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Loading Screen: The De-Fortnite-ification Begins
Dreams of Fortnification are coming to an end. For now, at least. Meanwhile, nightmares under Microsoft continue.
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Loading Screen: Silksong Swings In Like A Scythe
Silksong releasing so suddenly is so exciting! Surely, it can't have kicked off a cascading nightmare of delays threatening indie games, right? Well...
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Loading Screen: Dreamhaven's Having Nightmares, And Aren't We All?
Dreamhaven, once full of promise, failed to make a splash. Now, they're drowning. In search for an answer, I went way, way overboard and got personal. I do not apologise.
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Loading Screen: PC Gaming's New Saviour - Xbox! Well, Maybe.
Xbox save you (maybe, eventually) from the dreaded Unreal Engine 5. Maybe. Plus, Square Enix execute a beloved mod. Why? VERY good question.
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Loading Screen: Silksong's Development Story Will SHOCK You! (And, I Hope, Save The Industry)
I'm sure there's other news for me to cover... but that can wait until tomorrow. We've all gotten very good at waiting, thanks to today's story. It's my genuine pleasure to publish this.
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Loading Screen: Gamescom ONL Was Only A "B"...? The Stats Behind It All
Opening Night Live was interesting. I mostly liked it, but it turns out, I'm in a small group. So, I spent all of today working on a spreadsheet to figure out why viewers didn't like ONL.
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Loading Screen: Steam's 'Protecting' You From Chinese Reviews
Steam just did the least Steam thing imaginable. They hid information from you. They're artificially inflating review scores. No, I'm not exaggerating.
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Loading Screen: "Ubislop" Is Real, And Older Than You Think
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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Loading Screen: Post-Launch Story Change Cripples Game
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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Loading Screen: Games Are Too Cheap, Says Former Sony Head
The industry's dangling over lava, and it only has itself to blame. We get to watch!
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Loading Screen: Sorry Old PC Gamers, WASD Is The Future
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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Loading Screen: "Unsatisfied" With 1 Million Players
1 million? Rookie numbers! In truth, this is secretly a newsletter about a positive future for games.