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New Star Wars Outlaws Director Focusing On 3 Things To Improve The Game

Ubisoft is treating Star Wars Outlaws as a live service game with continual updates and improvements under new Creative Director Drew Rechner.
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EA Suggests Apex Legends 2 Not Part of Plans After Season 22 Disappoints

EA is not planning an Apex Legends sequel, focusing on supporting the current game instead.

Project Ethos Is Delightfully Different, But Struggles With Its Identity

Project Ethos, 2K Games' new title, aims to revive player interest with its unique gameplay mechanics in a saturated live-service shooter market.

What's going to win Best Ongoing Game at The Game Awards?

Game awards struggle with games that evolve over time and peak post-release.
Polygon includes expansions and updates for Game of the Year; The Game Awards does not.
The Best Ongoing Game category at The Game Awards has limited variety in nominees.
Potential changes may emerge in 2024 for long-standing nominees in the Best Ongoing Game category.

Once Human still has plenty of people playing it, but some negative player feedback for season 2 has still apparently been "quite demoralising"

Players' feedback on Season 2 of Once Human has been demoralising for developers, who acknowledge its impact on player experience.

EA Suggests Apex Legends 2 Not Part of Plans After Season 22 Disappoints

EA is not planning an Apex Legends sequel, focusing on supporting the current game instead.

Project Ethos Is Delightfully Different, But Struggles With Its Identity

Project Ethos, 2K Games' new title, aims to revive player interest with its unique gameplay mechanics in a saturated live-service shooter market.

What's going to win Best Ongoing Game at The Game Awards?

Game awards struggle with games that evolve over time and peak post-release.
Polygon includes expansions and updates for Game of the Year; The Game Awards does not.
The Best Ongoing Game category at The Game Awards has limited variety in nominees.
Potential changes may emerge in 2024 for long-standing nominees in the Best Ongoing Game category.

Once Human still has plenty of people playing it, but some negative player feedback for season 2 has still apparently been "quite demoralising"

Players' feedback on Season 2 of Once Human has been demoralising for developers, who acknowledge its impact on player experience.
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Horizon Online Game Is Reportedly Guerrilla Games' Next Major Project

Guerrilla Games is prioritizing a multiplayer Horizon online game over a new single-player installment, indicating a strategic shift in their game development focus.
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PlayStation's Next Big Multiplayer Live Service Could Actually Work This Time

Horizon series will shift towards an online multiplayer game, expanding its universe beyond single-player experiences.

Uh oh, Suicide Squad's Steam launch numbers are less than half of the ill-fated Marvel's Avengers'

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's day one Steam stats are worse than Marvel's Avengers.
Brand recognition and live service fatigue may be contributing factors to the low player numbers.

PlayStation's Next Big Multiplayer Live Service Could Actually Work This Time

Horizon series will shift towards an online multiplayer game, expanding its universe beyond single-player experiences.

Uh oh, Suicide Squad's Steam launch numbers are less than half of the ill-fated Marvel's Avengers'

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's day one Steam stats are worse than Marvel's Avengers.
Brand recognition and live service fatigue may be contributing factors to the low player numbers.
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Destiny's Ten-Year Anniversary Event Is Bittersweet

Destiny 2's 10th anniversary celebration revives nostalgia through armor giveaways and a nostalgic title quest, despite some somber changes in the game's community.
The author expresses love for Destiny 2, even amidst its ups and downs over the years.

EA wants its own Call of Duty salt mines with Battlefield, and it doesn't make sense

EA aims to compete with Call of Duty by transforming Battlefield into a live service game under the leadership of Byron Beede.
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