy swordsmithing sim launching on Steam next week, which is a sentence I’ve been waiting to hear since browsing my dad’s replica sword catalogs in 4th grade

As the son of a man who was a historical reenactor, pre-internet Tolkien lorehead, and casual collector of bladed weaponry, my upbringing was of a very specific flavor. While I’ve overheard more complaints about the accuracy of period film costumes than anyone ever should, it did have its benefits—like getting to browse the occasional catalogs…

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There’s a fantasy swordsmithing sim launching on Steam next week, which is a sentence I’ve been waiting to hear since browsing my dad’s replica sword catalogs in 4th grade

As the son of a man who was a historical reenactor, pre-internet Tolkien lorehead, and casual collector of bladed weaponry, my upbringing was of a very specific flavor. While I’ve overheard more complaints about the accuracy of period film costumes than anyone ever should, it did have its benefits—like getting to browse the occasional catalogs…

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