Dragon's Dogma 2 fans mourn the iconic Pawn voice lines of the original action-RPG, which live in my head to this day
Dragon's Dogma 2 fans are mourning the loss of repetitive Pawn voice lines in the sequel.
Veterans News
After a catastrophic launch period, Payday 3 is assembling a veteran crew for its own daring rescue mission
Payday 3 has not had the smoothest of launches, with PCG's Tyler Colp finding some positives in the latest instalment of Starbreeze's heist-em-up, but concluding that much of it "needs a rework." Players were similarly unimpressed with elements like the progression system, the always-online requirement combined with matchmaking woes, various stability issues and then the cherry on top: a "critical error in our backend" that delayed the release of the first patches considerably.
Towerborne's evolving world and story is something its veteran MMO dev wishes he could've done when he worked on Star Wars games
Towerborne has an evolving world map, and that's something its MMO developer wishes they could've done earlier on in their career.
Tekken 8 Review
The bar for the fighting game genre has been uppercut to astronomical heights in recent years. Exceptional one-on-one combat remains the primary bullet point, but other series have complimented their packages with robust suites of destinations, from cinematic story campaigns to comprehensive training dojos. Although Tekken 8’s fighting remains a treat thanks to some neat tweaks to its strong formula, the rest of the package, while respectable, falls short of some of its contemporaries.
League Of Legends Company Riot Games Lays Off 530 Employees
Riot Games, the publisher-developer company behind League of Legends, has announced that it is laying off 530 employees. Plus, it's ending new game development under its Riot Forge arm, which produced third-party-developed games with the «A League of Legends Story» tag, like Ruined King, The Mageseeker, Song of Nunu, and the upcoming Bandle Tale, which will be the last in this line of releases.
Tekken 8 review
What is it? A thrilling 3D fighter with bears, devils and giant robots.Release date January 26, 2024Expect to pay $60 / £55Developer Bandai Namco Studios Inc.Publisher Bandai Namco EntertainmentReviewed on Nvidia GeForce RTX3070, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 32GB RAM Steam Deck TBALink Official site
Palworld accused of copying Pokémon models, developer pushes back, says artists are being slandered
Ludicrously successful Pokémon parody survival game Palworld, which has sold four million copies in just days, has come under the microscopes of internet detectives who think its 100 Pokémon-like monsters go beyond parody into straight-up rip-off territory.
Gothic, Elex II Dev Piranha Bytes Addresses Studio Closure Rumors: 'Don't Write Us Off Yet'
Last week, the internet began to speculate that Gothic and Elex II developer Piranha Bytes was being shut down after fans noticed the studio's website was essentially defunct. Many speculated Piranha Bytes was another casualty in owner Embracer Group's purge of studios that began last year after a planned $2 billion deal with Saudi Arabia-backed Savvy Games Group fell through in 2023.