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Ad Free Video! The Transformers are in Overwatch. WWE in Call of Duty. XDefiant has anime weapon skins. Among Us? It has a Critical Role crossover. We all get it: deals equal money. But do we really need it?
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Ad Free Video! Gamers are hooked on advanced access. Most large budget games seem to have it now, and it’s almost always targeted at the pre-release weekend. What would you rather do? Play a new game all weekend, just like the good old days, or play during the week, when time is precious?
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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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Ad Free Video! Deadlock restrictions have been lifted, Blue Shift is back, and Valve are banning keyboard features.
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Ad Free Video My breakdown of why Concord failed to capture audiences.
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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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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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Ad Free Video! Did executive meddling hurt The Callisto Protocol? The end result ultimately didn't land the way that Striking Distance intended. But what if it had come out when it was meant to? And what if it had come out the way the developers intended?
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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.
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Ad Free Video! Black Myth: Wukong is an absurd success, The most played single player game on Steam before most of the Western World even woke up, and all that’s from a Chinese team of indie devs with a fairy tale story of ditching their AAA jobs to make what they wanted.
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Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 is being delayed (yet again) as Paradox refuse to gamble on any release going wrong - while Epic's gamble might not be paying off as they no longer have Borderlands as an Epic Games Store exclusive.
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How bad does something have to go for you to walk away after months of work? This is the story of an already successful indie game, Haak. And how 14 months of work went down the drain, and a game is now denied to Xbox players because of corporate oversights.