Tabletop Superstars Endorse Kamala Harris

Plus, Netflix just shut down its premiere AAA studio.

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Robert Scarpinito
October 25, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 11 minutes

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We’re putting board games in our politics now. This coalition of 700+ industry players in the tabletop space includes the founder of BoardGameGeek, the game director of Dungeons & Dragons, and the creator of Magic: The Gathering, just to name a few important names.

Over on Bluesky, he skeeted(??) about how proud he was of the game, but also said he was tired of “manbabies” who got upset about pronouns. They then proceeded to bully and harass him. I can’t believe we live in this timeline. Wait until they find out they also have pronouns.

Speaking of blue… Netflix has slowly inched its way into the gaming space, but it’s been reported this week that its big AAA initiative with Team Blue is no more. This includes talent who worked on big IPs like Overwatch and Halo.

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Christmas is coming early—and it’ll come even earlier if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber. You can learn more about the Monster Hunter Wilds open beta in our story. And if you’re more into first-person shooters, Delta Force will also hit open beta in December.

You don’t see a story like this every day. From the developers of My Time at Sandrock is Evershine, which has raised so much early funding that it’s skipping early access entirely. That’s pretty huge, considering the previous My Time games all went through early access.

I’m not saying you’ll need to pay $20 for five years’ worth of being able to hear footsteps, but it sounds a lot like that’s the case here. At least they’re not nickel and diming you for each footstep—not yet, anyway. But I guess they need to make money somehow, considering Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s huge pay raise.

Nintendo’s been pretty leaky recently, huh? If you’ve read our coverage before, you’ll know that Nintendo’s doing a weird playtest for something new with its Switch Online membership. You can read more details about what it is in our story—if that weird image didn’t get you curious already.

Talk about a bummer. After creating one of the most unique identities in all video games, turns out the TV show is… a little less unique, let’s say.

In what could be the best Mario Party in years, Jamboree brings fresh reasons to play and nice quality-of-life improvements.

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