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"Arkane was about to go under" before it committed to Dishonored, former lead says: "We had 4 months of money left"

"At some point, we realized this is not the way"

GamesRadar

EA employees brace for the worst under Saudi ownership: 'Hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society'

Despite assurances from management, some workers believe the company will be subject to censorship by its new owners.

PC Gamer

EA devs feel "the threat of layoffs at all times," especially after Saudi Arabia acquisition: "It's hard to see how teams or games that underperform wouldn't be dissolved"

Increasingly bad energy

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Jared Kushner and Saudi Buyout of EA Could Destroy 'The Sims' as a Safe Space for Queer Diversity

Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia now own EA, putting The Sims' LGBTQ+ legacy under scrutiny as queer players fear the game could lose its status as a safe space.

International Business Times UK

London’s first official bathing area hit by toxic algae outbreak

Swimmers in the Ham and Kingston site on the Thames left with ‘really bad rash and itchy spots’

The Independent UK

Swimmers warned to avoid London's first official Thames bathing spot over toxic algae

The Environmental Agency have advised swimmers to stay out of the water after a potentially toxic bloom of blue-green algae was found

Evening Standard

EA staff fear new Saudi Arabia owners will police their games: "Projects just won't get signed because they don't align explicitly with what the Saudi government wants"

"It's certainly hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society"

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Will the future of gaming be powered by upstart indie developers?

As gaming’s biggest publishers retreat into safer bets, a new generation of independents are building an alternative from the ground up

The Guardian - UK

Thunderstorm warnings issued across country amid ‘first meaningful rain’

The application comes as areas in the country were predicted to have the ‘first meaningful rain for a long time’ this week.

Evening Standard

After 25 years, I’m breaking up with The Sims. Here’s why you should, too

Now that Jared Kushner and the Saudi Investment Fund have bought The Sims’ publisher, EA, it’s unlikely to remain a game celebrating diversity and inclusivity, says video games writer Jordan Erica Webber

The Guardian - UK

Are Walmart And Ionna Starting An EV Fast Charging Price War? It Sure Looks Like It

How do you disrupt established networks like Tesla and Electrify America? Ionna and Walmart seem to think the answer is beating them on price.

InsideEVs

Steam Week in Review: Here are the 32 Steam games brave enough to release on GTA 6 day

All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 16.

PC Gamer

Contract Claim Over Private School Expulsions, Allegedly Caused by Parents' Organizing Against Ideological Curriculum Changes, Can Go Forward

"Beginning in the summer of 2020, the school began to change its curriculum to focus on politicized issues of race and gender identity. At some point, the Turpins learned that the school was teaching their sixth-grade child various polarizing concepts such as 'Republicans are white supremacists.'"

Reason

Gears of War: E-Day's Steam player count has once again blown past the series all-time peak thanks to the beta's second week

E-Day's second beta runs until August 17 on PC and Xbox Series X|S consoles

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The Independent UK

England is officially in drought – how do we fix our water woes?

LET’S UNPACK THAT: With the drought hitting millions and putting Southern Water weeks away from completely running dry, Helen Coffey looks at what we can do as individuals – and as a nation – to conserve water as back-to-back heatwaves look set to be a recurring aspect of life

GamesRadar

The Sims 4 mod does what EA never will, delivers "complete overhaul" of the life sim's map and finally unites its worlds with "a seamless layout"

SimMattically "did a ton of research"

Barchart

Dear MongoDB Stock Fans, Mark Your Calendars for September 1

MongoDB is drawing significant analyst attention as its Q2 results are set to reveal if the company can maintain its growth momentum.

GamesRadar

"If I was buying BioWare, I would want everything": Former Dragon Age lead thinks "there are several ways" the developer survives EA's $55 billion buyout, but none are pretty

It's a foggy road ahead

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Player One

'Battlefield 6' Gameplay Reveal Trailer Shows Off Wake Island Ahead of Return to the Game

A new Battlefield 6 gameplay reveal trailer shows off the franchise-favorite Wake Island ahead of its return to the game.

Inverse

The Shocking EA Deal Is About To Radically Change The Gaming Industry

The recent acquisition of gaming titan EA by private investors will almost certainly have unfortunate consequences for the company and the industry.

GamesRadar

Id Software lead says devs "don't have the incentive to care anymore" with Microsoft threatening another 1,600 Xbox layoffs after latest bloodbath

"No one's growing, no one's learning"

GamesRadar

Star Wars Zero Company wants to be more than XCOM with lightsabers: "Gamers are more sophisticated now"

Developer Bit Reactor is "trying to honor this great legacy of the genre of strategy games while picking our battles about where we must step up"

Windows Central

'Star Wars: Zero Company' preview — the XCOM (and Mass Effect?!) successor I didn't know I needed is a personal GOTY contender

I recently had the opportunity to play Star Wars: Zero Company. Not only does it deliver an authentic Star Wars experience with a big XCOM twist, there are also unexpected shades of Mass Effect here I couldn't ignore.

Evening Standard

Extreme heat warning for London as temperatures tipped to hit 38C

The Met Office has issued the heat warning for London and parts of the South East, East Midlands, East of England, West Midlands and South Yorkshire from 9am to midnight on Thursday

Evening Standard

Amber warning for extreme heat on Thursday as temperatures could hit 38C

The Met Office has issued an amber warning for very high temperatures for parts of England.

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