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Call of Duty: Warzone's weapon attachment tweaks are being separated from the other games like Black Ops 7 to allow for "faster meta shifts" and tuning
News "An attachment in Multiplayer may have completely different stats in Warzone"
"I don't think it works super well": BioShock creator Ken Levine hasn't been involved in BioShock 4's development, and he's not sure if people would want him to "come in and punch things up" anyway
News "Me just coming in [...] and saying X, Y, and Z, that's not really how games are made"
Almost a year and a half since launch, Stellar Blade adds new epilogue content that has fans begging for a chapter select option "so we don't have to play through the whole game again… please"
News At least it gives us something to do while we wait for the sequel
EA's new buyers reportedly hope AI can be used to cut operating costs and boost profits, just in case that $20 billion in debt wasn't already concerning enough
News It's not clear exactly what AI might be used for, however
"He's kind of a piece of s**t, really": Final Fantasy 16 lead Ben Starr returned to voice Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles antagonist Dycedarg because he's a "very different" character to Clive
News "It was a very difficult decision to come back to this franchise"
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director says fan feedback can only go so far, the upcoming JRPG "should be a better experience" but the "creative vision" at Square Enix won't change
News "That creative vision you have has to come from the creative team"
New Palworld update will remind console users "every 15 minutes" if they're pushing their world settings too far, which, believe it or not, is actually an improvement on the last patch
News It's better than nothing, I guess?
New Battlefield 6 trailer swiftly puts celebrities to the side and replaces them with marines as EA doubles down on grounded, no-nonsense skins, and fans think it can only be a diss aimed at Call of Duty
News "The greatest COD diss I've seen"
"Pricing is never just about numbers": Infinity Nikki fans had an "intense" reaction to furniture prices, says dev, which taught the team to start "building long-term trust"
News Infold Games speaks out about its recent pricing controversy
Working with Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone was "truly an honor," says Infinity Nikki dev after surprise crossover: "Eric was very thoughtful throughout the process"
News Cozy overload!
"The game is the design document": Hades 2 devs don't have "long, elaborate" plans that "lay out the future of the things we're making" because Supergiant is "a heavily iterative studio"
News It's clearly a method that works well
Hades 3 is not "preordained," studio director says as Hades 2 leaves early access, and for now Supergiant is focused on the reaction to its new roguelike sequel
News "When we're working on our games, we're not talking about the next game"
New Fire Emblem spin-off drops out of nowhere, mixing Among Us with evil furries, and I see why Nintendo made zero noise about it: "This is a contender for the worst game I've ever played"
News At least Fire Emblem Shadows features Dimitri from Three Houses as a catboy, if that's your thing
Forza Horizon 6 devs worked "closely" with a cultural consultant to ensure they were being "authentic and respectful" with the racing game's Japan setting
News Playground Games knows the Japan setting is "something that the fans have been wishing for" from the start of the series
Battlefield 6 isn't just inspired by Battlefield 3 and 4, its campaign was influenced by "a lot of movies" including Generation Kill and Civil War
News "I have watched so many contemporary war documentaries I couldn't even begin to name them"
Helldivers 2 devs address performance complaints, say "we want things to be in a better state, we are taking it very seriously" with an update next month just the start of "a bigger development plan"
News "You've been loud, clear, and absolutely right to expect better"
I've been playing Pokemon for 17 years, but Pokemon Legends: Z-A makes me feel like I'm relearning everything I knew about battles in the best way possible
Hands-on Hands on | After 1 hour with Pokemon Legends: Z-A, I'm even more excited to see how deep its real-time combat system goes
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs say "being recognized in Japan" is "very personal to us" after making a game "inspired by so many incredible JRPGs we grew up with"
News "We could not be more grateful"
Hideo Kojima's new horror game OD looks creepier than ever in a new trailer that manages to flex its hyper-realistic Unreal Engine visuals while making me scared of knocks on doors forever
News Still no release date yet, though
Epic Games banned "thousands" of Fortnite players over the last weekend as players say new proximity chat mode Delulu "was a mistake"
News Players have been reporting "sexist comments and slurs" in the new mode
Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding 2 references and Easter eggs aren't simply "a self-homage," but "more of a service to the fans who have been playing my games"
News Some references are "kind of unavoidable," Kojima says
Nintendo's controversial patent on Pokemon mechanics likely won't threaten the likes of Palworld and Persona, as IP expert argues there are already potential ways to invalidate it, including StarCraft
News The patent may not be as concerning as it first sounded
"My producer will get really mad if he hears this": Nier creator Yoko Taro says "how slow I am" defines his writing style, but he's "sneaky" enough to get away with the consequences
News "I'm good at creating situations where my writing is essential, but I'm just late at it"
"To say Krafton's new theory is a Hail Mary would be an understatement": Former Subnautica 2 studio leadership allege publisher Krafton has changed "its story mid-litigation about why it fired the founders"
News It's alleged that Krafton has "pivoted to a new theory that it admittedly came up with only after the fact"
