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Loading Screen: Valve's New $1500, Regulation-Dodging, Cosmetics
Valve are showing their mastery of microtransactions once more, dodging regulation as players shell out more than $1500 for skins.
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: Buy Tarkov Again To Play On Steam, Say BSG
Want to launch Tarkov via Steam? Pay up, please. Already have it? Pay up, please.
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Loading Screen: 90% Of Gamers Play Remakes
90% of you are playing remakes, and it turns out 85% of you aren't playing them for nostalgia. No wonder there are so many of them.
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Loading Screen: Ubisoft Couldn't Kill The Crew Forever
Ubisoft tried to kill the Crew. Fans just brought it back.
Reports
Payment Processor Interference Hurts Everyone
Across the world, audiences can no longer buy games because one payment processor is attempting to control what Steam sells.
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Loading Screen: Silent Hill f's Broken Embargo
Two weeks before release, we know a lot about Silent Hill f. And all because one person decided they could break a review embargo.
Reports
Silksong's Success Cannot Be Replicated
Silksong's success is incredible, and trying to replicate it will cause chaos for the industry - because the thing that sets Silksong apart is nearly impossible to recreate.
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Loading Screen: Epic Backed Down On The EU's New MTX Rules
One of gaming's most insidious MTX systems is being pulled from Fortnite, months after the EU banned it.
Reports
PC Performance Comes First For Battlefield And EA
Somehow, EA are building a game that won't need DLSS, will run at 60fps on five-year-old hardware, and might even run below the minimum specs. What is going on?!
Reports
Xbox Staff Are Protecting Themselves Against Microsoft
Generative AI adoption, layoffs, studio closures. Under Microsoft, Xbox is being changed. Staff aren't going to take it.
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Loading Screen: The Companies Caught Stealing Voices With GenAI
Stealing voices is the crime pinned against Aspyr and Konami today - and they'd probably have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those pesky non-English speakers.
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Loading Screen: Did Nintendo Just Patent Summoning In Games?
A new patent from Nintendo could spell doom for hundreds of games with summoning mechanics... maybe.