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14 hours ago

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Is Twisting French Legends Into Nightmare Bosses

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse returns to classic 2D action, set in 1499 Paris, featuring new enemies and gameplay elements.
Graphic design
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 day ago

Breathtaking Cinematic Illustrations That Will Make You Rethink Sci-Fi Concept Art

Katerina Belikova is a renowned Ukrainian digital illustrator known for her work in science fiction and dark fantasy, particularly with the Star Wars franchise.
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fromKotaku
1 week ago

Dimension 20 Is Finally Doing A Vampire: The Masquerade Campaign

Dimension 20's next campaign, City Council of Darkness, will feature Vampire: The Masquerade, marking a significant shift from its usual D&D system.
Writing
fromJezebel
1 week ago

The King of My Unrealized Mythical Erotica Dreams

Spring inspires imagination and exploration of fantasy erotica, highlighting the appeal of art that transcends traditional boundaries.
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in 2 weeks

Invincible VS Art Director Talks Creating The Game's Visual Style, Toughest Fighter To Design, And Working With The Series Creators

Whenever you're working with an existing IP, there's always the question of how you're going to translate and adapt, right? Because it's not a one-to-one sort of interpretation.
Graphic design
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fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

6 Wild And Overdesigned Details Hidden In Crimson Desert - Kotaku

Crimson Desert features intricate details that enhance player experience, rewarding exploration and roleplay despite some being seemingly unnecessary.
Games
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Dragon Quest 10 Is Getting A Google-Powered Chatbot Slime NPC

Square Enix is integrating AI chatbot technology into Dragon Quest X, allowing players to interact with a Slime character for tips and advice.
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Gentle Fantasy Worlds And Woolbeast Creatures By Illustrator And Sculptor Melissa Sue Stanley

Melissa Sue Stanley creates handcrafted illustrations and sculptures featuring gentle fantasy narratives rooted in Midwestern landscapes, developing the Woolbeasts world for 15 years without using AI or machine-generated processes.
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Stunning Painterly Fantasy Worlds And Creatures By British Concept Artist Thomas ChamberlainKeen

A diverse selection of visual art, design, photography, and activist projects showcases creative responses across media, from campaigns and murals to surreal paintings and design experiments.
Board games
fromBoard Game Quest
2 months ago

Fantasy Realms: Greek Legends Review

Fantasy Realms: Greek Legends is a fast, tactical 2–6-player card game with new artwork, a larger deck, afterlife mechanic, and strategic hand-optimization in 10–20 minutes.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Myth, monsters and making sense of a disenchanted world: why everyone is reading fantasy

Fantasy is a dominant, all-pervading cultural form offering diverse subgenres, serious artistic value, and lineages from varied creators and traditions.
Television
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Baldur's Gate to be turned into TV series - without the game's developers

A Baldur's Gate TV series will adapt events after the latest game, produced by Craig Mazin without direct involvement from developer Larian Studios.
Photography
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Incredible Behindthescenes Reels Where A Loose Doodle Evolves Into A Polished Illustration Packed With Personality And Story

A diverse collection of contemporary visual art, advertising, and inventive photography highlights creative reinterpretations, surreal manipulations, and socially aware installations across global artists and campaigns.
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Warhammer Maker Doesn't Want AI Anywhere Near Its Creative Work For Now

We do have a few senior managers that are [experts on AI]: none are that excited about it yet. We have agreed an internal policy to guide us all, which is currently very cautious, e.g., we do not allow AI-generated content or AI to be used in our design processes or its unauthorized use outside of GW, including in any of our competitions,
Artificial intelligence
fromKotaku
1 month ago

The Legend Of Zelda's Keeps Flirting With Dumping Fantasy For Sci-Fi - Kotaku

In 2017, Breath of the Wild director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, art director Satoru Takizawa and technical director Takuhiro Dohta gave a keynote at GDC. It offered a rare and candid glimpse at the production behind the latest (and to some, greatest) Legend of Zelda , released only a few days prior. Getting a peak behind the curtain at how the toybox of physics and elemental effects came to be was a treat, but one of the more bizarre parts of the talk regarded an earlier pitch.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I don't like organised fun, but Dungeons and Dragons is my shining nerdy light amid the darkness | Patrick Lenton

I wish this was a one-off blip in my regimented friendship schedule, but all through 2025 I played the world's slowest game of message tennis. I'd invite a pal for dinner, only for the world to turn, the seasons pass, grey hairs gather at my temples, before a date was finally locked in. This sentiment seems to be common among my circle.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago
Arts

An Artist Draws Mythic Chimeras And Warrior Specters In Flat, Beardsleyesque Illustrations That Bridge Antiquity And Modern Surrealism

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2 months ago
Arts

An Artist Draws Mythic Chimeras And Warrior Specters In Flat, Beardsleyesque Illustrations That Bridge Antiquity And Modern Surrealism

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fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Baldur's Gate 3 studio says it won't use AI for concept art or writing

Larian Studios confirmed Divinity will contain no generative-AI art and clarified AI tools are used only for idea iteration and non-final assets.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Pokemon Artist Reveals Why The Ultra Beasts Look Like That

Ultra Beasts were designed by Yusuke Omura from previously rejected Pokémon concepts, deliberately emphasizing their alien, rule-breaking appearance.
Books
fromInverse
2 months ago

Disney Is Really Trying To Make 'Eragon' Happen

Disney+ is developing a live-action Eragon series with Todd Harthan and Todd Helbing as co-showrunners, adapting Christopher Paolini's young adult fantasy.
Television
fromInverse
2 months ago

The Buzziest Fantasy Video Game Franchise Of The Decade Is Becoming A Bold TV Series

HBO is developing a Baldur's Gate 3 series led by Craig Mazin that continues the game's story and must adapt player-driven variability for TV.
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Divinity Team Says Character Creation Will Be "Even Better" Than Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 was the kind of game that could take hours to get started, thanks in part to a rich character customization suite that allowed players to fine-tune everything from their race to several minute details.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Explains Why One Party Member Felt Shortchanged

As you probably know, we weren't connecting with Wyll's Early Access recruitment and initial questing, so we started over at a point when most of the other companion stories were fairly solid. A lot of decisions came later in development than was ideal - and there was a key situation near Baldur's Gate that I intended to heavily involve Wyll in (the Red War College) that got cut.
Video games
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Amazing Trolls, Monsters And Animistic Forest Spirits In Hyper-real Clay Worlds of Malene Hartmann Rasmussen

British Designer Liam Hopkins Creates A Full-Sized Cardboard Car For SKODA Amazing Pictures Show Dolphins, Blue Marlin And Gannets Feasting On Sardines During Annual Migration Of Millions Of Fish The Amazing Millennium Falcon Bedroom Artist Spends Her Days Creating Stuffed Toys With Artificial Human Teeth Sculpted Meals So Beautiful That You'll Starve Rather Than Disturb Them Artist Born Without Hands Draws Beautiful, Hyper-Realistic Portraits "Sweeteens": Young Londoners Enjoying Freedom after the Lockdown The Cutest Felt Kids Toys Ever By Katerina Kozunenko
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Persona Artist Kazuma Kaneko Reveals New AI Art Card Game

Kazuma Kaneko's new Switch card game, Kazuma Kaneko's Tsukuyomi, launches April 23 with AI-generated art and includes 3,600 curated AI-produced cards.
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Video games
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Here's a new look at Beast of Reincarnation, from the team behind Pokemon

Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation launches summer 2026 on PS5, Xbox, and PC as a one-person, one-dog action RPG set in post-apocalyptic Japan.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Baldur's Gate 3 Gets More Magic: The Gathering Cards

Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair drops Baldur's Gate 3 set Feb 9 with roughly 30 new cards, including five cards each for Gale and Shadowheart.
Television
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

Prehistoric action meets teen drama in "Armorsaurs"

Armorsaurs debuts on Disney+ featuring five teens bonding with armored dinosaurs to defend Earth from aliens and launching an accompanying toy line.
Video games
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Preview: With 'Monster Hunter Stories 3,' a spin-off spreads its wings

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is a multi-platform JRPG emphasizing elite riders, political storytelling, and evolved turn-based Monstie combat.
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

All The Forge Armor and Recipes Guide

The Forge has one of the deepest crafting experiences you will find in any of the most popular games in Roblox. You are able to not only find ore throughout the world, but you are then able to take it and create gear to use for battles against zombies and more. There are so many different armor recipes you are able to craft in The Forge.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Preview: With Monster Hunter Stories 3,' a spin-off spreads its wings

Slowly but surely, Monster Hunter Stories has established itself as more than just a spin-off of Capcom's famed action role-playing game. It has gone from a small project on the Nintendo 3DS to an ambitious Japanese RPG on the Nintendo Switch that punched above its weight. Now in its third iteration, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is the franchise's coming-out party. The entry is launching across multiple systems for the first time, and it's taking a different approach to the story.
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fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Baldur's Gate 3 Publisher Says Morrowind Update Would Be Top Seller

Michael Douse endorses a modern remake of Morrowind with updated combat, asserting it would sell extremely well.
Video games
fromGameSpot
1 month ago

Avowed Finally Gets New Game+ And A Photo Mode Alongside PS5 Launch Today

Avowed launched on PS5 with a major Anniversary Update adding New Game+, new races, Magic Mirror customization, a Quarterstaff, and photo mode.
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