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Epic: Cross-Platform Play Creating New Sort of Social Network

“Whatever the history, it’s really in gamers’ interest to play with all of their friends."

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Slurms2639d ago

Pffft. Gamers that have friends are casuals.

Kribwalker2639d ago

i agree. it’s been building to this for a long time, would be great to see it happen

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slavish02639d ago

you think this was a obvious statement but some peoples kids.... :l

KwietStorm_BLM2638d ago

I guess all the disagrees are from lone wolves and hermits

Rachel_Alucard2638d ago

It's all business and Sony refuses to do it just because it doesn't benefit their platform and only their competitor since they are in the lead. I never thought Microsoft would 180 this hard this gen with their decisions from last gen but this was all because they're losing hard after being in the lead last gen.

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Josh Sawyer: "I feel good about the ability for people to create games."

Game Pressure met with the one and only Josh Sawyer at Digital Dragons and chatted about RPGs, Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity, the state of the industry, and the genre.

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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 devs praise games like Space Marine 2 for "lowering the barrier"

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 developers discuss the huge success of Space Marine 2 and its effect on the series as a whole.

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Jingsing5d ago

How about an official level editor for Boltgun?

jznrpg2d ago

I’ll get Space Marine 2 when it’s cheaper. I don’t pay more than half price for short games.

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Glen Schofield: Dead Space Wouldn’t Be Greenlit Today—Publishers Are Afraid to Take Risks

Sector sat down with Glen Schofield—creator of Dead Space and The Callisto Protocol—during the Game Developers Session (GDS) in Prague to discuss the evolution of the game industry, the current challenges of AAA development, and why it's become so hard to get original ideas off the ground in today’s risk-averse environment.

1nsomniac5d ago

It’s easy enough to say that, but why? It feels weird to me when developers say this but common sense would tell you everything about the idea itself should work.

The idea of the concept seems like a winner at whichever angle you look at it so why would publishers not greenlight it?

… it’s almost as if the majority of publishers are massively incompetent at their jobs. But there’s no surprise to anyone there.