A former GameStop exec thought building its Steam competitor would be his ‘forever job,’ but the retailer bet the house on digital distribution being ‘a passing phase’

Before a career second act at Nightdive Studios, the recently-retired Larry Kuperman‘s big project was Impulse. It was to be GameStop’s answer to Steam, but it went the way of the dodo in 2014. Kuperman went into his personal history building up Impulse’s catalogue when we spoke at this year’s Game Developers Conference. Kuperman came…

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Mega Crit co-founder says he wasn’t bothered by the Steam backlash to Slay the Spire 2’s beta balance patch: ‘It’s difficult for players to feel like they’re heard’

Last month, Slay the Spire 2’s controversial first beta balance patch inspired a massive backlash from its Steam reviewers, drawing over 9,000 negative reviews in the following 24 hours. In an interview with PC Gamer, Mega Crit co-founder Casey Yano said the intensity of the feedback rattled some of the studio’s newer developers—but he wasn’t…

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The Emperor Protects: A Warhammer 40,000 Musical is a deeply committed April Fool’s joke from Games Workshop, and I don’t care if it’s a day late because it’s just that good

This is April 2, which means April Fool’s is over and we can put the whole thing behind us until 2027. Except, well, this was just now brought to my attention, and I must insist you bear witness to it. Because this is The Emperor Protects: A Warhammer 40,000 Musical. “Experience Warhammer like you’ve never…

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