Eurogamer just posted:
Speedrunner completes Baldur's Gate 3 in only 10 minutes
A speedrunner has managed to complete Baldur's Gate 3 in only 10 minutes.
The world record time was achieved by speedrunner Mae, who's uploaded their Any% speedrun to YouTube with a time of 10 minutes and three seconds.
How is this achieved? With Gale and a whole load of jumping. I guess that explains his name, then. Some spoilers follow.
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https://www.eurogamer.net/speedrunner-completes-baldurs-gate-3-in-only-10-minutes
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun just posted:
Orbo's Odyssey is Psychonauts meets Sonic Adventure, and you can shoot your character like a bullet
Comedy platformer Orbo's Odyssey is a game about being locked in your boss's office. Here are some things I might do if I were locked in my boss's office (sorry Katharine): approve expense claims, sift their browser history for blackmail material and oh, who am I kidding, what I'd really do is perch on the desk, ...
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PC Games Insider just posted:
CHARTS: Baldur's Gate 3 spends second week at Steam No.1 spot
In the second week since its 1.0 launch, Baldur's Gate 3 was the biggest-grossing game on Steam. The RPG title continues to attract a great deal of attention, hitting 875,343 concurrent players on Steam, according to SteamDB , over the weekend. Valve's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive once again has to settle for No.2 for the second week in a row, ...
http://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/73975/charts-baldurs-gate-3-spends-second-week-at-steam-no1-spot/
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GamingBolt just posted:
Rift of the NecroDancer Targeting 2024 Release, Now Published by Klei
Brace Yourself Games is taking time to polish the title and add more content, and plans to share a new date after the Holidays.
https://gamingbolt.com/rift-of-the-necrodancer-targeting-2024-release-now-published-by-klei
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Eurogamer just posted:
Embracer's collapsed $2bn "major strategic partnership" was reportedly with Saudi Arabia funded Savvy Games
A new report from Axios has shed fresh light on Embracer Group's mysterious $2bn "major strategic partnership" which collapsed spectacularly back in May, causing its shares to drop by 40 percent and sending the company into cost-cutting mode.
At the time, Embracer - the enormous umbrella corporation which owns more ...
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DualShockers just posted:
Hang On, Where Did All These Developer Apologies Come From?
There's been a flood of apologies recently for bad game releases, from Jedi Survivor on PC to Gollum, and it's starting to become an excuse tactic.
https://www.dualshockers.com/where-did-developer-apologies-come-from/
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Insider Gaming just posted:
Resident Evil 2 Remake Gets A New Update Four Years After Release
In one of the more unexpected game updates youâll see today, Resident Evil 2 Remake has received a new update four-and-a-half years after it was first released. Capcom released the update on Sunday, and itâs not one of those simple âimprove the performance and stabilityâ of the game updates that some developers push years after release. Instead, this update ...
https://insider-gaming.com/resident-evil-2-remake-gets-a-new-update-four-years-after-release/
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Kotaku just posted:
Overwatch 2 Is Steamâs Worst-Rated Game, But Itâs Complicated
Overwatch 2 is, by far, the worst rated game on Steam, and developer Blizzardâs messy breakup with China in 2022 is, in part, responsible for it.
https://kotaku.com/steam-review-overwatch-2-season-6-pve-illari-pc-1850735534
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PCGamesN just posted:
Baldurâs Gate 3 Steam Deck split screen is possible after all
Baldur's Gate 3 is easily one of the best Steam Deck games you can play today, but it's unfortunately lacking the split screen feature available on desktop PCs. However, try as Larian might to keep this feature off the Steam Deck, this hasn't stopped Baldur's Gate 3 fans from finding a way to restore this functionality on the handheld.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-deck/baldurs-gate-3-split-screen
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PC Gamer just posted:
Divining the Nvidia Blackwell RTX 50-series GPUs from some alpha-numeric runes
Rumoured GPU names for 2025's Blackwell architecture have been posted online, let the speculation begin.
https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-blackwell-rtx-50-series-rumours
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PC Gamer just posted:
This Owlbear orbital strike in Baldur's Gate 3 can deal 1,170 points of bludgeoning damage, which is enough to kill an adult red dragon four times
Who needs a peasant railgun?
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DSOGaming just posted:
New Fallout New Vegas Mod adds a real-time reflections system
Modder âWall_SoGBâ has released an incredible mod for Fallout: New Vegas that adds a fully dynamic, real-time reflections system to the game. This mod provides realistic ambient lighting on meshes, itâs highly customizable, and it can run even on weak PC systems. Going into more details, this Reflections Mod for Fallout: New Vegas mod adds âŚ
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/new-fallout-new-vegas-mod-adds-a-real-time-reflections-system/
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DualShockers just posted:
Geometry Dash Gets First Update In 6 Years This October
Geometry Dash version 2.2 was announced as part of the game's 10 year anniversary stream, with the first update in more than 6 years.
https://www.dualshockers.com/geometry-dash-first-update-in-6-years-this-october/
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PC Gamer just posted:
There are remasters of the Strong Bad games from 2008 and you can play them now
The incredible heroic detective Dangeresque does some very stupid things.
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Eurogamer just posted:
The live action Super Mario Bros. movie is getting a 4K theatrical re-release later this year
The Super Mario Bros. movie is getting a 4K theatrical re-release later in Japan this year.
No, I'm not talking about the record-breaking movie starring Chris Pratt and Jack Black â I'm talking about the infamous 1993 live-action offering starring Bob Hoskins.
In honour of the movie's 30th anniversary â and no doubt buoyed by the ...
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Eurogamer just posted:
Baldur's Gate 3 is now 2023's best-reviewed game according to Metacritic
Baldur's Gate 3 is now 2023's best-reviewed game.
According to review-aggregate site Metacritic, Larian Studios' hugely successful RPG has the highest combined score of any other game and yes, that includes The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
At the time of writing, Baldur's Gate 3 is sitting pretty with a combined score of 97, whilst Tears of the ...
https://www.eurogamer.net/baldurs-gate-3-is-now-2023s-best-reviewed-game-according-to-metacritic
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Eurogamer just posted:
17 years later, we're finally getting a Titan Quest sequel
Epic action-RPG Titan Quest is back for a new generation with a new sequel.
Picking up where its 2006's predecessor left off, Titan Quest 2 offers a "world is full of mysteries and secrets to discover", boasting an "exploration-focused campaign" and a "challenge fit for a hero".
You can check out the striking announcement teaser below:
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https://www.eurogamer.net/17-years-later-were-finally-getting-a-titan-quest-sequel
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GamingBolt just posted:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is Due Out in December â Rumour
In September last year, developer GSC Game World reiterated that the open world first person shooter was targeting a 2023 launch.
https://gamingbolt.com/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-heart-of-chornobyl-is-due-out-in-december-rumour
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DSOGaming just posted:
Valheim gets a new role-playing prequel expansion mod
Modder âDrengrobotâ has released a pretty cool role-playing prequel expansion mod for Iron Gateâs exploration and survival game, Valheim. According to its description, Wildling is an expansion in which players must survive as a pre-teen version of their Viking self. This Valheim expansion mod offers a more quest-like experience than regular Valheim and you should âŚ
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/valheim-gets-a-new-role-playing-prequel-expansion-mod/
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun just posted:
To The Core contains interplanetary mining with the spectacle of Vampire Survivors
To The Core is, to borrow its Steam description, "an incremental game about extracting and using resources from planets to buy upgrades." That's pretty much it. I've played it for eight hours since buying it yesterday, hooked by a progression curve that takes you from an ineffectual mining ship chipping at a single planet's rocky ...
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