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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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Helldivers 2 devs “actually expected a lot less players to move to the Automaton front,” but a full 70% of the game’s community was fighting the good fight – Gamesradar

  1. Helldivers 2 devs “actually expected a lot less players to move to the Automaton front,” but a full 70% of the game’s community was fighting the good fight Gamesradar
  2. Some Helldivers 2 Players Are Threatening to Teamkill Anyone Who Wears the New Malevelon Creek Cape — but the Community Is Fighting Back IGN
  3. Helldivers 2’s next major order is to ‘completely destroy the Automaton Legion’—and if the first game’s any indication, the galaxy could really be robot free for a while PC Gamer
  4. ‘Helldivers 2’ Issues Order 66 For Automatons, Extinction To Follow Forbes
  5. Helldivers 2 Major Order says if we liberate all Automaton-held planets, we’ll wipe them out “once and for all” — but I don’t buy it Yahoo! Voices

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Manipulate The Elements In Eternal Strands, Yellow Brick Games’ Debut Action Adventure Title – Game Informer

  1. Manipulate The Elements In Eternal Strands, Yellow Brick Games’ Debut Action Adventure Title Game Informer
  2. Former Bioware/Ubisoft Devs Are Making A New Action-Adventure Called Eternal Strands – IGN First IGN
  3. Former Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw finally reveals his next game: A physics-based action-adventure ‘in which the world becomes your weapon’ PC Gamer
  4. Former Dragon Age boss’ new action-RPG Eternal Strands out next year Eurogamer.net
  5. Former Dragon Age director’s new game has Zelda’s physics powers and Colossus’ climbable bosses Rock Paper Shotgun

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‘Cyberpunk, ‘Witcher’ Studio Doesn’t Believe In Microtransactions In Single Player Games – Forbes

  1. ‘Cyberpunk, ‘Witcher’ Studio Doesn’t Believe In Microtransactions In Single Player Games Forbes
  2. CD Projekt exec says the house of Witcher and Cyberpunk doesn’t see a place for microtransactions in single-player games Gamesradar
  3. CD Projekt’s CFO ‘Doesn’t See’ MTX in Single-Player Games Insider Gaming
  4. CD Projekt CFO does “not see a place for microtransactions in single-player games” Eurogamer.net
  5. “We Don’t See a Place for Microtransactions in Single-Player Games,” CD Projekt RED Reite… GamingBolt

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Largely cut off from Western games, Russia looks into a homegrown game console – Ars Technica

  1. Largely cut off from Western games, Russia looks into a homegrown game console Ars Technica
  2. Putin Wants Russia to Create Its Own Video Game Consoles PCMag
  3. Putin orders development of homegrown Steam Deck-like gaming machines — 100% self-sufficiency goal apparently applies to gaming, too Tom’s Hardware
  4. The timing of the creation of the Russian console has been named Ореанда-Новости
  5. Putin’s ordered his government to look into creating Russia’s own Steam Deck, SteamOS, and basically Steam itself PC Gamer

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