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Cloud gaming has been repeatedly raised up by executives across the industry as "the future" for nearly TWO decades (remember Gaikai?!). Now, with hardware prices skyrocketing, can cloud gaming "platforms" find a path to carving out a meaningful corner of the industry?
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RuneScape was becoming one of the most heavily monetised games of its kind. Then, last year, Jagex announced they were gutting almost all of the dark patterns at play, replacing them with... nothing? Today, to no surprise, profit is down. Will they hold their nerve?
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Even for genAI work, this is some top-grade slop... yet Epic's Tim Sweeney is proposing it's the future of Fortnite? Really?!
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Ten Thousand Strong voiced their frustrations under a single game trailer. The vocal audience is not happy with Sony for dropping physical discs going forward. Despite this, there will almost be no backtrack from PlayStation!
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They're fine! That's what the surviving devs under XBOX keep telling us. Their 100s of lost colleagues were great and all, but they weren't doing anything important enough to stop them making New Entry In IP You Love... Consume Content Please. They swear everything's ok!
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The return of naval & Titan (different Titans!) warfare is just around the corner, and it's the strongest an entry of EA's flagship shooter has looked this far into its lifespan in maybe 15 years? It seems DICE/Battlefield Studios finally learned from the past.
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Blizzard did a little oopsie. They left an icon in the 12.1 PTR build. That icon tells us exactly what 12.2's going to be. Welcome to Patch 12.2: The Worldcore.
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Days after your game goes viral, there are scores of copycat pretenders flooding game marketplaces. Meccha Chameleon was blessed with 15 million sales, but not all devs will be so lucky when it happens!
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EA revived the College Football series just two years ago. They're already trying to exploit and ruin its massive, runaway success. Players fought back... they're winning.
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Fans aren't happy. Ubisoft made a great remake that they like, but they're not happy. All over monetisation efforts that, on the surface, seem truly baffling!
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Epic Games' Tim Sweeney is NOT happy... Half-assed on Valve's part it may be, but Steam's AI disclosure policy is having the desired effect. Players are skipping games with GenAI used in their development in serious numbers.
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You will not be surprised. You might get competence... XBOX want to only give you the things you know, and they expect you to LOVE it.