Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (1st November)

‘We don’t see a place for microtransactions in singleplayer games’, says CD Projekt Red following Dragon’s Dogma 2’s DLC fiasco

CD Projekt Red won’t be putting microtransactions in singleplayer games like The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 any time soon, according to comments recently made by the company’s Chief Financial Officer. During an interview with Stockwatch.pl(translated via Google) Piotr Nielubowicz was asked whether future games will have microtransactions added into them. To this, Nielubowicz replied…

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Elden Ring Nightreign finds a new way to victimise players as Nightfarers accidentally fight 2 bosses at once: ‘They were convinced I was just being dumb’

Elden Ring Nightreign has been infested with a few bugs for some time, and I’m not talking about the Sentient Pest. I’ve encountered a couple of issues that prevented teammates from pulling off rezzes, and I’ve even seen one of the map bosses disappear from my sight, despite it clearly still being there and managing…

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Krafton confirms Subnautica 2 leak showing that the publisher wanted more content for the early access launch, leading to delay and leadership ouster

In a statement to PC Gamer, Krafton has confirmed the legitimacy of a leaked Subnautica 2 development assessment previously reported on by Kotaku. The Krafton development analysis “recommended to enhance the content volume and level of polish before launching.” The delay of Subnautica 2 has been the primary driver of the dispute between former Unknown…

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Pragmata is yet another launch day fail for Intel’s GPUs, but its quick response to game issues shows it’s still working hard for gamers

Getting an Intel Arc card can be a good option in this otherwise eye-wateringly expensive market, especially as many of the GPUs’ initial wrinkles have been ironed out. But problems still remain, and they sometimes surface with the release of new games, as some Intel Arc gamers found with the launch of Pragmata. But the…

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Japan: Switch family sold 145,178 units

The latest Japanese sales charts are now in thanks to Japanese sales tracker Famitsu and it’s been a very interesting week for video game hardware. The best-selling platform was the Nintendo Switch family of systems, which shifted 145,178 units. Sony’s PlayStation 5 sold 40,459 units and Microsoft’s Xbox Series console sales are 42,891 and 3,684…

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