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Xbox’s latest tactics display ‘a basic misunderstanding of how the interactive entertainment world moves’, says former PlayStation exec

Xbox is flailing again. Major studio closures loom, the AI boom continues to erode the affordability of console hardware components, no one seems to want those consoles anyway and, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella—a fierce advocate of the AI industry crippling the rest of consumer tech—the corp isn’t making enough money from its first-party…

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PlayerUnknown’s survival game becomes free-to-own and offers Steam refunds ‘without restrictions on playtime or how long ago you bought the game’

Normally a game leaving early access would be cause for celebration, but I daresay that’s not the case for Prologue: Go Wayback! It left early access on Steam today, but it’s also doing so in an unfinished state with no plans for further development. The open world survival game from PlayerUnknown Productions launched into early…

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Hours after announcing a collab with Fortnite, Vampire Survivors dev suggests it may back out over Epic’s touting of generative AI

Epic announced several upcoming Fortnite collabs earlier today, including one with Vampire Survivors. But a few hours after the presentation, developer Poncle left a Reddit comment suggesting that it might not happen after all. While the post is brief, Poncle seems to be reacting to a recent video which demonstrates how Epic artists use generative…

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