Since this is getting so much attention, we'd like to take this opportunity to promote the @StopKilingGames movement for those who care about game preservation.
https://t.co/hNdQxwl5VU
This is a grim moment for the gaming community. Sony PlayStation announced today that it will cease all physical games production in 2028. This will essentially erase legal game preservation and ownership on their platform.
The ESA lied to lawmakers to bring down the POG Act
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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader has sold over 2 Million copies! Have you seen this, Abelard?
Furthermore, in collaboration with Silver Lining, we're launching a physical Voidfarer Edition on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2!
Read more: https://t.co/eP6nDtvcFd
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Owlcat Games, we put together a little journey through the last decade – narrated by our good friend Ian Russell @ianrussellvoice.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
#Owlcatgames
Ten years ago, a party of adventurers sat down at the table, rolled their dice, and decided to make CRPGs. We had no idea what kind of campaign was ahead of us – the lucky rolls, the critical failures, TENTACLES, the moments we wanted to flip the table and the moments we couldn't believe we pulled it off.
But you were there. All of it. And that changes everything.
To everyone who ever joined our table – thank you. The campaign is far from over!
#Owlcatgames
The industry is lobbying hard against @StopKilingGames
The ESA is now pulling the same moves in the US that VGE used in Europe.
Opposing AB 1921 (California’s POG Act).
They’re using the same tired scripts:
❌ "Games are licensed"
❌ "Servers are complex"
❌ "Too expensive"
The Open Web Is Being Locked Down — And Games Will Die With It!
Age gates are becoming kill switches for games.
SKG signed because laws like the UK Online Safety Act and California’s AB 1043 threaten private servers, mods, fan projects, and preservation.
#StopKillingTheInternet
Hello! Hope you're all having a great day! (˵^ ◡ ^˵)
We try our very best to always share only fun things with you here, but once again there is another push from payment processors that we feel we need to bring some attention to. It's something that affects all of us, both creators and fans alike.
As you may have heard recently SubscribeStar was affected by these payment processors and forced to add much more restrictive guidelines. It was a really good platform, and we even believed it could have been a safe haven for our work in case of anything happening to our Patreon page. But now SubscribeStar seems to have even stricter rules than Patreon.
All thanks to the usual suspects of Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and others who refuse to simply process our legal payments. They don't care if its for legal purchases. They just want to "protect their brand." They only want us to purchase things they approve of regardless of our legal choice. And so SubscribeStar has become their latest target, pushed to change its TOS towards the usual payment processor censorship.
They've already reshaped Patreon, https://t.co/nBnFhSTkom, Steam, DLSite and other platforms to their liking. And who knows what tomorrow will bring (or rather, take away) when their puritanical vision of the way we spend our money decides yet another thing is unacceptable.
But I believe we can pressure them back too, and protect our legal rights to share and purchase things we like. This "cheat sheet" has been floating around for a while and we feel like its getting more and more relevant each day. It has useful contact information to get in touch with payment processors so you can voice your concerns and help protect the things we enjoy together. And with all of our voices I believe we can still change things for the better.
Anyway, jumping back to our basement - "Mona daily life with Slime" wont finish itself (。> ‿ ◕。)
Sorry for the bummer post, and see ya with new animation updates in just a few!
Don't get terrorized. It's the payment processors and banks that are acting against the law by acting as monopoly to bypass the existing Freedom of Speech laws.
Is it a subject for Anti-Trust investigation. Contact your government representative.
https://t.co/qwdBb2WJhO