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Arc Raider devs want future Expeditions to be less about fat stacks and FOMO
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Arc Raider devs want future Expeditions to be less about fat stacks and FOMO

Arc Raiders recently concluded its first Expedition, this being a voluntary, narrative-led character reset achieved by hoarding and donating resources over a set period. The idea is vaguely that you’re funding a mighty caravan to the boondocks. In return, you’ll get tiered rewards such as faster progression, bonus skill points and a larger stash. Participation in Expedition is split across various stages with different completion requirements – the final leg of the first one s

Having asked Division devs to lay themselves off, Ubisoft are now cutting 55 jobs at Massive and Ubisoft Stockholm
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Having asked Division devs to lay themselves off, Ubisoft are now cutting 55 jobs at Massive and Ubisoft Stockholm

Ubisoft expect to lay off 55 people across Tom Clancy's The Division developers Massive in Malmö, Sweden and cloud computing studio Ubisoft Stockholm, as part of wider cost-cutting. Reportedly, the job-lossenings are necessary because not enough workers have participated in an earlier voluntary redundancy scheme at Massive. Read more

"AI is bad, game will be deleted" concludes developer behind sloppy Steam card battler, before setting the self-destruct timer
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"AI is bad, game will be deleted" concludes developer behind sloppy Steam card battler, before setting the self-destruct timer

"AI is bad, game will be deleted 30.1" reads the headline of the latest a Steam update post about Hardest, a rock-paper-scissors-themed roguelike card battler which includes AI-generated assets. "AI is evil, and game will be deleted 30.1" adds the sub-heading of that same update post, just in case the first line didn't make the situation clear enough. Read more