Runescape Looked Like It Was Going To Gouge Players
Venture capitalists buy a game, and the devs start asking what increased prices players would pay. It's a classic story, but much like the last time we heard it, players have rebelled.
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We Now Know Where Steam's Hardware Vanished
It doesn't look like we're getting the new Steam Machines in the first half of the year as promised. Valve had been silent, but now we know why.
Loading Screen: Bungie Written Down By PlayStation For $765M
Marathon couldn't save Bungie from PlayStation's expectations. After being bought for $3.6 billion, perhaps nothing could.
No Winners Here As Nacon Butchers Their Own Dev Teams
Nacon are immune to good press. Selling pirated copies of games they have no rights to, laying off staff at solidly successful teams for their own failed book-balancing, and ignoring the business models that work for the teams they own. Yet they insist on limping on at others' expense. £#*% Nacon.
Loading Screen: "Sabotage", "Piss-Stinkers" and "Superfluous" Employees Striking At Union Dodging Publisher
Another French studio is facing layoffs under Nacon, and staff are happily airing their grievances ahead of strikes.