Bungie Promises Marathon Is Here "For The Long Haul"
… A commitment to years of updates is to be expected with a game on the scale of Marathon, but it's still refreshing to hear a studio guarantee it in today's cutthroat live-service ecosystem. …
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Your Steam Controller Will Literally Scream If It's Dropped From High Enough
… However, the controller doesn't work particularly well outside the Steam ecosystem, which, while understandable, will be off-putting to players with their libraries spread across multiple launchers or who use subscription services like Game Pass. …
Epic's Free Games Didn't Bring Users Away From Steam, Say Former Employees
… Epic Games Store has exceeded our expectations in user activity, which is key to achieving scale as a multi-platform, multi-game ecosystem." Anyone who is familiar with the PC gaming space probably isn't too surprised to hear this and finds this account believable. …
New Xbox Chief Will Reevaluate "Approach To Exclusivity" And Windowing
… Throughout the blog post, the pair outline their plans for what the next era of Xbox will look like, a platform that is "affordable, personal, and open," prioritizing "a strong ecosystem that expands choice and reach." But a giant question mark lingers over exclusives, and what they might look like… …
Subnautica 2's Early Access Roadmap Includes Proximity Chat, Player Emotes, And More
… Uncover Diverse New Biomes From towering underwater cliffs to lush coral fields, this aquatic alien world is brimming with vibrant and breathtaking biomes, each teeming with diverse ecosystems and unique creatures. …
Xbox VP Responds To Claims Its Next-Gen Console Won't Be First-Party
… Ronald is the vice president of Xbox's gaming devices and ecosystem, and he's been at Microsoft since before there even was an Xbox, so yeah, he probably knows a thing or two about what's to come. …
Heartopia: Resource Location Guide
… This guide is designed to give you a clear sense of how Heartopia’s resource ecosystem works. …
Bungie Might Just End Up Turning Marathon Into Destiny - But Will PVE Save The Game?
… I’m not even sure that adding a PVE mode is going to recoup the players needed to make up this deficit, but it appears that Bungie still plans to go full steam ahead with new updates to the game in the coming months, with at least season two and season three planned for now. …
I Wish My Brain Didn't Care So Much About Trophies And Achievements
… It sucks that Sony took away PlayStation Stars because it was helping us save too much money on digital games, because its virtual showcase remains truly wonderful and gave trophies in the PlayStation ecosystem so much more meaning. …
Sorry Console Exclusives, I Didn't Mean All The Awful Things I Said About You
… This strategy is then further buoyed by services like Game Pass, which expect players to invest in a vast and rewarding ecosystem that relies on multiple different platforms to exist. …