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Today's accidental theme: Nostalgia! Click-to-move controls dying, when games released quick enough to be relevant, and a lick of familiar sax to give your nostalgic sadness an outlet.
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1 million? Rookie numbers! In truth, this is secretly a newsletter about a positive future for games.
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EA, in a shocking turn of events, are turning down a stack of cash. It would cost too much money, or something? Mark Darrah, ex-BioWare producer, explained why in excruciating detail. Here you go!
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The aftershocks of Xbox's mass layoffs and cancellations rumble on. We're just starting to see the full impact as even more games get cancelled.
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All PlayStation wants to talk about is their great balance sheet, but all their investors want to talk about is Marathon. It's not very fair.
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Steam refused to release a promising indie horror game on seemingly arbitrary terms, after being spooked by payment processors. The dev isn't letting that stop them.
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All the drawbacks of a physical game, and a digital game - Nintendo's Game Key Cards haven't been well recieved. Which is why fans were excited about surveys where they could make their anger clear. But the story might not be so clear cut.
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Fired executives, six years of development time and threats of layoffs. But we're still far away from the next BioShock game.
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It turns out the secret weapon for BF6 won't be anything EA builds. It'll be what you end up building for them.
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477,000 sales mean that Monster Hunter: Wilds has hit a wall, as the total copies sold only increased by 5% since February.
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As the tide shifts in an industry hungry for more revenue, EA aren't willing to risk selling $80 games. They don't seem to think they need to.
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Tencent asked PlayStation if they could make a Horizon game. PlayStation said no. Tencent made a game that looked like Horizon. PlayStation asked them to stop. Tencent said no. Now the lawyers are out for blood.