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rbits, do games w Hades 2 early access launch on Steam reaches over 100k concurrent players 24 hours after launch

Nice. Won’t be playing it till the full release, I still have Hades 1 after all, but all this attention will probably make the game even better than the original

solsangraal,

i bought it immediately after work monday and have been playing nonstop in all my spare time. no bugs/glitches whatsoever. the only “placeholder” things i’ve seen are copy/paste images for the keepsakes in the display case

Rai,

Same experience here! It runs perfectly and I haven’t had a single issue.

webghost0101, do games w CD Projekt CFO does "not see a place for microtransactions in single-player games"

Is this a “its ok of ifs multiplayer” in disguise?

TheLowestStone,
@TheLowestStone@lemmy.world avatar

What people don’t say is often more important than what they do. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the The Witcher 4 is an always online multiplayer game with mtx.

yamanii, do games w Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection used modder's work without credit
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

Seems like Tomb raider collection was the fluke, because that one is almost perfect. But I tried out the dark forces remastered and was met with a godawful AI laser rifle with visible artifacts.

chemical_cutthroat, do gaming w Former Battlefield director doesn't "have anything positive to say about EA"
@chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world avatar

The guy has been with EA less than ten years. We’ve all known EA is a garbage company for 20 or more years. If you lay down with dogs…

Sanctus, do games w From Software is "working hard on Elden Ring DLC" but still doesn't have a release date "at this time"
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

Thats okay FromSoft, you go when you feel like it. I will instantly pick ER back up.

SnotFlickerman, do gaming w Microsoft to lay off 1900 people across Xbox and Activision Blizzard
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

You know, these companies share mountains of data with each other before mergers or buyouts.

The idea that they don’t know these “areas of overlap” as they call them before the deal is done is a joke.

MagicShel,

Of course they know them. That’s how Microsoft buys a multi-billion dollar company and expects to turn a profit - not by continuing to run the company the way it was, but by trimming staff from one or both companies.

Every time there is a massive capital investment, whether by a hedge fund or a bigger company, there is an unstated “and profit by making it worse” in the headline. Sometimes, a poorly managed company can yield profits just through better management, but most of the time it hurts workers which in turn hurts customers, but there is massive profit to be made while the coasting on the inertia of the former quality.

I can say from experience, if your company gets bought out your job is about to get worse if it even still exists.

SnotFlickerman,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Of course they know them.

I know, that’s why I called it a joke. They always post these bullshit PR statements after the fact as if everyone didn’t know this was coming.

MagicShel,

Yes. I was agreeing with you and ranting further, not trying to infer you didn’t get it. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.

SnotFlickerman,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

No problem I’m not upset, I was just clarifying. We’re obviously both on the same page with this haha.

scrubbles,
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This always happens with mergers, and it’s disgusting that our government knows this and allows it to happen without a plan.

T-Mobile buying sprint did the same thing. “Oh, we’ll need everyone on deck!” Really? You’ll need 2 teams rolling out the same phone? You’ll need twice as many people managing the same amount of plans? That’s just not how it works.

Surprisingly, as soon as the heat was off of them after the merger they laid off entire departments that were “redundant”. Never trust a corpo kids.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@kbin.social avatar

Even without any cynicism, I think the government was more interested in there being tighter competition among cell carriers than they were with the people who will lose their jobs in a merger. With all due respect to those who fall on tough times as a result of that kind of merger, it's a more short term and small scale problem than there being fewer viable competitors in an important sector of the market.

Ethereal87,
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It’s also not necessarily easier, but more understandable, for roles such as HR, marketing, etc…yes, it’s still someone’s job but one company probably doesn’t need two HR teams worth of people and cuts accordingly.

Message being that everyone should have their head on a swivel during a merger and that goes double for those jobs that provide day-to-day business support to keep things running.

umbrella,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

the govmt is in on it, thats why they know & still let this happen

Fiivemacs, do games w Microsoft to lay off 1900 people across Xbox and Activision Blizzard | Eurogamer

Story is developing…lol ok

Anyone who didn’t see this coming is just blind. Anytime a company acquired another, there is ALWAYS layoffs. Before and after mergers.

echo64,

there is. this is at a large scale however. and involved cancelling projects. normally this happens because of redundancies in rolls (like QA for example, microsoft already has QA, marketing, stuff like that)

this is still an unusual size.

Paradachshund,

The level of cope around this merger was insane. It’s never a good thing, people.

Computerchairgeneral, do games w Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick departs in just a few days

Good riddance. Shame he's probably walking away with a massive payout for all his incompetence and negligence.

Donjuanme, do games w Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick departs in just a few days

He’s going to avoid blame for all the shit that Blizzard is going to experience going forward, likely due to his management.

watson387, do games w Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick departs in just a few days
@watson387@sopuli.xyz avatar

Why do his eyes feel like he’s looking to steal my soul?

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar
Neato,
@Neato@kbin.social avatar

At least Raphael is charming.

sigmaklimgrindset,

I trust Ralphy over Bobby Kotick.

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

At least he keeps his word. Bet he’s a better singer, too.

Mr_Dr_Oink,

Most psychopaths look like this.

KingThrillgore,
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar
stardust, do gaming w The Last of Us multiplayer project officially cancelled by Naughty Dog

Silver lining is players can finally be free instead of constantly being strung along year after year wondering if this is the year it will come out.

netburnr, do games w Infinity Ward opens a new studio in Austin, Texas | Eurogamer
@netburnr@lemmy.world avatar

With the best workers wanting remote work, not sure what they expect to get from opening an office in Austin. Traffic is terrible, office space costs a ton, and Noone will apply to work in their office.

SoupBrick,

If I had to guess, tax breaks.

smort,
@smort@lemmy.world avatar

They’ll get enough young people who are enchanted by the ideas of living in a “hip” city and/or making video games

lorty,
@lorty@lemmy.ml avatar

Aren’t taxes and benefits better for companies in Texas?

Drusas, do games w Why gaming is so important to players with chronic pain

As someone who became mostly very suddenly disabled, and an avid gamer who has been forced to give up most games, including some of my favorites, I have to say that this is the best article I've read on the topic so far. Thank you for sharing. Hopefully people will actually read it and think about it.

And giving all of that up, or I guess we should say losing all of that, has dramatically deteriorated my ability to socialize. It's just lose lose lose if you are a gamer who can no longer use your hands properly.

refurbishedrefurbisher, do games w Silent Hill: Ascension fails to impress with greedy monetisation and cluttered UI
EvilBit,

Fun tip for iPhone users: the Photos app lifts this neatly out of the background so you can turn it into a sticker. Just save the image and hold your finger on it to get the menu. For extra jazziness, you can add a glittery effect.

Rouxibeau,

Can you make it fun for Android too?

EvilBit,

Wish I could, but I don’t know that Android went nearly as bananas over stickers and other tweeny cutesy bullshit.

tb_,
@tb_@lemmy.world avatar

On Samsung phones you can make stickers just the same way you can on iPhone, with the stock gallery app.

Dunno about Google Photos.

In fact, here it is without the background:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e3d93d67-949f-49eb-9185-2b8c2f6ea169.png

Rouxibeau, (edited )

Alright, thanks. I made some stickers while in the edit page of another photo but haven’t figured out how to isolate them yet.

Or did I?

Nevermind…

Khazram,
@Khazram@lemmy.world avatar

Oh shirt balls! You just made my iMessage game even more fun

dylanTheDeveloper, do games w Cyberpunk's storytelling makes Starfield seem ancient
@dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world avatar

I think what starfield is missing is full body animations that go along with conversations, seeing NPCs pick stuff up or pace around while talking and communicating through body language

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