Dave Jones
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![LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 04: Executive Producer Todd Howard attends the UK Special Screening of "Fallout" presented by Amazon MGM Studios & Prime Video at White City Television Centre on April 04, 2024 in London, England. "Fallout" is launching exclusively on Prime Video on 11th April 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xvmVuHMovGsQGuMgjmQhZS-320-80.jpg)
Todd Howard says the Fallout show was so fanatical about detail that 'We were sharing the files right from the games and they were 3D printing things'
By Joshua Wolens published
News "I'm like, 'You didn't even fake the stack of papers!'"
![Todd Howard, director and executive producer at Bethesda, holds a copy of Fallout: 76.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4anQ2e6HySX9HMTSELevi5-320-80.png)
Todd Howard wants to preserve the 'Americana naivete' by keeping Fallout mostly based in the USA: 'keep the mysterious lands mysterious'
By Harvey Randall published
News Off the map.
![An image of Karlach, a muscular tiefling from Baldur's Gate 3, grinning wickedly as she's covered in blood.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DvNjxT72GEsFiTCEVGFFSM-320-80.png)
'I've been disappointed so many times': Karlach from Baldur's Gate 3 talks scrapping the lady stereotypes of RPG romances, says Larian just 'let me do what I wanted to do'
By Harvey Randall published
News "It was like, early on—who am I talking to? And they were like: 'The player. You're talking to the player.'"
![Bald Astarion](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Kpfp6CANuY3V2H3cAuk4JE-320-80.jpg)
2023's GOTY becomes Baldy's Gate 3 with mod that parts Astarion's hair like Moses did the Red Sea
By Dave Jones published
NEWS A bald addition.
![Post Malone at 2022 Coachella on stage.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6dW2F8PcEPvkcFzAd4gziL-320-80.jpg)
You can chokeslam Post Malone in WWE 2K24 while listening to his curated soundtrack for the game
By Dave Jones published
NEWS If you purchase the post-launch DLC that will have him as a playable character.
![An image of a hooded figure from Dredge with their fingers interlaced, features obscured by a grim cloak.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JwwYhf8NS28SJnnWi5S9Nb-320-80.png)
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'
By Harvey Randall published
News The background timer was "the number one source of negative Steam reviews."
![Palworld early access](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/32ryNLJYee7Wey9YxnB6Hk-320-80.jpg)
Palworld update fixes save-bricking capture bug, permanently-nerfing respec juice, and Pals randomly levitating or dying to 'unexplained falling damage'
By Harvey Randall published
News Pocketpair's Pal patches are proceeding apace.
![Palworld screenshot - cute green Pal with an AK47](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dKCinYLYwqYNcJbNPzT5d-320-80.jpg)
Palworld is the Pokémon this sinful world deserves
By Dave Jones published
GO TO PAL We're the real (pocket) monsters.
![A horde of heavily-armoured skeletons in Obsidian's upcoming RPG, Avowed.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9wE4MWPVxT9MYoVCSKJGnS-320-80.png)
Obsidian's next big RPG Avowed is looking to Vermintide's 'masterclass in having a sense of hitting and impact' to make its first-person sword-swinging feel weighty
By Harvey Randall published
News FPS: First Person Swordster.
![Stonemaier board game Wyrmspan](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zT7D2hQc5ZTF4emSjL5Qjk-320-80.png)
Wyrmspan is a dragon themed reimagining of hit board game Wingspan, and most importantly it still comes with premium egg tokens
By Dave Jones published
News Stonemaier's new title is set to release late March.
![Red Among Us Crewmate flying towards camera away from an explosion](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rhC9nEpAbj9LSattjwjKoC-320-80.jpg)
The Among Us crewmates are coming to Vampire Survivors as its developer booms 'no realm or plane of reality is off limits'
By Dave Jones published
News Emergency Meeting is set to release later this month.
![Main character looking in the mirror](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fGRMwPJiBhctDZ4pULgoci-320-80.jpg)
This personality test game didn't just figure out who I am, it also made me cry
By Dave Jones published
Refind Yourself Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
![Pyramid Head having a drink on floor 796](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yYYHSaQqf4vAsUZoPU37PE-320-80.jpeg)
This incredible pixel art has taken one man over 8,000 hours to animate and is the gif that keeps on giving
By Dave Jones published
News A true wonder of the digital world.
![Holstein-Friesian cow, close-up](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LgssXQ3hhGd6ZqPeSzheUj-320-80.jpg)
Diablo 4 developer hints that the search for the secret cow level is going in the right direction: 'If people have picked up any items from their cow campaigns, they should hang on to them'
By Dave Jones published
News Mooving in the right direction.
![BG3 Volo holding arms up angry](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k9Xfo7SYvCtELfDeBYGYFN-320-80.jpg)
The Baldur's Gate 3 soundtrack is hitting the concert hall
By Dave Jones published
News The Symphony of the Realms to be heard next May.
![Mindflayer pumpkin carving](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JXTNxMEqs9BwCaRtrT588e-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 fans are carving Halloween pumpkins and these are some of my favorites
By Dave Jones published
News Redditors celebrate this spooky season with carvings inspired by Larian's big hit.
![A city from 1800](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yecTogaTvrteCALLfUnWr4-320-80.jpg)
If Cities: Skylines 2 didn't float your boat, Anno 1800 is free for a week
By Dave Jones published
News Ubisoft announces Free Week in November for acclaimed City Builder.
![Markiplier in his "here" video.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HQPvxpY7JYfgyRhuY6tXNJ-320-80.jpg)
Iron Lung's new 'Markiplier mode' surrounds you with the YouTuber's meme faces while you explore the depths of the blood ocean
By Dave Jones published
News New update brings a small set of cheats to try out as well as some upcoming price adjustments.
![Minthara from Baldur's Gate 3, a stern looking drow woman, and Commander Kibwe Ikabe from Starfield, a resolute member of the UC.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gvJrNfq6xB28CD5huGxaWe-320-80.png)
Skyrim's former design lead tips his hat to Baldur's Gate 3: 'Very few of the decisions in a Bethesda game feel highly meaningful, you get maybe three or four'
By Harvey Randall published
News D&D, storytelling, and the pain of mixing the two in video games.
![The director and executive producer at Bethesda Game Studios, Todd Howard, addresses the crowd about the new Fallout video game during the Bethesda E3 conference at LA Live in Los Angeles, California on June 10, 2018. - The three day E3 Game Conference begins on Tuesday June 12.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2dMFWy6TvhPKfGakRK23Gm-320-80.jpg)
Skyrim's retired lead designer says anything other than the 'Bethesda usual' has to be approved by Todd Howard: 'He doesn't believe it's true, but unfortunately it's true'
By Joshua Wolens published
News At Bethesda, the buck stops with Todd.
![A ship flying toward a ringed planet in space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2LQ3MhDwgnaZ2qWpUCRcpR-320-80.jpg)
Ex-Bethesda dev says Starfield could've focused on 'two dozen solar systems', but 'people love our big games … so let's go ahead and let 'em have it'
By Harvey Randall published
News "Todd pretty much pulled the number 100 for the number of star systems out of thin air."
![Trackmania player vs AI](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BjTddGQFCX5LYk7f8hBiti-320-80.jpg)
One man's years-long quest to train an 'unbeatable' Trackmania AI may have finally crossed the line
By Dave Jones published
News Years of human experience vs hours of training.
![Erik Peterson of Steam's business team explains the ins and outs of the storefront, backed by lots of gamer paraphernalia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7QD7Yh7DpiKieHYXYAmiZc-320-80.png)
Valve doesn't sell ad space on Steam so it can make room for surprise hits: 'We don't think Steam should be pay-to-win'
By Harvey Randall published
News "We're surprised all the time" by which games take off, says Steam's Erik Peterson.