News Thread XII: Xbox Humiliation Ritual - Part 12 the 12th

Firing the best engine coders in the video game industry is such a brain genius move. Microsoft nuking their video games division from orbit so they can sink more money into AI that everyone hates is such a great strategy

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hopefully they all get jobs somehow making unreal engine even shittier

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it’s all good guys in 5 years time you’re gonna be able to generate a new doom game right in your browser

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burning down the library of alexandria to fuel the generators powering a datacenter

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Not sure if this one was discuessed when the demo first came out but nteresting looking game with hundreds of illustrations from an industry vet. Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle

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Hmm, dunno about this one.

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Finally, Gamers are going Mainstream.

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Hmmm they’re laying off thousands while applying for thousands of new H-1B visas so yeah this tracks.

id has been gutted too. I guess Machinegames are handling the id stuff now.

Feels like the end of something but it’s not a crash until year on year revenues are down for three months in a row. But all this bad news is music to Wall Street’s ears.

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WHAT A CREW!!!

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Got some news. I released a game last night! If you have an Apple Watch please check out Time to Rogue on the App Store.

It’s a roguelike you play for seconds at a time through your day.

-Wes

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https://www.gamespot.com/articles/im-breaking-up-with-love-and-deepspace/

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I admit I had my doubts, but the SGDQ Balatro naneinf run actually did deliver in entertainment value and skill expression in the end

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catching up on stuff here - i think this is lowkey why i have only really made music in the last few years, it fits this profile while being so much easier to work with and put out and stuff

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One day after the big summer event… You hate to see it happen

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I would love to know if the internal message has the tone of “I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO.” or “Why didn’t anyone tell me we were doing this?”

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I miss the days where everyone hated SNK because they were dumbasses who couldn’t stop tripping over themselves…. was an era of character….

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August 11th.

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https://itch.io/jam/toxic-yuri-vn-jam-2/entries
They’re saying it’s the biggest OELVN jam of all time

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