What games did everyone play over the holidays?

Happy New Year folk, welcome to 2024! Hopefully your holiday season was filled with plenty of good food, festivities, and just the right amount of mandatory family interactions. Is it me, or did 2023 somehow fly by and also feel like the longest year ever? Regardless, we successfully battled our way through the months and…

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The CCP softens its stance on live service games after plummeting stocks, reportedly removes official responsible for the panic

The Chinese Communist Party—who had taken aim at free-to-play monetisation schemes just before the holidays—softened its stance. This was after “nearly $80 billion in market value” bled from Tencent (League of Legends) and NetEase (Diablo: Immortal).  The draft rules intended to target the live service giant’s favourite toys (such as daily login bonuses) while also…

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A fresh easter egg in WoW teases The War Within, double-confirms that yes: the big sword stuck in the planet is still important

The War Within arrives this year—promising to finally address Battle for Azeroth’s biggest dangling plot thread: the giant bloody sword that’s sticking out of the planet. We know this because of some subtle hints from the expansion’s cinematic trailer, like when the camera pans to the giant bloody sword. The one that’s sticking out of…

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