Over 500 developers join Unity protest against Runtime Fee policy (www.gamesindustry.biz) angielski
Bethesda: Thank you to more than 10 million Starfield explorers for creating the biggest launch in Bethesda history (twitter.com) angielski
Relogic: Makes a statement on Unity and donates 100k to Godot and FNA with a further 1k a month moving forward. (twitter.com) angielski
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Warzone’s villain returns to life for Modern Warfare 3 Zombies, because nothing matters any more (www.vg247.com) angielski
It's honestly a little endearing how hard Call of Duty's various studios continue to try and make its lore and characters matter. After the big reveal that Modern Warfare 3 would be bringing back classic villain Makarov - despite him not being anywhere in the story of the reboots, all bets were off....
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2: Dev Diary #1 Welcome to The Chinese Room (www.paradoxinteractive.com) angielski
UK's preliminary judgement on new Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal reportedly due next week (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
UK regulatory body the Competition and Markets Authority is reportedly preparing to share its preliminary judgement on Microsoft's revised Activision Blizzard deal next week....
[Rumor] Microsoft Eyes AMD Zen 6, RDNA 5 for Next-Gen ‘Cloud Hybrid’ Xbox Console (www.tomshardware.com) angielski
Microsoft says it is currently debating using ARM64 or AMD Zen 6 architecture for the CPU. Note that the Xbox Series X uses a custom Zen 2 CPU, while Zen 4 is used in present-day laptops and desktops. Microsoft appears to be leaning towards an AMD Navi 5x (RDNA 5) GPU compared to RDNA 3 for the current-generation Radeon RX 7000...
Tales of Arise Producer Is Open to Bringing Older Tales Games to the West (www.ign.com) angielski
Microsoft addresses the huge Xbox leaks: here’s Phil Spencer’s full memo (www.theverge.com) angielski
The leaks revealed plans for a revised Xbox Series X.
Phil Spencer: We've seen the conversation around old emails and documents. It is hard to see our team's work shared in this way because so much has changed and there's so much to be excited about... (twitter.com) angielski
RPG experts on why we love Baldur's Gate 3, and the future of the genre (www.rockpapershotgun.com) angielski
Developers and experts in CRPGs give us their takes on why Baldur's Gate 3 and RPGs in general seize the public's imagi…
The plans for Lies of P, Neowiz and Round8 Studios executives discuss establishing themselves in AAA single-player offerings (www.gamesindustry.biz) angielski
After the PS5 Reveal Phil Spencer said to his team "We have a better product than Sony does, not just on hardware but equally important on the software platform and services on top of the hardware. (twitter.com) angielski
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Bungie Is Reportedly Using Unreal Engine For Its New IP Codenamed 'Gummy Bears' (www.psu.com) angielski
Microsoft documents leak new Bethesda games, including an Oblivion remaster (www.theverge.com) angielski
Former BioWare manager wishes Dragon Age had kept a 'PC-centric' and 'modding-driven' identity like Neverwinter Nights (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
"Dragon Age in the early days had its fair share of identity crises," Flynn says. "Was it going to be a tools-driven, modding-driven game like Neverwinter Nights? Was it going to be a big singleplayer RPG like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion?"...
Stadia's death spiral, according to the Google employee in charge of mopping up after its murder (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
A statement from a Google employee, Dov Zimring, has been released as a part of the FTC vs Microsoft court case (via 9to5Google). Only minorly redacted, the statement gives us a run down of Google's position leading up to Stadia's closure and why, ultimately, Stadia was in a death spiral long before its actual demise....
Diablo 4 continues to walk back changes from its fiendishly unpopular 1.1 patch, boosting XP gain on World Tiers 3 and 4 (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
In the lead-up to Diablo 4's first season back in July, the game received a patch that was universally unpopular. That feels like an understatement—the community revolt was fierce enough to cause an honest-to-Lilith emergency broadcast where the devs stated: "we don't plan on doing a patch like this ever again"....
Unity to Cap Runtime Fee to 4% of Revenue Over $1M, Users Will Self-Report Figures (wccftech.com) angielski
The overhauled Runtime Fee policy plan being considered by Unity Technologies will cap the fee to 4% of the game's revenues over $1 million....
Microsoft May Exit Gaming Business If Game Pass Subscribers off Console Don't Increase Enough by 2027 (wccftech.com) angielski
Spencer said in no uncertain terms that Microsoft could exit the gaming business if this projection became reality. Microsoft needs the light green and blue segments (PC and cloud) to get much larger and much faster by fiscal year 2027, or it could opt out of the business altogether....
Alleged GTA 6 Videos & Source Code Leaked; Schreier: It's Real (wccftech.com) angielski
Grand Theft Auto 6 has yet to be announced, but last year, we managed to get a glimpse at the sixth main entry in the series by Rockstar Games thanks to some leaked videos. While there's been nothing since, official or otherwise, some dedicated fans have provided something new on the highly anticipated game this week....
Leaked Bethesda roadmap reveals unannounced releases including Dishonored 3 (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
As part of the recent Microsoft leaks, a slate of Bethesda games - including several unannounced titles - have been revealed....
New Xbox controller with swappable battery spotted in huge Microsoft leak (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Sebile, formally called Xbox Universal Controller according to the leak, is included in a hardware roadmap emailed internally on 5th February 2022. Sebile has a higher focus on sustainability as well as improvements in durability....
Procedural detective noir Shadows of Doubt adds infidelity investigations next week (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Shadows of Doubt, the ambitious procedural detective noir sandbox from developer Cole Jefferies, is introducing new cases themed around infidelity on 25th September, as part of its first major update since entering Steam early access in April.