And yet, DS3 and the upcoming Elden Ring—games hyped beyond all reason, with equally rabid fanbases—had/have nowhere near as much controversy regarding when they were released—to the former—and the radio silence from devs in the case of the latter.

They weren’t pushed to release it early, they set the original release date themselves, and then pushed it back almost a year. This was solely on CDPR’s management.

I will forever blame gamers for this mess. Pushing the studio to release it. Forcing the devs to cut corners before they had a chance to really flesh out the game. The demand was high and forced higher ups to push the devs to release a broken game. I was looking forward to this game no matter how long it took. The…

I’ve never heard of this but now I’d like to try it out if only... I could find a fucking GPU.

The point is in the how they got hugely successful. They’re fundamentally linked.

He was able to retire at 42 on the backs of those below him. As another commenter pointed out, he likely justified the millions he made at Blizzard because of his amazing leadership. These same leaders that simultaneously and mysteriously have “the privileges of not noticing what is happening” in their company.

Nothing ever happens to the assholes that perpetuate this. It’s the game industry version of bad cops getting jobs in other jurisdictions or pedo priests being shuffled to another diocese.

Considering how quickly people forgot about Ubisoft’s indiscretions, I have some bad news on that front...

The most INFURIATING thing about Ultimate online is that you and a buddy can sit together on one couch and play fun online co-op matches against randos... but ONLY randos. If you try to do this and play against people on your friends list, eff you. You each need your own copy of the game and your own Switch. It’s like…

Brings back memories of the last Blizzcon which was “Blizzconline” that they streamed over Twitch. Their musical guests, the infamous “anti-piracy” Metallica had their own live performance music muted and replaced with a royalty free melody. Now that was pure irony.

I for one would appreciate the irony of Snoop Dogg getting a strike for playing his own music on his own Twitch stream.

Considering his seating position, I think this is low-key suggestive of exactly that. The marketing team said, “How can we show someone playing Switch on the toilet without showing them playing Switch on the toilet?”

Personally I hope they throw the book at him. My brother died of modified zelda save files. 

It’s fine, it’ll blend right in once enough denim dye wears its way into those seats.

Serious though, the Kia and Hyundai/Genesis have been absolutely killing the design game over the past few years. Even if they aren’t the most objectively attractive cars, they’re doing a good job of defining their own design…

That’s a lesson I learned way back with Far Cry: Blood Dragon. Got swindled, took the hint. Love Ubisoft games, mostly, but I’ll never buy one on PC again.

Never buy anything that requires UPlay.

Sassing? In MY KOTAKU??

Modders don’t lose “all agency over their works”. All this change does is preserve archive copies of older versions so collections designed to work with specific versions can download those specific versions without the mod author pulling them. The only ‘agency’ lost is the ability to hard delete old versions and even…

Yes, this is how basically every package management system that wants to not break all the time must work. It’s also why you can’t delete stuff, only archive, in most systems that support cross referencing between objects.

I own both consoles, so I’d hardly consider myself a fanboy, but Microsoft’s acquisition took dozens of IPs that have been on Playstation for decades and suddenly said “no more.”