Terraria developer sticks it to Unity with $200K donation to open-source competitors, doesn’t even use Unity itself

The irony has been pointed out many times: When game engine Unity revealed its new per-install fee last week, game developers were possibly the most united they’ve ever been—in disgust. Even developers who don’t use Unity expressed anger or criticized the unprecedented change of terms.  Perhaps the best example of this game dev rallying occurred…

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Bethesda finally put proper ladders in a game, so of course players have dedicated themselves to designing Starfield ships without any

After all these years, Bethesda Game Studios has finally released one of its signature first-person RPGs with functional ladders. Glorified teleporters no more: Starfield’s ladders have proper interactive climbing animations, and since Starfield makes an attempt at somewhat realistic spacecraft designs, its ships naturally contain lots of them.  Also naturally, because it’s just a law…

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How long is Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty?

Though Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty might not be quite as expansive as the Blood and Wine expansion for The Witcher 3, there is plenty to do in Dogtown. From choice-based side gigs, to new activities like Airdrops and car thefts, to the main quest itself—Dogtown may just be one district in a massive city, but…

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I’ve tested Nvidia’s latest ray tracing magic in Cyberpunk 2077 and it’s a no-brainer. At worst it’s just better-looking, at best it’s that and a whole lot more performance

The new Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 update is out and, as part of CDPR and Nvidia’s long-standing effort to make it the new Crysis, it features an entirely new take on ray traced realism. Called Ray Reconstruction, this new DLSS feature literally grounds everything in the game, and makes the previous Overdrive ray tracing mode look…

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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty review

Need to know What is it? The long-awaited expansion to CDPR’s first non-Witcher RPG Release date: September 25, 2023 Expect to pay: $30/£25  Developer: CD Projekt Red Publisher: CD Projekt Reviewed on: Intel i5-12600K, RTX 3070, 32GB RAM Multiplayer: No Steam Deck: Verified Link: Steam  / GOG Given Phantom Liberty’s superspy theme, I expected, nay,…

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