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David Gaider will never play Dragon Age: The Veilguard because he’d be ‘wincing’ the whole time: ‘EA really did a number on them in terms of setting them up to fail’
Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider has said he will never play Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the 2024 instalment released after his departure from developer BioWare, because he would spend the entire experience “wincing”. The comments matter because Gaider was a defining creative voice on the series, and his reluctance reflects both the personal…
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Palworld developer Pocketpair decides not to raise the open-world survival game’s price tag as it nears a 1.0 launch later this week
Palworld developer Pocketpair has confirmed that its open-world survival game will leave early access and reach its 1.0 release on Friday 10th July, and, unusually, the studio will not raise the price to mark the milestone. Early access titles traditionally increase their price at full launch to reflect their completed state, so Pocketpair’s decision to…
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“We miss when genre wasn’t a thing,” say The Blood of Dawnwalker devs making their dream RPG: “We want to have our own identity”
The developers behind The Blood of Dawnwalker, a vampire-themed action RPG, have spoken about their desire to build a game with a distinct identity rather than one that conforms neatly to an established genre. In interviews they expressed nostalgia for an era when games were not so rigidly categorised, arguing that this freedom allows them…
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Elder Scrolls fans get terrible update on Skyrim sequel’s release
Fans of The Elder Scrolls have been told they still face a lengthy wait for The Elder Scrolls 6, the long-anticipated sequel to Skyrim. According to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, speaking during a live Q&A, the game remains “at least two or more years away” from completing development. The update matters because Microsoft, facing difficulties…
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Paralives’ Success Shows Being Generous To Players Isn’t Unreasonable
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Chilling Michael Myers action figure revealed for Halloween: The Game Limited Collectors Edition, and it’s made by horror legends
GamesRadar+ has reported the reveal of a new Michael Myers action figure that will be included with the Limited Collectors Edition of the game Halloween: The Game. The figure is being produced by a well-regarded name in the horror collectibles space, adding a premium physical component to the tie-in release built around John Carpenter’s slasher…
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Rather than rip and tear id Software apart, Xbox should have put the FPS pioneers on Gears of War
This GamesRadar+ opinion piece argues that Microsoft’s Xbox division made a strategic error in how it deployed id Software, the studio behind Doom, and suggests a better path would have been to hand the FPS pioneers a Gears of War project. The writer’s core contention is that id’s expertise in fast, punchy first-person shooters could…
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‘Slopfix’: A software team is charging up to $10,000 to clean up AI-generated code, with the help of *checks notes* AI
PC Gamer reports on a software team offering a paid service, dubbed “Slopfix”, that charges clients up to $10,000 to clean up messy, unreliable code generated by AI tools. The story’s angle is the irony that a business has emerged to fix the problems created by AI-assisted “vibe coding”, highlighting growing concerns about the quality…
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Doom’s new Chain Spear weapon seems to be dividing The Dark Ages’ audience – “I’m like an hour in and I can’t wait to get the shield back”
Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations, the recently revealed expansion for id Software’s shooter, has launched to a broadly warm reception but has sparked debate over one addition: the new Chain Spear weapon. The DLC currently holds a “Very Positive” rating on Steam, with some players praising it as feeling like a full sequel and…