Reports
Starfield's Seven Dollar Quest Mod
The Internet is mad about Starfield, and Bethesda’s decision to charge $7 for a single quest. This is just the latest in Bethesda managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Conor Caulfield
I cover everything Not Warcraft - Expect wider games industry coverage, analysis, and as much commentary as I can get away with
Reports
Ubisoft Is Delivering The Fantasy
Despite $130 Ultimate Editions generating controversy, Ubisoft have managed to come out of the summer showcases with the press and audience more excited about their games than ever. How is the company famous for endless delays and bloated open world titles managing to win people back?
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Loading Screen: Trouble for Steam and Epic Games
Double trouble today - Epic Game accidentally left the game industry's secrets on display for enterprising individuals to find and pick through while Steam are now going to have to face a legal challenge in the UK over an anticompetitive pricing policy.
News Posts
Dragon Age's Reveal Dilemma
One of the greatest traditions of liking Dragon Age is the reveal of a New Dragon Age, which will then be roundly criticised. So lets talk about it. The history, the reveal, the backlash and the recovery. Including how this isn’t even the first time a trailer failed the series it was selling.
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Loading Screen: Two Games Spoiled By $30 Extra Charges
A pair of monetisation stories today as both Dark and Darker and Life is Strange: Double Exposure suffer at the whims of $30 charges - one to get the full game, and one to get some of the game early.
Reports
Bungie Nailed The Landing for Destiny 2
Somehow Bungie managed to create a whole expansion that audiences love, that has managed to effectively end their 10 year storyline in a satisfying way and which hasn’t alienated mass amounts of their audience. Now they need to do it again.
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Loading Screen: The Summer Games Showcase Summary
A weekend of games marketing means a newsletter full of new games!
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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.