Bossa Studios ended 2023 by laying off one-third of its staff

Today’s Wordle answer for Thursday, March 6

Use our hint for today’s Wordle to get your game off to the perfect start. Don’t worry about spoilers either, as it’s been written to help without giving the game away. Make sure you pair it without general tips too, so you can really get the most out of those first few guesses. As always,…

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The devs of EVE Online’s survival spinoff are on a ‘side quest’ to get it on Steam Deck: ‘Our goal is to get this to as many players as possible’

At this year’s EVE Fanfest, the developers of EVE Online sister game Frontier were touting its new driving controls and gamepad support⁠—features that have already resulted in a vastly different game than Fenris Creations’ (formerly CCP Games) original MMO. As a big Steam Deck sicko, I was naturally curious whether Frontier’s gamepad support opened up…

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Best base locations in Grounded 2

Grounded 2‘s Brookhollow Park is full of scenic spots, from a miniature Stone Henge to a lovely tree surrounded by mushrooms, but the best base locations take more than that into account. To thrive in the park, you need access to food, natural resources, a Ranger Outpost, and you’ll generally want to be close to…

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Amidst high profile live service failures, Arc Raiders production director says he hopes other studios are ‘given the same chance we had, because it’s so hard to put a game out’

In his talk at this year’s GDC, Arc Raiders production director Caio Braga said Embark’s breakout extraction shooter hit emerged from a development cycle involving multiple massive directional pivots—points where many other game productions would have been cancelled. In a post-talk interview with PC Gamer, Braga said the high profile live service launch failures that…

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Baldur’s Gate 3’s new Giant Barbarian is beating out one of D&D 5e’s oldest powergamer builds, making Karlach the MVP of my second Honour Mode playthrough

With Patch 8 of Baldur’s Gate 3 landing earlier this month, I’ve saddled myself with the accursed duty of completing another Honour Mode playthrough. Given that Patch 8 gives me the constituent parts for one of D&D 5e’s oldest powergamer builds, the Sorcadin, I reckoned I’d give it a go. The Sorcadin, for the uninitiated,…

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