Interview: An Inside Look Behind the Chaos of Romeo is A Dead Man

The new Forgotten Realms books are set after Baldur’s Gate 3 and show Karlach found her happy ending, though one jerk wizard also dodged his comeuppance

The idea of “canonicity” in RPGs is an odd one, given the whole point of both videogame and tabletop RPGs is that the players decide what the main characters do. But sequels, spin-offs, and sourcebooks have a habit of choosing particular outcomes as the “real” ones—unless it’s the Elder Scrolls, where every ending of Morrowind…

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‘I’m disappointed with what I see’ says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, amid reports that China has banned some of the country’s biggest tech companies from buying its AI chips

According to a report from the Financial Times, China’s internet regulator has banned some of the country’s biggest tech firms from buying Nvidia’s AI chips. The ban is said to specifically prevent certain Chinese companies from ordering and testing the RTX Pro 6000D, a product designed specifically for the Chinese market. The Cyberspace Administration of…

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One of Jeff Kaplan’s ‘regrets about Overwatch’ was making it so team-orientated: ‘I would downplay the team factor and try to put more focus on individual contribution’

One of the biggest issues I’ve had since Overwatch first launched 10 years ago has always been just how much coordination the game demands from five or six complete strangers. For better and worse you live and die by your team, a feature that ex-Overwatch boss Jeff Kaplan seems to regret. “One of my hindsight…

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