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  • Former Diablo devs release demo for their Diablo 2-style action-RPG Darkhaven, but warn of "rough edges"

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  • It seems cool, and it's got some ideas. I swung a hammer around, and it's got a vertical swing, so it essentially just started digging. I did it a few times and then dropped into a dungeon that I didn't know was there. The UI and onboarding are rough, as to be expected, and I wish I could see what they're cooking further down the skill tree, but there are some good bones there.

  • EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko

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  • I believe it's still running in the background and makes it an extra pain in the ass to play without internet. I ran into that one with Jedi: Fallen Order when trying to play on the train (I only paid $4 for it and still felt ripped off). The store page still lists that it's there. It's why whenever I get around to the Dragon Age games, I can play the first one on GOG and the fourth one on Steam (no EA launcher), but unless something changes, the best option appears to be pirating 2 and 3.

  • EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko

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  • I only bought Split Fiction because it didn't come with the EA launcher. It seems to be a recent decision of theirs to not include it on some games on Steam, but they're not doing it retroactively. It Takes Two I played on Game Pass for a dollar, because I'm not willing to put up with EA's additional DRM.

  • EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko

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  • Split Fiction and It Takes Two were pretty great.

  • Is £70 becoming harder to justify? The rise of cheaper blockbuster games

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  • It's not either/or. Games can be made at all levels of production value and come from teams of many different sizes. Even games made by very small teams can have trouble breaking even at $20, because hardly any game is going to sell as many copies as Hollow Knight: Silksong.

  • Is £70 becoming harder to justify? The rise of cheaper blockbuster games

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  • Pricing a game over $20 is hardly greed. If every game was $20, it would be extremely hard for most of them to break even.

  • Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft

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  • A simultaneous retirement/resignation says to me that the two of them were asked to do something very stupid or very unethical. And they've stomached a lot of unethical lately.

  • Digital Foundry found a significant performance boost for Jedi: Survivor's PC

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  • Jedi: Fallen Survivor?

  • BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)

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  • I think it has to be insane levels of incompetence. They're not patient enough to wait around for 3 years for Bluepoint to put out something that makes money, so they probably gave them some busy work, like support work for other studios, until they could go through the bureaucracy of closing the studio.

  • BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)

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  • What happened is that pivoting from a bad idea like this takes a long time and a lot of money for a company this large, and they had no plan B, which is stupid, so they'd rather just reduce their operating expenses.

  • BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)

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  • Word is this live service push was Jim Ryan's initiative, and he left the company right before it all fell apart.

  • BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)

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  • I think the reason Sekiro 1 happened was that they started making a Tenchu game and then changed their minds.

  • Giant stop killing games updates 2026

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  • He's only got vibes to go on in the EU, but the vibes were good from the people representing the movement there. There's an NGO that already got the ball rolling in the US, and even though it'll still be difficult, there may actually be legislation drafted in the US before the EU, which Ross finds hilarious. The UK's initiative hasn't been going well, but there's one more long shot chance they have of some movement there.

  • Elder Scrolls 6 Is Powered By New Version Of Creation Engine

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  • I think graphics are pretty low on my list of priorities for how those games need to modernize. Starfield looks pretty alright in sheer fidelity, but the faces don't animate well, the conversation system is dated even compared to The Outer Worlds doing basically the same thing, and the engine seems (for some reason) incapable of putting together a proper cut-scene.

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    Giant stop killing games updates 2026

  • BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)

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  • I want a modern Tenchu game too, but I don't think it's going to happen.

  • BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)

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  • It happens all the time, but you need startup capital. And a lot of what they did is remaking games (at high quality) that they don't own the rights to.

  • BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)

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  • What a needlessly stupid thing it was to put them on a live service project, and what a waste to close it down.

  • Video games are losing the "attention war" to gambling, porn, and crypto, according to industry report

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  • I'm reading between the lines a bit here, but back when I regularly attended PAX East, one of my favorite panels to attend was the video game data panel hosted by EEDAR (now a part of Circana). The games like NBA 2K, GTA, Call of Duty, or Assassin's Creed that can regularly break $1B in revenue are the kinds of games that may sell to people like you or me on a gaming forum, but also that they can sell to the kind of person who only plays four or fewer games per year. Since then, I imagine live service games that keep you hooked on that one game in particular have only exacerbated that figure of four or fewer games per year. That's a huge segment of the market. And I imagine that's the customer that the market is losing on a Friday night to TikTok or OnlyFans.

  • Video games are losing the "attention war" to gambling, porn, and crypto, according to industry report

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  • There's plenty of great new stuff too, often times even modern iterations of the retro stuff we loved, but it doesn't get the same level of marketing, so it's harder to find.

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    Designer claims ‘most’ of Highguard’s dev team have been laid off, weeks after launch | VGC

    www.videogameschronicle.com /news/designer-claims-most-of-highguards-dev-team-have-been-laid-off-weeks-after-launch/
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    Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team

    www.gamedeveloper.com /business/riot-games-lays-off-roughly-80-employees-from-2xko-team
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    Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally

    discord.com /press-releases/discord-launches-teen-by-default-settings-globally
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    ANALYSIS: Nintendo Switch 2 sales remain well ahead of Switch 1, despite a softer first Christmas in some markets | VGC

    www.videogameschronicle.com /news/nintendo-switch-2-sales-remain-well-ahead-of-switch-1-despite-a-softer-first-christmas-in-some-markets/
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    Finally, the FPS I keep asking for: Deep combat, classic modes, and an honest-to-god server browser

    www.pcgamer.com /games/fps/finally-the-fps-i-keep-asking-for-deep-combat-classic-modes-and-an-honest-to-god-server-browser/
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    Ubisoft has cancelled 6 games, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake | VGC

    www.videogameschronicle.com /news/ubisoft-has-cancelled-6-games-including-the-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-remake/
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    Help getting started with self hosting Jellyfin via NAS?

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    Life is Strange: Reunion officially announced, will conclude the Max and Chloe saga | VGC

    www.videogameschronicle.com /news/life-is-strange-reunion-officially-announced-will-conclude-the-max-and-chloe-saga/
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    The Latest Monster Hunter Wilds PC Perf Drama Explained | Digital Foundry

    www.digitalfoundry.net /news/2026/01/the-latest-monster-hunter-wilds-pc-perf-drama-explained
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    Valheim player keeps building Dollar Generals despite friend begging them to stop: 'I do not want to play Valheim with Greg anymore'

    www.pcgamer.com /games/survival-crafting/valheim-player-keeps-building-dollar-generals-despite-friend-begging-them-to-stop-i-do-not-want-to-play-valheim-with-greg-anymore/
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    Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed.

    www.nytimes.com /interactive/2026/01/05/upshot/congestion-pricing-one-year.html
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    The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System

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    Did Obsidian Master the Art of the Efficient Epic? | NYT

    www.nytimes.com /2025/12/22/arts/outer-worlds-avowed-grounded-obsidian.html
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    The Knightling Did Everything Right - It Still Struggled to Sell | Beyond the Pixels Podcast

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    Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in mountain road crash

    www.nbclosangeles.com /news/local/video-game-developer-vince-zampella-crash-call-of-duty/3819576/
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    Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN

    www.ign.com /articles/video-game-physical-software-and-hardware-sales-just-had-the-worst-november-in-the-us-since-1995
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    ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’

    www.bloomberg.com /news/newsletters/2025-12-16/-baldur-s-gate-3-maker-promises-divinity-will-be-next-level
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    A Gaming Tour de Force That Is Very, Very French

    www.nytimes.com /2025/12/11/arts/clair-obscur-expedition-33-sandfall.html
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    Evo Japan and Las Vegas 2026 lineups announced

    evo.gg /events/evo2026