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Nintendo Switch ending online support exposes fragility of gaming partnerships in China
www.gamesindustry.biz Nintendo Switch ending online support exposes fragility of gaming partnerships in China | OpinionIt has been reported that Nintendo announced a discontinuation of its online services for the Nintendo Switch in China.
- www.eurogamer.net Eight years after its rocky launch, No Man's Sky finally hits "Very Positive" reviews threshold on Steam
No Man's Sky didn't get off to the smoothest of starts, but eight years after its controversial launch, Hello Games' ex…
- www.eurogamer.net The PS5 Pro's major missing feature and a £5 copy of Forspoken has shown me a future I really don't want
The PS5 Pro has an issue: turns out not being able to play your forgotten copy of Forspoken suddenly means you really, really want to play Forspoken.
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Valve's ibex (steam controller 2) and roy controllers just leaked.
bsky.app Pavel Djundik (@xpaw.me)Valve's ibex (steam controller 2) and roy controllers just leaked. There's various versions of the roy controllers.
- insider-gaming.com Future Mortal Kombat 1 DLC Cancelled After Poor Expansion Sales, It's Claimed
According to a known leaker, future plans for Mortal Kombat 1 DLC, including Kombat Pack 3, have been cancelled at NetherRealm.
- www.windowscentral.com GSC says STALKER 2 balance updates are in the cards for future patches, so maybe soon we can all stop complaining about tanky mutants
Balance changes are likely coming to STALKER 2, but not right away.
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DayZ Dev Uses Beatles Song to Respond to Players Review-Bombing $27 DLC for Being ‘Too Expensive’
www.ign.com DayZ Dev Uses Beatles Song to Respond to Players Review-Bombing $27 DLC for Being ‘Too Expensive’ - IGNDayZ is currently embroiled in a Steam review-bomb campaign after releasing $27 DLC deemed “too expensive” by disgruntled players, and now its chief developer has responded with a Beatles song.
- www.pcgamer.com Valve was going to ship The Orange Box in a white box before staff 'destroyed' the idea, and yes they saw you all doubting Portal before release: 'You guys are gonna eat those words'
"A great example of how Valve dysfunctionally works but works well."
- fandompulse.substack.com Ubisoft Insider Alleges That Company Wants Steam To Remove Concurrent Player Counts To Hide Its Failures
An Ubisoft insider alleges that the company is not happy with Valve and Steam for revealing concurrent player counts for its various games including Star Wars Outlaws.Fandom Pulse is a reader-supported publication.
- www.theverge.com Microsoft says it’s built an Xbox game store on Android but can’t launch it
The technology exists — but we’re still waiting.
A few weeks ago, Microsoft exec Sarah Bond said that in November, “players will be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android.” It’s almost December and the feature still isn’t live, but Bond says it’s not Microsoft’s fault.
The problem, as she puts it, is that Microsoft would only be able to do it once a court order takes effect that forces sweeping changes for Google’s Play Store on Android, like opening it up to competition and ending the requirement for apps to use Google Play Billing.
- www.pcgamer.com Baldur's Gate 3 is going out with a big bang with 12 new subclasses, so you can finally become a drunken master or maybe just befriend some bees, along with crossplay and a photo mode
The end of the RPG's feature-heavy updates is in sight, but some good stuff is still coming next year.
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Gran Turismo 7: Polyphony Digital delivers the most comprehensive PS5 Pro upgrade we've seen
Full text: https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2024-gran-turismo-7-on-ps5-pro-rt-8k-vr-performance-modes
