Just another washed-up human, Irish ☘️, MUFC…✌🏼
Dublin City, Ireland
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Said goodbye to my Best Bud!! RIP Todd, love you, thanks for all the great memories muttonhead ❤️🐶
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Don’t want it. Slop.
Google has announced a new AI game-creation platform, Playground, that lets users generate simple AI games with text prompts, with a more complex Unity-powered version on the way.
vgc.news/news/google-officia…
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These visuals… stick them into my veins and that teaser just got the juices pumping. Gimme gimme gimme.
First look at Mike Flanagan's ‘THE EXORCIST’ film, starring Scarlett Johansson, Chiwetel Ejiofor & John Leguizamo.
The film follows a detective who watches the execution of a serial killer - only for his murder spree to continue in demonic ways.
In theaters on March 12, 2027.
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I have the utmost respect for Shawn. He called out the unsustainability of Game Pass and understood that gaming needed to rein in bloated budgets while staying gamer-centric. Replacing him with Jim and the current crop of executives has been an absolute own goal.
Shawn Layden predicted Sony wouldn't go discless, but ex-PlayStation chief now calls 2028 disc cutoff a 'significant brand hit'. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lc7a
"At the same time, and I think this is probably the more insidious aspect to it, is that it changes the conversation from, 'Do you own a game?' to, 'Do you have access to a digital asset?' If you don’t own a thing, that means you can't sell a thing. If you can't sell a thing, that means you don't own a thing. And if you don't own it, then what are you buying? If you're buying access, that doesn't quite sound as sexy, to be honest."
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
For the first time in recorded history, the Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature (SST) is above 30.0°C, reaching a preliminary SST of 30.06°C on October 5th.
The Niño 3.4 SST anomaly is now 3.41°C above the 1991-2020 baseline.
Everything is not fine.
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I’d genuinely welcome relegation if it meant getting rid of them and if some form of restitution for the club could be enforced it’d be green fields territory
🚨The Premier League is reportedly set to scrutinise allegations surrounding the Glazers’ takeover of Manchester United.
The investigation is expected to examine:
— Payments involving bankers connected to the takeover.
— Ed Woodward’s role and any potential financial commitments made to him.
— Whether Manchester United funds were transferred to overseas companies.
The Glazers’ financial dealings could now face serious scrutiny. This could be massive for Manchester United
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Ninety years ago today, Duncan Edwards was born.
Described as 'the most complete player I've ever seen' by Sir Matt Busby, Duncan's name remains eternal in our history ❤️
ALT Duncan Edwards in vintage sportswear standing confidently with hands on hips in an outdoor stadium setting.
ALT Duncan Edwards in white kit signs an autograph for a young boy wearing a dark coat on a muddy field.
ALT Duncan Edwards in vintage athletic wear joyfully jumping mid-air outdoors against a clear sky.
ALT Red and white ribbon tied around flower stems placed on a brick engraved with the name Duncan Edwards.
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Xbox is focused on controlling the narrative and buying positive coverage in a desperate bid for relevance/breakeven post-M&A and poor strategy, never mind profits. PlayStation, meanwhile, is silent, making awful decisions and alienating its core base. Truly the worst of times.
According to a New York Times interview, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma "gave her personal cellphone number to journalists and influencers", while her new chief strategy officer "has tutored reporters on the company’s economic challenges".
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Rarely engage in discourse about other clubs. But if the same evidence were brought against mine, regardless of success/years starved of it, I’d want them punished, the owners/executives out/held accountable/banned from the game. Success at all costs isn’t success I’d want.
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So Elon Musk doesn't want anyone to see this trailer about the "hit piece" documentary about him...
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More decisions like this please, give the player agency and let us use our brains/critical thinking 👊🏼
Control Resonant Director Explains The Game's Lack Of Yellow Paint: 'It Was A Conscious Decision, Obviously' kotaku.com/control-resonant-…
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Pitiful, tone-deaf journalism. @BBCSport calls City’s spending “astute data analysis” while they face 115 charges. Since 2023: €1.33bn gross spend. That’s not analysis. It’s sanitising the narrative and wrapping it up in a puff piece. bbc.com/sport/football/artic…
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10 out of 13 of the studios #Xbox divested, closed, gutted or merged in the last few years, have been around for 16 to 37 YEARS.
They didn't magically all simultaneously lose financial viability after DECADES of survival. The common denominator is Xbox's shitty management, marketing and policies, and Game Pass sales cannibalisation.
Number of years these studios have been around:
• Toys For Bob - 37
• Ninja Theory - 26
• Double Fine - 26
• Arkane Studios - 26
• Turn 10 - 25
• Arkane Austin - 20
• Halo Studios - 19
• Compulsion Games - 17
• Undead Labs - 16
• Tango Gameworks - 16
In just a few years, #Xbox has essentially lost 13 studios.
• Undead Labs
• Ninja Theory
• Double Fine
• Arkane Studios
• Arkane Austin
• The Initiative
• Toys For Bob
• Tango Gameworks
• Compulsion Games
• Alpha Dog Studios
• Halo Studios
• Roundhouse Games
• Turn 10
I've included studios gutted prior to absorption, or that are no longer seperate independent studios making their own new games.
If you don't think this will impact Xbox's output and cadence of releases going forward, I've a bridge to sell you.
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Microsoft originally acquired dozens of external studios to flood its subscription service with exclusive day-one content. The aggressive consolidation strategy failed to cover bloated production budgets and severely damaged retail sales. As a result, the corporation reduced its roster from forty to twenty-four development teams, leaving sixteen studios eliminated or sold off.
The mass acquisition spree inflicted deep damage on the stability of the entire gaming industry. Independent studios lost creative freedom, experienced developers were redirected to corporate service projects, and thousands of workers were terminated.
Canceling promising projects and devaluing premium single-player titles disrupted long-term market growth significantly.
en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/chi…
#Xbox #Microsoft #Gaming #GamePass #XboxGameStudios #GamingNews #VideoGames
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Xbox is being "reverse acquired" by the publishers it spent $76.5 billion on, and it was utterly inevitable. 🔗 wccf.tech/1la8b
When Microsoft spent $7.5 billion on ZeniMax and $69 billion on Activision Blizzard in the span of two years, the general assumption was that Xbox was absorbing the industry's biggest franchises. This week's restructuring, however, suggests the opposite is actually happening.
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No disc but hey here’s a bunch of shite worth $50 bucks and a nice profit for us. Rockstar, Take Two, Sony and PlayStation can eat shit. Shamelessly killing 2nd hand games market, reducing consumer choice and charging gamers an arm and a leg. Wankers.
Introducing Grand Theft Auto VI: The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection
Pre-order this premium Grand Theft Auto VI collectible set featuring all the essentials for a good time, inspired by Leonida’s hit TV show, Macca the Gator, while supplies last: rsg.ms/289cc2b
ALT The Goodtime State: Vice City artwork featuring various characters including Macca the Gator holding a drink, a sun wearing sunglasses, a flamingo peering over sunglasses, and Chunkee the Manatee smoking a cigar.
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30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.
Now no one dares.
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Arriving Thursday Sep 24, 7pm CEST / 10am PST.
WarhorseStudios, YouTube Channel.
#KCD2 #KingdomComeDeliverance #Concert #Gamemusic #Soundtrack
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