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Video: Upcoming Games March 2024
Ad Free Video! The year is in full swing, and March of 2024 is going to see some of the biggest launches we can imagine... so far.
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Loading Screen: The Live Service Games Warner Bros. Wish They Had Instead Of Suicide Squad
The headlines are clear: Warner Bros looked at Suicide Squad and decided that despite everything - they want more live services. But when we looked at the source of that statement, it turns out it's so much worse.
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Last Epoch - The ARPG For Diablo Fans From Diablo Fans
Last Epoch has finally released from Early Access to acclaim, record player numbers and a thrilled fanbase. The ARPG renaissance has begun as games like Last Epoch releasing mean ARPG fans can play a game tailored exactly for them.
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Video: Nintendo Strikes Against Emulation!
Ad Free Video! Emulator developer Tropic Haze have settled $2.4m with Nintendo after the Switch developer used it’s legal weight to effectively remove one of the biggest Switch and 3DS emulators from existence.
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Loading Screen: No Microtransactions = No Development, But Also Microtransactions = Sad Kids
A double bill of microtransaction stories today as TemTem developer Crema sunsets their premium store and monetisation as they wind down development of the game, while researchers have gathered evidence that microtransactions are making games worse for everybody, starting from childhood.
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Nintendo Strikes Against Emulation
“We hope our actions will be a small step towards ending piracy of all creator’s works” - the statement from emulator developer Tropic Haze following a $2.4m settlement with Nintendo after the Switch developer used it’s legal weight to remove one of the biggest Switch/3DS emulators from existence.
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Video: They Escaped The Clutches of Their AAA Overlords
Ad Free Video! Corporate Overlords are being overthrown as Toys for Bob, Saber Interactive and Gearbox Entertainment are reportedly in the process of negotiating their independence from the megacorps that have made the lives of their developers hell.
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Loading Screen: The Gambling Game That Isn't, The Dead Studio Revived and More!
Ratings boards shenanigans have left a hyper popular card game unavailable for purchase after they confused Card Games and Gambling, while the studio behind a hyper popular roguelike may have been saved from the brink of destruction - plus industry check ins!
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Is This How We Fix Game Launches?
Would you spend $60 on an unfinished game - in the hopes that in a year or two, it’s significantly better? Some people would say that you already do. But today we look at a curious trend that publishers are committing to - where they might be learning lessons from last year's messy launches.
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Editor's Note #8: Spinning Off Or Out Of Control?
In years gone by it felt like every popular game was getting a plethora of spin-offs in every genre! Will we ever find ourselves in a similar era of spin-offs again?
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Video: EA Lays Off 670 More Staff
Ad Free Video! 670 Layoffs in one go - as EA decide to clean up their balance sheet, killing a studio they only established two years ago, and ending development on a Star Wars FPS before it even makes it out of the prototype stage. It’s a brutal range of cuts.
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Loading Screen: These Three Developers Escaped Their AAA Overlords
On a Leap Day, ancient Irish tradition dictates that customs can be flipped - like that women can traditionally propose marriage to men. Turns out that another custom is that apparently Games Companies can actually excise themselves from their corporate overlords.