CD Projekt Red may be done adding new features to Cyberpunk 2077, but the studio isn’t completely finished with the game yet. It’s still issuing patches to fix… Continue reading
Tag: NPCs
Dredge dev says a mechanic that killed NPCs without warning if you let them go hungry lasted for about 3 days after the game’s launch before they patched it out, because ‘people f*cking hated it’
Dredge was one of 2023’s out-of-left field indie greats—we gave it an 89 in our Dredge review, then later bestowed it with Best Setting award for our Game… Continue reading
Large-scale shooter Enlisted is coming to Steam this quarter of 2024, bringing its particular flavor of FPS where you’re in charge of a whole squad out from the… Continue reading
Even after 300 hours, I’ve never met one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s most elusive NPCs: a half-orc named Honk who only shows up if you kill his brother then go on a date at their restaurant
One of the best parts of Baldur’s Gate 3 is all the stuff you don’t even realize you missed. The half-orc waiter, Honk, isn’t exactly the juiciest morsel… Continue reading
Old School RuneScape player says ‘see ya at a million!’ after pickpocketing 500,000 NPCs in a doomed quest for treasure under multiple self-imposed restrictions
I feel like a dedicated Old School RuneScape player conquers a new Everest every week. There’s the player who grinded 149 hours of a terrible minigame to get… Continue reading
GTA 6 fan goes full noir detective to discover a random NPC’s sunscreen SPF in the most informatively unhinged way
Title card: The Grand Theft Auto 6 Sunscreen Mystery. Fade in: Interior. A detective’s office. Shutters keep the glow of street lamps at bay. A lone figure paces… Continue reading
A former EverQuest producer, WoW vets and Elden Ring devs are making an MMO filled with AI-generated NPCs
A bunch of MMO veterans led by one of the original producers of genre granddaddy EverQuest are working on a new online game that will use AI… Continue reading
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. You’ve just arrived in a small village on a secluded island that’s fallen into disrepair, and the only thing that can… Continue reading