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"Mythology, by its nature, is told and retold": Hades 2 dev on changing its controversial ending
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"Mythology, by its nature, is told and retold": Hades 2 dev on changing its controversial ending

Last year, Hades 2 left early access, and Mark liked it! He did note, however, that its ending was potentially going to end up polarising, and with the accuracy of The Fates, this came to pass: Supergiant changed the game's true ending a month after its 1.0 launch because enough people didn't like it. This didn't land with universal praise either, for a myriad of reasons, but it stuck, and in a recent interview, the developer's creative director Greg Kasavin shared his thoughts regarding the p

Endless Legend 2's answer to the common 4X problem of "goldfish" AI is a cunning system of badges, from Pleasant to Bully
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Endless Legend 2's answer to the common 4X problem of "goldfish" AI is a cunning system of badges, from Pleasant to Bully

The least involving part of any 4X strategy is very often diplomacy with AI civilizations. Even Endless Legend 2, a game with a faction of coral people who can make other people like them by infesting their territory with spores, does settle into a formula. You make friends with other leaders forever or you define them as enemies and obliterate them. Maybe you grease the wheels by offering some minor nation a palmful of glowy rocks in return for passage through their lands. Developers Amplitud

Call of Duty won't hit Xbox Game Pass at launch going forwards, as Microsoft's subscription service gets a price cut
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Call of Duty won't hit Xbox Game Pass at launch going forwards, as Microsoft's subscription service gets a price cut

Microsoft have announced some changes to Xbox Game Pass. As of today, its Ultimate and PC Game Pass tiers are having their prices slashed, but neither will get Call of Duty games at launch going forwards. Instead, new instalments in the shooter series will hit Game Pass about a year after release, with already released CoDs remaining available to play as normal. Read more