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Take-Two reportedly shuts down Roll7 and Intercept Games, Private Division suffers layoffs – GamesIndustry.biz

  1. Take-Two reportedly shuts down Roll7 and Intercept Games, Private Division suffers layoffs GamesIndustry.biz
  2. Take-Two Interactive Shuts Down Two Game Studios Bloomberg
  3. “A completely cruel and baffling decision”: Industry anger over GTA 6 publisher’s closure of two acclaimed studios despite commercial successes and CEO’s $26 million pay rise Gamesradar
  4. Update: Take-Two confirms Kerbal Space Program 2 is safe despite Seattle layoffs Game Developer
  5. Kerbal Space Program 2 Studio Apparently Shuttered Amid Layoffs, Take-Two Responds [Update] IGN

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Square Enix Has Seemingly Canceled Some Games In An Effort To Be ‘More Selective And Focused’ – Game Informer

  1. Square Enix Has Seemingly Canceled Some Games In An Effort To Be ‘More Selective And Focused’ Game Informer
  2. Final Fantasy Maker Square Enix Takes $140 Million Hit in ‘Content Abandonment Losses’ as It Revises Game Pipeline IGN
  3. Square Enix announces it’s tanked $140 million in losses due to ‘content abandonment’, though there’s no clue as to what’s been dropped—and where PC Gamer
  4. Square Enix Is Rethinking How It Approaches Games, And It’s Coming At A Huge Cost GameSpot
  5. Square Enix announces £112m in “content abandonment losses” as it seeks to be more selective Rock Paper Shotgun

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“We don’t want to wait that long either,” Fallout, Elder Scrolls lead Todd Howard confirms plans to deliver Bethesda games at a faster pace – Windows Central

  1. “We don’t want to wait that long either,” Fallout, Elder Scrolls lead Todd Howard confirms plans to deliver Bethesda games at a faster pace Windows Central
  2. Todd Howard Seemingly Teasing Two Unannounced Fallout Projects IGN
  3. We may live long enough to see The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 after all – Todd Howard says Bethesda is “finding ways to increase our output” Gamesradar
  4. Elder Scrolls and Fallout devs Bethesda want to release games more often, but making them last is more important Rock Paper Shotgun
  5. Todd Howard Is Hinting At Bethesda’s Unannounced Projects 80.lv

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No Rest for the Wicked chief defends early access, says more games should do it: ‘Imagine [if] Dark Souls 1 had been in early access’ – PC Gamer

  1. No Rest for the Wicked chief defends early access, says more games should do it: ‘Imagine [if] Dark Souls 1 had been in early access’ PC Gamer
  2. No Rest for the Wicked Early Access Review IGN
  3. Dark Souls would’ve been a better game in early access, says dev behind Dark Souls-like early access game No Rest For The Wicked Rock Paper Shotgun
  4. No Rest for the Wicked creative director puts most of the ARPG’s poor reviews down to a localization bug that stopped a lot of Chinese and Japanese text from showing Gamesradar
  5. One Of The Best-Looking Video Games Of 2024 Launches Today On Steam Forbes

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Former Blizzard president thinks you should be able to leave a tip after beating $70 games, but my 10 years in the hospitality industry knows that’s an awful idea – VG247

  1. Former Blizzard president thinks you should be able to leave a tip after beating $70 games, but my 10 years in the hospitality industry knows that’s an awful idea VG247
  2. Former Blizzard president suggests you should be able to leave a $10 or $20 tip for the devs because ‘Some games are that special’ PC Gamer
  3. Former Blizzard President Thinks Tipping Game Creators Is Great Idea 80.lv
  4. Former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra would like to “tip” developers Eurogamer.net
  5. Former Blizzard president wants to be able to leave a “tip” after completing $70 games: “I wish I could give these folks another $10 or $20” Gamesradar

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The Best Games Stranded on 3DS and Wii U, and How Nintendo Can Bring Them Back for Switch – IGN

  1. The Best Games Stranded on 3DS and Wii U, and How Nintendo Can Bring Them Back for Switch IGN
  2. Animal Crossing: New Leaf completionists race against time to help each other finish their towns before Nintendo turns off 3DS and Wii U servers in 3 days Gamesradar
  3. Nintendo 3DS fans say goodbye to the beloved handheld Polygon
  4. Pretendo saves the day after Wii U and 3DS server shut down — here’s how to keep your Nintendo games online Laptop Mag
  5. Just before Nintendo shut down the 3DS and Wii U servers, fans rallied together and gathered 23000 data dumps to preserve DLC that was nearly lost forever Gamesradar

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A year and a half after its bitter breakup with NetEase, Blizzard has made a new deal to bring its games back to China—with NetEase – PC Gamer

  1. A year and a half after its bitter breakup with NetEase, Blizzard has made a new deal to bring its games back to China—with NetEase PC Gamer
  2. Microsoft and NetEase to re-launch Warcraft game in China, ending feud Reuters
  3. Live news: Blizzard and NetEase agree deal to restore popular video games Financial Times
  4. Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase Renew Agreement to Bring Beloved Titles Back to China; Microsoft Gaming, NetEase Enter Broader Collaboration Business Wire
  5. Blizzard Videogames to Return to China in New Deal With NetEase The Wall Street Journal

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Hooray, Helldivers 2 Players Can Unlock the Game’s Platinum Trophy Again – Push Square

  1. Hooray, Helldivers 2 Players Can Unlock the Game’s Platinum Trophy Again Push Square
  2. Helldivers 2 Game Master Joel says sike, the previous Automaton force was “merely a vanguard,” and now a massive fleet is assaulting Cyberstan and beyond Gamesradar
  3. Two Days After Helldivers 2 Players ‘Eradicated’ the Automatons, the Bots Are Back With a Massive Invasion Fleet IGN
  4. Massive Automaton Fleet Invades ‘Helldivers 2,’ Has Taken Cyberstan Forbes
  5. The other shoe drops hard in Helldivers 2, as players go from celebrating total Automaton destruction to fending off a vengeful robot tide in the new major order PC Gamer

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Stellar Blade director vows to buck industry advice for single-player games as “what our industry needs more than anything is variety” – Gamesradar

  1. Stellar Blade director vows to buck industry advice for single-player games as “what our industry needs more than anything is variety” Gamesradar
  2. Stellar Blade interview: creating stylish sci-fi action in a post-apocalyptic world PlayStation
  3. Stellar Blade Director Reveals New Game Plus Mode, Says No Microtransactions With One Exception Game Informer
  4. Free Skins and New Game+ for Stellar Blade After PS5 Launch Push Square
  5. ‘We don’t see a place for microtransactions in singleplayer games’, says CD Projekt Red following Dragon’s Dogma 2’s DLC fiasco PC Gamer

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Games Industry Mass Layoffs an ‘Avoidable F*ck Up’, Says Larian Studios Publishing Director – Push Square

  1. Games Industry Mass Layoffs an ‘Avoidable F*ck Up’, Says Larian Studios Publishing Director Push Square
  2. Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Larian’s Publishing Director Calls Games Industry Layoffs an ‘Avoidable F*ck Up’ IGN
  3. Industry Layoffs ‘An Avoidable F**k Up’: Larian Dev Calls Out Trend In Interview MMORPG.com
  4. Larian publishing director on industry layoffs: “None of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt” Eurogamer.net
  5. “A dark period in the industry…”: Baldur’s Gate 3 Game Director Swen Vincke Likens the Gaming Industry’s Woes to 1 Recent Period in Gaming History, and It Doesn’t Bode Well for US FandomWire

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