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Loading Screen: EA's Cosiest Creators Just Rebelled
Many The Sims Creators just walked away from EA, because they will not support the new owners at the cost of their own beliefs.
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: Xbox Denies "Mandate" On Generative AI Tech
Xbox's CEO says they're not forcing staff to use generative AI to make games. The devil might be in the details.
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Loading Screen: Valve Just Deleted $3 Billion From CS Players
Chaos reigns as with a single update to Counter Strike 2, Valve have wiped out nearly $3 billion in player inventory values.
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Loading Screen: Microsoft Asked Xbox To Do The Impossible
Microsoft asked Xbox to proportionally make as much profit as Nintendo, and three times as much as PlayStation. And then they started cutting.
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The European Pushback On MTX Regulation
In April, the EU tried to regulate in-game monetisation. Six months later, the EU games industry is trying to warn just how badly it could go.
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Loading Screen: Payday 2 Just Came Back From The Dead. Again.
Two years after the last patch, twelve years after launch, Starbreeze just handed the keys to Payday 2 to a bunch of modders.
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Loading Screen: The 11.3 Billion Dollar Secret Behind The Latest Viral Hit
The latest viral hit on Steam looks like another quirky indie riff on a popular genre. It's not quite that simple.
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A deep dive today into the month of chaos that led to Total War: Warhammer 3's user reviews dropping to just 22% positive.
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Loading Screen: "Ubisoft asked me to step aside" - AC Boss
Ubisoft's ex-Assassin's Creed lead is making his position clear. If he had his way, he'd still be at Ubisoft.
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Loading Screen: Another Single-Player Studio Thinks They Can Go Multiplayer
30 years of single-player games, and Quantic Dream just revealed a F2P MOBA to take on the entrenched giants. Will they succeed where so many have failed?
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Loading Screen: AC Boss Walks From Ubisoft's Tencent Subsidiary
Assassin's Creed's head honcho just walked from Ubisoft... only weeks after the franchise was taken over by the Tencent-backed subsidiary Vantage Studios
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Loading Screen: No New Helldivers Content Till Performance Improves
Arrowhead are making a commitment to unhappy players. New content releases will be paused until the team can guarantee they won't break the game.