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Loading Screen: EA Add Real MTX To Game In Testing
Microtransactions in a closed alpha. What on earth are EA thinking?
Conor Caulfield
I cover everything Not Warcraft - Expect wider games industry coverage, analysis, and as much commentary as I can get away with
Reports
Gaming Is About To Get More Expensive
A global trade standoff means the prices of your games and hardware could increase. More than that, it could also change the face of the games industry forever.
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Loading Screen: The New Game From The Disco Elysium Studio
It's not Disco Elysium 2, but ZA/UM have a new game to show off. The question is whether, after all the controversy, Disco Elysium fans will even care.
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Loading Screen: FOMO MTX Faces The Law
FOMO practices face a new lawsuit in the US as Epic Games is taken to task for their misleading timers and grimy tactics that target children.
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Loading Screen: Tony Hawk's Missing Features In Upcoming "Remake"
Audiences haven't been thrilled to find out that Activision are cutting corners with the upcoming Tony Hawk remake seeming more like 3 + 3.5 than 3 +4.
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Loading Screen: Discord's Next Move Could Mean Enshittification
Discord might be going public, and that means a need to keep investors happy, but users are already concerned about the enshittification of the popular app.
Reports
Call Of Duty Just Monetized Dying
Activision's grasping hand of greed has now extended as far as giving you purchase opportunities when you die in Call of Duty.
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Loading Screen: Indie Devs Announce Release Date, Studio Closure
Two weeks before launch, the developer of Reignbreaker announced they were being shut down by their owner.
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Loading Screen: Activision's Lying AI Marketing
Activision just revealed new Crash Bandicoot, Guitar Hero, and Call of Duty games via AI-generated adverts! Except they didn't really, because it's not just the artwork that's fake.
Reports
Monster Hunter Wilds' PC Problems
Capcom's biggest ever success came at a price for PC players, and that might not have been an accident.
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Loading Screen: Xbox 360 Games Preservation Unleashed
A major breakthrough in game preservation might have come about because Sega hasn't ported one of the most maligned Sonic games to PC. Thanks Sega.
Opinion
Upcoming Games: A Monumental March
This month, we've got massive AAA's like Assassin's Creed alongside new genre competitors like inZOI and highly anticipated games like Split Fiction. Let's dig in.