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Former Xbox VP says Game Pass creates ‘weird inner tensions’ because a game’s popularity can actually damage sales: ‘The majority of game adoption on GP comes at the expense of retail revenue’

Pete Hines, the former vice president of communications and marketing at Bethesda, recently opined on what he described as “short-sighted thinking” driving subscription-based game services like Game Pass: “If you don’t figure out how to balance the needs of the service and the people running the service with the people who are providing the content—without…

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I spent all weekend playing Hollow Knight Silksong and I’m totally enthralled, but nothing could completely live up to the hype after so many years

Up front: Silksong is obviously a good videogame. I’ve played it for around 15 hours in the last four days, and all the while I’ve watched online communities grapple with it, most of whom seem to have progressed further than me. I’ve spent at least half as many hours reading about Silksong these past few…

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‘Do you think there would be a problem if we see Hitler’s penis?’ MachineGames considered having a full frontal Fuhrer in Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus

In the second episode of Noclip‘s documentary series on MachineGames, some of its senior developers revealed a surprising tidbit left on the cutting room floor of Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. The devs considered giving us a gander at the tallywhacker of Adolf Hitler. Spoilers for New Colossus to follow. In one of the game’s…

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