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* After previously holding a defiant stance over the issue, EA announced they will no longer be selling loot boxes for their FIFA series in Belgium in order to be compliant with the country's gambling laws.
https://www.destructoid.com/ea-has-s...m-540783.phtml * Twitch is currently dealing with online backlash following the company's recent attempts to cater only to their top streamers. This time it involved plastering ads hyping up big events for their top streamers on all community channels and streams. Predictably, this caused a lot of complaints and resentment from other channels who felt Twitch was purposely trying to damage smaller streamers in order to benefit their chosen ones. https://www.destructoid.com/twitch-r...s-540734.phtml * Capcom announced Resident Evil 2 Remake has shipped around 3 million copies since its launch last week. http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/n...l/e190129.html |
For those interested in playing the private beta for The Division 2, small warning as it will contain some end game content.
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Should be getting my invite for The Division 2 beta any day now with that news.
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Damn only two spots left in dbz season 2 and there’s already rumors that one of them is another Goku. Looking more and more like my boy Janemba isn’t gonna make it despite fan popularity.
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There's quite a few characters above him if we're going on fan popularity. The Super Sayijin waifus for instance.
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It’s a shame because he’s got one of the most unique and cool power sets in the series history.
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According to a report from Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Nintendo is currently expected to sell around 32 million Switches by the end of this fiscal year (March). For some perspective, that would put it in a tie with the N64 as the 3rd highest selling console in company history.
Nintendo is also reported to be working on plans to expand their paid online service this year and a "slim" version of the Switch could arrive as early as this year. https://www.destructoid.com/smaller-...r-541132.phtml |
Videl has a really awesome moveset.
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Anthem demo is available to download if anybody is interested in potentially donating to the Save Bioware fund.
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* Based on recent data mining, the next DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros Ultimate after Persona's Joker is rumored to be Erdrick from the Dragon Quest series. Also a recent update for the game removed the code names for upcoming DLC fighters.
https://www.destructoid.com/nintendo...s-541065.phtml * Based on a recent fiscal report from Nintendo, 5 of their games have sold over 10 million copies on the Switch since the console's launch and currently have around 8 million subscribers for their paid online service. https://www.destructoid.com/in-under...s-541064.phtml https://www.destructoid.com/nintendo...e-541211.phtml * NetherRealm Studios announced Kano will be joining the roster of fighters for Mortal Kombat 11 and similar to Russia getting an exclusive Skarlet alt skin, Brazil will be getting an exclusive pirate-based Kano alt skin. https://www.destructoid.com/massive-...1-541197.phtml |
Respawn Entertainment supposedly got a top secret free-to-play game called Apex Legends in the works. Rumor is that it'll be announced and released this Monday.
It's a mishmash of Titanfall without the mechs with some Overwatch and Blackout mode from Black Ops 4. Here's a link to the ign article with you wanna read more. https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/02...soon-as-monday |
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So it’s going to be a battle royale game with unique characters with different abilities?
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* During a recent interview with Eurogamer, Respawn Entertainment stated they currently have no plans to develop a new game in the Titanfall series. Unofficial reason due to EA ditching development of Titanfall 3 in order to cash-in on the Battle Royal craze instead.
https://www.destructoid.com/nope-res...3-541600.phtml https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-are-no-titans * EA is currently rumored to be considering plans to remaster Jade Empire or develop a new game in the series based on recent trademark filings. https://www.destructoid.com/jade-emp...--541534.phtml * According to Sony's recent fiscal report, PS4 has sold over 91 million consoles since its launch while their Playstation Plus service is currently over 36 million subscribers. https://www.destructoid.com/playstat...n-541265.phtml |
Had Jade Empire but never really got deep into it.
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God damn it, I like Apex Legends but not at the expense of Titanfall 3.
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They are making TF3. They're just switching it to a new engine since they're not pleased using the Source engine again so close to the next gen of consoles. Apex Legends is their last game using the Source engine. It is not a replacement.
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* Microsoft announced they have rebranded their Microsoft Studios division to Xbox Game Studios going forward.
https://www.destructoid.com/microsof...s-541621.phtml * EA announced Battlefield V failed to meet their sales expectations and put the blame on the game not having its battle royale mode available at launch. Game sold around 7.3 million copies but EA wanted over 8 million in sales by now. https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/02...s-expectations * Based on Capcom's recent fiscal report, the company stated they were happy with the "strong" sales for both Mega Man 11 and X Legacy Collection. https://www.destructoid.com/mega-man...s-541620.phtml * Gaming website Screwattack announced they are shutting down and will rebrand themselves as Death Battle Channel due to the immense popularity of their Death Battle series. All legacy Screwattack content will be shifted over to their portal channel on Roster Teeth. On a personal note, I used to write articles for their gaming news for almost 2 years before they shut down their news department in order to focus more towards their Death Battle series. https://twitter.com/CraigSkitz/statu...92236917489665 https://www.destructoid.com/screwatt...n-541656.phtml |
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It wasn't lack of BR mode, EA.
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* According to Take Two, Read Dead Redemption 2 has shipped around 23 million copies since its launch with around 17 million copies being sold/shipped during its first 2 weeks.
https://www.destructoid.com/red-dead...o-541817.phtml * Based on EA's recent fiscal report, the company currently has plans for a new Star Wars game, Need for Speed game, and Plants vs. Zombies game to be released this year. In regards to Star Wars, this will be the game that is currently in development at Respawn Entertainment. https://www.destructoid.com/ea-is-la...9-541748.phtml * Bioware recently released new details and a trailer regarding Anthem's raid system and endgame content. The biggest detail being "Strongholds" which are meant to be the toughest and longest missions for the game. https://www.destructoid.com/anthem-s...t-541876.phtml |
Late Night News Edition
Despite the complaints and mess EA has made with their handling of the Stars Wars license, it seems Disney isn't that bothered by it and claims to have a "good relationship" with EA.
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During a recent interview with VG247, Capcom's director Hideaki Itsuno revealed he's pretty much the reason why a new Dragon's Dogma game hasn't been made yet.
Apparently he went to the company's founder one day asking for permission to make either Dragon's Dogma 2 or Devil May Cry 5 and expected the company to make the decision for him. Instead the company was very interested in both ideas and left the decision up to him. Itsuno felt way more interested in making a new Devil May Cry game which is why DMC 5 got made and not DD 2. Quote:
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* For those with a PS+ membership, Sony gave a heads-up that PS3 and Vita games will no longer be offered as monthly freebies after March 8th. This month is the last to feature new offerings from both consoles though.
https://www.destructoid.com/sony-rem...a-542060.phtml * During a recent interview with VG247, Devil May Cry 5 director Hideaki Itsuno implied he is not interested in Dante being a playable fighter for the Smash Bros series unless Capcom releases a game from the series on the Switch first. https://www.destructoid.com/devil-ma...t-542059.phtml * From Software recently released the PC specs for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. https://www.destructoid.com/sekiro-s...e-541989.phtml |
According to recent report from Bloomberg, Activision Blizzard are currently expected to be laying off hundreds of employees tomorrow.
Official reasons due to the company's stock taking big hits since last October, investors being worried about the loss of the Destiny IP, and notable shakeups in upper management the past few months. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ey-games-stall |
800 is what i'm hearing.
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Blizzard customer service is about to be like AOL.
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Guarantee the jobs of everyone actually responsible for the losses are firmly secure.
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Saroru Iwata was the last of his kind.
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The most hilarious part is that Activision/Blizzard did better financially than they've ever done. Wasn't good enough I guess.
No company ever hits their expectations anymore because they're all unrealistic. And everyone but the people setting said expectations has to pay. |
MARIO MAKER 2!!!!
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* According to a couple of developers, Sony's claims of being more open for cross-platform play on the PS4 was pretty much a lie. Also Sony currently dealing with some backlash from developers after recently putting all the blame on them for the lack of cross-platform support on the PS4.
https://www.destructoid.com/did-sony...y-542652.phtml * THQ Nordic reportedly has recently purchased Warhorse Studios (Kingdom Come: Deliverance devs) to add to their growing pile of studios and former THQ properties. https://www.destructoid.com/thq-nord...s-542638.phtml * Another game in the Zelda series is getting the remake treatment from Nintendo. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_U-_XfDGgDw" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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