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Video: Paradox Publishing Problems Persist
Ad Free Video! With the news that a Paradox published title is ending updates less than six months after release, we think it’s time to take stock of what’s going on with the publisher.
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Loading Screen: Healthy Game Dev Transparency, Unhealthy Game Dev Practices
A shockingly early look from Fantastic Pixel Games bodes well for the communication from that team on their upcoming MMO while a bombshell report on toxicity, mismanagement and harassment bodes poorly for the future of Deck Nine and Square Enix's Life is Strange.
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Video: SSKTJL Season 1 Is A Joke
Ad Free Video! “It’s a void of content, a mountain of grinding and a complete lack of a story” Turns out that after the middling response to their big box launch for Suicide Squad, Rocksteady are now stuck trying to deliver a Live Service proposition that doesn’t play to any of their strengths.
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Roblox Studio Head "you can say, 'Okay, we are exploiting, you know, child labour, or..."
Here’s a quote from GDC: "you can say, 'Okay, we are exploiting, you know, child labour, or..." - to which we say sorry, there is no good sentence that can follow that or. When you’re trying to spin Child Labour Exploitations as a good thing, you might be on a losing battle.
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Loading Screen: How You Can Force Companies To Stop Killing Games
A consumer movement has begun gathering momentum, and it's pointed squarely at Ubisoft following the closure of The Crew. One youtuber has taken as much as they can from companies shuttering servers, effectively deleting games from existence - and now he's fighting back.
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Video: SEGA Shakeup Free Relic, Hurts Creative Assembly
Ad Free Video! Sega are gutting Creative Assembly and other Western Studios with 240 layoffs- as after a quarter where releases like Sonic Superstars, Endless Dungeon and Total War Pharoah failed to set the profit sheet ablaze, Sega are cutting costs.
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Loading Screen: The Old Games Are Statistically The Best, Discord Causes Chaos and Bloodborne Kart Lives!
A new report highlights the divide between the people who talk online about games and actual audiences, Discord breaks the internet (accidentally), the ESRB lose out on face scanning tech and Bloodborne Kart Lives
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Video: Its A Game Studio Firesale! Gearbox, Thunderful, Certain Affinity + Nintendo!
Ad Free Video! The end of the Financial year means a Fire Sale for some of the biggest players in the industry - with studios like Gearbox, Relic Entertainment and more being traded back and forth while layoffs hit the folks who work there. What does this serve to accomplish?
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Paradox Published Game Abandoned After Six Months
A Paradox published title is ending updates six months after release. Cities Skylines II has been the headlines, but there are trends beneath the surface that suggest Paradox are failing in their role as stewards of their games and developers - which means a worse experience for you, the audience.
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Suicide Squad Season One Feels Like A Bad Joke
As everyone expected, turns out that after the middling response to their big box launch for Suicide Squad, Rocksteady are now stuck trying to deliver a Live Service proposition that doesn’t play to any of their strengths. The Joker may be here now - but no one seems to be laughing.
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Loading Screen: FFXIV On Xbox is Flawed, Silksong News(!) and 30FPS *is* Good Enough
Xbox's policies are working as intended and it's a horrible experience for FFXIV players, Hollow Knight has a store page but no age ratings and turns out some folks really are fine with 30FPS gameplay.
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Sega Are Gutting Creative Assembly
The end of the financial year brings chaos as Sega balance their books by slashing western studios like Creative Assembly - at the expense of 240 of their staff and future projects.