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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.
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Loading Screen: NFS Rumoured To Be Latest EA Casualty
30 years of releases mean nothing in the face of EA's demand for massive hits, as the Need for Speed series is reportedly put on ice.
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Loading Screen: SAG-AFTRA Finally Won
Raises, safety precautions and complete control over how their voices will be used for Generative AI tools. SAG-AFTRA managed to get everything they wanted for their members.
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Loading Screen: Subnautica 2 Delay Might Cost Staff $250 Million
Everything's better, down where it's wetter, under the sea, unless you work at Unknown Worlds on Subnautica 2, in which case, allegations are flying that Krafton just denied you your piece of a $250m bonus.