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Mike Ybarra confirmed this is not the case. They will launch directly from Steam.

Redfall’s development was started years before Microsoft acquired Zenimax. They had nothing to do with any of the GAAS stuff in that game. In fact people at Bethesda were hoping that Microsoft would cancel Redfall because its development had been so troubled, but Xbox apparently has a very hands off approach with their studios. Maybe that will change in the wake of Redfall’s disastrous release.

I’ve cancelled various subscriptions through Microsoft probably 10 times over the last 15 years and never had any issues. In fact my experience is often that the bigger the company the easier it is to cancel things or get a refund. Hell Amazon has on multiple occasions just sent me money for something I wanted to return and told me to not bother even returning it.

Obviously I’m not defending megacorporations - they’re fundamentally incompatible with a moral society, but of my many complaints with them, “Their products don’t work” or “Their customer service is subpar” is almost never one of them.

both of Jason Schreier’s books - Blood, Sweat, and Pixels and Press Reset

EA isn’t losing any licenses that matter. They just can’t use “World Cup” but they still have every team, player, and logo licensed.

Outer Wilds

Yes. 2023, at least from a AAA perspective, is probably the best gaming year we’ve had in at least half a decade. Many of the covid delays are finally reaching their conclusion this year.

For indies/AA it’s always hard to tell until the end of the year because so many things come out of nowhere. But with stuff like DREDGE, Darkest Dungeon II, Wildfrost, and Hifi Rush already out plus demos for future 2023 games like Jumplight Odyssey and Norland being great it seems like a pretty solid year on that front as well.

I played D2 for the first time a few months ago. It’s fun, especially early on, but it really drags after a while and gets super repetitive. I definitely think playing them solo is a slog. That’s why I’m waiting to get D4 until more of my friends are also willing to get it.

wefwef is actually crazy good for a web app. feels as close as we’ll ever get to having Apollo for Lemmy