Editor's Note #7: Gaming Junk Food
Its in the title! Sometimes games don't technically seem good enough to justify how much people play them, so what is it that keeps bringing them back?
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Loading Screen: Backlash Forces Generative AI From Game
Outrage just forced Frontier Developments to pull generative AI from their next game, but the same trick might not work on everyone.
It Was A "Keighley" Strange Season Of Video Game Reveals...
Amongst the ashes of E3 remains Geoff Keighley and the season of announcements built around his Summer Game Fest. Recent years have been an inconsistent, if at least admirable, attempt to emulate the E3 showcases of old. This year, in its muted nature, might be a sign of things to come.
Loading Screen: Xbox Is Going To Fire More Staff
It's the end of Microsoft's financial year, and that means that Xbox staff are going to be sacrificed to make the line go up.
With Nightreign's Genre Shift, Have FromSoft Gone Mad?
Their ARPG formula earned them 5+ GOTY contenders within a decade and their own subgenre. Now? FromSoft, they who defined the "Souls-like", have ditched much of their formula to drop a pseudo-roguelite, PvE co-op title with Battle Royale elements? It's certainly one way of building for the future.