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Playstation’s Studios are being decimated as 900 staff across studios and support teams join the wave of layoffs for the company across the last year. As Jim Ryan leaves the company as CEO, the projects he oversaw are in tatters - as Playstation’s developers are left asking what happens next.
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“All we ask is that if you do love us, then please talk to us” is the plea from an open letter to Larian by Modders of Baldur’s Gate 3 - as the developers of one of 2023’s most prominent games deal with the ongoing expectations of development.
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“The biggest regret we have is that modding support is not yet available for the game” admits Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen as their latest update on Cities Skylines II deals with the fallout of a content creator revolt and an audience who aren’t seeing changes happen fast enough.
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There’s a secret policy at the heart of some of the biggest games in the world. The impact is a worse environment for developers and ultimately it means the games you play aren’t as good as they could be. What drives all of this? What else - short term profits over long term benefits.
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Personnel changes at a key Battlefield Studio has the internet talking, the latest Switch 2 report comes with a firm date, Kernel level Anti-Cheat is being put to task by security experts and the fallout of Apple's Mobile Game bet may be closer than we expected.
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Riot have unveiled the future of their fighting game, we check in on the launch of several recent games to see how things are going - and we highlight a deckbuilding Roguelike that's soaring up the charts.
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Console and First Party updates for Xbox and Playstation today as everybody changes partners. Xbox have revealed their planned games for Switch and Playstation and we've got confirmation PSVR2 compatability is officially coming to PC.
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An updated translation for Sony's Financial Report has landed Bungie's management in hot water, while elsewhere in the industry, for some reason Gearbox are reviving a decade old game with a new monetisation model.
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Today Steam have unveiled their year in review that shows things are Good for Valve, Frost Giant aren't done crowdfunding for Stormgate and Capcom apologie for Street Fighter V yet again.
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Helldivers 2 is breaking all the rules. It’s a Live Service, AAA premium game that’s been borderline unplayable, with MTX and Battle Passes. And yet other than the servers, everyone loves it. How?
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The Epic Games Store has released their yearly update on how close they are to beating Steam (they're not), there's an interview with the developer of an achievement hunter game going round that's got some shocking numbers and we have to ask the question of what type of Romance is best in games?
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Retailers are throwing away physical games because sales are so bad. The digital future is here - and this last few weeks have reminded everyone of that fact.