No need to speak for the USA, Rockstar North is British

FYI you can just post the link without shilling for your preferred search engine

People who came to Steam later on probably don’t realise that when it was new it barely fucking worked.

Downloads crawled, games refused to launch because of authentication issues, friends/chat was offline for literally months, etc.

The only reason it became widely adopted was because Valve forced you to use it if you wanted to play the latest CS or, later, HL2. Everyone hated it.

Yes, but it had only previously been released on the Wii U, so for most people it was brand new.

Wow, I’ve not thought about Soldner for a very long time

If you mod it enough, sure. Out of the box it’s dismal.

Official internal chat will be either Slack or MS Teams. Using any unauthorised app to discuss matters relating to the business would be a contract violation.

Realistically, game devs do this all the time in private chats with colleagues that happen outside work, both online and in person. But of course R* either never knows about those or chooses to overlook it.

In this case, I suspect the fact they were unionising was the reason they actually took action on it. It’s not about consistency, it’s about having an excuse to fire these people.

In this scenario I’m assuming they were talking about project specifics, which would absolutely be covered.

I’m not sure about other industries, but in games NDAs and similar restrictive contract clauses tend to be extremely strict and often quite broad.

We already know the affected workers were using Discord to organise. My guess is they were discussing work issues there, and Rockstar jumped on that as an excuse to fire them (as it would constitute a breach of NDA).

It’s a matter for the courts, not the government of the day - I would think employment law on unlawful dismissal is pretty clear cut.

I’m sure his godawful, stilted, overwrought dialogue would’ve fitted right in too

Meanwhile inzoi is busy shoving AI into as many holes as they can find

That post is 2 months old. There’s a more recent update and projection here.

Amir does a lot of good work tracking the industry!

It’s good fun! I’ve played around with it a fair bit and I enjoy the constraints (although I do wish there were some standard/official function libraries for common stuff like collision detection).

My only real complaint is that the built in code editor is shit, but it’s easy enough to open the cartridge file in a proper editor and work that way.

ME3 might’ve shit the bed but Dragon Age: Inquisition was still great and sold over 12 million copies

I’m sure there will be huge pressure to continue with what has proven to be a money-making IP. Chasing that success over and over again is exactly how you end up running a creative studio into the ground.

There was more footage shown in the PS State of Play presentation and it looks… dire. Genuinely worse than the original game IMO.

Just look at this updated UNATCO notice board:

STRATIGIES

The whole thing smacks of exec-fuelled ‘just slap some new textures on it and ship it’ attitude.

Thought this day would never come! Yakuza 3 has a good story, but the aged visuals and clunky combat make it a slog to go back to, especially if you’re a new fan trying to play through the series.

They did a fantastic job with Kiwami 1 & 2, so my expectations here are high.

Epic pulled the game from storefronts and then released it officially on the internet archive, fully for free.

And I’m just providing additional context that might help them make an informed purchasing decision 👍

Purchasing Escape from Tarkov directly supports Russia’s war in Ukraine

Good news - there’s a new, officially-sanctioned macOS port of UT99.

Purchasing Escape from Tarkov directly supports Russia’s war in Ukraine

I love the series, but if downtime bothers you, like OP says, then Arma is gonna be excruciating

US patent law doesn’t apply to Japan, where this case is ongoing

The censorship they’re talking about in the interview is payment providers kicking up a fuss about stores selling games with content they don’t like.

The Commandos 2 HD censorship is different because it was done willingly by the developers of that version of that specific game. Still censorship of the original vision, but not the same situation.

“Typically, when a customer purchases a hacked console or the circumvention services, Defendant preinstalls on the console a portfolio of ready-to-play pirated games, including some of Nintendo’s most popular titles such as its Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid games.”

Yeah, that’ll bring the hammer down every time.

We can argue about the legality and morality of mod chips all day long, but building a business on distributing pirated software (and software that’s still being actively sold, at that) is a legal slam dunk.

It is, per the article

I recently finished Dragon Age Inquisition, and then started Powerslave: Exhumed.

I never played any of the original versions so it’s a completely new experience for me. Enjoyable so far - it’s an interesting historical link between classic metroidvania and 90s FPS, like a proto-Metroid Prime in some ways.

I do wish they’d added a quick save button to this modern version, though.

In a world where people require money to survive, copyright protections ensure writing and other arts remain a realistic (if rarely profitable) activity for those without the luxury of complete financial independence and a wealth of spare time.

Feels like we’re a few moments away from someone unironically suggesting Steam start allowing people to just mail them cash.

I can’t imagine a way of remaking DA:O for modern audiences without losing what made it special to begin with.

While I agree that the current state of SKG is painfully light on ideas for practical implementation, it is at least focused on a single issue.

A plan could be arrived at.

Trying to tack on tangentially-related stuff like workers’ rights is only going to get the whole thing bogged down in conflicting discussions.

UFO 50 was a big hit with critics & players - surprised it took this long to be ported to console.

Because the loan fraud involved his audio production company and his reputation is now marred?

It’s a commonly-used figure of speech

This isn’t about you, America.

No they didn’t. It was delisted from stores. The game still works if you own it, or even if you go out today and buy a used physical copy. Same goes for all of the delisted FH games.

Delistings are not what SKG is about and I wish people would stop pretending it is.

I’m struggling to get my head around someone who just got into Star Trek starting with Picard.

I mean, fine - if you enjoyed it that’s great! But it’s a show explicitly about exploring the later life of a franchise figurehead. If you didn’t watch any of the earlier series or movies first you’re missing 90%+ of the context for what’s happening, surely?