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Chris Tapsell
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Opinion
What is the point of Xbox?
The platform holder has repeated the same terrible mistakes for over a decade. The reason is simple: its priorities are back-to-front.
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Review
Harold Halibut review - sub-aquatic sci-fi adventure is a little too prog-rock
Space-mod at sea.
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News
Interview | Epic Games: mobile "gatekeeping" is "at the heart of why the industry is in a rut"
Saxs Persson talks storefronts, UGC, and "rehabilitating" the word "metaverse".
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News
Fortnite exec on kids making games: Island Creator Program is 18+ because "this is professional labour"
But wants to "mindfully change that" for creating with Lego.
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Feature
What we've been playing - indie preview special edition!
A few things that caught our eye at GDC, Day of the Devs, and ID@Xbox.
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Preview
The Crush House is a "thirst-person shooter" that holds a mirror to reality TV production
"When you watch reality TV, you experience a lot of the same emotions as watching horror…"
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News
Roblox Studio boss: children making money on the platform isn't exploitation, it's a gift
UPDATE: Roblox responds.
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Feature
Roblox's new AI creator tools conjure all the wonder and scepticism of a magic show
Roblox Studio talks new AI features, UGC, and the "shift from players to creators".
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Interview
The big Larian interview: Swen Vincke on industry woes, optimism, and life after Baldur's Gate 3
"When you push too hard, it breaks."
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News
How Super Mario Bros. Wonder's devs narrowed down 2000 ideas for its effects
"I thought: if I'm going to change the environment anyway, I might as well go hard!"
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News
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom devs explain why it was a much bigger overhaul than you'd think
"Are we really doing this? Development is going to be chaos."
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News
Larian's next game will have different "tone, style, way of doing it" to Baldur's Gate 3, but won't "dwarf" it
Swen Vincke elaborates to Eurogamer.
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News
Larian's next game won't be Baldur's Gate 4, DLC, or anything with Dungeons & Dragons
"We're gonna move away from D&D and start making a new thing."
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News
Feature | Ubisoft unveils generative AI "NEO NPCs", and the spirit of Peter Molyneux's Milo lives on
"What's in it for the player?"
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News
Dune: Awakening won't feature sandworm-riding at launch - and no penis-sliders either
"A lot of sandworm jokes though."
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Interview
Dune: Awakening devs explain "alt history" approach to Conan: Exiles' vast, intricate follow-up
"I think the player's interactions with spice can be pretty f***ing interesting."
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Feature
Wishlisted | Harold Halibut turns Starfield's best side quest into a vividly human world
Bream me up.
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Review
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League review - an idea destined to fail
Death by a thousand buffs.
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Feature
What To Play | What to play this February 2024
It's a bumper month - here's what we recommended.