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Just a reminder: CI Games was forced into the public gaming debate by selected media outlets over one simple paragraph in early January 2025. On January 8, 2025, in an investor call with Polish investors, Ryan Hill said: “We remain committed to producing player-first video games that prioritise an excellent user experience with compelling thematics and characters created specifically for core and adjacent audiences. While some video games have recently taken the opportunity to embed social or political agendas within their experiences, it is clear that many players do not appreciate this… we will not be integrating any social or political agendas into these experiences going forward.” That statement was immediately reframed as anti-DEI and even transphobic by outlets like PC Gamer (“fear of the DEI boogeyman”), Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, TheGamer and others. Saying we do not want to embed political or social agendas into our games is not the same as opposing diversity or inclusion. I am immensely proud of our NATURALLY diverse workforce — all of whom earned their place through skill, creativity, and expertise. The media continuously forces us into the spotlight, but we refuse to stay silent. I went straight to our community with a clear poll: In a medieval fantasy action-RPG, do you prefer Body Type A/B or Male/Female? The results were overwhelming — Male/Female won by a massive margin (88% of the ~49.5k votes). This extremely strong community feedback only strengthened our Players First mission. Lords of the Fallen II is being made for the soulslike community. It is a video game. Not a political statement.

Looking for Rive animator/Assistant to assist me with animations, I simply don’t have enough hands, I will manage and take the heavy part of animations, I am slowly growing my team in order to assist the whole web with interactive animations, if you are interested DM me @rive_app

@Tesla … also settle for butterfly doors if I must!

@Tesla … falcon doors coming to the 3 or Y? :)

The last Model S & the last Model X have been produced at Fremont Factory 14 years of history for Model S, 11 years for Model X 🫡

@Grummz Blocked them a long time ago. No views. No ad impressions. Not a care in the world from us. If you want an opinion, tune into a stream (any playforn will do). Get it straight from the source or from at the e very least a person who LIKES games. /endrant ^MD

Mixtape has no interactivity or gameplay, aside from the tongue battle I guess… Yet so many outlets are rating it 10/10 while they give Asian games 6 and 7. This is why gamers have zero trust in game journalists.

@streetlordkev @jerslater Thank god somebody on the internet is not a brain dead bot. You deserve a fucking Medal of Honor for telling the truth mate!

@jerslater U write terrible movies i have no idea how you made it but god bless u dawg, u horrible . Mortal kombat II was some BULLSHIT the 1990 version is still better , disappointing my boy fr.

Steam Controller update: Reservations will be available on @Steam beginning tomorrow. Details here: store.steampowered.com/news/group/454…

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@SteamDeckGaming Encourage people to keep trying despite the "out of stock" message. I was able to finally check out.

Hell Yeah! Snagged one! Who else managed to get one?

I just don't understand how anyone benefits from selling out so quickly. Is there really a cost factor, risk, or loss for selling out in 20 minutes vs selling out in a single day? Take a methodical approach, inviting active Steam accounts at specified intervals to claim the new hardware. /rant

Annnd...it's gone. I tried to snag a Steam Controller, hit multiple errors, and finally got the out of stock message. Took about 30 mins for it to sell out.

Play really has no limits at GameStop

Submissions NOW open! Join our Gameplay Feedback Team to help us get Lords of the Fallen II over the finish line, and also help shape future titles. Got 1000+ hours in soulslikes? Want to work directly with the devs? Email a short personal overview to x@cigames.com. Both part and full time positions available.

Excited to announce our @Steam Controller arrives on Steam May 4th at 10 a.m. PT. Learn more and wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcont…

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And there we have it, Merchello for Umbraco is released into the wild properly. marketplace.umbraco.com/package/umbrac…

We're so thrilled, and honestly still quite overwhelmed, to announce that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has officially reached 8 MILLION copies sold! Thank you so so much to every single person who has played, created art, shared, streamed, discussed, and supported this game!! 🤍🌹

@Grummz I wish they continued Assassin's Fist in some meaningful way. 🤷 ^ MD

The trailer for Street Fighter just dropped. Too much Ken.

@DesertRat_1958 @SteveLovesAmmo Maggie looks like a good dog 🥹 So sorry! ^ Mark

@NextPlayerUp @SteveLovesAmmo Indeed, Maggie RIP

This border collie is not messing around. Wow!