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The Law Is Changing The Internet
This week, the internet you're used to will be changed thanks to a wave of new laws.
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This week, the internet you're used to will be changed thanks to a wave of new laws.
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Per the fired leadership, "Krafton engaged in a months-long campaign to delay Subnautica 2’s release." The allegations are damning.
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30 years of releases mean nothing in the face of EA's demand for massive hits, as the Need for Speed series is reportedly put on ice.
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$250m in bonuses denied to staff, leaks of internal documents, massive delays, and legal battles. The Subnautica 2 situation is wild.
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Raises, safety precautions and complete control over how their voices will be used for Generative AI tools. SAG-AFTRA managed to get everything they wanted for their members.
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Everything's better, down where it's wetter, under the sea, unless you work at Unknown Worlds on Subnautica 2, in which case, allegations are flying that Krafton just denied you your piece of a $250m bonus.
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Runescape just announced MTX changes that will lose developer Jagex money. And that's the point, because they'd rather lose money than players.
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The bad news is that Xbox just pulled a game from Game Pass on PC because it was putting users at risk of hacking. The worse news is that it was one of their own games.
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The petitions passed, the industry responded, and the Stop Killing Games movement is only getting started.
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Two games just launched on Steam while breaking the rules of Valve's platform. If they don't follow them, does anyone else have to?
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"an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry" - Game Pass's critiques this week seemed to gain ground, as questions of profitability surfaced.
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“prohibitively expensive” and “curtailing developer choice”. The industry's response to Stop Destroying Games is everything we expected.