Helldivers Saved by Arrowhead and Players
After a weekend of chaos, 331,431 negative steam reviews and 170+ territories losing the ability to buy Helldivers 2 - Sony have finally blinked. But how did things go this badly in the first place? The answer is simple. Playstation has no idea what they’re doing when it comes to the PC audience.
We Think You Should Play: Assassin's Creed Mirage
The second in our fledgling game impressions (WTYSP) series, Conall takes a trip down memory lane with Assassin's Creed Mirage.
This Week On Ghost!
A quick catch up of some of our great content from this week - 29th April to 3rd May - and some free samples to peak your interest!
Helldivers' Account Anger
Helldivers 2 is suffering a review bombing and a tide of ill sentiment as players revolt at a new account requirement - that isn't actually that new.
Loading Screen: Gray Zone Warfare Seizes The Initiative, Take Two Appears To Gut Kerbal Space Program
Two stories today - as in the wake of Tarkov's controversial supporter packages, a new competitor has swept in to charm their shared audience while we're seeing the first impact of Take Two's layoffs and it seems like the team behind Kerbal Space Program have been hit hard.
Upcoming Games: A Magnificent May
May sees some major releases for the year, like Paradox’s Foundry, Warner Bros Multiversus and more! Plus as usual, we’ve got a host of incredible indies launching this month like Indika or Animal Well! It’s a great month for releases of all kinds, so let’s take a look to see what catches your eye.
Video: The Destruction of K'aresh Revealed
K’aresh is a key planet in Warcraft’s cosmic drama. It set up the threat of the Void Lords. They could come and they will consume. Now, just as our planet sings a radiant song, Locus-walker tells us that just before Dimensius manifested on K’aresh, his planet sang a radiant song.
Loading Screen: Roblox's 19 Year Old Plan For The Future and One Streamer Turning The Tables on Nexon
Roblox is resurrecting a 19 year old system to let players buy real objects from inside the game world, a Streamer turned the tables on Nexon to argue for community demands and we bring you the most interesting stories of the weekend.
Tarkov's $250 Community Disaster
A $250 PvE mode is just the tip of the iceberg with Tarkov’s latest community outrage as players rail against Pay to Win mechanics, broken promises and a developer that seems truly out of touch with community expectations.
Lorewalking: Everything Alpha (So Far)
Man, this is already out of date, things move that quickly. Here's some of Gerard and Matt going over their favourite bits of lore and story from The War Within alpha so far!
Video: Take Two's Betrayal of Their Developers
AD Free Video! Take Two have taken two studios and seemingly killed them off. One, an award winning bunch with a roaring success, the other, not so much. But what does this all mean for their devs?
Loading Screen: Helldivers CM Fired, EA's Optimistic Outlook and Nintendo's New Switch
Today one of Helldiver's Community Managers has seemingly been fired following the successful consumer revolt, EA's Financial Results have hints as to future games and Nintendo's New Switch has had it's announcement announced.
Loading Screen: Bonfire of Bethesda
Xbox have an operating cost problem, the solution is closing four Bethesda studios. This will somehow solve the 41% operating cost increase from ABK - the only problem with that is that they've just destroyed any and all faith that their fans, developers and potential partners could have.
Video: WoW's Coolest Dungeons Yet
Ad Free Video! We didn't need to be afraid. The worry that Mythic+ meant a future of only boring dungeons was unfounded, because Blizzard just dropped two of the most fantasy-filled, most thematic and most fun dungeons we've ever seen.
Video: Gray Zone's Perfect Timing
Ad Free Video! Sometimes a game doesn't have to be right. It just has to be right now. Gray Zone have managed to perfectly slot into a pretty large hole left by its competitors and fans are reacting very positively.
Diablo 4 is Speaking to the Players
Blizzard have given up with Diablo 4 Season 4. They’ve decided to drop all pretence and speak directly to the audience of players that already owned the game.
Video: Sony Pissed Off Everyone On PC, Even Their Devs
Ad Free Video! After a weekend of chaos, 331,431 negative steam reviews and 170+ territories losing the ability to buy Helldivers 2 on Steam - Sony have finally blinked. They will no longer require users to connect to a PSN account in order to access Helldivers 2.
Loading Screen: Don't Just Throw Devs At Problems, Stop Killing Games Update: UK Edition
The success of indies this year has led to (responsible) publishers asking players to just let their devs cook - more devs won't get you updates faster. Meanwhile, the Stop Killing Games movement has gotten an official response in the UK - but it's not great news.
Video: WoW’s Broken, SURPRISE Class Rework & A Half-Elf Empire
Ad Free Video! WoW’s going so fast the wheels are threatening to come off, Arcane Mages got a surprise rework that people are LOVING so far, and there’s a thousand-year-old half-elf Light-worshipping empire across the sea. What a week.
Helldivers Saved by Arrowhead and Players
After a weekend of chaos, 331,431 negative steam reviews and 170+ territories losing the ability to buy Helldivers 2 - Sony have finally blinked. But how did things go this badly in the first place? The answer is simple. Playstation has no idea what they’re doing when it comes to the PC audience.
We Think You Should Play: Assassin's Creed Mirage
The second in our fledgling game impressions (WTYSP) series, Conall takes a trip down memory lane with Assassin's Creed Mirage.
