Jacob S. from Link Cable Gaming Writes: "It’s been a good few days for Mass Effect fans. BioWare’s space-saga will continue on with a new offering and while we only have a brief screenshot to look at until both companies are ready to show off the next big title in the sci-fi epic, we do have a few things in which we want to see in place for this upcoming instalment. There will be a ton of pressure on both BioWare and EA this time around and we’ve come up with three safe bests as to what we want for the next Mass Effect title to feature in hopes that it delivers on the expectation and the quality of the franchises’ previous instalments."
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.
Side ramble about Mass Effect:
I'm playing Mass Effect: Andromeda right now - finally pulled it out of the backlog. I got it for $4 on Origin a while back, and I've got to say...it's pretty decent. I expected to hate it, but I'm having fun for the most part. I do hate the menu interface, which feels cluttered & makes keeping quests in order a bit awkward, but it's pretty good overall. I think the fact I paid so little and missed all the launch problems simply changes the expectations & experience, but it isn't the complete failure of a game that I got the impression it might be.
Faster load times, especially on the first game, those elevator rides are miserable.
Make it like the first game. There is a common pattern with EA. The first game is amazing, the second has better mechanics but loses the magic the first had, the third is a complete hack job and cash grab. Go back to a time before EA f***ed it up and it will be gold.