Helldivers 2 director weighs in on Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's difficulty: 'A game for everyone is a game for no one' (www.pcgamer.com)
As the Elden Ring DLC beats the snot out of players, Hidetaka Miyazaki says toning difficulty down would "break the game itself" (www.windowscentral.com)
Steam users have spent $19 billion on games they have never played. (www.pcgamesn.com)
Elden Ring Publisher Addresses Difficulty Criticism of Shadow of the Erdtree, Offers Tips for DLC (gameinfinitus.com)
Elden Ring DLC launches to "Mixed" reviews as players bemoan difficulty, PC performance in Shadow of the Erdtree: "There's a big problem with balancing" (www.windowscentral.com)
Sony's new PlayStation 2 emulator tested - and it's another disappointing effort. Subpar image quality, poor filtering options and bugs do these classics no favours. (www.eurogamer.net)
Avowed's Creators On Why Romance Was Considered, But Ultimately Not Included And Skyrim Comparisons (www.gameinformer.com)
Nearly 6 months later, Palworld devs confirm Nintendo never drew so much as an inch of its legal sword over bootleg Pokémon allegations (www.pcgamer.com)
Nintendo says generational handover is going smoothly – “We have young and brilliant developers” (automaton-media.com)
Dr Disrespect Knowingly Sent Explicit Messages to a Minor, Former Twitch Employee Says (www.rollingstone.com)
“I recall that Dr Disrespect was made aware by the individual that they were underage during the conversation, after which he indicated that this was no problem and continued on,” the former employee says. “There was no confusion. Messages sent after this was acknowledged were no less graphic and in sexually explicit...
Steam News: An update on Steam Input and controller support (steamcommunity.com)
Zero-G PvP shooter that sold 100K in a day is closing after a year—publisher blames developer, developer blames them right back, players just review bomb it (www.pcgamer.com)
What Netflix has learned from its push into video games (web.archive.org)
Palworld boss says a Switch version ‘might be hard for technical reasons’ (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Dr Disrespect's Own Game Studio Cuts Ties With Him After Investigating New Twitch Ban Allegations (kotaku.com)
“In order to maintain our principles and standards as a studio and individuals, we needed to act,” the studio wrote in a statement. “For this reason, we are terminating our relationship with Guy Beahm immediately. While these facts are difficult to hear and even more difficult to accept, it is our duty to act with dignity...
Steam: Now that we're past the summer solstice, it's time for us to announce the Steam Summer Sale! Starting this Thursday at 10am (x.com)
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Tribes 3: Rivals already in trouble as developers shift focus elsewhere. "Neither game had enough success yet to support the studio" (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Elden Ring balance update makes the first half of the DLC easier, so you don't have to be as good as games journalists (www.vg247.com)
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Is Priced At $60 USD (noisypixel.net)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree faces ‘mixed’ Steam rating as players share issues (www.pcgamesn.com)
6 months after revealing plans to become 'aggressive in applying AI', Square Enix's president announces he's being careful in applying AI (www.pcgamer.com)
New Hori Steam controller announced (hori.jp)
War Thunder community manager issues apology for using explosion from the Challenger disaster in artwork. (forum.warthunder.com)
'Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League' Character Artist Confirms Industry Bias Against Attractive Female Characters (boundingintocomics.com)
Looks like the ‘uglification’ of female characters is real.
