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Cities Skylines II - History Repeating?
As Cities Skylines took the crown from SimCity when it stumbled due to publisher demands, has the release of Cities Skylines II met a similar fate?
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: Halo Evolves, EA’s New Moves and Indie Recommendations
We’ve got a change in EA’s approach to game development, massive developments with Halo Infinite and a truly mind bending Indie Title.
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Don’t Expect Xbox To Make Changes At Activision Blizzard
A recent interview with Phil Spencer has people’s hopes up about what might change in Activision Blizzard - but it might not quite what folks desire.
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Loading Screen: Marketing Weapons, Combatting Toxicity and a Speedrunning Dog
Today we’ve got the curious case of Arms Manufacturers paying Activision, the rise in Online Toxicity, Indie Devs fleeing their country and a Dog speedrunning games.
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Spider-Man 2 Launch - A Good Game, Well Made
Insomniac’s Spider-Man 2 is universally recommended, not just as a good game, but a good product. How do they manage it?
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Battlefield 2042 Resurgent?
We ask the Question - How are around 100,000 People playing the reviled Battlefield 2042 on Steam after the Free Weekend is over?
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Loading Screen: Steam Secrets, CDPR’s Great Play, and The Future of Mario
We’ve got the secrets that power Steam, CDPR’s strategic play with Gwent, Epic giving their all to promote Alan Wake II, and a Mario Game being hailed as a new classic.
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Diablo’s Quiet Steam Launch, Indie MTX Principles and AMD Gets Players Banned?
Diablo has launched on Steam, AMD got players banned from CS2, an Indie is taking a stand on MTX and more in today’s roundup!
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Loading Screen: Netflix, More Layoffs and Steam Next Fest Highlights!
We’ve got Netflix in Games, more Layoff Watch 2023 and a look through Steam Next Fest!
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Loading Screen: Epic’s Bad Decisions, Team 17 Dev Concern and Cyberpunk AI Intrigue
Today we’ve got Rocket League’s Trading Ban hitting the community, layoffs at Team17 causing yet more concern and the use of AI to recreate a deceased VA in Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty - and more!
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"F*ck You, Psyonix", Lamplighter Goes Dark & The Gollum Disaster
Epic Games have Upset Rocket League Players in their pursuit of the Metaverse, we delve into two failed games for two very different reasons and more in today’s roundup!
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Devs Aren’t Scared of Baldur’s Gate 3
Devs Aren’t Scared of Baldur’s Gate 3 - and the discourse around that is based on a fundamentally bad faith understanding of why Devs explain things to players.Let's explain why.