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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)

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)

Starfield has lost 97% of its Steam players in less than six months (archive.is)

Critics must rescore Dragon's Dogma 2 in light of microtransactions (www.downtimebros.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)

Transphobes are doxxing Stardew Valley fans after they asked the game developer for pronouns

thepinknews.com/…/stardew-valley-transphobes-doxx…

Steam is now refunding Ghost of Tsushima for people in affected countries. (lemmy.ca)

OneDrive is ruining my PC gaming setups | Digital Trends (www.digitaltrends.com)

Star Citizen Now Selling $48,000 Bundle That Includes Every Ship (www.gamespot.com)

Whatever you do, don't buy an Nvidia GPU right now | Digital Trends (www.digitaltrends.com)

Just weeks before launch, Fallout London is delayed as creator says “Bethesda never changes” (www.pcgamesn.com)

Even Starfield fans can't fathom why it won most innovative gameplay in 2023's Steam awards (archive.is)

Shooters

What are people's favourite first person single player campaigns, no third person games??

STEAM starting to issue refunds for players over the 2h playtime limit due to PSN on Helldivers 2 (nitter.poast.org)

twitter’s link...

Windows 12 is likely to debut in the second half of 2024 with AI-focused features (www.gizmochina.com)

Former Xbox boss Peter Moore says Gen Z may reject new consoles in favor of smartphones and PCs (www.pcgamer.com)

You’re going to need an SSD in order to play Final Fantasy 16 on PC (www.techradar.com)

PC gaming's many launchers, reviewed for 2024: Steam still puts the rest to shame (www.pcgamer.com)

Diablo 4's latest microtransaction controversy is a $30 portal recolor: "You can get Palworld for this price" (www.gamesradar.com)

Cities Skylines 2 PC performance is below target and modding tools will be basic at launch, Paradox says (www.pcgamesn.com)

New Study Shows Kids Are Bullied For Not Spending Money In Free-To-Play Games (kotaku.com)

PlayStation official response to Helldivers 2 fans (nitter.poast.org)

“Helldivers fans – we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update. The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for current players beginning May 30, will not be moving forward....

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