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Valiant Hearts: Coming Home Review | Hardcore iOS

Join an international group of heroes and brave the horrors of WWI in Netflix Games’ Valiant Hearts: Coming Home.

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Microsoft Is Finally Ending Its Focus On Big Budget Gaming Nonsense

Back when the Xbox 360 launched, Microsoft pushed the big budget game as a differentiator. Following all the recent layoffs, it’s clear this strategy has run its course.

Einhander197226m ago(Edited 23m ago)

The Microsoft shill take on the Microsoft causing the death of big budget gaming...

The whole driving force for growth in gaming both technologically, creatively and financially was all nonsense, and it was definitely not because Microsoft ran the industry into the ground with obviously bad decisions and creating an unprofitable business model that massively disrupted consumer spending habits. /s

Hofstaderman4m ago

Ah Forbes. One of the prominent MS mouthpieces....

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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techraptor.net
Yi-Long12h ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz0910h ago(Edited 10h ago)

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.

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How can any Xbox studio trust Microsoft now?

For Xbox’s hugely expanded gaming division, anything that isn’t Call of Duty is now a failure, and that’s a problem

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videogameschronicle.com
lelo2play18h ago

Honestly, If I worked presently for Microsoft's gaming division, I would update my CV and look for work elsewhere...

Simon_the_sorcerer18h ago

I would do the same, because MS will most likely pull-off more stunts like this in the near future...

Chocoburger8h ago

"Now"?

How about "ever"?

They closed so many of their dev teams during the second half of the Xbox 360 era. Have we forgotten history so quickly?

Dummy fake journalists acting so surprised over these recent closures, when this is something that's been going on for well over a decade now with MS.