Nintendo's technical wizardry explained - Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom avoids load times by predicting when you're about to dive into The Depths

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Nintendo) For a world stretched across floating islands in the clouds, lush fields and valleys on the surface, and an equally expansive dungeon hidden just beneath,The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s map loads the three tiers with shocking speed - and it’s all because Nintendo developers were able to predict when Link might dive down into The Depths....

August 23, 2024 · 17 min · 3489 words · Stacy Hall

Silent Hill 2 veteran says the survival horror classic would have featured David Lynch-inspired multiple protagonists if it didn't make the story "too complicated"

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August 23, 2024 · 17 min · 3575 words · Alexandra Gonzalez

Space Marine 2 lead says Doom 2016 was a big inspiration, just as the original Doom inspired Space Marine 1 which in turn inspired Doom 2016: "It's a grand circle of coolness"

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August 23, 2024 · 16 min · 3371 words · Robert Moss

Space Marine 2 supersoldiers are so dang OP that you can win in multiplayer even if your "teammates are idiots"

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August 23, 2024 · 17 min · 3618 words · Daniel Johnston

Stalker 2 dev says "the game is huge," takes 100 hours to fully beat, and was built entirely "by hand"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: GSC Game World) GamesRadar+ had the chance to sit down with Stalker 2 technical producer Yevhenii Kulyk at Gamescom 2024, and we were told “it was quite a challenging task” making a map that isn’t just expansive, but also memorable. “Of course you can make a big map, but it should still, first of all, be playable, beautiful, and you as a player should remember the locations of the Zone,” Kulyk said....

August 23, 2024 · 16 min · 3200 words · Thomas Thompson

Stalker 2 will be enjoyable to new and returning players, because even its protagonist doesn't know what's going on

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August 23, 2024 · 18 min · 3651 words · Jacob Ayala

Starfield Shattered Space will lean into mystery and horror in a hand-crafted world, because Bethesda wants to remind us that "space is scary"

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August 23, 2024 · 18 min · 3769 words · Crystal Perkins

Tavern Keeper feels like being a fly on the wall in a D&D campaign, and I never knew I needed that in a management sim

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August 23, 2024 · 16 min · 3260 words · James Ruiz

The 32 greatest TV comedies you've forgotten about

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August 23, 2024 · 23 min · 4894 words · Tammy Strickland

The first edition of D&D conjured magic from a mess, and changed gaming forever

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August 23, 2024 · 20 min · 4197 words · Jerome Villanueva

The Lord of the Rings MMO is "still early" and chasing "the thing which is different to all the other games out there"

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August 23, 2024 · 18 min · 3692 words · Shannon Johnson MD

This creative inZOI fan is using the hyper-realistic life sim to recreate some of The Sims 4's most iconic characters

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August 23, 2024 · 14 min · 2774 words · Tyler Phillips

World of Warcraft grinder hits The War Within's new level cap in just 1 hour, beating their rival by minutes

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Blizzard) A rather efficient World of Warcraft player has reached The War Within’s new level cap in just one hour, beating out a rival in mere minutes. One of the many traditions the MMO sees in launching a new expansion is the race to see who can hit the new level cap of 80 the quickest....

August 23, 2024 · 16 min · 3350 words · Paul Harper