Ex-Bethesda dev turned indie says “good things often happen by accident,” like that time Skyrim players convinced themselves the RPG’s foxes were leading them to treasure

March 31, 2025 / admin / retro news

“Players don’t realize how many happy and sometimes unhappy accidents” happen in games

2019

Palworld dev says the studio went dark for months because “the team was getting burnt out from all the social media stuff, I was getting burnt out, our CEO was under attack in Japan”

March 31, 2025 / admin / retro news

“We really tried to push back on the AI stuff specifically”

2019

Metaphor: ReFantazio had to dial back an early battle system inspired by a notoriously brutal 2003 JRPG, because 20 years later, players found it “irrational” and “just not fun”

March 31, 2025 / admin / retro news

Some people online called Atlus’s battle planners “sadists or the devil himself”

2019

Spider-Man’s ex Mary Jane Watson is officially Venom, but she and the symbiote are “not together by choice”

March 31, 2025 / admin / retro news

Betcha Peter Parker didn’t see this one coming

2019

At a ridiculously detailed showcase of the open-world engine behind the RPG Crimson Desert, I asked a ridiculously detailed question about water and all hell broke loose

March 31, 2025 / admin / retro news

How wet is water, exactly?

2019

The world’s “largest PC strategy game” has a novel idea – what if it was OK for people to leave?

March 31, 2025 / admin / retro news

Teamfight Tactics game director Peter Whalen makes a strong argument

2019

Super Mario Bros 2 player crashes the game, casually posts the clip online, and accidentally makes “the biggest 2D Mario speedrun discovery in years”

March 31, 2025 / admin / retro news

“I genuinely can’t believe a random crash I had with this game actually helped discover a new speed run trick”

2019

Balatro creator LocalThunk stays so anonymous, a GDC attendee couldn’t believe how he “crushed” the roguelike’s base difficulty: “‘Wow you must have played this before!'”

March 31, 2025 / admin / retro news

“I guess you could say that”

2019

The Last of Us HBO showrunner says “flat out” that “I am not going to go past the game” like Game of Thrones did with George R.R. Martin’s novels

March 31, 2025 / admin / retro news

Craig Mazin says that he and co-showrunner Neil Druckmann have no plans for a prequel or spin-off show anytime soon

2019

Larian boss defends mods as D&D owner Wizards of the Coast blasts a Baldur’s Gate 3 Stardew Valley mod offline with a DMCA: “There are good ways of dealing with this”

March 31, 2025 / admin / retro news

Swen Vincke has something to say

2019

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Posts tagged "2019"

Ex-Bethesda dev turned indie says “good things often happen by accident,” like that time Skyrim players convinced themselves the RPG’s foxes were leading them to treasure

Palworld dev says the studio went dark for months because “the team was getting burnt out from all the social media stuff, I was getting burnt out, our CEO was under attack in Japan”

Metaphor: ReFantazio had to dial back an early battle system inspired by a notoriously brutal 2003 JRPG, because 20 years later, players found it “irrational” and “just not fun”

Spider-Man’s ex Mary Jane Watson is officially Venom, but she and the symbiote are “not together by choice”

At a ridiculously detailed showcase of the open-world engine behind the RPG Crimson Desert, I asked a ridiculously detailed question about water and all hell broke loose

The world’s “largest PC strategy game” has a novel idea – what if it was OK for people to leave?

Super Mario Bros 2 player crashes the game, casually posts the clip online, and accidentally makes “the biggest 2D Mario speedrun discovery in years”

Balatro creator LocalThunk stays so anonymous, a GDC attendee couldn’t believe how he “crushed” the roguelike’s base difficulty: “‘Wow you must have played this before!'”

The Last of Us HBO showrunner says “flat out” that “I am not going to go past the game” like Game of Thrones did with George R.R. Martin’s novels

Larian boss defends mods as D&D owner Wizards of the Coast blasts a Baldur’s Gate 3 Stardew Valley mod offline with a DMCA: “There are good ways of dealing with this”