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I've somehow been living a chilling lie for over 200 hours of Elden Ring, but at least I'm not the only one
Features I can explain
Hidetaka Miyazaki's reputation grows as an Elden Ring poster signed by the director himself goes for $12,600 and counting
news In support of the Immune Deficiency Foundation
"Go and learn how to mod": CD Projekt lead says "half" of the people making quests for Cyberpunk 2 right now are former modders
news The Cyberpunk 2077 sequel has a lot of modder power under the hood
Over a dozen Genshin Impact voice actors lay into developer HoYoverse for more inexplicably "pale" characters after Natlan reveal: "You still got time to fix it"
news "People are absolutely within their rights to demand better representation"
Old School RuneScape devs face loot-hungry MMO players after an endgame quest spits out worse items than an easy mob so profitable it became a bot farm
news Back-to-back loot extremes spark confusion in OSRS
Genshin Impact drops a massive update 5.0 teaser out of nowhere: 9 Natlan characters revealed for the RPG, including the apparent Pyro Archon
news The 5.X Natlan patches seem filled with female characters so far
The creator of one of my favorite offbeat horror manga says the series isn't ending, Google just decided it was
News Mieruko-chan is still very much ongoing
CD Projekt dev defends The Witcher 3's "overdone" Witcher Sense clue mechanic: "At the time it was really fresh," even if "we've kind of overcooked it" by the end
news Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine deliberately pulled back on clue tracking
The happiest dwarves in gaming get even happier as Italian dwarf metal band releases 5-minute anthem for co-op hit Deep Rock Galactic: "It's been on loop for an hour now"
news A Wind Rose x Deep Rock Galactic collab was as inevitable as daylight, and it is glorious
Dev of "waifu sci-fi RPG shooter" says doubling down on fan service literally paid off, so now it's tripling down in spite of "criticism" from people "who are not players"
news Snowbreak: Containment Zone comes up with an innovative idea: sex sells
With one day left in the 2024 Steam Summer Sale, don't miss best-ever discounts on RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3, Dragon's Dogma 2, Persona 3 Reload, and Cyberpunk 2077
news Some of the best, biggest, and even newest RPGs and JRPGs hit record lows on Steam
Sonic Team lead can't help himself, wonders "how have we gotten to 30 years with no RPGs" and hopes to make the forbidden Sonic RPG before he retires
news The sands of time have largely forgotten the Sonic RPG that already exists
Actor behind Shadow of the Erdtree's best character, Igon, didn't know how big Elden Ring was, thought his lines were "incomprehensible," and says Miyazaki was a "mysterious figure"
news CURSE YOU, BAYLE!
Elden Ring is finally complete: Let Me Solo Her finishes Shadow of the Erdtree as Let Me Solo Them, perfectly destroying the DLC's final boss with its biggest weakness
news I do love a good trilogy
Destiny 2 goes for the nuclear option after time-gating players for years: Episode 2 will drop 6 weeks of content at once so you can play the MMO "at your own pace"
news Episode 2: Revenant will not time-gate Acts week over week
You don't level up in Star Wars Outlaws like most Ubisoft RPGs – you unlock skills and upgrade gear by meeting "full-on characters" and completing their "adventures"
News Character progression is more natural in Star Wars Outlaws
Inspired by Kai Cenat, disabled Elden Ring player uses one finger and his voice to beat Malenia after 700 attempts with no summons: "I wanted to show it can be done"
Features DeadlyPG has already moved onto Shadow of the Erdtree
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree makes one change to weapon upgrading that's so good I want FromSoftware to patch it into the base game immediately
Features Finally, a good source of smithing stones
Metaphor: ReFantazio is one of the few JRPGs I want more than Persona 6, and it might have one of the coolest job systems in years
Features Hands-on | Shin Megami Tensei and Persona creators take on a JRPG staple with unsurprising style
Microsoft confirms Xbox Live is down: "Some users have been disconnected" despite status website saying "all services up and running"
news It's fine, says Xbox, which also says it's not
"Nerf inevitable": Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree players around the world are dunking on bosses using the DLC's absurd new dueling shields
news There's a good chance this gets nerfed, and a non-zero chance it's bugged
In just 10 minutes, Blumhouse's first horror game sucked me in with its lo-fi world, seance twist, and cute but quietly messed-up art
Features Preview | Fear the Spotlight gets an expanded re-release under Blumhouse Games
Bungie heard the feedback on your favorite activities, so Destiny 2 will be "building on the Coils and the Onslaughts" going forward
news Loot-heavy, fan-favorite activities have been folded into Bungie's plans
