Voice actor for Baldur’s Gate 3’s Karlach says ‘we’re still seen as outsources’ in game dev: ‘There’s a weird disconnect’

There’s been a deep, unfortunate friction between voice actors and videogame studios, recently—the looming spectre of AI hangs large over everything, with some bigwigs salivating at the idea of getting infinite performances out of people without actually paying them. That is, despite the fact that—aside from efforts so far mostly being bland as all hell,…

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‘If you happen to love microtransactions, I am going to disappoint you deeply’: REPO’s next update is revealing deets, and it’s more exciting than monsters

It feels like only yesterday semiwork announced that the team would be taking a break before working on the next update. Which isn’t actually entirely inaccurate as it’s been less than a month and we’re already got the first video about the next release. So, it looks like we won’t have to wait too long…

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Switching to a leverless fighting game controller is the smartest thing I ever did, and one of the best in the biz is at its lowest-ever price

The Razer Kitsune hits a frame-perfect combo of ultra-light, ultra-thin, ultra-stylish fighting gaming. It swaps out a joystick for an all-button layout which makes movement input faster and more consistent. A must-have for anyone looking to take their fighting game skills to the next level. Key specs: Optical switches | PC & PS5 compatible |…

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Persona-adjacent turn-based tactics RPG Demonschool just got its second big patch, seems like now is the time to dive in

The Persona games sound fascinating. Tactics RPGs about students who fight demonic analogues of small-town problems at night, yet have to balance that with school and social obligations by day? I’d say sign me up, but even the shorter ones take 80+ hours and the longer ones demand well over 100. I tried Metaphor: ReFantazio…

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