'Magicka scares me', says Helldivers 2's Johan Pilestedt, since it was made at a time where Arrowhead was much smaller—but he'd still like to revisit the series 'at some point'

‘Magicka scares me’, says Helldivers 2’s Johan Pilestedt, since it was made at a time where Arrowhead was much smaller—but he’d still like to revisit the series ‘at some point’

Arrowhead’s CCO (formerly CEO—and currently on a sabbatical from the game entire) Johan Pilestedt gave a heartfelt speech to the Helldivers 2 subreddit, recently, thanking them for their ongoing support and welcoming Xbox divers into the fold. As spotted by our friends over at GamesRadar+, however, he also said that Helldivers 2 isn’t the entire…

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Bloober Team’s new horror label just unveiled an isometric survival horror game straight out of a comic book: ‘Avoid the Horned Man at all costs’

You might know Bloober Team for its Silent Hill 2 remake, which everyone was really scared would suck until it turned out to be pretty okay, but the studio’s penchant for polarizing horror goes back a long way. These days, it’s cooking up games under a horror-centric co-development label called Broken Mirror Games—the latest of…

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The Pokémon Company apologises for plagiarising artwork in the latest TCG Pocket expansion and assures fans, ‘We are also conducting a broader investigation’

There’s been an important update for Pokémon TCG Pocket’s upcoming expansion, Wisdom of Sea and Sky, and unfortunately, it’s not a good one. After releasing previews of the set, it brought to everyone’s attention that one of the best cards in the set had been plagiarised. “It has come to our attention that there was…

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If you’re looking for ideas on how to mod your RTX 4060, maybe remove its fans and slap a ridiculously big heatsink on it like this person did

There are many things that I would do to my graphics card—undervolt it, treasure it, sing it lullabies—but I probably wouldn’t slap a gigantic heatsink on it just to eliminate the fan. Don’t get me wrong, passive cooling is nice, but I’m glad I don’t have to DIY it myself, creating the monstrosity I’ve just…

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Warhorse co-founder believes ‘AI is not a get out of jail free card’ and that execs have a ‘simplified mental model’ of what it means for games

Few things are constant in life, but the reminder that AI is wriggling its way into just about every facet of life is unfortunately pervasive. Take games for example, it’s wormed its way into voice acting, voice acting, and more voice acting. But aside from giving players a plethora of dull and generic quips it’s…

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