Forza Motorsport vs Gran Turismo 7: The Digital Foundry Tech Breakdown (www.eurogamer.net)
I can’t be the only one who loves these in-depth analyses from Digital Foundry, can I?
Why E3 Died: A Failure to Evolve, Huge Costs, and Too Much Competition (ign.com)
Sony investigating Insomniac hack which reportedly leaked Wolverine files and employees' personal data (www.eurogamer.net)
The best (and worst) video games I played in 2023 (www.spacebar.news)
E3 is officially dead (www.eurogamer.net)
TimeSplitters Dev Free Radical Has Shut Down As Staff Share "Last Day" Messages (www.nintendolife.com)
The Day Before developer Fntastic shuts down - Gematsu (www.gematsu.com)
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Is Getting an Offline Mode After Release, Rocksteady Confirms - IGN (www.ign.com)
W4 Games raises $15M to drive video game development inflection with Godot Engine (w4games.com)
The developer of The Day Before seems to be deleting evidence that it was ever an MMO game (www.pcgamesn.com)
Factorio Friday Facts #388 - Smaller things for 2.0 (factorio.com)
Another bunch of really nice quality of life improvements, Factorio 2.0 is looking like it’s going to be quite a lot of fun to play....
Redesigning the Steam UI from Scratch (yt.artemislena.eu)
Thief: The Black Parade Mod Spotlight | MandaloreGaming (vid.puffyan.us)
‘Hi-Fi Rush’ Anniversary Interview: Director John Johanas on His Career, the Importance of Hi-Fi Rush’s Song Choices, the Possibility of a Sequel, and More (toucharcade.com)
Smash Ultimate reveals 5th anniversary event & confirms new content in 2024 (www.dexerto.com)
Armello studio lays off over half its staff and 'indefinitely' pauses development on its ongoing early access game because 'almost all funding and investment has evaporated from the videogame industry (www.pcgamer.com)
Bungie Devs Say Atmosphere Is ‘Soul-Crushing’ Amid Layoffs, Cuts, and Fear of Total Sony Takeover - IGN (www.ign.com)
Combined Arms, the big free retro C&C and Red Alert combo 1.0 is out now (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Combined Arms brings Command & Conquer and Red Alert action mashed together into a single OpenRA powered game and the 1.0 release is out now.
Bethesda is once again adding support for paid mods to Skyrim (steamcommunity.com)
Seems like Bethesda wants another go at this
factorio challenge with audio commentary? (diode.zone)
I am thinking of recording a series of episodes where I try to beat factorio with the smallest possible ore settings. It would be vanilla factorio....
GTA VI won't launch on PC (www.businesswire.com)
Grand Theft Auto VI is coming to PlayStation® 5 computer entertainment systems and Xbox Series X|S games and entertainment systems in 2025.
EU court rules people can resell digital games (www.gamingbible.com)
Finally some good news! I’ve been waiting for quite a while for such a ruling....
Best Lego Games Of All Time (www.thegamer.com)
The Inside Story Of Fable 3, The Game That Broke Its Creators' Hearts (www.thegamer.com)
This is a fascinating deep dive into the development of the game, with many people involved giving interviews. Instead of being in a long development hell, Lionhead knocked out the game in a stunning 18 months - which made Microsoft happy, but resulted in the cutting of a ton of content.