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Age of Empires is coming to mobile, Connecting Worlds is on Disney+ and Korea fines Twitch
PSVR2 coming on PC, Skull and Bones is not doing great and Sony will manage Disney’s physical media
AC Mirage will have a permadeath mode, Lady Gaga is coming to “fortnight” and Steam reached a new record in 2023
Warframe coming to iOs in March, Respwan rumored to work on a Mandalorian game and a new record for Helldivers 2
Dead Island 2 coming to Steam, Sony will have no major franchise titles in 2024 and Embracer canceled 29 unannounced games in 6 month
Escape from Takov will have microtransactions, Hasbro made $90 million of BG3 and Rise of the Ronin will not launch in South Korea
XDefiant will come soon, Switch 2 could be backwards compatible and PS5 is outselling Xbox S/X by 2:1
Star Wars Outlaws coming this year, Homeworld 3 delayed and 10 billion downloads from Nexus Mods and 10 billion downloads from Nexus Mods
A mobile Elden Ring is developed, Roblox has AI instant translation and IGN staff is unionizing
Palworld servers are very expensive, TLOU is just a concept and Infinite Wealth sold 1 million units
A new IP from Kojima, beware of fake Palworld versions and Destiny 2 game director is leaving Bungie
Skull & Bones will run an open Beta, Krafton is facing a lawsuit and a new patch for Cyberpunk.