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#1 ZombiePie  Staff  Online

@arrohon: @turboshawn was the one who investigated issues with the premium feed last time. I'll try pinging him.

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@winged_raziel: I will try to get to this soon, if not before the end of the day. There is some risk that a new edit can undo previous ones, but that is largely for textual-based submissions. If your next edits are new release date proposals or associations, you should be fine.

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Team Cherry is like three people. This was originally going to be an expansion pack and then they pivoted towards it being its own thing.

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@bigsocratesSo, there have been a few updates to this story. Thus far, it does seem like the Balatro team have won all of their appeals, including against PEGI, which largely started this whole controversy.

Graphic from the Balatro devs.
Graphic from the Balatro devs.

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#7  Edited By ZombiePie  Staff  Online

So, bear with me because the reporting on this one has gone back and forth a bit for the past few days. After summarizing the boss of WB Games stating that he wanted to take Warner Bros. Discovery's gaming division in a live service direction, I mentioned that there were early rumblings that WB Games was axing some of the indie games it published via its subsidiary, Adult Swim Games. To say that this story has since "expanded" would be an understatement.

Wario64 and gaming news site Delisted Games both reported that WB Games was likely going to delist every game published by Adult Swim Games in the next 60 days. Delisted Games later published the following list of games that Adult Swim Games published on Steam and other console and PC platforms, but clarified that not every title was up for delisting or removal. To highlight, games that are marked with an asterisk are not going to be removed from any marketplaces because their publishing rights have transferred from Adult Swim to either a different publisher or have transitioned to the developer, and thus, are "Safe" and will continue to exist.

Simply tragic.
Simply tragic.

So, if some of these games have dodged this new business decision by Warner Bros. Discovery by buying out their rights, that must mean the developers of the remaining games flagged for delisting have a way to keep their passion projects alive, right? Well... no. In fact, while being interviewed by Polygon, the developer of Soundodger+ revealed that they begged for a rep from WB Games to transfer the rights of their game back to them, as they wanted it to continue to continue to exist, but their request was summarily rejected.

Maybe the most heartless thing I have read this week.
Maybe the most heartless thing I have read this week.

The developer of Soundodger+ is joined by the makers of Fist Puncher who was told that WB Games would not allow for the transfer of the game's rights to its creator, despite Warner Bros. Discovery only intending to remove it from sale, due to "internal business changes." Other indie developers have taken preserving their games an extra level, such as the maker of Small Radios Big Televisions, by offering their entire game as freeware.

If any of the listed games are something you are interested in playing, have at it because you apparently only have sixty days to nab them. The story behind Adult Swim Games is also depressing. After paving the way for games like Volgarr the Viking and Westerado: Double Barreled it seemed as if they were straying away from their diet of tie-in games. And then Rick and Morty got big and they went back to making nothing but tie-in games before the got absolutely gutted by David Zaslav.

Friendly reminder that the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav, got a $39 million pay package in 2022.
Friendly reminder that the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav, got a $39 million pay package in 2022.
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I assume David Zaslav is not a fan of this band of loveable goofballs.
I assume David Zaslav is not a fan of this band of loveable goofballs.

As reported by our sister site GameSpot, during a Morgan Stanley-hosted event to shareholders and interested investors, the head of Warner Bros. Discovery's gaming division, J.B. Perrette, stated that the company's leadership viewed the overall sales and current online community for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was "disappointing." He highlighted the growing difficulties of AAA game development and that he was unclear about where the industry as a whole was going with the slowing of PlayStation 5 sales and Microsoft pivoting in a new direction with its consoles and games.

However, he went on to reiterate that there are no plans to scale back operations in gaming, but that the company would refocused to place a greater emphasis on live service games. Select quote from his talk include:

"We're doubling down on games as an area where we think there is a lot more growth opportunity that we can tap into with the IP that we have and some of the capabilities we have on the studio where we're uniquely positioned as both a publisher and a developer of games."

"Rather than just launching a one-and-done console game, how do we develop a game around, for example, a Hogwarts Legacy or Harry Potter, that is a live-service where people can live and work and build and play in that world in an ongoing basis?"

This is not the first time WB Games has suggested that Hogwarts Legacy might be the direction they be going with its future game projects. Hogwarts Legacy was the best-selling full-priced video game of 2023 in the United States and in other countries and even months after its release was still cracking the top tens on sales lists well into January 2024. The game was a massive financial success. As Kotaku reported, the game even broke a fourteen year record in which it was the first game since 2008 when a non-Rockstar or Call of Duty game was the best selling video game in the United States.

Nonetheless, the first hints of the possible negative impacts of this business strategy are already being felt. Dozens of indie titles published by Adult Swim Games, a subsidiary of Warn Bros. Discovery, have been pulled from marketplaces including Steam and PSN. Some developers, like the creator of Small Radios Big Televisions, announced that after their game got delisted, they would be making it freeware. The studio behind Soundodger+issued a detailed thread on Twitter about what they would be doing to preserve their game after Warner Bros. Discovery refused to budge about delisting their game:

As other devs have shared, I too am affected by Warner Bros Discovery (which ate Adult Swim) removing ALL their games from Steam and consoles.
Within the next 60 days, Soundodger+ will be removed from Steam. They are refusing to transfer ownership to me.

— bean (@onemrbean) March 7, 2024

I sent them the Steam Transfer link, explained that it takes 3 clicks, and they still refused, claiming it would only be fair to transfer no one's games since they can't do them all.

— bean (@onemrbean) March 7, 2024

Soundodger+ remains available on my itch page, and I plan to reupload to Steam. However, new customers won't be able to compare achievements or trade cards with old ones.https://t.co/PYQn3ev8GH

— bean (@onemrbean) March 7, 2024

Once I sign the incoming termination contract, they'll send me one last paycheck, and that will be that.
Soundodger+ is my best-selling game on Steam, still with an active community making content after 11 years.
Our Discord: https://t.co/hhcJmecXdJ

— bean (@onemrbean) March 7, 2024
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In news that has rocked all sectors of the entertainment world across continents, It has been confirmed that Akira Toriyama has died from acute subdural hematoma. The official Dragon Ball company issued this statement:

Well... shit.
Well... shit.

Though Toriyama is commonly and rightfully associated with Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, his legacy both in and out of the anime and manga industry is undeniable. His work helped to spread the international popularity of manga and anime and the ubiquity of both across all continents owes a lot to Toriyama. The state of anime and manga today simply would not be where it is today without his many contributions that span across multiple decades.

However, Toriyama's credits also extend beyond manga and anime as he was a constant collaborator on multiple video game projects. The clearest example involves his character design work on the Dragon Quest franchise which continues to be one of the best selling JRPGs series in Japan and internationally as well as the character designs in Chrono Trigger. His other game credits include Tobal No. 1, Tobal 2, and Blue Dragon.

One of Toriyama's consistent game collaborators was Yuji Horii and he issued a heart-broken statement on Twitter which Gematsu translated as follows:

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Translation provided by Gematsu

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@nameredacted: @thom_paine: As per a staff update, here's what I have been told. Sorry if this overlaps with the message I sent to the other thread:

If anyone still has ads on Bombcast 830, it's probably because they never re-downloaded the episode after it was fixed.

As for the other feeds, GMM should be good as of this week's episodes, and VMDT will be good starting with today's episode. Borked episodes will probably still be busted on the RSS feed until a site issue is fixed, but direct downloads SHOULD work now for those who like archiving.