New reports and retrospective details from TheKempy on YouTube reveal how Amy Hennig’s original vision for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End differed dramatically from the final release.

Check out the amazing details: https://80.lv/articles/inside-the-scrapped-version-of-uncharted-4-led-by-amy-hennig

Check out Into the Fire, a high-risk extraction survival game where you race against an erupting volcano. Rescue survivors, manage scarce resources, survive fire anomalies, and carve escape routes through ash and lava. Bring them back alive before the island buries you.

Wishlist & Playtest: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2988030/Into_the_Fire/

We talked with Thomas Williamson from Grove Street Games about BeastLink to break down their proprietary SuperDestruction technology and the UE5 modifications powering large-scale kaiju destruction.

Full interview and exclusive gameplay: https://80.lv/articles/beastlink-devs-detail-the-tech-behind-its-massive-kaiju-destruction-with-millions-of-dynamic-pieces

Check out Wild Blue Skies, an upcoming on-rails shooter reimagining classics of the genre, from one of the developers of the original Star Fox game.

Try the demo: https://80.lv/articles/the-programmer-on-the-original-snes-star-fox-is-making-his-own-game

Are you ready for one of the most-wishlisted games on Steam? Subnautica 2 is launching on May 14, with wishlists jumping over 5 million.

You can pre-download it and take a peek at its changes: https://80.lv/articles/this-survival-game-is-officially-one-of-the-most-wishlisted-titles-ever-on-steam

Magic Pie releases a demo for POLYARIS, an open-world survival game set in the far north.

The demo goes live on May 12: https://80.lv/articles/magic-pie-releases-a-demo-for-polyaris-an-open-world-game-set-in-the-far-north

"His voice and delivery was human": Darkest Dungeon's creator refuses to use the voice of late Wayne June, the Ancestor, to train AI, despite his permission.

June's voice will live on forever in our hearts: https://80.lv/articles/darkest-dungeon-creator-won-t-replace-late-narrator-with-ai-despite-his-permission

Pau Homs and Josep "Vel" Castaño imagined what The Legend of Zelda might look like as an Arcane-style film in this Blender-made 3D animation.

Watch the making-of process in full: https://80.lv/articles/3d-artists-imagined-the-legend-of-zelda-as-fortiche-style-film-in-blender

Forza Horizon 6 was leaked ahead of its launch, and Playground Games already banned a fan who played the unofficial release until December 31, 9999.

Be patient: https://80.lv/articles/forza-horizon-6-developers-ban-those-who-play-leaked-copies-until-year-9999

Blender Studio has released Singularity, a painterly space-themed short film exploring Blender's capabilities in stylized rendering, animated effects, and cinematic image quality.

Watch in 4K: https://80.lv/articles/blender-studio-releases-its-first-4k-hdr-short-film-singularity

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess received a fan-made PC and mobile port with a range of enhancements and quality-of-life improvements.

Download Dusk: https://80.lv/articles/pc-gamers-get-twilight-princess-hd-before-switch-2-thanks-to-fan-port

Check out these impressive wall transformation VFX made by Developer AblazeInt for the upcoming supernatural action-adventure Psych Rift.

Technical details: https://80.lv/articles/check-out-walls-transform-in-this-impressive-vfx-breakdown-from-a-control-inspired-game

Jesse Miettinen demonstrated a procedural fracture tool that is part of his upcoming "The Last of Us-style" Blender generator.

Set to release this month: https://80.lv/articles/blender-tool-for-real-time-procedural-surface-fracturing

A team from Disney Research presented ReActor, an RL-based method for transferring human motion to different robots while avoiding common artifacts.

Details: https://80.lv/articles/rl-based-retargeting-method-for-transferring-human-motion-to-robots

Solo Developer EgorPosk has marked the second anniversary of the creation of the 3D platformer Retryive Odyssey.

Check out how the project evolved and wishlist: https://80.lv/articles/solo-developer-marks-two-years-of-progress-on-3d-platformer-reytrieve-odyssey

Unreal Engine 5.8 preview is here, introducing Mesh Terrain, along with updates to PCG, PVE, MetaHumans, rigging tools, and much more.

Download and check out the roadmap: https://80.lv/articles/unreal-engine-5-8-preview-has-arrived

See how this cozy 2D parallax environment was made for Milki Delivery, a cute adventure where you "rebuild a community one bottle at a time."

Wishlist: https://80.lv/articles/check-out-behind-the-scenes-of-2d-parallax-environment-from-cozy-summer-game

In Valkyrie Iteration, you raise and train a young pilot in a Tamagotchi-like way, building a bond with a living mech to protect humanity in battles against aliens.

Wishlist: https://80.lv/articles/cute-tamagotchi-style-game-where-you-raise-future-mecha-pilot