MrBrown

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/6/23949372/the-epic-games-store-still-isnt-profitable

Don't think D3 ever got PvP.

Playing Against the Storm. It's a city-builder, vs environment type of game, kinda like a fantasy version of Frostpunk. It's a bit more about resource transformation than Frostpunk, and centers around a campaign mode rather than just a few scenarios. Still in Early Access, thumbs up so far.

My impression was always that PoE1 was much shorter.

She's not absolutely necessary, you can get a lot of heals with just short rests and the cart loads of potions you find. But she is quite useful. Also Guidance and some later Cleric spells are good.

Maybe next year, they seem to be saying.

It is done. Maybe the lord have mercy on us. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/10/13/xbox-activision-blizzard/

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/13/23796552/microsoft-activision-blizzard-cma-approval-uk

https://dotesports.com/general/news/blizzcon-2023-tickets-still-havent-sold-out-but-is-it-really-a-surprise

Not sure this game is good enough to deserve a second thread.

Those layoffs seem to have been mostly about union-busting too.

They already put OW2, so they may be just putting all of their stuff. Might be something Microsoft asked them to do. D4 sold really well AFAIK, on release at least.

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24009153/diablo-iv-coming-to-steam-on-october-17 EDIT: You have to buy it again if you want it on steam, even if you own it on b.net.

No idea how reliable this is

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/oldest-unity-game-developer-group-breaks-up-over-lack-of-trust-in-the-company/

Well, it's classic video game stuff, isn't it? Cutscenes uses "real world" -logic, where people actually just die if you throw a spear through their torso. When gameplay starts, it's gameplay logic, where they can take dozens of hits.

https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2023/09/rumour-netflix-interested-in-developing.html

My youtube recommendations is filled with them doing interviews and whatever. This game must be a huge career boost for most of them.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/19/23880111/microsoft-xbox-series-x-new-design-refresh

He is. I think there's additional stuff in the game that confirms it 100%.

Last time I checked, I still had a bunch of seasonal tabs that can't be deleted because they bugged out.

https://www.egdf.eu/egdf-unitys-install-fees-are-a-sign-of-looming-game-engine-market-failure/