Manchester United supporters everywhere suddenly touching their brow and wincing

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 16h ago

EA's annual Ebitda is around $1.5 billion, which should be enough to service the interest payments. But the publisher has told debt investors that it will cut $700 million in annual costs including $170 million in "organizational efficiencies," per Bloomberg. In other words: mass layoffs

A couple belter reviews on Eurogamer this week, first with @schillingc.bsky.social's wonderful writing on Big Walk www.eurogamer.net/big-walk-rev...

With upcoming PS Plus game Big Walk, Untilted Goose Game developer House House's co-op puzzle quest takes the hangout game to a new peak - here's our review

The Untitled Goose Game team returns with a funny, exciting and deeply rewarding multiplayer adventure. Our Big Walk review.

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Hello! For a potential piece on Eurogamer, I would love to know what cool little things people in and around games are working on. Not full games, but fun, interesting, weird projects or side projects. Things you're noodling around with, things you just think are neat. Replies/reposts very welcome!

I spotted these videos recently and one of the things that stood out - aside from the backwards plane - was how blandly thirsty they are. Here's greased-up Jason with an 8-pack. Several Lucia ones are, well, what you'd expect.

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · last wk.

As Grand Theft Auto 6 hopefuls grow anxious for a gameplay trailer, AI GTA6 slop is getting millions of views on social media www.eurogamer.net/grand-theft-...

The big Final Fantasy 7 Revelation interview: director Naoki Hamaguchi on iterating Rebirth's "perfect" combat, avoiding "stale" RPG systems, and rethinking fast travel for the sake of player agency www.eurogamer.net/the-big-fina...

Halo: Campaign Evolved is more successful at being a reinvention of an FPS classic than it is a reproduction - and that needn't be a bad thing. Our review of a complex reworking, where a legendary game gets a curiously enjoyable makeover: www.eurogamer.net/halo-campaig...

Sigourny Weaver looking a bit worse for wear

IGN@ign.com · 2w ago

Check out some brand new quest gameplay from The Blood of Dawnwalker, featuring a devious pixie who's obsessed with teeth. https://bit.ly/4b3uGe8

Sincerely one of the funniest threads I've ever encountered on this site or the other one

Dusty McDustin@dustymcdustin.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hahah I don’t “think” it is, its just is dude. A 75 has always been by definition average and always will be??! wtf are talking about?? Hahah seriously wtf due, were you failing out of school thinking you were getting average grades or something??

Feels somewhat appropriate that this post has immediately devolved into defensive threads about whether gamers are or aren’t the most sensitive fans, rather than engaging with the real discussion at hand. (Plus he says “almost”! It’s right there!!)

Chris Plante@plante.bsky.social · 2w ago

“People who are interested in games have too much of their identities bound up with their interest in games compared to almost anything else that I’ve encountered.” Ian Bogost talks about his approach to critiquing games AND how he has become more mindful of life's small pleasures.

YO PAELLA MAN

Eyyyyyyyyyy! Delighted for Tom, Alex and everyone on the team here - more games media is good!!

Tom O@vgtomo.bsky.social · 4w ago

Big news! @apzonerunner.com and I have launched a new video games website. @respec.net is our attempt to create a highly curated multi-format site that has that club feel you used to get from the best magazines (and frankly, my beloved VideoGamer back in the day) www.respec.net/feature/87-w...

Have been reminded it’s 10 years since I joined Eurogamer today. Appreciate it’s America’s birthday or whatever but do feel they’re stealing the limelight a bit.

I would like a physical copy of my game please.

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden on Sony's years-long debate over scrapping discs, and why this time it's probably "a straight spreadsheet decision" www.eurogamer.net/shawn-layden...

Had the odd comment mentioning “sentimentality” in the Sony piece and listen: sentimentality is the point. Part of this is just about the fact we’re losing one of the final touchpoints of another world. It’s right to want to rage against that.

KA LI@astaralys.bsky.social · last mo.

My parents were low income so I often just browsed game shops as a kid. Sometimes mum let me get a game. It'd cost her whole day's wage and a chunk of our rent. Dad once told me to check under the car seat and Pokemon Red was there in a bag. Ownership isn't the only thing we lose with physical media

My parents were low income so I often just browsed game shops as a kid. Sometimes mum let me get a game. It'd cost her whole day's wage and a chunk of our rent. Dad once told me to check under the car seat and Pokemon Red was there in a bag. Ownership isn't the only thing we lose with physical media

When I half-jokingly referenced the "Microsoft kills game ownership" article a few weeks back, I didn't expect to actually have to re-write it. But here we go. Sony takes the disc.

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · last mo.

Of all the many losses from this shocking decision, maybe the biggest is a sense of connection with what you love. A tangible, touchable, graspable thing that links you to all the people who made it. Opinion: Sony kills game ownership and says it's all your fault. www.eurogamer.net/sony-kills-g...

Way too many serious art house reccs here when the obvious answer is either Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, or one of those fake idle games that’s secretly using your computer to mine crypto

Chris Plante@plante.bsky.social · last mo.

What is the definitive game about America?

"Dynamic pricing it is", "prices will surely go up", "this is anti-consumer": the internet reacts with outrage and despair to PlayStation killing off physical media www.eurogamer.net/the-internet...

lol

Chris Tapsell@christapsell.bsky.social · last mo.

Didn't mention this at the time but something darkly funny about getting on my high horse about digial media ownership and then barely 2 days later this story breaking

Didn't mention this at the time but something darkly funny about getting on my high horse about digial media ownership and then barely 2 days later this story breaking

PlayStation is pulling "previously purchased" digital movies from users' libraries without so much as an apology

Sony has written to customers to advise that hundreds of "previously purchased" digital movies previously available via its online store will "be removed".

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It's Pride Week on Eurogamer! Here's our first feature from the wonderful @stormscribe.bsky.social on Tiny Bookshop, and how even silenced voices will eventually be heard.

A long-buried secret hidden in a cosy game about books made me realise something essential - I wish a younger me had experienced it years ago

Hello! Eurogamer is once again marking Pride with a week of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and …

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Would be very keen for us to get a genuine idea of what's happened at Bungie, and understand what that's been like to go through as a developer. I would imagine: not great! Also imagine there are nuances that deserve to be unpicked properly. Connor has handled similar stories with excellent care:

Connor Makar@connormakar.bsky.social · last mo.

If you are a Bungie dev laid off as part of these cuts, or a former / remaining dev who wants to talk, you can contact me on Signal at ConnorMakar.62 I would love to get an accurate picture of how this all went wrong.

Whole situation is baffling. Why, almost 9 years after Destiny 2's launch, are the next projects so far away in "early incubation" as to not be able to roll the Destiny 2 team onto them for full production? Why have they not been brought forward, with Destiny 2 "short of expectations" for years?

Bungie@bungie.net · last mo.

I’m a sucker so I get authentically excited whenever Rockstar releases a load of GTA screens, but there is a much bigger conversation we need to start having immediately of the back of its code-in-box plans. Players deserve to own the digital games they buy. www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-exciti...

Few things have got me excited like Rockstar's latest GTA 6 screenshots, but this time something big's taking off the sheen - and we need to talk about it, fast

Fears about game ownership are back with a vengeance, and rightly so after the news Rockstar and 2K won't include a disc in the "physical edition" box.

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Correct take!

Jank@jank.cool · last mo.

Steam Machine seems cool. Now make a Steam Deck that's half the size, less powerful, and cheaper www.jank.cool/the-device-i...

would very much like to not have any more "drop everything and write about this massive industry moment" moments for the rest of this week, the week of Mercury's ire, the week of volcanic fucking rage, the week of face blowtorch, the week of being forwards and ultimtely inside of the Sun, the week o

Having Victoria on the team at Eurogamer has been like having a personal ray of sunshine you get to have beamed directly at you each working day. She's been an absolute joy to work with, everybody's favourite person, and I sincerely wish her well for whatever comes next.

Victoria Phillips Kennedy@lilchopshopgal.bsky.social · last mo.

After four incredible years, today is my last day at Eurogamer. It has been an absolute joy and privilege to be even a small part of such an incredible team for so long. However, I have decided it is time for something new.

An absolute delight to get Chris back on Eurogamer here:

Chris Schilling@schillingc.bsky.social · last mo.

Reviewed Star Fox for Eurogamer. It's good! Largely because the original was, and it's basically the same game with nicer graphics. But enough evidence here to suggest Velan should get an opportunity to make an *actual* new entry. www.eurogamer.net/star-fox-rev...