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Vertical Slice 338: Καυτό PS, χλιαρό PS PC

Published 29/12/2025

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Vertical Slice 338: Καυτό PS, χλιαρό PS PC

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Κανείς δεν περίμενε να βγει για ψώνια η Ubisoft, αλλά το ζουμί βρίσκεται στο πώς πάνε τελικά οι τίτλοι του PlayStation όταν φθάνουν στο PC.

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M&A
- Tencent makes minority investment in France’s Drama Studios
- Ubisoft acquires upcoming MOBA March of Giants from Amazon Game Studios, rehires former Ubisoft Montreal dev team
Συνδικαλισμός
- European game unions combine forces to protest against AI, toxic workplaces and layoffs
Netflix Games
- FIFA Arrives on Netflix Games in Time for FIFA World Cup 2026
PlayStation στο PC
- Alinea Analytics: The Most Successful PlayStation Games on Steam
- GameDiscoverCo: People are spending less on games on Steam

Vertical Slice 337: Κλασική Miss Piggy

Published 15/12/2025

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Vertical Slice 337: Κλασική Miss Piggy

00:00 / 2:14:55

Κάτι Netflix, κάτι Warner, κάτι Geoff Keighley.

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Vertical Slice 305: Multilingual Switch 2

Published 04/04/2025

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Vertical Slice 305: Multilingual Switch 2

00:00 / 1:47:34

Ελπίζουμε να σας αρέσει να ακούτε για Νintendo.

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Vertical Slice 301: Ματσούλης

Published 07/03/2025

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Vertical Slice 301: Ματσούλης

00:00 / 1:20:00

Τι μπορεί να πάει στραβά, όταν βρίσκεται λόγος να θυμηθούμε το Kinect; Εδώ ανασταίνεται η Acclaim. Μαθημένοι στα περίεργα πια.

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Transmedia
- Suikoden: The Anime announced – Gematsu
Μ&Α
- Tencent
  - Tencent acquires additional shares in FromSoftware parent company, Kadokawa
- Rockstar Games
  - Rockstar Games acquires Video Games Deluxe, now known as Rockstar Australia
Monster Hunter Wilds
- Monster Hunter Wilds is the fastest selling Capcom game ever | VGC
- Monster Hunter Wilds sales top eight million in three days – Gematsu
Αποτελέσματα
- Warner Bros. Discovery
  - Warner Bros games revenue dropped 29% during Q4 2024
45 χρόνια Pac-Man
- “BANDAI NAMCO KICKS-OFF YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION TO COMMEMORATE PAC-MAN’S 45TH ANNIVERSARY”
Ανάσταση Acclaim
- Acclaim relaunches, led by CEO Alex Josef
Άνετη η SEGA
- Sega takes Capcom’s crown as Metacritic’s highest-rated publisher of 2024 | VGC
- Sega promises fewer new games but deeper investments in Sonic, Atlus, and Like a Dragon | VGC
Sony
Προτεραιότητες
- Match-3 devs blasted for “incredibly harmful” stereotypes and gender-based violence in advertisements
Και τώρα Kinect
- Ghost hunting, pornography and interactive art: the weird afterlife of Xbox Kinect

Vertical Slice 294: «An update from Nintendo»

Published 17/01/2025

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Vertical Slice 294: «An update from Nintendo»

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Ε, τέλος πάντων, Switch 2.

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Vertical Slice 293: 1 στα 16

Published 10/01/2025

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Vertical Slice 293: 1 στα 16

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Φορητά και Nvidia κάνουν κινήσεις στη CES, όλοι ετοιμάζουν ταινία και κάποιοι δεν κάνουν για marketing.

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Transmedia
Το SteamOS εξαπλώνεται
Φορητό Xbox
- Microsoft is combining ‘the best of Xbox and Windows together’ for handhelds
Xbox Cloud Gaming και LG
- Xbox and LG to Bring Cloud Gaming to LG Smart TVs
Private Division
- Bloomberg: Ex-Annapurna Interactive staff to take over Private Division portfolio
Ζορίζεται η Tencent
- Two Epic Games Board Members Resign Amid Justice Department Antitrust Concerns
- US adds Tencent to list of firms allegedly connected to Chinese military
Κόστος ανάπτυξης
- Development costs for 2020’s Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War exceeded $700m
GeForce RTX 50
- New GeForce 50-series GPUs: There’s the $1,999 5090, and there’s everything else
Απολογίες κάθε είδους
- 2024: The Dead Game Review – by Ethan Gach – Dead Game

Vertical Slice 290: Αρθριτικά, αθροιστικά και immersive sims

Published 13/12/2024

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Vertical Slice 290: Αρθριτικά, αθροιστικά και immersive sims

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Ο Indiana Jones έφτασε, η Traptics ετοιμάζει κάτι νέο, η Capcom ρίχνει δόλωμα και το μεγάλη ομάδα της Square Enix καταλήγει support studio στο Eternal Strands.

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Xenopurge
Transmedia
- Pokémon and Aardman partner up for “exciting” 2027 collaboration | News-in-brief
EA και προσβασιμότητα
- EA expands free library of accessibility patents to make more games inclusive
Suicide Squad
- Rocksteady ends Suicide Squad development less than a year after release
Epic Games και Telefónica
- Epic Games announces deal with Telefónica
Capcom Games Competition
- Capcom announces Capcom Games Competition – student competition utilizing RE ENGINE
Eternal Strands και Square Enix
- Eternal Strands launches January 28, 2025; post-launch content collaboration with Square Enix Creative Studio III announced
Ubisoft και Tencent
- Ubisoft shareholders in talks over possible buyout terms, sources say
  - Ubisoft’s handling of cancelled PlayStation exclusive Wild was ‘a real scandal’, director
Γονείς, εφηβεία, gaming
- Influence of parental mediation and social skills on adolescents’ use of online video games for escapism: A cross‐sectional study
Cyberpunk 2077
- Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City infiltrated by Balatro’s giggling joker in 2.2 update secret
Sony και Kadokawa
- Employees at FromSoftware owner Kadokawa reportedly “thrilled” about possible Sony takeover
30 χρόνια Tales of
- Tales of Series 30th Anniversary Project Special Broadcast

Vertical Slice 280: Κουνάμι Ριφανταζίο

Published 04/10/2024

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Vertical Slice 280: Κουνάμι Ριφανταζίο

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Υποσχεθήκαμε να ασχοληθούμε με την παρουσία του Xbox στο Tokyo Game Show και δεν… απογοητεύουμε. Παρά ταύτα, το επεισόδιο είναι γεμάτο απογοήτευση.

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Amazon hires Xbox co-founder J Allard
Atlus releases official Persona 5 line of coffee to start your own Café Leblanc
True Ending
Remedy και Tencent
- Tencent loans €15m to Remedy
Ψηφιακές αγορές
- California targets misleading ‘buy’ buttons on digital content
- California law compels digital storefronts to inform players they don’t own their games
Horizon Zero Dawn (Remastered)
- PlayStation raises Horizon Zero Dawn’s PS4 price following remaster upgrade annoucement
Η KRAFTON και οι άλλοι
Unreal Fest 2024
Xbox Research και devs
- How Xbox Research is Shaping the Future of Game Development
- Microsoft is seeking feedback from studios which aren’t on Xbox
Xbox @ Tokyo Game Show
- Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024 Broadcast: Every Announcement and Game Reveal – Xbox Wire

Vertical Slice 279: Αίμα, δάκρυα και State Of Play

Published 27/09/2024

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Vertical Slice 279: Αίμα, δάκρυα και State Of Play

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Η Ubisoft παλεύει για τη ζωή της, η Sony κοιτά προς βόρειο Αφρική και Μέση Ανατολή και η Sucker Punch πάει μια βόλτα από Hokkaidō, αλλά με λύκους, όχι αλεπούδες.

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Η ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΣΤΑ ΒΙΝΤΕΟΠΑΙΧΝΙΔΙΑ με τον Ηλία Παππά
True Ending
- True Ending 142: Skydance’s Behemoth | Gamescom 2024 Preview
FU: Annapurna
- Annapurna Interactive split reportedly caused by staff concerns over company direction
Βάσανα Ubisoft
- Ubisoft revises financial targets after “soft” sales of Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin’s Creed Shadows delay
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows delayed after poor Star Wars Outlaws reception
Κινέζοι και οι Ιάπωνες
- Tencent, NetEase Rethink Japan Approach as Game Strategy Stalls
- Bloomberg: NetEase Games plans to close Visions of Mana developer Ouka Studios
Βάσανα Don’t Nod
- Don’t Nod pauses two projects as Jusant and Banishers sales dissapoint
PlayStation MENA Hero Project
- PlayStation MENA Hero Project incubator program announced
Επετειακά PS5
- Celebrating 30 years of PlayStation with a nostalgic look
State Of Play
- Everything revealed in State of Play September 2024
European Key Facts
- 2023 All About Video Games – European Key Facts – VIDEOGAMES EUROPE

• • New Key Fact report says 75% of video game players in Europe are adults, and average age is 31

Vertical Slice 254: Ούτε 3 κλικ

Published 15/03/2024

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Vertical Slice 254: Ούτε 3 κλικ

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Shawn Layden και Peter Moore αναρωτιούνται για το μέλλον της κονσόλας, τις αποκλειστικότητες και το κόστος των μεγάλων παραγωγών, αλλά όλα αυτά τα λένε επειδή δεν μπορούν να γίνουν Jeff Minter.

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True Ending
- True Ending 120: Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden | Review
- True Ending 121: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story | Review
Akira Toriyama
- Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama dies at age 68
Yoshitaka Murayama
- Suikoden creator Yoshitaka Murayama dies
Transmedia
- Amazon’s new Fallout trailer & Fallout Xbox Design Lab Controller
- Nintendo and Illumination announce new Super Mario Bros. animated film
Μ&Α
Xbox και Boosteroid
- Xbox Games from Microsoft Store and Game Pass Now Available on Boosteroid – Xbox Wire
Warner Bros. Discovery και Adult Swim Games
- Devs left with tough choices as Warner Bros. ends all Adult Swim Games downloads
Deviation Games
- PlayStation-backed Deviation Games closes
KeokeN Interactive
- Keoken Interactive: The way games are made and funded is “failing”
emptyvessel
- AAA games studio emptyvessel announces establishment; developing “immersive shooter”
Giant Skull
- Respawn veteran Stig Asmussen forms Giant Skull to build AAA single player games
Κονσόλες, κόστος και αποκλειστικότητες