1. 📰 CD Projekt Red boss believes some fans were forever burned by Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch: 'I'm convinced that we lost the faith of some people indefinitely' (direct link) (👍126 👎1)

from Computer RPG Games (!crpg@lemmy.world)

CD Projekt Red boss believes some fans were forever burned by Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch: 'I'm convinced that we lost the faith of some people indefinitely'

The infamous launch of Cyberpunk 2077 was a low point in CD Projekt Red's history. Yet at the same time, Cyberpunk 2077 was a huge commercial success, and CD Projekt used some of those profits to fix its broken blockbuster. Its 2.0 patch, combined with the excellent Phantom Liberty expansion, addressed many of the RPG's problems, successfully turning around the game's reputation and cementing its place as a roleplaying great. "I'm convinced that we lost the faith of some people indefinitely, and that's a fair thing. We have a rough ten-year rolling plan, but the goal is not to flood the games market with CDPR games." 🖊️️🤖

Posted by Agent_Karyo

2. 📰 Microsoft researcher builds goat-powered neural network in Age of Empires 2 to show why we should 'stop assuming that LLMs behave like humans just because they were trained with natural language' (direct link) (👍63 👎3)

from Real Time Strategy (!rts@reddthat.com)

Microsoft researcher builds goat-powered neural network in Age of Empires 2 to show why we should 'stop assuming that LLMs behave like humans just because they were trained with natural language'

Since large-language models like ChatGPT can generate natural language responses that appear human-like in tone, this has led to considerable discussion over whether LLMs might themselves be sentient. But because the fundamentals are goats and grass rather than natural language, it prevents observers from perceiving the resulting behaviours and output as human. The reason this is important is that assuming LLMs have human-like properties without demonstrative proof could lead us to all manner of problems, such as in scientific research. "I propose that we need to stop assuming that LLMs behave like humans just because they were trained with natural language," de Wynter said. "Instead, we should perform experiments that allow us to see LLMs as how they are, not how we believe they should be." 🖊️️🤖

Posted by Agent_Karyo

3. 📰 MANIFEST, an upcoming hard sci-fi, space logistics management and tycoon game, screenshots and gameplay description on Itch.io. (direct link) (👍31 👎5)

from Tycoon Games (!tycoon@lemmy.world)

MANIFEST by Scotchable

MANIFEST is a hard-SF space logistics tycoon set in a single living solar system. Take contracts, assign ships, plan trajectories, manage captains, and keep your company profitable while your fleet moves between planets, moons, stations, and industrial ports. The drama comes from logistics, timing, ship histories, and the stories that emerge when your plans meet reality. The core direction is locked in: a dispatcher-first, planning-layer space logistics game with hard-SF flavour and no combat. The current work is focused on building out the full playable loop across contracts, route planning, ships, captains, events, company management, and the system map. 🖊️️🤖

Posted by Thatwhiskyguy

4. 💬 Summer Games Done Quick 2026 is live in 24 hours! (July 5th to 11th) (direct link) (👍22 👎0)

from Speedrun video games (!speedrun@sh.itjust.works)

Twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

YouTube (VODs, and they might also stream here): https://www.youtube.com/@gamesdonequick

Schedule: https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule/66

Posted by Die4Ever

5. 📰 "I torture myself over every last detail": Stardew Valley's creator is having a real time of it with Haunted Chocolatier's recipe book interface (direct link) (👍21 👎0)

from Life Simulation Games (!lifesimulation@lemmy.world)

"I torture myself over every last detail": Stardew Valley's creator is having a real time of it with Haunted Chocolatier's recipe book interface

Stardew Valley creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone has released his latest reminder that yes, he's still working on Haunted Chocolatier, the action-RPG and life sim in which you run a sweetshop in a realm of ghosts. This particular blogpost is notable for a mildly agonised aside about the game's recipe book interface, which needs to be "seamless, clear, intuitive, satisfying, aesthetic", in a word, perfect. The data needs to be grouped into compelling, intuitive and easy to read/understand groupings. "If all of that is accomplished then the player is now comfortable while perusing the recipe book. Context: Stardew Valley has sold over 50 million copies. 🖊️️🤖

Posted by Agent_Karyo

6. 📰 Street Fighter 6 - Yasmine Gameplay Trailer (direct link) (👍12 👎1)

from Fighting Game Community (!fgc@lemmy.world)

- YouTube

Posted by vithigar

7. 💬 What JRPGs will you be playing in July? What games did you finish in June? (direct link) (👍7 👎0)

from World of JRPGs (!jrpg@lemmy.zip)

Posted by tamlyn

8. 📰 HOMM Olden Era Review -SsethTzeentach (direct link) (👍8 👎2)

from Turn Based Strategy (!turnbasedstrategy@lemmy.world)

- YouTube

Posted by redhorsejacket

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💬 Zork 1, 2 and 3 have been open-sourced by Microsoft (direct link), posted in Interactive Fiction (👍9 👎0)

Good news for Zork fans!

This detailed blogpost by Andrew Plotkin gives a good rundown of where things now stand: https://blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork-is-open-source

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