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ChaoticEntropy, do games w Devs on Unity Runtime Fee: "The trust is gone forever"
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Some things you can’t take back, especially when as CEO you don’t even try to take it back but just indicate that they might scale some of its extremes back. For now.

CaptObvious, do games w Unity reportedly told dev Planned Parenthood and children's hospital are "not valid charities"

Unity simply cannot stop shooting themselves in the foot, can they? Bless their hearts. (I’m a Southerner.)

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I’ve heard people correct this as “Unity didn’t shoot themselves in the foot, they shot themselves in the chest.”

And I agree, they didn’t just fuck up and get badly hurt. They’re dead. On life support if they’re lucky.

Nobody sane will trust this company with their work now.

CaptObvious,

Agreed on all counts.

orrk,

I don’t care what anyone else says, I think they are a standup company, in their own way. (also a southerner)

CaptObvious,

Unity? Or Planned Parenthood?

orrk,

Unity of course, planned parenthood actually does decent work.

Serinus, do games w Unity adding a fee for devs for each time a game is installed, after certain thresholds

Yeah, this will insure I never use Unity. But at least they can collect from their existing games.

p03locke, do games w Fable delayed to 2026
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Fable already came out, and it was a pretty mid game. Why are we doing this again?

Not_mikey,

Microsofts too lazy to make new IP so they’re trying to reboot any game that wasn’t a complete flop.

scrubbles,
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Miceosoft!? Create original IP? Agreed they’ll keep regurgitating their IP no matter how many lame halos it makes.

Hell not even dos was theirs.

oxideseven,

This is the 4th game… Not the OG. It’s a reboot with apparently a diff story.

Fable is cool, I welcome this game.

mic_check_one_two,

The first game was cool. Vastly over-promised, but still cool. Fable 2 was mid, at best. Then Fable 3 was just pure dogwater.

I don’t have high hopes for a reboot. If it’s actually done properly, it’ll be a nice surprise. But I refuse to get my hopes up.

monotremata,

I never actually played Fable 2 (it never came to PC) but 1 was decent for its time, and yeah, 3 kind of fell apart. (You get to what seems like the halfway point, then the rest of the game plays out in a few minutes, entirely through menus, and is super boring.)

But mostly I’m finding it hard to imagine how a new take on this would stand out in today’s market. It’s, let’s see, a third-person action game with RPG elements tacked on. The setting is…generic western fairytale fantasy. I’m not saying the game couldn’t be good, but what would be distinctive about it? Having people call you “chicken chaser”? What is the contribution of the “Fable” pedigree here, apart from Molyneux baggage?

PieMePlenty,

I preferred fable 2 over 1 because it had guns.

Psythik,

Fable 2 has guns? Damn I need to play this series. I thought it was just some fantasy wizard bullshit. (LotR is the only fantasy wizard bullshit that I enjoy, everything else can die in a fire.)

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Pistols and rifles. There’s even this thing:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8b887090-8ee9-4751-a4ff-02dd5c31c88c.jpeg

Which goes along great with:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6fb75585-d6fd-4fdd-bd67-aac8560e416a.jpeg

This may be my favorite part of fable 2, and im not the biggest halo fan but this was nice to see and the rifle is pretty amazing ingame.

thingsiplay, do gaming w Rocksteady ends Suicide Squad development less than a year after release

You can say what you want about the game, but that they make an offline mode for players who purchased it is commendable. At least game is preserved in this way. The only downside is, that nobody is allowed to buy the offline game from that point on. Hopefully they decide against de-listing it on Steam.

snekerpimp, do games w Report: Resident Evil 7 on iOS has earned Capcom $28,140 since launch

I get why they did it, but not why they did it with this game. I get they wanted a technical showcase, but, again, why this game? Plenty of other candidates out there would have looked, felt and sold better. Guess Tim Apple has a thing for the series?

FlashMobOfOne, do gaming w IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more
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And the enshittification of everything marches onward.

onlinepersona, do gaming w Activision to pay $23.4m for patent infringement

Anybody know which patent was infringed upon? Are Acceleration Bay patent trolls or is there really something there?

Anti Commercial-AI license

rmstyle,

Yes, look at the ars article, there are even links to the patents. arstechnica.com/…/jury-finds-activision-blizzard-…

onlinepersona,

The Ars article is definitely better than the gamesindustry.biz one. Patent trolls for sure.

Also, what the fuck is that patent? They are describing a multi-cast over unicast, which is basically a for loop over the participants. Friggin ridiculous.

Anti Commercial-AI license

rhombus,

Definitely patent trolls. They don’t use the patents at all and they have a bunch of lawsuits ongoing against other game developers.

Hisnitch, do gaming w Embracer CEO says layoffs are "something that everyone needs to get through"

Nordic Games is talking a lot of shit for a company that fired a lot of their employees and killed their underling studios before the entire firing craze of 2023 and 2024. Hey, hows that deal with the Saudis going again? Oh, right, it fucking isn’t because you staked your entire companies future on it and they decided they wanted out.

BassaForte, do gaming w Nacon exec says industry's problem is "too many games"
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Hey now, Too Many Games is a small convention and doesn’t deserve any of this.

TheMusicalFruit, do games w US kids want games subscriptions and virtual currency more than games this Christmas

Just dropping a gift recommendation for younger kids with a Nintendo Switch. Kirby and the Forgotten Land. A few years old at this point, but my two younger kids still play the heck out of it. It’s wholesome, and doesn’t have any in game purchases or online subscription.

cupcakezealot, do gaming w Gabe Newell ordered to make in-person deposition for Valve v. Wolfire Games lawsuit
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steam is one of the good guys. maybe instead of suing they should just make better games

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Caitlynn,
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Uhm, I’m Not against your argument, but have you informed yourself in any manner before making this Statement.

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oscar,

Ah yes, because rich == bad

It’s possible to be successful and have a good influence on the industry. Valve is the perfect example of that.

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Snowpix,
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It’s a private company. They don’t have shareholders to report to, so they’re not remotely as scummy. Fuck the rich, but choose your battles and go after the ones who are really the problem.

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dino,

Don’t play games then, they are only being made to get your money. Screw those!

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dino,

Link to evidence, thank you. Also Gaben might no saint, but its still a lesser evil compared to 99% of other corps.

Faydaikin, do gaming w Gabe Newell ordered to make in-person deposition for Valve v. Wolfire Games lawsuit
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Just from a quick search about the case, it seems to hold very little water.

Hell, it’s already been dismissed once.

ugmug, do gaming w The Escapist staff resign following termination of editor-in-chief Nick Calandra
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I hope these guys reorganize and get back to it quickly. I enjoy almost everything Nick and company have been doing over the past few years. I can't imagine the Escapist YT channel will stay afloat without Yahtzee.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

They’re gained 6,000 subscribers from their initial discord post less than an hour ago

ugmug,
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tal,
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As of this writing, their YouTube channel has 12.7k subscribers, and they haven’t uploaded anything yet.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Hell yes. Fuck The Escapist

cupcakezealot, do gaming w Unity reportedly told dev Planned Parenthood and children's hospital are "not valid charities"
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Unreal about to have a really good October.

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