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Loading Screen: The Summer Games Showcase Summary
A weekend of games marketing means a newsletter full of new games!
Conor Caulfield
I cover everything Not Warcraft - Expect wider games industry coverage, analysis, and as much commentary as I can get away with
Reports
Xbox Finally Delivered
Expectations going into this year’s set of summer showcases were low. But even with that context, what Xbox showed this weekend has stunned audiences. All of that is incredibly positive - but as we look at the next few years of Xbox, there’s one nagging issue - no one trusts them right now.
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Loading Screen: Helldivers Leads the Way On Live Service, GOG *Will* Let You Pass Account On and the Summer Showcase Primer
Updates for Helldivers show the limits of the Live Service model that game wanted to work with, even as Concord follows behind. Meanwhile GOG do what Valve don't and are willing to transfer accounts in the wake of user death, while we run through the key things to remember over the Summer Showcases.
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Loading Screen: The Truth Behind Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
A bombshell report has unveiled the truth behind the development of Suicide Squad - and places the blame for the eventual released game firmly at the hands of the core leadership at Rocksteady.
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Loading Screen: 20,000 Negative Team Fortress 2 Reviews in Three Days
The SaveTF2 campaign is over - the FixTF2 campaign has begun! The community are sick of the sheer volume of Bots that they're now dealing with - and the people who host those bots. And now they're hitting Steam where it hurts - right in the user reviews.
News Posts
Destiny's Final Chance
The Final Shape is the final roll of the dice for the Destiny team that’s been battered over the last 12 months. What Bungie didn’t need is for the expansion to launch to applause for the actual game they made - but players being unable to experience it due to crashes, bugs and technical issues.
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Loading Screen: The Studio That Lasted 8 Months, Stolen Indie Games and PSVR's PC Compromise
Just Cause Developer Avalanche is the latest to layoff developers after management decisions, but it's not just AAAs misbehaving. We've got a tale of the smallest scale indie games being stolen, and then Playstation's hope that you'll pay more for their PC VR Solution, but be happy to get less.
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Loading Screen: Take Two's Failure of The Future and Larian's Multiplatform Modding Plan
Reporting suggests that Take Two's ongoing failure of their indie divison might go beyond the two studios it's already hurt, while for Larian, the future of Baldur's Gate 3 is soon to be in players hands.
News Posts
Upcoming Games - A Jaw Dropping June
June is a great month for games, yet a comparatively quiet one for mainstream releases! You know why? In between the behemoths of Destiny 2 and Elden Ring, we've got some very brave indies and AA titles - Lets make sure they don't get lost in the crush.
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Loading Screen: Riot "Won't Miss" Toxic Players and Redfall's Death Has Changed Zenimax
A pair of stories today - Riot's uncompromising stance on harassment in the wake of players being forced out of games of Valorant and then the final death of Redfall - and the good news that's brought for the rest of Zenimax. Plus the weekend recommend - Selaco!
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Loading Screen: PlayStation's Precarious Position as 50% of Audience Still On PS4
Turns out 50% of the PlayStation audience haven't yet gotten a PS5 and most of their revenue growth is coming from about Live service games. Even while PlayStation want to tell everyone their success is real, and that their pipeline of games are strong, looking at the numbers, we have some doubts.
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Loading Screen: Riot's $450 Skin, XDefiant's Quiet Success and Sony Apologies To Neil Druckmann
Ubisoft continue their trends of quietly successful launches that hardcore audiences don't talk about with XDefiant, Sony would like everyone to stop talking about the Druckmann interview that they pulled from the internet and yes, we have to talk about League of Legends $500 skin pack.