Capcom has done it again, managing to scupper the launch of an incredibly promising title with their habit of meaningless microtransactions. But elsewhere in the industry Larian have told us what's coming next from them - and it's no more Baldur's Gate.
Today Metacritic have revealed the most critically acclaimed publishers of 2023 based on their data, Riot have told fans their MMO is going back into development after a reboot, Valve have shown us the behind the scenes of their marketing videos and we check in on the latest from GDC.
“You Mad Bro?” isn’t the communication strategy you’d expect to see from the COO of a company in official emails, but Valve has never presented themselves as just another company have they?
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With players pointing at dwindling concurrents and a game that’s in the middle of being reconstructed, things are not looking good for Payday 3 and Starbreeze but today the most senior leadership at Starbreeze are paying the price for a game that hasn’t gone the way they hoped.
Helldivers 2 is starting strong with 75% of players sticking around through the first month as the live service actually begins. But with that many players comes a lot of dissenting opinion on balance, dev communication and more.
Season of Discovery's new lore additions are enough for us to properly journey through, never mind just dander.
Would you spend $60 on an unfinished game - in the hopes that in a year or two, it’s significantly better? Some people would say that you already do. But today we look at a curious trend that publishers are committing to - where they might be learning lessons from last year's messy launches.
The year is in full swing and March of 2024 is going to see some of the biggest launches we can imagine. There’s really something for everyone - so let’s dive in.
There’s a secret policy at the heart of some of the biggest games in the world. The impact is a worse environment for developers and ultimately it means the games you play aren’t as good as they could be. What drives all of this? What else - short term profits over long term benefits.
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Stop me if you've heard this before: this Loading Screen is mostly about sales and layoffs! What a turbulent time for the industry, eh? Embracer have let go of Gearbox while Sega slowly move out of Europe, and Nintendo are... out of games? Huh.
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Marvel Rivals shows up to attempt to eat Overwatch's lunch, another AAA studio bites the dust before ever releasing even a teaser, and Bandai Namco show other devs and publishers how it's done.
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The edgiest class known to man. They're raw, unfiltered, lords of suffering - and they never let you forget it.
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Xbox's hardware future looks dire, Phil might have a trump card up his sleeve, TimeSplitters is dead dead and Sony are trying to crowdsource video guides... sort of. Welcome to Loading Screen!
Capcom's got their first promise of a game-fixing patch coming to Dragon's Dogma 2, Elden Ring's DLC has forced titans of the industry to step out of the way, and Bethesda mention TES VI, which is monumental progress for the behemoth of an IP.
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Ad Free Video! Plunderstorm and 10.2.6 is settling in, but what’s coming next? There’s a lot of news that may have slipped right under your nose. Including major news for those who perhaps thought it was neat to see blizzard experiment, but didn’t want a PvPvE hybrid battle royale.
Capcom has done it again, managing to scupper the launch of an incredibly promising title with their habit of meaningless microtransactions. But elsewhere in the industry Larian have told us what's coming next from them - and it's no more Baldur's Gate.