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Today, a little walk through the process of story selection for reporting, how that gets approached depending on circumstances - and then the issues that can happen when the smell test doesn't get used fast enough. Because No. Tencent aren't buying Dungeons and Dragons.
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Today Spec Ops: The Line is being delisted over something as petty as licensing rights, Sega are next in the layoff queue and Destiny 2 is losing a beloved Game Director.
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Blizzard has a new president, so let's break down where she's come from - and what sort of role she's walking into. Meanwhile Sony's lawyers have brought the trick weapons down on the fanmade Bloodborne kart - but they're going to persevere nonetheless!
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Embracer Group are the villains today again, as is time, as per a Square Enix producer, and Rocksteady's Suicide Squad is off to a fittingly poor start given the game's title. Honestly, I'm just tired.
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Apple have opened up the mobile streaming market (after some pressure from the EU) but Tim Sweeney is still mad, we've got a new entrant in the Game Closure announcement hall of fame and Xbox aren't the only company laying folks off - so let's not let Embracer off the hook.
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Harsh news today as the expected layoffs have come following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. 1900 Staff have been laid off, primarily from ABK, with more from Xbox divisions.
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Today Fntastic have returned for one parting shot at the critics of The Day Before, Call of Duty shows us that if they try they can de-toxify their community and why did Focus Interactive choose the worst name for their rebrand?
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A pair of review roundups leads today - as we cover the astonishing reaction both Tekken 8 and Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, but elsewhere in the game industry, the framework that supports every studio is starting to show wear from the disruption of all these layoffs.
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Today Halo Infinite ends the seasonal model, Fortnite's Terms and Conditions have defeated the British Army and we round up some great writing about games - including the first reviews of a heartbreaking Sundance Documentary that features WoW Machinima.
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Today, Xbox's Developer Direct may have revealed more than they intended about the future strategy for releases on their consoles, while Sony are deep in the digital future and trying to stay ahead of consumer problems.
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Today Embracer might be closing another studio, but not before they get one last payday from them, Ubisoft have revealed a brand new game that's also somehow six years old and pulled from Steam and Rock Band starts a farewell tour with it's final updates.
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More layoffs across the industry today, while at Colossal Order, devs are warning players that they won't tolerate toxicity aimed at them or at other players. But in better news, there's a cute dog playing video games way better than most of us could.