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You say “Astarion backstory” and I’ll show you a very long list of fanfics, but for anyone who’s already exhausted that catalog: today’s a big day. There’s going to be an official prequel novel for your sad, sexy Baldur’s Gate 3 boyfriend this September. Oh and yes, Neil Newbon’s recording the audiobook version, obviously. As…
Facepunch Studios’ new game creation platform s&box will release next week on April 28 on Steam. Built on Valve’s Source Engine 2, s&box is the “spiritual successor to Garry’s Mod,” a physics sandbox and toolkit users can build their own games in. Leading up to the launch, Facepunch Studios stated its community-forward vision, highlighting features…
I suppose it was inevitable: Less than a year after Activision and Paramount confirmed that a Call of Duty movie is in the works, The Hollywood Reporter says a Battlefield movie is on the way too. It’s still very early in the process—the report says the “hot package” is currently being pitched to studios and…
The Elder Scrolls: Arena is the first game in the series, and has an OST composed by Eric Heberling (who would also be on audio duties for The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall.) TES: Arena shipped in 1994 on MS-DOS, meaning that Heberling’s orchestral-style compositions had to be compressed to fit the technology of the time,…
Skyrim’s got a lot of NPCs. Thing is, most of ’em are dolts. They don’t have any kind of distinct personality or routine, and sometimes do the dumbest stuff imaginable. I’ll never forget the time a dragon flew down to attack me near a settlement, destroying some fencing in the process, and the entire town…
To paraphrase some lyrics from my mispent youth pining for a Hot Topic, ‘this ain’t a scene, it’s a goddamn AI arms race’. The preview of DeepSeek V4 is now live, and given that the AI giant was reportedly not so keen to grant Nvidia and AMD early access to the new model, the American…
Larian has some big aspirations for its next RPG, Divinity, which it hopes will surpass even the mighty Baldur’s Gate 3. It will be “even larger” than BG3, with “deeper sequences of consequence,” more interesting fail states, better character customization, and even more natural and complex NPC relationships. Given how good Baldur’s Gate 3 was…
Occasionally, I encounter a story that speaks volumes in a single image. It tells of human strife, endeavour, and an unwavering commitment to triumph in the face of adversity. This is one of those images. My dear colleague Jacob Fox directed me to the r/pcmasterrace subreddit this morning, so that I may behold what he…
Just last week, Night Street Games, an indie studio founded by Imagine Dragons’ lead singer and manager Dan and Mac Reynolds, released Last Flag. It’s a 5v5 multiplayer shooter built exclusively around the iconic capture the flag game mode, a favourite of the Reynolds brothers. I’ve not played it, but it’s got positive reviews on…
Tifa Lockhart might be a Final Fantasy 7 character first and foremost, but another community has been wishing for her presence for a hot sec now: the Tekken community. I always used to associate guest characters with Soulcalibur’s zanier choices like Yoda, Ezio, and our very own PC Gamer mascot Geralt of Rivia. But other…