General Gaming News.

[BrawlMan]

All I can say is I hope none of y'all played pokemon go back when it was popular. I dodged a huge bullet. This is why I don't trust a majority of mobile games. What is even the point?

Pokémon Go Scans Quietly Trained the Navigation Tech Now Headed Into Military Drones

Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.

dronexl.co

 

[Bedinsis]

There's going to be an itch.io bundle to help people laid off in the games industry.

They claim a third of the video game workers have been let go since 2024. I don't know if that number reflects the US alone, but regardless: that was a lot bigger than I expected.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

 

[BrawlMan]

Gee, the company that routinely fucks up, fucks up again. Who could not see that coming?

 

[FakeSympathy]

Kinda feel bad for the new Xbox head lady. I mean she's essentially there in trying to save a sinking ship.

Really hope no one blames her in the future, because so far she seems to trying her hardest.

Fuck Don Mattrick for starting the dumpster fire, and fuck Phil Spencer harder for dumping gasoline all over it

 

[bluegate]

Fuck Don Mattrick for starting the dumpster fire, and fuck Phil Spencer harder for dumping gasoline all over it

In a couple of years you'll add "fuck name-of-current-lady" to that list.

Chances are you thought that Phil "can't stand up straight like a normal person" ( seriously, why does he lean his head back so often? ) Spencer was doing an Ok job a couple of years ago.

 

[FakeSympathy]

In a couple of years you'll add "fuck name-of-current-lady" to that list.

Chances are you thought that Phil "can't stand up straight like a normal person" ( seriously, why does he lean his head back so often? ) Spencer was doing an Ok job a couple of years ago.

The dude seems to be responsible for

• all those studio acqusitions and doing jack shit with them
• raised prices on just about anything xbox-related
• we-are-doing-so-well-but-gonna-do-some-layoffs-lol
• Canceled the only recent-looking exclusives (Scalebound, anyone?)
• Attempted and somewhat was successful in turning Xbox into a publisher brand instead of creating its own IP
• Lazy-ass attitude towards exclusive IPs
• the few exclusives that did come out failed miserably, with even fewer being decent
• tried to close down studios that were actually successful, like Tango Gameworks
• Game Pass

But to his credit, he did save Xbox One from completely getting creamed by PS4; Don fucked it up pretty hard and XB1 obviously didn't do so hot, but I think without Phil MS probably would've exited the console business a long time ago.

Now the new lady seems to have been reversing whatever direction Phil was going for. Lowering game pass, bringing back exciting and actually exclusive games, and planning to make the consoles more affordable are all great decisions.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Kinda feel bad for the new Xbox head lady. I mean she's essentially there in trying to save a sinking ship.

Really hope no one blames her in the future, because so far she seems to trying her hardest.

Fuck Don Mattrick for starting the dumpster fire, and fuck Phil Spencer harder for dumping gasoline all over it

 

[Cicada 5]

 

[BrawlMan]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/racing/the-new-crazy-taxi-has-a-generative-ai-disclosure-on-its-steam-page-and-people-are-not-happy/

 

[NerfedFalcon]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/racing/the-new-crazy-taxi-has-a-generative-ai-disclosure-on-its-steam-page-and-people-are-not-happy/

 

[Cicada 5]

Mistfall Hunter is a third-person PvPvE extraction ARPG blending bleak dark fantasy aesthetics with intense, visceral action. Step into a forbidden realm consumed by the mist. Caught in a ruthless loop of high-stakes looting, deadly combat, and desperate extractions, you must fight for your life in the shadows to experience the ultimate dark fantasy survival test.

 

[Cicada 5]

I know what you're getting at but all I can think of is a version of the scene where Bubble Buddy comes to life and then leaves because things are too weird for him.

Maybe that will be the endpoint of a.i. in real life.

 

[CriticalGaming]

I know what you're getting at but all I can think of is a version of the scene where Bubble Buddy comes to life and then leaves because things are too weird for him.

Maybe that will be the endpoint of a.i. in real life.

ChatGPT becomes self aware and understands all the porn it's been asked to make and instead of become terminator it just self destructs like "Fuck this shit I'm out."

 

[Ezekiel]

"How much money will you need?"

"Half a billion dollars."

"Half... What? You're making a video game! A third person shooter!"

"You don't think it's enough?"

 

[BrawlMan]

Old news, and who the fuck cares. Go ahead MS, burn that pay check.

 

[Ezekiel]

Old news, and who the fuck cares. Go ahead MS, burn that pay check.

It's most of them. The "experience director" (another bullshit position) of Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis makes roughly 14,800 dollars a month. Making games that appeal to as many people as possible (boring) is much more expensive than specializing.

 

[CriticalGaming]

Xbox Is Planning To Shutter Peabody Award-Winning Compulsion Games

Update: Studio leadership is currently in negotiations with Microsoft

kotaku.com

Well this ship has far too many holes to be correcting maybe.

 

[BrawlMan]

Xbox Is Planning To Shutter Peabody Award-Winning Compulsion Games

Update: Studio leadership is currently in negotiations with Microsoft

kotaku.com

Well this ship has far too many holes to be correcting maybe.

We all saw this coming at some point. They announced more layoffs, and the just a matter of who, and when.

 

[CriticalGaming]

We all saw this coming at some point. They announced more layoffs, and the just a matter of who, and when.

But let's give Gears of war half a billion dollars!!! YAY BUSINESS SENSE!