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i got to preview skate for @gamespot.com and came out with quite a few questions and concerns about this new direction for the series
www.gamespot.com/articles/ska...
Advance Wars: Dual Strike was a grid-based chess match where every piece could explode, but the single-player campaign felt like squaring off against a row of toddlers still figuring out how pawns worked. I wanted something sharper.
www.gamespot.com/articles/20-...
For the evening crowd: I’m launching a new oral histories site called designroom.bsky.social. Won’t be much there for another month or so, but follow now to get in early!
If IGN has layoffs, nobody in games press is safe. If Microsoft has layoffs, nobody in platforms is safe. If Ubisoft and Bungie and NetEase have layoffs, nobody in game development is safe. If the Romeros get their funding pulled, no studio is safe.
It's rough out there, right now.
It's clear that there is an appetite for the online experience that Fall Guys provides. This is especially true when there is an army of creators supplying new levels on a regular basis. That's not the case anymore, but creators hope that changes.
www.gamespot.com/articles/fal...
Sub drive! Discounts! Themed week! A new writer!
It's big moves over at Rascal, and we would love your support to keep the whole project chugging. Independently owned tabletop journalism funded directly by our readers.
Data points to slowing layoffs, but doesn't capture true harm to game industry
"There's nothing about a culture of fear of being laid off that’s going to be good for people making games and the games they're making. Stability, and ethical wages, are the future of the industry."
that's an amazing card
It was nearly 10 years ago that Peyton Blake began scribbling pictures in a small classroom. His drawings were usually of his teachers, typically older men with beards, but they all had one strange quirk: every teacher he sketched had an unusually elongated neck.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/e...
Me IRL
Early Access game to keep an eye on: Every Day We Fight
Intuitive mix of XCOM tactics, roguelike narrative structure, and exploration. Rough around the edges, but with space to improve.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/e...
Drenched in thick, burgundy-colored blood after tearing through dozens of enemy Mongol camps, I rode slowly through the Tsushima countryside searching for my next target. Only one thing would defer my thirst for revenge: a brief dip in a hot spring.
www.gamespot.com/articles/gho...
spine is taking pitches again, ranging from short ($30 for 150-300 words) to longer form pieces ($60 for 500-700 words). *please* read the guidelines carefully, which now reflect the current monthly budget. i want to hear from bipoc and queer folks first and foremost.
intothespine.com/write-for-us/
Job Alert
Editorial Director, RockPaperShotgun: jobs.jobvite.com/ign/job/oN7r...
Guides Writer, RockPaperShotgun:
jobs.jobvite.com/ziffdavis/jo...
Digital Marketing Manager, IGN Store: www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...
Director of Subscriptions:
jobs.jobvite.com/ziffdavis/jo...
We are hiring a senior TV / audio reviewer! Come review headphones, speakers, TVs, things of that nature.
Looking good my man!
RIP
If you have a job in the videogame industry, you might be asking yourself: "How do I keep up with my amazing friends and colleagues, who are successfully getting laid off all around me? How can *I* get laid off just like them?"
How co-op climbing hit Peak achieved 2 million sales for less than $200,000
Don't believe us? Believe those who have gotten into the Battle Suits and lived to tell their tales!
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Announcement Trailer (story-driven sci-fi Action RPG from Owlcat Games - PS5/Xbox/PC) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQi...
store.steampowered.com/app/3727390/...
I covered the anti-ICE protests in downtown Los Angeles today. Here are some photos.
75% of launch price
"Everything that’s good about Split Fiction is good because it’s a videogame. And that’s not because it helps to tell the story they want to tell."
The contrast between Split Fiction's writing and gameplay has @jaymcastello.bsky.social thinking about what makes a game good:
How much you selling the Switch for?
