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Loading Screen: PlayStation's Future: Live Services, "Efficiency" and Expanding Platforms
Marathon's still coming, but PlayStation have learned lessons. Lessons they hope to take advantage of as PlayStation expands.
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Splitgate's Second Coming Put Its Worst Portal Forward
Splitgate 2 should have been the explosive, successful return of one of the pandemic-era's breakout successes. Instead, it's become mired in stacked controversies and apologies. Can 1047 Games recover, or will it need to be 3rd time's the charm for Splitgate?!
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Loading Screen: The Voice Actors Won
The voice-actors union has finally wrested a deal from Activision, Epic and more. But is it too late for some members?
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This Cult Deserves To Keep Preserving Video Games
There's no use denying it, physical games as we knew them are in their final stage of dying. We could mourn them, of course, but the better option could be to platform ventures like Lost in Cult, who aim to bring them back in a fascinating manner!
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Summer Game Fest's Weird Vibes
The vibes were off at Summer Game Fest, as audiences wondered quite where all the biggest games were. The answer is in the last four years.
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Loading Screen: The Human Price Of PlayStation's Live Service Cancellations
One-third of Bend Studio's staff have been laid off, as PlayStation's decisions of five years ago come back to bite the staff.
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Loading Screen: GOG Want Classic Mods To Be Easy
GOG are rolling out yet another scheme, this time to make playing mods for games as easy as buying them.
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From Software’s New Game Is Divisive
Elden Ring Nightreign might not be for everyone, but it's a great sign for From Software's future.
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Sorry CEOs, But Gamers (Mostly) Hate GenAI!
Every major AAA publisher is pushing AI, especially GenAI, at every opportunity. Almost unanimously, players are rejecting it. Now, though, to coincide with their latest push within Unreal Engine, Epic may have found the wedge to gaslight players into accepting the tech, cost-cutting warts and all!
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Loading Screen: SteamOS Competitor Revealed By Xbox
Xbox wants to prove their handheld PC systems can be just as good as SteamOS. By taking inspiration from SteamOS.
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Splitgate 2's Very Bad Weekend
"Make FPS Games Great Again" - Spligate 2's developers shortly before revealing a $34 Cosmetic portal. Not a great look.
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Valve Just Approved Blatant War Propaganda On Steam!
Straight from the headlines, Steam users globally can hop online and grab themselves a tactical experience steeped in... officially sanctioned modern Russian war propaganda?! That might sound far-fetched, but Squad 22: ZOV is far from the first game of its kind on Steam. Will it be the last?