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Loading Screen: A Rockstar Tells Rockstar "Go F**k Yourself"
Today we've got out-of-touch Sony Execs, an indie team somehow surviving their corporate overlords and Rockstar getting harsh words from a rockstar.
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Loading Screen: Baldur's Gate 3's Modding Tools Get Modded and AMD Won't Take On Nvidia's Flagship Cards
Today Baldur's Gate 3 modders have already cracked open Larian's tools to make their own campaigns, AMD will no longer take the fight to Nvidia at the top of the card space, and we bring you the best of this week's upcoming games - and writing.
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Loading Screen: Alan Wake's Licensed Nightmare and Helldivers' Future Illuminated
Remedy is struggling with Alan Wake music licenses again, but this time there'll be no delisting of beloved games. Meanwhile, Arrowhead has shown off the future of Helldivers, but maybe illuminated more than they intended to. Plus this week's Weekend Recommend: Astro Bot!
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Loading Screen: Sony's "Original IP" Problem and Paradox's Content Consolidation
Days after Concord went so badly, Sony's CFO is giving interviews saying the company needs more "original IP", while Paradox is trying something new by making their games more valuable to players with free DLC.
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Loading Screen: Concord Unreleased, $90 Indie MTX, and $6 Xbox JPEGs
Today, Concord's been pulled from sale as Playstation goes back to the drawing board, we've got an Indie trying to sell $90 MTX bundles and we've got Xbox trying to charge $6 for some old JPEGS.
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Loading Screen: Valve Can Do Acquisitions Too and Xbox "Don't Care" About Indies
Today Valve have doubled down on their new practice of actually developing games by acquiring the team behind Risk of Rain, while Xbox's back end has managed to annoy another indie developer enough that they'll no longer be publishing a game on the platform.
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Loading Screen: Greedfall Studio Strikes, Rocksteady Layoffs, Visions of Mana Dev Gutted and Activision Union Reprisals
The games industry is on fire. Developers are striking, studios are closing, unions are agitating and layoffs are hitting hard. Let's make sense of it all together.
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Loading Screen: The Indie Game Death Cycle
Are we about to enter a new golden age for indie games? Or are we just in a death cycle that will leave great games lost in the wreckage?
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Loading Screen: How Much Is DLC Worth Anyway?
How much do you feel DLC should be worth? $1? $5? $10? Most times for devs, it feels like trying to hit a moving target - and if you miss or hit you're going to just annoy your audience regardless.
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Loading Screen: Exclusive Games Will Not Survive
A deep dive today to start the week! Exclusive games just simply aren't feasible anymore. As we see more and more games become multi-platform or cross ported, can any hold on to singular platform status?
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Loading Screen: Amazon Games "Don't Really Have Acting" and Ubisoft Is Letting Indies Play With Their Toys
According to Amazon Games boss Christoph Hartmann, their games don't have acting! Someone should tell them their credits are full of voice actors and mocap artists. Elsewhere, Ubisoft seems to be trying something new with old IP, handing it to proven indies and letting them cook.
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Loading Screen: 8 Years Of "Development" For Concord and Arc Raiders Goes Pay To Play
As Concord prepares for launch, the developers reflect on 8 years of development which is especially impressive considering the studio has only existed for 6. Elsewhere, Embark Studios aren't doubling down - with The Finals player numbers dropping, their next game Arc Raiders won't be Free to Play.