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After buying Nightdive and Digital Eclipse last year, Atari CEO says the company has 'already opened more doors and more opportunities' for both studios
News "For both companies there are a lot of exciting announcements to come."
Survival MMO Dune: Awakening wants to 'pull people away from competing and fighting over bases' and have them battle over spice instead
News Funcom says PvP works best when players are "fighting over something that's not as personal as your base."
Dune: Awakening's survival systems might do the impossible: make smashing boulders and collecting water fun
let's rock Harvesting rocks and stockpiling water are usually mindless chores, but in Funcom's survival MMO they look kinda enjoyable.
Midnight Suns devs 'absolutely' knew cards would be a controversial choice, but they were also 'absolutely the right fit for this game and our design goals'
News Midnight Suns' game director explains how XCOM's combat evolved into the strategic card system that emphasized "feeling heroic."
I've now played exactly one bullet hell FPS, and I'm ready for this to be the next big genre
Orb-pilled Luna Abyss upends some FPS conventions—like, uh, aiming—to great effect.
Hyper Light Drifter's long-awaited sequel feels like the first game got caught in a transporter accident with Risk of Rain 2—and I can't wait for more
open world Procedural generation's still an open question, but Hyper Light Breaker's combat is already a winner.
How are CD Projekt's side quests so good? Cyberpunk quest designer says they reject 'over 90%' of their pitches
News Just use the good ideas. Simple as.
'Make a private hosted version of your game': Knockout City dev's top tip for studios shutting down a live service game is to give players the keys
news "Ultimately, it keeps the game that everybody at the studio worked so hard on alive forever."
