New study suggests kids are now experiencing social pressures to buy in-game items (patrickklepek.substack.com)
Once you hit middle school, the pressure to “fit in” hits. Naturally, this includes games now.
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Nintendo is suing the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claims 'There is no lawful way to use Yuzu' (www.pcgamer.com)
Nintendo says Yuzu played a large role in encouraging piracy of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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Sony is laying off 900 PlayStation employees (www.theverge.com)
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GAMECUBE MODDING, Swiss backgrounds and customization. (slrpnk.net)
POSTING this info on lemmy to port my own post from reddit, since im trying to slowly abandon it and want to migrate here while the user base grows...
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[Opinion piece] Starfield Killed My Hype For The Elder Scrolls 6 (www.thegamer.com)
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Capgemini to acquire Unity’s Digital Twin Professional Services arm to accelerate enterprises’ digital transformation through real-time 3D technology (www.businesswire.com)
PARIS & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Capgemini and Unity (NYSE: U), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced an expansion of their strategic alliance that will see Capgemini take on Unity’s Digital Twin Professional Services arm. Per the agreement, Unity’s...
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Last Epoch - Last Epoch 1.0 is Live! - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
Anyone playing LE release? Will be playing as a duo with my spouse as soon as we’re done with work today!
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Petition: make WMR (VR stack for Reverb G2 headsets) open source (www.change.org)
cross-posted from: feddit.nl/post/11027166...
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5 years after shutting down, MOBA hero shooter Gigantic is coming back (www.polygon.com)
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Ur-Quan Masters released on Steam (for free) (store.steampowered.com)
You might know the game under the name Star Control 2. It’s a wonderful game that involves wandering around deep space, meeting aliens, and navigating a sprawling galaxy while trying to save the people of Earth, who are being kept under a planetary shield.
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You should play Splatoon with your family: Why touch grass alone when you can pretend to be squids together? (www.theverge.com)
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Alan Wake 2 sales figures are letting Remedy feel confident about Control 2 - even if the game hasn't made any profit yet (www.vg247.com)
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Sources: Nintendo Switch 2 will now launch in 2025 (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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Game over? Industry suffers slowdown after decades-long winning streak (www.ft.com)
almost certain this is behind a paywall and usually FT is one you can’t get around, so some choice excerpts:...
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TIL about theBottlenecker.com - site for comparing CPUs and GPUs (thebottlenecker.com)
Today I stumbled across this site, which allows you to see whether your CPU and GPU are well paired, for various tasks....
Embracer CEO says layoffs are "something that everyone needs to get through" (www.gamesindustry.biz)
lol....
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Disco Elysium standalone expansion reportedly cancelled and quarter of staff facing redundancy at ZA/UM (www.eurogamer.net)
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Diablo 4's latest microtransaction controversy is a $30 portal recolor. (www.gamesradar.com)
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Reuters claims Nintendo Switch 2 is expected later this year (www.eurogamer.net)
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Phil Spencer has reportedly reassured employees Microsoft ‘won’t stop making Xbox consoles’ (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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Factorio Friday Facts #397 - Factoriopedia (factorio.com)
It’s really nice to see how they continue to cater to player quality of life, lots of great improvements both for new and returning players here.
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Dead Cells - A super-late (we know) update on Dead Cells - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
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New Manjaro Linux Gaming Handheld from OrangePi (neo.manjaro.org)
This is exciting! A gaming handheld from a great open source hardware company that makes SBCs like the RP5. It looks to have all the quality features and combines the best of all the handhelds I’ve seen. This has me really excited....
FromSoftware owner acquires Octopath Traveler developer (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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