E5: Pour one out for video games

Lots of bad news for the industry with media shutting down, games being broken by patches and large corporations trying take every little thing they can from you.

News

Unreal 6 going to auto port for Fortnite

https://www.creativebloq.com/3d/video-game-design/epic-games-plans-for-unreal-engine-6-are-dividing-developers

Nintendo will brick your hardware

https://au.pcmag.com/gaming-1/110934/nintendo-we-can-brick-your-switch-console-if-you-pirate-games

Giant bomb buy themselves back

https://aftermath.site/giant-bomb-sold-new-owners-jeff-fandom

Polygon bought by Valnet

https://aftermath.site/polygon-layoffs-sale

Releases

This War of Mine Boardgame

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/awaken-realms/this-war-of-mine-second-edition

Revenge of the Savage Planet

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2787320/Revenge_of_the_Savage_Planet/

Darfall

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1961600/Darfall/

DOOM: The Dark Ages (2-day early access for pre-orders)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3017860/DOOM_The_Dark_Ages/

Despelote

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/despelote/

Drop Duchy

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2525310/Drop_Duchy/

Vellum (1.0 Release)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/917950/Vellum/

Cash Cleaner Simulator

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2488370/Cash_Cleaner_Simulator/

Empyreal

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1377700/Empyreal/

The Midnight Walk (Handcrafted from Clay)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2863640/The_Midnight_Walk/