Yuzu - Progress Report December 2023 (yuzu-emu.org)
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Cult of the Lamb: Sins of the Flesh - Release Date Trailer (www.youtube.com)
Coming for free on January 16.
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Game genres where "It's just more X content" is more than enough
We get a lot of sequels in the gaming world, and a common criticism is when a series isn’t really innovating enough. We’re given an open world game that takes 40 hours, with DLC stretching it out 20 more, and see a sequel releasing that cut out it’s late 30 hours because players were already getting bored....
NCSOFT has officially granted Homecoming a license to host City of Heroes (forums.homecomingservers.com)
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A record 14,000+ games were released on Steam in 2023 (www.videogameschronicle.com)
To me, the interesting bit here is less about Steam in particular, but about the industry overall....
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Family Group Games
So over the Christmas holiday I built a PC for my daughter (12) and my wife (35). I’ve been trying to find a game that we can all play and would enjoy together....
Square Enix's New Year's Letter for 2024 Barely Mentions Games (www.playstationlifestyle.net)
They’re really excited about AI.
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Best of Steam 2023: The Year's Top Games measured by Gross Revenue (store.steampowered.com)
I’m really surprised Remnant 2 is platinum. I knew it was popular, but to be up there with the best selling AAA games is impressive.
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Steam Year in Review for 2023 now available (store.steampowered.com)
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ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON — Ranked Matchmaking Update Trailer (youtu.be)
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Steam - Square Enix Winter Sale (store.steampowered.com)
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How Baldur's Gate 3 Becomes Game of the Year? (youtu.be)
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VCMI 1.4.1 Released (github.com)
VCMI is an open-source implementation of Heroes of Might and Magic III game engine. It has linux, macOS, android and iOS support and provides various QOL improvements from UI to improved mod support....
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Tekken 8 demo poised to launch on December 14 on PS5, Xbox and PC afterward (www.destructoid.com)
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‘Fortnite’ Has Actually Made The Metaverse After Everyone Else Quit (www.forbes.com)
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The Anacrusis IGN Review (4/10) (www.youtube.com)
Oof. I guess that makes 2 games from former Left 4 Dead devs that kind of suck.
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Rovio to close down Montreal dev Studio Lumi (www.gamedeveloper.com)
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League of Geeks pauses Jumplight Odyssey development after layoffs (www.gamedeveloper.com)
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Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer Revealed (www.youtube.com)
Rockstar has revealed the GTA 6 trailer earlier than expected, probably because it was leaked on Twitter. I think it looks amazing!!...
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Turning Bugs Into Features (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Ed Boon: Mortal Kombat 1 Will Be Getting a Story DLC (nitter.net)
“just like we did with MK11, we’re going to release a second part with more story and we have a big surprise after that.”
GTA 6 : Official Announcement Date Revealed! (youtube.com)
Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is a "little ways off" but "progressing well" (www.gamesradar.com)
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Xbox in talks with partners to launch a mobile gaming store (www.destructoid.com)
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