Vermintide’s developers only realized they were wading into a cursed subgenre after they started making a first-person melee game: ‘I was so scared’

Look, I love Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, but there have been a lot more videogames where first-person melee combat kind of sucks than ones where it’s as fun as kicking an orc off a cliff in Dark Messiah was. There’s a reason we all play Skyrim as stealth archers. When Fatshark was first…

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As The Sims content creators depart over EA’s $55 billion Saudi-backed buyout, the dev team promises the game ‘will always be a space where you can express your authentic self’

The Sims development team has posted a message on X reassuring fans that its “mission, values, and commitment remain the same,” and that “The Sims will always be a space where you can express your authentic self.” The message comes one day after three of The Sims 4’s biggest content creators removed themselves from EA’s…

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Electronic Arts signs a deal with Stability AI: ‘We’re evolving how we work so that AI becomes a trusted ally’

Electronic Arts has signed a deal with Stability AI, the company behind the Stable Diffusion generative AI image maker, to—deep breath—”co-develop transformative AI models, tools, and workflows that empower our artists, designers, and developers to reimagine how content is built.” “For more than 40 years, EA has led through technological shifts across interactive entertainment, redefining…

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