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Soapbox: This Year, The Game Awards Failed The Industry

Please Wrap It Up. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Zion speaks about his feelings after attending The Game Awards 2023, and why the show needs to do better at celebrating game developers. When you first hear the…

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The world of videogames is ‘currently not well understood’ with major decisions based on ‘a limited, partial view’, say industry organisations UKIE and OKRE

It’s a common lament in gaming communities that the people with the most decision-making power over the industry—from CEOs of major studios to politicians drafting new policy—often seem the least informed on how it actually works. But beyond mentally filing such moments away as further proof that all rich people are idiots, we don’t tend…

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Gone are the days of buying Minecraft clothing from supermarkets, Very Cool have released a collaboration to save us all from getting another low-quality printed tee

Videogame merchandise wasn’t a big thing when I was younger, unless you were willing to pay some impressive import fees and wait months for a package to arrive. When I was a teenager, and mostly after the success of Fortnite, themed clothing started appearing in supermarkets and high-street stores, but it was always a bit…

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All Honkai: Star Rail 3.1 livestream codes

The Honkai: Star Rail 3.1 livestream codes have arrived. These Stellar Jade bonuses are a great little way to supplement your hoard of currency for pulling new characters in the upcoming update. For those that are new here, every six weeks miHoYo puts on a livestream for each of its games, showing off what new…

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Sega has canceled its live service ‘Super Game’ due to ‘intensifying market competition,’ and I really, really hope it’s a sign that the industry is finally correcting itself

In 2021, Sega published an annual report touting the strength of its business and a new “priority strategy” for the coming five years: the creation of a “Super Game,” which would “stand head and shoulders above normal games.” The plan, at the time, was for that game with global appeal to launch by March 2026….

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