Seems like Starcraft, story wise, is dead for Blizzard. SC2 catered to the esports crowd and now I guess a skin economy for the game is a thing. I would be shocked to fine out they even give enough of a shit to make a story focused Starcraft again. 

It felt like something Activision pushed on them to try and keep players spending money more than once a year

Both physical and digital forms of media are equally fragile in this regard. I know Steam zealots like to use this card, but let’s dispel this rumor; Gabe Newell can say whatever he wants be he can’t make a guarantee that the games on their platform will remain there forever. Even if you backup games, if they need a…

you not having enough time to be good enough to play a video game is on you and your career/life choices

I find indies use Roguelikes as shorthand for “insert game design here”. I really hope this trend and the 8/16-bit trend dies soon, so tired of both of these things.

Its no different than those with problem gambling that don't gamble, or those with alcohol issues that don't drink. You can take your superiority complex elsewhere. It's Credit Cards, nothing to be proud of.

Before or after he picks fights with Youtuber's that call out bad publishers?

That doesn’t make it a better work culture. Crunch and employee abuse doesn’t change simply because they provide things for free.

Jason and Kotaku in general have some work to do before they start getting awards.

Yeah Mad Max perfectly highlighted their flaws in game design. And every entry into the Just Cause franchise starting with 3 have been broken and boring messes.

More “Wasted Potential 2" from Avalanche. Seems like maybe they should stick to making game engines or explosion techniques like SpeedTree does. The game design from them has been.... disappointing to say the least.

So this became a reality for you? :)

No, not really. Who the hell is Uniqlo? And why is there no runner up here being awarded the money? They were going to pay the winner anyways.

Many of those stores you listed don’t even sell the same games, thus the audiences are completely different. Battle.net for example only sells Blizzard and Activision’s IPs. That’s hardly competition for Valve, since Steam has 99% of available PC games. The Windows Store, while being thoroughly mocked is the same. And…

3) Has a deal with Tencent, who also admits to collecting information from users

The coined term for this BS is called “Gun-To-Head” defense.

Yup, that is allowed in the US and it usually happens. Many of these developers or even non-game studios, the employees are treated as contract workers. (which makes them temporary and disposable). So to avoid paying benefits that are mandated by law they have scheduled layoffs, sometimes after specific period of…

It’s legal throughout the US, and I can promise your “civilized” nation of Texas (did you really type that with a straight face?) it’s happening.

This has nothing to do with Tencent. Because America doesn’t believe in American ideals of fair wages for fair work and collective bargaining. Haven’t you noticed the demonetization of unions by companies already in the US? This isn’t a “OMG China bad!” issue. It’s a hive mind issue on workforce.

Of course not. Right now Riot could stand to look intelligent, but they want to continue to be stupid.