In this week’s Sunday news round-up (October 29, 2017) a NYTimes investigation has uncovered some shocking stories of development crunch in the games industry. Bethesda are back to giving out review copies and loot boxes apparently DON’T hurt sales of videogames.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/opinion/work-culture-video-games-crunch.htmlVisceral Dev says death of SP is absurd
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-24-ex-visceral-dev-death-of-single-player-fears-totally-absurdLoot box controversy having no impact on game sales
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-25-npd-loot-box-controversy-having-no-impact-on-sales-potentialBethesda is kindly doing review copies again
https://twitter.com/danstapleton/status/922921914418335744College Basketball Star Loses Video Game, Then Punches Door And Breaks Hand
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