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The Well Is Poisoned
A weekend of AI accusations and generated art chaos has spotlighted exactly how widespread the problem of junk creation is in games - and developers are worried it's going to get worse.
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Bobby Leaves, Staff Tell All Roundup
Today's Early Access Roundup Script reveals a lot about the harm Bobby Kotick did to developers at ABK as they speak out, the complete win of Frogwares over Gollum Publisher Nacon and Sony in hot water over 3rd party controllers.
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The Spider-Man 2 Post Mortem - Are AAA Games Sustainable?
“...is 3x the investment in [Spider-Man 2] evident to anyone who plays the game?” AAA games are continually expected to be bigger, and better and more lavish - Audiences and Devs and publishers know it. But what is the cost of delivering that? And can it continue?
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The Timesplitters Battle Royale That Never Was
Today we're covering the closure of Free Radical, the work shown off by their artists and the story of the Timesplitters Battle Royale that seemingly never was
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The Insomniac Hack
Insomnac have been hacked, the latest company to fall afoul of a ransomware scheme. With data now released to the public, we're going to talk about how we cover it - and how you should take caution with your consumption of any information.
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Valve Ban Roundup
Valve are banning DOTA 2 Players (but Festively), Activision has had their lawsuit from California settled, Larian say No to Gamepass and an Indie Dev gives a final gift to fans before closing.
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The Last of Us Online Cancelled - Live Service Abandoned by AAA
The Last of Us Online is cancelled, but the press release announcing that signals a shift in AAA thinking - they know audiences are on board with an anti live service message, and they're willing to exploit it.
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The Day Before Deleted
A game deleted, a studio closed and a publisher left holding the bag and asking Steam for Refunds. The Day Before story has gone wild - so let's get into it.
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The Day After The Day Before
“Turns out it is a real game. Kind of wish it wasn’t” - One of the most wishlisted games on Steam has launched into chaos and accusations of deception - we break it down.
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Roundup: Playstation Deletions, Cyberpunk and Dragon Age Updates and more!
Today's Roundup has Playstation deleting media, CP2077 and Dragon Age Updates, yet more Embracer layoffs and more!
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Bungie Staff Believe Full Sony Takeover is Coming
Investigative reporting from IGN has revealed that Bungie's independence (and management control) may be key to understanding the company's disastrous layoffs this year.
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Roundup: Overwatch Asks For More, Street Fighter Demands Costume Cash and Ark Devs Say Their Servers "Run Like Ass"
Overwatch's Season 8 adds new monetisation as fans feel squeezed, while Street Fighter 6 gets greedy and the Ark Devs get surprisingly candid about their servers.