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Sega Are Gutting Creative Assembly
The end of the financial year brings chaos as Sega balance their books by slashing western studios like Creative Assembly - at the expense of 240 of their staff and future projects.
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: April Fool's Gold
The Games Industry is really bad at April Fools, often either lying, not being funny or teasing players with things they want. We're going to skip that, and give you all the best things we could find from today that actually exist. And that's no Joke.
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Upcoming Games: A Packed April
After a bumper year so far - and a summer that's starting to fill up - April is a relative breather of a month with time to catch up, but that doesn't mean there aren't a whole range of good games coming out.
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Loading Screen: Capcom Put Fires Out & TESVI MENTIONED LET'S GO
Capcom's got their first promise of a game-fixing patch coming to Dragon's Dogma 2, Elden Ring's DLC has forced titans of the industry to step out of the way, and Bethesda mention TES VI, which is monumental progress for the behemoth of an IP.
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Loading Screen: Dragon's Dogma 2 Launch Chaos and No More Baldur's Gate From Larian
Capcom has done it again, managing to scupper the launch of an incredibly promising title with their habit of meaningless microtransactions. But elsewhere in the industry Larian have told us what's coming next from them - and it's no more Baldur's Gate.
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Venture Capitalism Feasts Like Vultures On Games Media
Media Companies are being gutted by Venture Capital vultures that see them as assets to be stripped to the bone then discarded - with no thought to the audiences they serve or the staff who work there.
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Loading Screen: The Best Publishers Of 2023, Riot Reboot Their MMO, Valve Build An Orb and GDC Secrets
Today Metacritic have revealed the most critically acclaimed publishers of 2023 based on their data, Riot have told fans their MMO is going back into development after a reboot, Valve have shown us the behind the scenes of their marketing videos and we check in on the latest from GDC.
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Loading Screen: GOG Resurrect Alpha Protocol, Respawn Say Apex is Safe and EA get a New Single Player Leader
Today, GOG are resurrecting another delisted title, Respawn are fixing Apex Legend's security problems and Playstation's Difficulty is EA's Opportunity.
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Staff Think Bungie’s Management Are Cutting And Running
Bungie have revealed their Into The Light Content and things seem good! A new horde mode being added and the promise of more to come. But IGN reporting reveals that behind the scenes,things are looking rocky, with the implication that current management are about to cut and run as soon as possible.
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Overwatch's Increased Purchasing Opportunities
Overwatch needs ways to convince players to play the game otherwise they’re not around to be sold skins. They've found a way. They’re going to make heroes more accessible, give more access to the coolest cosmetics and double down on ongoing content - with new purchase opportunities.
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Loading Screen: Valve Want To Capture Your Family, Denuvo Want To Capture Leakers
Today Steam are launching new tools for families that will let them share games, protect teen users and more while Denuvo are offering companies a way to track down Leakers and maybe protect their surprises.
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Suicide Squad 40% Price Cut Proves Patient Gamers Right
Warner Bros has slashed the price of Suicide Squad by 40% - bringing it down to $42. It’s been out for 31 days. This is an incredibly egregious cut but it’s one that makes complete sense as Warner Bros desperately try and increase sales, even while decreasing the value of their game overall.