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Hasbro cancel Dungeons and Dragons action game helmed by Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order director, leaving studio hunting for new publishing deal
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Hasbro cancel Dungeons and Dragons action game helmed by Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order director, leaving studio hunting for new publishing deal

Hasbro have opted to pull the publishing plug on the Dungeons and Dragons action game they and developers Giant Skull announced last June. Said plug was reportedly pulled at some point earlier this year, leaving the studio headed by former Star Wars Jedi series director Stig Asmussen hunting for a new publishing deal. Read more

"Seven or eight years is not that unusual": Diablo 4 lead says AAA games are taking longer to make, which is bad news for junior applicants
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"Seven or eight years is not that unusual": Diablo 4 lead says AAA games are taking longer to make, which is bad news for junior applicants

The biggest videogames are taking longer to make, according to Diablo 4 lead engine engineer Marcin Undak, and one consequence is that there are fewer junior openings at industry dreadnoughts like Blizzard and CD Projekt, because companies prefer to hire juniors right at the start of development. This isn't ideal, Undak suggested, because "the best teams" have a healthy mixture of crabby old wizards and sparky bantlings. OK, he did not call anybody either a wizard or a bantling. Maybe next time

Proton 11 Beta 5 released with more regression fixes
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Proton 11 Beta 5 released with more regression fixes

We're hopefully close to the full release of Proton 11, with Valve releasing a small Proton 11 Beta 5 update with some needed fixes.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Johan is like if Sekiro were about a medieval manuscript of a rabbit came to life that's on a quest for revenge
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Johan is like if Sekiro were about a medieval manuscript of a rabbit came to life that's on a quest for revenge

Oh I do love a good bit of silliness, I do. Does the heart wonders! Today my daily dose of it comes in the form of a game called Johan, a very Sekiro-esque action game where you play as a rabbit that has leapt from the pages of a medieval manuscript into the world of the living in order to get "revenge against the armies of knights that ravage the land." Read more

Take a nice long look at some Paralives gameplay ahead of its early access launch next week
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Take a nice long look at some Paralives gameplay ahead of its early access launch next week

Paralives, originally slated for release in 2025, is now right around the corner with an early access launch slated for May 25th next week. So what better a way to whet the appetite than with a nice lengthy look at the game in action, right from making your own Sims- sorry, Paras, through to overseeing their entire lives. Read more

Subnautica 2's EULA is causing a bit of a ruckus, but Unknown Worlds say they're "looking into" the current terms
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Subnautica 2's EULA is causing a bit of a ruckus, but Unknown Worlds say they're "looking into" the current terms

It wouldn't be Subnautica 2 if there wasn't a little bit more controversy to be found, would it? This time it comes in the form of the game's EULA which, as roughly collated by a post over on the Stop Killing Games subreddit, includes some stipulations that certainly sound a bit sketchy on the face of it, though others also sound like a legal team member playing it overly safe. Read more