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Loading Screen: The EU Takes On Gold Farmers
The EU has weighed in on gold farming... but the outcome might not be what anyone expected.
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Loading Screen: Steam's $32,000 Malware Problem
After their fourth instance where malware was found in a game on the platform, Steam has to address this problem, as this time it scammed $32,000 from a cancer patient.
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Can Mobile, Marathon or Star Wars Hope To Save Bungie?
Bungie, once a crown jewel of the industry, is now fighting to survive as "just another PlayStation Studio". With new leadership, new games on the horizon and the Force with them... can the once great studio return to, if not greatness, then decent form?
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Loading Screen: Nintendo Secretly Gutted Their Support Teams
Nintendo are copying the rest of the industry, and outsourcing their vital functions to cheaper territories, quality be damned.
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The Truth About The YouTube View Counts
YouTube are adamant, they're not to blame for the viewcount drops. And if these investigators are right, then YouTube is too.
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The Dire State of Bungie
It's a bad time for Bungie. PlayStation is closing in, Destiny is in a bad way, and everything is pinned on Marathon. And then the CEO quit.
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The Fallout From Payment Processor Overreach
Things are getting worse. Tens of thousands of dollars withheld from programmers doing their LEGAL jobs. This has to stop!
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Loading Screen: Valve's New $1500, Regulation-Dodging, Cosmetics
Valve are showing their mastery of microtransactions once more, dodging regulation as players shell out more than $1500 for skins.
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Silksong's Development Isn't Something To Be Emulated
A 3rd of its predecessor's 15 million lifetime sales within days... Hollow Knight: Silksong is off to an incredible start. Team Cherry's latest paired that with some of the strongest reviews of the year-to-date. All great news, but it doesn't mean every dev can (or should) match them!
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Loading Screen: Buy Tarkov Again To Play On Steam, Say BSG
Want to launch Tarkov via Steam? Pay up, please. Already have it? Pay up, please.
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How Many Basic Game Mechanics Can Nintendo Get Away With "Owning"?!
Nintendo are no stranger to facing criticism for the handiwork of their legal department. Recently, however, they've been seen at the forefront of a movement across Japanese publishers that can only be described as weaponising incompetent patent laws, especially in the US. This isn't good.
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Loading Screen: 90% Of Gamers Play Remakes
90% of you are playing remakes, and it turns out 85% of you aren't playing them for nostalgia. No wonder there are so many of them.