After 20 years, Major Nelson is leaving Microsoft-
After 20 years at Microsoft, much of it spent as the public face of Xbox consoles, Larry Hryb, better known to gamers around the world as Major Nelson, is leaving the company and moving on to other things.
“After 20 incredible years, I have decided to take a step back and work on the next chapter of my career,” Hryb tweeted. “As I take a moment and think about all we have done together, I want to thank the millions of gamers around the world who have included me as part of their lives.
“I want you to all know that every moment I was able to interact with you the community—here on Twitter, Instagram, Twitch, Mixer or at the many events I attended around the world, I cherished every single moment. Every hand shake, every time I got stopped on the streets around a convention (happened a lot), every discussion we had about games and every photo we took together. The real magic in gaming is the community who makes, plays, enjoys and celebrates video games TOGETHER. Xbox…
Friday the 13- The Game has been killed one more time- Fan-made ‘Resurrection’ project derailed by lawyers over ‘cavalier disregard of copyright law’-
A plan to bring the not-quite-dead asymmetrical survival joint Friday the 13th: The Game back to life has been abandoned just days after it was announced thanks to a cease-and-desist letter accusing the project of “cavalier disregard of copyright law.”
The axe first fell on Friday the 13th: The Game way back in 2018 thanks to a legal dispute over ownership of the property that halted development of the game. It was a slow crawl into a dark hiding place from there, with the metaphorical monster close behind: The project was permanently halted shortly after the legal problems began, dedicated servers were killed in 2020, and it was removed from sale at the end of 2023 when the license to the property expired, although the game itself was set to continue to run until “at least” December 31, 2024.
It was a shame, because despite some jank and server issues we quite liked Friday the 13th, saying in our 75% review that “it’s twice the price of Dead by Daylight, but with richer…