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Earlier this week, on a call with someone with a passing, and potentially professional, interest in the games business, I was asked what trends I saw emerging in games today. It was only after we said our goodbyes and hung up that I realised I’d forgotten the biggest one
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Ha! I decided to write about Evo today before making the #37 connection. Serendipity! Did you know it was Evo, the World Cup/Super Bowl/Olympics/etc of fighting games, this past weekend? I did not, which is crazy. Evo has been a highlight of my summer for the last
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Fullbright, then. If you’re not caught up on it all, Polygon has the details. This one stings, I must admit. I loved Gone Home. I’ve always liked Steve Gaynor. Moreover, Fullbright isn’t just an indie developer; it’s an indie poster child, an uncommonly diverse group making
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Hello! A quick opening note: there will be no Hit Points next week because I’m going on holiday (gasp). After 18 months staring at the same four walls I am looking forward very much to shushing the children, and trying to get the dog to sit still, in a
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An opening apology to those of you that didn’t receive the Monday edition of Hit Points. Substack defaults to sending emails to paying subscribers; I always knew I would one day forget to change it, and so it has finally proven. You can read it on the website here.
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It’s quiet out there. I’m not sure whether nothing of note has happened, or if it’s just that none of the stuff that has happened feels remotely important in the light of the ongoing Activision Blizzard scandal. There are plenty of updates I won’t link to
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To Los Angeles, sort of, and EA Play 2021, the latest instalment in what I suppose was technically the original not-E3.
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Hello! It feels like a lifetime since the last Hit Points, probably because I’ve been through the mill a bit, which I hope goes some way to explaining the lack of an edition on Monday. Turns out that when a stomach bug meets a heatwave, bad things happen. After
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The danger with writing about the daily(-ish) machinations of the game industry is that you risk being, well, a bit of a downer. Over the past couple of weeks Hit Points has discussed the downside of subscription services, bemoaned Stadia’s messy change of direction and Sony’s dismal
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Google’s endeavours to establish itself in the game industry remind me of my attempts to learn Japanese over the years. On paper, it really ought to work: I excelled at modern languages in my youth, am a reasonably quick study, and have plenty of motivation to learn. I love
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So, it is finally here, sort of but not really: the Nintendo Switch (OLED Model). Catchy! I’m sitting down to write this the morning after the unveiling of what, in the spirit of not-E3, must henceforth be known as the Switch not-Pro, and I am still quite cross with
