I was keeping in mind that they put that much money in, surely all that money has made something playable that would make some money, whereas throwing it all away makes nothing at all, right?

“Certain aspects of Concord were exceptional,” Hulst continued, “but others did not land with enough players, and as a result we took the game offline. We have spent considerable time these past few months exploring all our options [and] after much thought, we have determined the best path forward is to permanently sunset the game and close the studio.”

But why? Did they actually think it was going to cost more money to keep the servers running than it would bring in? What’s the opposite of the sunk cost fallacy?

Whoops, I meant “passkey”, I’ll edit my original comment

Using a security key as a password manager passkey seems to resolve this issue (I think?), but I guess the issue is more a problem for the casual user who wouldn’t bother with a security key!

It’s interesting timing, two years after a UK government spokesperson said “we are not currently considering replicating” the EU charging requirement and a full year after the European Union officially mandated USB-C charging for a wide range of electronic devices.

There’s been a bit of a change since then, mate

They make cool stuff, but they are ultimately an advertising company (as in that’s their main source of revenue). So by all means enjoy the cool stuff, just proceed with caution and of course assume nothing is permanent!

There’s no .uk and there never was!

multiple human hands

It wasn’t weird until you specified human

Faced with the return of one of humanity’s greatest threats, you have no choice but to head to THE TENTH CIRCLE OF HELL:

🇬🇧 THE UNITED KINGDOM OF 🇬🇧 GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

I think we should put this on the tourist brochures

I’ve got a couple of good ones on my pebble

Hey beehaw, I’ve got the hottest off-the-press rumour for you today: I predict video game companies will continue to produce video games for the foreseeable future! Unbelievable, I know, but my insider knowledge tells me that companies often seek profit by providing goods and services.

That read like a TFTS story with no punch line

or fuck with your phone volume turned on

At least they turn up the volume so you don’t have to hear them fuck

There’s also !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works and !retrogaming@lemmy.world which are relevant too

Yep, that’s what everyone realises after getting stomped a few times!

Into the Breach too, it’s just a less brutal way to learn how to play

I remember having some really solid runs, easily beating every enemy I encountered… and then not even being able to make a dent on the final boss

It has been suggested the name “Stan” is a portmanteau of the words “stalker” and “fan”, though it is unknown if the name was chosen with that intention. The term “stan” has since become an internet slang term for an extremely obsessed fan of something or someone and is derived from the song’s title.

Might be both!

If by always you mean the last 15-20 years, plenty more warring from the likes of Nintendo and Sega before then!

As others have said, the best answer is “whenever you want”, though obviously sometimes you don’t know when that is! If you need a little more structure you can see what the game presents to you as all the things you can do, for instance by completing all the achievements. Remember that sometimes the final achievements are ludicrously difficult, so if you’re not enjoying it just call it a day!

the answer given by the watch was not generated by AI in the strict sense but “by grabbing public information on websites on the Internet.”

So it’s just doing the same thing that Google’s “AI search” does where it copies the joke answers from reddit?

“Wobbledogs” definitely has more of a Swumble’s Big Jumble energy though

Blimey, and they say IGN only does 9/10 reviews nowadays! Fascinating article, very keen to hear if it develops any further.

What was this guy’s motivation? Playing the long game to get rich selling his kick-started ventures? Just for the glory of everyone telling him how great he is? Real altruism in a really weird way? Did he actually help improve accessibility enough in games for the ends to justify the means?

I don’t remember 4 being that chill, when you press the frog button and have to leg it back to the start for fear of losing your loot it gets pretty intense!

Wario Land 4 was probably my fave

It does, thanks!

Speaking of Spelunky, does anyone know where you can download the original open-source version? The link on the official website times out, and the discussion forums seem dead too.

Valve do what they want, not what’s flavour-of-the-month

Same thing, innit, the only difference is the plot

Actually a fascinating read! Once again, the way to make money in a gold rush is by selling shovels:

it seems like the people most reliably making money are the ones racking up YouTube and podcast views and selling ebooks, guides, and WhatsApp and Telegram access to places where you can learn more about how to do this yourself

Crazy that Facebook will pay you to churn out low-effort shit now, the platform already died for most of us when they were doing that just for the ego boost!

The monkey’s paw curls, Mozilla now has no income and goes out of business

Just because it’s something we already think is obvious, doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing that actual studies are being done to prove it!

“People just don’t get consumer, I view this as saving money. Much less money needs to be spent on marketing, it’s a one time thing,” Schiffmann said.

The fact that we’re now reading this article and talking about it kind of proves his point!

!chaoticgood@sopuli.xyz

“Download our app!”

“Oh, I don’t have a smartphone.”

Thanks for this, this goes from quite big world news to completely irrelevant for most!

But I thought blockchain AI was going to change everything!

Don’t rely on any company keeping a service running unless you’ve got a contract with them

I’ve not played Half Life Alyx but people seemed to like it. And let’s not forget the huge success of the Steam Deck!

HotS is a Blizzard game, Valve has DOTA2