Games London’s Ensemble 2024 cohort announced
Annual exhibition of underrepresented talent working in UK games will be displayed during London Games Festival. Source: Games London’s Ensemble 2024 cohort announced | GamesIndustry.biz
Video game firms found to have broken own UK industry rules on loot boxes
Government criticised over decision to let companies self-regulate gambling-style features after expert finds numerous breaches. Source: Video game firms found to have broken own UK industry rules on loot boxes | Gambling | The Guardian
A skate through cyberspace: on the edge with the Now Play This festival of experimental video games
This week, Somerset House houses a selection of avant garde games on the theme of liminality. Source: A skate through cyberspace: on the edge with the Now Play This festival of experimental video games | Games | The Guardian
‘We messed up!’: An Apex Legends update broke the game and cost players hundreds of account levels and battle pass progression, but a fix is out
Apex Legends is going through a bit of a rough patch right now, as players have reported account resets after the latest update. While the issue has now been fixed, there are still a couple of problems hanging around. Respawn … Continued
For their new roguelite, the Dead Cells team scrapped 2 years of work on combat and redid it in just 3 weeks: ‘We need to be able to dare to kill a feature when it doesn’t work’
Developers from Motion Twin, best known for incredibly popular roguelite Dead Cells, are in on the joke when they talk about the process of making their new game meaning they had to throw away tons of progress and start over. … Continued
Dragon’s Dogma 2 players are hurling their pawns into the briny depths to purge Dragonsplague, a mechanic so deadly and unique I don’t want to spoil it in a headline
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a game of bizarre mechanical complexities—it’s at times frustrating, baffling, and weird, but that also gives it a unique flavour. The game isn’t that interested in being convenient, but it is interested in leaving you asking … Continued