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An illustration of Marcus from Nightholme.
Inside the development of Nightholme, the first true 'extraction horror' game

Polygon's chat with Nightholme studio head Alexandre Amancio

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An illustration of the Void Shepherd in Nightholme, a Lovecraftian-esque monster with countless tentacles.
Nightholme mixes Arc Raiders, Dead by Daylight, and LoL for a true 'extraction horror' game

Studio Ellipsis may be onto something

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The blood elf city of Midnight with the Void hanging over it in Midnight
World of Warcraft’s Horde and Alliance factions have never been cozier

The Worldsoul Saga seems to be ending the faction wars

Eva Stratt (Sandra Hüller), a severe-looking woman in a beige turtleneck, sits in an office in Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary star Sandra Hüller took some of her character from the X-Files' Dana Scully
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The Oscar-nominated star of Anatomy of a Fall talks Ryan Gosling, interpreting the enigma of Eva Stratt, and the one piece of backstory she added

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Ichiban in a box in Yakuza 7
Actually, gaming could use more April Fools' Day 'jokes'

And big spectacles out of small things

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adventurers gather dnd
D&D is becoming a live-service game — but your table doesn’t have to

The digital-first future of the D&D may not be thrilling, but remember: you can play however you want

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A man on horseback rides through a huge, spectacular fantasy mountain vista in Crimson Desert
The rise of the ‘outsider AAA’ studio

A new breed of reactionary studio from outside gaming's traditional heartlands wants a piece of the blockbuster pie

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A collection of items in Milky Way Idle, a Steam game that has undergone a nine month harassment campaign from angry players.
Steam dev says Valve's been no help in dealing with 'racist' bullying

Idle game team faced harassment from angry Chinese fans, developer Cheze says

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Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) stands in a dark tunnel, wearing a red spacesuit, in Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary’s screenwriter took one important lesson from working on The Martian

Drew Goddard, writer of Cabin in the Woods and Bad Times at the El Royale, on working with Andy Weir again, and hard science vs. big emotion

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critical role schemers table npc shopping
Critical Role Campaign 4 found a great solution to D&D's most boring activity

Shopping episode? Instant skip

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Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War - soldiers staving off a bug
To escape (and out-satire) Helldivers 2, the team behind a new Starship Troopers game found inspiration in a Halo demo

Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War is a meta FPS that provides a hilarous and challenging experience

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James Cameron illustrates how he wants a giant crossbow to be used in a behind-the-scenes featurette from Avatar: Fire & Ash
James Cameron with a car-sized crossbow is everything I wanted from Avatar's behind-the-scenes footage

Ahead of Avatar: Fire and Ash's digital and physical release, watch this exclusive video from the 'set'

The inside of a VHS rental store in Retro Rewind, a Steam top seller.
These two Steam games had a similar idea, but only one became a top seller

Retro Rewind and Rewind 99 are both VHS rental store management games vying for attention on Steam

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A fiery Oblivion Gate burns in the distance, accentuating the silhouette of The Hero Of Kvatch, who is standing in the foreground with her back facing the camera.
20 years later, the most elusive sword in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion still haunts my dreams

A famous sword found in the game represents the best of Bethesda's approach to RPGs

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Damiane holding her gun in Crimson Desert
Sorry Kliff, but Damiane should've been Crimson Desert's main character

She's got better clothes, for one thing

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Varanasi
I visited the set of S.S. Rajamouli's epic new movie, and it blew my mind

The RRR director built an entire ancient city in downtown Hyderabad, India

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Hoid - Kickstarter promo art
Brandon Sanderson debunks theory that a Cosmere hero is secretly himself as a cameo

Everyone wants to know who Hoid is — here who he's not

Eva Stratt (Sandra Huller) and Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) walk together outdoors in Project Hail Mary
Does Project Hail Mary add romantic tension to its Earth story? Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller weigh in

Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, and Andy Weir weigh in on whether there's a hint of romantic feeling between Ryland Grace and Eva Stratt

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A Slay the Spire comic by PixelPenguin shows a whale and a rainbow with a blue background
He drew a Slay the Spire comic every day until the sequel came out. Now what?

Timothy 'PixelPenguin' Eden is publishing hundreds of his comics as coffee table books

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Kliff standing in front of an altar in Crimson Desert
Crimson Desert's vulgarity was the first clue this game was going to torture me

My personal hell

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