Today's News:
1) Update to recent Capcom Vancouver closure news as the studio's shut down process is expected to last till January 2019 and around 158 employees to be laid off.
https://kotaku.com/dead-rising-studi...own-1829143863

2) Similar to Nintendo's NES and SNES Classic, Sony announced they will be releasing their own PS1 Classic device with some details including a $100 price tag, December 3rd release, and 20 games included.
https://www.destructoid.com/sony-s-r...0-523391.phtml

3) THQ Nordic's catalog of past IPs continues to grow as the company announced they recently purchased the rights to the Alone in the Dark series and RTS game Act of War.
https://twitter.com/THQNordic/status...50852542328840

Wonder if Just Dance 2019 will be the final Wii game. (yes Wii game, not Wii U)

Today's News:
1) Sony announced they are ceasing all production of the PS Vita next year and also have no plans on developing a new handheld device.
https://www.destructoid.com/japan-to...e-523607.phtml

2) Sony also announced Spider-Man has recently managed to become the fastest selling first party game in Playstation history, surpassing previous record holder PS4's Gold of War. Spider-Man managed to sell around 3.3 million copies during its first 3 days which was 200k more than God of War did during the same launch period.
https://www.destructoid.com/spider-m...r-523705.phtml
https://twitter.com/PlayStation/stat...75621074669568

3) Capcom recently released a new story-based trailer for Resident Evil 2 Remake.
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In an OUTTA NOWHERE move, Telltale Games announced they are shutting down as a company.

Recently had a massive wave of layoffs leaving around 25 employees to help deal with the transition till its official closure.

The future of their IPs was also announced to be discussed within the next couple of weeks.

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https://www.destructoid.com/-update-...s-523855.phtml

Some of their games were great. Others, not so much.

I wonder if they're gonna put everything up for sale as one whole package. Or part it out like when THQ folded.

Probably a mix of both. Their bigger games can fetch a decent sum on their own and then toss in the rest as a package deal based on the level of interest for them.

Supposedly they never made a good profit on any of their episodic games besides Walking Dead Season 1 and one other game. Their licensed games bombed a lot more for revenues.

The closure of TT was foreseen by a few youtubers almost 2yrs before the fact.

Super pissed about Telltale, not only did I get the season pass for season 4 but now we'll never get the end of Clementines story.

Might wanna keep an ear open for any information regarding a refund.

IKR? It's like, finish TWD: The Final Season and then if you shut down you wouldn't have as many people up in arms because you're leaving quite probably your best-selling game series on an abrupt cliffhanger with only a few episodes to go.

Maybe their parents will give them the money to keep the doors open long enough to finish

According to a report from US Gamer, doesn't seem to be the case.

Parent company is only keeping the studio afloat to finish their current contract commitments with Netflix's new Minecraft series.

Official cancellation for Walking Dead's Final Season is currently rumored to be happening next week.

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/rep...hings-canceled

lol

Today's News:
1) Another update to recent Telltale Games closure news as Netflix announced they still have plans to develop a game based on the Stranger Things series although with a new developer now needed.
https://www.destructoid.com/telltale...d-524256.phtml

2) According to a report from Gamespot, Devil May Cry 5 includes a micro-transaction system and the series producer implied its not just a simple early unlock for abilities.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/de...a/1100-6461972

3) Kojima Productions recently released a new trailer for Death Stranding.
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Telltale Games recently announced they are currently exploring options to finish the Walking Dead's Final Season in some form.

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If they can't get it done in video game form, speculation around the net is them doing it in comics form with the creators of the Walking Dead comics series.

Hopefully they do get to finish that and it doesn't just go the way of Swordquest.

Stranger Things seemed like a property tailor made for Telltale.

Lastly, and more disappointly for me, their shuttering means no more Poker Night. A third installment could have been awesome if they continued to keep the humor tight and the crossover participants eclectic. Could totally see Rick Sanchez at a table either as a participant or replacing Reginald and GLaDOS as dealer. Ah, what could have been...

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Today's News:
1) During a recent interview with IGN, Nintendo stated those with an expired Switch paid online subscription will get a 6 month window for renewal before their cloud saves are deleted.
https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/09...ription-lapses

2) Another update to recent Telltale Games shutdown news as the company is currently facing a class action lawsuit claiming the studio failed to follow California labor laws regarding their handling of the closure and for misleading employees leading up to it.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fo.../1100-6462029/

3) Warner Bros recently released a new trailer for Hitman 2.
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Not good news for the 90% of Telltale's staff suddenly laid off with no severance. I wanted to get around to it at first, but I may just hold off or even not play it ever until or unless they take care of that first.

Yeah they should get severance from the money they dont have

Also rumor mill says it might be finished as a comic

Today's News:
1) After stubbornly dragging their feet on the issue, Sony announced they have dropped their anti-cross-platform play stance for games. As part of its aftermath, Epic Games announced they now can offer the ability for Fortnite accounts to be merged and also unlink from the PS4 while keeping all your purchases in tact. There is a catch though as Rocket League developer Psyonix studio hinted Sony's actual change in stance will be slower or unchanged for other games.
https://www.destructoid.com/we-did-i...a-524530.phtml
https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/sta...519487488?s=19
https://www.destructoid.com/psyonix-...t-524538.phtml

2) For those interested in Super Mario Party, some new details were recently released mainly in regards to no support for handheld play nor Pro Controllers.
https://www.destructoid.com/psa-supe...r-524526.phtml

3) In another update to recent Telltale Games closure news, Walking Dead: Final Season has been pulled from sale from almost all digital stores and official reason due to Telltale requesting a halt in sales for the foreseeable future.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-walk...s-524485.phtml

Money they would've had if they hadn't spent so much of it on licenses for games based on TV shows and movies.

Yeah good point. Their hit game "The jogging deceased" was a huge hit

For those interested in Sony's yearly Playstation Experience events, Sony announced they will not be holding one this year. Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shawn Layden stated the official reason is due to them not having anything interesting left to show off for the year and other projects are too early in development for reveals.

Also seems they are finally learning why its not a good idea to show off games way too early.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps.../1100-6462142/

Things like that and e3 are kind of archaic tbh. Nintendo directs are the blue print for the future. Much more cost effective

The #1 problem was terrible management demanding more TWD games. Couple that with the fact that only 2 or 3 of their games ever made them a profit and the disaster gumbo really comes to a boiling point.

Also being rumored that those same employees either have or are in the process of filing a class-action suit against the company, as in violation of the Warren Act, TTG did not give 30 days advance warning of layoffs which involved more than 50 employees.

But hey, it's not like those employees have families to try and provide for or anything, right? :roll:

Think Destor was playing with the idea of licensed games being a weakness of theirs when their whole gimmick was story based explorations of known brands. He passed no ill will to the employees.

Though if only so many games made profit then I'd say their days were numbered regardless.

Exactly.

The issue was always only TWD game made any money so when a licensed IP failed (GoT for example) it cost a TON of money and with no IPs of their own...well here we are.

They have no money to pay anyone anything.

Twitch hurt them more than i think anyone will ever know.

Which actually relates to my long stated points about the weakness of narrative based games vs open-ended replayable games and multiplayer. If a YouTube vid or longplay stream can subvert 80% of the experience, we're looking at a dying breed of game.

Today's News:
1) In a "Did You Know Gaming" type fact, Nintendo apparently had plans for a Bowsette type character way before the internet took off with the meme. Recently released art book for Super Mario Odyssey revealed unused designs for a new character based on Bowser possessing Peach via Mario's hat from Odyssey.
https://www.destructoid.com/what-are...k-524907.phtml

2) Sega announced they are currently considering the idea of porting Shenmue I & II to the Switch if there is enough fan demand for the ports.
https://www.destructoid.com/sega-mig...t-525138.phtml

3) During a recent interview with US Gamer, Monolith Soft stated they have been very pleased with the sales of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and teased future games in the series might go in a new direction.
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/xen...s-expectations

Today's News:
1) While a new game in the Splinter Cell series was rumored to be revealed at E3 and didn't in the end, Ubisoft revealed the reason is due to the company not currently interested in investing money nor time in a new game for the foreseeable future.
https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/10...-splinter-cell

2) During a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Capcom revealed they are currently considering plans on releasing more cloud-based games for the Switch.
https://www.destructoid.com/capcom-s...s-525359.phtml

3) CD Projekt Red is currently facing another lawsuit from the original writer of The Witcher series. The writer is claiming the company still owes him money due to the terms of the original deal in regards to the amount of games and expansions made for the series.
https://www.destructoid.com/writer-o...d-525374.phtml

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Today's News:
1) Update to recent Telltale Games shutdown news as the company recently laid off all of their remaining staff. Supposedly the excuse of needing a small staff to finish Netflix's Minecraft project as the reason why they didn't shut down or declare bankruptcy ended up being a lie.
https://www.destructoid.com/telltale...s-525765.phtml

2) According to a report from Kotaku, Sony is currently working on an upcoming update for PSN featuring the long requested ability to change your username on the service.
https://kotaku.com/game-developers-s...ang-1829521254

3) Nintendo is currently rumored to be releasing a new version of the Switch next year based on a report from the Wall Street Journal. The new model is rumored to feature upgraded display hardware similar to modern smartphones but not Samsung's new OLED tech.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nintend...ear-1538629322

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Heeeeyyyy remember how there was going to be a skeleton crew staying on for a while and I was part of it? Nah, jk, we all just got laid off, too.</p>&mdash; Retchel Necronoelicon (@anameformyself) <a href="https://twitter.com/anameformyself/status/1047930803634630657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Today's News:
1) Viz Media announced the first season of Netflix's Castlevania series will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 4. Also included in the package is a Castlevania themed shirt.
https://twitter.com/Valdezology/stat...90517126729730

2) For those interested in Castlevania: Requiem, Konami announced the games included in the set will not include their original English voice-overs and instead are based on the voice work from PSP's Dracula X Chronicles.
https://www.destructoid.com/castleva...n-525812.phtml

3) Recent update for Windows 10 included a new setting allowing the ability to disable Windows update prompts from appearing while playing PC games.
https://majornelson.com/2018/10/02/l...ming-features/

Holy shit, Skybound (Robert Kirkman's entertainment company) is going to continue and finish Telltales The Walking Dead.

No details yet on the deal and whether former employees are getting what they are owed, but in terms of the game, it's getting finished.

Today's News:
1) CD Projekt Red announced they have recently partnered with developer Digital Scapes studio to help work on their multiplayer plans for Cyberpunk 2077.
https://www.destructoid.com/cyberpun...o-526277.phtml

2) Microsoft recently announced a new cloud based gaming service called Project xCloud with the goal of being able to play Xbox brand games on any device and public betas to be held next year.
https://www.destructoid.com/microsof...--526237.phtml
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzV_xrisMko

Meanwhile, it still leaves many former employees of TTG trying to find some way to support their families, not to mention these employees will likely be in the same boat unless Skybound feels really magnanimous and miraculously keeps them all on board in full or part-time positions.

Now I realize it's probably only another small fraction of the employees but I can't help but think the folks that worked on TFtB would be a great fit for Gearbox to hire to fill some vacancies in working on Borderlands 3.

Cloud based gaming. Will never. Take off. Too many genres require perfect or very little input delay. Unless they're installing fiber cables for every subscriber, every game will feel like playing online games with yellow bars.

The last time I tried any cloud based service was the one compatible with OUYA (I think it was Playcast?)... it was surprisingly able to handle shit like Arkham Asylum (cutting edge for the time) input wise, BUT the big albatross there was PS1 era loading times on any transition. In a world where that has pretty much gone away thanks to mandatory installs, having to wait around for 15-20 seconds every time you go through a door or trigger a cutscene gets old really quickly. Something larger with a lot of moving parts in an area- or worse, a game where the area itself has a metric ton to load - will be like trying to go back and play Mortal Kombat on Sega CD.

... and also, I meant for fun.

My job went from having a local server to a corporate hosted, cloud-based network, and it has sucked copious amounts of ass ever since. It's super slow even when working "properly", and heaven forbid the site go down or the internet peter out on either end (usually theirs). Oho, and I don't even want to talk about when they do updates...

Today's News:
1) For those interested in Call of Duty Black Ops 4, the physical version of the game is rumored to require a Day 1 patch in order to be playable. The size of that patch is also rumored to be 50GB.
https://www.destructoid.com/black-op...h-526258.phtml
https://www.destructoid.com/black-op...b-526419.phtml

2) Newest game in the Sonic racing series, Team Sonic Racing, is rumored to be getting delayed from its Winter 2018 release to now a TBA 2019 release date.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/201...yed_until_2019

3) According to a report from Kotaku, Microsoft is currently expected to be purchasing Obsidian Entertainment studio within the near future. Recent games made by Obsidian Entertainment include Fallout New Vegas and South Park: The Stick of Truth.
https://kotaku.com/sources-microsoft...ian-1829614135

In an eyebrow raising move, it was announced yesterday that Borderlands 2 VR is coming to PlayStation VR December 14. I wish I had made that up.

Sony recently confirmed reports of them working on an upcoming update for PSN allowing the ability to change your username on the service.

Similar to Microsoft, the first name change will be free and then $9.99 for each change made afterwards. Not sure if Microsoft gives a discount for Gold members but Sony is offering a 50% discount for PS+ members who want to change their name after the first time.

Although there is a huge kicker and a big reason why Sony waited soo long to actually do this. This is only compatible for PS4 games and only for those released after April due to how usernames were programmed into PSN.

https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2018...-program-soon/

Wouldn't budge a millimeter on cross-play, now they've done the bare minimum by allowing a beta of it...but only for Fortnite and it may not ever be fully implemented across the PS4...and now THIS.

Keep going down this railroad line, Sony. I'm sure you won't lose PS5 sales to MS's 9th get console or anything if you do because nothing anybody does in life has consequences, right?...:roll::nono:

If you think either ofnthose are going to impact sales you're an idiot.

Titles sell consoles not changing you name

Today's News:
1) EA announced they currently have plans to remaster more games from the Command & Conquer series for PC. Also working on plans to celebrate the series 25th anniversary next year.
https://www.destructoid.com/ea-s-pla...c-526719.phtml

2) Based on recent sales data, Assassin's Creed Odyssey managed to generate the highest launch week sales for the series during this console gen (includes Black Flag).
https://www.destructoid.com/assassin...n-526668.phtml

3) For those interested, Epic Games recently released a new version of Fortnite for Android devices that no longer requires an invite in order to be playable.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fo.../1100-6462465/

I'm curious as to why you intentionally avoided their refusal until recently to support cross-play with XB1 and Switch players. I'm sure that would've sold them AT LEAST another 1M PS4's. Good to see they're allergic to money, though.

I'm not so sure a million players were waiting for PS4 to allow them play people on another console.

A couple of my friends have shitty PSN ID's because they were both too impatient to come up with a unique handle they actually liked and instead mashed random characters and numbers. Neither of them care about trophies and they both could have changed to a new account with a better name at any point with no real loss but they haven't, I guess because it really doesn't matter whatsoever what your name is.

It's a vocal minority that give a fuck about cross play, and a majority of that minority just like having something to be mad about.

"But I want to play Fortnite on my Switch and my XBONE and my PC too and now I'm going to have to unlock my arbitrary character customisation options all over again! Fuck Sony!"

Most people who play online with friends tend to all gravitate towards the same console in the first place. Outside of the Dark Souls family I don't really play online and I really could not care less if I can summon somebody cross platform.

1 million is way too generous of an estimate but Sony's poor handling of cross-platform play and PSN account stuff absolutely could have led to lingering negative effects going into the next Playstation console. Especially when you had Bethesda threatening to pull future multi-platform support for Sony consoles and Epic publicly blaming Sony for the Fortnite account controversy.

Main reason why PS4 has such a strong dominance over the Xbox One was due to the blunders Microsoft carried over from the Xbox 360 gen and the early blunders with the Xbox One. Combine that with Sony learning from their lessons with the PS3 and improving their rep, it turned what could have been a close XBox One vs PS4 race into a blowout win for Sony.

Like seriously I do not think cross platform play is a serious issue for general gamers. Not even close.

Today's News:
1) Sega recently announced a new "Road to 2020" plan for the company which includes more focus towards same day worldwide game releases, new games for their lesser status or idle IPs, and more collaboration work with Atlus.
https://www.destructoid.com/sega-unv...--527184.phtml

2) According to Activision, Call of Duty Black Ops 4 had the biggest digital sales launch in company history although it came at a huge cost of around a 50% drop in physical sales for the UK region. Also people have already found ways to hack or cheat in Black Ops 4 via the new emote and spray tag system.
https://www.destructoid.com/call-of-...s-527167.phtml
https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackops4/c...s_in_blackout/

3) According to reports, a new malicious bug was recently discovered on PSN which can cause PS4 consoles to be bricked when using PSN's Messenger service.
https://www.destructoid.com/psa-psn-...s-527021.phtml

Today's News:
1) Update to recent PS4 bricking news as Sony released a quick fix for those who encounter the bug from PSN. Pretty much requires to use the Playstation mobile app and restarting the console in Safe Mode to do a full clean.
https://twitter.com/AskPS_UK/status/1051844976844464129

2) According to Activision, CoD Black Ops 4's launch day digital sales managed to be both the highest in series history and in company history. In terms of comparisons, the PC version managed to double the sales of last year's CoD WWII launch.
https://www.destructoid.com/black-op...e-527212.phtml

3) For those interested, Discord recently launched their own digital online marketplace called Discord Store and currently features several exclusive deals.
https://blog.discordapp.com/discord-...e-38bfd044d648

Does a general gamer usually have one system? It might be an issue that only general games care about.

Nope.

According to a report from Engadget, Epic Games is currently suing two known Fortnite Youtube players due to them advertising hacking software for the game in their videos and for using it during matches to help promote sales.

As part of the lawsuit, Youtube was also asked to pull down all the Fortnite videos from the channel involved.

This is also the second time Epic Games has sued players for selling hacking software for the game.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/14/...rtnite-cheats/
https://www.destructoid.com/fortnite...g-527423.phtml

Good. Throw the fucking book at them.

Like, I mean literally tie them up and "stone" them with books.

Heavy books.

Tomes.

Maybe even Tolstoy's War and Peace. Kids today could use a little culture in their lives.

In Search of Lost Time is over 4,000 pages. That would have to break something.

Today's News:
1) During a recent Reddit AMA session, the CEO of Skybound studio stated the company is currently working on plans to hire former Telltale employees to help finish development for The Walking Dead Final Season.
https://www.destructoid.com/skybound...n-527701.phtml
https://www.destructoid.com/skybound...n-527293.phtml

2) According to reports, NBA Playgrounds has been suddenly delisted from all digital online stores with no official reason given yet by 2K Games nor developer Saber Interactive.
https://www.destructoid.com/2k-quiet...s-527673.phtml

Today's News:
1) Facebook is reported to have cancelled all development for the Oculus Rift 2 and the co-founder of Oculus has recently left Facebook due to being frustrated with Facebook's plans for VR and its future.
https://www.destructoid.com/rift-2-i...k-528085.phtml

2) Former Assassins Creed series producer and founder of Motive Studios, Jade Raymond, announced she has recently left both EA and Motive Studios.
https://venturebeat.com/2018/10/22/j...ntreal-studio/

3) To keep up with today's theme being bad news, publisher Future announced they are ceasing all production for gaming magazines GamesMaster and GamesTM following the release of next month's issues in the United Kingdom.
https://www.destructoid.com/uk-magaz...h-527746.phtml

VR has no future

Eh, they were close this time. Problem was most of the "games" they released were glorified tech demos and not even close to being worth 65 bucks.

Resident Evil 7 showed it has great potential.

Even that's a console game tacked on to VR.

VR never had a Killer App ever. It's been hype for decades now. The recent resurgence was all based on the graphics being better than Lawnmower Man now, but that's not enough.

VR games are not good. And the better ones are never native to VR. It's been over two decades; it's utility just isn't gaming.

Jade Raymond went to EA, created her own studio, and is gone in like a couple years.

Same thing happened with Amy Hennig.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

VR still has some big potential in gaming but probably down to just Nintendo, Valve, and Naughty Dog to pull out the killer app for it any time soon. Those three companies have enough bright minds to really think outside the box or create the memorable experience needed for VR's "Super Mario 64" moment.

Why would they, tho?

There is no consumer demand.

Slender Man would make a great VR game.

To bring something new and lasting to gaming or the next big money maker like PUBG and Fortnite for recent stuff.

Based on past history, Nintendo is more likely to make it work for controls or gameplay-wise, Valve for engine or tech-wise, and Naughty Dog for narrative or experience-wise. All depends if or when they ever get serious about VR gaming.

Think Valve was rumored for a while about seriously considering making a new Half-Life game revolving around their VR tech.

Bioware announced they will be holding an official live stream on November 1st for Anthem showing off new gameplay footage.

Also planned to be shown off is the game's character creation mode and tools.

https://www.destructoid.com/bioware-...k-528167.phtml

"New and lasting" is an amorphous goal that's almost never an actual motivation. I think you're conflating the public or even cultural response to a smash hit game with the honestly simple beginnings of a project. Nobody making Fortnite or Dark Souls was thinking "we're gonna change everything". Every game starts from the same place, maybe leaning toward the financial or artistic at times, but never with such a specific ideal as to be profound.

Companies arrogant enough to actually express this goal tend to set up their own failure.

As far as being a money maker you should keep in mind that we're talking about a video headset apparatus with bleeding edge tracking tech that after 2 decades hasn't managed a single killer app despite many attempts from very smart developers and game jams. I'd dare to say not a single commercially released VR game made good on its investment. Not one.

Today's News:
1) For those interested or are buying Battlefield V, DICE announced the game's Battle Royale mode called Firestorm will not be available to play until at least March 2019.
https://www.destructoid.com/battlefi...h-528326.phtml
https://www.battlefield.com/news/lau...-the-beginning

2) Sony is currently rumored to be developing a remake of MediEvil based on a recent teaser tweet from the lead designer and voice actor of the original game.
https://www.destructoid.com/medievil...t-528273.phtml

3) IO Interactive recently released a new trailer showcasing all the locations for Hitman 2.
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Today's News:
1) Sega announced Team Sonic Racing has been delayed till May 2019 with the official reason related to them needing a lot more time to work on the game.
https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/s...90414382219264

2) Capcom announced they are currently working on Switch ports for Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil 1, and Resident Evil 4 with all three planned to be released next year.
https://twitter.com/Capcom_UK/status...36450313433095

3) For those interested in the Switch version of Diablo III, Blizzard stated a Nintendo Online subscription will not be needed in order to play the game's Seasons online mode. Other online multiplayer modes for the game will require a subscription though.
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/d3/t...age=6#post-120

4) Sony recently confirmed rumors of them currently working on a remake for MediEvil and its official debut trailer will be released on October 31st.
https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018...ones-about-it/

5) Based on a recent report from Kotaku, employees at Rockstar mostly denied having to work 100+ hour weeks for Red Dead Redemption 2's crunch period but did confirm poor working conditions in the company. In regards to RDR 2, the biggest issues were Rockstar removing people from credits if they left the project regardless of how much work they did and giving lower performance scores to dev teams who worked less than 60+ hours per week in order to get teams to work longer.
https://kotaku.com/inside-rockstar-g...nch-1829936466
https://www.vg247.com/2018/10/23/roc...-credits-work/

Bandai Namco revealed another surprise for Soul Calibur 6 as they got together with Platinum Games to bring in 2B from Neir: Automata as a guest fighter.

Sweet.

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Killed the 2B created character industry.

Playstation classic lineup:

A lot of those games can't have aged well.

Oddworld I think holds up but early 3d games have aged the poorest I think. You can still play SNES and most of up it totally holds up. May be simple but its clean. N64 and PS1 era is rough (ROUGH) on the eyes and im not a graphics gamer at all.

Super Mario 64 is mechanically immortal.

Like half of that list is stuff I don't even remember or never played.

Today's News:
1) Microsoft is currently rumored to be working on Switch-like detachable Xbox controllers for mobile devices as part of their ""Project xCloud" plans for playing Xbox brand games on any device.
https://www.destructoid.com/images-o...e-528963.phtml

2) Sony revealed the full list of 20 games for their Playstation Classic mini-console device. Resident Evil Director's Cut, Twisted Metal, and Metal Gear Solid were among the games included.
https://www.destructoid.com/playstat...s-528948.phtml

3) For those interested, Namco Bandai recently released a new trailer for God Eater 3 along with a February 8, 2019 release date for PS4 and PC.
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1st party nintendo titles had a level of polish that shouldnt have been possible given the lack of experience and the mechanical limitations of the hardware.

Persona vanilla is probably horribly HORRIBLY dated but it's the only title on the classic I kind of want to play just out of morbid curiosity.

Creative vision and leadership.

Time is a major factor as well. In house development starts much earlier than 3rd party so to prepare a game for launch a 1st party title might have as much as an extra 30% lead time.

But i agree with you completely.

Same. And i do find it amusing that P5s success is the sole reason for its inclusion.

Haha yeah, there are so many games that should really be on there over P1

The issue with a ps1 classic has got to be licensing

Very few true classics of that console were in house...if any?

A snes classic could be 50% 1st party with out any effort. Youd be turning games down so you could include 3rd party.

Yeah Sony didn't really have much to show for themselves until PS3. Even then, eh.

Psx and ps2 had tons of amazing exclusives tho

But psx/ps2 1st party is like Microsoft's 1st party. Nonexistent

Ape Escape & MediEvil are the only ones that seem to fit the bill. They used characters from both in that PS3 smash clone. Seems weird neither are on this actually.

Never got into the PS1, load times turned me off. Thoroughly enjoyed my NES/GB up until the 64 came out.