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Chris Avellone on Kotaku’s Splitscreen Podcast

Chris Avellone has recently made an appearance on Kotaku’s Splitscreen podcast where he talked about his involvement in Arkane Studios’ Prey. As is always the case with Chris Avellone, it’s quite entertaining. The relevant part starts at the 34:30 mark…

Path of Exile Upcoming Changes to Energy Shield and Life

A new Development Manifesto outlines the planned changes to damage mitigation in the upcoming Path of Exile expansion, The Fall of Oriath. The short version is that Energy Shield is getting nerfed, while the other defences are buffed to compensate.…

Ken Levine on the Literate Gamer Podcast

Ken Levine, who recently moved away from AAA game development and formed a smaller studio, Ghost Story Games, has participated in an episode of the Literate Gamer podcast. He talked about his creative process, writing in video games, and some…

The Witcher Saga is Coming to Netflix

Platige Image, the studio responsible for the amazing cinematic trailers we’ve seen for CD Projekt’s The Witcher CRPG series, has announced a partnership with Netflix to bring Andrzej Sapkowski’s original novels to life on the popular digital video platform. Given…

Neverwinter: Shroud of Souls Update on Consoles Next Month

Those of us who primarily game on a PC have already received Cryptic’s “Shroud of Souls” update for its The Cloaked Ascendancy expansion, but for the rest of the console-preferring world, you’ll have to wait until June 20th to partake…

Dungeons & Dragons in PC Gaming Through the Years

An editorial on PCGamesN takes a look at the symbiotic relationship between the behemoth of tabletop roleplaying, Dungeons & Dragons, and PC games. It lists a number of influential examples, starting with Pool of Radiance and concluding with the recently…

Does Your Video Game Have Too Many Words?

On his personal blog, Jeff Vogel of Spiderweb Software says what we’ve all probably been thinking. That is – video games are becoming too verbose for their own good. He lists examples and observations, as well as his own personal…