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Loading Screen: Microsoft Gives Up On $80 Games
Xbox are backpedalling, as their first attempt to charge $80 for a game is quietly reversed.
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Splitgate 2 Just Unlaunched
Two months and two rounds of layoffs later, Splitgate 2 is going back into beta. The game is being "unlaunched" so the devs can get things back on track.
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Change Has Come To The Internet As We Knew It...
When stringent age verification was announced to be coming to Nexus Mods, many called foul, placing blame at the feet of the site's new corporate owners. Not so according to the original founder. The real truth here is causing tremors across the industry.
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Loading Screen: The Anonymous Threat To Stop Destroying Games
An anonymous complaint has the Stop Destroying Games movement concerned, but with 1.4 million signatures a week before the deadline, they're doing pretty well regardless.
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Steam's Content Rules Now Set By Payment Processors
Valve are in charge of Steam. Except when they're not, and they have to bend to the will of payment processors like PayPal, Visa or Mastercard.
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Can The "Sony Tax" Be Eradicated?
Xbox were about to give up; Nintendo continued to play their own game while PC continued to rise. Where'd that leave Sony? With a market ripe for the dominance... would anyone notice if they squeezed players dry once they had them fenced in?
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Loading Screen: Ubisoft Shareholders Are "very unhappy"
Ubisoft's shareholders had questions, and Yves Guillemot had answers, as the company opened up the floor to the public at their AGM.
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The Law Is Changing The Internet
This week, the internet you're used to will be changed thanks to a wave of new laws.
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Loading Screen: Krafton's Alleged Sabotage Of Subnautica 2
Per the fired leadership, "Krafton engaged in a months-long campaign to delay Subnautica 2’s release." The allegations are damning.
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Sega Won't Be Giving Up On Total War
Sega have been winning. Like A Dragon, Sonic, Persona and more have been on the up and up. Sega don't just exist in Japan, though. Their Western teams' successes few and far between in recent years. Centre to that? Creative Assembly & Total War games, which Sega are determined to rehabilitate!
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Loading Screen: There Is No Reward For Success
In which the reward for overwhelming success is a trip to the Jobcentre, and the reward for being a good, efficient worker is... also a trip to the Jobcentre. This one's a bit gloomy.
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Subnautica’s Bizarre Leadership Shenanigans
$250 million up for grabs. Early Access launch denied and delayed. Founders fired, bonuses in jeopardy and lawsuits filed. The road to Subnautica 2's launch has fast become one of the messiest we've seen in quite some time...