Today, we have an exciting update: Duncan and Paul, alongside many other talented members at Hopoo Games, will now be working on game development directly at @valvesoftware
That’s the DLC for RoR2 that came out like 4 days ago - it’ll get fixed.
That doesn’t change RoR or RoR Remaster - plus… having been playing RoR2 Seekers of the Storm, I feel like people are being a little too sweaty - seems rather fine imo
Would be interesting, though I don’t imagine they’d do that - Deadlock is pretty far along (despite the “early development” tag) and they seem like they have a full dev team.
Valve seems to hire teams for new projects (such as Portal and Left 4 dead) so I’d be really interested to see if they’re doing something new
I just finished Alan Wake 2 and the 3 episodes of the DLCs. Alan Wake 2 is a literal masterpiece in my opinion, the gameplay was similar to its first game but refined, the story dark, mood, mysterious and weird. I also loved the references to the other games. Like Ahti. The ending of Alan Wake 2 made me wonder and sad (I won’t...
“So what you’re saying is: You like what my friends and I do with our Borderlands video games even more than you like what some of the biggest and best cast and crew of film makers on the planet have done,” he wrote. “I’m super flattered! We’re working extra hard four you on what’s next….”
…what? Lmao.
Having the best crew doesn’t matter if you’re trying to race the Daytona 500 with a box car with a monkey that was only trained to turn right and to have an actress in her late 50s play a character in her early 20s.
I’m sure he’ll probably use a different mechanic for Haunted Chocolatier, probably too late to change it for Stardew Vallery, given it’s age and the existing complexity of the game.
Also didn’t expect references to Superstorm Sandy or Christie.
For my money, the Christie administration’s Beachgate scandal remains the most ludicrously individualized version of this in microcosm
Especially when you consider he was the reason the state government shutdown, and then that asshole lied about being on the beach, and when caught said “hey if you want to go to the beach, you could run for governor”. You know how many families got fucked out of an enjoyable beach visit for July 4th?
It’s now been eight months since SAG-AFTRA members voted in favour of a strike authorisation in the games industry… While SAG-AFTRA has not moved forward with its strike as of yet…
I wonder if there’s a limit to how long the authorization is valid for?
Xbox is offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative
It seems like every other week a game studio is massively laying off employees; sometimes after years of development. What I’m reading is that it’s a quick way to lower expenses and pad the investors’ pockets, flooding the market with developers and reducing their value, to then hire them back a few months later at lower...
Probably because the owners want to take all of the profit and employees do not have the capital to make the investment.
It takes a certain benevolent capitalist to convert their business to employee owned (Bobs Red Mill intensifies). Such businesses only represent 12% of the private sector
(Also as a side note, I find it wild how much Microsoft spent on Bethesda just to cut so many of those studios.)
It’s easy to understand when you realize that purchase wasn’t about talent, it was about IP.
Now sure, closing these studios and preventing the development of new exclusives is leading to Sony eating their lunch now, but longer/very short term it leads to them developing exclusives with their IP at a cheaper cost. It’s just all about cost cutting to make pretty line go up.
spoiler…you mean the girl (at the beginning of the episode, shown to be an A+ in all “stats”) that took on a man post coitus and still was thrown around the room and only survived thanks to the blender?
It really sucks for the hard-working employees with so many layoffs happening in the industry, but I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise since they haven’t released a game yet.
Deviation Games was formed by ex-Treyarch and Call of Duty developers in 2020, led by Jason Blundell and Dave Anthony. Eighteen months later, however, Blundell departed Deviation. It then laid off around 90 employees back in May 2023, citing a “difficult situation” that “forced” the layoffs.
I have been playing a lot of the DOS version of Simcity 2000 recently. I grew up with it on my windows 98 pc, so revisiting it was nice. There were a few thing I picked up on that I never realized when I was young....
Servin presents Exxon’s new human flesh-derived “Vivoleum” future fuel at a Keynote Luncheon at the GO-Expo 2007 (Oil and Gas Exposition) in Calgary, Alberta.
TIL I can restore games on Steam, which I removed years ago
Silly me removed about 70 games from Steam library years ago. Today I have restored most of them via Stem support page and with purchases history.
Sony officially teases PlayStation 5 Pro (videocardz.com)
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Risk of Rain developers join Valve, announced in a twitter post. (x.com)
Today, we have an exciting update: Duncan and Paul, alongside many other talented members at Hopoo Games, will now be working on game development directly at @valvesoftware
Concord may have sold as few as 25,000 copies, it’s claimed [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
Tactical Breach Wizards | Review Thread (opencritic.com) angielski
Game Information...
New AI model can hallucinate a game of 1993’s Doom in real time (arstechnica.com)
Just finished Alan Wake 2 angielski
I just finished Alan Wake 2 and the 3 episodes of the DLCs. Alan Wake 2 is a literal masterpiece in my opinion, the gameplay was similar to its first game but refined, the story dark, mood, mysterious and weird. I also loved the references to the other games. Like Ahti. The ending of Alan Wake 2 made me wonder and sad (I won’t...
Dead Cells receives its final major update today, seven years after release (www.eurogamer.net)
Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford teases Borderlands 4 [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster will no longer grant ‘Erotica’ points for taking photos of women [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
Personally I think they should’ve instead added erotica photos for all the NPCs to balance it out, but that’s just me 🤷
Max Payne 1 & 2 Remake is in full production, Control 2 is now in a playable state [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
"My maternity leave was supposed to start next Monday and I got laid off today," former Bungie employee says (www.videogamer.com) angielski
Braid Anniversary Edition has ‘sold like dog sh*t’, creator Jonathan Blow says (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
Let's discuss: Stardew Valley (beehaw.org) angielski
The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!...
Productive Citybuilding at the End of the World: As dark clouds draw nearer, Against the Storm keeps its eyes firmly on the bottom line [Remap] (remapradio.com) angielski
SAG-AFTRA: We want to exhaust every option "without having to pull the trigger on a strike" (www.gamesindustry.biz) angielski
Here's Why Microsoft Buying Valve Is A Terrible Idea (www.thegamer.com) angielski
Valve’s hero shooter Deadlock leaks with screenshots, gameplay details - Polygon (www.polygon.com)
Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings (www.bloomberg.com)
Xbox is offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative
Can somebody explain why game makers don't start their own companies together? angielski
It seems like every other week a game studio is massively laying off employees; sometimes after years of development. What I’m reading is that it’s a quick way to lower expenses and pad the investors’ pockets, flooding the market with developers and reducing their value, to then hire them back a few months later at lower...
Microsoft closes Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin and others (www.gamingonlinux.com) angielski
Alan Wake II Has yet to Recoup Development and Marketing Expenses; Tencent Raised Stakes in Remedy to 14% (wccftech.com) angielski
Hades II - Sign Up for the HADES II Technical Test - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
Fallout Show, so bad that no one will remember it in 3 months (fandomwire.com)
The Fallout show's been a pleasant surprise (sopuli.xyz)
Todd produced something that’s actually good‽...
Slay the Spire 2 - Reveal Trailer (www.youtube.com)
I hate the term "Boomer Shooter"
Not to say I hate the genre, I actually love me some Dusk or Turbo Overkill, but why, oh why are they called Boomer Shooters?...
Nightdive's acclaimed System Shock remake heading to consoles in May (www.eurogamer.net)
The game magazine that spent two years taunting a Final Fantasy VIII hater (ff8isthe.best) angielski
PlayStation studio Deviation Games has closed down (www.eurogamer.net)
A Small Steam Game Shows How LLMs Could Kill the Dialogue Tree (re: Verbal Verdict demo) (www.404media.co) angielski
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Simcity 2000 feels.
I have been playing a lot of the DOS version of Simcity 2000 recently. I grew up with it on my windows 98 pc, so revisiting it was nice. There were a few thing I picked up on that I never realized when I was young....
GeForce Now adding ads for free users. (feddit.nl)
Game over? Industry suffers slowdown after decades-long winning streak (www.ft.com) angielski
almost certain this is behind a paywall and usually FT is one you can’t get around, so some choice excerpts:...