How Licensing Ruined Video Games
Why have brand deals, tie in skins and franchise takeovers become the core product in almost every game? Is nothing allowed to just have it's own aesthetic any more?
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Loading Screen: Bungie Breaks Marathon Silence, Shows Very Little
Bungie has broken 18 months of silence with an update on their extraction shooter revival for Marathon, but they didn't have a lot to say. Per leaks, that wasn't necessarily by choice.
Huge Class Buffs & Nerfs, What’s Next For Warcraft & Hallow’s End 2024
Blizzard is picking up the pieces from 11.0.5’s launch, Hallow’s End just went live with a set of terrific new rewards, and we figure out what’s next for The War Within.
Loading Screen: New DLC For Old Games To Save Paradox
18 months after announcing an end to paid DLC, Cities Skylines just got a brand new DLC. And all while its successor is still in the middle of its resurgent arc. Certainly feels like Paradox broke the emergency glass.
The Games Industry Won't Preserve Its History
Games are fun, and that's why the US Government won't treat them like any other artform worthy of study. At least, until the games industry says that won't risk their profits.