Govt getting involved will bite us in the ass, mark my words with a red pen.

It should have been handled within the hobby.

Today's News:
1) Update to recent EA loot box lawsuit news as the Belgium Gaming Commission recently made their intentions clear that should EA manage to find a way to win the court case, they will fix their gambling laws to close any loophole EA used and take the company back to court again if they still refuse to comply.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...xes-in-belgium

2) Nintendo announced their new paid online service for the Switch will arrive on September 18th and includes a free 7-day trial.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-nint...l-522417.phtml

3) In what could be the saddest non-memorial related Easter Egg, a recent Easter Egg discovered in Spider-Man for the PS4 was revealed to have originally been meant to be a surprise marriage proposal. Instead the couple broke up before the game's release and for added insult, the person involved in the request was told how dumb his idea was by his former finance.
https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/9/178...riage-proposal

4) For those interested, Ubisoft announced Assassin Creed Odyssey's Season Pass will include remastered versions of Assassin's Creed III and Assassin's Creed Liberation.
https://www.destructoid.com/assassin...s-522572.phtml

Right so, Starlink looks like what Starfox Zero should have been.

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That shit looks dope and I will be buying lots of toys.

Kinda just want this team to make a star fox game instead of this

(Star fox adventures is still the best star fox of all time. Fuck you fight me.)

LUIGI MANSION 3 HYPE THO

All those Final Fantasy games on switch is cool.

Would be cooler if i didnt have them all though. But i have friends who are hyped for them that never got around to them

Some new details regarding Nintendo's upcoming paid online service for the Switch includes:
* One online check per week is needed in order to play NES games offline.
* Similar to the PS4 & Playstation Plus, need to have an active subscription in order to maintain access to your cloud saves.
* Family Plan bundle for subscriptions is not be limited to just a single Switch device.
* The special NES joycons shown in last night's Direct will not be available for purchase to the general public and instead are an exclusive offer to those with subscriptions.

https://www.destructoid.com/playing-...n-522781.phtml
https://www.destructoid.com/-update-...n-522630.phtml

It's not just access. If you stop paying for online, your cloud saves are permanently deleted.

lol that's so fucked.

Thats not accurate its just something thats going around. The fine print reads:

"unable to guarantee that cloud save data will be retained after an extended period of time from when your membership is ended."

So there will be a buffer period just like on ps+. Ps+ is 120 days

CoD Blackout BR is pretty good.

Today's News:
1) Update to recent loot box gambling controversy news as 15 European gambling agencies and the state of Washington will be holding a meeting together to debate more on the public risks regarding gambling and video games. Besides those agencies, the Australian government has also gotten involved in the debate and now considers loot boxes to be a form of gambling.
https://www.destructoid.com/european...g-523156.phtml
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...in-to-gambling

2) Nintendo recently updated the terms for their MyNintendo Rewards service to now include the ability to use Gold coins to purchase subscriptions for their paid online service on the Switch.
https://www.destructoid.com/those-wo...s-523073.phtml

3) Former co-founder of Interplay, Brian Fargo, announced he is currently working on plans to purchase the company back depending on how well The Bard's Tale IV sells on PC. His sales goal is around 2 million copies for the game in order to have enough interest and money to attempt a purchase of his old company.
https://www.destructoid.com/brian-fa...h-523181.phtml

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guy "made" the worst SMM level ever:

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I mean...cool story...but if it isnt uploaded it doesnt count

According to reports, Capcom has shut down their Capcom Vancouver studio and all projects in development there were terminated. Official reason due to the studio's severe financial problems for the past year.

Shutting down the studio and all of its projects is currently expected to cost Capcom around $40 million.

It was also reported Capcom has scaled back their global development plans with all major projects to be developed only in their Japanese studios going forward.

https://www.destructoid.com/-update-...n-523248.phtml
https://gamedaily.biz/article/250/ca...eaking-revenue

Sad but necessary.

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