Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 11th)

SNK Shadow-Drops Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 To Debut Its New ‘Premium Selection’ Label

Comes with rollback netcode, available now on Steam for $19.99. SNK has just shadow-dropped a “modernised re-release” of its 1998 one-on-one fighter, Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers on Steam. This new release comes with “smooth rollback netcode, online lobbies for up to nine players”, a practice mode “complete with speed settings, record-and-replay options,…

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma points the finger at Phil Spencer’s strategy for yesterday’s sweeping layoffs: ‘We simply spread ourselves too thin’

3,200 layoffs at XboxXbox CEO Asha Sharma has made a number of big changes since taking over from former chief Phil Spencer. Some of them—dialling back Game Pass, leaning into exclusives—collectively represent a pretty clear repudiation of Spencer’s strategies. In a new interview with Fortune (via Game Developer), Sharma was more explicit about her belief…

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Introducing Extreme Exorcism on PS4, PS3

Hello, I’m Mike Christatos; President of Golden Ruby Games. We’re a two-man development studio based in New York and we’re developing Extreme Exorcism on PS4. I’m also pleased to announce, for the first time ever, that we’re working on a PS3 version as well! Spawned from our love of hardcore arcade games from the days…

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‘If you’re a billion dollar company advertising your game, ask permission!’: Charlie the Unicorn creator chews out Warner Bros after MultiVersus ad uses his work without approval

Charlie the Unicorn creator Jason Steele has given Warner Bros. a disapproving finger wag after a MultiVersus advert used audio from the short film without so much as a “pretty please” from the multi-billion dollar corporation. In case you’re not clued up on your 2000s internet lore, Charlie the Unicorn is a four-minute animated video…

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