“I used to think EGS was a Marketing Black Hole,” the New Blood CEO said, “but turns out having your game be free on Epic is great advertising for Steam sales!” Alongside the boost in Steam sales, Blood West also saw a jump in console sales as well while it was free on Epic.

That's incredible.

Oshry is far from the only developer to point out issues with the Epic Games Store. Just recently, in an interview with FRVR, Painkiller and Witchfire creator Adrian Chmielarz explained that Epic doesn’t feel like “home” to players, and that causes many to simply clock out, saying “EGS is a shop, and Steam is a community.”

I have a lot of free games on Epic. But when I want to play with my gaming group, we're using Steam. It's just where everybody is.

This is why more games should openly embrace modding.

A "we're legally not allowed to do this gameplay mechanic" writeup and let the community unofficially provide it.

They know I use Linux and that means they know too much

If professionals are winning tournaments and then going back to their massive salary, then what am I doing with my life?!

Can't say I ever really trusted any Digital Foundry takes. They all seem to naval glaze over shiny things.

Me and Ubisoft.

I got the games for free but I'm still bitter.

The gamers I surround myself with were playing Slay the Spire 2 last week. I hope more people play indie games which don't have crazy system requirements.

Power gamers/multiplayer gamers who chase after AAA gaming and buying brand new games - I hope you guys consider looking beyond what the big companies are doing.

This is pretty impressive work.

This also means that, in theory, any Xbox 360 game should now be fully Recompilable for native PC port goodness, including those unsupported by modern Xbox Backward Compatibility, effectively freeing several games from the graveyard — and opening the doors of modding wider than ever.

Sure, it might hit some legal obstacles for a time. But right now on Steam, there are companies releasing emulated versions of their classic games. I hope in a few years, this work turns into legal versions on Steam.

I'm one of those people. I played New World recently. It's a great game to turn off your brain, chop wood, and occasionally be a hero a bit so you can chop more wood.

Also, MMOs and always being online just isn't my thing anymore. Group raiding, climbing the power ladder, killing the big bad?

No thanks I just want to chop wood and decorate my house.

Kill the Justice League, it's art style and world is pretty attractive. Walking around the Hall of Justice, the details in various neighborhoods, it's a nerd's dream. I'm sure the art book is gorgeous.

Once you throw in the gameplay and all the special effects, it's kind of a bore.

Kind of frustrating because I liked Ori, which I felt was a beautiful piece of art. Only to find out this guy is a edge lord.

Why not both?

I've been pretty impressed with the Oblivion Remastered of putting a brand new skin on old tech. I want to play FF8

And honestly, I like FF7 remake. It was a love letter to PS1 fans.

I bought GamePass just for Outer Worlds because everyone pointing out that's it's from the team that made "New Vegas".

I played it for a few hours and dropped it.

It wasn't bad. It just wasn't good. And absolutely not preorder good.

CEO came on stage wearing a "Make FPS great again" hat.

Double downs on it.

Now this.

Absolutely. Every person coming into any project wants it to be the best and succeed.

That energy fades after a while depending on leadership, execution, meddling from the top, bad project management, etc.

Looks interesting. I like games that are bursts of mini games like Wario Ware and McPixel.

Elden Ring gives you an unlimited inventory, and every item has layers of lore.

And the sale is on itch, where they can do experiments like this

I chortled.

Beautifully shot movie. Costumes were great. Amazing talent!

Don't ask us about the story or execution though.