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Take Two Deny Closing The Two Studios They're Closing, Total War and Valve Game Leaks and More!
Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick denies they're closing two studios - but the people have actual reciepts Strauss! Meanwhile, corroborated leaks have revealed the future for Valve and maybe the Total War Franchsise with a Hero Shooter Moba and Star Wars respectively.
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Activision have today unveiled a new development studio - and in a shock move - they're not building Call of Duty. In more predictable news, Ubisoft have used their positive financial report to help bury the cancellation of The Division: Heartlands, even as Skull and Bones sails on.
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Embattled RPG Wayfinder is trying something new, the previously F2P psuedo MMO deciding their best chance is to abandon F2P and Live Service - while XDefiant are doing their best to bring over disgruntled Call of Duty players, promising to slay the biggest boogeyman of all - Skill Based Matchmaking.
Loading Screen: Paradox Ditches Prison Architect Devs, Square Enix's Multi-platform Future and Playstation's Console Peak
Paradox have taken a weird turn with the development of Prison Architect 2, Square Enix's new plans will see fewer, bigger games on more platforms and Playstation have reached the peak of their PS5 sales - it's all downhill from here.
Loading Screen: Criticism Banned For Marvel Rivals and Countries Banned for Ghosts of Tsushima
As content creators rebel against a draconian restriction on criticism for the alpha test of Marvel Rivals, Sony are facing a new front in their own war - because the PSN problem is not getting better.
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Capping off a week of disasters for Xbox - an interview with President Sarah Bond has left everyone even more confused as the company deflects questioning. But elsewhere in the industry, a simultaneous launch for four impressive indies has people excited about actually playing games.
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With terrible news comes many leaks, as sources have fed the press information on the state of Xbox in the days after the closure of four studios. Contradictory rationales, arguments about game pass and development in trouble - all topics that we're learning about from Xbox sources today.
Loading Screen: Helldivers CM Fired, EA's Optimistic Outlook and Nintendo's New Switch
Today one of Helldiver's Community Managers has seemingly been fired following the successful consumer revolt, EA's Financial Results have hints as to future games and Nintendo's New Switch has had it's announcement announced.
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Xbox have an operating cost problem, the solution is closing four Bethesda studios. This will somehow solve the 41% operating cost increase from ABK - the only problem with that is that they've just destroyed any and all faith that their fans, developers and potential partners could have.
Loading Screen: Don't Just Throw Devs At Problems, Stop Killing Games Update: UK Edition
The success of indies this year has led to (responsible) publishers asking players to just let their devs cook - more devs won't get you updates faster. Meanwhile, the Stop Killing Games movement has gotten an official response in the UK - but it's not great news.
Loading Screen: Riot Responds To "Bricked PC" Allegations
Today - Riot are facing accusations of bricking people's PCs as they add their kernel level anti cheat to League of Legends - but based on their reported errors and explanation - it's a really niche problem to face. Similarly niche, but no less impressive for it - this week's Weekend Recommend.
Loading Screen: Take Two Kill Another Studio, No More Elden Ring and Square Enix Slim Down
Turns out that Take Two weren't done killing studios - and even if you do sell critically acclaimed games you aren't safe. Meanwhile From Software have disappointed many with news of Elden Ring DLC, while Square Enix have taken a hatchet to their release plans - to the tune of 22.1 billion yen.