Aug 13

Somehow, Baldur's Gate 3 isn't done winning yet: It's just claimed the most prestigious award for science fiction and fantasy writing

PC Gamer - andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SfMemkLjXbmrMPFTGEuYTF.jpg[/img] Yup, Baldur's Gate 3 won a Hugo Award. That has to be the last one, right?

Aug 13

Josh Sawyer would head up a new Fallout game if Microsoft asked, but he'd have to do it his way: 'Who wants to work on something where the one thing they want to explore is not possible to explore?'

PC Gamer - andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mEJqjBDKtFjZVwgzftL95W.jpg[/img] The head developer of Fallout: New Vegas isn't averse to returning to the series, but he has a few conditions.

Aug 13

Josh Sawyer doesn't like Baldur Gate 3-style romances and that's part of why he doubts a new Pillars of Eternity would be a hit: 'I feel like I'm kind of out of touch with that audience'

PC Gamer - andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WZwBvpfvVJjzfRfwrV37Q.jpg[/img] It's not romances in general he doesn't care for, just the way they're typically implemented in videogames.

Aug 13

The companions of Baldur's Gate 3 have become the new mascots of D&D. Should we be worried about their future now that it's entirely in the hands of Wizards of the Coast?

PC Gamer - robin.valentine@futurenet.com (Robin Valentine)

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b2vVtsjJzirvjXFz2gCmK3.jpg[/img] I'm not sure if I'm ready for a world where Astarion and Karlach are D&D's Mario and Sonic.

Aug 13

Jonathan Nolan and the writers didn't catch it, 'but boy, Reddit caught it': Fallout's makeup department hid a sneaky easter egg in one episode that fans 'jumped on' immediately

PC Gamer - clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ksS5HDTmrZhgZdpSa3WLKb.jpg[/img] Fallout's makeup department head Michael Harvey slipped a reference into the show thinking "nobody's ever going to catch it." Fans did.

Aug 13

Borderlands grosses $16 million globally, leaving it roughly $60 million shy of breaking even—and that's before the theatres take their cut

PC Gamer

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a4fzSJAqiuFcri47GRiPTc.jpg[/img] Luckily for 2K, the loss is all on Lionsgate.

Aug 12

Promise Mascot Agency, the 'world's first open world mascot management crime drama,' is all that and somehow more

PC Gamer - wesley@pcgamer.com (Wes Fenlon)

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jpwoxACZDZj7UfJ4YvnV2R.jpg[/img] Hands-on with what we can only hope is the strangest management sim of 2025.

Aug 12

Doom 2's first true expansion since the '90s showcases just how much modding has improved in 30 years

PC Gamer

[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8eCpuuidrgBbuE3rHawJ9j.jpg[/img] Legacy of Rust, included in the new Doom + Doom 2 bundle, is just as good as MachineGames' modern Quake expansions.