Oblivion Remastered—what does it actually change?

Oblivion Remastered—what does it actually change?

The Oblivion Remaster is real, it’s here, and it’s actually a lot bigger—file size and ambition-wise—than we were expecting. This isn’t just a conversion to a 16:9 aspect ratio and a “remastered version” upgrade listing on Oblivion’s store page. This thing is a whole $50 game, 115GB download, with a visual and interface overhaul that…

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Helldivers 2’s Johan Pilestedt says developers need to start taking more risks: ‘Safe bets are a death sentence for the studios that try to make them’

Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt says the game industry has a “convergence problem” because everyone is chasing the same “big next thing,” a type of risk aversion he believes has the industry “caught in a vicious circle of death and rebirth.” Speaking at a Game Developers Conference panel attended by PC Gamer, Pilestedt pointed…

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Payday 3 dev says it’s making ‘a bunch of changes’ to the game’s detested progression system 9 days after saying it had no plans to do so

Payday 3 has had, shall we say, a rough launch, and one of the main sources of player protest has been its progression system. Heisters just aren’t thrilled that your infamy points—the things you accrue to unlock new weapons, cosmetics, and what have you—are tied exclusively to the game’s challenges. It can mean that players…

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ‘opened a new avenue’ up for Daredevil actor Charlie Cox as he announces taking part in another videogame later this year

Charlie Cox, an actor best known for his work as Matt Murdock otherwise known as Daredevil in Marvel’s TV series Daredevil has recently made his way into the world of videogames. He voiced Gustave, a major part in one of last year’s most successful games, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. He’d made it clear a few…

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