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Behind the scenes, EA had been doing everything "right" with its upcoming licensed title. Sadly, while carefully building a single-player focused successor to the Middle-earth: Shadow of... games and their Nemesis system was a goal for '2020 EA'? '2025 EA' is far too impatient and cowardly!
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Gorgeous open worlds paired with pathetic chatbot tech. That's what Epic want for the future of games.
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FOMO cosmetic sales? Nah, Helldivers just reminded us that FOMO is about giving people a reason to play, not pay.
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Another month, another monetisation debacle for Call of Duty. This time? They're advertising to players inside the customisation menus.
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Better wages, layoff protections and AI safeguards. Zenimax's QA union just showed Xbox that their staff won't stop fighting.
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We've got the hard proof that SteamOS beats Windows 11 for performance and battery life. Microsoft are already reacting.
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A new console, new Toby Fox and Hideo Kojima games, and a wealth of indie and AA talent. It's a great month in video games.
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The highest player count in a year, incredibly well-received updates and a beloved event have ended in review bombing for Helldivers 2. Why?
With over 30 staffers each making an average of $4.5 million a year as of 2021, Valve might be one of the most revenue-efficient companies within the games industry, yet they don't rest on their laurels. As SteamOS arrives, we take a look at how it could redefine that industry once again.
The co-CEO behind the upcoming MindsEye is blaming "bot farms" for a "concerted effort" to badmouth their negatively previewed game.
Over 1000 layoffs in two years, another studio closed and another game gone. EA are operating in a culture of fear where they can't think about their future.
4 Years. 4 Months. 17 Days. That's how long Tim Sweeney (backed by Epic Games) had been battling Apple in the courts of the world before Apple's fairly shocking loss at the start of this month. In a battle of billionaires, we actually won?
Today, Steam approved the launch of a new game. One that was designed to be propaganda for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The scourge has new villains. The Scarlet have amassed an army. Northrend, in The Last Titan, will not be the Northrend you remember.
EA have a licensed game problem, as they try to balance fan demand with licensing costs, and come up with bad results.
Capcom have been winning for 8, 10, no 12(!) years and counting! Players have been loving it, investors had been loving it, but maintaining a streak of success this long comes at a cost, a cost players feel like they're starting to pay... Especially on PC.
Player numbers for Battlefront II have gone up nearly 2000% in the last month, and it's at least partly thanks to a fan rebellion.
While we weren't paying attention, Blizzard have been filling the game with clues: There's more chaos on Northrend than we could have imagined.
Stalker's enhanced editions launched this week with missing monuments, and players weren't happy. Now, GSC have relented and put them back.