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Video: Riot Layoffs!
Ad Free Video! Riot Games laid off 46 people in January 2023, and now one year later - they’re laying off more than ten times that number.
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Sega's $15 New Game Plus DLC
Would you pay $15 at launch to access the New Game Plus of a game? That’s what Sega is asking fans of RGG Studio’s Like A Dragon/Yakuza series to do, locking the New Game Plus option behind a Deluxe edition paywall at launch. But is this just the start of new Sega with it's focus on Global Appeal?
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Loading Screen: 2024: So Far Great for Games, Bad for the Industry
A pair of review roundups leads today - as we cover the astonishing reaction both Tekken 8 and Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, but elsewhere in the game industry, the framework that supports every studio is starting to show wear from the disruption of all these layoffs.
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Riot Lays Off 530 people, 11% of Staff
Riot has announced a 530 person layoff across their whole studio - as Leadership's bets have collapsed and now staff pay the price.
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Video: Palworld
Ad Free Video! The sixth game to break the 1m concurrent player barrier on Steam, more than 5m in sales in three days and a 93% audience approval rating - Pocket Pair's Palworld has had an incredibly successful weekend, even for a concept pithily summed up as Pokémon with guns.
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Loading Screen: Halo Ends Seasons, Corporate Fortnite Fails and a WoW Machinima at Sundance
Today Halo Infinite ends the seasonal model, Fortnite's Terms and Conditions have defeated the British Army and we round up some great writing about games - including the first reviews of a heartbreaking Sundance Documentary that features WoW Machinima.
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Video: Embracer Hoarding IP Roundup
In 2024, we are already approaching over 3000 layoffs in just 17 days - but we’re starting to see patterns emerging. Patterns which bode incredibly poorly for gaming. Embracer group’s strategy is potentially about to close one of gaming’s most influential studios - but they’re still going to profit!
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Palworld's Major Success and Major Accusations
Viral mega indie hit Palworld has taken Steam by storm over the weekend - and with massive success has come major skepticism. We delve into the triumphs and accusations today.
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Video: OW2 Undermines Itself Roundup
Ad Free Video! The overwatch community is concerned at fundamental game changes, an in development Halo game might be changing up, modders are wrestling with a community that thinks everything is a fair target and Ubisoft have revealed a new game that isn't that new?
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Loading Screen: The Digital Console Future
Today, Xbox's Developer Direct may have revealed more than they intended about the future strategy for releases on their consoles, while Sony are deep in the digital future and trying to stay ahead of consumer problems.
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Loading Screen: Embracer Profit From Closed Studio, Ubisoft Reveal New Six Year Old Game and Rock Band Gets One Final Encore
Today Embracer might be closing another studio, but not before they get one last payday from them, Ubisoft have revealed a brand new game that's also somehow six years old and pulled from Steam and Rock Band starts a farewell tour with it's final updates.
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Video: Ubisoft Larian & Subscriptions
Ad Free Video! Everyone is mad at Ubisoft… again. Gamers Need to Get Comfortable With ‘Not Owning Your Games” - and audiences did not agree.