Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert isn’t interested in returning to making 2D adventure games: ‘When we’re all dead, it probably won’t be the kind of thing that survives’

Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert isn’t interested in making another 2D adventure game, despite having brought the series back in precisely that form only a few years ago. Speaking to Ars Technica, Gilbert compared “use verb or noun”- style adventure games to black and white silent movies, expressing that making games like that now would…

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Cities: Skylines 2 finally gets its asset editor in a parting gift from the series’ original developers

It’s been a rough ride for Cities: Skylines 2 over the last two years, with the sequel’s premature launch in 2023 leading to severe technical issues and lengthy delays to planned future updates. But the troubled city-builder has received some significant TLC lately. November’s bike patch brought bicycles, scooters and associated infrastructure to player-created metropolises,…

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Cities: Skylines 2 finally gets its asset editor in a parting gift from the series’ original developers

It’s been a rough ride for Cities: Skylines 2 over the last two years, with the sequel’s premature launch in 2023 leading to severe technical issues and lengthy delays to planned future updates. But the troubled city-builder has received some significant TLC lately. November’s bike patch brought bicycles, scooters and associated infrastructure to player-created metropolises,…

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Todd Howard says AI can’t replace human ‘creative intention,’ but it’s part of Bethesda’s ‘toolset for how we build our worlds or check things’

During a recent event for the second season of the Fallout TV show that premiers later this month, Bethesda’s Todd Howard joined the press junket fray to talk about the lasting influence of New Vegas, skipping the “war never changes” refrain, and—in an interview with Eurogamer—the use of AI in game development. “I view it…

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Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, known for his iconic depiction of Mortal Kombat villain Shang Tsung, has died

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, a prolific character actor known to gamers for his portrayals of Mortal Kombat’s evil sorcerer Shang Tsung, has died. A Variety report says Tagawa’s death was the result of complications from a stroke he suffered on December 4. Tagawa was a classic ‘that guy’ actor, with IMDB listing credits in more than 140…

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There are too many hints at a Diablo 4 shadow drop at The Game Awards to convince me paladins won’t be playable next week

Tin foil hats on, everyone. Several clues point to a new class dropping in Diablo 4 right after next week’s Game Awards, where Blizzard is expected to announce the next expansion. I wouldn’t be convinced of this if it weren’t for a preview image on the Diablo 4 website that contains something that wouldn’t exist…

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Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros., including its game studios, for nearly $83 billion-with-a-B, but the fight may not be over yet

Less than two months after it went on the auction block, massive media company Warner Bros. Discovery has found a buyer, and it is massive media company Netflix. The streaming giant has agreed to pay $82.7 billion for Warner in a deal the companies say will provide “more choice and greater value for consumers,” and…

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