Is Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree really too hard?
The big question from the weekend, how can one of the most highly anticipated games, from the most trusted developers, have a 65% user review rating on Steam after it's launch?
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Loading Screen: Microsoft Asked Xbox To Do The Impossible
Microsoft asked Xbox to proportionally make as much profit as Nintendo, and three times as much as PlayStation. And then they started cutting.
Activision Keeps Caving To Call Of Duty's Loudest Players
They said players didn't want it, that things would never go back to how they were... Despite that, Activision (scared by BF6?) have not only rolled back "Fortnite-/enshitification" of their cosmetics, but they've gone ahead and removed Skill-Based Matchmaking AND disbanding lobbies too?!
The European Pushback On MTX Regulation
In April, the EU tried to regulate in-game monetisation. Six months later, the EU games industry is trying to warn just how badly it could go.
Loading Screen: Payday 2 Just Came Back From The Dead. Again.
Two years after the last patch, twelve years after launch, Starbreeze just handed the keys to Payday 2 to a bunch of modders.