Bits & bytes for September 22nd 2023
Unity. Unity, unity unity. Has no unity in it's community. We're watching the absolute implosion of a company, helmed by an ex-EA executive. What a stellar shock.
We knew Cyberpunk's next update and big DLC had a lot to live up to. Hype, missed promises and of course, the expansive universe in Witcher 3 set the tone. But it seems CDPR have nailed it. Like, really, truly nailed it. Go back and re-play Cyberpunk. Hell, play it for the first time. Now. It's here, finally.
Tabs
- Cult of the Lamb will be deleted on Jan 1. Unity could not have screwed up more.
- Rust creator tells Unity to "get fucked" as developers left seething by new install fee
- Unity's post. Clears none of the issue up.
- Unity silently removed their Github repo to track license changes, then updated their license to remove the clause that lets you use the TOS from the version you shipped with, then insists games already shipped need to pay the new fees.
- Unity death threats close offices
- Marathon will be important. I'm really hoping this is true. I love Bungie, but do not have the time to love Destiny.
- Porting from Unity to Godot
- Jaguar with multiplayer. Emulation is so good right now.
- Managing game dev communities
- ZeroSpace RTS playthrough. Tasteless has a go of an early build of this new RTS, which is being built in collab with StarCraft legends.
- Terraria dev donates $100k to Unity rival Godot
- Why esports companies hope generational fandom brings sustainability to the industry
- Meta link of my own recollection of Alien Storm a few months ago
- The MGS experience
- Steam smup fest
- Cyberpunk 2.0 and the new DLC is a masterpiece
- A TGS day 1 roundup
- Iron Horse
What I'm playing this week:
- Starfield
- Cyberpunk 2077 2.0