That’s really great news for Owlcat! Hopefully with the upcoming final DLC for Wrath of the Righteous they can iron out a few remaining bugs and get that verified too!

Fingers crossed the effects mentioned in the Chronos fight fixes an issue I had the other day - I was having a really good run with a strong build, but after the transition to phase 2 I was stuck in slow motion and stood no chance.

That was very quick! I expected the technical test to go on much longer than that!

Now it’ll be the dilemma of “do I buy it in early access knowing that it’ll be only a fraction of the content, or do I wait for 1.0?”

Yes.

It’s great to see a studio clearly and transparently taking on user feedback. So often these demos feel like they’re only for drumming up sales and nothing more.

As someone who’s only dabbled in Homeworld before, I’m now excited to revisit the remaster and potentially buy #3 whereas before I had only passing interest.

I think it’s the case that the “easy to work with” people at WotC got fired and Larian realised that they wouldn’t have carte blanche on future projects like they did for BG3.

Still not available in Australia. Why does Gaben hate us?

This looks very good, and their track record based on the Ori games is very promising!

Also, correct me if I’m willing but was that Malukah singing the song? I’m keen to add that song on my Spotify if I can but I can’t see any new tracks for her.

That’s a fair point. Maybe it comes down to “is this something that you expect should have been in the game to begin with, or is it something extra that the Devs have added over and beyond?”.

Definitely a very broad term to the point of near-meaninglessness though.

Congratulations to all the winners - they’re all very well deserved! No surprises here (though very pleased) to see BG3 clean house.

It’s very unfortunate for Insomniac that SM2 didn’t get any wins, but it goes to show how crazy good this year has been for gamers!

I think there’s a distinction - I would consider an “update” with new content to be something minor (such as BG3’s recent epilogue content). “Free DLC” to me is a much more hefty addition, such as the Godmaster DLC for Hollow Knight.

(Disclaimer: I’ve not watched this trailer since I’m at work)

Not in Australia either (as usual)…

They want everyone to buy Payday 3 to make it seem like less of a flop, so they have no reason to discount old content.

I think it’s quite telling that Starfield only showed up once, despite being one of the most hyped games of the year. Skyrim and Fallout 3 were both strong GOTY, IIRC, so to me it feels like Bethesda have lost their way.

So many strong games here! I’m a little biased since I’ve not played many of these, but I’m hoping BG3 cleans house.

If you’re halfway through act 2 I wouldn’t worry about that. I think I spent as much time in act 3 as in acts 1 & 2 combined!