Larian Studios is Working on Two Projects Based on its Own IP

The community has issued its own major order to help clean up the mass review bombing that the game has received recently. 's review scores plummeted on Steam following the announcement that players would have to link their accounts to the PlayStation Network to continue, something that some were reluctant to do, and also prevented entire regions from accessing the game.

Apple Inc. has been developing a homegrown chip to run artificial intelligence tools in data centers, though it's unclear if the semiconductor will ever be deployed, the Wall Street Journal reported. 

The Helldivers 2 debacle has reached new hellish lows as the year's best-selling game is now unavailable on Steam in over 170 countries. 

A big feature said to arrive in 4.7 already has one big problem that may be difficult to circumvent. Version 4.6 is still underway and players are now allowed to explore a new small area to the south of Fontaine, which contains a secret and massive underwater area that deepens the lore of the region, as that underwater section contains the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Remuria. The current patch also added some enticing Character Quests and, in addition, the playable version of Arlecchino in , who had long been awaited, even before Fontaine’s release.

Terminator Survivors, Nacon's open-world survival adaptation of the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led film series, took a page from Resident Evil's book with its own relentless killing machine stalker.

Major convenience store chain 7-Eleven has announced a surprising merch collaboration with Tetris, which includes the brand's very own handheld gaming device featuring the iconic '80s video game. Fashion and video game collaborations, like the many Pokemon merch partnerships with known brands, are no longer anything new in 2024, but Tetris may have been one of the last titles anyone expected to have merch of.

Roll7, developers of bright skateboarding games OlliOlli World and dual-wielding bloodsport Rollerdrome, are being closed down as part of large scale layoffs by parent corp Take-Two Interactive, according to documents seen by Bloomberg. The British studio has been responsible for some great stuff over the years but the report says they'll be following the fate of Kerbal Space Program 2 developers in being laid off.

Take-Two appears to be preparing to close its Seattle office this summer, likely as part of the recently announced layoffs across the company.

On April 24th, I shared the news that Brown Dust 2 was bumping up the age rating in South Korea. Neowiz, the publishers, tweaked the age requirement from 12+ to 19+ starting April 25th. I also said that this age rating bump wouldn’t hit other places, but it looks like I was wrong! Yep, now Brown Dust 2 global age rating is also getting tweaked.

The high-fidelity rustic hurly-burly of Manor Lords is all very well, but some of us yearn for a simpler and perhaps, more elegant age, when city builders looked like a bunch of copulating squares, and could run on PCs with approximately the computing power of a slice of bread (toasted, but not buttered). Step forward Mini Settlers, which has a free prologue version you might try if you're weary of Manor Lording, or you've already exhausted the play possibilities of early access Franconia.

The founders of Deliver Us Mars and Deliver Us the Moon studio KeokeN have announced that the rest of the company has been laid off.

Since Larian has confirmed that it is done with the license, some fans have been concerned about the future of the series, but there is an even better choice to work on an expansion to or a potential that could easily outshine Larian. Obsidian has defined itself as the premiere pinch hitter for RPG development. The company’s follow-ups to BioWare’s and surpassed the originals, just as Obsidian did with , a superior game to Bethesda’s by most metrics.