Obsidian's design director would love to add the immersive sim elements of Baldur's Gate 3 into a 'Pillars-y' game: 'we have mostly 2D worlds, so that's a lot more difficult'

Obsidian’s design director would love to add the immersive sim elements of Baldur’s Gate 3 into a ‘Pillars-y’ game: ‘we have mostly 2D worlds, so that’s a lot more difficult’

Before Baldur’s Gate 3 came along and took a great (weapon master) swing at what we thought the CRPG could do, Obsidian was keeping the flame alive with Pillars of Eternity—a series that is by all means absolutely stellar. Granted, Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin 2 laid that groundwork, and the immersive sim elements the studio…

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Microsoft says the Windows 11 boot failure bug is linked to another buggy update: ‘This issue can occur on devices that failed to install the December 2025 security update and were left in an improper state’

Well, don’t I have egg on my face. After writing an article yesterday wherein I pointed out that Windows 11 is “currently in a reasonable state“, it appears the OS now has something of a stacked bug problem. We previously reported on a bug that Microsoft said was creating a “limited number of reports” over…

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‘Um, as a favor, if you buy a new one, please sell your gaming PC to our company’ says Tokyo-based computer store as it offers ‘pretty high prices’

If you happen to live out in Tokyo and find yourself not using an ageing gaming rig, one company seems intent on buying it off you. As spotted by Videocardz, Akihabara-based tech shop Sofmap recently took to X to share (machine translated) “Gaming PC, even used ones are really out of stock right now”. What…

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Wandersong Launches on PS4 January 22

Hello! We’re very excited to announce that Wandersong, the indie musical adventure game, is arriving at PlayStation Store on January 22! In the world of Wandersong, everything was once sung into existence by the almighty goddess Eya. And every epoch or so, she sings a new song to reset reality — effectively ending the universe….

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