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Square Enix Lays Off Western Employees, Shifts Toward Multiplatform Releases

AlexGherzo | May 13, 2024 | 0

Square Enix is the latest video game developer to restructure its business. Earlier today, IGN reported that Square Enix will move away from platform exclusivity and “pursue a multiplatform strategy” going forward. This initiative, which the company is calling “Square Enix Reboots and Awakens�...

The Aftermath of the Helldivers 2 Win

AlexGherzo | May 6, 2024 | 1

UPDATE: The screenshot posts from Kotaku writer Alyssa Mercante below were specifically about Saavy|Artist asking Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt some questions, and Pilestedt answering them and thanking her for being polite in her discourse. It’s unclear whether this happened before or after Sony�...

Gamers Backlash Hits Warhammer 40K and Stellar Blade

AlexGherzo | May 2, 2024 | 0

The backlash over recent woke gaming moves is massive. The first example is Warhammer 40K, which not only introduced female Custodes to the tabletop game’s lore but told fans who knew better that there were always female Custodes, which was just begging for the deluge of George Orwell invocations ...

Shift Up Responds to Stellar Blade Censorship

AlexGherzo | Apr 27, 2024 | 1

As gamers react to the censored version of Stellar Blade, Shift Up CEO Kim Hyeong-tae and technical director Lee Dong-gi answered some questions about their game’s release, and inevitably, the costume change came up. Kim Hyeong-tae explained it like this (translation via packergirl, and I’m grat...

Sony Censors Stellar Blade, But Grummz Has a Plan

AlexGherzo | Apr 26, 2024 | 4

The Stellar Blade battle isn’t over, and distributor Sony has taken sides against its customers. Yesterday, reports came in that the highly-anticipated video game from South Korean developer Shift Up had censored some of the more revealing outfits worn by its lead character, Eve. Stellar Blade ...

Sony Changes an Image in Stellar Blade Amid Controversy

AlexGherzo | Apr 24, 2024 | 4

Games journalists have found a new way to attack Stellar Blade. Their outrage over the lead character, Eve, being a curvaceous woman didn’t hurt the game’s sales – it actually may have helped them – but this time, they got Sony to relent. At one point in the game, Eve comes across some graff...