Did Wolverine just FLOP?! There were only around 7,200 PlayStation ratings showing shortly after launch, which seems extremely low for a game of this size. That does NOT tell us exactly how many copies were sold, and any sales estimate based on ratings is a huge guess right now. But with Wolverine's reported massive budget and millions of lifetime sales needed to justify investment, this is one early number I'm watching VERY closely. Sources: - https://x.com/HlNOMARUSUMO/status/2099815040581091508 - https://x.com/nyc_prophet/status/2100009011504361642 - https://x.com/WalletInspecto4/status/2100256159471174111 - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2100009544709730723 - https://x.com/Art3misEntr3ri/status/2100023525574590938 - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2100324379708301670 - https://x.com/JayViperTV/status/2100313210217722333 - https://x.com/nicholasdeorio/status/2100273569699713491 - https://x.com/Vara_Dark/status/2099931092320973297 - https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10002861

This could NOT have gone how Sony wanted. Kai Cenat went all-out for his Wolverine marathon stream, costume and everything, only to finish it and give it a 6/10. I see why. The Trask section is all over the place, the Sentinel fight is a low point, combat gets repetitive FAST, and my own game completely crashed shortly afterward. For one of Wolverine's biggest moments, that's a rough ending. Sources: - https://x.com/FearedBuck/status/2099912381165945332 - https://x.com/AMPexclusive/status/2099914094765556039 - https://x.com/EndymionYT/status/2100059502867566600 - https://x.com/SlatDontMiss/status/2100000419913117714 - https://x.com/AMPexclusive/status/2099992663579586952 - https://x.com/TheGoblinnn/status/2099875297613201421 - https://x.com/GundamIsHere/status/2099960164875133084 - https://x.com/oliver_drk/status/2100057191642206627 - https://x.com/yoxics/status/2099957852240830682 - https://x.com/yoxics/status/2100134573241933993 - https://x.com/NICKMERCS/status/2099837196341580155

IGN is facing another round of layoffs, and this time some VERY familiar faces are gone. Hosts Brian Altano & Seth Macy among affected, Altano having been at IGN since 2009. The full scope of the cuts still isn't clear, but multiple departments have reportedly been affected. Another glorious day for gaming media. FRIED IN THE BAG. Sources: - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2099615145462734921 - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2099609356581151049 - https://www.instagram.com/p/DdSShSIplbI/ - https://x.com/GeeksGamersCom/status/2099887817736265923 - https://x.com/shinobi602/status/2099603403278106774 - https://www.instagram.com/p/DdTx46zBc-C/ - https://x.com/ethangach/status/2099992661763457192 - https://x.com/PigeonGoGaming/status/2100007603258450205 - https://x.com/SethFromMaine/status/2099987833096179852 - https://x.com/bobbya1984/status/2100284921915089382 - https://www.shanethegamer.com/news/ign-layoffs-seth-macy-brian-altano/ - https://x.com/ParallaxStella/status/2100286876381061408

UH OH... WARDOGS was TOO successful. After BULKHEAD's shooter exploded on Steam, negative articles are already appearing about the studio. Now BULKHEAD head Joe Brammer is firing back, saying comments were taken out of context and one major claim was simply “made up.” WARDOGS succeeded. The developers were transparent. And somehow THAT became the problem. Sources: - https://x.com/Brammflakes/status/2100035530205347903 - https://steamdb.info/app/1867240/charts/ - https://x.com/pcgamer/status/2099971675261661337 - https://kotaku.com/crunch-time-why-game-developers-work-such-insane-hours-1704744577 - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7VJR8-WJJ7U

Them Bungie boys are at it again... Marathon creative director Julia Nardin says the rumor about MERGING Destiny and Marathon is fake. Okay. But what about the biggest rumor? FREE TO PLAY in December? That wasn't addressed by this denial, which means I'm absolutely NOT crossing F2P off the list yet. The Destiny merger may be dead. The December F2P rumor is still very much an unanswered question. Sources; - https://steamdb.info/app/3065800/charts/ - https://steamdb.info/app/1085660/charts/ - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2100389273904251023 - https://x.com/julianardin/status/2100269826707268060 - https://x.com/MarathonDevTeam/status/2100253598609535344 - https://x.com/MarathonDevTeam/status/2100356057562599707 - https://x.com/DestinyBulletn/status/2100279927916429702 - https://x.com/LegendOfAK/status/2099989116158947722 - https://x.com/PaulTassi/status/2100311390988693544 - https://x.com/Zalker87/status/2099569035960811790 - https://x.com/PolishTamales/status/2100192983480205441 Thumbnail by @NobodyHasSpoken

Warhorse Studios' Daniel Vávra just unloaded on Sweet Baby Inc. and the entire concept of AAA "narrative consulting." Vávra questions the experience, credentials and previous work of consultants brought in to advise developers working on games costing hundreds of millions of dollars. His basic question: WHY are massive AAA studios paying these people to tell experienced developers how to make their games? Sources: - https://x.com/ALegendaryDrops/status/2099725718271787169 - https://x.com/Mangalawyer/status/2099627493489565767 - https://x.com/DanielVavra/status/2099998607105507562 - https://x.com/MasteroftheTDS/status/2100029655810203807 - https://x.com/Knights_Path/status/2099888263364239745 - https://x.com/Sir_Dammed/status/2100093081672413190 - https://x.com/MasteroftheTDS/status/2099981242599153834 - https://x.com/GiveMeBanHammer/status/2100044878650692041 - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2099731641715351756

THIS CANNOT HAPPEN. We're looking at Wolverine's QTE extended motorcycle sequence where you can PUT THE CONTROLLER DOWN and watch the game continue playing itself. And this was on the HARDEST difficulty. What are we doing, Insomniac? For a massive AAA game, this is some of the most embarrassingly hands-off "gameplay" I've seen. Sources; - https://x.com/eadiaz57/status/2099929713003081875 - https://x.com/rickyberwick/status/2099930711486587278 - https://x.com/MinEffortLive/status/2099859241813295522 - https://x.com/MinEffortLive/status/2099918850083164336 - https://x.com/Windpress/status/2099833361761964090 - https://x.com/fwprism/status/2099994836007088337 - https://x.com/GundamIsHere/status/2099984122437308457 - https://x.com/Tectone/status/2099976087803465754 - https://x.com/NikTek/status/2099882468555837901 - https://x.com/_Hero_Hei_/status/2099933436689735865 - https://x.com/MichaelDoesLife/status/2099999570092544482 - https://x.com/ShitpostRock/status/2099863053848461637

Ikumi Nakamura invited Elon Musk to try KEMURI during Tokyo Game Show... and apparently this is a crisis now. Kotaku says she's “breaking fans' hearts,” attacks Musk throughout the article and ultimately BEGS Nakamura to “leave that man alone.” Meanwhile, Nakamura says she simply wants to find out whether Musk is genuinely same kind of “OTAKU” as them. Gaming journalism is once agani having a completely normal one, guys. Sources: - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2099550420200988685 - https://kotaku.com/ikumi-nakamura-elon-musk-kemuri-unseen-tokyo-game-show-2000734245 - https://x.com/nakamura193/status/2099005569151737952 - https://x.com/JayViperTV/status/2099529625634230316 - https://x.com/HAmorata/status/2099595747960504595 - https://x.com/MugenLord/status/2099538871813881936 - https://x.com/MinEffortLive/status/2099652897760006290 - https://x.com/EndymionYT/status/2099544132440244260 - https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2099584983681626140 - https://x.com/Grummz/status/2099532827973067115