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    Discussion Cultural appropriation, revision of history or just appreciation of the culture. What are your thoughts on Yasuke in the new Assassin's Creed.

    Cultural appropriation is woke bs. AC starting an African in feudal Japan is in poor taste any way you cut it. Devs have the freedom to do whatever, and consumers the freedom to not like it.
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    Leak Assassin's Creed Shadow fully playable with 2 Expansions planned. Releasing Nov.15th. |UP| Cinematic World Premier Trailer & Collectors Edition info.

    lol , the trailer. Assassins Creed Disneyland. They just couldn’t help themselves
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    Multiplatform Ubisoft laid off 1,700 workers on the path to its highest net bookings ever

    All the CRY poor by industry is all a facade to cull the heard and make way for AI.
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    Discussion Square Enix goes multiplatform, focus on quality then quantity

    Not great, Sony gets a chunk of prestige chipped off.
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    News PlayStation Announces Hermen Hulst And Hideaki Nishino As Its New CEO's!

    Well I’ll be damned, Hulst moving so fast…definitely did one of those deals with the devil that is all the rage with the elites.
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    Discussion Sony shareholders aren’t confident on the Paramount buyout why? Is a gaming publisher a better acquisition to make for far less to gain prominent ip

    There are no publishers that match the Sony watermark of prestige releases. Any such purchase would dilute the brand. Follow the tried and true model of creating synergy with individual dtudios. If dating them works out, put a ring on that finger.
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    News The Verge understands Hellblade II is another game MSFT has been considering for the PS5. "It’s not clear if even that would be considered a success.

    I don’t see much choice. The ROI on gamepass release will be non existent. Should be ps day one with big marketing
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    PC Steam has been blocked in Vietnam

    Nam ‘24
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    Xbox BREAKING: Xbox is shutting down Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and two other studios.

    Ain’t gonna do shit, it’s a gamepass game. Won’t sell, and not prestige enough to sell gamepass for more than a week.