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https://www.ign.com/articles/phil-spencer-interview-2023 Hi-fi Rush shadowdrop: Forza delay: under peformance of xbox/ slowing gamepass growth: layoffs: 343 situation: Activision:

On the Steam Deck, select your profile picture in the top-right corner > select "Account Details" > select "Devices" > select your Steam Deck > scroll down to the Fan Manufacturer details

which fan did you get?

Got myself a Q3 deck with a huyaing fan, along with a 512GB SD card Currently playing division 2 and TW3

Just beat Gna and got the plat

Goldeneye also coming to GP, but without the MP. Kinda disappointed with that decision

its not as heavy as it looks, you can also use a kickstand case and wireless controller.

Some more details in the following tweets

Jimbo right now

I think @VelivolusDas bought dark plates, but I don’t think it improves cooling Also vertical/ horizontal doesn’t matter, it performs the same. So its upto you

Also, TIME AGAIN TO STANDBY FOR TITANFALL!!!

Its not as heavy as it looks imo, i just use the kickstand to put it on the table and use a controller

UK boxed sales, so doesn’t count

That’s pretty good

Also they are pricing themselves out of the 2nd hand market just saw an ad for a 2nd hand 512GB steam deck for 67999. you can get a new one for 62999

Y0 is still the gold standard for side quests/ mini games in the entire series

there go another 100 hrs

https://www.pcworld.com/article/1479735/microsoft-execs-partied-with-sting-hours-before-announcing-layoffs.html The Wall Street Journal broke the news of the Tuesday night concert, which was reportedly an “intimate” gathering of 50 or so people. Gordon “Sting” Matthew Thomas Summer is one of the most recognizable rock musicians in the world, whose private appearances generally cost around $500,000 according to AAE Music. It’s not known if Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who personally signed the blog post announcing the mass layoff, attended the concert, though he was present in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum.

Summary: 343 seems to have lost around 1/3 of its workforce (internal + contractors) 2023 plans seem unchanged by this major reshape: focus was and still is on MP for this year (Forge MM, new Seasons/BP, New maps and probably Tatanka) Before Bonnie Ross quitting, Joseph Staten with a small team was preparing to ship multiple contained Campaign DLC to expand its narrative over the months or even years. This plan was stopped when Pierre Hintze and the new key roles came in after Ross as they've seen too much complexity in creating new contents for Campaign + was not enough profitable for them to sustain, so they decided to completely halt them in favor on focusing on MP only for the time being (this may have led to Staten deciding to leave too) Halo Infinite largely missed its financial and overall goals and led to Microsoft decision to halt 343 "active development" transforming (or regress?) them into "franchise coordinators" This means that other than supporting Halo Infinite MP (which is already largely externalized to Certain Affinity, Spearsoft and others), their role will be limited to make sure different external studios will create further Halo projects (direct sequels to Infinite story or spin-offs of different genre) respecting all the established lore and fundamentals for the IP Slipspace Engine is still in place along with its internal engineers, but it will be opened up to learn and use also to all external studios working with the IP (if they want) In this sense, 343 together with Microsoft Game Publishing started contacting (and contracting) with external studios to create "future Halo experiences" together since 2020, also with the aim to reduce/optimize costs/budget Source: https://www.resetera.com/threads/rumor-343-is-now-stopping-active-development-and-become-franchise-coordinator-of-halo-halo-infinite-campaign-dlcs-scrapped-focus-on-mp-support.677638/

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