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Valve CMO threatened the company would walk away from games if it didn't own the rights to Half-Life—'It wasn't an idle threat—we weren't going to take on all of the risk to make other people rich'
By Rich Stanton published
News "Gabe had interesting ideas that had nothing to do with games."

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director was 'starving for new turn-based RPGs,' and figured if he wanted them, there would be others out there who'd want to play his game
By Ted Litchfield published
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In this airship-building survival game, I faced an enemy worth punching trees over: 'The hubris of man'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News I don't know if you can destroy mankind's wretched ambition with cannonballs, but I'm certainly going to try.

If you were worried Onimusha 2 won’t be hard enough, I have great news: Hell mode is here to ruin your life
By Justin Wagner published
News The long-awaited remaster finally has a release date, and a new mode that the game’s own director is struggling to get through.

Painkiller is back, and maybe they'll finally get it right this time
By Andy Chalk published
news The latest addition to the demon-killing FPS series looks the part, but it makes some pretty big changes too.

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord is heading to the ocean with a Viking-themed naval expansion this summer
By Fraser Brown published
News Grab your swimwear.

Nightdive's remaster of System Shock 2, the peak of immersive sims, finally has a release date
By Joshua Wolens published
News And it looks ace, to boot.

Wizards of the Coast gaming head says Baldur's Gate 3 'certainly raised the bar' and changed how they think about big budget D&D, but they still want 'different entry points' including smaller games
By Wes Fenlon published
News Not every D&D videogame going forward will be trying to replicate Baldur's Gate 3's dizzying depth.

Balatro's publisher doesn't know how big the 1.1 update will be or when it's coming: 'He's just gonna show up one day and say, here's 100 new jokers'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "I don't think he'll let us know when [Balatro 1.1] is gonna drop," said Wout van Halderen, the communications director at Playstack.
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