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Stadia Leadership Praised Development Studios For ‘Great Progress’ Just One Week Before Laying Them All Off
4Developers at Google’s recently formed game studios were shocked February 1 when they were notified that the studios would be shut down, according to four sources with knowledge of what transpired. Just the week prior, Google Stadia vice president and general manager Phil Harrison sent an email to staff lauding the “great progress” its studios…
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A Video Take On Cyberpunk 2077: Familiar, Convoluted, But Also A Good Time
Cyberpunk 2077 is undoubtedly the most anticipated release of 2020. Over the past handful of years, fans have dreamt of the possibilities. And The Witcher 3 being a damn fine game only fuelled the hype-train further. Remember when Keanu Reeves came out on Microsoft’s E3 2019 stage? I was fortunate enough to be there. People.…
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Bringing a Katana to a Gunfight
A recent trailer for Cyberpunk 2077’ was upsetting to a lot of people of colour in my gaming circles. Most notably, my Asian diaspora friends were abuzz by the blatant orientalism in a segment about an in-game gang called the Tyger Claws.
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The Many Things We’ve Learned About Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
From the moment it was announced, I had a lot of questions about Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. So when I recently spoke to the game’s creative director, Ashraf Ismail, I packed a lot in. I wanted to know about quests, controls, and colonisation. I wanted to know about learning lessons from Assassin’s Creed Origins’ artificial intelligence…