Prolific D&D novelist R.A. Salvatore says writing around 4th Edition rules 'almost broke' him and he knew its setting changes were a mistake: 'In about 5 years they're going to come to us and say, Bob, we got to fix this'

Prolific D&D novelist R.A. Salvatore says writing around 4th Edition rules ‘almost broke’ him and he knew its setting changes were a mistake: ‘In about 5 years they’re going to come to us and say, Bob, we got to fix this’

In a new interview with Polygon, fantasy (and sci-fi, and videogame) writer R.A. Salvatore dished on some of the unique challenges of writing stories that have to stay consistent with an ever evolving tabletop ruleset and world state. Salvatore has notably contributed to the Star Wars Expanded Universe (RIP), but is most famous for his…

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs tweet ‘Blame the French!’ after losing every Game Awards category to Clair Obscur, but it was in good fun: They partied together after

The developers behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 prepared thoroughly for Thursday’s Game Awards. In a tweet posted a few hours before the ceremony, they shared a screenshot of two image folders on a Windows desktop: “memes if we win GOTY” and “memes if we don’t win GOTY.” The latter turned out to come in clutch,…

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Cities: Skylines 2 latest region pack heads to the Netherlands, ‘the land of windmills, clogs, and stroopwafel,’ and includes new hospitals, fire stations, and hyperrealistic cemeteries

Cities: Skylines 2 just got a free content update in the form of the Netherlands Region Pack. This will provide Netherland-loving players the opportunity to build up a Dutch-inspired city with a bunch of new service buildings and an eerily realistic cemetery. “The interest and size of the Dutch Cities community is not a secret;…

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