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Satya Nadella's Microsoft doesn't care about the success of individual studios, projects or the staff who produce them. Xbox as a whole is simply another line item on a spreadsheet, one that, in sacrifice to the line gods, was butchered once again. It's been a rough week.
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Claims that MindsEye is being sabotaged and that the next Battlefield could hit 100 million players have us asking if video game execs are okay.
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As more than 1 million people ask the EU to preserve video games, EA just announced Anthems' end-of-life update.
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It's December 13th 2018. The team of renowned Minecraft modders behind Hypixel have just unveiled Hytale, their standalone fantasy-themed Minecraft competitor. Over 6.5 years, a Riot Games buyout, $100s of millions + 61,499,705 views later? It's dead.
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Xbox just pulled funding on a new shooter from the father of FPS games, and they're not the only publisher leaving indies high and dry.
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Xbox has been decimated, with sweeping layoffs, studio closures and game cancellations. All because the line didn't go up fast enough.
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Despite the best intentions, it seemed the "Stop Killing Games" initiative was doomed to fizzle out and fail. Not so! The power of (arguably unrelated!) internet drama has clutched a victory from the jaws of defeat supporters resigned themselves to months ago!
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Leadership at Subnautica developer Unknown Worlds had been there for decades. Now their corporate overlord has replaced them, so Subnautica 2 ships sooner.
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Players believe that Ready or Not's developer has bowed to censorship, four years after standing against it.
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July is jam-packed with AA games and Indies, with sequels, spiritual successors and lots of promise. Let's see what's on offer!
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Well received narrative hit The Alters is in hot water today, not just for generative AI allegations, but for not disclosing them to buyers.
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Sony had BIG plans for PlayStation and they weren't quiet about them... They would have Call of Duty at home multiple times over and Microsoft could stick it! Now? Ex-CEO Jim Ryan has been firmly thrown under the bus. Plans. Have. Changed.