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Loading Screen: PC Gaming's New Saviour - Xbox! Well, Maybe.
Xbox save you (maybe, eventually) from the dreaded Unreal Engine 5. Maybe. Plus, Square Enix execute a beloved mod. Why? VERY good question.
Matt Lagan
Writer of everything. On the Warcraft side - guides, lore, news & videos. On news - backup Loading Screen writer, the odd review & opinion piece.
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Loading Screen: Silksong's Development Story Will SHOCK You! (And, I Hope, Save The Industry)
I'm sure there's other news for me to cover... but that can wait until tomorrow. We've all gotten very good at waiting, thanks to today's story. It's my genuine pleasure to publish this.
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Midnight Cinematic Breakdown
A 27 minute breakdown of the Midnight cinematic. Watch this and you'll know what's going down, even if you've been away for a while.
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Loading Screen: Gamescom ONL Was Only A "B"...? The Stats Behind It All
Opening Night Live was interesting. I mostly liked it, but it turns out, I'm in a small group. So, I spent all of today working on a spreadsheet to figure out why viewers didn't like ONL.
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Loading Screen: Steam's 'Protecting' You From Chinese Reviews
Steam just did the least Steam thing imaginable. They hid information from you. They're artificially inflating review scores. No, I'm not exaggerating.
Warcraft News
Legion Remix Looks Like A Whole Patch By Itself (And 11.2 Is Fixed, Mostly)
Legion Remix is a whole patch by itself, Midnight teaser teases more Horde suffering, Ret Palas are crying a lot and the game is good now. So much news!
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Loading Screen: "Ubislop" Is Real, And Older Than You Think
As it turns out, 'Ubislop' is older than many of the kids responsible for the industry being, well, how it is and where it's going. Which I'll get into in this Loading Screen, too!
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What Sword? Now, It's When Sword
"The resolution of the sword...actually, that's a 13 thing...it's a doozy...I would even say 'you are not prepared' for that moment." We know how it ends... but how do we actually get there? And what was it all about?
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Loading Screen: Post-Launch Story Change Cripples Game
Censorship comes in many forms. This time, it destroyed an entire game's plot. I learned a lot about Chinese history today, so I hope you do too!
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Loading Screen: Games Are Too Cheap, Says Former Sony Head
The industry's dangling over lava, and it only has itself to blame. We get to watch!
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The Horde Sucks & Players Are Noticing
Where did the Horde go? Where's the strength? The honour? The ZUG-ZUG!?
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Loading Screen: Sorry Old PC Gamers, WASD Is The Future
Today's accidental theme: Nostalgia! Click-to-move controls dying, when games released quick enough to be relevant, and a lick of familiar sax to give your nostalgic sadness an outlet.