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Starfield director Todd Howard has shared that the city of New Atlantis in Starfield is bigger than any city Bethesda has previously made.Speaking to IGN, Howard shared that while Starfield will have four major cities, New Atlantis – the capital of the United Colonies – will be the largest in the game.In fact, New Atlantis won’t just be Starfield‘s largest city: it will be the biggest settlement Bethesda has ever made. This means that players can expect New Atlantis to loom over every city from Skyrim or the Fallout series, as well as Oblivion‘s sizeable Imperial City.As to what the city will offer, Howard shared that “it has all the services you would expect, and you can work on your ship there”.

Bethesda has revealed that its upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield has drawn inspiration from Oblivion with its persuasion mechanic.On Tuesday (March 16), Bethesda shared a video titled ‘Made for Wanderers‘, which goes into more detail regarding Starfield‘s RPG systems.One of these systems – a persuasion system that will let players influence NPCs in the world – has now been detailed.“We knew we wanted to do some kind of persuasion mini-game thing,” shared Emil Pagliarulo, design director at Bethesda.Lead quest designer Will Shen then added “we sat down, and it was funny: we didn’t start with “let’s look back at the old Oblivion system”, but there are a couple of beats there.”“You have to think about, “What’s my risk here? Which one do I want to choose?” We didn’t want it to be a system where there was definitely the right thing to say,” Shen explained.“It feels like a conversation where you’re actually trying to persuade somebody of something,” added game director Todd Howard. “As far as new systems in dialogue, I think it’s definitely one of the most successful ones that we’ve had.”During the rest of the video, which is just under six minutes in total, the developers also discussed several other elements of Starfield – including the fact that it was inspired by “older, hardcore RPGs”. The team also discusses the various factions in Starfield, how players will be able to interact with them, and what companions will add to the world.

Bethesda Software has released a new video blog about the creation of Starfield, with game director Todd Howard saying it’s inspired by “older, hardcore RPGs”.Speaking about how a lot of the team behind Starfield have been making games for a long time now, Howard explained how it was “nice to go back to some things we didn’t do [on previous titles like] the backgrounds, the traits, defining your character, all those stats.”He went on to say that a lot of modern games have started incorporating those elements “and people are ready for something that does the things those older, hardcore RPGS that we used to make, did (but) in a new way.”In recent years, Howard has worked on Skyrim and Fallout 4.The video also sees the team talk factions, persuasion and the possibility of romance with repeated mentions about the importance of “immersion”.“It’s a level of immersion that we really focus on, you’re not just playing a game but really living in this world, in this universe,” said Istvan Pely, lead artist with design director Emil Pagliarulo describing Starfield as “a giant open world for the player to do what they want”.Lead quest designer Will Shen added: “You feel like you’ve had an impact on the world, you really feel like you’re there”.Pagliarulo said: “We don’t just make RPGs, we make simulations.” Later, he explained how Starfield will have ”romance, adventure, and mystery” alongside this other layer of “the cosmos, the universe and what is out there.”“At the end of it, we want the players to have told their own journey, but then look back at it. And we’re asking the big questions.

Skyrim mod adds a sci-fi themed city to the game, meaning players can see skyscrapers in the fantastical world.First spotted by PC Gamer, the mod called Fort Knox is created by Ripcat. It adds skyscrapers, neon signs, an industrial district and even a strip club with ‘sexy’ robots. It’s everything that Skyrim is usually not, but it’s fascinating.

Ghostwire: Tokyo looks likely to not need a huge amount of free space on PC, despite being an open-world game.The news comes via Ghostwire: Tokyo‘s Steam page. Currently available for pre-order, the page has newly updated system requirements. SSD storage is recommended but players will only need 20GB of free space.

Bethesda Game Studios, has said the long-awaited The Elder Scrolls 6 “has got to be a ‘decade game’” to match up to the legacy of predecessor Skyrim.The comments come in an interview with GQ (as spotted by PCGamesN). Although chiefly focused on the 20th anniversary of Xbox – which acquired Bethesda in September 2020 – Howard spoke on the legacy of 2011’s The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and how it impacts the studio’s approach to the sequel.“I think that would drive me crazy to try to say, ‘Okay, this is the thing you have to top’,” Howard said of Skyrim’s impact.

Deathloop, Bethesda and PlayStation have partnered with several musical artists to recreate the game’s theme song.Madison Beer, Steve Aoki and Future have each created their own unique cover of Deathloop‘s main theme song Déjà Vu to mark the release of Arkane Studio‘s latest title.The single was debuted earlier this year by Arkane and has been featured in a number of trailers leading up to the official launch, taking inspiration from the opening credits of the James Bond movies.Madison Beer covered the track with her pop voice, while Future has put a hip-hop spin on the song.

Nexus Mods which means modders will soon be unable to delete their own mods, Fallout 4 modders are using the one-month grace period to pull their content from the site.On July 1, Nexus Mods announced that modders using the site to host their content would soon be unable to delete their own work. Instead, removed mods would be stored in an archive and would only be deleted if “directly requested e.g.

Sony has announced the next State of Play livestream will arrive on Thursday, July 8 and will showcase an extended look at Deathloop.As detailed in the latest PlayStation Blog post, Sony will be showing off approximately 30 minutes of indie and third-party updates, including the upcoming Arkane Studios title.The State of Play broadcast is set to air on Twitch and YouTube on July 8 at 10 PM BST, 2 PM PT, 5 PM ET and 11 PM CEST.In the new footage of Deathloop, an extended look at the use of Cole’s abilities will be revealed as well as how he will traverse the environment of Black Reef. No further details regarding other games have been confirmed for the livestream.A new State of Play arrives this Thursday.

Bethesda’s director and executive producer Todd Howard has shared new details about the studio’s upcoming game, Starfield.In a new interview with The Telegraph, Howard revealed more information regarding the forthcoming sci-fi RPG, as well as what players could expect from the title in terms of its narrative scale and gameplay. He also described it as a return to “some things that we used to do in games long ago”, adding that the game will let players “express the character they want to be”.“Well, we like to put you in a world where we’re not dragging you by the nose and saying you must do X, Y and Z, and that it’s okay for you to want to test the [game’s boundaries],” Howard said.

Doom Eternal game director Hugo Martin has suggested that the game’s latest DLC, The Ancient Gods Part II may not be the end of the franchise.In an interview with Polygon, Martin revealed that the recently released DLC wraps up the core story arc that began with 2016’s Doom, and continued through last year’s Doom Eternal, but that “there are more stories to tell with the Doom Slayer”.While it’s unclear what direction the beloved franchise will head in next, Martin revealed that the DLC includes “lots of hints of what we could do moving forward”.