D&D's clunkily-named 2024 ruleset, a revamp of 5e, finally throws up its hands and goes fine, we'll call it 5.5e on D&D Beyond, you win

D&D’s clunkily-named 2024 ruleset, a revamp of 5e, finally throws up its hands and goes fine, we’ll call it 5.5e on D&D Beyond, you win

Dungeons & Dragons, judging by the D&D Beyond site (which is owned by Wizards), is going through a bit of a revamp with its 2024 ruleset—in that it’s finally giving in to semantic ease and normal naming convention and just calling itself 5.5th edition, or 5.5e. Well, on one specific website. The system, originally dubbed…

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The Game Awards 2023: Every Announcement and Winner from Xbox

Category: The Game AwardsDecember 7, 2023 The Game Awards 2023: Every Announcement and Winner from Xbox Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor It’s been an incredible year for players. Across gaming, we’ve seen major releases – both original titles and major franchise sequels – incredible innovations, and titles sure to usher in the future of gaming….

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A Baldur’s Gate 2 remake is apparently in development, with the original co-lead designer returning

Wizards of the Coast is returning to the Sword Coast, PC Gamer has learned. While Baldur’s Gate 4 is inevitable, ahead of that it looks like we’ll see the resurrection of BioWare’s original games—specifically Baldur’s Gate 2, though from what we’ve heard it’s likely both games are getting the ol’ remake treatment. Former BioWare developer…

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The sleeper hit of the Fall might be this mad lad’s hyper realistic traffic management sim that uses real census data and a ‘distance-based gravity model’ to produce millions of NPC commuters

SimCity 4 is one of the most pleasant games I own—I can experience all the splendor of a modern metropolis with a fraction of the nuance, and for the first time in my life, feel what it’s like to drive on American roads that don’t piss me off. Up-and-coming “hyperrealistic” transit sim Subway Builder offers…

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Challenges on Antstream by Patrick Hickey, Jr.

Challenges and achievements are a huge part of today’s gaming experience, even for retro gamers. AntStream Arcade hasn’t left their clients out of the party either, as the service has tons of amazing and fun challenges for their players to enjoy. In this exclusive list, we break down 10 amazing challenges for 10 of the…

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Adult game dev reveals annual gamer ‘kink survey’ results: ‘Monster Girls’ are on top, but ‘Tentacles dropped out of the top 25’

Sexy games have been around for as long I can remember: I played Strip Poker on my Apple IIe way back in the ’80s. But Steam’s hands-off curation policy, the arrival of indie-friendly marketplaces like Itch.io, and the rise of monetization platforms like Patreon have led to a proliferation of adult games that means it’s…

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