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Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Head Start v74.8150 Patch

If you pre-ordered the game or are just lucky enough to be participating in the “Head Start” release of Beamdog’s Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, then you should know that there’s a new v74.8150 patch available that carries with it some…

Phoenix Point – Haven Design and Map Generation

The latest development update for Snapshot Games’ Phoenix Point shows off a new Phoenix Project vehicle and introduces us to Phoenix Point’s approach to level design through a series of work-in-progress screenshots and video clips. I’ll let you explore those…

ELEX Interview

A couple of weeks back Piranha Bytes’ Björn Pankratz, the project director on ELEX, has participated in a livestreamed interview with Gamasutra where he talked about the making of ELEX, the ins and outs of being a game developer in…

Procedural Narratives and Indie Game Writing

This Gamasutra article explores the viability of so-called “procedural narratives” within the context of indie video game writing. The article uses Darkest Dungeon and Path of Exile as examples of games that do procedural narratives right and raises some good…

Seven: The Days Long Gone Released

Seven: The Days Long Gone, an isometric open-world stealth-action RPG from ex-Witcher developers is now available on both Steam and GOG for $26.99 or your regional equivalent. In Seven you will play as a master thief who has to navigate…

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog – Vlandia

This week’s Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord developer blog post introduces us to the kingdom of Vlandia, inspired by the France-settled Norse raiders and Western European arms and armor. In Bannerlord, the Vlandians control expansive tracts of land but are…

Grim Dawn: Ashes of Malmouth Reviews

Crate Entertainment’s Grim Dawn: Ashes of Malmouth expansion pack has been out on the market for several weeks now, so it’s time to round up the fistful of critiques that have made their way to the ‘net since then. Requnix…