There's a touching tribute in Baldur's Gate 3 to a BG2-loving dad with Alzheimer's: 'he listened to my description with a child-like glee I haven't seen in a while'

has a strong assortment of great Origin characters that can be chosen as the playable protagonist, but picking a favorite in order to spend as much time with the character as possible might actually be a mistake. The game offers the choice between selecting from the Origin characters and creating a custom character like in tabletop, both of which can be viable options. If the personality of one Origin character is especially appealing, however, deciding not to choose them can be the best move after all.

Artificial intelligence promises to make death "optional," as the technology learns to perfectly emulate our personalities, memories and dreams, keeping a version of ourselves alive long after our physical bodies have perished. But if rapidly improving AI achieves its lofty goal of digital immortality -- as its advocates believe it can -- will it be a force for good or for evil?

Baldur’s Gate 3 was released in early access in October 2020, delighting fans eager to get their hands on the highly anticipated game. For Larian Studios forum user Solfalia, it was exceptionally meaningful: Solfalia wrote that his father got him into gaming, and, in particular, they shared an affinity for Baldur’s Gate 2, Divinity: Original Sin, and Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Payday 3 launched back in September last year to very little fanfare, with fans angry over matchmaking issues and a lack of features seen in previous Payday games. It's only gotten worse over the months since launch, with the game's recent reviews dropping to Mostly negative on Steam, and even more fans angry at the release of paid DLC when the base game is still barebones.

A recent Reddit post has gone viral on the BG3 subreddit proving that most players haven’t found this crucial note about the Absolute, revealing a huge twist in the narrative.

Ubisoft's director of subscriptions Philippe Tremblay has said that for all the growth of videogame subscription services in the past few years, players are still accustomed to "having and owning their games". Accordingly, he feels his task is to help you grow "comfortable" with the idea that the game you're playing might be taken offline as part of the release schedule, with Tremblay pointing out that you can still resume your save file when the game is next available.

Frostpunk 2 developer 11 bit studios has announced the chilly city-builder sequel will be available on PC Game Pass from day one alongside its PC release.

There are many easy-to-miss quests and events to see in the first Act of , which may require a checklist to keep track of things. Most of the main cast join the team early on, and each has many requests. It can be easy to get lost and wander into places at too low of a level or even too late to see what happened.

Early benchmarks of Intel's upcoming Lunar Lake & Arrow Lake iGPUs featuring the Alchemist+ "Xe-LPG+" and Battlemage "Xe2" GPU architectures have leaked out.

After being shut out at The Game Awards, Spider-Man 2 will hope to have better luck at the upcoming DICE Awards, which it leads with nine nominations.

There’s so much for players to love in Baldur’s Gate 3. It features deep RPG mechanics and freedom of choice that rivals Dungeons & Dragons and a carefully crafted world that feels real. Of course, this fantastical world has also made fans hungry for its delicious foods.

The next survivor to find himself stuffed in Dead by Daylight‘s fog is distressed horror writer Alan Wake from the Alan Wake series. Making his way over from a widely successful sequel, Alan Wake 2, players can use Alan Wake as their next survivor.