Investor money dried up

We had !balatro@lemm.ee, !stardewvalley@lemm.ee 1.6 update, !factorio@lemmy.world DLC, !satisfactory@lemmy.world and Half Life 2 update in this year. Hey, I don’t make rules.

Lots of good indie stuff, not much from AAA. My recommendation: try new single player or co op stuff. Stop recycling content.

Ehhh, a bunch of studios have things in the works. Just because very little came out in 2024 doesn’t mean that the industry imploded or anything.

There were plenty of layoffs all over the tech industry. I’d argue that big tech was hit harder than games.

It takes many years now to release anything big. Good blockbusters are relatively infrequent. Star wars outlaws hit in October, It wasn’t stellar but it wasn’t a bad game. Civ 7 is due out in February.

At worst, I’d say we’re in a little bit of a lull.

The article (as far as I read) fails to mention the that layoffs have hit then entire tech sector. Not just games.

I lost my job (iOS dev and actually a games dev job) twice in ‘24. I don’t think it is necessarily a reflection of the games industry.

There are some really nice games this year, if you know where to look. I’m playing Uncle Chop’s Rocket Repair and it’s awesome. So fun, so inventive, great visuals, mechanics and soundtrack.

Deadlock has also gotten a fair chunk of my time. I scratches the same itch as DOTA and a little bit of CS too.

Creeper World got a new instalment, too. Different from the 4 mainline games, it’s new and fresh and fun.

I am done buying games I don’t play lol