Reports
Did Valve *Actually* Fix TF2?
“Will Team Fortress 2 Stay Fixed?” After a year of chaos, bots and miserable play experiences - Valve have listened to the TF2 community. But the question above is on everyone's lips - is this permanent?
Conor Caulfield
I cover everything Not Warcraft - Expect wider games industry coverage, analysis, and as much commentary as I can get away with
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Loading Screen: The FTC Warned Us About Xbox
A viral survey suggests 82% of gamers spend money on MTX in F2P games, but that's not the *whole* story. Over in the world of anti-trust, the FTC are taking their chance to say "I told you so" in the wake of Game Pass's price rises.
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Loading Screen: Hasbro's New Leader For $1Bn Gaming Bet and Sega's Takedown Of Abusive Fans
Hasbro's billion dollar bet on the future of their company is video games, so they're putting that money in a pair of safe (and familiar) hands. Meanwhile Sega aren't taking harassment of their devs lying down - they've had the lawyers take on abusive fans.
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Loading Screen: Generous Developers, Surprise Sequels and Debunking Halo Rumours
Warhorse Studios are rewarding the biggest backers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance ahead of the sequel, Space Marine 2's leak isn't as bad as we thought, Nintendo revived a 35 year old series and Halo *probably* isn't being outsourced.
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Loading Screen: Space Marine 2's Catastrophic Leak, Splitgate Returns and Fallout London Updates!
Space Marine 2 has leaked in the most catastrophic way for Saber Interactive, Splitgate is returning to try to recapture it's lightning and there's good news for Fallout London Fans on Steam and GOG, but bad news for those on the EGS.
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Does Anyone Actually Want To Pay For Multiplayer Games?
Have Free To Play PvP games devalued the market to the point where a new, paid, PvP game can't exist any more? The Beta for Concord - and the reception to it - has us wondering.
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Loading Screen: Valve Really Are That Successful
Leaked documents show the *true* success of Valve, we go through one of the busiest weeks for new games so far this year - and we bring you the best reading from this weekend.
Reports
How Licensing Ruined Video Games
Why have brand deals, tie in skins and franchise takeovers become the core product in almost every game? Is nothing allowed to just have it's own aesthetic any more?
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Loading Screen: The Esports Tournament Where You Literally Crush Your Opponent's Trophies
The Esports World Cup is on, but the bizarre trophies are drawing more attention than the actual gameplay. Elsewhere, a surge in new game engine tools for new devs following Unity's collapse - and we give you the weekend recommend.
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Loading Screen: Once Human's Data Harvesting Accusations, MultiVersus Killed A Game and Palworld Copies Pokemon
Are the accusations that Once Human is stealing people's personal data true? We don't think so. But it does look like Multiversus might have killed an entire other game by existing - and the Palworld team are getting into the media empire game, so they're copying Pokemon in that respect at least.
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Loading Screen: Day One On Game Pass (Sometimes, If You Pay More)
Xbox made Game Pass more expensive, and have taken away Day One Games from all but the highest paid tiers of the service. As they effectively splinter their audience (and their good will), we ask - why?
Reports
Ubisoft Doubles Down On Remakes
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?