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Runescape Can't Go On Like This
Runescape just announced MTX changes that will lose developer Jagex money. And that's the point, because they'd rather lose money than players.
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Stop Killing Games: What's Next?
With 1.3 million signatures in the EU and 181,000 signatures in the UK, Stop Killing Games has provoked a dismal response from the industry. But the next response from Governments will be much more important.
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These Games Defied Valve, And Got Away With It?!
Whether you're a Valve employee, developer or customer, Steam's an expansive, labyrinthine beast to contend with at the best of times... but it works. Valve's guidelines keep it that way, so when big names defy the rules? It's a slippery slope for Gabe Newell & team if they don't respond decisively!
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Loading Screen: Did Xbox Expose Their Users To Hacks?
The bad news is that Xbox just pulled a game from Game Pass on PC because it was putting users at risk of hacking. The worse news is that it was one of their own games.
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We Stopped Destroying Games, What's Next?
The petitions passed, the industry responded, and the Stop Killing Games movement is only getting started.
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They Broke Steam's Rules
Two games just launched on Steam while breaking the rules of Valve's platform. If they don't follow them, does anyone else have to?
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Loading Screen: The Xbox Game Pass Conundrum
"an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry" - Game Pass's critiques this week seemed to gain ground, as questions of profitability surfaced.
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EA Just Proved The Need For Stop Killing Games... With Anthem?!
It's been half a decade since BioWare's ill-fated Anthem dominated headlines - all while nurturing the growth of an upstart YouTube channel you might know of - right up until it died its second death. Amidst the Stop Killing Games movement? Somehow, Anthem returned... for its final death.
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Loading Screen: The Industry Responds To Stop Destroying Games
“prohibitively expensive” and “curtailing developer choice”. The industry's response to Stop Destroying Games is everything we expected.
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They Did Things The "Right" Way And Failed Anyway
Clair Obsur: Expedition 33 has defined the conversation surrounding game dev funding over recent times. Its studio's "back of the box" features were celebrated as the way to go. Alzara: Radiant Echoes followed that blueprint, but now their dev, Studio Camelia is dead. What happened?
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Microsoft: This Was Just Cruel.
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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Loading Screen: Video Game Executives Might Not Be Okay
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.