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Loading Screen: Please Buy Our Game, Say Laid-Off Indie Developers
These indie devs may have been fired, but they still want you to buy Possessor(s) on launch, because layoffs aren't quite so simple at that scale.
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Amazon Just Abandoned Their Biggest Game
It might seem laughable, but for "15+ years", Amazon have been trying, and failing, to challenge Steam. Now, after having their first moderate in-house success with their MMO New World, they're throwing it all away, for yet another directional pivot. Oh, and a GenAI Snoop Dogg chatbot! Seriously.
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Loading Screen: US Backtracks On Pokémon Patent
Nintendo's controversial US patent on summoning Pokémon is under new scrutiny... from the people that just approved it.
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Loading Screen: Rockstar's "Union Busting" Allegations
More than 30 devs fired from Rockstar, and the union they were working with are claiming foul play.
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Upcoming Games: A Knockout November
The hits keep coming as the year starts to draw to a close, so don't miss out on any of the biggest (or smallest) cool games to come.
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Making Sense Of Duckov's Eggstravagant Success
A title that sounds like a parody meme. Military-themed, but everyone's a duck. One of Steam's fastest-selling games. Let's try to make that last point make sense... and consider how far gone the days of Steam being an effectively Western-only platform are in the process.
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Valve Wants To Revitalize Games Marketing
None of us needs reminding that Steam is the de facto home of PC gaming, but with that, and the 30% cut they take in mind, Valve has taken it upon themselves to attempt to fix one of PC gaming's largest issues... actually getting new games noticed without shedloads spent on marketing. Will it work?
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Loading Screen: Players Just Killed Runescape's Business Model
100,000 players just made Runescape change their entire business model.
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Loading Screen: Nintendo Loses Patent Battle, Continues War
Nintendo and Pokémon just lost their first Patent fight to Pocketpair and Palworld. And they have Ark: Survival Evolved to thank.
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Steam Wants To Fix Game Marketing
In a year where we've got more good games than ever, Steam wants to make sure you don't miss your next favourite.
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Payday 2 Is Gearing Up To Keep Heisting
Two years after its "Final Update", Payday 2 not only received a notable patch, but a brand new (small) dedicated dev team. With Payday 3 still undergoing a major rework, we try to make sense of Starbreeze's rationale behind renewing work on their 12-year-old Heister...
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Loading Screen: Amazon Kills New World, MMO Development
It's the end of New World as we know it, and Amazon feels fine.