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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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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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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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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 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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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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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.
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Hacking on a global stage has wrecked a tournament and left players and pros alike scrambling to work out if their machines are safe. While Sony scramble to work out if their virtual reality machines are sellable as stock piles up on the global stage.
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The worst user rated game of 2024, and the 9th worst rated game on Steam ever - Battlefront Classic Collection has a mountain to climb. So the team at Aspyr don’t need the scene’s Modders furious that they’re seeing uncredited modded content in the official releases.
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Call of Duty has somehow found a new way to monetise it's audience as it launches a new platform - while Respawn has been forced to make cuts to the Apex team despite all their success. But for you, this weekend we recommend some tactics, some strategy and a little bit of roleplaying in one package.
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“You Mad Bro?” isn’t the communication strategy you’d expect to see from the COO of a company in official emails, but Valve has never presented themselves as just another company have they?
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Embracer have sold Saber Interactive for $247m, just under half of what they paid four years ago - but the mess they’re still in relates to their game launches, with Aspyr’s Battlefront 2 leaving much to be desired as it’s steam user score nosedives to ~20% via bad networking and other issues.