Divinity's trailer is cool, but I suspect Larian's body-horror Burning Man splatfest doesn't set an accurate tone for the full game—and if I'm right, it'll be weird that it's happened twice
October 7, 2026
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Divinity’s trailer is cool, but I suspect Larian’s body-horror Burning Man splatfest doesn’t set an accurate tone for the full game—and if I’m right, it’ll be weird that it’s happened twice

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Harvey Randall, Staff Writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Preparing myself for the possibility of fighting Simon in Clair Obscur again. Last week I was: Recommending you go be cringe in World of Warcraft. It is 2019: Larian is announcing its new RPG, Baldur’s Gate 3. The studio releases a short, cinematic teaser…

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Despite Grok’s claims to the contrary, over 370,000 xAI conversations have reportedly been openly listed on search engines, with responses said to include ‘a detailed plan for the assassination of Elon Musk’

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According to a recent Forbes report, Elon Musk’s xAI has made hundreds of thousands of Grok chatbot conversations searchable on a variety of search engines, including Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo, without warning its users their chats were subject to publication. The report says that more than 370,000 user conversations are now readable online, and that…

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Mad BMX Skills 2 Supermans Onto Switch Later This Week

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Kickstart to your weekend? There’s something about side-scrolling BMX/motorbike games, don’t you agree? They promise big silly accidents, skill-based gameplay that’s easy to parse, violent falls from mid-air, fun stunts, incredibly painful crashes and… well, yeah, just loads of falling and people getting rag-dolled. Now, we’ve got some good BMX stuff on Switch already, and…

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Devolver’s financials show Cult of the Lamb is its best seller, earning more than $90 million with DLC a significant factor: ‘Gamers are spending more time on known IPs’

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Over on Bluesky, industry analyst mauronl shared some info from Devolver Digital’s 2024 wrap-up for investors, including lifetime revenue figures for 10 of its games. Sitting at number one, with over $US90 million earned, is the folk-horror Happy Tree Friends dungeon-crawler Cult of the Lamb. Number two, with over $US80 million in lifetime revenue, is…

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High-end systems dominate booming gaming PC sales according to new report that also claims Arm chips are coming to the rescue of gamers on a budget

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What with all the doom and gloom of late over memory and SSD prices, not to mention the longer-term escalation of the cost of a GPU, you might think gaming PC sales are pretty stuffed. But according to Jon Peddie Research, gaming PC sales are “surging.” The catch for mere mortal gamers is that all…

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The circle is closed as Clair Obscur mocap actor Maxence Cazorla thanks Charlie Cox for his kind words: ‘Bringing Gustave to life was a team effort, and I’m honored to have played my part in it’

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Earlier today we read about how Charlie Cox, the voice of Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, said the real credit for his Game Awards nomination in the Best Performance category should go to motion capture actor Maxence Cazorla. “Any nomination or any credit I get, I really have to give to him,” Cox said…

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Atari signs 10-game deal with Universal for movies based on Pong, Breakout, Centipede, and yes, really, Pong

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A Deadline report says Atari, in partnership with management and production company Entertainment 360, has signed a deal that gives Universal Pictures the right to turn 10 of Atari’s best-known games into movies. “For more than five decades, Atari has created games and worlds that have remained part of popular culture long after their original…

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