Legendary Half-Life YouTuber plans class-action lawsuit against Ubisoft for killing The Crew (www.pcgamesn.com)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's central concept based on real-world theory involving ancient sites (www.vg247.com)
Palworld embroiled in AI and Pokémon ‘plagiarism’ controversy (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Social media users highlight character design similarities and developer’s generative AI…
Cities: Skylines 2 developers have noticed 'a growing tendency of toxicity in our community' (www.techradar.com)
Developers of Cities: Skylines 2 have noticed a growing toxicity in their community, which is affecting engagement and creativity....
Riot Games Now Requires Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Software for League of Legends, Following Valorant's Implementation (tuta.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10958052...
GDC 2024 State Of The Game Industry: Devs Discuss Layoffs, Generative AI, and More (gdconf.com)
You Can Capture Humans In Palword (www.ign.com)
Capturing Humans Are Nothing But Dream Comes True.
Replacing the term "Metroidvania" (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Palworld is now available in Early Access on Steam (and Gamepass, I believe) (store.steampowered.com)
I literally spoke with Nvidia’s AI-powered video game NPCs (www.theverge.com)
Steam has a new hit game, and it’s Pokémon with guns (www.digitaltrends.com)
The Riftbreaker - Roadmap Update - January 2024 - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
Obsidian's Avowed releases this autumn | Eurogamer (www.eurogamer.net)
Obsidian Entertainment has revealed its first-person RPG Avowed is set to release this autumn....
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Studio CEO Refutes Ubisoft’s Subscription Model Comments (www.forbes.com)
Larian's CEO says that less games like Baldur's Gate 3 will get made if the industry keeps chasing subscription models for new releases.
Rock Band 4 DLC support ends next week, after eight years (www.eurogamer.net)
End of an era.
Popular mobile puzzle game classic Threes! is launching on PC for its 10th anniversary (www.gamingonlinux.com)
This is the game that inspired 2048 but unfortunately never got nearly as popular.
CI Games lays off 10% of staff | GamesIndustry.biz (www.gamesindustry.biz)
CI Games has laid off 10% of its workforce across the entire company, GamesIndustry.biz has learned....
Until Dawn Movie Adaptation Announced, Annabelle: Creation's David F. Sandberg To Direct (www.gameinformer.com)
Bizarre for it to get a movie almost 10 years after the game’s release, but sure why not.
Final Fantasy XIV Xbox Open Beta Launch Mistakenly Announced in Now-Deleted Post (www.mmorpg.com)
Oops
Vintage Story - v1.19.0 Update is Out Now (www.vintagestory.at)
Microsoft Confirms Plans To Release Xbox First Party Games “Across All Platforms”, Including PlayStation (twistedvoxel.com)
Elex 3 May Have Been Canceled, Developer Piranha Bytes Possibly Closed Down (twistedvoxel.com)
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