The Sims 5 Will Seemingly Adopt a Fortnite Monetization Model (www.ign.com)
The candidate will "own pricing of all content in this free-to-enter game, ensuring we have an optimal pricing and content architecture [and] provide guidance to content teams on in-game content needs to meet player demand....
Game & Gadget Podcast #28 - Atari Jaguar Development, Beyond Smartphones & More... - Pixel Refresh (www.pixelrefresh.com)
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software and Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern....
Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?
Feel free to let everyone know what you’re currently playing, recommend some great titles from yesteryear (especially on sale).
Xbox signs exclusive Game Pass deals with publishers that block games from coming to PlayStation Plus (gamingroute.com)
The Sims 5 Looks Like It's Going To Be Free-To-Play | Kotaku (kotaku.com)
What are your Favorite and Least favorite genre names?
The boomer shooter post a few days ago got me thinking: some video game genre names just suck....
Harry Potter Video Game Retrospective: Years 1-3 on Console | GameLuster (gameluster.com)
Dwarf Fortress - SDL and Multithreading Experiments - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU Review & Benchmarks | Prices Keep Falling (www.youtube.com)
Just revealed Bobby Kotick and Nintendo have had active talks about the next-generation Nintendo console, is close to Gen 8 in power (PlayStation 4 / Xbox One) (twitter.com)
11 Bit Studios Signs Deal to Bring Its Titles to Xbox Game Pass | Insider Gaming (insider-gaming.com)
Remnant 2 - The World of Remnant: N'Erud (www.youtube.com)
Pikmin 4 — Overview Trailer — Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - The Power of Jade (youtu.be)
Activision’s Bobby Kotick says he made ‘a bad decision’ not bringing Call of Duty to Switch | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Rainbow Six Siege Rengoku Event Live Now with More Operators and Kunai (news.ubisoft.com)
Bobby Kotick Won't Allow Call of Duty on Subscription Services on Day One, Franchise Earns Over 2x on PS Than Xbox | MP1st (mp1st.com)
Another successful Green Game Jam raises hundreds of thousands for eco causes | Eurogamer (www.eurogamer.net)
Rules of Engagement: Classic Hardcore is Coming to World of Warcraft - WoW (worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com)
Announcing TITANS, Hearthstone’s Next Expansion! (news.blizzard.com)
Revival: Recolonization released! (store.steampowered.com)
Atomic Heart: Annihilation Instinct DLC - Release Date Trailer (youtu.be)
FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle (www.theverge.com)
I found this ongoing coverage by Verge helpful to follow the proceedings.
TIL about the Sega Channel (segaretro.org)
“Sega Channel was a project developed by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive video game console. Completely revolutionary at the time of release (bar a failed attempt with the earlier Intellivision console), it was a method capable of streaming digital content to Mega Drive owners through cable television.”