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Video Game News 7/31/2024

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Based on the provided news context, here are the most interesting and relevant video game-related news articles from the last day: 1. **Nvidia's Wild Ride**: Nvidia Corp.'s market value has added a record $329 billion in value, obliterating its previous single-day records. This surge is attributed to investors' optimism about the company's AI spending. 2. **Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons Free Right Now**: The game Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons is currently free to play. 3. **Catastrophic Layoffs in the Games Industry**: FPS legend John Romero and associate world designer Collin MacGregor have expressed their concerns about the recent layoffs in the industry, with around 100 developers affected. These articles are likely to be of interest to you as they cover new releases, major industry events, and significant changes within the video game sector.

#Bungie
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Bungie CEO Seemingly Spent Over $2.3 Million On Classic Cars After Sony Acquisition
Bungie Devs React To More Mass Layoffs: ‘My Whole Team Is Gone'
Bungie Hit By Layoffs And Massive Restructuring Despite Success Of Destiny 2: The Final Shape
Destiny 2 developer Bungie to lay off 220 staff, integrate more deeply with Sony, and "spin out" one game's development to a new PlayStation studio
Games Industry Criticizes Bungie Management, CEO Pete Parsons in Wake of Layoffs: 'Inexcusable'
Destiny Developer Bungie Cuts 220 Staff: ‘Some of the Most Difficult Changes We’ve Ever Had to Make as a Studio’
Destiny creators Bungie lay off 220 people and form new studio within Sony to stave off financial ruin
Bungie Lays Off Over 200 Employees, Announces Plans For Deeper Integration With Sony
Destiny 2 dev Bungie laying off 220 devs and handing new game to Sony
"Inexcusable" - current and former Bungie employees react to sweeping layoffs
Destiny developer Bungie lays off 220 staff, roughly 17 percent of workforce
Reaction: Sony's Billion Dollar Bungie Buyout Is Looking More and More Like a Blunder
Sony to Establish Brand New PS Studios Team for PS5 Sci-Fi Action Game
Bungie to Lay Off 220 Workers, Will Be Further Integrated into Sony
Bungie Announces New Round of Layoffs
Bungie lays off another 220 staff, acknowledging it was "overly ambitious"
‘You Did This:’ Bungie Employees React To Massive Layoffs at Company
Bungie Lays Off Over 200 Staff as Part of "New Path"
Destiny 2 studio Bungie lays off another 220 workers, ending work on multiple games
Destiny developer Bungie cutting 220 jobs after exceeding 'financial safety margins'
Bungie will lay off 17% of staff, focus on tighter relationship with Sony
Bungie Layoffs Eliminate 200+ Jobs at Destiny 2 Developer
Bungie lays off 220 people, will set up spin-off studio within Son
Bungie Will Lay Off 220 Staff Members
Bungie Lays Off 220 People After Destiny 2’s The Final Shape’s Success
Bungie Lays Off 220 Employees and Moves Another 230 to New Divisions Within Sony

#Xbox
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Xbox Testing Out Ability To Watch Your Friends' Discord Streams
Microsoft Reveals Transparent Controller That Rekindles Memories of the OG Xbox Era
Discord for Xbox's Latest Update Lets You Watch Discord Streams Directly From Your Xbox
The First Descendant Gets Huge 1.0.5 Patch, Adds Luna and Ultimate Valby
Xbox Insiders – It’s Easier than Ever to Watch, Chat, and Play with Your Friends on Xbox and Discord
Xbox users will soon be able to watch Discord streams and make direct calls
Xbox's latest Discord feature update brings direct friend calling and more
Xbox is going a bit 90s with its new transparent blue Sky Cipher controller
Xbox console sales decline continues
Activison continues to boost Xbox revenues but hardware sees further decline
Xbox Has 500m Monthly Users Even as Console Sales Stall
Xbox hardware revenue is in decline, but Microsoft says subscriptions and content define success
Xbox Games Will Continue to Target ‘New Audiences’ as Console Sales Fall Further
Build Your Own Stone Age Utopia in Roots of Pacha on Xbox
Sales of Xbox consoles drop even further

#Discord
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Xbox Discord update brings call & streaming functions directly from consoles
Corepunk is dispatching preorder keys today ahead of next week’s alpha
Discord partners with Roll20 for D&D and other tabletop RPGs

#BraidAnniversaryEdition
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Braid: Anniversary Edition has sold so poorly that "the future is uncertain" for Jonathan Blow's company
Braid: Anniversary Edition "sold like dog s***", says creator Jonathan Blow
Braid creator says Anniversary Edition sales are “utterly terribly”
Braid Anniversary Edition has sold like “dog-sh*t” says Jonathan Blow
Braid: Anniversary Edition Sales Have Been "Utterly Terrible", Says Creator
Braid: Anniversary Edition creator says the game sold horribly

#August
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Solo dev roguelike Feed the Deep is dropping on Steam very soon
Here's the PlayStation Plus Essential lineup for August
BioWare Reveals Release Window for Dragon Age: The Veilguard Release Date Announcement
Pyro Builds Coming to Helldivers 2, Freedom's Flame Warbond Inbound
Phantom Spark release date set for August, new trailer
Guild Wars 2 kicks off Festival of the Four Winds, preps PvP warclaw overhaul ahead of Janthir Wilds
PS Plus Essential August 2024 Games Revealed
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Release Date Will be Announced in August
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Release Date, Road Map To Be Revealed In August
Dead Cells' Final Update Arrives Next Month
Pixel Art Metroidvania 'Blade Chimera' Has Been Delayed On Switch

#Steam
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EA Sports College Football 25 Couldn't Dethrone These Gaming Juggernauts On Most-Played Charts
Promise Mascot Agency is a surreal new management game you need to see
Incredible, 9/10 roguelike game Loop Hero is now less than $4
Palworld community manager believes it's "not healthy" for the industry if players stick to one game
It Doesn't Sound Like Braid: Anniversary Edition Quite Set the World on Fire
Review: Quintessential Quintuplets: Five Memories Spent With You Feels Like a Sweet Epilogue
New Castle Crashers DLC Announced
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Will be Steam Deck Verified
(Updated) Earth Defense Force 6 Review Bombed for Using Epic Accounts
Valve Overhauls Steam Demos with Separate Store Pages and More
MAXIMA: Keepers of the 2nd Law
Gym Simulator 24 Achievements Guide
Ogu and The Secret Forest Achievements Guide
Minds Beneath Us, A Cyberpunk Text Based Narrative Adventure, Launches Today On Steam

#Switch
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A Bunch Of Mario And Kirby Switch Games Are On Sale Right Now
This New Pokémon Blossom Switch Controller Is Stunning, and Now Available to Preorder
Star Wars Bounty Hunter On Xbox Series X | New Gameplay Today
Udon Persona 5 + Persona 5 Royal: Official Design Works Art Book Orders Open
Fairy Tale 2 Game Adds an Epilogue After Alvarez Empire Arc
Promise Mascot Agency revealed from Switch, from Paradise Killer dev
Point-and-click adventure game Cat’s Request hitting Switch in August
Adventure game Pilo and the Holobook to appear on Switch
Last Time I Saw You will have a physical release on Switch
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel coming to Switch
Aero the Acro-Bat 2 seeing release on Switch
One Piece Odyssey is Now Available on Nintendo Switch
Coral Island Switch Port May Never Come Thanks to Humble Games Chaos
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel gets modern re-release this year
Aero the Acro-Bat 2 gets modern re-release this year
Award-Winning Tactical RPG 'Wildermyth' Finally Adventures To Switch This October
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Artist Celebrates Second Anniversary With New Illustration

#Microsoft
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The Best (And Worst) Xbox 360 Moments
Yup, The Fallout TV show fed Fallout on Game Pass a pretty huge dose of Buffout, Microsoft CEO confirms
Mafia: Definitive Edition coming to Xbox Game Pass in August
Microsoft Report Shows the Increase in Overall Gaming Revenue in Q4, But Xbox Sales Fall Again

#AI
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Nvidia Just Grew By $329 Billion In A Single Day
EA College Football 25 Used AI To Make All 11,000 Players' Faces
The End Of The World Is Tomorrow In Terminator Zero Trailer
College Football 25 wouldn’t have been possible without AI, EA boss says
NVIDIA Researchers Harness Real-Time Gen AI to Build Immersive Desert World
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Expands NVIDIA GPU-Accelerated Instances for AI, Digital Twins and More
Taking AI to Warp Speed: Decoding How NVIDIA’s Latest RTX-Powered Tools and Apps Help Developers Accelerate AI on PCs and Workstations
Intel’s Lunar Lake laptops launch next month, with big battery boost
GTA 6 won’t be affected by SAG-AFTRA strike
SAG-AFTRA performers to hold first strike picket outside WB Games
MIRO – Open Alpha

#StarWarsOutlaws
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Star Wars Outlaws Has A Great Option Every Game Should Offer
Star Wars Outlaws features an accessibility mode aimed at people afflicted by the most debilitating phobia in gaming, a fear of slightly annoying hints
Star Wars Outlaws Lets Players Turn Off Yellow Paint via ‘Explorer Mode’
Star Wars Outlaws Trailblazer upgrades and ship customization
Star Wars Outlaws lockpicking explained
Star Wars Outlaws Slicing explained
Star Wars Outlaws has a special mode to address that perennial 'yellow paint' debate
Star Wars Outlaws Lets Players Switch Off Guiding Yellow Paint

#PromiseMascotAgency
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Promise Mascot Agency gets deep dive trailer, continues to be 2025's most tantalising open world game
Unusual Management Sim Promise Mascot Agency Showcases Its Unique Gameplay

#PlayStationPlus
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PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for August: LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga, FNAF Security Breach, Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup for August 2024 Announced
PlayStation Plus Monthly Titles for August 2024 Announced

#PlayStation
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Helldivers 2's Freedom’s Flame Warbond deploys soon, and that sound you can hear is Super Earth pyromaniacs blasting The Prodigy
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Highlights PS Plus Monthly Games for August 2024
GTA 6 may "disappoint" players hoping for a technological "jump", says former Rockstar North tech director
After Three Years of Free Updates, Devs Say Chivalry 2 Is Complete
Bungie is Laying off Another 220 People, “Deepening Integration” with PlayStation
PlayStation is Spinning off a New Studio to Work on Bungie’s New Science-Fantasy Action IP

#Killer7
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Suda51 and Shinji Mikami Are Interested in Making a Killer7 Complete Edition and Sequel
Cult PS2 Genre Blender Killer7 Could Be Resurrected for PS5, PS4
Suda51 wants to make a Killer7 Complete Edition, then a sequel
Shinji Mikami Wants Suda51 To Make A Killer7 Sequel
Suda 51 teases he may eventually make Killer 7 sequel called Killer 7: Beyond

#DragonAgeVeilguard
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't arrive before October 1st
Dragon Age: The Veilguard release date narrowed
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Features 140,000 Lines of Recorded Dialogue
EA beats net bookings expectations in Q1, feels record-breaking Q2 could be on the cards

#RPG
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Black Myth Wukong release date, trailers, gameplay, and latest news
Former Unity and Scopely developers form Outer Haven Games
Fairy Tail 2 shares first details on main characters and original story
Streets of Rogue 2 – Beta Sign Up

#One
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Devs Say Working With Apple Arcade Is Frustrating, 'Like An Abusive Relationship'
Best Players To Recruit In The EA Sports College Football 25 Transfer Portal
After cutting 5% of its workforce in 2023 reports say Intel is planning to lay off thousands more workers
FFXI Summertime Adventurer Support Campaign Events Return
Mobile developers describe working with Apple Arcade as a "very difficult and long process"
Palia: How to Get Ship Fragments
Tavern Manager Simulator Launching in Early Access August 13