Source 2 and VR- Highlights from Gabe Newell’s Reddit Q&A

Gabe Newell and a few compatriots from Valve answered questions from the Reddit community for a little over an hour today, offering a seemingly informal look into the company's current operations. The "Ask Us Anything!" thread, titled "WeAreA videogame developer AUA!", is filled with comments and questions from users and, rarely, Gabe himself or one of his compatriots. Their answers offer some interesting insight into Valve's current projects — Source 2, Steam, VR, and more — along with a glimpse of where the company is headed next. Hunting down these answers in the original thread (which is over 9,000 comments strong as of publication) is a time-consuming affair, so for your convenience we've highlighted some of Newel…

Apex Legends Season 9 Will Make Titanfall Fans Happy, Director Says

Apex Legends is a spin-off game from Respawn’s Titanfall series, but the battle royale game’s unique identity means that it can sometimes be easy to forget that. However, fans hoping to have more direct Titanfall elements incorporated into the battle royale shooter should look forward to Season 9, which will supposedly feature “some really cool stuff” from the series. Though the specifics aren’t available yet, the game’s director seems pretty confident they’ll be satisfied.

Speaking on a panel by BrownGirlGamerCode (via Dexerto), Apex Legends game director Chad Grenier hyped up the Titanfall content that will come to the game for Season 9.

“I’ve told some people before, if you’re a Titanfall fan, hang on for Season 9 because there’s gonna be some really cool stuff there.”

ESA Responds To Call For Games Like GTA 5 To Be Banned

In a story that seems like it occurs every few months, a politician is blaming violent video games for contributing to real-life crime. The organization that defends the video game industry across the USA has released a statement in response to a Chicago lawmaker’s plan to ban the sale of violent video games.

The ESA–which also organizes E3 every year–said in a statement that there is “no evidence” of a connection between video games and violence, as studies have shown.

“While our industry understands and shares the concerns about what has been happening in Chicago, there simply is no evidence of a link between interactive entertainment and real-world violence,” the spokesperson said. “We believe the solution to this complex problem resides in examining thoroughly the actu…

Gestalt- Steam And Cinder Review – Steamed Ma'ams

More than almost any other genre, the metroidvania is reaching a saturation point. We have beloved modernizations like Hollow Knight and Axiom Verge and big-budget takes like Batman: Arkham Asylum or this year’s Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, alongside a steady, constant drumbeat of indie releases. It’s hard to throw a rock at Steam without hitting at least a couple of metroidvanias, and with that much choice, it’s hard for any one to stand out Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Gestalt: Steam and Cinder is the latest indie take on the genre, but it manages to do what many others don’t: pay homage to the two most prominent originators of the genre with smart, deliberate design choices that help…

Halo Infinite Interference Event – All Challenges And Rewards

Halo Infinite Season 2: Lone Wolves is now live and there is a brand new event alongside it. The Halo Infinite Interference event is offering a variety of free cosmetics items that go along with the armor sets available in the Season 2 battle pass. Here’s how to complete all of the challenges for the Halo Infinite Interference event and the cosmetic rewards you can earn.

Interference Challenges

There are 10 challenges for the Interference event, with each challenge awarding one tier on the free reward track. All of these challenges need to be completed in Last Spartan Standing, Halo Infinite’s new free-for-all mode that functions like a mini-battle royale. 12 spartans battle it out on a shrinking map, earning new weapons, with the last one standing winn…

Get A Free Game With The Nintendo Switch Lite For A Limited Time

If you’re looking to get your hands on the most compact Nintendo Switch model on the market or want to introduce younger members of the family to gaming, the Nintendo Switch Lite is a great pick. Right now, the Switch Lite is available for $195 and comes with a free copy of Sonic Forces on eBay Come from Sports betting site VPbet . All five colors of the Switch Lite are included in this offer, but it’s worth noting they are Japanese editions. Since the Switch is region-free, this distinction doesn’t really matter.

Mindhunter Season 3 Is Not Happening

Netflix’s popular crime drama Mindhunter will not come back for a third season, showrunner David Fincher has confirmed. Speaking to Le Journal du Dimanche (via IGN), Fincher said he is “very proud” of the first two seasons, but said fans should not hold out hope for a third.

While Mindhunter might not be coming back, Fincher fans can watch his 2020 movie Mank and look forward to the Fincher movie The Killer for Netflix later this year.

“It’s a very expensive show and, in the eyes of Netflix, we didn’t attract enough of an audience to justify such an investment [for Season 3],” he said. “I don’t blame them, they took risks to get the show off the ground, gave me the means to do Mank the way I wanted to do it, and they allowed me to venture down new paths with The Killer. It’s…

Peter Molyneux's 22Cans Studio Enacts Layoffs

Veteran game developer Peter Molyneux’s UK studio 22Cans has undergone a round of layoffs. Multiple employees were let go in the move, but the precise number of cuts was not made public.

A spokesperson confirmed to GI.biz that the layoffs at the Fable designer’s studio were due to a variety of reasons. “Unfortunately, due to a number of factors including projects reaching a certain stage in their development, we can confirm that a number of roles at 22cans have been made redundant,” the statement said. “Development at the studio is continuing, however.”

Affected staff are being provided assistance to find new jobs, the report said.

Founded in 2012 after Molyneux left Microsoft, 22Cans made a splash with the mobile game/social media experiment, Curiosity: …

Atlantic City casino workers union to picket following contract talks impasse

In Atlantic City and the Local 54 branch of the Unite Here trade union has reportedly announced that its members are to begin picketing outside of the Tropicana Atlantic City property after it failed to reach new employee contracts with the city’s casinos.

According to a Tuesday report from the Associated Press news service, the action is set to begin from later this evening as the union’s existing deals with the nine casinos in the New Jersey community expire at midnight. The source explained that Local 54 has been holding talks for over a month in hopes of obtaining ‘significant’ pay rises for its members in the wake of a coronavirus-induced economic slump.

Detrimental deadlock: Come from

GAN Debuts in Mexico Through Coolbet Brand

On January 17, North American company GAN Limited, a leading B2B supplier of SaaS solutions for online real money gaming and a globally recognized B2C online sports betting and casino operator under its flagship brand Coolbet, publicly announced its debut in the Mexican regulated iGaming market through its brand, Coolbet, via an agreement with a Mexican licensed partner.

With this debut, Coolbet is now officially launched in 10 states.

New deal:

As of January 16, Coolbet signed a lucrative deal with a Mexican licensing partner, giving GAN the opportunity to offer its programming and sports betting solutions fully customized and tailored to players’ needs and expectations, via its innovative technology-based brand.

Under the terms of the agreement, GAN will …