Crimson Desert won't scale to the player – enemy difficulty is fixed per region
Pearl Abyss has revealed a key detail about the difficulty system in Crimson Desert – enemy levels are fixed and do not scale with the player character. The information came from content creator Mats Katage...
Avowed launches on PS5 with major update adding New Game+, photo mode, and three character races
Obsidian Entertainment released the RPG Avowed on PlayStation 5. As previously reported, players can purchase it for $50 instead of the initial $70 that PC and Xbox gamers paid. Alongside the PS5 release, developers launched...
Real Los Angeles skyscraper stands in for Vault-Tec headquarters in Fallout series
Sharp-eyed viewers of Fallout season 2 noticed that the sinister Vault-Tec Corporation headquarters looked suspiciously familiar. For good reason – the show's creators used the real (W)rapper Tower in Culver City (essentially Los Angeles), with...
Former Diablo developers release Darkhaven demo, aiming to revolutionize the ARPG genre
Blizzard veterans who worked on Diablo 1 and 2 have embarked on creating an action RPG "unlike any other." Moon Beast Productions unveiled Darkhaven in late January, and now a demo is already available on...
Guy accidentally deletes fiance's Red Dead Redemption 2 save, begs Arthur Morgan for help
Roger Clark, who voiced Red Dead Redemption 2's protagonist Arthur Morgan, does side work on Cameo recording personalized video messages for fans. The actor recently shared on X one of his favorite requests – from...
Crimson Desert developers haven't decided on PC mod support yet
Pearl Abyss hasn't yet determined official mod support for Crimson Desert, even though the action-adventure RPG launches next month. Marketing director Will Powers shared this during the Dropped Frames podcast. According to Powers, the studio...
Bethesda learned while making Fallout 3 that realism doesn't always make games more fun
While developing Fallout 3, Bethesda Game Studios came to an important realization – striving for realism doesn't always make a game more engaging. Longtime studio designer and writer Emil Pagliarulo shared this insight in a...
Skyrim player accidentally drives hawks to extinction and can't bring them back
One of the defining features of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the almost complete absence of lasting consequences for player actions. You can kill, steal, and destroy entire factions, yet the world continues as...
Diablo 2: Resurrected surpasses Diablo 4 in Steam player count proving series longevity
Diablo 2: Resurrected launched on Steam on February 11 alongside the Reign of the Warlock expansion – the first major content addition for the game in 25 years. Within just a few days, the remastered...
Baldur's Gate 3 fans share favorite ways to create chaos without consequences
Playing evil in Baldur's Gate 3 offers a fresh experience, but it comes with a major downside – killing NPCs and making sacrifices means losing entire storylines. However, nothing stops you from simply getting on...
Skyrim player reopens The Elder Scrolls fans' oldest wound – why do female Argonians have breasts?
The Elder Scrolls is a series where you can become a vampire-werewolf, devour a dragon's soul, and sign contracts with daedric princes. But sometimes fans notice things impossible to unsee or forget – like the...
Sucker Punch announces Ghost of Yōtei Legends multiplayer mode release date
During the State of Play presentation, Sucker Punch announced that the cooperative Ghost of Yōtei Legends mode will launch on March 10 as part of a free patch 1.5 for all Ghost of Yōtei owners....
CI Games showcases brutal Lords of the Fallen II gameplay with dismemberment and executions
CI Games released a new episode of their development diary series Lifting the Veil, focused on the combat system in Lords of the Fallen II. The latest episode features previously unseen footage from the alpha...
Crimson Moon puts you in the shoes of a human-angel hybrid battling hordes of monsters
Today's State of Play brought quite a pleasant surprise with the announcement of Crimson Moon – an action title from Probably Monsters that impressed with its debut trailer. The game puts you in the shoes...
Krafton unveils Project Windless with massive bird warriors slicing through entire armies solo
Krafton Montréal Studio revealed the first trailer for Project Windless – an open-world action RPG for PS5 and PS5 Pro that the team has been quietly developing for several years. The game is set in...
Control Resonant gameplay with gravity anomalies and transforming weapon
Lead Gameplay Designer at Remedy Entertainment Sergey Mohov presented an extended gameplay video of Control Resonant during the State of Play presentation. The footage shows Dylan in action hunting a Resonant through the shifting landscape...
Fallout devs wanted uber-violent deaths to feel like an R-rated version of Warner Bros cartoons back in the '90s
Before Bethesda Game Studios took Fallout for itself in 2007, Interplay Entertainment created the first entry in 1997, establishing the foundation for many iconic features of the franchise. One such feature is the grotesque death...
Diablo 2: Resurrected launches on Steam with full Steam Deck support
Diablo 2: Resurrected has finally arrived on Steam – since 2021, the game was available exclusively on Battle.net. The release on Valve's storefront includes Steam Deck verification, confirming full compatibility with the portable console. However,...
The best feature of Fallout: New Vegas came from Bethesda's original pitch
Bethesda initially proposed that Obsidian focus on factions when developing Fallout: New Vegas, which became the game's defining feature. The ability to choose between different groups is what makes the title so replayable – players...
No Man's Sky Remnant update adds gravity gun and waste processing plants
Hello Games released the first No Man's Sky update of the year called Remnant. The headline feature is a gravity gun – a tool the studio wanted to add since the very beginning. The new...
