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no but you don't understand just how good star wars galactic racer is.

I'm sure there's more to this story since it doesn't make sense on spec, and we don't know how the project was advancing behind the scenes, but it's wild to see how much momentum Sony has lost this generation.

Following a dispute between Saber Interactive CEO Matt Karch and narrative designer Stella Sacco regarding the use of genAI in Rideshare “Stimulator”, Sacco has indicated that Karch has "apologized unreservedly" for statements he provided to This Week in Videogames.

Incredibly short-sighted to think that one of the most appealing aspects of console gaming simply doesn't matter to your audience, when the most engaged members of that audience are telling you in no uncertain terms that it absolutely does.

Really excited about this. Over the past year we've made dozens of site improvements, added a comments section under each article and expanded our team. It felt like the right time to finally start building some community, and a Discord is a natural first step toward that goal. Come join us :P

Just very, very sad to see this team unceremoniously deconstructed after what they've built over their decades-long history.

Does MS know that you need actual people to maintain an engine, or do they plan to let Copilot handle that?

Laying so much as a finger on Obsidian (who delivered like 30% of your first party output over the past generation) or id Software (who released one of the most successful, creative and technologically polished trilogies of the past decade) is straight up vandalism.

idgaf the numbers are what they are, and they don't even include console which heavily skews in Destiny's favor. This situation is absolute insanity - one of the most nonsensical, ass-backwards decisions I've ever seen.

The studio behind Mixtape has remarked on its notably strong critical acclaim, which briefly saw it positioned as the highest-rated game on OpenCritic for 2026. "It was always about getting more people to listen to Devo and I think that’s probably happened," they told This Week in Videogames.

I love when they dgaf any more and just start saying stuff.

The critics were too harsh on the first Mario movie. The critics were equally harsh on the Mario Galaxy movie, but they weren't nearly harsh enough. That Times reporter had the right of it. I wish I brought a pen with me.

The actor behind Kliff in Crimson Desert has shared experiences with a seemingly ever-changing script during the recording process for the game. His comments reflect those attributed to former Pearl Abyss developers who claimed the game had a disorganised development due to internal power dynamics.

Our team are devastated by this news. Patrick was an incredibly kind, generous and talented person. He truly loved this industry, and was so excited to cover it every day. His passion and enthusiasm were infectious. Just a huge loss. Our thoughts are with his family now. RIP Patrick, and thank you.

Vince Zampella was the absolute best to ever do it. Literally. His impact across publishers, studios, franchises and genres was unmatched. Commercially and creatively he was an absolute juggernaut. A tremendous loss for this industry, and to those who were close to him. Rest in peace.

I think a lot of the discussion around AI isn't specific enough or informed enough, and that's why this piece from @edmondtran.bsky.social is so useful and important. These are actual concept artists spelling out in clear, unambiguous terms why Gen-AI is not only unhelpful, it's a nuisance.

If Rockstar really is union busting, they cannot be allowed to get away with it. Every ounce of pressure matters, and having the British PM weigh in is probably not something Rockstar's executives saw coming: thisweekinvideogames.com/news/uk-prim...

Absolutely essential viewing from @chrisbratt.bsky.social on Rockstar’s sackings, which appear to be the single most flagrant example of union busting in the history of the videogames industry. Rockstar has provided absolutely zero evidence to support any of their claims. youtu.be/c9nOwjeznjI?...

Oof

Callous is a strong word but I do get where he's coming from. Obviously Team Cherry have the right to shadow drop a date, but given their blast radius it might have been better had other games (particularly smaller ones) had more heads up thisweekinvideogames.com/news/hell-is...

Oh we eating good this weekend. Review on the 25th of September #ghostofyotei

Not long now. In just a short time we'll finally be playing it (Garfield Kart 2 - All You Can Drift).

Such a great write up from @superdonk.bsky.social. He's a long time Skate enjoyer and honestly, his perspective is so illuminating since I only really remember the series for its funny bails. There's was so much more to it, and it seems as though big chunks of that stuff is missing in the reboot.

Idk what dial YouTube turned but they definitely did something. Viewership is inexplicably down around 30% for myself and many channels I watch/follow. I've never blamed the algorithm for anything in my 10 years on YT, but this is too obvious to ignore. Spoken to others who have noticed it, too.

Extremely excited to have @victoriatran.bsky.social on board as a monthly columnist, providing insight into the world of indie games development and community management. Fantastic first piece too, covering the plague of clone games that plagiarize the work of game makers.

This is how Zack Snyder should have marketed Man of Steel.

Played about 2 hours of the Battlefield 6 beta. Absolutely floored by how well it runs, how stable the netcode is, how excellent the maps are, how solid the gunplay/sound design is, how well classes/squads work. Could not be more of a contrast from the first impression of 2042 all those years ago.

Pretty big stuff out of Sony: an expected launch window for Marathon (this financial year), an announcement that Bungie will become a PlayStation studio in a more traditional sense, and acknowledgement of Sony's live-service blunders to this point.

Ralph "SkillUp" Panebianco has built a successful YouTube career with more than one million subscribers. So naturally, his next move is... to start a video game website? I spoke to Panebianco about his new venture ("no ads, no AI") and why he's doing it: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

This is insane. Payment providers should not have the power to do this.

We asked the 1047 Games CEO how it could cost so much to maintain Splitgate 1. Here's what he had to say:

Splitgate developer 1047 Games is shutting down the original Splitgate, claiming that maintaining it was costing them 'hundreds of thousands of dollars'. The game was averaging 130 peak CC players on steam. Can any game devs enlighten me as to how it was costing 1047 that much to keep the game up?

Just rolled credits on Donkey Kong Bananza. Utterly insane how back-loaded this game is. It simply never stops getting better from about the halfway point on. Another generational W for Nintendo. Man, if this thing was day one on Switch 2 launch, it would have been a totally different conversation

How did @skillup.bsky.social get his start on YouTube? What advice does he have for folks looking to build a successful YouTube channel? Don't miss the latest MinnMax Interview! youtu.be/SJeB-MB0gVg

Delighted to be doing a monthly column for this. Ralph's a thoroughly good egg, the site's great, and the idea of a video guy pivoting to text is just proper world-gone-mad stuff, love it. Have a look!

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Holy fuck aftermath.site/xbox-microso...

Disgusting

After 2 months of work, the Clair Obscur Expedition 33 video is here. I interviewed most of the game's senior leadership team asking one simple question: how did you do this? Their answers were inspiring and moving, and it's no surprise that COE33 is as remarkable as it is: youtu.be/mXLOLgC2V2Q?...

Love getting home after a long day to play my Switch 2 like this

Severance Season 2 started super cool but ended up being super bad. I'm ready for what comes as a result of this post.

Got to have a chat with @skillup.bsky.social and @danryckert.com about our time playing Death Stranding 2 at Kojima Productions for an entire week. First half are just my impressions. 2nd half is the group convo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W61d...

I spent 4 days playing Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, and it's just as brilliant as the first one. My spoiler- free impressions: youtu.be/Wzk_KJQh-FA

ABC projecting Dutton to lose his seat LFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!