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Today, we've got Take Two telling the press that they won't put GTA6 on Game Pass because they're "rational", while Sega are seemingly also making good decisions as they get praise while delisting a Sonic game. Plus this week's upcoming games and the weekend reading!
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Ad Free Video! You can take the developer out of Blizzard, but you can't take Blizzard out of the developer. A Steam review for Stormgate mincing no words in their disappointment. The loudest criticism though isn’t even about the game itself. It’s about a team of ex Blizzard developers.
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In a shocking move, we have good news. Hi-Fi Rush and its developer Tango Gameworks will in fact live on to make more games - and it's all thanks to the PUBG publisher Krafton.
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Ubisoft are still trying to make NFTs happen - and now Rayman's involved. Meanwhile DOOM is getting brand new updates in 2024 and Ready At Dawn have suffered the consequences of Meta's VR slowdown.
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Ad Free Video! There’s a NEW Blizzard team. Microsoft have commissioned a whole new team to explore the company’s IP and produce AA scale games again. Meanwhile, the Olympics have decided to replace Mario and Sonic with NFT Mobile Games. All this and more.
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Fortnite has ditched FOMO! Kind of, as the live service leader tries to balance a need to make more money with demands from fans for more content. Warner Bros are trying something similar in the wake of massive losses, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're selling their games division.
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AD Free Video! Recently there's been a lot of talk about Stop Killing Games and their attempts to bring a new public initiative to the European Commission - one that could see the EU set rules for how live service game end their service. So let's break it down - and address *how* this all works.
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It's rare we get to see an example as clear as this - but thanks to a new interview, we now can make a good guess at the exact decision making that led to The Callisto Protocol's quality.
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Ad Free Video! Remember in April, Prison Architect 2 was delayed by Paradox? And then Double Eleven was publicly replaced by Co-developer Kokku a week later? We thought the odds of this new team taking over for release was unlikely. Now, we’ve got an indefinite delay.
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A $10 Hero purchase on day one of paid early access would be bad enough, but fans feel worse about it coming from ex-Blizzard devs. Stormgate's launch hasn't gone well, so let's break it down.
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What happens when your Publisher collapses just after you release your game? One indie developer has been finding out and it's not pretty. But elsewhere in the industry, the creators of GMod are testing their followup software - and they have their eye on a future competing with Roblox and Unity.
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Game Informer is dead - and a truly callous corporate owner is to blame for a closure that was cruel on multiple levels. Elsewhere in the industry, the value of an experienced press has been proven yet again - as mistranslations lead to chaos online.