Riot's Two-Step Plan To Success: 1. Fire Staff. 2. Add Gacha!
Riot just laid off the most impactful artists on the League of Legends team. Less than 24 hours later they dropped some of the most egregious gacha mechanics into LoL yet.
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Next-Gen Console Makers Are Facing A Major Crisis
It's over 12 years since the PS4/Xbox One gen of consoles launched. Old enough to be prepping for the halls of retro appreciation. But instead, they're still the baseline target for the biggest new titles... Games as a medium have hit a standstill; something must change.
Loading Screen: Larian Back Down On Generative AI Use
"...to ensure there is no room for doubt, we’ve decided to refrain from using genAI tools..." The Larian CEO is backtracking.
Have Larian Successfully Fumbled Generated Goodwill?
They won Game of the Year with Baldur's Gate III two years ago. Their CEO "won" the Game Awards with his "put the team first" speech a year ago. Of course, then, Larian's Swen Vincke honoured the streak by going all in on GenAI?! What really happened?
This Midnight B-Plot Promises A Warcraft-y Future
"Draenei" means the exiled ones. What, then, do we call these new draenei exiled once more? Regardless, this side quest expands the universe in a perfect Warcraft-y way.