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The likelihood of another Battlefield: Bad Company is slim, but its former lead designer thinks Battlefield boss Vince Zampella could make it happen: 'He knows his sh*t'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-likelihood-of-another-battlefield-bad-company-is-slim-but-its-former-lead-designer-thinks-battlefield-boss-vince-zampella-could-make-it-happen-he-knows-his-sh-t/

Epic ritually humiliates another Fortnite fraudster who was stealing and selling accounts
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/epic-ritually-humiliates-another-fortnite-fraudster-who-was-stealing-and-selling-accounts/

Painkiller's creator isn't a fan of its recent co-op reboot: 'I disagreed with every single thing they've done in it'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/painkillers-creator-isnt-a-fan-of-its-recent-co-op-reboot-i-disagreed-with-every-single-thing-theyve-done-in-it/

Nobody can agree what an 'immersive sim' is, but OG Fallout lead Tim Cain has his own definition: 'The very elements that make something an immsim are the ones that I also think make good RPGs'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/nobody-can-agree-what-an-immersive-sim-is-but-og-fallout-lead-tim-cain-has-his-own-definition-the-very-elements-that-make-something-an-immsim-are-the-ones-that-i-also-think-make-good-rpgs/

Blizzard's focus is on existing properties, president Johanna Faries says: 'We have iconic IP and in many ways it still has a lot of room to scale'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/blizzards-focus-is-on-existing-properties-president-johanna-faries-says-we-have-iconic-ip-and-in-many-ways-it-still-has-a-lot-of-room-to-scale/

Quake's third Brutalist Jam now has a whopping 75 maps, and its organiser is working on a hub to stitch them all together: 'this is going to be an insane challenge'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/quakes-third-brutalist-jam-now-has-a-whopping-75-maps-and-its-organiser-is-working-on-a-hub-to-stitch-them-all-together-this-is-going-to-be-an-insane-challenge/

Dishonored co-creator says it was 'a shock' when Microsoft closed Arkane Austin after Redfall's release: 'We were working on something really cool'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/dishonored-co-creator-says-it-was-a-shock-when-microsoft-closed-arkane-austin-after-redfalls-release-we-were-working-on-something-really-cool/

Fallout: New Vegas lead writer worries Caesar's argument for authoritarianism 'was done a little too well,' but still believes 'you can't just make your tyrants cardboard villains'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/fallout-new-vegas-lead-writer-worries-caesars-argument-for-authoritarianism-was-done-a-little-too-well-but-still-believes-you-cant-just-make-your-tyrants-cardboard-villains/

You might think reimagining Washington DC as a nuclear hellscape for Fallout 3 would have been grim, but it made the lead designer want to set the next game in his hometown: 'It's just kind of fun to blow things up'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/you-might-think-reimagining-washington-dc-as-a-nuclear-hellscape-for-fallout-3-would-have-been-grim-but-it-made-the-lead-designer-want-to-set-the-next-game-in-his-hometown-its-just-kind-of-fun-to-blow-things-up/

Roguelite city builder Super Fantasy Kingdom has been a big success, and now its developer can afford a luxury he's always dreamed of: 'A real winter jacket'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/roguelite-city-builder-super-fantasy-kingdom-has-been-a-big-success-and-now-its-developer-can-afford-a-luxury-hes-always-dreamed-of-a-real-winter-jacket/

Hideo Kojima says MGS2 was never about AI 'but rather a future I didn't desire' of data gaining a will of its own and 'unfortunately we're heading there'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/hideo-kojima-says-mgs2-was-never-about-ai-but-rather-a-future-i-didnt-desire-of-data-gaining-a-will-of-its-own-and-unfortunately-were-heading-there/