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Collect resources by mining deeper and deeper while defending your base in "Dome Keeper"

Dome Keeper, the game developed by Bippinbits and distributed by Raw Fury, on September 27 will be released for PC via Steam. The game is an action and mining roguelike where you will have to defend your base against powerful invading aliens.

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai11h ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

Zezdh9h ago

Yay, more trans lgbtq characters and awful story lines

Jin_Sakai9h ago

I miss the old Naughty Dog when Bruce Straley and Amy Hennig were there.

shinoff218351m ago

Last of us 2 was still awesome. Did you like part 1? It was there as well it's just people hadn't brought politics into it yet so no one was really crying

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H96h ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1015h ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H94h ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion2h ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_922h ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19722h ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing692h ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

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Embracer Group Has Over 70 Projects in the Works

Embracer Group has released its latest financial statements, and while sales are up, some of the group's games haven't performed so well.

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OtterX8h ago

And they'll cancel 50 of them, then lay off their staff within the next couple of years. I think Embracer's new logo should be a Boa Constrictor.

Stonilein8h ago

i hope we get the next Tomb Raider soon

Redgrave1h ago

Have you seen the plans for that because you might want to look into it

It's Truth Seeker now

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Ubisoft say AC Shadows protagonists will be "romantically attracted to different types of people"

Ubisoft recently shared more details about Assassin's Creed Shadows protagonists, confirming that both of them will romantically attract and be attracted to different types of people.

Hugodastrevas1d 10h ago

That should please everyone I'm sure...

RpgSama19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

Feudal Japan DEI LGBTQ+ Samurai, sounds very accurate for the time period. Surely a decision made only with historical accuracy in mind.

Crows9019h ago

Or even modern day accuracy.....

Lexreborn219h ago

You have no idea what you are talking about, bet you didn’t know nobunaga was bi-sexual. Or ran maru his is often depicted as androgynous was a “beautiful boy”.

So yeah, feudal Japan had tons of lgbtq and kawaii enough… A BLACK SAMURAI! All without the need of offending a Caucasian because the world is diverse.

VenomUK18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

This story has cracked me up so much! Bravo Ubisoft, bravo! 🤣. So last week everyone was upset that in the long-awaited first Assassin’s Creed: Japan game the protagonist is black. But NOW he is also LGBTQ+ ! It’s like the Ubisoft creative team sat around a table and said “How can we best impress our Kotaku/IGN/Polygon friends and antagonise gamers? Let’s make it woke x 100!’ And then they all silent clapped!

Just you wait until the Star Wars: Outlaws details come out, there better not be anybody complaining about Kay Vess’ dating preferences and the gay droid armies.

Christopher17h ago

It actually is.

Japanese were very Greek in their sexual experiences.

lodossrage17h ago

Lexreborn2 is right

Go read up on Japan's feudal era homosexuality and bisexuality was a very common thing in that time.

I just have to laugh because the same people complaining about this are the same ones crying about wanting "historical accuracy". When it's clear most of the whiners don't even know history themselves.

Christopher16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Facts don't care about downvotes, btw. You either claim to understand historical accuracy or you just admit you don't like the stuff people did throughout history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

thorstein13h ago

Japan had no Christian stupidity about sexuality.

That's where your nonsensical puritanical view comes from: the Abraham's faiths.

It's feudal Japan, they don't believe in your religion's made up nonsense.

I mean, if you're going to embrace a particular viewpoint, you should at least be aware of where it comes from. Most of the world doesn't care about your ideals.

In those days, they certainly didn't care about your religion.

Get over yourself.

RpgSama11h ago

All of you guys missed the point, I even said I'm very sure they did it ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate. Stop defending this, we all know why they did it and who they want to pander, it's not out newfound respect for history.

lodossrage11h ago

@RpgSama

Nobody is defending anything.

People are just pointing out the fact that after they just cried about the game not being historically accurate, when they SHOW they're accurate, they cry about it because they don't like certain parts of history

Not to mention you contradicted yourself RPGSama. You just pointed out you said they "ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate". Then turn around and accuse them of pandering and/or having an agenda. Those two things are opposing statements

Cacabunga9h ago

Dumbest decision ever.. always online was a pass for me but now not even for free I’ll try it..

LordoftheCritics7h ago

It's made by Ubisoft Montreal.

Obviously we'll be allowed to bang anything that moves.

RiseNShine5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Yeha pretty sure.

H94h ago

People actually telling you that Japan had sexual deviancy which is correct however what's hilarious is that they will act as if it holds the same moral value that the LGBT community holds today, oh the things men used to say about themselves when they are attracted to other men, it's not empowering in the least bit

senorfartcushion2h ago

It was more common to be attracted to the same sex before the crusades.

S3anopher49m ago

Homosexuality was very common among samurai. You would be surprised how many of the warrior classes throughout history openly accepted and even encouraged homosexuality and bisexuality. Sometimes even pedophilia. I'm 100% straight and I don't pander to LGBTQ+ and I definitely don't advocate for or support pedophilia at all, but you should really verse yourself in history before you comment about what was or wasn't accurate during any given period.

Tapani46m ago

You are completely lost on Japanese history. Japan was one of the most liberal places in the world, and in many ways still is. You can slice and dice it from your western hubris and whatever point of view, but the reality is that history tells great stories about freedom of choice and people not being judgemental on this island. Also one of the reasons I want to raise my family here, no need to have those whatever Western woke bullshit here, because everyone just respects each other without using all that nonsense.

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CrimsonWing6920h ago

Geezus, just make a good game… holy sh*t this is becoming insufferable.

Crows9019h ago

Oh yeah!!!! What about being inclusive???

I'm sorry
..please replace the word inclusive with stupid.

notachance15h ago

If they truly aimed for inclusivity they’d make the protagonist an Ainu tribe, this is just Ubisoft getting comfy with Sweet Baby Inc as always.

Hofstaderman18h ago

You asking UbiSoft to make a good game? This is not 2002.

thorstein13h ago

I thought you crybabies wanted "historical accuracy." Now that your going to get it, you're going to cry more.

PRIMORDUS13h ago

It's past the point of retarded, everyone seems forced to do this bullshit now in games. 😑

Barlos7h ago

Hell no. A good game or film is secondary now to the agenda and the 'message'.

It's not enough to be simply entertained these days, there has to be an overarching real world narrative. I mean look at Dr Who as a recent example. Disney have completely destroyed it all in the name of 'diversity'.

senorfartcushion2h ago

You sound like you don't have a very active sex life ,😅

CrimsonWing692h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Are you projecting? 😝

senorfartcushion2h ago

It's the only thing that explains the incel crap. They can't simply be angry virgins who don't get any, so then a lack of a sex life i.e. a dad of three or something, is also a good additional explanation. They're either lonely and don't get any or too busy to get any. There's a horrible news for sexual control with incels, and they're angry because they simply aren't the right people to achieve that control. They're weaker animals.

notachance1h ago

dude’s too busy commenting on other people’s sex life to actually stay on topic.

That or he’s angry but didn’t have half the brain needed to refute back so he went for the classic ad hominem fallacy.

senorfartcushion3m ago

Notachance

It's a fact that remains true. The only way it can't be true is if humans were not greedy and heavily reliant on procreation.

Your username is fitting.

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Hofstaderman18h ago

I take my hat off to you good sir. Brilliant.

Laskin17h ago

Thanks… I was originally going to write Samu-Bi but then I realized it was right there already so it works better

darthv7219h ago

Is that genuinely a selling point for people?

RpgSama19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

They sure as hell want to see if it is, time and time and time again.

VincentVanBro19h ago

You have to understand they’re incapable of writing a good story so this is the best they could come up with

thorstein13h ago

Well, after last weeks crying about historical accuracy. Now Ubi days, " Oh, okay, historical accuracy: here you go."

Now you're saying you don't want the accuracy? Can you guys just make up your minds?

notachance11h ago

Many entertainment medias do this nowadays because in an effort to boost the so called “EGS score”, investment companies such as Black Rock stipulated contracts that obligated fund recipient to conform to certain inclusivity standards, either by themselves or consulting with agencies like Sweet Baby Inc or Gaymerx.

notatallsurprisinggg10h ago

It's a genuine click-bait snippet to rile up people like you to push traffic.

Barlos7h ago

They can't help themselves. This path leads to failure. Every single time. But there's no stopping this ESG DEI train. If you don't buy it then the developers will say everyone is racist hompohobes. They will never, ever look inwards and admit that hey, we made a mistake, we gave people what we decided they wanted, not what they actually wanted. They'll blame the fans when it fails.

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