EA Sports has delisted its FIFA back catalogue from digital storefronts (www.videogameschronicle.com)
EA has stopped paying for the FIFA license, which is why their next game is called EA Sports FC (Football Club)...
Steam Deck OLED is now available (store.steampowered.com)
Armored Core - Show off your Tank Cores (infosec.pub)
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OK Boomer Shooter: How indie games breathed new life into a dying genre (www.inverse.com)
New Sony Patent Will Let You Replay A Game From Any Point Possible (insider-gaming.com)
Report: Bungie CEO blames layoffs on waning interest in Destiny 2 (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Bungie CEO Claims Layoffs Were Due to Destiny 2 Underperformance - IGN (www.ign.com)
In an internal town hall meeting addressing a Monday round of layoffs that impacted multiple departments, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons allegedly told remaining employees that the company had kept “the right people” to continue work on Destiny 2.
Cities Skylines 2 - Review Thread - (76/100 OpenCritic)
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Having trouble deciding what game to play next . which one of these games should i try (lemmy.world)
Alot of the time I’ll be playing will be in-between calls at work so being able to pause any time is important. The only one I’ve played is god of war but I never finished it .
FTC permits Fortnite players to get refunds for in-game purchases (www.gamedeveloper.com)
After its settlement with the FTC late last year, Epic Games is giving $245 million of that settlement money back to Fortnite players via refunds.
AI in big budget games is inevitable, say dev vets from Assassin's Creed and Everquest 2: 'Developers hate it … the money is still going to drive absolutely everybody to do it' (www.pcgamer.com)
Game wikis just aren't as popular anymore?
Has anyone else noticed that Wikis for most games just aren’t as complete anymore?...
In its first week, Immortals of Aveum had a peak count of just 751 players on Steam. (steamdb.info)
After 5 years in development and heavily pushing Unreal Engine 5 technologies, Immortals of Aveum was met with a whopping 751 player peak. For reference, Forspoken was considered a flop but still had over 12,000 players peak total. This may be the biggest flop of the year.
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Store to close in July 2024 (www.theverge.com)
Elite Dangerous studio Frontier Developments announce layoffs and "organisational review" (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 Will Release on Mac on September 21, Alongside the 3rd Major Patch (nitter.net)
FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR3) - AMD Stage Presentation | gamescom 2023 (www.youtube.com)
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Last Of Us Studio Naughty Dog Is Cutting Developers (kotaku.com)
The video game industry is currently facing a big wave of layoffs, and even contract developers at PlayStation first-party studio Naughty Dog aren’t immune. Kotaku has learned that the maker of hits like Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and The Last of Us Part II has begun cutting contracts short for dozens of workers....
Quake II updated for modern PCs. Includes new expansion and Quake II 64 (store.steampowered.com)
Massive nostalgia hit for this one. The update is crisp and smooth. Free update for current owners. Quake II 64 was relatively unknown and different to Quake II
The Completionist's Charity Has Been Lying To You For Years (www.youtube.com)
Cyberpunk patch 2.02 now available (www.cyberpunk.net)
Microsoft’s CEO say it’s ‘doubling down’ on being a game producer and publisher | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Do you find the description Live Service Game off-putting?
Over the years, there’ve been various red flags in gaming, for me at least. Multi-media. Full-Motion Video. Day-One DLC. Microtransactions. The latest one is Live Service Game. I find the idea repulsive because it immediately tells me this is an online-required affair, even if it doesn’t warrant it. There’s no reason for...
Remedy says its Max Payne remakes are ‘a big, big project’ | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Announcing Grim Dawn: Fangs of Asterkarn! (steamcommunity.com)
Building upon the foundation of v1.2’s massive changes (now in public playtesting!), we are proud to announce that Grim Dawn will be receiving a third expansion: Fangs of Asterkarn!
