Thunder Lotus, the developer behind Spiritfarer, released a roadmap of upcoming content for the cozy, base-building game about the afterlife. There will be three updates throughout 2021, planned for the spring, summer, and fall. Each update will be free and available for all players. The first update is the Lily update, which will introduce a […]
Unreal Engine’s next job: NPC creation in a fraction of the time
Epic Games, makers of the Unreal Engine that has powered two decades’ worth of triple-A video games, on Wednesday announced another leading-edge development tool: MetaHuman Creator, an application that can create distinctive and lifelike human characters for video games in a fraction of the time it currently takes. “One of the most arduous tasks in […]
Cyberpunk 2077 publisher CD Projekt targeted in ‘cyber attack’
CD Projekt, the company behind Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, was targeted Monday in a major “cyber attack,” according to a statement published on Twitter. Hackers reportedly stole “certain data belonging to CD Projekt capital group,” CD Projekt said. The company said it is currently securing its servers and restoring encrypted data. In the […]
Rust gets ‘softcore’ servers, so new players suffer less
Rust has recently blown up in popularity after a host of popular streamers started playing the survival game. Comedy and high drama were the draw, as the game traditionally encourages backstabbing. Facepunch Studios, the game’s developer, announced that it will be making things easier for new players. The so-called “softcore mode” comes to the game […]
Red Dead Online’s cost is going up, so the game’s offering limited-time goodies
Red Dead Online is currently only $5, but that’s going to come to an end on Feb. 15. Anyone who plays Red Dead Online before that date, including those who launch it through the full version of Red Dead Redemption 2, will get a gift package of goodies to help them on the frontier. The […]
Bungie’s new roadmap for Destiny 2 previews the next few months of content
Destiny 2’s latest season will see Guardians go head to head with the Cabal once again, according to a Bungie announcement on Tuesday morning. The studio put out more details on its website about Season of the Chosen, including a roadmap showcasing when players can expect new content to appear in-game. On Feb. 9, Bungie […]
Cyberpunk 2077 hotfix addresses game-breaking bug introduced in previous patch
A hotfix for Cyberpunk 2077, pushed out Thursday morning, resolves a game-breaking bug in the main quest line that Friday’s patch 1.1 had introduced. Hotfix 1.11, now available on all platforms, patches out the glitch in the “Down on the Street” mission. In that job, the player waits for a holocall from the NPC Takemura […]
BioMutant — remember that? — gets a launch date for PS4, Xbox One
BioMutant finally has a launch date. THQ Nordic’s “open-world, post-apocalyptic kung fu fable” arrives May 25, 2021 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. Originally due in 2018, BioMutant is developed by Experiment 101, which Avalanche Studios’ former creative director, Stefan Ljungqvist, founded in 2015. THQ Nordic is the game’s publisher. In BioMutant, players […]
Cyberpunk 2077’s first major patch is here to hack away some bugs
It’s no secret at this point that Cyberpunk 2077 launched with a plethora of bugs and performance issues, some more obvious than others, leading Sony to go so far as to remove the game from the PlayStation Store and offer refunds. Now, the first of CD Projekt Red’s planned post-launch updates has been released on […]
Tencent buying majority stake in Don’t Starve maker Klei Entertainment
Chinese tech giant Tencent will purchase a majority stake in Klei Entertainment, the Canadian indie developer behind Don’t Starve, studio founder Jamie Cheng announced Friday on the company’s official forums. “As part of this agreement,” Cheng wrote, “Klei retains full autonomy of creative and operations across all aspects of the studio, including projects, talent, and […]