Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios (www.pcgamer.com)
Nintendo makes first Switch 2 announcement (www.eurogamer.net)
Couch co-op is finally making a comeback? (www.latimes.com)
No one should have to “grow a thicker skin”: Valorant studio commit to harsh penalties for harassment (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Crazy rumour suggests Microsoft are preparing $16 billion offer for Valve (www.altchar.com)
GAME staff discovered zero hours contracts move via mass Microsoft Teams calls (www.eurogamer.net)
If you could only play on one game console for the rest of your life which console would you choose?
Let’s say the PC doesn’t count and you aren’t taking into account backwards compatibility, emulation, online play, homebrew games, and the cost/availability of games....
Seeking: Kid-friendly Adventure/Exploration Games (PC)
My daughter (4) is very into exploring cities, homes and villages in Skyrim, feeding aliens in No Man’s Sky, and cleaning houses in House Flipper. She gets annoyed in games like House Flipper because she can’t leave the property to explore all of the visible houses on the block. I’d like to find other PC games that are...
Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 (www.youtube.com)
RPG Maker on the Unity debacle (lemmy.world)
What unusual genre mixing video games would you recommend to try?
The Real Reason Your Favourite Game Studios Are Getting Closed Instead Of Sold (www.thegamer.com)
This is what 11 years of usage to to a mouse. RIP my baby, hello baby's brother (I bought it somewhere 2014 after I fell in love with the first one) (lemmy.world)
GTA 6 might be released before the end of the next fiscal year (gamerkick.com)
Take-two Interactive hints that long-anticipated GTA 6 could release in 2024.
Starfield’s Paid Mods Ignite A Review Bombing On Steam (kotaku.com)
Walmart Reportedly Starting to Purge Physical Games Next Week (comicbook.com)
Specifically Xbox Games.
IGN posts written review of Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty, but withholds video review. CDPR is, once again, not letting reviewers use their own gameplay footage before release. (www.ign.com)
If AAA is No Longer Profitable... Make Smaller Games | A16Z Games (10:11) (www.youtube.com)
Microsoft closes $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal after Britain's nod (www.reuters.com)
Madden should not be 70$ (lemmy.world)
Nintendo DMCAs Palworld Mod That Makes Everything Pokémon (kotaku.com)
Nacon exec says industry's problem is "too many games" (www.gamesindustry.biz)
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared For 100,000 Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700,000 (www.forbes.com)
'Marketing's dead, and I can back this s**t up': Larian's publishing director says players 'just want to be spoken to, and they don't want to be bamboozled' (www.pcgamer.com)
Valve Made $1 Billion From CS Cases Last Year, Data Claims - Insider Gaming (insider-gaming.com)
