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It Never Ends | Disco Elysium's potential 'spiritual successors' reportedly come with even more behind-the-scenes drama, including a bizarre spat about photos of someone's ex-wife

According to ex-Disco writer Argo Tuulik, one of the parties involved in the mess, it's "a comically confusing situation".

Nov. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Popeing Off | The odds of Baldur's Gate 3 being owned by The Pope just got better, as Larian's head of publishing shouts out mods for helping it outdo numbers from last year

There's also an equally good - if not greater - chance he's not one of the three Vatican-based BG3 buyers, but we can dream.

Nov. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Coming In Hot | You might want to start uninstalling some mods, Baldur's Gate 3 console players, as an incoming hotfix will make those of you with 100+ mods unable to play your save

There will be a follow-up fix that lets you play it again, but you'll still need to uninstall some mods.

Nov. 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Whip It! | Indiana Jones and The Great Circle's latest deep dive shows just how useful a whip can be, and that our titular hero looks pretty snazzy as a vicar

Maybe I should get a whip...

Nov. 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh | Stardew Valley now has a "secret, experimental" mobile multiplayer mode and it's so hush-hush that to get in you have to, er, consult an official guide

Properly top secret stuff here. I'd say put a stealthy hat on your pet, but that looks to be causing issues right now.

Nov. 6, 2024 Mark Warren

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Sin-ply Wonderful | Craving more Larian goodness after Baldur's Gate 3? Well, it looks like Divinity: Original Sin 2 might be on its way to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S

Some freshly spotted PEGI ratings could be good news for folks who love a killer cRPG.

Nov. 6, 2024 Mark Warren

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Pecking Order | Stardew Valley fans rejoice, your chickens will no longer vanish thanks to the latest bug fix patch

Your chickens are saved! Thanks to a handy bug fix patch that's just gone live.

Nov. 5, 2024 Connor Makar

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Two For One | New Baldur's Gate 3 class mod gives you an apprentice, lackey, or squire sidekick that shares your turn, because why not have a mini-me to make Shart jealous

Everyone needs an adventuring partner, and it's not like you've got enough already.

Nov. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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DOUBLE JUMP SCARES | The best horror games to play in 2024

From founding fathers of horror to underrated gems, here are some of the best horror games to sink your teeth into.

Nov. 1, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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TOP OF THE DROPS | The best PlayStation Plus games on PS4 and PS5 in 2024

Our top picks for Sony's money-saving subscription service!

Oct. 31, 2024 Connor Makar

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Classic Voice | Todd Howard initially rejected the idea of Troy Baker playing Indiana Jones in The Great Circle

The prolific voice actor almost automatically lost out on the iconic role.

Oct. 31, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Father Figure | Baldur's Gate 3 players have now downloaded "more than 50 million" mods since patch 7, and you've gotta thank the weirdos who call undead camp bloke daddy

Seriously, come with me, we're doing it now, so we can swiftly take a cold shower and forget we did.

Oct. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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Kim Karlachsuragi | Longdue creative director says its upcoming game will be on the "closer to Disco" end of a great Disco Elysium to Baldur's Gate 3 cRPG spectrum

"There's so much room for other studios to come out and make something on that spectrum."

Oct. 29, 2024 Mark Warren

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A Perfect Circle | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle hands-on: a twisted love child of cinematic action, adventure games, and immersive sims - and I love it

Part-Lara Croft, part-Nathan Drake, but all Indiana Jones - the Great Circle scratches an itch I didn't know I had.

Oct. 29, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Playing Co-op | Summer Eternal’s not-quite-Disco Elysium successor needs a focused vision, and the studio’s unique worker-owned set-up is the key to making sure it finds one

"I think we are going to relieve those fears."

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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Games Going Forwards | “I think this industry is finished”: not quite Disco Elysium spin-off studio Summer Eternal on the chances of things getting better for game devs

"Now, after tens of thousands of layoffs, the time seems right for game developers to stand up for their rights against systemic greed."

Oct. 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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White Noiz | The best video game soundtracks to revisit in 2024

From classical symphonies and industrial noise to acid jazz and synthwave, these game soundtracks leave no stone left unturned.

Oct. 24, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Revashow Me The Way | Fittingly, Summer Eternal isn't aiming to "outdo or even match" the original Disco Elysium, because it's driven more by artistic vision than profit

"We leave that business to the profiteers."

Oct. 24, 2024 Mark Warren

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Tequila Sunrise | We’re not getting a “Disco Elysium 2 assembled on autopilot, trauma and uppers”, but here's how one group of ex-ZA/UM devs is building something “familiar but new”

“Kuno’s not yet done with this fight.”

Oct. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

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Tell Me A Good One | The best story games to play in 2024

If you're looking for a game with a story that will captivate you, check some of these out.

Oct. 23, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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The best co-op games to play in 2024

Whether you simply want some quick co-op fun or a lengthy campaign to embark on, we've got you and your friends covered with these co-op games.

Oct. 23, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Partnership! | Former CD Projekt Red devs partner with Bandai Namco for Dark Fantasy RPG Dawnwalker

The latest step for a studio out on it's own. Well, not on it's own anymore.

Oct. 22, 2024 Connor Makar

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NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024

Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.

Oct. 22, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Tractor High Beams | Keep Driving is in Steam Next Fest, and it reminds me of that time I drove halfway across the country to a lake not that far from my house

It’s a Swedish indie thing about being young, having access to a car, and occasionally fighting tractors. Just like real life.

Oct. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Mod To Last | Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix 28 is good news for idiots like me who've already installed more mods than they can count, and also for Wyll stans

Here's hoping your Wyll to live is restored when he actually greets you nicely.

Oct. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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Book Your Tickets | The Until Dawn movie has a release date, and it won't be too long until you get to complain that they didn't go with your favourite ending

Just don't bring your PlayStation controller to the cinema, it won't work.

Oct. 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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DJ Khaled Meme | Enter "a war machine waging war at the machine": I see the Disco Elysium spin-off projects you've already read about, and raise you one with its own manifesto

Yep, I go on holiday for one week, and all of my buses come at once.

Oct. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

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Electric Boogaloo | Until Dawn 2 isn't confirmed, but hints from a couple of its cast members might just suggest a sequel is on the way

Plus there's those new endings to think about too.

Oct. 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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How About A Kiss? | A Baldur's Gate 3 fan spent a five-figure sum on an Astarion you-know-what doll, and all Larian has to say is "can I expense this?"

I'm gonna assume the answer is no, buddy.

Oct. 13, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Before Sunrise | How to save everyone in Until Dawn

Full walkthroughs on how to ensure each of the eight main characters survive the night. You can also ignore this advice if you want to get everyone killed - there are trophies for both, so I'm not judging.

Oct. 11, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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Pale’s In Comparison | We’re never getting an official Disco Elysium sequel, but some of its original developers are at least working on the next best thing

The leads of the now-canceled Disco Elysium sequel, and original members of the development team, are working on a spiritual successor

Oct. 11, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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Totally Modular | Are mods popular with the Baldur's Gate 3 community? You can ask the 40% of players that are "embracing utter chaos" with them

That's a whole lot of mods.

Oct. 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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RIP, Modding Wizard | Baldur's Gate 3 mods have arrived on console, with Larian celebrating by telling us it loves magic underpants and having Lae'zel chainsaw a flying beard to death

Patch 7 has come to PlayStation and Xbox, having already spurred 15 million mod downloads via the official toolkit on PC.

Oct. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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Still Mending Fences | Still feeling burned by Cyberpunk 2077's release? CD Projekt knows that trust might be "lost forever", but hopes you'll try The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2077's sequel

"You can repair some things, but it's a certain perception of the company that's never going to come back."

Oct. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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Hot Damn | Cyberpunk 2077's devs "briefly workshopped" a quest that saw you "essentially able to do millions of things at once" as a construct

Via some Superhot-style mechanics similar to those a new mod's actually managed to bring to the game.

Sept. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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V-RODO BAGGINS | Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty's scariest quest was designed to make you feel like a hobbit having a really bad time

This isn't what first came to mind when I played it, but fair play CD Projekt, I see the vision.

Sept. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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Lae'zel, Help! | Baldur's Gate 3's real-time combat mod now allows you to get your party involved in battles, but you might not want to rely on them to save your bottom

Modder tinybike has also implemented a rudimentary pause function, so the mod lives up to its real-time with pause billing.

Sept. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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Hardcore Exodus | Xbox's PS5 Pro Pickle, or how Xbox might lose even more of its audience without a new console soon

Now Sony is giving people a powerful option to bridge the gap to the PS6, Xbox finds itself in a very unwanted place.

Sept. 24, 2024 Tom Orry

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Bet He Tastes Funny | One of Baldur's Gate 3's earliest fully custom quest mods has you search for the nose of a clown living in a weird circus dimension, because of course it does

With help from a freshly modified version of Larian's toolkit, you can head through a portal and have chat with a strange man in a tent.

Sept. 24, 2024 Mark Warren

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Turned On Its Head | A Baldur's Gate 3 modder has managed to swap turn-based combat for real-time battles, but it currently comes with the risk of getting slaughtered mid-chat

There also looks to be no pause function right now, but this is clearly a work-in-progress experiment.

Sept. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

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WeChat! | HoYoverse's rumoured Stardew Valley-style game Astaweave Haven has a new WeChat account, potentially pointing to an official announcement soon

You think the company has made enough games? Joke's on you buddy, more games could be coming soon.

Sept. 23, 2024 Connor Makar

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Patch Incoming | Great news, Stardew Valley console players, the 1.6 update finally has a release date, but you'll have to wait a tiny bit longer

You can hold on a little more, right?

Sept. 23, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Weary Wheels | Caravan SandWitch is a frictionless off-road jaunt which would've been better off as a linear experience

A cozy little adventure at odds with itself.

Sept. 21, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Grab Your Cyberware | Good news, Cyberpunk Edgerunners fans, Netflix and CD Projekt are bringing us a new animated project set in Night City

There's just a vague teaser for now, so we'll have to wait to see what this "return to Night City" will be about.

Sept. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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The Norn Section | God of War Ragnarok Nornir Chests: All Locations and Solutions

No need to let fate decide

Sept. 19, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Forbidden Fruit | God of War Ragnarok The Applecore: Water Wheel Puzzles, Jarnsmida Pitmines solutions

No pips or worms to be found in this Applecore!

Sept. 19, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Dwarven Heat | How do you get through the Aurvangar Wetlands in God of War Ragnarok?

Hotter than a steaming geyser.

Sept. 19, 2024 James Billcliffe

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What's yours is mine | How do you destroy the Mining Rigs during the "In Service of Asgard" Favour in God of War Ragnarok?

Help heal old wounds by creating new problems for Odin.

Sept. 19, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Kicking Up A Storm | God of War Ragnarok Secret of the Sands Favour: How to clear the Alfheim sandstorm

Journey into the deserts of Alfheim to help a mysterious creature.

Sept. 19, 2024 James Billcliffe