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Ubisoft are doubling down on a practice they’re historically terrible at. Remasters. But when you look back at their history of remasters, it’s easy to worry about what that looks like. So what’s changed - why does Ubisoft think they can actually pull it off this time?
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“Not every game should be aimed at becoming some live-service boom or bust. And a release should not begin an ever-accelerating treadmill on which devs are forced to run until their mental or physical health breaks down.”
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Today we've got confirmation that Embracer are still racking up dead studios, the final efforts of Creative Assembly to improve Total War Pharoah and much more!
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Sometimes we’re given a stark reminder that the people in charge often don’t care about video games. Like when an ex Rockstar developer finally confirms Single Player DLC for Grand Theft Auto V was abandoned because how could it compete with the money printing machine that is GTA Online?
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In one announcement, EA and Reswpawn managed to undo years of goodwill for Apex Legends, a game that had managed to avoid lasting criticism despite still using lootboxes, exorbitant F2P cosmetic costs and more. Let's go through how they broke player's trust.
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Today - Capcom's dinosaur horde game Exoprimal ends service in a way that keeps fans happy, Konami are making weird decisions around who can play decade old games and more!
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Right now, Kerbal Space Program 2 is on sale for 20% off as part of the Steam Summer Sale. Take Two are selling the game despite having closed the developer making the game, have no clear plan for further development and are putting up a wall of silence around even acknowledging that closure.
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July brings a surge of games releasing to get out ahead of the autumn crush. From heavy hitters like Dawntrail and Zenless Zone Zero, esoteric new entries like Once Human and Anger Foot - and a surprisingly large amount of strategy titles including Cataclismo, Norland and of course Stormgate.
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Today, Frostpunk are taking a two month delay before launch - not because the game isn't good - but because it isn't good enough... yet, elsewhere, From Software have revealed how successful they've been and Ubisoft are threatening us with yet more Assassin's Creed, this time in remake form.
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Today, Steam unveil yet more features in their quest to ensure you shouldn't need to install any other software on your PC and Creative Assembly are listening to players on Total Warhammer as to the game's future.
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A pair of stories today as we lament the loss of Forza Horizon 4 to licensing hell and delisting - while we can study the curious case of the AAA Games being ported to Apple devices, only for no one to buy them.
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One Year From Launch, what has actually happened to Diablo 4? It’s not been a great time for Blizzard as they’ve bounced from controversy to controversy in design, selling absurdly expensive cosmetics all the while. And yet audiences are excited by what's next.