Remember the game Wargaming shut down in three months, and you never heard of? (because they failed with marketing completely)

Well, here's a deep dive:

1. Unlike several closed beta tests, on release the game was unplayable. Solid performance on every beta, but drops and stutters on release for no reason.

2. There was no progression, no maps to chose from, and then they dropped ONE of three characters that were in Beta, but they cut them out to pretend the live-service is working.

3. With no progress, there was no monetization as well. Which means, it was obviously not making any revenue.

4. And last but not least: they banned content creators from doing any content about the game prior to the release and haven't done ANY marketing outside of inner community, who subscribed to their emails earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVlnjZd1yCA

Whoa!

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Diorama making game, demo is out now:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2350220/Outside_the_Blocks/
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Just took a small walk and wish you a good weekend 😁

What a dedication! 👏

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The company lost over Bungillion $$ due to these refunds!

Literally 3 folks from Russia refunded it in total so far.

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And you can try Industria 2 for free:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2154070/INDUSTRIA_2/
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Some nice remasters are on the way too!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3592140/Anima_Gate_of_Memories_III_Remaster/
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The games' industry has lost its mind: it acts like time is limitless, $$ is infinite, and everyone is playing on 5090!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFqaXr1l048

Perfect, just perfect

— Who was that?
— Doesn’t matter!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EunkRPRzECg
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First they discover open source software, then what — communism?

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This never gets old!

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As it was reported earlier, EA will soon go private: investors are buying it out for $55B, all 100% of it. No public trading, no public reports, pure private company.

https://ir.ea.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2025/EA-Announces-Agreement-to-be-Acquired-by-PIF-Silver-Lake-and-Affinity-Partners-for-55-Billion/default.aspx

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Totally Legit Wheeler Dealer 😅

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3875690/Totally_Legit_Wheeler_Dealer/
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Finally, real science!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xdTjyGIC5w

Meanwhile, the founding father of the Cyberpunk genre used to work with the founder of doomer music genre.

What a plot twist!

Avalanche Studios, the company behind Just Cause, Mad Max, Rage 2, The Hunter, Generation Zero, and the upcoming (but possibly cancelled) Contraband is laying off staff.

The studio in Liverpool will be closed, leaving Malmo and Stockholm standing, but with fewer workers.

#LayOffs@GameDEV

Kenney, the creator of legendary asset packs, is now selling his cozy decoration game with a nice discount:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2212670/MakeRoom/ #IndieGames@GameDEV

After like a couple of months on Linux as my laptop OS, I can yet again say: it's easier to debloat Windows 11 than make Linux worth it:

- Missing features
- Worse alternatives
- Incompatible apps
- Random bugs
- Performance issues

Oddly enough, Linux may be absolutely perfect for single player gaming rig. It works oddly good with modern games on average. But for any serious and versatile usage Windows is the only choice.

It took me like 30 minutes to cut Windows 11 from all unwanted features and now it's already times better than Linux for my needs. MS even supports proper SSH via the default terminal these days.

#Linux@GameDEV