Allisa James

CES 2023 Media Trailblazer. Bylines @techradar, @tomsguide, @UppercutCrit, @DualShockers. Co-hosts @MegatenMarathon and @combochainfm.

[Allisa James @ajames347]

Not leaving Twitter just yet but slowly migrating to @bluesky. My handle there is the same one here.

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles (Steam) is $28.69 on GMG XP Offer https://t.co/8QMDZQQ5ss #ad
$34.99 US PSN https://t.co/mZkoGR2UZ6

PS5/Switch $34.99 Amazon https://t.co/YMyZi1Apav
Best Buy https://t.co/4jEvClqmvc

Deck verified

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Bloomberg confirms Xbox was funding Project Fantasy.

Xbox is “taking a fresh look at where we invest so we’re focusing on our highest priorities

“We're not reducing our overall investment in games. We expect to invest about the same in content as we did last year. What's changing is where we're investing and the kinds of projects we're backing."

https://t.co/M6noBlCID8

[Wario64 @Wario64]

IO Interactive - "A relationship with an external partner on our own IP, Project Fantasy, has come to an end."

IOI will "have to adapt to this new reality and its short-term consequences, including staffing decisions"

[Wario64 @Wario64]

The Verge: MS currently weighing closing at least five studios including Arkane Studio (Blade) and exploring options to sell Arkane Studio

Xbox layoffs reportedly starting July 6th.

"the layoffs will lead to studio closures or spinoffs, potential mergers of studios, and canceled games."

https://t.co/3bGiv4MDnf

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Studio Ghibli: 100 Collectible Postcards: Final Frames from the Feature Films (1984-2014) is $17.47 on Amazon after listed coupon https://t.co/FMSCYDAPLf

Volume 2: Final Frames from the Feature Films (1984–2023) $17.47 after coupon https://t.co/eEbRwVMBqP #ad

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Oblivion Remastered "now running on Nintendo Switch 2 with DLSS support on both handheld and docked mode at 900p 30fps on handheld and 1080p 30fps docked."

https://t.co/N3vyfKN4YR

[Wario64 @Wario64]

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered – Physical Deluxe Edition (Switch 2) up for preorder on Amazon ($59.99) https://t.co/CSAwz14yVX

VGP https://t.co/RzO0DkrgcL
PNP https://t.co/HmbpkPg2dL #ad

game on cart according to Bethesda

[John Romero 🤘🏽 @romero]

Hi Sandy, I hope you’re well. I have appreciated the recent discussions. I do not agree with your framing.

Regarding piracy, DOOM is a complicated example because shareware was the model. DOOM’s first episode was designed to be freely copied, passed around, uploaded, installed, and played. That enormous unpaid audience was not the same thing as piracy. It was part of how DOOM reached the world.

By the mid-90s, DOOM had something like 20 million shareware installs and more than 2 million paid copies sold. Those 20 million people were not “pirates” by default. A huge number of them were playing the free episode exactly as intended.

That doesn’t excuse people pirating the registered game. However, it’s important not to collapse legal shareware distribution, unpaid reach, and actual piracy into one number.

I also don’t think piracy is what “gutted” id - id is still around and still making games. Piracy may have cost money, but it wasn’t the reason Quake was hard or why people eventually went different ways.

So yes: pay developers. Buy the games you love. Support the people who make them.

But history is messier than “pirates killed the companies.” Sometimes the same free distribution that looked like lost sales was also the thing that made the game impossible to ignore.

[VGC @VGC_News]

The three largest RAM manufacturers in the world are being sued for allegedly working together to fix the supply and price of memory, leading to the recent surge in price for consumers.

https://t.co/C66OWNd083

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Dbrand - Companion Cube will not be sold and refunds will be issued - Valve told Dbrand to take it down

"They stated that the Companion Cube is Valve intellectual property, for which dbrand does not have a license."

https://t.co/kgMcv3sqXX

[Wario64 @Wario64]

‘Persona’ Live-Action TV Adaptation in the Works at Netflix, 21 Laps & Story Kitchen to Produce https://t.co/61AM7qwQH5

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Kenshiro for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves releasing tonight https://t.co/rjhEIf8aEm

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Blade, Loki, Deadpool revealed for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls as part of Samurai Outriders

open beta for PS5/PC coming July 24-26

Trailer https://t.co/pBvItvHhe3

[Wario64 @Wario64]

TEKKEN 8 – Bob Gameplay Reveal Trailer https://t.co/ZFKaKDV2E8

Roger Jr. trailer coming Oct 11th (Evo France)

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Bob revealed for Tekken 8 - Aug 19/Aug 24

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Mario - leader of mushrooms t-shirt (by Zaxx The Artist) is $20 at The Yetee (today only) https://t.co/K3kfmWT6TB #ad

[Wario64 @Wario64]

'Jefferies Warns Memory Prices Will Surge 50% in Q3 2026 and Another 40% in Q4, With No Relief Until 2028' https://t.co/YmiXs1gGlE

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Seven Samurai (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD] is $29.98 on Amazon https://t.co/FOaQQdnSxH
B&N https://t.co/FcMb3pFUrs #ad

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - Switch 2 coming Sept 17 along with Id

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Robo-Ky comes to Guilty Gear Strive on July 2

Trailer https://t.co/eOnCx1HEkl