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Loading Screen: EA Aren't Selling $80 Games
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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Loading Screen: "Slavish Copy" Sees PlayStation Sue Tencent
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.
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Loading Screen: Collective Shouting Continues
Collective Shout claim responsibility and duck from blame, itch.io prove the slope is VERY slippery, and we might maybe have a solution to work towards. What a week! What do you mean it's only Monday?
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Loading Screen: Toxicity Was Almost Solved*
Alt title: How Putin Stopped One Team From Saving Multiplayer Games Forever. I'm not kidding!
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Loading Screen: Itch.io Was Next On Their List
First, they targeted Steam, and now the payment processors have been directed at Itch.io. A whole generation of independent games and media has just been censored.
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Loading Screen: Microsoft Gives Up On $80 Games
Xbox are backpedalling, as their first attempt to charge $80 for a game is quietly reversed.
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Loading Screen: The Anonymous Threat To Stop Destroying Games
An anonymous complaint has the Stop Destroying Games movement concerned, but with 1.4 million signatures a week before the deadline, they're doing pretty well regardless.
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Loading Screen: Ubisoft Shareholders Are "very unhappy"
Ubisoft's shareholders had questions, and Yves Guillemot had answers, as the company opened up the floor to the public at their AGM.
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Loading Screen: Krafton's Alleged Sabotage Of Subnautica 2
Per the fired leadership, "Krafton engaged in a months-long campaign to delay Subnautica 2’s release." The allegations are damning.
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Loading Screen: There Is No Reward For Success
In which the reward for overwhelming success is a trip to the Jobcentre, and the reward for being a good, efficient worker is... also a trip to the Jobcentre. This one's a bit gloomy.
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Loading Screen: Not Even Gabe Holds All The Power
Valve just added a new rule to Steam, saying they don't decide what gets to be on their store anymore. Someone else does.
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Loading Screen: Unity Just Shut Down Multiplayer Games
Today, I found an unlikely story of how Unity mismanaged a promising project... while they kill off multiplayer games to save a few pennies on server costs.