Gaming nears $350 billion annual revenues, EA exec says (www.tweaktown.com)
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - The Mountain Royals (www.ageofempires.com)
Cities: Skylines II - Updates on Modding (store.steampowered.com)
Netflix plans to release a game within the “Grand Theft Auto” series as part of a licensing deal for the Netflix Games portfolio. (twitter.com)
Story: wsj.com/…/netflix-deepens-videogame-push-ripping-…
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged Reviews 80 Top Critic Average 76% Critics Recommend (opencritic.com)
US: A single brand new Wii U console was sold during September 2023 (mynintendonews.com)
The Analogue 3D Plays Nintendo 64 Games At 4K Resolution, Releasing Next Year (www.gameinformer.com)
Original Halo devs reveal how much had to be sacrificed to create the iconic shooter: "We shipped at least one level we shouldn't have" (www.gamesradar.com)
Starfield's lead quest designer leaves Bethesda to join other RPG veterans making a new open-world game (www.gamesradar.com)
Peter Hines is retiring from Bethesda (twitter.com)
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How gun giant Remington used Call of Duty to promote weapons to younger players (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Payday 3 has already lost 90% of its players on Steam (www.pcgamesn.com)
Avalanche Studios Group (Just Cause, Mad Max) expands to Montreal (avalanchestudios.com)
Cyberpunk 2077 team morale took "significant hit" following release, developer says (www.eurogamer.net)
Next Halo campaign is reportedly in development at 343 Industries (www.tweaktown.com)
The Secret Deal That Put a Real Rifle Into ‘Call of Duty’ (www.wsj.com)
Rock Paper Shotgun also reported on this WSJ piece if you’d rather read about this topic there.
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible | Nieman Reports (niemanreports.org)
Six months later, we can see that the effects of leaving Twitter have been negligible. A memo circulated to NPR staff says traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter, now officially renamed X, though traffic from the platform was small already and accounted for just under two percent of...
Why the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your job (www.vox.com)
Epic Launches Program to Pay Devs to Bring Old Games to Epic Games Store - IGN (www.ign.com)
It's an incentive for devs to put their back catalogues to EGS, after they just laid off 800 employees because they spend too much money. Is it just me, or does everyone besides Epic know what the problem is with EGS?
Boneraiser Minions patch 35.19 (store.steampowered.com)
The key parts:...
Finally finished my first build! (lemmus.org)
Dactyl Manuform 5x6 full with trackball....
Give me your favorite Halloween meals! (beehaw.org)
So I know Halloween isn’t a day with a huge meal tradition like xmas or tday, but I’m having some dear friends stay with me that weekend and I would love to cook up something Halloweeny. So I’m curious, do any of you have any go-to meals/dishes for Halloween? No real requirements here, it can be outright spooky/gross or...
Hamas steals UN fuel, medical equipment kept for humanitarian purposes in Gaza city (www.thestatesman.com)
A Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Government (www.vice.com)
Ultimate Nachos, first ever attempt! (pixelfed.social)
I had been craving nachos (my favorite food group!) for several weeks. Going out with my partner to get some has been challenging because of our hectic schedules lately so I decided on my free evening after work last Friday, I would get busy making my dreams come true....
