This week on Digital Fiasco: Why is Lindsay Lohan still news, Bethesda crushes my Elder Scrolls dreams, Final Fantasy VII may not be an action game after all, Digital Homicide vs Jim Sterling (Part 2). We’ll also talk about Gamestop’s slightly less scummy Circle of Life program, but first we have the ultimate (and hopefully final) Switch disappointment roundup.
Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt explains how the studio name comes from a name translation, plus the background on the game title “Helldivers.”
Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.
Developer Slavic Magic and publisher Hooded Horse announce that their city building sim Manor Lords has sold over two million copies since launch.
Still waiting for its first patch which is worrying. I know it’s been a single man developer but there’s really no excuse for no updates being released since launch. I’ve been part of many single developer releases that are updated daily, sometimes hourly. This’s hasn’t had a single one yet….