Chris Avellone secures 7-figure settlement from his accusers who now say “he deserves a full return to the industry” (gameworldobserver.com)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay demonstration from Mr. Aonuma (Nintendo Switch) (www.youtube.com)
French Government Employees No Longer Allowed To Play Candy Crush (www.thegamer.com)
Burnout and Need for Speed studio loses boss and four co-founders (www.eurogamer.net)
System Shock gets May 30 PC release date. (arstechnica.com)
Fond memories of the original. Happy to see it might be finally out there.
Dota 2 removes OpenGL support, new hero Muerta now live, big update due in April (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Presidential Election Game - run for office. Might be foss (newcampaigntrail.github.io)
Among us after dark lobbies (i.kinja-img.com)
I Will Never Trust Gaming Companies... (youtu.be)
DRM and Game Preservation
Valve used secret memory access “honeypot” to detect 40K Dota 2 cheaters (arstechnica.com)
Introducing Ambient 0.1 - Multiplayer First Engine (www.ambient.run)
Are there any homeless/poverty stimulators that are reasonably realistic?
I bumped into one, but it was a one button click to get a job...
Sega says Sonic Frontiers sales ‘greatly exceeded’ its expectations | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
American judge dismisses Switch Joy-Con drift lawsuit (www.eurogamer.net)
Interview: Llamasoft's Jeff Minter Discusses His New Game Akka Arrh And Working With Atari (www.timeextension.com)
Via Jeff minters acc @llamasoft_ox
they look like I was caught red-handed stealing their food/wine (i.imgur.com)
#genshinImpact
Run by Streamer | Brotato (steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net)
True engineering run: you build the thing and leave it to nature to devoure...
when you finally get something other than the Bell from BP wishes (i.imgur.com)
#GenshinImpact
Trackmania heads to Steam and the devs say it's playable on Steam Deck (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Google, Nvidia Express Concerns to FTC About Microsoft’s Activision Deal (www.bloomberg.com)
Inside RuneScape's Cyber Sex Market | An Investigation (www.youtube.com)
Senator Asks Gabe Newell Why Steam Hosts So Much Neo-Nazi Content (www.vice.com)
Which is IMHO a reasonable question, no matter how you think about Steam otherwise.
Qwantify: Self-Hosted and Open Source Project for Gaming Online with Friends (hackaday.com)
One of the best parts of gaming is gaming with friends, but often this requires everyone involved to have the same expensive piece of hardware. Almost everyone has a computer with a browser already, though, so if you’d like to play online with friends who don’t have the same gaming machine as you, they can play along now...
After spending 20 years simulating reality, the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used to a new one: being millionaires (www.pcgamer.com)
Death Stranding sequel - World Premiere Trailer | The Game Awards 2022 (www.youtube.com)
