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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.
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: 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.
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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.
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Loading Screen: Riot Responds To "Bricked PC" Allegations
Today - Riot are facing accusations of bricking people's PCs as they add their kernel level anti cheat to League of Legends - but based on their reported errors and explanation - it's a really niche problem to face. Similarly niche, but no less impressive for it - this week's Weekend Recommend.
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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.
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Loading Screen: Take Two Kill Another Studio, No More Elden Ring and Square Enix Slim Down
Turns out that Take Two weren't done killing studios - and even if you do sell critically acclaimed games you aren't safe. Meanwhile From Software have disappointed many with news of Elden Ring DLC, while Square Enix have taken a hatchet to their release plans - to the tune of 22.1 billion yen.
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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.
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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.
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Loading Screen: Starfield and Fallout - Todd Howard's Take
An interview with Todd Howard by KindaFunny has given everyone insight into the state of Bethesda going forwards - we've got Starfield updates, Fallout questions and then following that, we dig into the state of their games right now as a very angry modding community take Bethesda to task.
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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.
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Manor Lords Does Everything Right
Manor Lords is a hell of a success story - so let’s dive into how one of the biggest games of the year so far is a historically authentic take on central european regional conflict and crop rotation.
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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.