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Divinity: Original Sin 2's brilliant armor system is one of a kind in RPGs, and I'm bummed we'll apparently never see it again

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Original Fallout lead Tim Cain reckons vitriol around games has always been around, but it's 'more hostile' these days: 'I see lot of people arguing past each other, even if that means denying that the other group even exists'

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'Every year they got f***ing chocolates that we didn't': Valve gives a box of sweets to Steam's biggest breadwinners every year, and Peak's devs finally got one after years of jealously watching their Slay the Spire office mates enjoy GabeN confections

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Video game bosses with two health bars are good, actually

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Deadlock dev teases the community over its favorite hero that was briefly tested and removed: 'We made delicious stock out of his bones and meats'

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Larian's head writer has a simple answer for how AI-generated text helps development: 'It doesn't,' thanks to its best output being 'a 3/10 at best' worse than his worst drafts

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The 5 best Twilight Zone opening monologues of all time

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Critical Role's animated intros are a master class in storytelling

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'I can finally do the thing I wanted to do in every previous game': Divinity's head of design teases a new mechanic without saying what it is

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Mass Effect 2’s opening death was my first contact with the series

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MTG's Dramatic Entrance card explains one of Avatar’s best season 1 moments

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If you've got a spare 200 hours, the massively ambitious sci-fi grand strategy from the creators of X-COM: The Long War just launched out of early access

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Video game openings used to say more with less

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Red Dead Redemption 2's snowy tutorial is the most important part of the story

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Valorant's latest update adds a new pistol to spice up early rounds, as Riot plans to take 'a holistic look' at the shooter's arsenal through 2026

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If for some reason you can't get enough of Stranger Things' Vecna, you can now play as him in Dead by Daylight's latest crossover

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Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Great Plateau reinvented the series

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A classic space sim conceived by Star Citizen's creator just got an unofficial sequel after 15 years of development: 'The project was based on the crazy idea that Microsoft "axed" Chris Roberts' Freelancer'

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Satoshi Kon's Paprika opens with a mind-bending credits montage

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