The voice of Baldur’s Gate 3’s Astarion was asked to tone down the horny for his final romance scene: ‘ONLY SLIGHTLY, NEIL’

A recent datamine of Baldur’s Gate 3‘s absurdly huge wealth of voice lines continues to deliver. Not just in helping us uncover dark, dark futures regarding Scratch—it’s also given us a peek behind the curtain at the game’s development. As spotted by Team_Purple on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit (thanks Gamesradar), Astarion’s final romance scene…

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Here’s when Forza Motorsport unlocks in your time zone

Forza Motorsport represents a fresh start for the racing series on PC, and it feels outstanding: while our review criticizes the career mode for playing it safe, it also praises the vehicle handling and “newfound sense of weight to FM’s cars.” “They let you know exactly how much their tires are complaining against the G-forces…

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Forza Motorsport review

There’s one lap to go at Laguna Seca, an angry, bucking beast of a circuit in the California desert where I’ve so far been shepherding a Civic to a bang-average fourth place finish. But this is Forza multiplayer: it’s not over until the penalties are counted up, the ‘mute all’ button is pressed and the…

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Cyberpunk 2077 developer defends Bethesda’s work on Starfield: ‘They are just doing something different with their time and that’s cool’

Starfield is a good game, but it’s also been the subject of a perhaps-unexpected level of criticism from players, exacerbated by the triumphant Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 comeback. But in response to a player’s complaints about Starfield’s use of Creation Engine 2—an updated version of the aging Creation Engine that was first used in 2011 for…

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Laid-off BioWare employees sue over severance pay: ‘We are struggling to understand why BioWare is shortchanging us’

A group of seven former BioWare employees who were among the 50 laid off in August have filed a lawsuit against the company seeking better severance pay and punitive damages for what they claim is “unreasonably poor treatment by BioWare” following their termination. Worobec Law Offices, the firm representing the former employees, said that in…

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