it is kinda funny how soccer sports washes itself like every news story you see is the most evil and corrupt shit you have ever heard, and every ad or bit of marketing is like "the most wonderful, perfect, beautiful game that brings us all together and brings peace to the world"

at least it's friday :)

despite everything going on (or maybe because of it), i wasn't actually super online all day today, so quick question... what do you mean "they are weekend at bernie's-ing mitch mcconnell"?????

reminder!

The game industry is so fucking back

i really want to actually beat some ps1 games... if only i knew someone who might know of some good ones...

looking at some of the employees leaving epic right now, and how many studios only work in unreal, i really don't think people are prepared for how much of a shitshow UE6 is going to be for the entire industry anyway... great time to lay off most of id software's engineers, masterful gambit

"You gotta hand it to these contract killers, they put up plastic sheets in this empty apartment so that blood wouldn't get on the furniture."

Honestly? This is a pretty good take from a guy who has clearly been kicked in the head by a horse.

Xbox has gotten really good about portraying certain people and projects as problems or the reason for its current state, fully knowing there is a segment of not just fans, but pundits, that will repeat its own talking points ad nauseam.

Nightmare blunt rotation.

It is becoming ever more difficult to tell which people are stupid, which people are willfully ignorant, and which just love the taste of a boot well licked.

I want to re-emphasize one part of this Xbox story: Half of the 3,200 cuts are happening today and half are happening in the next 12 months. In other words, even people who survived today's layoffs will have to spend the coming year wondering if they're going to be next.

Microsoft engineered this so that it looked the least bad optically while at the same time still committing a slaughter, all so that Satya Nadella can still dick around with more useless AI horseshit. Fuck him and fuck Microsoft.

FWIW I think it's a little strange that "Arkane's Blade is late and over budget" is becoming a lingering news story when the total number of big video games that were *not* late and over budget could be counted on one hand

Everything *fucking sucks*, toss GDQ on your TV all week. People supporting each other out of love and compassion is more important than ever, and the good, inclusive vibes are hitting differently this event. www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick gamesdonequick.com/donate

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"Egads! My diverse portfolio of games studios is ruined. How am I supposed to grow a hardware business and reach one billion daily players now?" "What if I replaced devs with gen-AI and invested solely in 'too big to fail IP' and grew infinitely, forever?" "Oh ho, delightfully devilish, Seymour."

Any journalists at Develop next week want to catch up over a coffee? Hoping to learn more about what you’re covering, how best to help freelancers get their bag, talk Witchbrook and KYORA, and general state of play. Shares much appreciated! 🙏

Only one way to get to 1bn daily players.

just one more layoff bro. i promise pro just one more layoff and it'll fix everything bro. bro. just one more layoff. please just one more. one more layoff and we can fix this whole problem bro

there are a lot of classic racing games that really like the physics and driving models of but the other racers are all such killers that actually progressing in them is a pain

just realised i am too tired 🙃

BREAKING: Tim Sweeney says some more dumb shit.

Big misconception I'm seeing is that the decision to go all digital reflects a company thinking that players do not care about physical. This isn't true. Everyone knows a physical player base exists. The choice to go all digital reflects a belief that this is not a market worth keeping or growing.

Unreal Engine 6 is going to be great, you guys.

It is genuinely kinda weird to have been proclaiming that the sky is falling in the games industry for several years now, and even now as the clouds reach water level and the moon approaches, there are a lot of people in total denial.

I have had this gif saved on my different computers' desktops since like 2017 because it is objectively the funniest crashzoom I have ever seen.

Complete control of value incoming

ok, it's been a real shitty year for video games news in a relentlessly sad kind of way hit me with your favourite bullshit classic corpo talking points that were just funny my top three are: - call of duty ghosts' fish ai - levelution - and nintendo insisting old consoles are valued third pillars

so true buddy

I do not consider myself "talented" at many things, but I do consider myself an Olympic level "instantly spilled coffee on my white T-shirt as soon as I leave the house for the day" dumb bitch.

damn, kirby i knew you were a real one

fucked up that i will probably never feel the same overwhelming contentness with my life as that german kid that had, "ein cola und fornite. yipee."

Collider interviewed Armie Hammer? I, for one, would expect better from one of Valnet's flagship outlets...

For the record. What this word salad and accompanying blog post pretty much equates to is MS signalling it's attempting to build up circular investment sub-businesses akin to Nvidia funding start-ups that it then uses to proclaim massive compute demand to drive endless speculative investment.

NINTENDO FUN FACT: All Pikmin are deeply homophobic

trans flag 2o98

this is my current business analysis of the state of the industry feel free to quote me in your write ups

Some people misinterpreted this as me going to bat for Nintendo but it's worth remembering Nintendo; retired its Gold Points Rewards and $100 two-game vouchers, and launched the first $80 game followed by several more $80 Switch 2 SKUs of older games. All these companies are nickel and diming you.

hey guys, i think this whole xbox company might not be very organised or care about going about layoffs in a respectful way

Yeah, we can tell.

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American commentators for non-US sports always feel like they are trying to sell me a car. Like several times a game they'll take a moment to be like "And that's why we all love this beautiful game. You like this sport, right? C'mon, man. What'll take for me to get you to care? Free undercoating?"

i am worried that i am the only person on earth who remembers gamestop exclusive "totakus"