Control Resonant is now available on GOG
https://bsky.app/profile/gog.com/post/3mywzlq3sk72m
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Bluesky Social
GOG.COM (@gog.com)
Manhattan has become a paranatural nightmare and Dylan Faden is right in the middle of it. Unleash extraordinary powers, master the shapeshifting Aberrant, and fight your way through a world where the rules of reality are very much optional.
Discover CONTROL…
Discover CONTROL…
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Gears of War: E-Day Reportedly Cost XBOX $500 Million to Make (Now Corraborated by Jason Schreier), Amid Claims It Has Sold Just 400,000 Copies
https://www.ign.com/articles/gears-of-war-e-day-reportedly-cost-500-million-to-make-amid-claims-it-has-sold-just-400000-copies
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https://www.ign.com/articles/gears-of-war-e-day-reportedly-cost-500-million-to-make-amid-claims-it-has-sold-just-400000-copies
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IGN
Gears of War: E-Day Reportedly Cost $500 Million to Make, Amid Claims It Has Sold Just 400,000 Copies
Gears of War: E-Day reportedly cost $500 million to make, amid claims it has sold just over 400,000 copies.
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Anthropic Nerfs Claude Again To Stop Users From Making AI Slop Out Of Any ‘Specific Existing Game’
https://kotaku.com/anthropic-nerfs-claude-again-to-stop-users-from-making-ai-slop-out-of-any-specific-existing-game-2000751665
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Kotaku
Claude Can No Longer Produce A 'Recreation' Of Existing Games
Anthropic's new Claude guardrail is stopping users from recreating a game 'even if it is renamed or called original'
Anthropic tells Claude to stop remaking video games
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/anthropic-appears-to-have-ordered-ai-tool-claude-to-stop-remaking-video-games
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Game Developer
Anthropic tells Claude to stop remaking video games
Claude users are reporting that Anthropic's AI tool has been updated with a rule that bars it from remaking games.
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The First Switch 2 Emulator Has Been Released To The Public
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/114420/first-nintendo-switch-2-emulator-for-pc-is-out-and-it-already-boots-mario-kart-world/index.html
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TweakTown
First Nintendo Switch 2 emulator for PC is out, and it already boots Mario Kart World
Switch 2 emulator Eden-NX2 went public on October 29, booting Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza on Windows PCs, though performance is still rough.
Star Trek Online Players Form Galaxy Class Honor Guard to Pay Tribute to Captain Picard Actor Sir Patrick Stewart
https://www.ign.com/articles/star-trek-online-players-form-galaxy-class-honor-guard-to-pay-tribute-to-captain-picard-actor-sir-patrick-stewart
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IGN
Star Trek Online Players Form Galaxy Class Honor Guard to Pay Tribute to Captain Picard Actor Sir Patrick Stewart
Star Trek Online players have gathered in-game to pay tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart, who died this week aged 86.
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"I don't want to work at this place anymore:" EA workers decry mismanagement and corporate greed after mass layoffs
https://www.verticalslice.news/ea-workers-decry-mismanagement-and-corporate-greed-after-mass-layoffs/
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Vertical Slice
"I don't want to work at this place anymore:" EA workers decry mismanagement and corporate greed after mass layoffs
Current and former EA employees paint a bleak picture of daily life at one of the video game industry's most prominent publishers.
Samsung Says Memory Shortages Will Get Worse in 2027
https://wccftech.com/samsung-memory-shortages-worse-in-2027-supply-constraints-persist-into-2028/
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Wccftech
Samsung Says Memory Shortages Will Get Worse in 2027 & Supply Constraints Will Persist Into 2028, Up To 70% Capacity Secured By…
Samsung has said during its latest earnings that memory shortages will worsen in 2027 while supply constraints will push into 2028.
Itch.io: The number of game pages being created per-day has doubled in the past 2 months. The number of downloads and purchases has not doubled.
https://bsky.app/profile/itch.io/post/3mz7vzjwhgs23
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itch.io (@itch.io)
The number of downloads and purchases has *not* doubled 🥲
Physical PC games could make a comeback thanks to GOG: "I really hope that we'll be able to do it"
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/physical-pc-games-could-make-a-comeback-thanks-to-gog-i-really-hope-that-well-be-able-to-do-it/
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GamesRadar+
Physical PC games could make a comeback thanks to GOG: "I really hope that we'll be able to do it"
But it's "a very, very complicated thing"
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Mass Effect fans ramp up efforts to save BioWare's RPG series with a Times Square billboard and plans for more ads outside The Game Awards "funded by the community"
https://www.eurogamer.net/mass-effect-fans-save-rpg-times-square
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Eurogamer.net
Mass Effect fans ramp up efforts to save BioWare's RPG series with a Times Square billboard and plans for more ads outside The…
Fans are organising to support the "Save Mass Effect" movement with a billboard in Times Square, and more high-visibility ads planned for the rest of the year.
Valve "Fully Aware" of AI Clones and "Low-Effort" Games During Steam Next Fest ~ This Week In Video Games
https://thisweekinvideogames.com/news/valve-fully-aware-of-ai-clones-and-low-effort-games-during-steam-next-fest/
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This Week in Videogames - TWIV
Valve "Fully Aware" of AI Clones and "Low-Effort" Games During Steam Next Fest
At a panel in South Korea, an employee said "a significant number of people [at Valve] are thinking about how to solve this problem."
More than 50% of all games released on Steam last month had an AI Disclosure
https://gamediscoverytool.com/blog/2026-11-01-diclosure-day-ais-takeover-of-steam
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Probably Stolen: Cyberpunk Pawnshop Simulator "We are blown away! Thank you so much for playing!"
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Almost half of all new Steam games use AI now
https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/almost-half-of-all-new-steam-games-use-ai-now-3423933/
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Dexerto
Almost half of all new Steam games use AI now - Dexerto
Almost half of all games released on Steam in October 2026 disclosed the use of AI-generated content, according to a new analysis of more than 63,000 games released on the platform since January 2024.
Nobuo Uematsu Warns 'Hollywood-Style Scores' Are Making Game Music Sound Too Similar
https://gameobserver.com/nobuo-uematsu-warns-hollywood-style-scores-are-making-game-music-sound-too-similar/
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GameObserver
Nobuo Uematsu Warns 'Hollywood-Style Scores' Are Making Game Music Sound Too Similar
Famed Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu explains why the trend of Hollywood-style scores is making individuality important in game music.
"Developers need to treat Early Access like a real launch, because players do" – Early Access games are on the rise, but so are player expectations
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/developers-need-to-treat-early-access-like-a-real-launch-because-players-do-early-access-games-are-on-the-rise-but-so-are-player-expectations
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GamesIndustry.biz
"Developers need to treat Early Access like a real launch, because players do" – Early Access games are on the rise, but so are…
The studios behind Valheim, Subnautica, Hades, Phasmophobia, Paralives, and Deadhaus Sonata discuss the highs and lows of Early Access
Over a decade later, Bloodborne remains so popular it reportedly sold a quarter of a million copies this year alone
https://www.eurogamer.net/bloodborne-251-000-sales-in-2016-ps4
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Eurogamer.net
Over a decade later, FromSoftware classic Bloodborne remains so popular it reportedly sold a quarter of a million copies this year…
11 years after its release, Bloodborne continues to sell incredibly well.
Yakuza Creator’s Nagoshi Studio Has Officially Dissolved Before Releasing Its First Game - Power Up Gaming
https://powerupgaming.co.uk/2026/11/02/yakuza-creators-nagoshi-studio-has-officially-dissolved-before-releasing-its-first-game/
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https://powerupgaming.co.uk/2026/11/02/yakuza-creators-nagoshi-studio-has-officially-dissolved-before-releasing-its-first-game/
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Power Up Gaming
Yakuza Creator’s Nagoshi Studio Has Officially Dissolved Before Releasing Its First Game - Power Up Gaming
Nagoshi Studio, the developer founded by Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, has been dissolved before releasing its debut game, Gang of Dragon. As reported by 4Gamer, a notice published... Continue reading