MrBrown

Well, players voted for it, blame them.

Yes, and most of them are a bit better in the game itself, IMO. The pale-elf vampire and the overtalky wizard are about the same.

Steam awards voting is up, and in the "story rich" category, there's four AAA-games, and a Chinese dating sim... I guess it has a lot of fans. https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards

I guess the logic is that old 3D ages really badly, while the kind of partially animated comic-style is kinda accepted for smaller games these days. ...And I have to say, personally I prefer the new ones. Neither are that great though.

Isn't this kind of pay-to-win? https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/world-of-warcraft-service-character-boost Don't play WoW myself, but I heard there's lots of talk about that.

https://www.dexerto.com/diablo/leaked-blizzard-survey-could-indicate-that-diablo-4-will-get-dlc-costing-100-2405020/

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/marketing/it-s-official-e3-is-dead

Steam blurb says "Carve a life together. Meet players from across the globe, build a life, explore and survive together. Construct persistent buildings and communities, or strike out alone to discover the world for others." Sure sounds like it's the same world for everyone. Do they realize people will comb through it in a week or two?

Sounds very close to the Kingmaker and WotR experience. Pretty much as expected.

That trailer has a grand total of two still shots that might be in-engine, so there's no way of telling how ready it is. If you're an optimist, reveal next year, release 2025. If you're pessimist, reveal pushed back to 2025, release maybe 2027. Not trying to be a hater, I liked the previous DA games so I'll check this one out, but they're not being very convincing. (Ok, I guess if you're really a pessimist you'll say it'll never come out.)

Announcements of announcements. Desperate to tell they're still working on the game.

Looks like Diablo4 is free to play on Steam until the 28th. It's with the same limitations as the public beta was, so if you didn't play that you can give it a try.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1091500/view/3873720583808974567?l=english Does this mean no more DLCs?

No. Once you've logged in it doesn't pop-up on every launch though.

https://www.gamesradar.com/golden-joystick-awards-2023-winners/ Best Storytelling - Baldur's Gate 3 Still Playing Award - No Man's Sky Best Visual Design - Baldur's Gate 3 Studio of the Year - Larian Studios Best Game Expansion - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Best Indie Game - Sea of Stars Best VR Game - Horizon Call of the Mountain Best Multiplayer Game - Mortal Kombat 1 Best Audio - Final Fantasy XVI Best Game Trailer - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Best Streaming Game - Valorant Best Game Community - Baldur's Gate 3 Best Gaming Hardware - PSVR 2 Breakthrough Award - Coccoon / Geometric Interactive Critics' Choice Award - Alan Wake II Best Lead Performer - Ben Starr, Final Fantasy XVI Best Supporting Performer - Neil Newborn, Astarion, Baldur's Gate 3 Nintendo Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom PC Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Game of the Year - Starfield PlayStation Game of the Year - Resident Evil 4 Most Wanted Game - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth UGOTY - Baldur's Gate 3

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1328670/view/3796032312660543340?l=english

Didn't they already hint at a new mass effect some years ago? Probably just that.

RIP Zero punctuation

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/6/23949372/the-epic-games-store-still-isnt-profitable

Don't think D3 ever got PvP.

Playing Against the Storm. It's a city-builder, vs environment type of game, kinda like a fantasy version of Frostpunk. It's a bit more about resource transformation than Frostpunk, and centers around a campaign mode rather than just a few scenarios. Still in Early Access, thumbs up so far.

My impression was always that PoE1 was much shorter.