Your Ubisoft account can be suspended and subsequently permanently deleted for 'inactivity,' taking your games library with it (www.pcgamer.com)
Direct from the horse’s mouth: www.ubisoft.com/en-us/help/account/…/000079595...
Dwarf Fortress gets a Linux Beta on Steam (www.gamingonlinux.com)
EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO (www.tomshardware.com)
Slay the Spire devs followed through on abandoning Unity (www.gamedeveloper.com)
In 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out there (www.pcgamer.com)
After Buying Up Studios, Xbox Says It Doesn't Have The Resources To Run Them (kotaku.com)
Fallout London - Official Release Announcement (yewtu.be)
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Super Mario Wonder is already playable on PC in 4K/60fps via Nintendo Switch emulators (www.dsogaming.com)
Steam is working on allowing you to mark a game as private and hide it from your friends (both you and Valve knows why) (nitter.net)
Blizzard allegedly surveyed Diablo 4 players about a $100 expansion (www.pcgamesn.com)
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we are witnessing a true renaissance of video game music. More than ever VGM is being recognized as an art in its own right. Symphonic game concerts are being sold out within days. (nitter.net)
Overwatch 2 is now the #1 of the worst Steam games (media.kbin.social)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/PCGaming/t/333858...
Star Wars Outlaws' Jabba the Hutt Mission Locked Behind Season Pass - IGN (www.ign.com)
'We don't have shareholders, but we also don't think about them,' Larian Studios uses its stage time at the DICE Awards to speak out against a brutal industry climate (www.pcgamer.com)
Last Disco Elysium writer laid off by ZA/UM speaks out (videogames.si.com)
Ubisoft and NVIDIA are working together on AI-generated NPCs for upcoming games (www.windowscentral.com)
"Around 600 Activision QA workers are unionizing under the Communication Workers of America, making it the largest union in North American game development." (web.archive.org)
UK petition: require publishers to NOT shut down games that people bought with their money (check comments for non-UK citizen's options) (petition.parliament.uk)
Popular youtuber, author of Freeman’s Mind and Ross’s Game Dungeon, tells you everything about: yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE...
Over 100 staff at Just Cause developers Avalanche have unionised (web.archive.org)
US game devs celebrate as non-compete clauses, previously deemed 'a trash way to keep the talent', face a ban from the FTC—which would free up movement across the AAA industry (www.pcgamer.com)
HELLDIVERS 2 Steam Account Linking Update [link to PlayStation Network mandatory] (store.steampowered.com)
STEAM starting to issue refunds for players over the 2h playtime limit due to PSN on Helldivers 2 (nitter.poast.org)
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