It looks like the next Baldur's Gate 3 patch will update the game's ending—also, Withers says 'fun is mandatory' and I'm scared

Want To Know More About The Origins Of Vault Boy? This New Video From Fallout’s Creator Gets A Thumbs Up From Us

Tim Cain reflects on the famous piece of Fallout iconography. The post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout has a lot of famous iconography, but I’d argue none more so than Vault Boy. Debuting in the original Fallout in 1997, the blonde-haired, jumpsuit-wearing character has become the series’s de facto mascot as it has grown to include sequels, spin-offs,…

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The Secrets Hidden Inside PlayStation VR Worlds

I’m Simon Hermitage and I’m the Lead Designer on PlayStation VR Worlds. It’s a product from us here at London Studio as we’ve explored what makes the best possible VR experience. The result is five purpose-built, awesomely immersive VR experiences which will have you diving with a shark, playing futuristic sports, hurtling down a mountain…

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Dead by Daylight delays its existing update plans for a ‘substantial quality of life initiative’, which includes adding a surrender mode and cracking down on ‘extreme hiding’

In one of the more unusual Steam updates I’ve read lately, Dead by Daylight‘s developer Behaviour Interactive has announced it is suspending plans for numerous hotly anticipated features in favour of what it terms a ‘substantial quality of life initiative’ that will run throughout 2025. As the update explains, Behaviour’s focus this year was supposed…

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If you’ve been worried about Avowed not looking punchy enough, Obsidian’s combat designer has a hitstop animation ‘superpower’ that might reassure you

My ears perk up anytime a game developer says the word “hitstop.” It means I’m about to hear some secret sauce, or at least opinions, about how to make a game feel great—specifically how and when to add a short pause mid-combat to make a hit really pop. In early footage of Avowed it’s been…

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Highly intricate water blocks like this one may become the norm as server CPU power consumption soars, and could even trickle down into gaming PCs

For many years, CPUs and GPUs got by with just using a smidge of power. It’s a very different story these days, and the AI boom has forced processor designs to consume vast amounts of power. To help shift all this heat away, some companies are creating such complex-looking thermal solutions that they could easily…

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