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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Days after Concord went so badly, Sony's CFO is giving interviews saying the company needs more "original IP", while Paradox is trying something new by making their games more valuable to players with free DLC.
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Today, Concord's been pulled from sale as Playstation goes back to the drawing board, we've got an Indie trying to sell $90 MTX bundles and we've got Xbox trying to charge $6 for some old JPEGS.
Reports
A game that is no longer being made by the original developers, that seemingly had new content pushed out way too early, and which is getting massive backlash from long-term fans. We need to talk about the Risk of Rain situation and how messy the whole thing is.
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Today Valve have doubled down on their new practice of actually developing games by acquiring the team behind Risk of Rain, while Xbox's back end has managed to annoy another indie developer enough that they'll no longer be publishing a game on the platform.
Reports
Twenty five thousand sales worldwide. Those are the analyst estimates on how badly Concord’s launch has gone for PlayStation. But as the smoke starts to clear, and the questions start to be asked - was this always going to be the case?
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The games industry is on fire. Developers are striking, studios are closing, unions are agitating and layoffs are hitting hard. Let's make sense of it all together.
Reports
They've gone from eight million players in launch week to reports of under twenty thousand across all platforms - it's not looking good for XDefiant and Ubisoft.
Opinion
An overstuffed and super-sized edition of Upcoming Games! Over 20+ games for you to peruse in nearly every genre. Hopefully you'll find something to tickle your fancy.
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Are we about to enter a new golden age for indie games? Or are we just in a death cycle that will leave great games lost in the wreckage?
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How much do you feel DLC should be worth? $1? $5? $10? Most times for devs, it feels like trying to hit a moving target - and if you miss or hit you're going to just annoy your audience regardless.
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A deep dive today to start the week! Exclusive games just simply aren't feasible anymore. As we see more and more games become multi-platform or cross ported, can any hold on to singular platform status?
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According to Amazon Games boss Christoph Hartmann, their games don't have acting! Someone should tell them their credits are full of voice actors and mocap artists. Elsewhere, Ubisoft seems to be trying something new with old IP, handing it to proven indies and letting them cook.