We’ve been waiting for word on when Shattered Space, the first Starfield expansion, will arrive, and now we have it—or at least a somewhat narrower release window. During an interview with Kinda Funny Games today, Todd Howard revealed that the big add-on is expected to be out this fall. Howard mentioned the detail in a […]
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Bethesda beefing it with a calamitous ‘next-gen’ Fallout 4 update just as everyone’s falling in love with Fallout again is the most Bethesda thing imaginable
In a week where Escape from Tarkov dev Battlestate Games functionally pressed the self-destruct button on years of success and community goodwill with an insulting $250 package for an unfinished game, it’s hard to imagine there being competition for the most unnecessary self-own in the industry. And yet: Bethesda Game Studios, riding high on a […]
Read MoreFallout 4’s most popular mods are now ones that remove Bethesda’s disastrous ‘next gen’ update
Amid the positive reception and general hype for the series created by Amazon’s excellent Fallout series, Bethesda did the most Bethesda thing it possibly could have done. As players rushed back to the various games in the series, Bethesda released a major “next gen” update for Fallout 4, arguably the best entry point for new […]
Read MoreDragon’s Dogma 2 looks drastically different with path-tracing enabled thank to a mod
I stopped playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 because it was too janky for me, and I’m saying that as someone who plays Bethesda RPGs. If you’re still into Capcom’s camp-em-up, you might be interested in this mod, which enables a path-tracing setting normally hidden from players. The effect is startling as it doesn’t just make the […]
Read MoreDragon’s Dogma 2 looks drastically different with path-tracing enabled thanks to a mod
I stopped playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 because it was too janky for me, and I’m saying that as someone who plays Bethesda RPGs. If you’re still into Capcom’s camp-em-up, you might be interested in this mod, which enables a path-tracing setting normally hidden from players. The effect is startling as it doesn’t just make the […]
Read MoreContinuing the Fallout bonanza, Humble is offering $238 of the Wasteland Warfare tabletop game’s digital sourcebooks and accessories for $18
So in a post-Fallout show bout of Uranium Fever you’ve played all the Fallout games: the post-Bethesda stuff, the 2D entries, Tactics, hell, you even booted up the PS2/Xbox spinoff Brotherhood of Steel before good sense overtook you. If you still crave more, there’s always the Wasteland Warfare tabletop game to sate you, and Humble’s […]
Read MoreA group of modders are building ‘Baldur’s Village’ in Stardew Valley, an idyllic little town where you can date Astarion and maybe hang out with some of those other guys
A Baldur’s Gate 3 fan artist with the handle XunHe1145 has revealed a planned Stardew Valley – Baldur’s Gate 3 crossover mod to be made in collaboration with other artists. Baldur’s Village will feature Stardew versions of some of BG3’s companions in a new little town, complete with custom art and dialogue. Off the jump, […]
Read MoreThanks to Fallout 4’s disaster update, GOG’s patch rollback feature makes it the best version of the game right now
Fallout 4’s next-gen update has been an unmitigated disaster on PC: in exchange for practically no improvements, many non-Creation Club (read: paid) mods for the game have been rendered unusable until the community at large or individual mod authors come up with a fix. If you already have the game on GOG, though, you’re in […]
Read MoreThe Divinity: Original Sin board game took six years to make because Larian was determined to do right by the series: ‘We’re not going to do a piss poor job with a game that’s part of an IP that we care about’
After six years of development, Larian Studios has released Divinity: Original Sin The Board Game—a distillation of its unique approach to fantasy RPGs into a box full of cardboard and plastic. You can read my impressions of the game for a full rundown, but suffice to say, I think it’s something really special. So I […]
Read MoreThe Divinity: Original Sin board game took 6 years to make because Larian was determined to do right by the series: ‘We’re not going to do a piss poor job with a game that’s part of an IP that we care about’
After six years of development, Larian Studios has released Divinity: Original Sin The Board Game—a distillation of its unique approach to fantasy RPGs into a box full of cardboard and plastic. You can read my impressions of the game for a full rundown, but suffice to say, I think it’s something really special. So I […]
Read MoreThe Divinity: Original Sin board game is like a huge new Larian RPG in a box, and it’s one of the coolest games I’ve ever played
Greetings, fans of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2. What if I was to tell you that Larian has launched a new massive RPG that you can play right now? Sure, it may be a bit pricier than you expect, and involve more little bits of card… Divinity: Original Sin The Board Game […]
Read MoreFF14 players are struggling to complete the Yo-kai Watch event thanks to a tide of Blue Mages armed with bad vibes and missiles
The Yo-kai Watch event has made a return to FF14, letting players grab weapon glams, mounts, and a terribly cursed dog. It’s a fun excuse to run around the overworld and complete FATEs, which are public group quests that spawn regularly in most zones—but there’s a wrinkle to the good times: the feared Blue Mage. […]
Read MoreElden Ring’s uber boss Malenia says she has ‘never known defeat’, but your bank account sure will if you buy this 1:1 scale replica of her blade arm
Elden Ring hype at PCG has exploded as of late thanks to the dramatic Shadow of the Erdtree reveal, with multiple team members jumping back into the dark action-RPG masterpiece in preparation to once more do deadly battle with fearsome beasts and bosses. Of all of Elden Ring’s bosses, big bad demigod uber boss Malenia […]
Read MoreFallout 4’s ‘next gen’ update is nearly 16 gigs, breaks modded saves, and doesn’t seem to change much at all
Fallout 4‘s long promised next gen (really current gen) update is finally here after a two-year wait since its initial announcement, but it’s not a winner on PC. We anticipated there would be the usual issues with mod compatibility (see the Fallout London devs delaying their highly anticipated project), but PC players aren’t getting much […]
Read MoreFallout 4’s ‘next gen’ update is over 14 gigs, breaks modded saves, and doesn’t seem to change much at all
Fallout 4‘s long promised next gen (really current gen) update is finally here after a two-year wait since its initial announcement, but it’s not a winner on PC. We anticipated there would be the usual issues with mod compatibility (see the Fallout London devs delaying their highly anticipated project), but PC players aren’t getting much […]
Read MoreLords of the Fallen now has one of those masochistic enemy randomizer modes for action RPG fans looking for punishment
Lords of the Fallen’s final update, version 1.5, gives it what every good action RPG must have: a randomizer mode for the sickos who thrive in the chaos of unpredictable enemies and loot. A list of new options to modify the normal structure of the game will now be available when you’ve completed it. You […]
Read MoreDon’t worry, you’re not missing out by boosting straight to level 20 in Fallout 76
Ah, so you watched the Fallout show and caught the Bethesda bug too. Instead of starting another Fallout 4 playthrough like half of my friends list, I’ve opted to give Fallout 76 a fair shake after noping out of it six years ago. If you’re doing the same, then you’ll notice a lot has changed. […]
Read MoreNo Rest for the Wicked chief defends early access, says more games should do it: ‘Imagine [if] Dark Souls 1 had been in early access’
No Rest for the Wicked, the action RPG from Ori and the Blind Forest developer Moon Studios, launched into early access on Steam last week, and it’s really quite good. Not everyone is entirely taken with it, though: An awful lot of negative reviews flowed in immediately after release, complaining about a raft of issues […]
Read MoreFF14 and FF16 senior translator Koji Fox says ‘you can kinda tell’ game director Naoki Yoshida is ‘like: I’m done with dark fantasy, I want to do something light again’
Naoki Yoshida, also known as Yoshi-P, is the producer of both the (critically-acclaimed) MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 as well as Final Fantasy 16, which is still yet to come to PC. In terms of tone, FF14 is a celebratory grab-bag of Final Fantasy stories, whereas 16 (from what I’ve seen) hangs its hat far more […]
Read MoreBaldur’s Gate 3 player summons roughly 88 minions to conquer Honour Mode with a glorious army of spore zombies, elementals, and Scratch the best boy
In Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, it’s generally considered polite to check in with the DM before you build a character around summoning creatures—this is because the rules system doesn’t exactly handle large swarms of enemies well, needing you to laboriously roll through each of your minion’s turns one by one. Baldur’s Gate 3 doesn’t […]
Read MoreFallout London’s project lead is not taking the surprise drop of Fallout 4’s update well: ‘That has, for a lack of a better term, screwed us over’
Dean Carter, the project lead on Fallout London, revealed in a short interview with the BBC that Bethesda gave their team of modders no warning before Fallout 4’s next-gen update, which he says “has, for a lack of a better term, screwed us over.” Originally, the “DLC-sized” mod that promises to transport Fallout 4 players […]
Read MoreConsidered doomed 6 years ago, Fallout 76 is attracting record player numbers thanks to the TV series
Following the success of the Fallout TV adaptation, Fallout 76 has—perhaps inevitably—attracted a new audience, reaching over a million players in a single day according to the series’ official X account. Taking Steam as a sole metric (the game is also on Sony and Xbox consoles), Fallout 76 reached its all-time player peak only two […]
Read MoreGerman government wants games like Baldur’s Gate 3 to ‘also go on to be developed in Germany’
Last year, we were slightly surprised to learn that not only does the German government sponsor a videogame award ceremony, it gives serious cash prizes to most of the winners. At the 2023 German Computer Game Awards—aka the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP)—retro RPG Chained Echoes won Best German Game and a €100,000 endowment, and at this […]
Read MoreWhy won’t fetch quests die? The horrible truth is: we need them
I have a high tolerance for fetch quests. If Genshin Impact wants me to exterminate the same group of hilichurls over and over to search for a vengeance-obsessed NPC’s lost sword, then I’ll do it—I’ve got time to kill. But when an RPG jams that kind of drudgery front and center into the main storyline […]
Read MoreWhy games are still full of fetch quests in 2024
I have a high tolerance for fetch quests. If Genshin Impact wants me to exterminate the same group of hilichurls over and over to search for a vengeance-obsessed NPC’s lost sword, then I’ll do it—I’ve got time to kill. But when an RPG jams that kind of drudgery front and center into the main storyline […]
Read MoreI almost quit Fallout 76 until I realized Bethesda still hides its most important setting in a config file
Like so many of us, I bounced off Fallout 76 back in 2018. Bethesda’s micro MMO wasn’t very good back then—an opinion that even Todd Howard shares these days—but the studio stuck with it, reverse engineering its Appalachian aberration into an engrossing multiplayer wasteland complete with NPCs, settlements, factions, and years’ worth of quality-of-life updates. […]
Read MoreGloomhaven studio releases a demo for a new game and lays off more than half its employees on the same day
In a strange and unfortunate turn, indie developer Flaming Fowl Studios, known for past games including Fable Fortune and Gloomhaven, has released a demo for a new game on Steam while simultaneously laying off more than half its employees. “Today we are releasing a demo of Ironmarked, a new game we have been working on […]
Read MoreFinal Fantasy 14 is bringing its Yo-kai Watch crossover back after 4 years, offering weapon glams, mounts, and a minion we crowned ‘the ugliest MMO pet of all time’
Final Fantasy 14 is no stranger to crossover events. Most recently, a FF16 crossover where you could wear Clive Rosfield’s clothes and steal his dog hit the servers. But it’s also had some cultural exchanges with Nier: Automata, GARO, Dragon Quest, and (most relevant to the sinful dog in the header image above) Yo-kai Watch, […]
Read MoreFinal Fantasy 14: Dawntrail’s new benchmark will get a 2.0 version after player upset over lifeless eyes, flattened faces, and cursed lalafell dolphin teeth
Final Fantasy 14—a game that itself received a complete 2.0 revamp—will get a 2.0 version of the preview benchmark tool for its upcoming expansion, Dawntrail. History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Why? Well, FF14 is having a massive graphics overhaul for its 7.0 update. This isn’t just a few new shaders slapped onto […]
Read MoreEiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes review
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has a lot weighing on its shoulders. The new turn-based RPG has to deliver to crowdfunding backers, fulfill its promise of being an ode to ’90s great Suikoden, and prove that its all-star creative team still have the stuff. That’s enough pressure for anyone, but recently it’s been further burdened by […]
Read MorePath of Exile studio warns of ‘malicious’ phishing post that appeared on Steam, tells players ‘please take immediate action to secure your account’
Grinding Gear Games is warning followers to change their passwords after a post containing a phishing link appeared briefly on the Path of Exile page on Steam. “Earlier today, a malicious news post containing a phishing link went up on the Path of Exile Steam page from a compromised account,” the studio wrote in a […]
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