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  1. Swedish giant releases the largest piece of its Katamari-like studio roll-up.
  2. Competing marketplaces like the Epic Games Store could show up on Xbox in the future.
  3. Modding was seen as the most important next step by developer's leader.
  4. "Team 0%" declares a bittersweet victory as Trimming the Herbs' creator comes clean.
  5. This epic RPG reminds us of Skyrim's ambitious jank, but with way better combat.
  6. Come for the retro Will Wright photo, stay for the game with a pack-in harmonica.
  7. Larian boss says BG3 is "a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end."
  8. Developer says there's "no way to confirm" if Nintendo was involved in takedown.
  9. API should help more games get future FSR improvements without a game update.
  10. Anyone on the development team could submit an idea on a sticky note.
  11. "Team 0%" is struggling to clear "Trimming the Herbs" before an April 8 server shutdown.
  12. It's a more simple and somewhat more liberal version of "Family Sharing."
  13. Headed by former Cyanogen CEO, it's a Linux OS that might not be fully open.
  14. Pricy tethered headset falters after the modest success of original PSVR.
  15. Players eager to revisit all-time shooters met with age-old launch issues.
  16. Unearthed emails show the fury that helped motivate Epic's Games Store launch.
  17. New model can respond to natural language commands, even on games it has never seen.
  18. Redditor paid a reported $670 to rescue the unit and archive the game for posterity.
  19. Dev says project is "in a legal gray area we are trying to work our way out of..."
  20. Please do not load up this game if you have real tasks to accomplish, I beg you.