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#ACDAY SPECIAL: Who were the ones who came before? what brought them here? how long ago?". Explore the complete First Civilization history throughout the #AssassinsCreed franchise (including #AssassinsCreedValhalla) in this prototype episode of #THEGREY: https://t.co/Lp9qGt2vOs

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Beyond Good and Evil 2 has reportedly wasted 3 years of its development time trying to become the best Fortnite🚀

✅Development reportedly veered toward a multiplayer live-service game between 2019 and 2022

✅Eventually it redirected towards a solo experience with optional co-op

✅No release date yet, since the 2008 announcement and the 2017 showcase

Source: Origami report

It’s really sad how many studios out there wasted years of development time and millions in resources trying to become the best live service hit, and more often than not, by morphing existing IP into something they’re not, and eventually they never scored the live service success nor the single player one.

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Let’s go!🚀

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Sony's upcoming handheld device reportedly has an informal exclusivity on AMD's RDNA5 architecture, says @digitalfoundry in their latest report🚀

✅Insiders indicate AMD is no longer willing to dedicate resources to semi-custom chips for niche devices unless massive order volumes are guaranteed.

✅Because of Sony's ability to guarantee these high volumes, the next PlayStation handheld may be the only device featuring a dedicated custom RDNA5 chip.

✅Competitors like the rumored Xbox handheld, Steam Deck 2, and other PC handhelds will likely miss out on custom RDNA5 silicon due to these strict volume thresholds.
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The only way a handheld can work and be successful, I believe, is if they handle it like Nintendo Switch. The same device, the same games, no separate games, no separate purchase.

Otherwise, I really don’t care for another handheld, because it could be another accessory more than half the price of the main console that doesn’t add any real value other than 30 minutes of fun once a month, plus limited number of games and inferior specs.

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Mass Effect trilogy sales show us a very unfortunate reality about modern game expectations🚀

✅Mass Effect: Sold 2 million copies as far as EA has reported. None updated beyond that, and it was originally in Xbox in 2007, and then on PC in 2008 and later on PS3 in 2012

✅Mass Effect 2: Sold ~5 million copies lifetime sales

✅Mass Effect 3: Sold ~7 million copies according to various estimations

✅Mass Effect Andromeda: Sold ~5 million copies according to community estimations

The idea that even Andromeda being considered a “failure” is laughable, because 5 million copies are no joke, especially for a game that got such negative reactions.

Those games looked outstanding and they weren’t made with unrealistically inflated budgets, and they can still turn in great profits.

2 million copies was considered good enough to green light a sequel, as were 5m and 7m and while you may argue that game development is more expensive now, they are charging more for games now, and many development aspects are being made faster now thanks to modern engines and various other tools/assets.

Mass Effect “Universe” has a chance to sell great, and the vision we’ve heard about sounds quite promising.

This series cannot end like this.
#SaveMassEffect

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Phantom Blade Zero reviews appear to go live tomorrow at 11:00 AM PT, according to Kinda Funny Games’ review timer🚀

(Thanks @GermanStrands🫶🏼)

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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis has a new trailer showcasing various regions of the game🚀

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Two legendary games, one legendary creator🚀

which one would you take if you had to choose only one of them?😎

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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis playtime is approximately 14-16 hours, Crystal Dynamics confirms to @MPFirst🚀

They added that the game and its world are designed to spark curiosity for exploration😎

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Mass Effect 5 is reportedly called “Universe” because it allows players to generate timelines based on choices from the original trilogy🚀

This is according to Technical Director Romain Toutain, who emphasized that everyone would experience the same story, but past and in-game choices would shape each player's journey to be very different, rather than one default journey for all.

Such an ambitious project that honors the legendary trilogy should never go to waste.

#SaveMassEffect🫡

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RT @RinoTheBouncer: Sony is reportedly forcing players to update their system software in order to play some physical games discs🚀

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RUMOR: XBOX COO Helen Chiang was allegedly terminated for “policy violations”, according to a source who spoke to Eurogamer🚀

XBOX commented on the matter to Eurogamer: “We don't discuss individual personnel matters. We're grateful for Helen's years of service and wish her well”

Eurogamer was not able to verify the original claim regarding policy violation🤔

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Updates on Final Fantasy franchise future coming from @nhamaguc from MisterMV stream🚀

✅Hamaguchi wishes the team would stick together for another project after FFVII: Revelation launches

✅Options for the future include Final Fantasy XVII, another remake series for another numbered title, or a new AAA IP

✅Hamaguchi believes future remakes should be handed to other teams

✅Creative Studio 1 is in charge of development of major AAA titles

✅Hamaguchi isn’t attached to a new Final Fantasy or a new IP, and emphasizes on attracting new audiences long term, despite the fact that Final Fantasy games like VII, VIII, IX and X are hugely popular (he’s likely referring to potential future remakes needing to win over new audiences rather than just selling based on existing ones)

What should come next in your opinion? What’s your dream FF remake or concept for FFXVII?😎

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Mass Effect trilogy lead voice actors Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale (male and female Shepard) are both supporting #SaveMassEffect🚀

Much respect for sticking with the legendary trilogy and the fans after all these year, and thank you for giving us the best RPG, the best space game and the best trilogy ever🫡

@jhaletweets @Mark_Meer

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Amplifying this because it’s still relevant🚀

If you can’t keep it, you don’t own it
If you don’t own it, then don’t pay for it

NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

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Cyberpunk 2077 soars with a new peak of over 162,000 concurrent players on Steam, following the release of Update 2.5🚀

What an achievement, and this is a 6 year old single player game, when games don’t even see half that number on their launch day😎

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Elden Ring movie adaptation reportedly has a budget of over $200 million🚀

✅A24 is adapting the video game Elden Ring for a 2028 release with a record-breaking $200 million budget, far surpassing their previous $70 million high for Marty Supreme.

✅The studio spent three years secretly developing You Can See Everything, a documentary about Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.

✅Following a surprise, phone-free premiere at Telluride, the documentary opened to $15 million domestically, marking the biggest box office debut for a non-music documentary since 2004's Fahrenheit 9/11.

✅Driven by massive cultural buzz and 3,000 sold-out showings, A24 plans to mount a Best Picture Academy Award campaign for the film, aiming for the first-ever documentary nomination in that category.

✅Now valued at $3.5 billion, A24's successful indie playbook and talent-magnet status have major studios aggressively mimicking their strategies to secure viral properties, even as A24 absorbs the occasional box-office flop.

Source: @WSJ

The IP is big enough to warrant a big budget, especially given how fantastical the world is, that it needs that much to make, and with Alex Garland involved and A24 producing, it’s quite exciting to see how they’re willing to adapt it, in terms of storytelling and lore handling, given the game didn’t have a straightforward narrative

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Amidst major outrage over the shut down of BioWare and the cancellation of the next Mass Effect, a petition that manages gain more than 100,000 signatures in ~48 hours🚀

I endorse this petition and the movement to restore BioWare and saving the next Mass Effect.

Yesterday, we learned that Canadian politician Avi Lewis is calling for the government to aid and support keeping BioWare open, and go independent with their IPs.

Many are also calling for big entities like Microsoft to step and purchase BioWare and/or Mass Effect.

So let’s #SaveMassEffect!
Let’s support that and NO DISC 💿 NO BUY🫡

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REPORT: NVIIDA is getting accused of artificially manufacturing the current gaming GPU shortage by prioritizing enterprise AI chip production and forcing tech giants to stockpile unused hardware🚀

✅NVIDIA is allegedly leveraging enterprise FOMO to force companies like Amazon and Microsoft into upfront orders for AI chips they lack the immediate power and data center infrastructure to operate.

✅By routing TSMC silicon wafer allocations away from consumer electronics to fulfill massive enterprise orders, Nvidia has starved the retail gaming market and kept prices artificially high.

✅This aggressive strategy allows Nvidia to immediately book record-breaking data center revenues and shift storage and depreciation burdens onto buyers, keeping earnings pristine.

✅Analysts warn this creates an unsustainable hardware bubble that could lead to a massive supply correction and oversupply crisis once hyperscalers hit their capital expenditure limits.

Source: aindustry analyst Ed Zitron, and a separate claim made by Bloomberg and Business Insider, via @RespawnF1rst

If this is true, it shows another example of the rampant greedy, manipulation and corruption within the industry, from NVIDIA orchestrating the memory crisis to Sony falsely manufacturing a narrative that physical media don’t sell, just so they can goad players into an all digital future with no ownership, and prices that can be raised on a whim and eventually tying you up to subscriptions where you fund their games forever.

It truly is disgusting at this point💿

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RUMOR: Saber Interactive St. Petersburg (Space Marine 2) is reportedly working on an unannounced AAA First-Person Shooter🚀

✅Built in Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) and is set within a “well-known universe”

✅Russian job listing for a Senior Narrative Designer reveals the game will feature PvPvE (Player vs. Player vs. Environment) multiplayer mechanics.

✅Highly suspected that this project is tied to a recent partnership between Saber Interactive and Hasbro to develop a game based on a major “tentpole IP”

✅YouTubers like RoboGamer1HD suggest this well-known universe could be Transformers, given the Hasbro partnership and Saber's proven success handling established sci-fi IPs

(Thanks to “Jasonvsfreddyvs” for the info)

Transformers would be quite an interesting choice of world, and a fitting one, for a studio that is highly regarded for handling Warhammer universe which involves gameplay in big mech suits, with impressive detail and intense action😎

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake gets new gameplay footage🚀