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Sennheiser Exits Gaming Headphone Business (www.anandtech.com)

Technically the successor owner of the gaming brand....

Starfield review controversy traces game journalism's orbital decay (www.gamesindustry.biz)

More concerning than Bethesda’s decision to withhold early review codes from certain outlets is how heavily some sites are relying on the game to drive their business.

Baldur’s Gate 3 had to be scaled back for the Series S, but the console still has a right to exist (www.vg247.com)

It'll be the cheapest place, by an absurd margin, to play Baldur's Gate 3.

What difficult games/game challenges did you give up on?

Be it a game that’s difficult in its entirety, or a particular challenge in a game that you just couldn’t complete....

When was a game's price worth it to you?

Say a simple (hours enjoyed playing)/(price of game) equation. How many hours (you enjoyed) per $ do you think is reasonable/expected? Or is there other criteria for you?...

Xbox's biggest crisis right now isn't games. It's hardware. (Opinion - Jez Corden) (www.windowscentral.com)

"Today, PlayStation revealed that its PS5 has sold 40 million units. Microsoft doesn’t share hardware numbers typically, but court documents, math, and slides from an ID@Xbox in Brazil seem to suggest the Xbox Series X|S line-up is around 20-23 million units sold globally. That essentially puts the PS5 at a 2:1 advantage...

How many stinkers did you play this year?

How many and which bad games did you play this year?

Are there any good VR games yet?

I got a Quest 2 a while back and played around with it a bit. There were some entertaining games like “I expect you to die” and the first portion of “Lone Echo”, but mostly they just felt like proof of concept demos and I quickly lost interest....

How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.

My 9yo daughter has a tablet with family link, so I can monitor what apps she wants to install. As the garbage games are mostly at the top free, she keeps asking for games that I reject, in most cases because it’s riddled with ads....

Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 16th

Another week another thread!...

Where are all the good stealth games?

I’ve been trying to find one throughout the Steam summer sale and come up dry, and now I’m out of money until the 15th. Hopefully y’all can help me find a good one before the winter sale. Here’s a rundown of what I’ve tried so far and what I’ve liked and dislike about them:...

Sega calls video games that use blockchain technology 'boring' (gamerkick.com)

Shuji Utsumi, Sega’s co-CEO, comments in a new statement that there is no point in implementing blockchain technology if it doesn’t make games ‘fun’.

CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months (www.eurogamer.net)

Am I the only person that feels that retro games are better?

Less DRM, smaller filesizes, no stupid anticheat, and no always online bs. Anyone agree with me?

Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 10th

New thread!...

it's the steam winter sales, what game did you enjoy playing and want to share?

The Steam winter sales are here, up to the 4rth of January....

Gabe Newell ordered to make in-person deposition for Valve v. Wolfire Games lawsuit (www.gamesindustry.biz)

Penny Arcade sums up the Unity debacle in the first panel. (www.penny-arcade.com)

Today’s Penny Arcade is a near perfect commentary on the Unity debacle....

Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)

Gotta love DRM that makes paid versions of games worse than pirated stuff.

Valve needs to step up on Anti-Cheat

So yeah, I want to discuss or point out why I think Valve needs to fix Anti-Cheat issues. They have VAC but apparently its doing jackshit, be it Counter Strike 2 (any previous iterations) or something like Hunt: Showdown the prevalence of cheating players is non deniable. For me personally it has come to a point that I am not...

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