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EA just open sourced Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Renegade and Generals
28 Feb 2025 at 1:14 am UTC
28 Feb 2025 at 1:14 am UTC
Too bad Red Alert 2 wasn't included, but this is still... unusually awesome.
Does make one hope we might see a proper new C&C game one day.
Does make one hope we might see a proper new C&C game one day.
WB close F.E.A.R. and Shadow of Mordor dev Monolith Productions and other studios
27 Feb 2025 at 1:24 pm UTC Likes: 6
27 Feb 2025 at 1:24 pm UTC Likes: 6
Yeah, get rid of that team that more than likely has just gone through a tough project, probably bonded in the process, and gained life and dev experience in favour of... not really capitalising on that in any way. Yeah, scattering all that to the wind seems like the most sensible choice. Then, some months from now, start a new team, because that video games division you have isn't making video games for some reason.
And all that coming from suits who can only fail up.
And all that coming from suits who can only fail up.
Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam
20 Feb 2025 at 10:06 am UTC Likes: 2
20 Feb 2025 at 10:06 am UTC Likes: 2
Yeah, Valve/Steam sells the protection of rights which is why they needed to get sued in Australia in order to implement a refund policy. Also evident in how they changed the wording regarding Steam selling games to not actually 'selling' you anything - that you needed to just accept or get f'ed if you felt like keeping the stuff you bou... temporarily and possibly revocably licensed on there. Pure customer rights advocacy reigns supreme at Valve, clearly.
Valve is a business, not your friend. They're private, so they're not focused exclusively on the next quarter, hence why their service is allowed to be better than the industry standard. That is about it.
And Linkedin is an absolute dystopic hellhole all the way down.
Valve is a business, not your friend. They're private, so they're not focused exclusively on the next quarter, hence why their service is allowed to be better than the industry standard. That is about it.
And Linkedin is an absolute dystopic hellhole all the way down.
Commandos: Origins gets an April release date
10 Feb 2025 at 10:39 am UTC
10 Feb 2025 at 10:39 am UTC
I have nostalgia for Commandos and its numerous clones, but those were very irritating games to play.
Paradox Interactive acquires Haemimont Games
7 Feb 2025 at 2:11 am UTC Likes: 1
7 Feb 2025 at 2:11 am UTC Likes: 1
You really need to read up on what happened to Harebrained, and pay attention to the timeline. Paradox gutted that studio well ahead of the release date of their game, then just straight up dumped said game months later like it was radioactive.
It really looks like Paradox made a calculated decision to basically all but kill the studio out of pure malice. Look at Prison Architect. Look at the Star Trek game, and the messy development of that. Cities: Skylines 2. Probably Vampire. I mean... one developer and one project? Sure, they probably screwed up, it happens. Every single non-first party ending up a complete catastrophe? Clear mismanagement and publisher incompetence. That's why some people aren't super happy about this acquisition. Paradox as a publisher has a body count at this point that can't be ignored.
It really looks like Paradox made a calculated decision to basically all but kill the studio out of pure malice. Look at Prison Architect. Look at the Star Trek game, and the messy development of that. Cities: Skylines 2. Probably Vampire. I mean... one developer and one project? Sure, they probably screwed up, it happens. Every single non-first party ending up a complete catastrophe? Clear mismanagement and publisher incompetence. That's why some people aren't super happy about this acquisition. Paradox as a publisher has a body count at this point that can't be ignored.
Broken Alliance from the Death & Taxes dev is now in Early Access, a love-letter to Heroes of Might and Magic
16 Jan 2025 at 6:40 pm UTC Likes: 3
16 Jan 2025 at 6:40 pm UTC Likes: 3
Yeah, ironically it's the card combat that makes it a pass for me. I just can't take more card games.
Story, dialogue etc. is something I lost any hope for long ago. It's pretty much a mandatory skip. HoMM and MM were just right in that department, and they don't make it look difficult, but apparently what they did is borderline impossible to achieve. Kind of like a decently performing 3D game that doesn't implode on itself.
Story, dialogue etc. is something I lost any hope for long ago. It's pretty much a mandatory skip. HoMM and MM were just right in that department, and they don't make it look difficult, but apparently what they did is borderline impossible to achieve. Kind of like a decently performing 3D game that doesn't implode on itself.
The Stop Killing Games petition is back in the UK to sign
14 Jan 2025 at 8:14 pm UTC Likes: 5
14 Jan 2025 at 8:14 pm UTC Likes: 5
I feel it's pretty safe to compare Ross to The Terminator at this point.
"Ross would never stop. It would never leave gaming. It would never hurt gaming, never shout at gaming, or get drunk and hit gaming, or say it was too busy to spend time with gaming. It would always be there. And it would die to protect gaming. Of all the would-be gamers who came and went over the years, this thing, this Ross was the only one that measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice."
See? It works.
"Ross would never stop. It would never leave gaming. It would never hurt gaming, never shout at gaming, or get drunk and hit gaming, or say it was too busy to spend time with gaming. It would always be there. And it would die to protect gaming. Of all the would-be gamers who came and went over the years, this thing, this Ross was the only one that measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice."
See? It works.
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition gets a big community patch keeping it alive
10 Jan 2025 at 1:00 pm UTC Likes: 2
10 Jan 2025 at 1:00 pm UTC Likes: 2
Looks like getting ready to be subsumed by Aspyr? Mythforce didn't seem to do well, their other internal projects got cancelled, and after all the layoffs it started feeling... eerily quiet at Beamdog. The Android versions of their rpg re-releases have been pretty much abandoned, you can't even install PST if you're on newer Android, but it does look like Mythforce is still being updated.
Edit: NWNEE got updated on Android a month ago - that's after... almost 2 years of silence on that platform?
Edit: NWNEE got updated on Android a month ago - that's after... almost 2 years of silence on that platform?
NVIDIA announce 'Blackwell' GeForce RTX 50 Series, DLSS 4 and brings AI to Shaders with RTX Neural Shaders
7 Jan 2025 at 3:42 pm UTC Likes: 2
I mean, upscaling tech is the primary selling point of your overpriced consumer hardware. Ray tracing is the secondary selling point. These two combined is Laurel and Hardy shenanigans. Yeah, no. Thanks.
7 Jan 2025 at 3:42 pm UTC Likes: 2
But I suppose a theoretical RTX 5060 ti with 12GB of VRAM and a $400 launch price ($550 Canadian) might get me to move some shekels.I think I'll wait until this industry starts to optimise their games again. Or implodes properly, and starts learning.
I mean, upscaling tech is the primary selling point of your overpriced consumer hardware. Ray tracing is the secondary selling point. These two combined is Laurel and Hardy shenanigans. Yeah, no. Thanks.