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Alberto Mielgo defends the Marathon cinematic as "not AI," denies his team touched Bungie’s plagiarized material and calls the art theft incident a genuine mistake that was "blown out of proportion" (thegamepost.com)
Dispatch sells 1 million copies in 10 days (bsky.app)
I’ve been enjoying Dispatch so far, and the sales numbers seem well deserved. I know a few people waiting for all the episodes to be outbefore they buy it, though (final episode is out Nov 12)....
Assassin's Creed is a "forever brand" because Ubisoft supported huge risks with it, ex director says: "Whereas, say, EA, you get these awful execs and they never made games and they came from toothpaste companies" (www.gamesradar.com)
‘It’s about redemption’: Peter Molyneux says Masters of Albion will make up for decades of ‘overpromising on things’ (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year (www.gamefile.news)
Cancelled because a black man killing the Klan, after all the morons complaining about Yasuke, was going to be too controversial of a video game in our (Americans’) “unstable” country.
EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm (www.pcgamer.com)
Right…
Everyone thinks the Deus Ex remaster looks awful and they're right: 'They really turned those 1999 graphics into 2003 graphics' (www.pcgamer.com)
In a week dominated by Silksong and Borderlands, co-op roguelike Shape of Dreams still managed to launch on Steam as an instant top-seller (www.pcgamer.com)
Not at all surprised, the demo for this was really solid.
Battlefield 6 cheats day 1 of early access. Depite kernel level anti cheat, forced secure boot TPM 2.0 (youtu.be)
We did it! 🥳
Stop Killing Games just reached 1 million signatures!
Young Americans Are Spending A Whole Lot Less On Video Games This Year (www.gamespot.com)
Randy Pitchford asks fans if they'd swallow future Borderlands exclusivity deals, almost 10,000 people say just put your damn games on Steam (www.pcgamer.com)
Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman (www.pcgamer.com)
The end of Stop Killing Games - The Final Update. [Accursed Farms] (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/31873281...
MindsEye developer confirms layoffs as it "focuses on updates and performance optimization for MindsEye" (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Dreamsettler, the follow-up to early internet inspired browser game Hypnospace Outlaw, has been cancelled (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Stellar Blade on PC Hit 1 Million Sales 19 Times Faster Than on PlayStation 5 (insider-gaming.com)
Gooner game of the year Stellar Blade's mods are 41% smut, ensuring gamers will never see the light of heaven (www.pcgamer.com)
The Outer Worlds 2 - Official Story Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2025 (www.youtube.com)
Dying Light: The Beast - Gameplay Premiere Trailer (www.youtube.com)
Borderlands 2 is free to claim on Steam for the next two days (store.steampowered.com)
Be sure to claim it before the offer ends.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Surpasses 3.3 Million Copies in 33 Days (insider-gaming.com)
New ‘Marathon’ Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans (www.forbes.com)
Context: Aside from Marathon missing the mark on its early playtests and getting mediocre reviews, Bungie was caught copy/pasting stolen art into a lot of the game’s art and textures. The company is internally under fire.
Bungie confirms it stole art once again, will undertake a 'thorough review' of Marathon assets (www.pcgamer.com)
Bungie appears to have extensively plagiarized an artist's work in their extraction shooter "Marathon" according to this Bluesky post (bsky.app)
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/33d904f3-6ae2-46f1-ba36-c56913c7dc88.png...
PlayStation spins out new internal studio from Bungie (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Coming May 26, 2026 - Rockstar Games (www.rockstargames.com)
Better title than the other thread. Delayed to 2026!
ARC Raiders Is the Most ‘It’s Fine’ Game We’ve Played in a While - IGN (www.ign.com)
Blizzard reportedly taps Nexon to publish Overwatch mobile and a new StarCraft game (www.videogameschronicle.com)
It’s unclear which genre the StarCraft game will be in. Overwatch Mobile has reportedly been referred to internally as “Overwatch 3,”...
[Digital Foundry] Oblivion Remastered PC: Impressive Remastering, Dire Performance Problems (www.youtube.com)
Discord confirms it's moving toward 'becoming a public company' as it hires a former Activision executive as its new CEO (www.pcgamer.com)
Co-founder Jason Citron is stepping down, but will remain with the company as a member of the board of directors.
Ghost of Yōtei comes to PlayStation 5 on October 2 (blog.playstation.com)
Marathon | Gameplay Reveal Trailer (www.youtube.com)
Ubisoft says you "cannot complain" it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren't "deceived" by the lack of an offline version (www.gamesradar.com)
Full title: Ubisoft says you “cannot complain” it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren’t “deceived” by the lack of an offline version “to access a decade-old, discontinued video game”...
Switch 2 Tutorial Game Welcome Tour Costs $10, Nintendo Explains Why It's Not a Free Console Pack-In - IGN (www.ign.com)
PirateSoftware's Take On $80 Games (youtube.com)
How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows (archive.ph)
source: linkedin.com/…/assassins-creed-shadows-influencer…?
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of March 30th
Whatcha all been playing?...
Civilization 7 Outlines Crucial 1.1.1 Update as It Struggles to Compete on Steam Against Civ 6 and Even the 15-Year-Old Civ 5 (www.ign.com)
Half Life: Alyx is Five Years Old Today
I genuinely can’t believe Half Life Alyx is five years old....
Video Game Workers Launch Industry-Wide Union with Communications Workers of America (cwa-union.org)