Loading Screen: Silent Hill f's Censorship Confusion
Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, except... it really wasn't. Confusion has surged as Australia's history of banning games has folks worried.
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Loading Screen: The Law Comes For Premium Currency
The EU just laid down the law on premium currency and FOMO practices. This could be the start of a massive change in games.
Shadows Defied All Expectations
Assassin's Creed Shadows is on track to be the best-selling game in the series. Good thing, because Ubisoft have more riding on that game than just sales.
They Produced Indie Darlings. Then They Bet Big. It Cost Them Their Soul.
Checking Thunderful Publishing's Steam page, you'll find a short but sweet list of (often Very) Positively received titles. Their leadership didn't think this was close to enough, having far greater ambitions. Over the past half-decade, those ambitions have cost them almost everything!
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Xbox's plans for the future might have leaked, and they tease a new system where Steam (and everyone else) are under the Xbox umbrella on PC.
Too Many Games On Steam?
Steam has more than 19k games released yearly since they allowed Generative AI. Is the slop taking over?
Loading Screen: Assassin's Creed Devs Thwart Plans Of Japanese Politician
A day one patch for Assassin's Creed Shadows is less about stopping bugs, and more about stopping the plans of one Japanese Politician.
WoW’s ‘Best’ Content Is Back
Yeah, “best’. Without BfA’s nonsense holding them back, Horrific Visions Revisited are incredible. Here’s the rundown.
Do Ubisoft Finally Have An Answer To Their Shareholder's Threats?
The wolves have been at the door for Ubisoft (and their founding family, the Guillemots) for quite some time now. Just ahead of the release of AC Shadows, it seems they at least think they've found a solution.
Loading Screen: Ark Publisher Blasted For Gen AI Trailer
Ark's new expansion got a whole trailer made with generative AI, from the art to the visuals to the voiceover. It's unbelievably crap.
Xal’atath Just Got Owned
WoW's greatest liar, greatest corruptor and greatest thief all want the Dark Heart. Who came out on top? Not Xal’atath.
When Is A Leak Not A Leak?
Leaks are a bad thing, that's why people sign NDAs. So why are Battlefield developers openly discussing leaked footage online with fans?
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Loading Screen: Discord Wants To Replace Your Friends List
Discord wants to replace in-game voice chat and your friends list, and they've got a new free tool for game developers to help them accomplish that.
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Loading Screen: Bobby Kotick Sues Kotaku
Bobby Kotick is concerned about his image, so after a year away from games he's re-established his presence with a lawsuit for an old thorn in his side.
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Ubisoft Attacked By Investors... Again
Ubisoft is keeping secrets, at least according to their most irate shareholders. But as the company gears up for the launch of AC Shadows, some background moves are being made that could change the face of the company forever.
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Physical Games Pricing Is About To Skyrocket!
$500 for a Switch 2, $1000 for a PS5 Pro, your left kidney for a 50 Series GPU. How does that sound to you? With the world in such geopolitical flux right now, some of it could be reality sooner rather than later, so let's try to make sense of it.
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Loading Screen: NetEase Sued For Collapse of Indie Gaming Group
NetEase is getting sued for causing the collapse of an indie studio. But a year ago, the blame was on staff leaking. Who's really at fault here?
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Video Games Haven't Yet Escaped Bobby Kotick
Just over a year after Bobby Kotick finally left Activision, and in turn the video games industry, he's back! With his return he's brought a fascinating revisionist history of his impact on the industry, one free of major issues. Instead? Well, he was obviously a champion of the gamers right?
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The WeakAuras ‘Killer’ Is Here
Blizzard’s answer to WeakAuras: Good enough, or a huge waste of time? The answer might be both.
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Loading Screen: A Handheld Xbox Is Closer Than You Think
Paired reports suggest that Xbox are hurrying their handheld PC plans to market via ASUS in the hopes of grabbing market share before SteamOS takes it all.
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Loading Screen: EA Add Real MTX To Game In Testing
Microtransactions in a closed alpha. What on earth are EA thinking?
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Four New Entries For Major IP Revealed... They're All Fake!
Brand new Crash Bandicoot, Guitar Hero returning and Call of Duty finally getting a standalone Zombies title?! Yes, it's official. Yes, it's all too good to be true, but that's not the worst of it...
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Gaming Is About To Get More Expensive
A global trade standoff means the prices of your games and hardware could increase. More than that, it could also change the face of the games industry forever.
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Loading Screen: The New Game From The Disco Elysium Studio
It's not Disco Elysium 2, but ZA/UM have a new game to show off. The question is whether, after all the controversy, Disco Elysium fans will even care.