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The Talent Revamp Can Save WoW. Seriously...
Hear me out - talents might sound like just a nice upgrade, but they're going to replace SO many things about WoW that we hate. They might, genuinely, free up the devs to finally make some good decisions and some damn good content.
Daily Briefing: Thursday 28th April
Yuji Naka Took Square Enix To Court Over Balan WonderworldAccording to a series of tweets from Balan’s Director, he was ousted from the project by the developer Arzest and Square Enix 6 months before the game was released, due to using a YouTuber’s piano cover instead of the game’s score, and ...
Daily Briefing: Wednesday 27th April
Bethesda’s PC Transfer To Steam Now AvailableThe migration from Bethesda Launcher to Steam is now available for those with game libraries or progress on their Bethesda Account. Instructions are available, although it may be worth waiting a little while, as users are reporting some failure and issu...
My 4 Largest Dragonflight Concerns, And Why I Think There Is Hope
These issues haven't been addressed directly, but I've got some hope - and a dash of new information - that makes me think they could get better in Dragonflight.
Daily Briefing: Monday 25th April
Apologies for the lack of briefing last week, Patrons! A quick break leading to the Dragonflight announcement week left us a little bit overwhelmed - back to usual from now on though. As always, we appreciate your patronage, and much more to come.Diablo Immortal Coming To PC & Releases June 2ndOn a ...
How Zovaal's 5D Chess Masterminding Works: A BIG New Revelation
Okay, I think I've lost my marbles with this one.Still, it is one of the only ways Blizzard can explain this without having to create new lore.
Daily Briefing: Thursday 14th April
Bloomberg Reports A DFEH Lawyer Resigns Over Activision Case InterferenceAccording to Bloomberg, the assistant chief counsel of the DFEH has resigned in protest, claiming that the chief counsel and DFEH boss was ‘abruptly fired’, which itself is linked to the California Governor’s Office alleg...
Lorewalking #005: Lordaeron, 10.0 & Beyond!
It's been a long time, but podcasts are finally back! Lorewalking makes its grand return, featuring a new voice, but on a very familiar topic - Lordaeron, everyone's favourite fantasy kingdom. More podcasts to come - we've got a ton planned!Lordaeron has been at the heart of our setting ...
Daily Briefing: Monday 11th April
Konami Apologise For eFootball & Detail 1.0.0 UpdateIn a large blogpost, Konami have confirmed that eFootball’s huge “v1.0.0” update will be released on April 14th. Interestingly, it comes with some of the most candid communication we’ve seen from a large publisher. Here are some highlights:...
Daily Briefing: Friday 8th April
Activision Blizzard Turn 1,100 QA Contractors Into Employees & Pay $20/HourActivision-Blizzard announced that 1100 of their QA temps and contractors are being converted to full-time employees, getting bumped up to a $20/hour rate, becoming eligible for bonus payouts and everything else being an empl...
Daily Briefing: Thursday 7th April
First off, apologies for the occasional missed Daily Briefing! We’ve been a man down on news for a while now, and sometimes I miss getting the Briefing sorted within a reasonable timeframe. I’ve reorganised my day a bit so this shouldn’t happen in future, and we have a new writer joining us so...
Daily Briefing: Monday 4th April
Return To Monkey Island Announced By Original CreatorsRon Gilbert, the original Monkey Island writer and director, is working with Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm on Return to Monkey Island, alongside the original co-writer and programmer, composers, and even voice actor of Guybrush. Gilbert announce...
Daily Briefing: Wednesday 30th March
Are Enthusiasts Being Taken For A Ride? $150 MTX And A $15 SubPinball FX’s developers, Zen Studios, are releasing a new version of the game, which effectively forces Pinball FX3 players to re-purchase all their tables on a new version without any form of discount. It also isn’t done via direct p...
What's Going To Happen With Sargeras' Sword?
The sword in Silithus is one of the most obviously unanswered problems, in World of Warcraft. Where'd it come from? What's it doing? How are we going to get rid of it? So many questions..
Daily Briefing: Tuesday 29th March
PlayStation’s Spartacus Revealed: PS+ & Now MergeDetails finally revealed: Three tiers of PS Plus! Essential is current PS+, no changes. Extra includes a library of up to 400 downloadable PS4 & PS5 games, from PlayStation & third-parties. This will cost $15 a month, or $100 a year. Premium include...
Daily Briefing: Monday 28th March
PlayStation has a “VERY Interesting Week” Coming, According To Greg MillerFollowing last week’s Bloomberg report that Project Spartacus could be revealed this week, Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller delayed his PlayStation-focused podcast until Thursday because he’s heard three rumours - he said i...
The Dreadlords: What Are They Up To Next?
The Dreadlords have been slowly orchestrating events across the entire cosmos: But with the reveal of Denathrius knowing about the next great threat... What will they get up to next?
Daily Briefing: Friday 25th March
Rockstar Introduce GTA+, A $6 Per Month Subscription Service, To GTA OnlineAfter releasing GTA’s next-gen update, Rockstar have added a $6 per month subscription to GTA Online. It delivers recurring in-game cash ($500k), in-game properties to buy that unlock previous gameplay updates, special vehi...
Blizzard, Where Are All The Warcraft Games?
Looking at Riot Games, Square Enix, even mobile devs like Cygames and MiHoYo - every company with one MASSIVE game and IP has went and made loads of new games to satisfy more and more fans. So... where are all the non-WoW Warcraft games?e
Daily Briefing: Thursday 24th March
Activision-Blizzard Hit By New Sexual Harassment LawsuitA current employee, referred to as Jane Doe, has taken Activision-Blizzard up on harassment and discrimination, claiming she was pressured to drink and participate in ‘lewd games’. She alleges that complains made about this behaviour, as we...
Daily Briefing: Wednesday 23rd March
PlayStation Network Facing Issues After Software Update: Subscription Changes Inbound?After today’s firmware updates for the PS4 and PS5, social media was flooded by users presenting issues with verifying their PS+ status and being unable to play their online games. There’s been no official comm...
Where's The Loot? (And March Reveal)
^^ There's the March loot! Now, onto the main topic of this post.Where's the loot?! Indeed. To start with the good, we've now worked out the various problems that arose recently, and things are back on track. Now, to explain what actually happened.The operational side of loot (so, QC, pa...
Daily Briefing: Tuesday 22nd March
The FTC Continues Probe Into Microsoft’s ATVI Deal, While Shareholders VoteWccftech reports that the FTC are asking for information and material from Activision-Blizzard and Microsoft as part of their review of the transaction. This is apparently not an indicator of any suspected issues, but par f...
Warcraft STILL HAS VILLAINS! Yes, Really!
Have we really ran out of bad guys? Nope!
Daily Briefing: Wednesday 16th March
Elden Ring Sells Over 12 Million Copies & The IP Will Continue“Please look forward to more of "ELDEN RING" as an IP (characters and other intellectual property) in hopes of expanding beyond the realm of games.”, reads a press release from FromSoftware and Bandai Namco. 12 million units i...
Daily Briefing: Tuesday 15th March
VGC: Perfect Dark Studio The Initiative Lost Half Their StaffAccording to reporting from VGC following yesterday’s report on Perfect Dark losing its director, they’ve found that up to half of The Initiative’s staff have left, citing studio leadership that prefers a top-down style of management...
