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Microsoft completely removes recently-nerfed £1/$1 Xbox Game Pass trial (www.eurogamer.net)

If you thought this was too good a deal to be true, I guess Microsoft agreed. A short excerpt:...

Fallout Deathclaw Creator 'Impressed,' 'Horrified' By All The Porn (kotaku.com)

Former Bethesda character artist Jonah Lobe helped create the Deathclaw seen in Fallout 3 and later games

Star Engine Tech Demo (Star Citizen 4.0) No Commentary CitizenCon 2953 4K (youtu.be)

Since I haven’t seen anyone post this, I thought I’d share the new Star Engine demo video from Cloud Imperium Games.

Well endowed Githyanki... Rejoice! (programming.dev)

What games have you played in the last 365 days that stand out to you as the most memorable experiences?

I think the most common answer is going to be Tears of the Kingdom, and that is one for me that stands out for sure, but I will try to add some more unique inputs as well. Many are games that came out longer than a year ago, but i didnt get around to playing until more recently....

‘I am sorry’: Unity partially walks back on controversial monetization plans | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)

What are some games that "spin" failure states?

What I mean by this, is instead of when you fail and are met with a game over, the game finds some way to keep it going. Instead of being forced to reset to a previous save or an autosave checkpoint, the game’s story continues in an interesting path. Are there any games like this?...

Wholesome Games Celebration (store.steampowered.com)

in my opinion, '98 was the best year for game releases. What's yours? (en.m.wikipedia.org)

98 has some of my favorite games to ever come out, like:...

The most important Oculus Quest 2 upgrade (i.imgur.com)

Hasbro Wants Old Transformers Games To Return, But Activision Lost Them (kotaku.com)

“Sadly, apparently Activision’s not sure what hard drives they’re on in their building,” Hasbro told TFW2005. “When a company eats a company that eats a company things get lost, and that’s very frustrating.”

Pokémon Sleep: Japanese walkthrough site lists “sleeping pills” as a tool for real competitive sleepers, but quickly backtracks (automaton-media.com)

A Japanese video game walkthrough listing sleeping pills as one of their recommended methods to get high scores in Pokémon Sleep has gone viral on Japanese Twitter recently. The mention of sleeping aid has since been deleted from the site.

whats a game that you got significantly far into, only to realize you were doing something wrong or missing a key feature/ability altogether?

Workers Accuses Sega Of Threatening Mass Layoffs Over Unionizing (kotaku.com)

Finally beat Factorio again! (lemmy.one)

It only took me 91 hours! Woohoo!

Player stats for the first weekend of Baldur's Gate 3 (store.steampowered.com)

We’ve cooked up some statistics highlighting data from the opening weekend following launch and prepared a handy infographic outlining player choices, actions, deaths, and the like. Some inspiration as we head into our second weekend, if you will.

I hate how much my brain starts remembering interesting stuff when I finally sit down to play a video game

This might sound super weird, but whenever I actually find time to go “I have like 4 hours to spare, might as well play a game,” my brain just goes “hey, remember that movie you wanted to watch?” or “hey, remember that thing you wanted to wikipedia?” or “Might as well pay rent now, it’s due in 3 days.”...

What's the most surprising facts about a game you've gleaned by reading a game's achievement/trophy acquisition percentage?

I’ll start with a few:...

After decades of climate deception, Shell uses Fortnite to court demographic most concerned about climate change (www.mediamatters.org)

29 Best Retro Handhelds Of 2023 [All Reviewed] (retrododo.com)

Do you have one of these? Do you use it? I want one but I’m afraid it’s going to end up another plastic brick in a drawer.

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