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HISTORICAL FACTS: Troika | History Defined

These are my 20 RPG freak pick must-plays for $10 or less in the Steam Spring Sale

Sicko central.

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Fallout co-creator is glad his RPGs are remembered as "flawed masterpieces" rather than "very buggy games," but warns devs that adding more features will always make other parts of their games worse

"We chose lots of features over bug fixing"

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Fallout designer Tim Cain reckons his subsequent 3 projects were buggy games 'or, as people called them, flawed masterpieces' because 'we had a lot of feature ideas, we did not edit ourselves at all, and we were a small team'

Emphasis on "masterpieces."

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22 years since launch, a classic Dungeons & Dragons adventure from the developer of Bloodlines is finally coming to Steam

Prepare to enter the Temple of Elemental Evil…again.

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The Chinese Room's cofounder told Paradox 'we can't make Bloodlines 2' but then they did make Bloodlines 2 and it was like 'untangling an anaconda f***ball of competing priorities'

"We can't make Bloodlines 2, we can't make Skyrim, but we can make Dishonored."

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OG Fallout artist Leonard Boyarsky says The Outer Worlds 2 almost had its own 'old school Obsidian' evil ending, but it took too much effort for too little payoff: 'I love making these types of games, but it is very stressful'

Two big factions, plus endings for siding with one, both, or neither was enough.

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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain had a "10-year period where I didn't do anything but make games," to the point where he asked a co-worker if Britney Spears was a "new weapon" in their RPG

"Dude, get out more"

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It sounds like all the pieces are in place for one of the most underrated RPG greats—from the creators of Fallout⁠, no less—to get the remaster it deserves, but good luck getting someone to make it happen

Manifesting Arcanum Enhanced Edition.

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The New Vegas remake of the Fallout 3 that never was just got its first demo, not to be confused with the straight-up remake of the cancelled Fallout 3 or, indeed, Fallout 3

Will the real Fallout 3 please step forward?

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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain hasn't made sequels to his other cult classic RPGs because they didn't sell well: 'You should have bought it'

"Sometimes gamers need to put their money where their mouth is."

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After Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Tim Cain worked up a proposal for a Troika RPG based on Conan

If there's anyone I'd trust to helm a Conan game it's Big Daddy Cain.

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COP Hosts UAE, Azerbaijan, Brazil Announce Climate 'Troika'

Past and future UN climate talk hosts the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil said Tuesday they are forming a "troika" to push for an international agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

International Business Times

Key CNBC Redesign Tech To Pay Dividends Across Entire News Group

The home-grown control tech behind the look also will revamp election control and beyond

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If I could go back in time and save one canceled game, it'd be the 2005 Fallout spiritual successor prototyped by the series' original creators

My heart yearns for "Epic," the prototype Troika post-apocalyptic demo.

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Fallout co-creator unearths his 20-year-old pitch for Baldur's Gate 3: a first-person action RPG with PvPvE multiplayer

Wizards of the Coast was apparently not down with Troika's vison for Baldur's Gate 3.

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The lead dev of inXile's steampunk RPG says it's a 'love child' of two of the best RPGs ever made⁠—and he should know, he helped make them

Arcanum AND Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines? You have my attention.

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Original Fallout co-creator finally explains what made him leave the sequel: 'I made an IP from scratch that nobody believed in except the team, and my reward for that was more crunch'

In his latest vlog, Fallout co-creator Tim Cain sheds some light on his departure from Interplay.

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A co-creator of the original Fallout says he modified his criminally underrated D&D videogame to work with a Department of Defense AI project in 2005

Delivering some D&D to the DoD.

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A Fallout co-creator has been revealing heater after heater of never-before-seen RPG history on YouTube, including an early Lord of the Rings RPG demo

Still consulting on games from "semi-retirement," Tim Cain's been doling out RPG deep lore under the radar.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Burhan: Sudanese Army Must Stop Supporting Dictatorships

The head of Sudan's Sovereign Council, and commander of the Sudanese army, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, called on his forces to stop supporting dictatorships, as they have done in recent decades. He indicated that Sudan would build a military force that would not intervene in politics and would be…

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UN Warns against Obstructing Political Settlement in Sudan

The United Nations, Sudanese civil society and Western countries have warned supporters of the regime of Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir against obstructing a political settlement in the country. They strongly rejected an attack on the Bar Association in Khartoum, considering it an attempt to sabotage the planned political process.…

The Hindu

India will work with G20 to discuss debt, food and energy security: Jaishankar at UNGA

He also noted at the 193-member U.N. General Assembly that the Indo-Pacific region too witnesses fresh concerns about its stability and security

Asharq Al-Awsat

Troika Calls on Sudanese Forces to Form a Civilian-led Cabinet

The Troika countries, the US, UK and Norway, and the EU called on military leaders in Sudan to cease participation in political talks, urging an end to violence against civilians. It encouraged all political actors committed to the democratic transition to engage swiftly in an inclusive dialogue to form a…

Reuters

Ten years on, Italy faces debt crisis Draghi may not solve

Ten years after Mario Draghi's "whatever it takes" pledge saved the euro, Italy is once again in the middle of a debt crisis - but the country's prime minister and former head of the European Central Bank may struggle to solve this one.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Int’l Community Welcomes Ending State of Emergency in Sudan Paving for Dialogue

The Troika and the Trilateral Mechanism welcomed the decisions of the Sudanese army to lift the state of emergency and release several political prisoners. The international organizations said it was an important step to create the appropriate environment for dialogue, noting that the decision requires a sincere policy to be…

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