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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.
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Venture Capitalism Feasts Like Vultures On Games Media
Media Companies are being gutted by Venture Capital vultures that see them as assets to be stripped to the bone then discarded - with no thought to the audiences they serve or the staff who work there.
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Staff Think Bungie’s Management Are Cutting And Running
Bungie have revealed their Into The Light Content and things seem good! A new horde mode being added and the promise of more to come. But IGN reporting reveals that behind the scenes,things are looking rocky, with the implication that current management are about to cut and run as soon as possible.
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Overwatch's Increased Purchasing Opportunities
Overwatch needs ways to convince players to play the game otherwise they’re not around to be sold skins. They've found a way. They’re going to make heroes more accessible, give more access to the coolest cosmetics and double down on ongoing content - with new purchase opportunities.
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Suicide Squad 40% Price Cut Proves Patient Gamers Right
Warner Bros has slashed the price of Suicide Squad by 40% - bringing it down to $42. It’s been out for 31 days. This is an incredibly egregious cut but it’s one that makes complete sense as Warner Bros desperately try and increase sales, even while decreasing the value of their game overall.
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Stolen Mods in Battlefront's Release Build
The worst user rated game of 2024, and the 9th worst rated game on Steam ever - Battlefront Classic Collection has a mountain to climb. So the team at Aspyr don’t need the scene’s Modders furious that they’re seeing uncredited modded content in the official releases.
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"You Mad Bro?" - Valve
“You Mad Bro?” isn’t the communication strategy you’d expect to see from the COO of a company in official emails, but Valve has never presented themselves as just another company have they?
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Payday 3 CEO Pays The Price
With players pointing at dwindling concurrents and a game that’s in the middle of being reconstructed, things are not looking good for Payday 3 and Starbreeze but today the most senior leadership at Starbreeze are paying the price for a game that hasn’t gone the way they hoped.
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WB Don't Care About Indies, Playstation Delete Licenses and EA Ruin A Dev's Day
Details are emerging from the Indie devs having their games removed by WB and it is a disaster for preservation. Elsewhere, Playstation have revealed a killswitch that can remove titles from your library, EA accidentally wrecked the launch of an indie and Activision’s QA departments are unionising.
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Helldivers 2: The Drama of Balancing Even A Good Live Service
Helldivers 2 is starting strong with 75% of players sticking around through the first month as the live service actually begins. But with that many players comes a lot of dissenting opinion on balance, dev communication and more.
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Last Epoch - The ARPG For Diablo Fans From Diablo Fans
Last Epoch has finally released from Early Access to acclaim, record player numbers and a thrilled fanbase. The ARPG renaissance has begun as games like Last Epoch releasing mean ARPG fans can play a game tailored exactly for them.
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Nintendo Strikes Against Emulation
“We hope our actions will be a small step towards ending piracy of all creator’s works” - the statement from emulator developer Tropic Haze following a $2.4m settlement with Nintendo after the Switch developer used it’s legal weight to remove one of the biggest Switch/3DS emulators from existence.