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Valve is currently rumored to be working on plans to develop games for the console market again based on a recent tease by the company's president Gabe Newell.
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Hoping Skull and Bones is being delayed so it can be made into a full on pirate mmo like Sea of Thieves, rather than just ship combat.
Sea of Thieves is okay but I'm not a fan of the art style. |
2022 is what I heard back on Tuesday.
They're still trying to figure out how it's gonna play. |
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Deep Silver recently announced a new game in the TimeSplitters is currently in development and they have reformed Free Radical studios to be its developer.
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* Square Enix is currently rumored to be debuting a new Final Fantasy game at next month's E3 event. The game is rumored to be titled "Final Fantasy Origin", an action RPG style game and as a spinoff to the first Final Fantasy game, Team Ninja as its developer, and exclusive to the PS5 with plans for PC release in the future.
https://www.fanbyte.com/news/rumor-s...ntasy-spinoff/ https://www.destructoid.com/stories/...1-630116.phtml * Netflix is currently rumored to be working on plans to reenter the gaming market, according to The Information. It was reported that the company is currently in the process of hiring a new executive for a non-specific gaming division but its not known if this division will be involved in actual game development or something similar in the past where they offered game rentals. https://www.theinformation.com/artic...d-game-efforts https://www.destructoid.com/stories/...y-630079.phtml * Sega is currently rumored to be working on a collection set for Sonic's 30th anniversary this year based on a recent French retailer leak. https://www.destructoid.com/stories/...e-630078.phtml |
The Normandy has been added to No Man's Sky as a Frigate.
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Never played it, but that's fucking awesome
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Sony State of Play coming this Thursday with the focus being on Horizon: Forbidden West. 14 of the 20 minutes will be dedicated to gameplay footage.
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Valve is currently rumored to be working on a new portable PC gaming device according to Ars Technica.
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Far Cry 6 has weaponized the Macarena.
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Dying Light 2 comes out in December; about fookin' time!
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No Man's Sky releases another big update that adds some major visual improvements and effects, the ability to tame and ride flying creatures and more QOL improvements.
All for free. Again. Gee whiz, they must be hemorrhaging money, because all the other companies say they HAVE to charge thousands of dollars worth in micro transactions to stay profitable. And there's no way they'd lie about that. Never. |
Looking forward to E3 next week. I think a lot of companies held back last year,due to the uncertainty with the pandemic, so I expect they'll want to make up for it with some big announcements.
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Somehow had no idea about this game despite it coming out this month. Super hyped as I read all those R.A. Salvatore books when I was younger. |
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Strong showing for xbox/Bethesda. 27 of the 30 games shown will be available for game pass on day one. Nothing in all of gaming can touch that service. It's so good.
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Surprised there's nothing here about the annual "let's piss on the industry while we show some games" video from Devolver.
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Nothing seemed that interesting besides Trek to Yomi. In fact I think the indie games shown at the other showcases so far looked cooler.
Was hoping for Hotline Miami 3, but no dice. |
pandemic restrictions clearly impacting the offerings this year. understandable
Xbox- twelve minutes looked good. nothing else really interesting. ton of shooters. starfield revealed you sit in a chair...i guess? earth shattering stuff. square - guardians looks dope. team ninja FF despite the CHAOS MEMES will be good. FF 1-6 will be rad once they hit switch a year or so after the mobile launch. avengers might be a good value in a few more years. my standard for these marketing events is if theres one game im interested in its mostly a win so im mostly positive about the events so far. square had more that was to my tastes but shooters are hot as a always so i imagine most people see RAY TRACING 120 FPS and get hard so i think the majority of people are coming out of microsofts presentation pretty happy. |
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The final fantasy games are already on mobile so what is this? What does "pixel remaster" actually mean?
Also Garland is neat, but literally everything else about Final Fantasy Origins looks mad generic to me. Not completely sold on GoG. Gameplay looks a bit stiff. Still looks fun though. It already has more variety than Avengers. |
my guess for 1-6 will be the 2d/3d style..reworking sprites etc
team ninja always delivers tight combat experiences so they have my full confidence GoG combat looked really good to me. i dunno. also didnt mention Eiyuden chronicles. its multiplat/multigen though so not a +1 for microsoft. looks stellar though. |
Doki Doki Literature Club coming to consoles. Including the switch lol
Wonder how you actually go about beating the game on console. |
I expected nothing from capcom and I was still somehow disappointed.
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doki doki lit club is hype. great visual novel
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This has been the most underwhelming E3 I can remember. They have shown a few games I will play (Wonderlands, FF, Forza Horizon 5, couple others) but it's all either stuff that they've shown before or tiny snippets of things we all knew were going to get announced at some point. No real surprises.
I'm gonna go ahead and say Nintendo shows the New Switch. More on BotW2, which will probably be an "enhanced" launch title for the New Switch. They'll finally show off a bit more of Metroid Prime 4 and Bayonetta 3 and one of them will get a release date. New Mario Kart, although I'm not sure if it'll be part 9 or Super Mario Kart 8 Deluxe GT special edition. That'll be the important stuff. It'll be the best presentation this E3 probably. But nothing surprising. |
it was given that this e3 would be weak given how difficult working conditions have been. no one should be shocked.
on top of that its better to use the eye balls that e3 draws to push smaller titles and have the games that can draw on their own released in their own via the companies youtube/twitter accounts. e3 isnt exactly needed or even a boon to the larger announcements. |
New mainline metroid entry :o
Metroid 5: Dread....and it's out on October 8. This is what I came for. |
Shen Megami Tensei 5 on November 12th. Noice.
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Wow. No New Switch. No Mario Kart. No Metroid Prime. No Bayonetta 3. BotW2 "aiming for" 2022. Was expecting a lot more from Nintendo this year.
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nintendo crushing it as always. tons of titles. lots of rpgs. new 2d metroid. zelda for holiday 22. i think i marked 7 games with firm release dates on my calender. absolutely stacked line up with another hand full that dont have dates yet that are firm buys for me. stellar direct. nintendo doing their usual on focusing on the next quarter is the best way to go. |
Nintendo does ton of Directs year round.
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I basically took their E3 showcase as something that replaced a Nintendo Direct honestly. They do not need to show everything in one sitting nor does that go with how they operate.
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oh for sure. this was this quarters direct. set us up into the fall. they basically just let e3 costream the same direct that would have dropped regardless if the show existed or not.
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Might have to finally score myself a Switch when the fall rolls around. Grab the new Zeldas, Metroid, and a some of the other gems.
Nothing crazy on Xbox. Starfield looks neat, but I ain't going to buy an X just for that. Even though Outer Worlds 2 was announced, not getting a box for that. First game was good, but it could have been soooooooo much better. |
nothing too exciting from nintendo which is great for me because i've enjoyed not wanting to buy any new games for the last year
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Meanwhile, I apparently have to keep my promise I made to the ether and buy a Switch, because Advance Wars 1+2.
I'm part of the niche that loves that but not on the Fire Emblem bandwagon, so the least I can do is support this project, and hopefully there will be some sort of way they can remaster/rework Dual Strike to work around the two screen DS gimmick. But that's in a far flung potential future. This is going to be a thing right before Christmas. |
Happy Birthday, Sonic The Hedgehog.
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Sony firing some shots overnight in the Studio Acquisition Wars.
They bought Housemarque. Makers of Resogun and their big hit Returnal. And the Playstation Japan Twitter account accidently released the news of Sony getting their hands on Bluepoint Games. Masters of the remaster and the crew who handled Demon's Souls for PS5. https://www.playstationtrophies.org/...s-for-ps5.html https://www.ign.com/articles/housema...n-returnal-ps5 |
Microsoft proving yet again how consumer friendly they are. Halo Infinite's battle passes will never expire. You can take as long as you want to finish them.
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Busy week for Sony. Went and grabbed another studio.
Sony purchases Dutch studio Nixxes Software. They're known for their PC port work with Square Enix. They've also handled the PC ports of Horizon: Zero Dawn and Days Gone. https://www.playstationtrophies.org/...-software.html |
Ah so that's why Nintendo didn't announce the "new switch" at E3. Because it's not even really an upgrade. Here, have a better screen and an ethernet port....but no added processing power so everything is really exactly the same. Well, maybe a little brighter. Oh and we get to keep the joycon drift problems too, just to remind us of the classic switch. Yay.
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Sony State of Play this Thursday.
30 minutes long. 9 minutes set aside for Deathloop. Updates on other games too. Don't expect any info on God of War, Horizon 2, or Playstation VR. Sony was kind enough to let you know so you don't get your hopes up. |
Assassin's Creed is going to take on a live service format. It's not going to be like Destiny, Division, or games like that. It's still going to be very single player focused. But instead of buying a whole new game you'll buy one and get content drops including different timelines to explore.
Some people may not like this, but for me, it's great news. I've said this before, but the games are just too fucking long. Beautifully designed worlds, but much of the map looks the same. Ubisoft is the undisputed king of reusing assets in open world games. Gameplay is great, but there's only so many times you can do the same stuff over and over again. I think smaller more frequent content drops is the way to go, in keeping things fresh. All that said, we've seen plenty of live service games fall on their faces in recent years, so at the same time, this could be a disaster. |
Yeah..... I'm skeptical but hopeful. I wish they would work in a system where you could still play if you don't have a network connection. Just an outside factor keeping me from playing what I paid for. I dunno, usually live service requires an "always on" connection which isn't a problem 90% of the time.
Also wonder how long it would be sustainable from a "technical" standpoint. I'm cautiously optimistic, as the games are indeed way too fucking long. Valhalla fucked me up because I couldn't really tell if I was done with the last mission or not..... since shit went on well after the "ending scene". |
Gundam Overwatch clone on the way
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Ubisoft giving Apex and COD: Warzone a run for their money by announcing Tom Clancy's XDefiant. A free-to-play shooter. They pretty much threw Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, and The Division into a blender and this is what came out.
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Woooooo finally got a 3080
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blah, can't wait till this whole "Warzone" type shit goes away. Not bothering me because I don't engage, but would like other crap to come out.
Excitedly awaiting the Diablo II Remaster on my Xbox. Got it pre-ordered and the beta starts in August. Keep going back to Monster Hunter to help low level hunters or harder high level hunts. Can't get anyone to help me with Alatreon or Fatalis tho. Those are the only two I've yet to take out. |
Great. People getting fooled again by a "totally real" "GTA 6" "leak", LOL
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GTA 6 will come out in 2023 to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 5.
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lol "discovered" a secret that was printed in the strategy guides for the original release. K.
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I honestly got the guide book and didn't even realize it was in there. Probably mostly because I barely ever used the damn thing. Smart purchase on my part, lol
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Horizon: Forbidden West pushed into Q1 of 2022.
Sad. But that holiday Switch purchase I had planned just more likely. |
Not surprising. I expect every major title to get at least one delay, if not several.
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Speaking of the Switch, WTF is up with weirdos trying to compare it and the upcoming Valve Steam Deck? They're two consoles with far different demographics than each other in mind.
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It is very common to compare video game systems to each other, in fact that's how people decide which to buy
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Sounds like this whole Activision Blizzard thing is about to get ugly.
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A maybe conspiracy with the recent 6500% price hike of "vintage games" at auction.
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Going to attempt to preorder one of those when it goes live. Just bought my first 4k TV, so I'm really hoping I can get one.
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Yeah..... shortages are expected into Summer of 2022 last I recall hearing. Mainly due to materials.
I paid a bit more than retail for mine, but it was worth it. Dude ordered one and was surprised by his wife bringing him home one, wasn't even opened. Small bidding war. The new hardware is great and it actually feels "next gen", especially witht he insane load times. |
I'm still trying to get the Halo one via Bestbuy whenever it launches there but I scored the standard black series X finally while everyone was trying to buy the halo one on Walmart. I kept having issues with their stupid site during the bot rush and decided while it was attempting to add it to my cart to open another page and see if the regular ones were there and they were. Let me instantly add it to cart and purchase it. Winning.
At this point though it's just for the kids. My new PC is godly due to managing some extreme luck in that market last month. Got a brand new 3080FE for 699 somehow and then ordered a Ryzen 7 5800x the same day and paid 400 for it and the lovely people at amazon accidentally sent me a Ryzen 9 5950x. LOL WINNING. I went all in at that point and now I have a monster of a machine that will probably murder the next generation of consoles too lol. And yes this is a PC MASTER RACE brag because I know my boy drave feels me. |
The moment I get a house with space for a PC, we be Steamin.
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Jesus christ, Sony out here dropping bombs in their latest showcase.
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Watched that when I got home from work yesterday.
Insane. |
Sure would be nice to be able to get a PlayStation 5 right now in order to be ready for all of that.
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#Stoked
Got the new Tales games coming for PS5 today too. Amazon needs to hurry up with my delivery. I wanna play it NAO. |
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The internal hard drive expansion update goes live for PS5 for tomorrow. It was in a beta phase with Sony saying to install them with a heatsink to prevent potential overheating to the machine. I guess everything's good to go.
Best Buy has a 24 hour flash sale going on for the remainder of the day and I snagged a 1TB drive for $100. Regular price $230. |
Snagged me a series x at best buy this morning. Goodbye, load times. You won't be missed.
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FUCK YEAH DUDE!!
Maaaaaan, FO76 loads stupid fast. Only shit thing is the expensive cost of the "official" SSD expansion drive. Ever since a shit experience with N64 "third party" hardware, I don't fuck with third party hardware. Let me know if you get stick drift on the new controller, if you're using that. Had to go back to a Xbone controller recently. First time that's happened. |
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To be fair, Seagate is reliable, and they apparently worked directly with Microsoft. My Seagate hdd has served me well on Xbox one. |
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I'm still waiting on the xbox I ordered from Walmart a month ago. They delayed the shipments for everyone AGAIN.
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Had a chance to get a Series S just a few hours ago because my Xbox just decided to not turn on. The clerk talked me out of it, we agreed that there's simply not enough reason to take the dive yet. And if I'm going to, make it a Series X which he didn't have anyway.
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Yeah, gone are the days of "lemme go grab a snack or drink" or anything really. Game loads so quick!
I still used my HDD on the Series X. While limited by the platter speed, it still reads rather quick. Fig, there are a few games you can turn on "FPS Boost". Push the menu button on a game and go to "manage game and add-ons" and then if it is available, there should be a menu that says "Compatibility options". You can also toggle auto-hdr there if you want. |
Oh shit, thanks. I was wondering why fallout 76 of all games, wasn't running at 60 fps. It's one of the few that have it turned off by default.
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buttery smooth fo76
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My sexbox will finally be here tomorrow, 1 month after I ordered it.
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LOL @ Nintendo considering adding a new premium tier to Nintendo Switch Online for an additional $10 (forget if that was per month or per year, but anyway...) for access to a small collection of Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games.
C'mon, Ninty, we all know you ain't really down anywhere near that horrific. |
I can't think of any classic game that hasn't been easily available at this point for various collections to still be going out.
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i refuse to pay for nintendos subpar online service but the nso expansion will be profitable. the saga library will bring in a lot of people on its own. long term the library offered from nso will likely be similar in depth to the wiis VC library making it a legitimate netflix of classic gaming. its a good model and it will work.
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Developer The Initiative recently announced that Crystal Dynamics studio is currently helping with the development of their new Perfect Dark game.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Perfect Dark update! We are partnering with Crystal Dynamics, the world class team behind character-driven games such as Tomb Raider, to bring this first-person spy thriller to a new generation. <a href="https://t.co/EiqjU99wMa">pic.twitter.com/EiqjU99wMa</a></p>— TheInitiative (@TheInitiative) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheInitiative/status/1441190673672114181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
world class character-driven games such as Gex: Enter the Gecko
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CD has management issues, but what they're told to do they do very well.
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stfu Gex is a gaming icon
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gex was top notch
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Yeah, if you want to throw shade at CD, a joke about The Avengers should be easy enough to make.
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"Hey what if I told you they made an Avengers game where the combat is so good and character accurate that playing each Avenger is like playing their own game? It looks amazing and there's a boss battle where you fight a big ass air craft where everybody can target different parts of it? You could even do a ScarJo lucha takedown with Black Widow."
"That sounds like the greatest superhero game ever..!" "Well it isn't." |
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