'We need to get the funniest person we can possibly find': Helldivers 2's lead writer had seven days to cast John Helldiver, the face of the game's beloved intro cinematic

‘We need to get the funniest person we can possibly find’: Helldivers 2’s lead writer had seven days to cast John Helldiver, the face of the game’s beloved intro cinematic

Helldivers 2’s gleefully unsubtle satire of American jingoism begins mere moments after you launch the game, as the community-named John Helldiver’s squeaky-clean suburban life is torn apart in front of him by a giant insect. “You could be next,” he warns. “That is, unless you make the most important decision of your life.” Millions of…

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Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.2’s trailer has me finally hyped to get stuck back in—and to go to the moon and pilot some mechs, because why not

Final Fantasy 14’s next big patch, 7.2, had both its release date trailer reveal and live letter broadcast today—and it’s looking like the most jam-packed update we’ve had in a while. Here’s a quick shortlist of what’ll be bundled into the patch, and when: March 25 (7.2): New main story quests, including a new dungeon…

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Microsoft wants everyone to use an open-source technology to create an ‘agentic web’ where AI agents interact with other AI agents

In the spirit of a technology developed by AI company Anthropic, Microsoft sees the future of AI where there are lots of different systems, created by lots of different companies, all working together, in peace and harmony. Or to put it in the same words that Microsoft used, create an “agentic web”. That’s according to…

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When Assassin’s Creed’s infamously dull main character was finally killed off, voice actor Nolan North didn’t find out until a fan told him about it on Twitter

Desmond Miles? Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. Assassin’s Creed‘s original protagonist stood at the centre of the series’ story from the 2007 original to Assassin’s Creed 3. I remember him being pretty roundly mocked at the time, and wasn’t much of a fan myself. This was partly because players…

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Supergiant director says the studio is fully focused on Hades 2, doesn’t ‘secretly know’ what it’ll do next and Hades 3 is ‘not preordained’

As reported by GamesRadar, Supergiant Games co-founder and studio director Amir Rao recently spoke to Haelian on YouTube about where the studio was at with next steps now that Hades 2 has left early access⁠—you can read our (very positive) review here. Basically? They don’t know yet. Caveating that he knew Rao likely couldn’t comment…

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