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Microsoft has control issues (www.gamesindustry.biz)

The effort to squash unlicensed controllers hurts plenty of paying customers, and might not even achieve its goals

Former WoW devs announce new studio: Fantastic Pixel Castle (twitter.com)

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EXCLUSIVE W/ HALF-LIFE DEV - NEVER SEEN CUT CONTENT @Tyler McVicker (yewtu.be)

Play the mod we are playing here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/812440/HalfLife_Absolute_Zero/...

Silent Hill: Ascension fails to impress with greedy monetisation and cluttered UI (www.eurogamer.net)

Study via questionnaire (n = 126) about the perception of chemistry in No Man's Sky and how games can be used by science communicators. (journals.sagepub.com)

I was only looking for some validation posts because I was annoyed at a couple of the more unrealistic reactions you have going in NMS. Like being able to get salt from combining dihydrogen and oxygen (instead of receiving the obvious water, which doesn’t even exist in the game as usable item/component). Then I stumbled upon...

Embark Studios' The Finals uses text-to-speech AI for in-game voices (www.gamedeveloper.com)

2023 Is The Best Year For Games In A While (And Maybe Ever?) (kotaku.com)

Inside Alan Wake 2, the strangest game of 2023: “They’re going to be like, ‘What the fuck is going on?’” (www.gq-magazine.co.uk)

[Humble Bundle] WB 100: Play the Legends (www.humblebundle.com)

Celebrating 100 years of Warner Bros heroes & legends...

Building a New City in Cities Skylines 2 + Q&A.... LIVE! (www.youtube.com)

Xbox's new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error '0x82d60002' (www.windowscentral.com)

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Stop blaming teeth for Cities: Skylines 2 performance problems, say devs (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

Factorio Friday Facts #382 - Logistic groups (factorio.com)

And the quality of life improvements just keep on coming....

Thoughts on Marathon? Sorry, I know I'm late... (www.marathonthegame.com)

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AC "Belltower" - my beloved main [Armored Core 6] (pixelfed.social)

AC6 is a perfect storm game for me - it dropped the day I got covid and I have not been able to stop booting it up for more than a few days since. I have always been a huge fan of in-game fashion and the AC games have some of the best “character” customization in all of gaming, IMO....

SEGA will be implementing Wellbia's anti-cheat program into Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis (pso2.com)

SEGA will be implementing Wellbia's anti-cheat (Xigncode3) into Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis after 11 years of using nProtect GameGuard. They will allow you to choose which anti-cheat to use, but Xigncode3 is known to be more invasive and restrictive on what it allows to run....

Kids on Roblox are hosting protests for Palestine (techcrunch.com)

In the Lego-like world of Roblox, about a hundred blocky avatars march through a lamplit street, wielding Palestine flags that are larger than their own animated bodies. Characters dressed like cartoonish dinosaurs, steampunk zombies and pastel pink pop stars chant together via instant messages in both Malay and English as they...

Far Cry's Multiplayer Game is an Extraction-Based Shooter (insider-gaming.com)

Spider-Man 2 fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game ever (www.eurogamer.net)

2.5m copies shifted on first day

Space sim Squadron 42 is "feature-complete" and gunning for Starfield's lunch with massive new video (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

Squadron 42 is the single player campaign of Star Citizen, that is supposed to launch as a separate game. It's basically a small portion of Star Citizen, but with a story and ending. I'm still not confident; waited too long for that.

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