Swen Vincke says there’s ‘definitely more pressure’ to nail Divinity after the critical acclaim of Baldur’s Gate 3

If there’s a limit to Larian’s ambitions as an RPG studio, founder Swen Vincke hasn’t found them yet. In an interview with PC Gamer about the deeper consequences and “much higher” level of agency in upcoming RPG Divinity compared to Baldur’s Gate 3, Vincke didn’t hesitate for a moment when asked if they were feeling…

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People of Note’s blend of turn-based combat and musical theatre is the exact kind of weird concoction my sicko brain has been yearning for

I need to figure out if Iridium Studios has been sending agents to scout me out for the last several months, because People of Note is a game that feels like it was designed specifically for me. Videogame musical? Hell yeah—I dug Stray Gods’ blend of musical theatre and visual novel—and a turn-based RPG to…

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Astarion actor Neil Newbon doesn’t get why games like Arc Raiders using ‘dull as hell’ AI for voice work don’t ‘go back and actually redo the lines with actors’ once they make it big

AI-generated voice ‘acting’—despite the fact I’ve never heard an example that hasn’t immediately made me less interested in a videogame—has still become more ubiquitous in gaming. Arc Raiders, by all accounts a dang successful videogame, uses it for text-to-speech lines. Speaking to PCGamesN, the voice actor for Baldur’s Gate 3’s Astarion, Neil Newbon (who knows…

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