From GameWatcher: "The big new technology that publishers are getting excited about is game streaming - you pay a subscription to a service and you stream games from a server, rather than own them. With the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Sony all looking at streaming services, it's of little surprise that Valve is considering a Steam game streaming service - seemingly called Steam Cloud Gaming."
Developer Slavic Magic and publisher Hooded Horse announce that their city building sim Manor Lords has sold over two million copies since launch.
Still waiting for its first patch which is worrying. I know it’s been a single man developer but there’s really no excuse for no updates being released since launch. I’ve been part of many single developer releases that are updated daily, sometimes hourly. This’s hasn’t had a single one yet….
Ubisoft says they are focusing on two "core verticals," and that's to return as a leader in the open world genre, and live service games.
Calling Ubisoft a leader in open world gaming at any point in time would be like calling Dollar General a leader in retail.
I don't think they were ever the leader tbh. I've never really cared for any of their open world games. I do wanna try watch dogs 2 because it looks like it's set in San Fran. Looked interesting
Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.
Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.
Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.
If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard
As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights
That would be mad!
I while back, I was saying that I was surprised Steam weren't already doing like this. So if they did launch their own streaming service, I wouldn't be surprised.
If Half Life 3 was the exclusive to push the service... yeah I'd jump in.
But they have nvida, who would valve even use
This could be a pretty massive thing if done right. Meanwhile the Epic Games Store is still in the early 2000s.