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Crimson Desert does what other games do backwards and that's why it's a beautiful freak of nature, says imsim vet at Arkane Lyon

In most games, for example, your character starts out already knowing what a goat is.

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Crimson Desert is "opposite" to most open-world games because the "magic kicks in" later, says Arkane Lyon boss: "Might be why so many find investing time in it rewarding"

"In a time of fast consumption, a game that is sticky because it has friction, and not because it's smiley feels amazing"

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Crimson Desert dev says it 'takes time' to get used to the game's notoriously clunky controls, but advises players to 'think of it like riding a bike, it comes naturally after you learn it'

Practice makes perfect, eventually.

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Blade director reassures suffering fans with soothing words: 'Please be patient, it will be a special game'

Dinga Bakaba dropped in on X to let everyone know that despite the extended silence, Arkane is hard at work and everything is fine.

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Dishonored and Prey's director says 'I could see myself working on Dishonored 3 right now' but the chances of that happening is in the realms of 'science fiction'

"I had a document about Dishonored 3."

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Arkane Studios founder says he could see himself "working on Dishonored 3 right now," though creating a sequel was "the last thing I wanted to do" after making the first game

Please Arkane, give me Dishonored 3

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Dishonored 2 cost more to make than Skyrim and sold worse, but ex-dev says it was so good that it gave Arkane "seal-of-quality protection" within Bethesda

Hard to argue with that

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Former Arkane designer says Dishonored 2 cost more to make than Skyrim, and while it didn't meet Bethesda's sales expectations, the series' reputation still 'saved the studio'

But that didn't stop Bethesda from eventually putting the series on ice.

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Microsoft’s Bethesda shake-up explained: studio shutdowns, scrapped games, refunds and more

Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks is also closing down as part of the franchise-focused reorganisation

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Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush leads respond to Xbox's sudden closure of their studios: "I don’t quite have the words"

"Today's news is terrible, for all of us"

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Marvel's Blade and Deathloop director says Microsoft's closure of sister studio Arkane Austin is a "f***ing gut stab"

Dinga Bakaba calls on bosses to take care of workers when the "times are tough"

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Marvel's Blade director points to Baldur's Gate 3 studio as an example of the multiplayer "potential" of immersive sims

After Deathloop Dinga Bakaba considers the future of multiplayer imsims

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Game devs praise Dragon's Dogma 2's insta-kill arrow, which saves the game when you use it: "Might be the funniest game design candy I've seen in a AAA video game in a long time"

"The designer I'm not brave enough to be"

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Deathloop and Dishonored developers reveal the effort they go to guide players without using that immersion-breaking yellow paint

The folks at Arkane prefer more subtle methods to having players follow the yellow paint road

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Gears of War and Dishonored devs help lead Doom's "incredible" 30th birthday celebrations

"My memories of 1993 are vivid"

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Marvel's Blade: Everything we know so far

Marvel's Blade is a new action-adventure coming from Arkane, the makers behind Dishonored and Deathloop

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Marvel's Blade director can't believe it's getting made, says the team is "f**king killing it"

"Somehow this fever dream f**king happens?! This is surreal"

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Xbox and Bethesda's Arkane Lyon reveals Marvel's Blade during the Game Awards 2023

Bethesda and Xbox's Arkane Lyon revealed Marvel's Blade at the Game Awards 2023.

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