Steve Vegvari

Steve Vegvari

@svegvari.bsky.social

Freelance Writer and Host 🎮 Toronto | Business/Press: svegvari@gmail.com

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Astounded by the number of people who chose to follow me here on Bluesky! For newcomers--Steve Vegvari here! Freelance games/tech writer + podcaster at your service. Editors/hosts who may need a new voice with 8+ years experience, feel free to reach out. Lets' chat! 📝🎙️

At long last! Next Friday I'm sitting down in person with my local Parliment representative to talk about digital ownership and regulations for Canadian consumers. We need true reform over ownership of digital games, movies, app purchases and more. This conversation could help move the needle.

Its still early on in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 campaign but this is easily some of the best set pieces the franchise has seen in years

If you can stomach some morbid visuals in Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, you'll find a shockingly good survival horror game with a few minor, tiresome gameplay sections. This 8/10 title honours the IP well. Definitely recommended!

Xbox has a STRONG Game of the Year contender with Gears of War: E-Day! The Coalition proves it understands Gears and what fans want, delivering best-in-class gameplay and a weighty narrative that captures the horror of Emergence Day.

Travelling today to see [REDACTED] and it’s just a reminder of how privileged I am to be able to do this for a living. Life is good, y’all!

Temperature check time. What's everyone's GOTY list so far? 1. Resident Evil Requiem 2. Pokémon Pokopia 3. Pragmata 4. 007 First Light 5. Forza Horizon 6 Potential inclusions: Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave and Control Resonant

The very human element of today's Xbox news is that real people are losing their jobs. Regardless of the long-term outcomes of these decisions, I'm disheartened to see the industry I love so dearly become more fractured by the day.

What I've always adored about @remedygames.com games is that the more you give yourself over to the story and concepts, the more you get out of the overall experience. If you're along for the ride, you'll find some generationally unique games in Remedy's catalogue.

And there you have it. The PlayStation blackout was performative. If only someone (me) called this out weeks ago. To enact serious change, digital license ownership has to come from regulations not social experiments.

Mat Piscatella@matpiscatella.bsky.social

No. There was no significant change at all in player count or engagement in our tracking.

Regardless of whether you're Sony or Microsoft, you don't get into bed with Kojima without letting him cook. Kojima Productions is making insanely cerebral games for a hardcore audience, not mass-market blockbusters. That should be firmly apparent before a partnership is inked.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social

This week, PlayStation announced that it had pulled out of publishing Hideo Kojima's next game, Physint. But the company didn't give a reason. So I made some calls. Here's why PlayStation bailed and why Xbox snapped Kojima right up: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...