Opinion
Upcoming Games: An Astonishing August
There are too many good looking titles launching in August - but we've tried to grab as many as we can for this month's list of upcoming games.
Conor Caulfield
I cover everything Not Warcraft - Expect wider games industry coverage, analysis, and as much commentary as I can get away with
News Posts
Loading Screen: When Is A Game Allowed To Be Finished?
Chivalry II announced an end to planned content updates, and audience reaction has broadly been frustration. Which leads us to the question - are developers ever allowed to walk away from their games?
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Loading Screen: Mario & Sonic & NFTs, DLC for 16 Year Old Games and Sega's New Gaming Plan
A triple threat today! Sonic and Mario are out, NFTS are in at the Olympics, The Behemoth is making DLC for a 16 year old video game, while Sega have a new plan for their gaming divison.
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Loading Screen: Who Is Game Balance Actually For?
Just because players *want* something - that doesn't mean it's good for them or for the game they're playing. Thanks to a report from Activision - now we've got some evidence to back that up.
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Loading Screen: Video Game Voice Actors Are On Strike
Voice Actors in the Video Game Industry are on strike! What does this mean for you? Do you need to stop playing your favourite titles? Today we go through all that and more.
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EA Defeated By Fans Over Apex MTX
Apex Legends will not move ahead with a controversial plan to force players to pay for their battle passes with real currency - thanks to fan backlash. But it paints a picture of EA's problems going forwards - they need fans onside.
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Loading Screen: 500 Warcraft Devs Unionise While Paradox Posts A 90% Profit Loss
The future seems safer for nearly 500 World of Warcraft Developers today as they secure a union vote win - while for Paradox, they've not fully lost - but 90% of their profits were wiped out by cancelling Life By You.
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Loading Screen: Activision Accused Of Selling AI Skins and Another Indie Publisher Gutted
Activision have been alleged to sell Generative AI Based Skins in Call of Duty, while Huimble Bundle's parent company just shut down their publishing arm to save money. It's just another day in the games industry.
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Loading Screen: Helldivers New Plan, Capcom Stick With Physical Games and Voice Actor Strike Threats
Helldivers 2's newest plan is to just tell the Audience what's coming - we'll see if it pays off. Elsewhere Capcom are sticking with Physical Games even as they represent only 10% of sales and the Video Game Voice Actors union is getting ready to strike against the biggest companies in gaming.
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Loading Screen: A Truly Bizarre Take on Live Service, Xbox Rebuke The FTC and Bethesda's Developers Unionise
We're curious about why Warframe developer Digital Extremes have seemingly forgotten their history of live service development, our take on Xbox's rebuke of the FTC and we check out what's next now Bethesda Game Studios is a full union shop.
Reports
Did Valve *Actually* Fix TF2?
“Will Team Fortress 2 Stay Fixed?” After a year of chaos, bots and miserable play experiences - Valve have listened to the TF2 community. But the question above is on everyone's lips - is this permanent?
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Loading Screen: The FTC Warned Us About Xbox
A viral survey suggests 82% of gamers spend money on MTX in F2P games, but that's not the *whole* story. Over in the world of anti-trust, the FTC are taking their chance to say "I told you so" in the wake of Game Pass's price rises.