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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor thinks putting "the player first over profit" is why the RPG is so successful, urges other devs to do the same: "You're probably gonna sell a s***-ton of copies"
News "If we needed to redo something, they spent the money, and we did it"
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P was inspired by mobile RPGs to lift glamour restrictions: "If you look at any of these games, you won't really see the same restrictions on fashion that FF14 has"
News Yoshi-P abandoned his personal gamer principles to loosen the MMO's fashion restrictions
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond players are finding Samus' sidekick so annoying they are sharing hints for how to lessen the cringe: "I shut off voice volume completely and instantly felt better"
News "I would pay you $10 for an option to shut him the f*** up and let me play the game"
Fallout 5 could take a lesson from Starfield and its ship-building says former Fallout 4 dev, who really wants Bethesda to push power armor and settlement customization in the next RPG
News "Cars and trucks and things that go would be cool"
Hytale lead isn't putting his Minecraft competitor on Steam at launch because "everything is wrong" with it, and Palworld lead "totally" understands his hesitance
News "In time your honesty and willingness to be transparent will make you guys one of the most beloved around"
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P says it's "time to go back to school" as the MMO builds to its next expansion and turns away from the "summer vacation" that was its mixed Dawntrail expansion
News Time to get the last of your homework done
Everyone's "free time is dwindling," so Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P wants players to feel rewarded no matter how much time they invest in the MMO
News "It's incredibly important to create a sense of accomplishment for everyone"
Controversial anti-cheat software Denuvo is being removed from Hi-Fi Rush to "provide a more stable and efficient service environment," but Krafton's anti-tamper features remain
News Players will need to update their game next year
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was made with the help of more than 20 other studios including Luigi's Mansion and Oblivion Remastered devs
News Rome wasn't built in a day and games aren't built by one studio
One week after an acclaimed indie studio said it faces closure following a Steam ban for its surreal horror game, Humble joins Epic in banning Horses at the last minute
News Well somebody has to think of the children
Fortnite star Ninja urges Arc Raiders devs not to make the same mistake as Epic's battle royale: "Keep it as casual as possible"
News Ninja thinks Fortnite has got a bit too competitive
Red Dead Redemption's free Xbox Series X upgrade is currently broken with fans baffled after being asked to buy the whole game again, but Rockstar is "working with Microsoft to resolve it"
News Don't pay full price, the free version is on its way
After a quiet flop and some very loud industry-wide implosion, Shovel Knight dev really needs its new Game Boy-style soulslike to break through: "If we sold, like, 100,000, that's not so good"
News It's a terrible night for a curse
PS5 architect Mark Cerny says an intense Nintendo rivalry turned Sega into a "sweatshop" when he worked there: "Three people. Three months. That's a game"
News When Nintendo went to Timbuktu, Sega went to Timbukthree
Toby Fox teaches translators the meaning of "caked up" in Deltarune Chapter 5 tease as we eagerly await our big booty worm
News They make our rocking world go round
Final Fantasy creator finds plans for his first-ever game with Square while "decluttering," featuring detailed instructions like "give apple" to get a "kiss" and "kill lion with revolver"
News Hironobu Sakaguchi has plenty of treasures in his declutter pile
Veteran Metal Gear Solid producer says "given our age" it was now or never for an MGS3 remake: "Because it's such an incredible series, I decided that now was the time"
News "It's extremely difficult to balance honoring the original work with trying new things"
Metal Gear Solid 4 remake would be "pretty difficult" says series veteran, admitting the team used "quite unique solutions" when developing the stealth game's code
News "We are currently exploring concrete plans for the next game"
Mass Effect star Jennifer Hale would "love to play Bayonetta again," despite being "thrown under the bus" during controversy around the third game's casting
News "Thankfully, playing Bayonetta was so much fun"
Palworld dev isn’t impressed by "so-called" AAA, prefers indies since they "include the kind of systems you can’t find in other games": "AAA titles are overwhelmingly about graphic quality and fidelity"
News It's obvious why Palworld's publishing arm has so many small games
Kingdom Hearts writer says the series "freed me from the despair I felt at the time" as video games pushed for photorealism
News Long-time Final Fantasy scribe Kazushige Nojima says "I was conflicted as video game characters need to allow room for the players' imagination"
Final Fantasy 7 writer says Dragon Quest taught him that protagonists should be "self-insert for the player", but realized "I shouldn't be so set on the idea that a silent protagonist is the only way"
News "Characters' actions were no longer solely dictated by the player, but also by their personalities"
Where Winds Meet players find a way to skip side quests by manipulating the MMO's AI chatbot NPCs into just giving over the goods instead
News I always love when I can skip large parts of the game
