Category: Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 248: Luben Vezo

Published 02/02/2024

Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 248: Luben Vezo

00:00 / 1:29:49

Η Microsoft πετυχαίνει ανεπιτυχώς, η διάλυση του Embracer Group συνεχίζεται και ο Hideo Kojima σώζει το State Of Play.

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Palworld
- Palworld Becomes the Biggest 3rd Party Game Pass Launch Ever – Xbox Wire
True Ending
- True Ending 116: WarioWare: Move It! | Review
Αποτελέσματα
Απολύσεις
- Xbox
  - Activision Blizzard
- AirShip Syndicate
  - Report: Airship Syndicate lays off 12 staff
- Embracer Group
  - Nimble Giant Entertainment
    - Nimble Giant Entertainment reportedly reduces staff by 28
  - Black Forest Games
    - Black Forest Games reportedly cuts 50% of employees
  - Eidos Interactive
    - Report: Deus Ex title killed after Embracer Group’s cuts at Eidos
- SEGA
  - Sega of America to lay off 61 employees
- GameSpot
  - GameSpot lays off portion of staff
Tencent
- The world’s biggest gaming company reportedly feels its position is under threat
Ubisoft
- Inside Ubisoft – From Low Morale To Internal Tensions – Insider Gaming
DMA
State Of Play
- Everything revealed in the January 2024 State of Play
- Death Stranding 2 and new Kojima stealth game headline PlayStation’s State of Play
Square Enix
- A Final Fantasy 6 remake would take ‘twice as long’ as FF7, says producer

Vertical Slice 247: Your game is boring

Published 26/01/2024

Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 247: Your game is boring

00:00 / 1:39:53

Κακός χαμός με το Palworld, καλός χαμός με τις τάσεις του 2024 στη βιομηχανία, συνεχής πόνος με απολύσεις και άλλες χαριτωμένες παρενέργειες γεννημένες στις σχολές διοίκησης κλόουν.

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Rose and Camellia
- Nintendo Switch slapping game reveals “brass knuckle” Joy-con attachments – AUTOMATON WEST
Palworld
- Palworld Early Access Steam sales top eight million in less than six days
True Ending
- True Ending 115: Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora | Review
Crunchyroll Game Vault
Απολύσεις και λοιπά
- Games industry leaders braced ‘for up to two years of pain’
- Riot Games
  - Riot lays off 530 staff, Riot Forge shutting down
- Embracer
  - Embracer’s Gothic and Elex studio Piranha Bytes is reportedly facing closure
- People Can Fly
  - People Can Fly reduces its workforce
MSI Claw
- MSI Announces the Claw: A Handheld PC Game Console with Intel’s Meteor Lake Inside
Αλλαγές στη Focus
- Focus Entertainment’s Q3 revenue dips 43% and it announces a rebrand
Πρόστιμο σε Sony
- Sony fined €13.5m by French antitrust regulator
Square Enix
- A New Year’s Letter from the President | SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS
- Outline of Financial Results Briefing by SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS held on Nov. 7, 2023
The State Of The Gaming Industry
- GDC & Game Developer: The State of the Gaming Industry in 2024
- GDC 2024 State Of The Game Industry: Devs Discuss Layoffs, Generative AI, and More | News | GDC | Game Developers Conference
Game Industry in 2024
- Newzoo: Forecasts and Gaming Trends for 2024
- Newzoo: Global games market expected to grow to $189bn in 2024
Fast Travel
- Dragon’s Dogma 2 director says he doesn’t like fast travel because it can mean a game is boring

Vertical Slice 246: FPS = RPG

Published 19/01/2024

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Vertical Slice 246: FPS = RPG

00:00 / 1:53:36

Μεταξύ άλλων, σχολιάζουμε το Xbox Developer Direct οπλισμένοι με RPG.

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Tekken 8 + Brian Cox
- TEKKEN 8 – “Story So Far” with Brian Cox
True Ending
- True Ending 114: Broken Sword: Parzival’s Stone | Gamescom 2023 Preview
Global Game Jam [Athens]
- https://www.globalgamejamathens.gr/
Transmedia
- Martha is Dead to get film adaptation
- Until Dawn is getting a movie adaptation
Απολύσεις για όλα τα γούστα
PC Gaming 2023
- Global PC Games Market Report 2024 | Video Game Insights
Συνδρομές
- The new Ubisoft+ and getting gamers comfortable with not owning their games
- Is the latest game subscription ‘moral panic’ justified?
Developer_Direct 2024
- Xbox Developer_Direct: All the News and Announcements
- ESO 2024 Global Reveal — The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road & Scions of Ithelia

Vertical Slice 245: Cheapo high-end

Published 12/01/2024

Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 245: Cheapo high-end

00:00 / 1:37:57

Και Portal έχουμε και πρίγκιπα και φαεινές ιδέες της Epic για το Epic Games Store. Οτιδήποτε, βασικά, εκτός από ιδέα για το τι σόι ποδαρικό φαντάζεται πως κάνει το Xbox.

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Vertical Slice 244: Κονσολidation

Published 05/01/2024

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Vertical Slice 244: Κονσολidation

00:00 / 2:04:50

Στο θεματικό επεισόδιο των εορτών, θυμόμαστε τι χάνεται με το τέλος της E3, ξεδιαλέγουμε τις σημαντικότερες κονσόλες στην ιστορία και προτείνουμε παιχνίδια με δυο τελείως διαφορετικές προσεγγίσεις.

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Vertical Slice 243: Παππάτζα

Published 22/12/2023

Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 243: Παππάτζα

00:00 / 2:01:59

Σοκ και δέος χάρη στο hack της Insomniac Games, κλαθμός και οδυρμός για live service games, οπότε πάλι καλά που ετοιμάζει θεματικό πάρκο Pokémon η Nintendo.

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