Destiny Marks The First True Death Of A Live-Service Game
… This expansion essentially felt like Bungie pushing the reset button and offering what many hoped the base game was going to deliver. …
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Destiny Wasn't A Failure, It Was One Of Modern Gaming's Biggest Triumphs
… Now, as Destiny fades from the modern gaming consciousness and is remembered as yet another casualty of the current landscape, I want us to remember how many times it’s been sat on top of the world and helped innovate within both the shooter and live service genres with creative mechanical ideas, u… …
As Bungie Moves On To Marathon, Destiny 2's Final Update Brings Back More Than Double The Players
… Of course, Destiny 2's player numbers always peak with a new expansion, but this one feels a little different. …
Dragon Age Veteran Suggests That Games Should Feature Product Placement Instead Of Relying On Microtransactions
… Increasingly, the answer has been to jam-pack in microtransactions or support games with expansions and a steady stream of post-launch updates, adopting almost live-service lite models. If not pivoting to live service altogether. …
From Conquerer To Survivor: How Overwatch Continues To Change On Its 10th Anniversary
… Overwatch Spent Years Learning How To Be A Live Service Game “I don’t think we really understood what it meant to fully support a live-service shooter,” Keller says. “The demands that players have for the amount of content that you’re putting out, and just for the desire to have the game evolve. …
Fields Of Mistria Launches 1.0 This August With Marriage And Children
… Marriage, Kids, And A Finished Storyline Arrive In 1.0 The headline addition is the long-awaited relationship expansion, which finally lets you get married and raise children. …
Final Fantasy 14 Is Finally Coming To Nintendo Switch 2
… It was for good reason too, as not only was this going to give us news on the long-awaited 8.0 expansion, but news about the distant future of the game as well. …
Destiny 2 Is Coming To An End, Final Update Next Month
… This brings Destiny 2 to a close after 11 years, and rules out the possibility of new expansions. It comes as Bungie continues with its latest live service , Marathon , which isn't off to a particularly smooth launch . …
Today Is The Last Time You Can Use Switch 2's GameChat Without Paying For It
… You'll have to pay extra for the service's Expansion Pack. …
Bungie Studio Head Justin Truman Quits After Less Than A Year
… He was perhaps best known for an infamous comment he made during a GDC talk, in which he warned live service game devs about "overdelivery"; the practice of dropping a lot of content at once, and creating the expectation that this is the rate and quality users can expect throughout the live service… …