The Bellular daily gaming newsletter, bringing you everything you need to know, 5 days a week, Monday to Friday.
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As it turns out, 'Ubislop' is older than many of the kids responsible for the industry being, well, how it is and where it's going. Which I'll get into in this Loading Screen, too!
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Censorship comes in many forms. This time, it destroyed an entire game's plot. I learned a lot about Chinese history today, so I hope you do too!
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The industry's dangling over lava, and it only has itself to blame. We get to watch!
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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.