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The monumentally crowdfunded, mega-budgeted Star Citizen is once again having a free fly event, letting people try out the space sim for the grand price of nothing for one week. Until July 19 you can do all the free flyin you'd like, trying out one of 10 different spaceships in developer Cloud Imperium's sandbox.
In a new vlog on his YouTube channel, veteran programmer and RPG designer Tim Cain revealed some more of the background he and his team initially planned for Fallout's vaults. The crew at Interplay conceived of there being 1,000 Vault Tec vaults in the United States, a figure with some in-game and real-life logistical issues that Cain then explores, all with the caveat that this is him having some fun: «This is just me talking about it—it's not canon!»
Piranha Bytes, the German developer of the Gothic, Risen, and Elex RPGs, has reportedly been closed by parent company Embracer Group. The closure comes less than six months after Piranha Bytes said it was "in a difficult situation" but was still trying to find a way to move ahead with its next game in order to keep the studio open.
If you've been looking for something a little Zelda-like in your life, Oppidum might be worth a look: It's a «narrative adventure with survival elements» for 1-4 players inspired by Breath of the Wild being developed by EP Games, a team that includes former members of Temtem developer Crema, and it's set to release later this year.
In late January, German game developer Piranha Bytes let everyone know they were desperately trying to find a new partner for their next game instead of closing.
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A veteran Sekiro player, GroeneWolf420, has done the unthinkable and defeated Isshin: The Sword Saint by using abilities instead of «walking, running, jumping, or mikiri countering,» according to a Reddit post. To be clear, this means facing one of FromSoft's most fearsome bosses and somehow parrying through everything, even thrust attacks that are not meant to be parried in the conventional fashion (via GamesRadar).
Modern open-world games might be more tedious nowadays, filled with checklists, map markers, and copy 'n' pasted enemy camps that suck out the feeling of discovery because of the ballooning size of game budgets and game studios, one Bethesda veteran suggests.