Former EVE Online developers are building a society simulation MMO where your character keeps playing even after you log off

Long-in-the-works colony sim MMO Seed is shaping up into something that looks like EVE Online for RimWorld fans.
Opinion

Blizzard vet Rob Pardo closed this year's GDC keynote by urging executives to cool it with the layoffs: 'The game team is more valuable than the game itself'

Throughout his hour-long keynote, Pardo reiterated that—despite the fact that he worked on some of history's most celebrated, enduring games—even he can't say with certainty w ...

Path of Exile's new Mirage league might be the best chance you'll ever get at obtaining the rarest item in the game

Despite my almost 4,000 hours in Path of Exile, I've never had a raw Mirror of Kalandra drop—the single rarest item in the game. Part of this is probably because I tend to wande ...

WoW's questing system was inspired by a playtest that didn't work out as planned, because the testers didn't play MMOs and had no idea what they were supposed to do: 'I ran out ...

"Our assumption was because of the way Everquest worked, players want to level up. It was a level-based game. You go out, you kill a creature, you get experience points, you level up a little bit," ...

Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster, a hi-def update of the 2012 Silicon Studio classic, shadow-drops on Steam

A Switch 2 exclusive no more.

Marathon got deadlier overnight, and some think yesterday's sound change is the culprit

Sound changes are a hot topic on the Marathon subreddit today, which doesn't mean the adjustment is universally negative, but detectable enough that many think it feels off.

Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan's favorite hero is Reinhardt, and reveals his charge was inspired by Left 4 Dead 2: 'It's what separates a great Rein from a sh*tty one"

Kaplan said Reinhardt was an "amazing [ former lead hero designer] Geoff Goodman design." He was conceptualized as a big armored protector character, so players would understand what to do immediately ...
PC Gamer

Dave the Diver DLC adds a little Stardew Valley time management and relationship building to the formula when In the Jungle releases in June

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PC Gamer

Vin Diesel's character in Ark 2 was originally written as a nerd: 'Yeah, that ain't gonna work'

A bit of retconning took place when the Fast & Furious star joined Ark 2. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
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Indie deckbuilder All Will Rise's dev joins No Games For Genocide boycott and plans to hand back funding it received from Microsoft

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Company that makes generative AI-powered NPCs reports that 95% of players enjoy their generative AI-powered NPCs

AI Hasbro CEO still has 'so much AI-based' grist in his own D&D games 'it would floor you', but he's not putting it in MTG cards or D&D books because people 'just don't want it' FPS Marathon's ...

One Australian gamer was denied a replacement for DRAM kit bought just two years prior and was only offered a refund of original price, four times less than its cost today

As covered by YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed, Goran, an Australian customer of the company Umart, purchased a 32 GB kit of DDR5 memory back in 2024 for AU$155 (around $110). Tod ...