12
Jun
Microsoft has no intention of diving headfirst into the virtual reality waters with its next home console, Project Scarlett. Speaking to Stevivor at X019, Xbox chief Phil Spencer explained he has "some issues" with VR, and that Xbox customers simply aren’t clamoring for the technology.
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10
Jun
Valve has pulled around 1000 games from Steam after publishers were caught abusing Steamworks. A Reddit user highlighted the purge after noticing a recent influx of banned titles on Steam tracker, and after a fair bit of speculation Valve told PCGamer it had pulled a number of games after "a handful of partners were [caught] abusing some Steamworks tools."
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8
Jun
Chinese internet and game company NetEase has secured a minority stake in Surgeon Simulator and I Am Bread developer Bossa Studios. The news was initially reported by CNBC, which claims the studio has raised between $10 million and $30 million in Series B funding, and later confirmed by Bossa in a statement handed to GamesIndustry.biz.
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6
Jun
Before I started being professionally concerned with aesthetics, I remember always having a very reductionist way of thinking about different art-styles, especially video-game art, where you don't have "currents" like you do in painting. I categorized everything as either AAA photo-realism (Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty etc.) , cute 3D (most Nintendo games) , pixel-art, cute 2D and Minecraft. However, by the time we actually started working on Interrogation I thought that my reductionist art critic days were behind me. I was so wrong.
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4
Jun
When Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines first launched in 2004, it was lauded for the quality of writing found in both the main story and character dialogue. Critics called it a flawed masterpiece with one of the main flaws being how stiff, unresponsive, and nonsensical the combat was throughout the game.
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26
Jun
A deep discount on the Steam Controller has popped up alongside other advertised deals in Steam’s Autumn Sale and, as reported by the Verge, Valve has no plans to make more once stock is depleted.
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