Square Enix’s latest RPG falls below 10 players on Steam
https://www.techradar.com/news/square-enixs-latest-rpg-falls-below-10-players-on-steam
Babylon’s Fall, the latest co-op action RPG from Square Enix and Platinum Games, struggled to attract an audience when it launched last March, and has fallen below 10 concurrent players on PC for the first time.
Cyberpunk 2077's first story expansion is launching in 2023
https://www.neowin.net/news/cyberpunk-2077039s-first-story-expansion-is-launching-in-2023/
CD Projekt RED has always promised major story expansions to its RPG Cyberpunk 2077, but the notorious launch issues and subsequent focus on fixes pushed the original roadmaps forward multiple times. Still, development of at least one expansion has continued internally. Today, CD Projekt RED confirmed this new piece of story content will drop in 2023.
Dynasties of India expansion announced for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
https://www.neowin.net/news/dynasties-of-india-expansion-announced-for-age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition/
Real-time strategy game Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has so far received two expansion packs under Forgotten Empires, the developer behind this enhanced version of the game that landed in 2019. Following Lords of the West and Dawn of the Dukes, the studio today announced Dynasties of India, a brand-new expansion with campaign missions, multiplayer civilizations, and more.
No, Kojima Productions hasn’t been bought by Sony
https://www.pcgamesn.com/death-stranding/kojima-productions-independent
Following a rather leading tweet from Hideo Kojima earlier this morning displaying the PlayStation Studios logo over a collage of their major franchises including the Sony-published title Death Stranding, the Kojima Productions founder has clarified that his studio “has been and will continue to be an independent studio.”
Return to Monkey Island brings back a classic adventure game location
https://www.pcgamesn.com/return-to-monkey-island/melee-island
Return to Monkey Island will take us back to where the series started: Melee Island. The devs behind the classic adventure game revival have provided a few more details and screenshots, confirming the answers to a few lingering questions following the surprise reveal for the adventure game earlier this month.
In latest gaming crackdown, China bans livestreaming of unauthorised titles
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-broadcasting-regulator-ban-livestreaming-games-without-approval-2022-04-15/
BEIJING/HONG KONG, April 15 (Reuters) - China said on Friday the livestreaming of unauthorised video games was banned, signalling stricter enforcement of rules as part of its broad crackdown on the gaming industry aimed at purging content the government does not approve of.
Meta plans to take a nearly 50% cut of virtual asset sales in its metaverse
https://fortune.com/2022/04/13/meta-virtual-asset-sales-metaverse-fees/
The company formerly known as Facebook will take a 47.5% cut of all digital asset sales on its Horizon Worlds platform. And that, not surprisingly, is enraging some potential sellers.
Windows 11 Adoption Is Lower Than Windows XP, Survey Claims
https://www.pcmag.com/news/windows-11-adoption-is-lower-than-windows-xp-survey-claims
A new survey claims Windows 11 adoption is so low it’s actually less popular than the 20-year-old Windows XP.
