Loading Screen: Wayfinder Kills It's MTX Based Live Service and XDefiant's Challenge To Call of Duty
Embattled RPG Wayfinder is trying something new, the previously F2P psuedo MMO deciding their best chance is to abandon F2P and Live Service - while XDefiant are doing their best to bring over disgruntled Call of Duty players, promising to slay the biggest boogeyman of all - Skill Based Matchmaking.
Steam Vs The World
Steam has been seemingly banned in one country, and is being investigated in another for anti-competitive practices - because when every major publisher starts talking about the need to port games to PC to survive, that means that the biggest PC gaming platform needs a little more scrutiny.
Loading Screen: Paradox Ditches Prison Architect Devs, Square Enix's Multi-platform Future and Playstation's Console Peak
Paradox have taken a weird turn with the development of Prison Architect 2, Square Enix's new plans will see fewer, bigger games on more platforms and Playstation have reached the peak of their PS5 sales - it's all downhill from here.
Loading Screen: Criticism Banned For Marvel Rivals and Countries Banned for Ghosts of Tsushima
As content creators rebel against a draconian restriction on criticism for the alpha test of Marvel Rivals, Sony are facing a new front in their own war - because the PSN problem is not getting better.
Do EA Really Want To Put Ads in Games?
“EA CEO says they're interested in putting ads in their video games” is the viral message from the weekend - one that confirms everything you already knew was terrible about Electronic Arts and their leadership. But we've looked at the Transcripts and we're not so sure.
Loading Screen: As Xbox Fails, Indies Succeed
Capping off a week of disasters for Xbox - an interview with President Sarah Bond has left everyone even more confused as the company deflects questioning. But elsewhere in the industry, a simultaneous launch for four impressive indies has people excited about actually playing games.
Loading Screen: Xbox Are Bad At This
With terrible news comes many leaks, as sources have fed the press information on the state of Xbox in the days after the closure of four studios. Contradictory rationales, arguments about game pass and development in trouble - all topics that we're learning about from Xbox sources today.
Loading Screen: Helldivers CM Fired, EA's Optimistic Outlook and Nintendo's New Switch
Today one of Helldiver's Community Managers has seemingly been fired following the successful consumer revolt, EA's Financial Results have hints as to future games and Nintendo's New Switch has had it's announcement announced.
Loading Screen: Bonfire of Bethesda
Xbox have an operating cost problem, the solution is closing four Bethesda studios. This will somehow solve the 41% operating cost increase from ABK - the only problem with that is that they've just destroyed any and all faith that their fans, developers and potential partners could have.
Diablo 4 is Speaking to the Players
Blizzard have given up with Diablo 4 Season 4. They’ve decided to drop all pretence and speak directly to the audience of players that already owned the game.
Loading Screen: Don't Just Throw Devs At Problems, Stop Killing Games Update: UK Edition
The success of indies this year has led to (responsible) publishers asking players to just let their devs cook - more devs won't get you updates faster. Meanwhile, the Stop Killing Games movement has gotten an official response in the UK - but it's not great news.
Helldivers Saved by Arrowhead and Players
After a weekend of chaos, 331,431 negative steam reviews and 170+ territories losing the ability to buy Helldivers 2 - Sony have finally blinked. But how did things go this badly in the first place? The answer is simple. Playstation has no idea what they’re doing when it comes to the PC audience.