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I can and will go on one of my fun rants about Vfailguard if people want or care for it…but for now, I’d like to lighten the mood by sharing a funny moment that happened to me while I was farming Super Credits in HELLDIVERS II last night.

When the procedural generation just says “Fuck it, I don’t care anymore”
https://imgur.com/a/eCuDw4c

@ANoobis
apparently barely holding 30K players is a “Commercial success” now when most games that came out before it still have over 100K, and it was due to the wokeness that destroyed other games which didn’t exist according to the journalists.

Most bitching about people not playing Veilguard have also not talked about the game much and as usual are not playing it.

Dragon Age Veilguard and Monster Hunter Wilds’ Beta released the same day. Monster Hunter’s demo pulled an average of 5 to 6 times Veilguard’s numbers. It’s likely that DA’s peak has nearly been set. I wouldn’t be surprised if BioWare is shuttered or sold off at this point.

@Anonymous #EF93
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/41qzVTDmeb0

I played baseball clash

Firewalk Studios, the developers of Concord, have been shut down.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is even more about identity politics than was previously known.

The US Copyright office needs to be stood up to. it doesn’t have to be like this. By no means is this a valid reason to give up the Cronies that make up most up the US copyright office infallible; there needs to be more of a counter-effort, for sure.

Unknown 9: Awakening is Sweet Baby’s latest disaster. According to the source cited in this thread, a selection of 2900 Gamestop stores moved zero copies that weren’t preorders. Bandai Namco is already struggling financially, and this game isn’t going to do anything to stop the layoffs. I expect to hear about Reflector Entertainment’s closure soon.

Not even the critics like this one. Hardly any outlets are reviewing it, and those that are aren’t enjoying it.

The modding scene of the OG Xbox is getting better in recent years. No more need for Splinter Cell exploit involving the Xbox remote, and replacing the console’s HDD isn’t as super convoluted anymore.

I just finished The Plucky Squire, and had a great time. I would recommend it.

Ubisoft’s stock has fallen to its lowest price since early 2014, and shareholders finally seem to be fed up. There are some rumblings of an attempted takeover, another shareholder suggested they pack it in and go private, but it seems like something is going to happen. Probably not yet, though. Ubisoft lied about Shadows just as hard as they lied about Outlaws during the recent investor call, and now the market is waiting to see if Ubi’s final big release of the year is as much of a disaster as the previous two. If AC Shadows bombs, the stock will drop again, potentially approaching all-time lows, and we could see a board fight.

Space Marine 2 already appears to be a success, before it even releases.

@ANoobis
At least Valve takes time which usually is worth the wait.

Concord will be going down on Friday, and it sounds like players will be getting refunds. After eight years of development, the game will be killed after fourteen days of wide release.

That early access buy-in for Star Wars Outlaws has gotten even worse. PS5 players are getting their progress reverted by a hot patch, making the early access period more like a $110 demo.

@Twiface
Ironic.

Ten years ago on this very date, the first of the infamous ‘Gamers are Dead’ articles was published.

@ANoobis
To be expected. But hey, if money is money, then the ones Ubisoft paid are very happy. Meanwhile Ubisoft sucks as usual.

Star Wars Outlaws released today, at least for those who shelled out for early access. It seems to be a glitchy mess

@Terminal Red
Generally yes, but if i really like a franchise and want to see more of it, i usually pay full price.

Visions of Mana is one such game, i really look forward to it and i put down 80 on it. I would have bought physical collector’s edition, but Square in recent years is completely insane in how much they want for those.

@Anonymous #F9D1
I don’t think they’re bothering, they’re going for “Everyone but me is -ist”. Why engage with any criticism when you can just discard it out of hand.

It’s fine, these companies don’t last long because their writing for an audience that doesn’t exist, gamers just need to stop talking about and getting riled up over their nonsense to make them disappear faster.

Concord launched after eight years of development to a day one peak of under 700 players. Probably going to end up losing Sony more money than Suicide Squad lost Warner Bros. at this rate.

Dustborn launched to under 90 players, and hasn’t even come close to approaching that since. I won’t be surprised if I hear that Red Thread Games gets shut down in a few months.

The paywalled 3-day early access release for Star Wars: Outlaws starts in four days, on the 27th. It’s too bad Ubisoft hides its numbers behind their own launcher. We’ll only be able to infer how it goes from the statements they make.

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is a dead IP. It’s just over a month old, and it doesn’t seem like anyone even remembers it.