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The big Horizon Forbidden West PC tech interview with Nixxes and Guerrilla Games
Alex Battaglia interviews the development staff at Nixxes to see how they ported Horizon Forbidden West from PS5 to PC …
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Enotria: The Last Song launches August 21, Xbox Series version no longer planned
Italian Soulslike action RPG Enotria: The Last Song will launch for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on August 21, developer Jyamma Games announced. A demo is coming soon. The pr…
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Final Fantasy XVI DLC ‘The Rising Tide’ launches April 18
Final Fantasy XVI downloadable content “The Rising Tide” will launch on April 18 for $19.99 / 2,420 yen alongside the free version 1.30 update, Square Enix announced. It is also availab…
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Path of Exile 2's developers ended up reworking the entire game's combat around a new control scheme because of a single class
Click-to-move is still an option, but WASD is now the default way to play.
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Last night's Game Developers Choice Awards showed a community burning to speak out
Amid a celebration of great games, developers pleaded for a ceasefire in Gaza and decried inhumane layoffs.
Predicting Dragon Age: Dreadwolf's Release Window
Based on a release pattern BioWare has been known to follow, it's possible to speculate on a potential release window for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf.
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How The Elder Scrolls 6's Formula Should Change After Starfield
Bethesda Game Studios' approach to RPG design is on full display in Starfield, and the next Elder Scrolls should shake up this formula.
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Cyberpunk 2077 quest lead says early access wouldn't work for CDPR the way it did for Larian, and the studio prefers 'to have a banging release where everything is as close to perfection as can be' like Phantom Liberty's
Paweł Sasko says CDPR's ambition's don't include a Baldur's Gate 3-style early access period.
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If working overtime on AAA games with giant budgets is the only way to succeed, 'then maybe the industry deserves to die,' says RPG veteran David Gaider: 'There is another way to be'
Summerfall Studios co-founder David Gaider speaks in favor of industry unionization and his studio's four day work week.
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I'm Glad Larian Isn't Making Baldur's Gate 3 DLC
Baldur’s Gate 3 never needed an expansion, so I’m glad the studio isn’t giving in to fan pressure
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Everything We Know About Fallout 5 - IGN
How long will we have to wait for the next Fallout game?
One Beloved Wild Hunt Feature is in a Win-Win Situation With Witcher 4
There's a lot of mystery surrounding The Witcher 4 now, but regardless of what it ends up being, it's a win-win for one beloved Wild Hunt feature.
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Every Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Project Orion Rumor and Leak So Far
While it may be far from release, speculation is already swirling around Project Orion, the hotly anticipated sequel to CDPR's Cyberpunk 2077.
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Final Fantasy 16 PC release date is “soon,” Yoshi-P says
While he didn't give any specifics, Final Fantasy 16 producer Yoshi-P confirmed that the PC version of the epic RPG will be released before too long.
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Dungeons & Dragons Isn't What Made Baldur's Gate 3 Successful
Hasbro thinks the game’s success is indicative of a desire for more D&D video games, but it’s wrong
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How are CD Projekt's side quests so good? Cyberpunk quest designer says they reject 'over 90%' of their pitches
Just use the good ideas. Simple as.
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If working overtime on AAA games with giant budgets is the only way to succeed, 'then maybe the industry deserves to die,' says RPG veteran David Gaider: 'There is another way to be'
Summerfall Studios co-founder David Gaider speaks in favor of industry unionization and his studio's four day work week.
www.pcgamer.com
Dying Light 2 Interview: Director Teases New Crossover Events For Near Future
The Franchise Director of Dying Light 2: Stay Human did not clarify whether there would be the highly-anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 crossover.
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Lair Of The Leviathan - What is this game and why should I care? - Steam News
I keep getting questions about what this game is actually about so I thought I would try to summarise it
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Beta Impression - RPGamer
Just over a month away until the full game releases, Ryan Radcliff couldn't wait and dove right into the Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes beta. He loved almost every second of his brief stint in this new adventure.
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Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch Beta Sign-Ups Available - RPGamer
Ocean Drive Studio revealed plans for a beta playtest of Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch. Sign-ups for the beta are available now on Steam.
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Path of Exile 2 is Next Level Fun
Path of Exile 2 is the upcoming sequel to 2013's popular free-to-play hack-and-slash action RBG, promising a new systems and characters.
cogconnected.com
Is Palworld The True Beginning Of A Pokémon-Like Genre?
With its abrupt rise in popularity and support, Palworld might be able to kickstart an entirely new genre.
exputer.com
I never expected Dragon’s Dogma 2’s pawns system to be the best RPG mechanic of recent years, but it absolutely is
With their unfaltering devotion to the Arisen and unexpectedly deep mechanics, Dragon’s Dogma 2’s pawns are a true marvel to witness in action.
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Ubisoft Reveals Assassin's Creed Mirage's Cut Content, Including A Monkey Companion
Assassin's Creed Mirage featured several content elements that didn't make it to the final product, such as dog and dog master enemy.
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Mirthwood - Items, Leveling, Progression - Steam News
Today we're taking a look at how items, leveling, and progression are handled in Mirthwood. We're tossing items into the discussion because they exist in a shared context with...
Mirthwood - Questing in Mirthwood - Unveiling the Adventure - Steam News
Curious about your adventures in Mirthwood? There is much to do and experience beyond your farm. In this post, we’ll explore what questing looks like in Mirthwood.
Baldur's Gate 3 Has Sold About 15 Million Copies, Larian CEO Confirms
Baldur's Gate 3, Larian's latest venture, has rolled over 15 million units at the time of writing, double that of Divinity: Original Sin 2.
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If working overtime on AAA games with giant budgets is the only way to succeed, 'then maybe the industry deserves to die,' says RPG veteran David Gaider: 'There is another way to be'
Summerfall Studios co-founder David Gaider speaks in favor of industry unionization and his studio's four day work week.
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Well, that confirms finally the sales numbers of BG3 so far, more or less what most estimates were speaking about. Surprising to me that it sold more than Starfield, even if Starfield wasn't the greatest game, it was still a good Bethesda game, and their games usually sell like cookies.
I hope we'll know soon what they're going to do next.
I hope we'll know soon what they're going to do next.
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Sadly, it doesn't actually confirm it. The headline is misleading. Swen just said that BG3 has sold "almost double" what D:OS2 sold. They never announced exactly how much D:OS2 sold, but in mid-2023, Swen said that D:OS2 sold "triple" what D:OS1 sold. In 2019 at GDC, Swen said D:OS1 had sold 2.5M copies as of that point. So people are tripling 2.5M then doubling 7.5M and coming up with the 15M number. In reality though, D:OS1 would have sold a lot more copies between 2019 and 2023. So the BG3 number is definitely higher than 15M if you're taking Swen's double/triple literally, people just don't know how much higher.
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You're right, it's yet another misleading title. And it's only 'almost' double, so it's nothing more than a ballpark estimation.
EDIT: I always enjoy an interview with Swen, though.
Wow. Even the next RPG won't be the one that dwarfs them all (at around 14'). He really has a big plan in mind, but that's at least 8 years away, if we're optimistic about it.
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Yeah. The main takeaway is that he isn't planning on retiring anytime soon, which is great news.
On the BG3 sales topic... vginsights.com estimates that D:OS1 has been selling roughly 450 copies per day for the last 3 months. (That's as far back as you can look with a free account.) If we assume that D:OS1 has been selling that same number of copies per day since spring 2019 when Swen said it had sold 2.5M copies, then it would have sold roughly 3.2M copies by the time Swen said (in summer 2023) that D:OS2 had sold triple the number of copies of D:OS1. So that would mean 9.6M copies for D:OS2 and "almost" 19.2M copies for BG3. Not that I put much faith in those numbers, but it could easily be closer to reality than the 15M in that headline.
edit: also would have to account for the number of copies that D:OS2 sold between last summer and now, and double that, so it's probably more like "almost" 20M for BG3 at that point.
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Good point. Somewhere between 16-22M seems about the right range. Either way, the only part of it that matters to me is that they will have the funding and the incentive to keep working on games the way they do.
Seeing a great game like Dragon's Dogma 2 get muddled by dumb policies and decisions that have nothing to do with the quality of the game itself makes it very clear to me that companies which work the way Larian does must be praised and cherished. Hopefully, other companies will take them as a role model to follow, seeing that's how you earn both the money and the love of your audience, as well as the prestige to make your mark in the history of videogames.
Seeing a great game like Dragon's Dogma 2 get muddled by dumb policies and decisions that have nothing to do with the quality of the game itself makes it very clear to me that companies which work the way Larian does must be praised and cherished. Hopefully, other companies will take them as a role model to follow, seeing that's how you earn both the money and the love of your audience, as well as the prestige to make your mark in the history of videogames.
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They've been the most consistently good RPG developer since Divine Divinity was released in 2002. (Though I suppose you need to appreciate their sense of humor and other idiosyncrasies, which I do, but many don't.) Nobody's really decided to follow their lead yet, so I'm not sure it's going to be a thing sadly 
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Yes, that's great. I also liked what he had to say about contingency and planning. He's taking a risk by doing something new and more ambitious each time, but he knows when to slow down and seems to have learned a lot from his early days.
Even if I criticized some aspects of BG3, it's by far my favourite CEO and developer company in the gaming industry, for the good games, the spirit, their methodology, and their core values. A rare combination.
Maybe. It also depends how recent the numbers he had in mind were or what comparison he was making, I suppose. Maybe we'll know the actual numbers at some point, but I don't really feel like speculating. Those websites can be very off the mark, too.
It's definitely very good for that game genre.