Image: Square Enix Players are currently having a tough time logging into Final Fantasy XIV after the MMORPG was hit with DDoS attacks on May 6. Square Enix has acknowledged the issue but hasn’t yet updated fans on when the outages will be fixed. Why You’ll Fall In Love With [...]read moreFinal Fantasy XIV Suffers DDoS Outage As Devs Work On A Fix
Apple is tweaking how it applies a new fee that can affect iOS developers in the European Union as it continues to configure its approach to the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA): Developers of free apps will be able to avoid the fee entirely under changes it announced Thursday, which apply from today, while other [...]read moreApple adds more carve-outs to its EU core tech fee after criticism from devs
Last month, Take-Two announced it was “rationalizing its pipeline” by cutting hundreds of jobs and cancelling $140 million worth of in-development projects. Today, it moved ahead with shutting down the studios behind Kerbal Space Program 2 and OlliOlli World, Bloomberg reports. The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Alan Wake 2 An employment notice [...]read moreGTA 6 Publisher Axes Roll7 And Kerbal Space Program 2 Devs
As the number of video game remakes, remasters, and spiritual successors grows, so does the hesitation surrounding these projects. Though some might see these games as loving homages to the art and stories that made us who we are, it’s just as easy to see them as attempts to bottle lightning–or perhaps, more accurately, nostalgia. [...]read moreEiyuden Chronicle Devs Open Up About Murayama’s Passing And Going Beyond A Suikoden Successor
Image: Slavic Magic / Hooded Horse We’re just a few days out from the much-anticipated Early Access launch of the current most Wishlisted game on Steam: Manor Lords. But despite the hype, no one knows how much the medieval city-builder will cost to play. The devs say that’s to prevent [...]read moreDevs Explain Why Manor Lords Price Is Being Kept A Secret
The gorgeous action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked launched today in Steam early access, letting PC players experience the dark fantasy adventure’s first act plus a selection of side content. The game normally costs $40, but you can grab it for just $31.31 thanks to Green Man Gaming’s launch deal on Steam keys. To get [...]read moreOri Dev’s New RPG No Rest For The Wicked Gets A Big Launch-Week Discount
Publishers Pivoting To Live Service Games Has Most Devs Worried A newly published survey shows that most game developers aren’t too sure about live-service video games—like Destiny 2 and Suicide Squad—representing a sustainable future for the industry, and think the return of paid DLC might be a better option instead. The Top 10 Most Played [...]read morePublishers Pivoting To Live Service Games Has Most Devs Worried
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has suggested that tipping culture could benefit games, with some “special” single-player games leaving him wishing he could give more money to developers after completing them. Ybarra noted that “most will dislike this idea,” with many consumers already tired of tipping culture coming to other industries. Ybarra introduced the idea [...]read moreEx Blizzard Boss Wants To Be Able To Tip Devs At The End Of A Game
Moon Studios has released the launch trailer for No Rest for the Wicked, showcasing its art style, gameplay, and story. What’s immediately apparent is how different the art direction for No Rest for the Wicked is compared to the Ori series. The new game has a more gothic inspiration as opposed to Ori’s more cartoonish [...]read moreOri Devs Showcase New Direction With No Rest For The Wicked Trailer
Image: Nintendo / Marvel / Yuzu The battle against Nintendo Switch emulation isn’t over yet. The Mario maker got the prominent emulation software Yuzu to cave in, shut down, and pay out on March 4, and now the popular chat platform Discord is reportedly nuking the accounts and servers belonging [...]read moreDiscord Takes Out Nintendo Switch Emulator Devs And Servers