Videogame News Thread

[Emperor Smeat]

For those interested or own Detroit: Become Human, an upcoming update pretty much renders the game's ending moot.

Main reason its being done is due to a lot of players have been asking for a very specific request and Quantic Dream caved in even though it messes up the vision and goal they had for the game's story.

Small warning as the link contains spoilers to the game's ending for those who haven't finished it yet.
https://www.destructoid.com/detroit-become-human-devs-to-implement-a-small-feature-at-the-request-of-fans-508014.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Nintendo once again stated there will not be a traditional Virtual Console for the Switch and instead the primary way to play VC games will be through their paid online services.
https://www.destructoid.com/switch-s-online-service-is-the-successor-to-virtual-console-according-to-nintendo-508787.phtml

2) Even though the announcement was made during their E3 press conference, Ubisoft revealed the beta for Beyond Good & Evil 2 won't actually arrive till late 2019.
https://www.destructoid.com/don-t-wait-up-on-the-beyond-good-evil-2-beta-it-isn-t-until-end-of-next-year--508761.phtml

3)) Telltale Games is currently dealing with a lawsuit from their former co-founder in regards to allegations of him being forced out of the company and his contract being breached. Kevin Bruner also claims the company refused to allow him to properly cash out his shares in the company.
https://www.destructoid.com/telltale-games-is-being-sued-by-co-founder-kevin-bruner-508728.phtml

[Fignuts]

Ahahahahaha

The only way to get the dlc for black ops 4 is to buy the season pass. Only way to get the season pass is to buy the 100 dollar collectors edition.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) SALES:

Sony recently announced a new batch of PS4 games will be joining their Greatest Hits budget line on June 28th.
https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/06/19/introducing-playstation-hits-great-games-at-a-great-price/
Major Nelson revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace.
https://majornelson.com/2018/06/18/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-telltale-games-publisher-sale/
Sony revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Playstation Store.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-WEEKLYDEALS/1


2) Bandai Namco recently announced the Switch port of Dragon Ball FighterZ will have a few extra goodies including 2 locked characters being available at the start and a new "Extreme Type" option for simpler controls. Other goodies were announced for Japan-only at the moment.
https://www.destructoid.com/japanese-release-date-and-bonuses-revealed-for-dragon-ball-fighterz-on-switch-508939.phtml

3) According to the former boss of Sony Online Entertainment, the very likely reason for Sony's stance against crossplay this gen is due to money and them never considering it as an option for the Playstation brand to begin with.
https://www.destructoid.com/former-sony-online-executive-believes-there-s-a-dumb-reason-for-crossplay-avoidance-508934.phtml
https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/1008847050744578050

4) During a recent interview with Newsweek, Soulcalibur series producer Motohiro Okubo revealed Character Creation mode will be making its return for Soulcalibur VI.
http://www.newsweek.com/soulcalibur-6-character-creation-game-modes-geralt-dlc-980505

[ClockShot]

Sweet. Character creation mode in Soul Calibur is back.

Hope the vast selection of weapons goes with it.

[Kalyx triaD]

Ahahahahaha

The only way to get the dlc for black ops 4 is to buy the season pass. Only way to get the season pass is to buy the 100 dollar collectors edition.

They're on drugs.

[alvarado52]

Love the Black Ops series but I'm passing on it this year because of that bullshit.

[alvarado52]

Steam Summer Sale is on folks...

any recommendations?

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) SALES - Nintendo revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the eShop.
http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers

2) Update to Dragon Ball FighterZ Switch news as Namco announced the port arrives on September 28 in the US (Sept. 29 in UK) and includes the same goodies Japan is getting in regards to unlocked characters and DBZ Super Butoden from the SNES.
https://www.destructoid.com/dragon-ball-fighterz-is-hitting-switch-in-the-west-in-september-with-a-super-butoden-pre-order-bonus-509258.phtml

3) According to reports, Gamestop is currently in talks with several firms in regards to a potential buyout and market switch from a public to a private company.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gamestop-m-a-exclusive/exclusive-gamestop-in-talks-with-buyout-firms-after-drawing-interest-sources-idUSKBN1JE2JI

4) During a recent interview with Famitsu magazine, Soulcalibur series producer Motohiro Okubo revealed Soulcalibur VI will contain both a Story Mode and another unannounced single player-based mode.
https://www.destructoid.com/soulcalibur-vi-producer-teases-story-details-and-another-single-player-mode-coming-to-the-game-509231.phtml

[ClockShot]

Ugh, Gamestop.

The loyal customer that I am, they really need some fresh ideas for the customer's standpoint.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Warner Bros is currently facing a lawsuit from Bethesda in regards of allegations of their Westworld mobile game using stolen code and being a blatant ripoff of Fallout Shelter. The game's developer, Behaviour Interactive studio, also developed Fallout Shelter which is the basis for the stolen source code allegation.
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/bethesda-sues-warner-bros-fallout-shelter-westworld-mobile-game
https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/22/17492806/bethesda-lawsuit-warner-bros-westworld-mobile-game-fallout-shelter

2) SALES:

Sony revealed the list of games for this weekend's Flash Sales on the Playstation Store.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALE18LP/1
For those interested, Blizzard announced World of Warcraft is currently free to play from now till June 24th.
https://www.destructoid.com/world-of-warcraft-is-free-to-play-from-now-until-june-24-509387.phtml
Shadowrun Returns is currently free to download from now till June 23, 10AM PST at the Humble Store.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/shadowrun-returns-deluxe


3) For those interested in the PC version of Resident Evil 2 Remake, Capcom recently released the minimum and recommended specs list for it.
https://www.destructoid.com/resident-evil-2-s-system-requirements-won-t-kill-your-pc-509435.phtml

4) Microsoft is reported to have dropped all plans for VR support for the Xbox One based on a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-06-13-xboxs-evolving-first-party-strategy

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) An unfinished PC version of Forza Horizon 4 was accidentally leaked online recently due to a snafu by developer Playground Games. While it wasn't playable, it did reveal a partial list of the game's entire roster of playable vehicles.
https://www.destructoid.com/forza-horizon-4-files-accidentally-downloaded-months-ahead-of-release-509762.phtml

2) According to reports, Microsoft is currently rumored to be working with gaming accessories manufacturer Razer on the production of official Xbox One brand keyboards and mice.
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-and-razer-might-be-working-xbox-keyboard-and-mouse-partnership

3) According to Netflix Castlevania series writer Warren Ellis, Season 2 will be eight episodes in length and is currently scheduled to arrive before the end of this year.
https://twitter.com/warrenellis/status/1009126402061406209

[Destor]

Yeah well the promised 7 deadly sins s2 ages ago and here we are

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) During a recent interview with VG 24/7, Capcom revealed Resident Evil 2 Remake will feature Resident Evil 4's adaptive difficulty system and a new assist mode to help players.
https://www.vg247.com/2018/06/21/resident-evil-2-remake-interview-wont-ever-feel-completely-safe/

2) Capcom also revealed Devil May Cry 5's in-game soundtrack will change based on your style ranking while playing with the idea of the higher your rank, the longer songs will play.
https://www.destructoid.com/devil-may-cry-5-s-soundtrack-will-apparently-change-based-on-how-much-ass-you-re-kicking-509876.phtml

3) Capcom also recently announced they have no plans to port Monster Hunter World to the Switch although they do have plans to develop an exclusive Monster Hunter game for the console in the near future.
https://www.destructoid.com/monster-hunter-world-is-skipping-switch-but-it-sounds-like-capcom-has-plans-to-make-up-for-it-509959.phtml

4) During a recent interview with website Multiplayer.it, Square Enix's director Tetsuya Nomura admitted the company debuted both Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy VII way too early. He also admitted the official reason was due to them getting tired of being constantly bugged by fans for both games.
https://www.destructoid.com/tetsuya-nomura-admits-that-kingdom-hearts-3-and-final-fantasy-vii-remake-were-announced-too-early-509892.phtml

5) SALES & FREEBIES:

Bungie and Sony announced Destiny 2 will be free to play on the PS4 this weekend.
https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/06/26/destiny-2-free-weekend-starts-june-29/
Major Nelson revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace.
https://majornelson.com/2018/06/25/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-127/
Sony revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Playstation Store.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-WEEKLYDEALS/1

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) SALES & FREEBIES:

Sony revealed the list of free games for July's Playstation Plus offerings including Heavy Rain (PS4) and Absolver (PS4) among the six games available.
https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/06/27/playstation-plus-free-games-for-july-2018/
For those interested, Hal Laboratory is currently selling previously Japan-only Kirby series soundtracks on iTunes and other online musical stores.
https://www.destructoid.com/three-cool-kirby-soundtrack-albums-now-available-to-download-worldwide-510055.phtml


2) According to reports, PUBG Corp is dropping their lawsuit against Epic Games over claims of copyright infringement regarding Epic's Fortnite game. Unofficial reasons range from a settlement being reached involving the minority owner of both companies and Unreal Engine 4 being the basis for both games which Epic owns.
https://www.destructoid.com/pubg-corp-is-dropping-its-lawsuit-against-epic-games-510077.phtml

3) Update to recent Sony cross-play backlash news as the company once again stated they are listening to the complaints but don't expect an actual decision any time soon. Like last time, main reason for their anti-console cross-play stance this gen is money related.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-06-27-sony-confident-it-will-deliver-a-ps4-cross-play-solution

4) Creative Assembly, Total War series and Alien: Isolation developer, is currently rumored to be working on a new unannounced first person shooter game based on recent job postings.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-alien-isolation-team-is-hiring-for-a-new-tactical-first-person-shooter-509980.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) FREEBIES - Microsoft revealed the list of free games for July's Games With Gold which are Assault Android Cactus (Xbox One), Death Squared (Xbox One), Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (Xbox 360), and Splinter Cell: Conviction (Xbox 360).
https://majornelson.com/2018/06/28/xbox-live-games-with-gold-for-july-2018/

2) During a recent interview with GameSpot, Panic Button studio revealed if given the chance by Bethesda, they want to port more Bethesda games to the Nintendo Switch.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/no-plans-for-wolfenstein-the-new-order-on-nintendo/1100-6459993/

3) Inti Creates boss Koji Igarashi announced the previously delayed Kickstarter E3 demo for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is currently available for backers and also released a new trailer for the game.
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[ClockShot]

Been eyeing Absolver for a little while now and was ready to pull the trigger on a purchase. Thanks, Sony. We're getting it for free.

[Destor]

Watched the B:RotN demo on twitch. Game is shaping up nicely

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) During a Q&A session at E3, Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot revealed the company will be collaborating with Nintendo on the development of more games following Starlink: Battle for Atlas.
https://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-will-continue-collaborating-with-nintendo-510524.phtml

2) FREEBIES:

Nintendo announced the first free DLC pack for Mario Tennis Aces will arrive this Fall and contains Diddy Kong, Koopa Paratroopa, and Birdo as playable characters.
https://www.destructoid.com/dang-we-have-to-wait-until-this-fall-to-play-as-birdo-in-mario-tennis-aces-510511.phtml
Capcom revealed the pre-order bonus for the PS4 version of Mega Man X Legacy Collections is a Mega Man X series dashboard theme.
https://www.destructoid.com/mega-man-x-legacy-collection-pre-orders-come-with-an-x-centric-theme-on-ps4-510377.phtml


3) During a recent interview with Eurogamer, former Uncharted series co-creator Amy Hennig revealed she has left EA in favor of forming her own indie studio. Official reason given was her wanting to go in a new direction for her career while an unofficial reason is due to EA shutting down her Star Wars project late last year.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-06-28-uncharted-creator-amy-hennig-has-departed-ea-to-set-up-indie-studio

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah she definitely left when they shut her game down. That was dirty.

[ClockShot]

More power to her.

I hope she snatches up all the free agent talent out there and cranks out some great games.

[Destor]

As all the money is in multiplayer i think we'll see more and more powerhouse indies come up. Next 10 years will be interesting artistically

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) The developers of the Left 4 Dead series, Turtle Rock Studios, is currently rumored to be working on a new unannounced first person shooter game based on recent job postings.
https://www.destructoid.com/left-4-dead-s-dev-team-preparing-for-new-major-title-510822.phtml

2) During a recent interview with Gamestar.de, Bethesda stated Fallout 76 will only support cross-play between the Xbox One and PC and while they did have plans for cross-play on consoles, Sony refused to allow it to be possible for the PS4.
https://www.destructoid.com/bethesda-would-have-loved-fallout-76-cross-play-but-sony-is-not-as-helpful-as-everyone-would-like--510763.phtml

[Cool King]

I have a piece of music from a PS1 game in my head and I wanted to listen to it but it's nowhere to be found on the Internet, although the OST's of the game's two sequels are to be found everywhere, which is frustrating.

Anyways, because of all this, I was thinking of just buying the game myself as I've found it going for only 50p and then ripping the audio from it and then uploading it to the Internet, so other people like me can avoid the frustration I'm going through if they ever want to listen to the game's music.

The only problem is that I'm unsure about how to go about actually ripping the audio from games. I remember finding out that some programmes on the internet won't necessarily work with all PS1 games and some won't rip PSF files, or something like that.

So if anyone here knows a quick and easy way to rip music from a PS1 game, then I'd be very grateful.

I'd be even more grateful if you could point me into the direction of the game's OST if it's already been uploaded to the Internet.

The game is....

Actua Golf. (VR Golf '97 in NA)

Seriously.

[Emperor Smeat]

Best I could quickly find was a track from the Sega Saturn version but not sure if its the song you want.

https://www.zophar.net/music/sega-saturn-ssf/vr-golf-97

[Cool King]

Nah, sorry it's not.

It's a pretty funky piece of music nonetheless. :y:

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) According to reports, Nintendo New York (formerly known as Nintendo World Store) was involved in a bomb threat scare in April in regards to a disgruntled gamer being pissed at the removal of playable Super Smash Bros kiosks in order to make space for E3 kiosks. https://www.techtimes.com/articles/230455/20180618/nintendo-store-in-new-york-received-bomb-threat-over-super-smash-bros-kiosks.htm

2) SALES - Nintendo revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the eShop.
http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers

3) Namco recently released a new trailer for Soulcalibur VI focusing on Talim.
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[Fignuts]

Heard that Microsoft is changing Live so that the renewal date is the same day that you are charged.

You know, like literally every other subscription service out there.

[Emperor Smeat]

Season 2 of Netflix's Castlevania series will be arriving on October 26th according to the series official Twitter account.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Raise hell. Season 2 is a bloody nightmare. Join our awakening October 26, only on Netflix. <a href="https://t.co/gtXU0iP2VA">pic.twitter.com/gtXU0iP2VA</a></p>&mdash; Mr. Belmont (@Castlevania) <a href="https://twitter.com/Castlevania/status/1015027983751393280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Fignuts]

Hopefully more episodes. Show is way too good for 4 episode seasons. Need to fully commit to this one.

[ClockShot]

Only 8 for season 2.

[Fignuts]

Well, that's not too bad. I think I'll be happy enough with 8.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) For those interested, Capcom announced the PC version of Monster Hunter World will not support cross-play nor mods.
https://www.pcgamer.com/it-sounds-like-monster-hunter-world-pc-wont-have-mod-support-at-launch/

2) THQ Nordic announces Darksiders III will be arriving on November 27 for PC, Xbox One, and PS4.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/darksiders-3-release-date-confirmed-special-editio/1100-6460253/

3) EA announced they have recently bought mobile developer Industrial Toys for an undisclosed amount and to develop "new experiences" games. Based on EA's past history, the Doomsday clock for the studio's future has started.
https://www.destructoid.com/ea-acquires-industrial-toys-who-makes-hardcore-games-for-mobile--511922.phtml

[Destor]

EA will excel at mobile

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) For those interested, Far Cry 5's next DLC pack arrives on July 17th with Mars as the setting. The expansion is called "Lost on Mars" and costs $10.
https://www.destructoid.com/far-cry-5-is-going-to-mars-next-week-512053.phtml

2) Based on Nintendo's recent investor's meeting, the company is currently targeting a goal of 20-30 new indie games to be added to the Switch's eShop each week. Idea being to keep a constant flow of new games for the system unlike with the Wii U.
https://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-wants-to-host-around-20-to-30-indie-games-on-switch-per-week--511941.phtml

3) SALES:

Major Nelson revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace.
https://majornelson.com/2018/07/09/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-129/
Sony revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Playstation Store.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-WEEKLYDEALS/1

[Fignuts]

I mean....20-30 Indy games a week would be great if they were GOOD titles.

As it is, it looks like a recipe to turn their shop into a shovelware dumpster fire.

[Destor]

Same thing that killed the Wii. No quality control.

[Emperor Smeat]

Wii died off because the major 3rd parties never put a similar level of investment or effort that they did for the Xbox 360 (and later PS3). Had they did, at worst Wii's library would have been similar to the PS2 in terms of a lot of games but a steady supply of quality ones to offset the amount of shovelware. 3rd parties jumped late to the Wii and then left just as quickly in terms of quality support.

Right now seems Nintendo's current strategy with the Switch is focusing on Nintendo + Indies combo and have some big third party games cover gaps. Until their historical issues with 3rd parties end, they pretty much need to rely on indies to to prevent major droughts from happening again. Steam being terrible in recent years and Sony dropping the ball with indies support ended up making this possible for Nintendo.

[Destor]

Completely disagree. Nintendo courted a casual market of non gamers that had never heard of any of the 3rd party developers. Nursing homes had the wii. But a flood of subpar shovelware games eroded the brand and lost this new market altogether.

[Emperor Smeat]

Yeah the Blue Ocean strategy worked well for the Wii till 2009/2010 but Nintendo still mixed in enough of their regular games with their casual offerings. Its the major third parties that either showed very little support to begin with (ex. Rockstar) or completely misread the market (ex. EA, THQ) which is why their output suffered in the long run. Even Capcom and Take Two were hit-or-miss when it came to support.

Activision and Ubisoft were probably the only big 3rd party studios that kept a decent balance so they got the best of both markets (casuals & hardcore). Even then, both showed way more constant effort when it came to the Xbox 360 and PS3 besides tech reasons.

PS2 and PS1 libraries were just as bloated with shovelware like the Wii but Sony never had to deal with the same issues Nintendo had when it came to major 3rd party support even during the early PS3 years when things were really dire for them.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) CoD Black Ops IV's Battle Royale mode is currently rumored to support up to 60 players in a match based on supposed leaks.
https://www.destructoid.com/rumour-photo-reveals-player-count-for-black-ops-4-s-battle-royale-mode-512195.phtml

2) Nintendo announced more details regarding their upcoming paid online service for the Switch will occur this September.
https://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-will-give-us-more-information-for-the-switch-s-online-component-in-september-512133.phtml

3) Bethesda announced the official gameplay debut for Doom Eternal will occur on August 10th during this year's QuakeCon event.
https://twitter.com/DOOM/status/1016683459006173184

[Fignuts]

Doooooooooooooooooooom

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Epic Games announced they have recently updated the terms of their Unreal Engine Marketplace with developers getting a bump in the revenue split from 70% to now 88% for all assets and items sold.
https://www.destructoid.com/epic-significantly-shifts-unreal-marketplace-revenue-model-to-give-more-money-to-creators-512450.phtml

2) SALES & FREEBIES:

Nintendo revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the eShop.
http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers
For those interested, developer Arika announced two upcoming character DLC packs for Fighting EX Layer will be free to download when both are released within the near future.
https://www.destructoid.com/fighting-ex-layer-s-teased-dlc-characters-will-be-released-for-free-512380.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Bioware's longtime game designer James Ohlen announced he has recently left the studio after a 22 year career there. Official reason related to him going in a new career direction as a gaming book writer and publisher.
https://twitter.com/JamesOhlen/status/1017477704382377984
https://www.destructoid.com/designer-james-ohlen-confirms-he-has-left-bioware-512545.phtml

2) During a recent interview with Eurogamer, former Visceral creative director Ben Wanat revealed Dead Space 4 was planned to be a semi-open world style game had the studio not shut down last year.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-07-13-visceral-had-some-cool-ideas-for-dead-space-4

3) According to Mafia III's director Haden Blackman, the game's original opening sequence was dropped due to it being extremely brutal in tone and being counter-productive to the game's story and ending. Besides scrapping it, the studio also destroyed all traces of it to prevent it from ever being leaked.
https://www.destructoid.com/mafia-iii-opening-cutscene-was-so-brutal-that-you-ll-never-see-it-512531.phtml

[alvarado52]

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[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Capcom announced Mega Man X Legacy Collections will include an easy mode called Rookie Hunter Mode as an option for each game in the collection.
https://www.destructoid.com/mega-man-x-legacy-collections-will-have-an-easy-mode-so-everyone-can-enjoy-them-512825.phtml

2) For those interested, DICE announced the open beta for Battlefield V will arrive this September.
https://www.battlefield.com/news/article/battlefield-5-closed-alpha-what-we-learned

3) A German high court recently ruled companies are no longer allowed to sell pre-orders for products in the country if the release date is vague. Basis for the ruling involves a consumer protection claim made against Samsung in regards to issues with pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone.
https://www.destructoid.com/germany-now-prohibits-pre-orders-for-products-that-don-t-have-firm-release-dates-512940.phtml

[Fignuts]

X should be pink for rookie hunter mode

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Based on Ubisoft's recent fiscal report, this year's fiscal first quarter broke the record for highest revenues generated in company history at $466 million. In terms of breakdowns, Far Cry 5 and older titles contributed the bulk of revenues while PS4 is still their lead platform at 38% of all sales.
https://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-just-had-a-record-breaking-first-quarter-513104.phtml

2) SALES & FREEBIES:

Major Nelson revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace.
https://majornelson.com/2018/07/16/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-130/
Sony revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Playstation Store.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-WEEKLYDEALS/1
Nintendo announced the next free character DLC pack for Kirby All Star Allies arrives on July 27th and features Daroach (Kirby Squeak Squad) as the playable character.
https://www.destructoid.com/daroach-is-coming-to-kirby-star-allies-at-the-end-of-the-month-as-free-dlc-513014.phtml
For those with a Twitch Prime account, Twitch is currently giving away free copies of Tacoma and Tyranny for PC till July 18.
https://www.destructoid.com/make-sure-to-nab-tyranny-and-tacoma-if-you-have-twitch-prime-512958.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) During the on-going San Diego Comic Con event, Insomniac Games released a new trailer for their Spiderman game for the PS4. Also announced was a limited edition Spiderman PS4 bundle for $400.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/utVr-n0MaU0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
https://www.destructoid.com/the-spider-man-ps4-pro-bundle-splashes-the-white-logo-across-a-red-console-513466.phtml

2) Also during San Diego Comic Con, Telltale Games released a new trailer for the final season of their episodic Walking Dead series.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xSFSNuDnrXM" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

3) According to analyst firm SuperData, Epic Games' battle royale game Fortnite is estimated to have made around $1 billion from microtransactions since its launch.
https://www.destructoid.com/battle-royalers-have-spent-a-cool-one-billion-dollars-on-fortnite-microtransactions-513369.phtml

4) SALES:

Sony is currently holding a new Flash sale on the Playstation Store and lasts till June 23.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALE18LP/1
Nintendo revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the eShop.
http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers

[Fignuts]

New update for no mans sky
http://m.ign.com/articles/2018/07/20/28-changes-coming-to-no-mans-sky-with-next

[Emperor Smeat]

Capcom recently shared a couple new details for Resident Evil 2 Remake.

First is the game's Collector's Edition which includes an exclusive DLC pack and Leon Kennedy statue. Also includes an extra DLC pack via pre-order. Only catch is this edition costs $200 and is exclusive to Gamestop in the US.

https://www.destructoid.com/ul/513634-resident-evil-2-collector-s-edition/residentevil2collectorsedition-noscale.jpg

The other new detail was Capcom revealing the game's official box art for PS4 and Xbox One.

https://www.destructoid.com//ul/513634-resident-evil-2-collector-s-edition/ps4residentevil2boxart-noscale.jpg

https://www.destructoid.com/the-resident-evil-2-collector-s-edition-won-t-come-cheap-513634.phtml#&gid=513634&pid=3

[Ruien]

200? Holy shit.

[ClockShot]

200? Holy shit.

Pfft.

You should look up the Darksiders 3 Apocalypse Edition.

[Ruien]

Lol 400? People really love their game.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) According to a report from Eurogamer, Codemasters' Cheshire studio (former Evolution Studios) was reported to have been recently hit with a large round of layoffs including several high level staff members.
https://www.eurogamer.net/amp/2018-07-23-layoffs-onrush-developer-evolution-driveclub-director-rushy-let-go

2) For those interested in video game documentaries, Youtube channel NoClip recently released a new documentary focusing on digital PC retailer GOG and their efforts at preserving classic PC games.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ffngZOB1U2A" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

3) BETAS:

Bethesda announced the beta for Fallout 76 will be arriving this October while those who pre-ordered the game are guaranteed a spot in it.
https://www.destructoid.com/bethesda-will-begin-the-fallout-76-beta-rollout-in-october-514000.phtml
Bandai Namco announced the beta for the Switch version of Dragon Ball FighterZ will arrive next month. Also announced was a new 6-player offline party mode for this version.
https://www.destructoid.com/dragon-ball-fighterz-will-have-a-public-beta-on-switch-513970.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Fez was announced to be getting delisted soon from digital retailer GOG and the unofficial reason related to a pro-Gamergate image posted and later taken down from GOG's official Twitter account.
https://www.destructoid.com/fez-will-be-taken-off-gog-tomorrow-at-the-developer-s-request-514162.phtml
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/fez_is_leaving_gogcoms_storefront/page1

2) 2K Games is reported to have recently agreed to a deal with Saber Interactive to become the new publisher for NBA Playgrounds series.
https://www.destructoid.com/2k-games-grabs-the-publishing-rights-for-nba-playgrounds-2-renames-it-to-match-nba-2k-series-514129.phtml

3) SALES & FREEBIES:

Major Nelson revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace. Also going on this week is Microsoft's annual Ultimate Game Sale till July 30th.
https://majornelson.com/2018/07/23/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-131/
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-ultimate-game-sale-best-games-under-10/1100-6460592/
Sony revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Playstation Store.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-WEEKLYDEALS/1
For those interested, Walmart is currently holding a $30 Off sale on Switch bundles.
https://www.walmart.com/co/Nintendo-Switch-Console-with-Your-Choice-of-Game/848361435
Green Man Gaming is currently holding their annual Summer Sale with a variety of PC games going on discount.
https://www.greenmangaming.com/

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Recent update for No Man Sky was revealed to contain a save file erasing bug related to tweaks made to the game's ship repair feature. A quick fix has already been released for PC although will be a while till a patch arrives for the console versions of the game.
https://www.destructoid.com/hello-games-scrambles-to-fix-a-no-man-s-sky-bug-that-s-wiping-out-save-files-514460.phtml

2) SALES & FREEBIES:

Blizzard announced Overwatch will be free to play this weekend for PC.
https://www.destructoid.com/you-can-now-play-overwatch-for-free-on-pc-through-the-weekend-514455.phtml
Rockstar announced GTA Online is currently free to play till August 6th for PS4.
https://www.destructoid.com/you-can-run-wild-in-gta-online-without-playstation-plus-for-a-limited-time-514406.phtml
Microsoft revealed the list of free games for August's Games With Gold will be Forza Horizon 2 (Xbox One), For Honor (Xbox One), Dead Space 3 (Xbox 360), and Epic Mickey 2 (Xbox 360).
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/07/26/new-games-with-gold-for-august-2018/
Nintendo revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the eShop.
http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers


3) During a recent interview with Dengeki Online, Devil May Cry 5's director Hideaki Itsuno revealed the game has been in development for around 4 years, will mostly focus on Nero, and the game's story will be of the "emotional" type.
https://www.destructoid.com/devil-may-cry-5-will-allegedly-have-an-emotional-story--514340.phtml
https://www.resetera.com/threads/new-dmc5-info-itsuno-deep-emotional-story-that-will-make-you-cry.57784/

[Emperor Smeat]

Based on EA's recent investor's meeting, the company is very open to the idea of making their future games contain cross-play features starting with Battlefield V. Hinted they want to take the Fortnite model and use it for all their online multiplayer games going forward.

Also hinted they still think cloud based gaming will become the norm within 3-5 years from now.

https://www.destructoid.com/ea-is-open-to-cross-platform-multiplayer-for-future-titles-514573.phtml

[ClockShot]

EA is jumping on the steaming service bandwagon too.

Only takes 1 to start a movement.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Gran Turismo series developer Polyphony Digital announced tommrrow's update for Gran Turismo Sport includes a microtransaction system for the game. All cars that cost under 2 million in-game credits will now have the option of being unlocked via in-game credits or real money.
https://www.destructoid.com/for-whatever-reason-gran-turismo-sport-now-has-microtransactions-514901.phtml

2) Based on Capcom's recent fiscal report, Monster Hunter World has sold around 8.3 million copies since its launch in January while Marvel vs Capcom Infinite recently passed the 1 million sales milestone.
https://www.destructoid.com/soaring-monster-hunter-world-numbers-lead-capcom-s-impressive-2018-514851.phtml

3) During a recent interview with magazine Nintendo Force, Inti Creates' CEO Takuya Aizu revealed he would like to develop a Legend of Zelda II remake if ever given the chance by Nintendo.
https://twitter.com/Zelda2AoL/status/1020733756976402432/photo/1

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Based on a recent schedule update by Nintendo, the "core" Pokemon game currently in development for the Switch has been delayed till late 2019.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-core-series-pokemon-game-for-switch-moves-to-late-2019--515087.phtml

2) According to recent fiscal reports, Sony revealed the PS4 has recently surpassed the PS3 in sales at over 82 million consoles sold since launch while Nintendo revealed they have sold almost 20 million Switch consoles since its launch.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-ps4-has-finally-overtaken-the-ps3-in-sony-s-latest-financial-report-515027.phtml
https://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-switch-approaches-20-million-units-shipped-as-mario-tennis-aces-and-labo-pop-a-million-each-515033.phtml

3) Insomniac Games announced their Spider-Man game for the PS4 has recently reached gold status (mass production stage).
https://www.destructoid.com/marvel-s-spider-man-is-ready-to-websling-onto-your-ps4-515029.phtml

4) For those that own or are interested in indie platformer Abstractism, Valve has pulled the game from Steam and banned its developer after it was discovered the game contained viruses and malware for nefarious cryptocurrency mining purposes.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-07-30-steam-game-abstractism-turns-pcs-into-cryptocurrency-miners

5) SALES:

Major Nelson revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace.
https://majornelson.com/2018/07/30/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-132/
Sony revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Playstation Store.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-WEEKLYDEALS/1

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) SALES & FREEBIES:

Sony recently revealed the list of free games for August's Playstation Plus lineup featuring Mafia III (PS4) and Dead by Daylight (PS4) among the six games available.
https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/08/01/playstation-plus-free-games-for-august-2018/
EA is currently giving away Battlefield 1's Apocalypse DLC pack for free on all of the game's platforms.
https://www.destructoid.com/ea-stealthily-launches-battlefield-1-s-big-summer-update-alongside-some-free-dlc-515134.phtml
Humble Store is currently holding an Indie Mega Week sale with discounts going as high as 90% off.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/indie-mega-week-2018


2) Lords of the Fallen 2's current developer Defiant Studios announced they have recently scrapped all of the work done on the game by its previous developer Deck 13. Official reason related to them wanting to go in a fresh new direction for the game's development while unofficial reason related to the project's original plans being a huge mess.
https://www.destructoid.com/lords-of-the-fallen-2-developer-bins-all-previous-work-starts-from-scratch-515206.phtml

3) Gamestop is reported to have discontinued their Elite Pro program starting today but will continue honoring existing memberships till they expire.
https://www.destructoid.com/gamestop-is-discontinuing-its-surprisingly-good-elite-pro-program-tomorrow-but-you-can-still-sign-up-today-515125.phtml
https://www.reddit.com/r/GameStop/comments/937acg/rip_elite_pro_cards/

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) EA is currently dealing with some online backlash after it was discovered they edited a song for Madden 19 not due to profanity but because it simply mentioned former NFL player Colin Kaepernick's name. Rumor going around online is that the NFL demanded the edit be made due to their bad blood with him.
https://www.destructoid.com/ea-edited-colin-kaepernick-s-name-out-of-a-lyric-in-madden-19-515462.phtml

2) SALES & FREEBIES:

Steam is currently holding a sale and free-to-play weekend on a variety of fighting games till August 6th as part of the celebrations for the upcoming EVO 2018 tournament.
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/evo2018/
Nintendo released the list of games for this week's sales on the eShop.
http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers


3) Based on Capcom's recent fiscal report, the company is currently considering the idea of developing more remakes due to the positive reception towards Resident Evil 2 Remake.
https://www.destructoid.com/capcom-is-looking-to-do-more-remakes-after-resident-evil-2-515447.phtml

[ClockShot]

So that means there's a chance Onimusha sorta kinda might get resurrected?

Sign me up.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Valve is reported to be making big changes to their Steam Sale events with developers getting more control over Flash Sales for their games.
https://www.destructoid.com/steam-flash-sales-might-return-soon-but-with-a-different-format-515627.phtml
https://twitter.com/ValveNewsNetwor/status/1025215264164597762

2) Update to recent Madden 19 controversy news as EA claims they did not edit a song due to malicious reasons but instead was just a mistake on their end when it came to handling the game's licenses. EA assumed they had no legal rights to anything regarding Colin Kaepernick for the game but turns out those restrictions did not include the game's soundtrack.
https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1025171875050258432

3) For those interested in playing Fortnite on Android devices, the game will not be available to download on the Google Play store due to Epic refusing to pay Google the fee associated with having games sold there. Epic's CEO also said the same situation would occur with Apple if they ever consider releasing an iOS version of the game.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-fortnite-on-android-doesnt-use-google-play-confirmed

[Fignuts]

Reveals popping off at evo

Cooler for DBZ
Anna, Lei Wulong, and Negan from walking dead for tekken 7.
Astoroth and Seung Mina for SC6
Sagat and G for SF5 available fucking tomorrow

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) The next Nintendo Direct episode will be arriving on August 8th and focuses on Super Smash Bros Ultimate. Nintendo made the announcement during the Smash Bros Melee finals at EVO 2018 over the weekend.
https://www.destructoid.com/super-smash-bros-ultimate-nintendo-direct-announced-at-evo-2018-515842.phtml
https://twitter.com/NintendoVS/status/1026202051884150784

2) For those interested in Fallout 76's beta, Bethesda announced the beta will contain the entire game and all progress earned will carry over to the full version when it is released.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-fallout-76-beta-contains-the-full-game-515992.phtml

3) Based on some streaming data, EVO 2018's Dragon Ball FighterZ tournament managed to become the most watched tournament ever in EVO history with a peak viewership of 257k viewers.
https://www.destructoid.com/dragon-ball-fighterz-was-the-most-watched-stream-in-evo-history-515957.phtml

4) Square Enix is currently rumored to be developing a new game in the Bravely Default series and likely for the Switch based on recent teases.
https://www.destructoid.com/square-enix-could-be-teasing-another-bravely-default-515937.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Capcom announced more details regarding Devil May Cry 5 will be revealed on August 31st during this year's PAX West event.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-devil-may-cry-5-pax-panel-promises-special-surprises--516110.phtml

2) IGN is currently dealing with some online backlash regarding claims of plagiarism for their official review of indie game Dead Cell. Supposedly it plagiarized content from an earlier review by Youtuber Boomstick resulting in IGN pulling their own review and launching an investigation against their review's editor.
https://www.destructoid.com/ign-removes-dead-cells-review-after-editor-allegedly-plagiarizes-a-youtuber-516123.phtml

3) SALES & FREEBIES:

For those interested in buying a new graphics card, AMD is currently giving away free copies of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Star Control: Origins, and Strange Brigade for PC with the purchase of select GPU cards. The offer lasts till November 3rd and the games will be available to download for free at their launch dates.
https://www.amd.com/en/gaming/raise-the-game
Sony revealed the list of games and a special Quake-Con Flash Sale for this week's sales on the Playstation Store.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-WEEKLYDEALS/1
Major Nelson revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace.
https://majornelson.com/2018/08/06/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-133/

[Big Vic]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Djucwb3U4AIJQJ9.jpg:large

Fake but cool

[Destor]

Id be down

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Update to recent IGN Dead Cells plagiarism news as the company fired the review editor responsible for the scandal. IGN also announced they are currently in the process of writing a new review for the game.
https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1026972177881427969

2) Blizzard announced they are currently working on several new games in the Diablo series with more details to be revealed at this year's BlizzCon event in November.
https://www.destructoid.com/blizzard-says-it-has-multiple-diablo-projects-in-the-works-blizzcon-reveal-teased-516290.phtml

3) Bunch of Smash Bros Ultimate related news:

Europe was announced to be getting a special collector's edition of the game which includes a Gamecube controller and adapter.
https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1027201332678217728
During today's Nintendo Direct episode, Dark Samus, Chrom, Simon Belmont, Richter Belmont, and King K. Rool were all announced to be joining the game's playable roster.
https://www.destructoid.com/castlevania-s-simon-and-richter-belmont-confirmed-for-super-smash-bros-ultimate-516251.phtml
Nintendo revealed several new modes for the game including a Squad Striker team based mode and the return of single player Classic mode.
https://www.destructoid.com/super-smash-bros-adds-capcom-versus-series-inspired-final-smash-meters-classic-arcade-mode-returns-for-ultimate-516272.phtml
In regards to stages, the game currently features 103 stages.
https://www.destructoid.com/new-donk-city-leads-a-huge-list-of-103-stages-for-super-smash-bros-ultimate-516269.phtml
Luigi joins Mario and Mega Man as those killed off during character reveal trailers for the game. Luigi met his demise during the reveal trailer for the Belmonts.

[Emperor Smeat]

After doing some more reading about this incident, seems this might not have been the first time this former IGN reviewer plagiarized a review from Youtuber Boomstick and at least from one other place.

Also to make things worse, the former IGN reviewer was actually gloating about his Dead Cells review on Twitter right after it was released on IGN. Claiming it was the best review he's ever written and worked on.

[Kalyx triaD]

lol Jesus.

[Cool King]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Djucwb3U4AIJQJ9.jpg:large

Fake but cool

https://s22.postimg.cc/v59jqjxrl/image.png

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Germany's ratings board Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body (USK) announced they are making several changes to their regulations with the biggest involving rules against Nazi imagery in games being relaxed and to become more closer to current German laws on the topic.
https://www.destructoid.com/germany-cuts-back-on-its-prohibitive-stance-for-video-games-with-nazi-imagery-516471.phtml

2) SALES - Nintendo revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the eShop.
http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers

3) Rockstar recently released a new trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2.
<iframe width="800" height="450" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dw_oH5oiUSE" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) SALES - Sony is currently holding an Under $10 Flash Sales on the Playstation Store with 221 games on discount.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALE18LP/1

2) Nintendo recently announced their paid online service for the Switch will be launching in late September.
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1027721260556578817

3) During today's QuakeCon event, Bethesda released the debut gameplay trailer for Doom Eternal. Unlike recent Bethesda published games, it was also announced the Switch version will be releasing on the same time as the PC, PS4, and Xbox One versions.
https://www.destructoid.com/-update-watch-the-doom-eternal-quakecon-reveal-right-here-516637.phtml
https://twitter.com/DOOM/status/1027967953919201282/photo/1

[Kalyx triaD]

Hyper Universe is pretty good.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) During a recent interview with Game Informer, Bethesda Vice President Pete Hines hinted The Elder Scrolls Legends likely won't be released for the PS4 due to Sony's continued stance against cross-play. Also hinted the same could occur for future cross-play games made by them.
https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/08/11/bethesda-may-not-release-the-elder-scrolls-legends-on-systems-that-dont-allow-crossplay

2) Namco Bandai is currently rumored to be working on a new horror game and also rumored to be officially debuting it on August 30th based on a recent teaser website.
https://www.destructoid.com/new-bandai-namco-site-teases-mysterious-new-horror-title-517029.phtml

3) Sony and Insomniac Games recently released the launch trailer for PS4's upcoming Spider-Man game.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b5-_MvCWSfI" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Swiss Ultimate]

Whoa guys. Did you know this was possible?

<a href="http://YOURID.gaming777.hop.clickbank.net"><img src="http://www.gamingjobsonline.com/images/banner/banner160x600.jpg" /></a>

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) During a recent interview with Edge Magazine, SEGA CCO Toshihiro Nagoshi revealed Sony was not the first choice to be the platform holder for the Yakuza series and instead only occurred due to Nintendo and Microsoft rejecting their offer first.
https://www.destructoid.com/sega-boss-says-he-pitched-yakuza-to-nintendo-and-microsoft-who-didn-t-want-it--518293.phtml

2) For those interested, the previously delayed Switch version of Dark Souls Remsatered and Solaire Amiibo will be arriving on October 19th.
https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUK/status/1029367126627373060?s=19
https://www.destructoid.com/after-a-delay-dark-souls-remastered-will-be-launching-in-october-on-switch-alongside-of-its-amiibo-518317.phtml

3) Another update to recent IGN plagiarism scandal news as the former IGN reviewer recently released an apology and lashed out at those accusing him of plagiarism. Besides taking down the apology due to its tone and being monetized, more incidents of plagiarism involving the reviewer for other outlets were recently discovered
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/08/former-ign-reviewer-responds-to-plagiarism-allegations-not-at-all-intentional/

4) SALES:

Major Nelson revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace.
https://majornelson.com/2018/08/13/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-plus-publisher-and-add-on-sale/
Sony revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Playstation Store.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-WEEKLYDEALS/1

[ClockShot]

Wow.

Microsoft and Nintendo gotta be kicking themselves for the past 10+ years.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Wow.

Microsoft and Nintendo gotta be kicking themselves for the past 10+ years.

Nintendo should DEFINITELY still be kicking themselves after the debacle that was the Wii^U.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) For those interested, Forbes accidentally leaked the official announcement of Diablo III for the Switch. It is currently set to arrive later this year, contains all the expansions packs released so far, and has exclusive armor based on the Zeda series.
https://kotaku.com/diablo-iii-is-coming-to-switch-later-this-year-1828367234

2) THQ Nordic is reported to have recently purchased the rights to the Timesplitters IP and currently have plans to develop a new game with Deep Silver as its developer. Besides Timesplitters, the rights to Second Sight was also part of the deal.
https://www.destructoid.com/thq-nordic-acquires-irreverent-shooter-series-timesplitters-which-is-now-set-for-a-return--518444.phtml

3) EA announced their Chief Design Officer and former CEO of DICE, Patrick Söderlund, will be leaving the company after a 20 year career with them. Official reason related to him wanting to go in a new direction for his career.
https://www.ea.com/en-ca/news/an-update-on-our-creative-leadership
https://www.destructoid.com/former-dice-chief-patrick-soderlund-is-leaving-electronic-arts-518440.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) According to Sony, Playstation VR recently passed the 3 million sales mark since its launch in late 2016.
https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/08/16/celebrating-3-million-ps-vr-systems-sold/

2) SALES:

Developer inXile Entertainment studio is currently holding a special pre-launch sale for The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep on Steam.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-bard-s-tale-iv-is-permanently-lowering-its-price-in-exchange-for-steam-and-gog-wishlists-518639.phtml
Nintendo revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the eShop.
http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers


3) Telltale Games announced the final episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season is called "Take Us Back" and releases on December 18th.
https://twitter.com/telltalegames/status/1029744527354089474

4) During a recent interview with VG247, Doom Eternal's executive producer Marty Stratton stated extra lives in the game will work as a secondary checkpoint system in the game. Once activated, the player becomes invincible for a short period of time and also acts as a counter for the game's new Invasion mode.
https://www.vg247.com/2018/08/15/doom-eternal-extra-lives/

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently more damaging stuff about IGN's former reviews editor recently popped up.

Besides more alleged incidents of plagiarism, this person was supposedly very lazy when it came to doing prep work of any kind. At least two known incidents with one needing others to bail him out of a report he had to do and another involving an interview where he asked someone for ideas and instead of using it as a basis for topics, just straight up copied their wording for the questions of the actual interview.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) For those with an Amazon Prime account, Amazon announced they are dropping the 20% discount for pre-ordering games in favor of a new $10 in credit program starting on August 28th.
https://amzn.to/2Lahqpk
https://www.destructoid.com/amazon-kills-20-percent-off-pre-orders-for-prime-members-in-favor-of-10-credit-519178.phtml

2) Also for those interested, Devolver Digital announced Metal Wolf Chaos XD has been delayed from a TBA 2018 release to now a mid-2019 release date. No official reason was given for the delay.
https://twitter.com/devolverdigital/status/1031526262462930946

3) If your not interested in the above but still interested in something, IO Interactive announced one of the DLC packs for Hitman 2 is called Hitman Legacy Pack which is pretty much the 2016 episodic Hitman game. It will be available for free who already own the episodic game while everyone else has to pay for it.
https://twitter.com/Hitman/status/1031526513999470592
https://www.destructoid.com/hitman-2-will-feature-the-first-season-as-dlc-519133.phtml

[Destor]

I wonder if these changes means theyll carry 1st party sony games again

[ClockShot]

All the retailers are fucking over the gamers.

Best Buy drops their program. Gamestop, even though they never had some sort of discount, drops theirs. And now Amazon drops their 20% off pre-order deal.

[Destor]

Games are crazy underpriced. No one is fucking us over

[Emperor Smeat]

All the retailers are fucking over the gamers.

Best Buy drops their program. Gamestop, even though they never had some sort of discount, drops theirs. And now Amazon drops their 20% off pre-order deal.
Think its more due to Amazon and others losing a ton more money than expected running these types of programs.

They make very slim profit margins on new games as is and these discounts were cutting into it more than helping for the long run. If these programs were bringing in a lot more money, they'd have no real reason to cut or gut them.

[Sepholio]

Gonna order a bunch of games from Amazon now before they axe it.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) SALES:

Major Nelson revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace.
https://majornelson.com/2018/08/20/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-plus-a-publisher-sale/
Sony revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Playstation Store.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-WEEKLYDEALS/1


2) During the on-going Gamescom expo, Capcom released a new trailer and announced a release date of March 8, 2019 for Devil May Cry 5.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0gBESLaqXFs" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

3) Sega recently released a new trailer and release date of August 27, 2019 for Shenmue III.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cV1CVmpI534" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Destor]

Grandia 1&2 remaster coming to switch and steam

[Destor]

GET HYPED

[Sepholio]

I am bro!

[Destor]

We need to make a jrpg super thread CAUSE THEYRE BACK BABY

[ClockShot]

I got the Spider-Man Special Edition on pre-order from Gamestop. It comes with the statue.

http://www.ungeek.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Spider-Man-PS4-Collectors-Edition.jpg

The statue design was supposed to be revealed sometime during the Summer. Obviously, launch is a few weeks away. Fans were getting anxious and asked Insomniac what's the hold up.

A couple days ago, Insomniac says they aren't releasing the design. They're keeping it under wraps because the Statue could spoil the entire game. In fact, "Don't open the statue until you beat the game" was their exact words.

[Kalyx triaD]

That statue's getting revealed the day of.

[Destor]

Statue os going to be spidey and the sinister 6. Fight me

[ClockShot]

Yeah. Obviously there's gonna be unboxers.

I'm gonna resist the urge.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Ubisoft announced the next main game in the Assassin's Creed series after Odyssey will not be arriving till 2020 at the earliest.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/no-new-assassins-creed-coming-in-2019/1100-6461327/

2) Unlike other notable 3rd party games, the Switch port of Diablo III will not need a separate download for those buying the physical version of the game.
https://www.destructoid.com/you-won-t-have-to-mess-with-any-massive-downloads-when-you-pick-up-diablo-iii-physically-on-switch-519476.phtml

3) Developer Dontnod studio recently released a new gameplay trailer for Life Is Strange 2.
https://youtu.be/s0B6fPNbXLI

4) During this week's on-going Gamescom expo, THQ Nordic released a new trailer for Darksiders III.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BjSa_Y-g_-M" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Emperor Smeat]

For those interested, similar to PS+ and Xbox Live, free-to-play games will not require a paid Nintendo Network subscription in order to be playable online.

https://www.destructoid.com/not-everything-will-require-a-nintendo-subscription-service-to-play-online-including-arena-of-valor-519765.phtml

[alvarado52]

WHY DIDNT ANYONE TELL ME GANG BEASTS IS COMING TO XBOX THIS YEAR!?

[Fignuts]

I DIDN'T KNOW BROTHER HOLY SHIT

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) During a recent interview with Eurogamer, Telltale Games revealed they will be working on a brand new engine for their games in the future after they are finished with the final season of their Walking Dead series.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-08-23-telltale-games-we-have-let-players-down-in-the-past

2) A new Streets of Rage game, Streets of Rage 4, is reported to be currently in development with Lizardcube studio as the developer and to feature "hand drawn" graphics.
https://www.destructoid.com/streets-of-rage-4-with-hand-drawn-visuals-announced-520137.phtml

3) Following the mass shooting incident at an official Madden tournament in Jacksonville over the weekend, EVO officials announced they will be stepping up security at their events starting with next year's EVO tournament. In regards to the Jacksonville incident, the lone gunman was reported to have been a competitor at the Madden tournament who lost a match, left, and then returned with a gun shooting 11 people, killing 2 in the process, before killing himself.
https://twitter.com/MrWiz/status/1033822684197482496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://www.destructoid.com/-update-florida-authorities-are-reporting-a-mass-shooting-at-a-madden-19-tournament-520034.phtml

[ClockShot]

Bandai Namco finally announced Ace Combat 7 for January 18th of next year.

And my god, does it look beautiful.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) SALES & FREEBIES:

Microsoft revealed the games for September's Games With Gold are Prison Architect (Xbox One), Livelock (Xbox One), LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Xbox 360), and Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World (Xbox 360).
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/08/28/games-with-gold-september-2018/
Major Nelson revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace.
https://majornelson.com/2018/08/28/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-plus-two-publisher-sales/
Sony revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the Playstation Store.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-WEEKLYDEALS/1


2) Sony recently revealed a price tag of $25 and the list of contents for Spider-Man's Season Pass. The first DLC pack arrives on October 23rd and each pack costs $10 without the Pass.
https://www.destructoid.com/spider-man-s-web-of-dlc-stretches-out-through-the-end-of-the-year-520322.phtml

3) Capcom announced they are currently working on a remake of Onimusha called Onimusha: Warlords and arrives on January 15, 2019 for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-fantastic-original-onimusha-is-coming-to-pc-ps4-xbox-one-and-switch-520270.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Sega is currently rumored to be considering releasing Japan-only, Yakuza series spin-off game Yakuza Ishin for Western markets based on a recent survey.
https://www.destructoid.com/yakuza-kiwami-2-survey-asks-fans-about-remakes-and-spin-off-localisation-520406.phtml
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-D0ogM3HT_jBDiMJaMNwyV4183888BXJ4GTjuK_5CgU/viewform?edit_requested=true

2) SEGA announced they will be officially debuting a brand new IP from the Yakuza series team at next month's Tokyo Game Show expo.
https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/08/28/yakuza-studio-revealing-new-ip-in-september

2) FREEBIES - Sony revealed the list of games for September's Playstation Plus offerings which includes Destiny 2 (PS4) and God of War III Remastered (PS4) among the 6 games available. Of the games, Destiny 2 is currently available to download early as part of a special preview for the game's new PVP/PVE Gambit mode.
https://www.destructoid.com/destiny-2-is-free-right-now-as-part-of-the-september-playstation-plus-monthly-lineup-520440.phtml

[ClockShot]

Just about a year after release and Destiny 2 is a freebie.

Bungie must be really betting everything on Forsaken and praying it doesn't disappoint. I'd like to know how much Sony has paid all this time for exclusive rights, marketing, etc.

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) EA and DICE announced Battlefield V's release has been delayed by a month with November 20th as the new release date. Official reason related to them needing more time and unofficial reason related to pre-orders being very low due to CoD and Red Dead Redemption 2 being way more popular for this Fall's big releases.
https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-5/news/an-update-on-battlefield-5

2) EA is currently holding a tribute fund to help those affected by last weekend's mass shooting at an official Madden tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. EA also announced they have made an initial donation of $1 million for the fund and will be holding a special Madden live stream on September 6th to help raise money for the fundraiser.
https://www.destructoid.com/electronic-arts-to-hold-live-stream-and-tribute-fund-for-those-affected-by-the-jacksonville-tragedy-520533.phtml

3) Remedy Entertainment announced they are branching out from being a primarily single player story-driven game developer to becoming more of an "ongoing multiplayer" type game developer going forward.
https://www.destructoid.com/remedy-is-looking-to-start-making-ongoing-multiplayer-games--520483.phtml

4) SALES - Nintendo revealed the list of games for this week's sales on the eShop.
http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) SALES - Sony is currently holding a PAX themed Flash Sale on Playstation Store from now till September 4th.
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALE18LP/1?emcid=undefined&smcid=pdc%3Aus-en%3Aweb-pdc-network-store%3Apar_first-Shop%20Now%3Anull%3A

2) Nintendo UK announced Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is currently set to arrive on January 18, 2019 for the Switch.
https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1035542794616623104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

3) Based on recent sales estimates, the software sales of the Switch in Japan is rumored to have recently surpassed the Wii U's lifetime software sales in the region.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-nintendo-switch-beat-out-the-wii-u-s-five-year-total-game-sales-in-japan-in-18-months-520714.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

For those interested, Nintendo is holding a new Direct episode tomorrow focused on their upcoming paid online service and upcoming 3DS & Switch games.

https://www.destructoid.com/-update-where-is-our-switch-online-info-given-that-it-launches-this-month--521361.phtml

[Cool King]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Due to the powerful earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan, we have decided to delay this week’s planned Nintendo Direct. We will provide a new time and date in the near future. Thank you for your understanding. <a href="https://t.co/rr2RDW3jFv">pic.twitter.com/rr2RDW3jFv</a></p>&mdash; Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1037596477009346561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Emperor Smeat]

For those that enjoyed Octopath Traveler, Square Enix recently stated they are currently working on plans for a sequel to be made.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-future-of-octopath-traveler-is-looking-bright-521509.phtml

For those that didn't enjoy or care about Octopath Traveler, you get the choice of:
* Sega announced they have delayed the console patch for Shenmue I & II remastered till September 17th.
https://www.destructoid.com/-update-shenmue-i-ii-will-receive-a-patch-on-consoles-next-week-521196.phtml
OR
* THQ Nordic announced they have recently purchased the rights to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and other assets from former company 38 Studios for an undisclosed sum.
https://twitter.com/THQNordic/status/1037687044464697349

[Destor]

Amalur was a great mythos with mediocre execution

[Helmsphere]

I enjoyed Amalur.

Also been suprised it wasn't backwards compatable on the One. since I own the game in Digital Form.

[Fignuts]

Amalur was a great mythos with mediocre execution

Sounds like Destiny.

[Emperor Smeat]

I enjoyed Amalur.

Also been suprised it wasn't backwards compatable on the One. since I own the game in Digital Form.

Likely a rights issue since until now, believe it was the state of Rhode Island that still owned the IP. EA only owned the publishing rights to the game although not sure if they kept it after the state took over the IP.

[Ultra Mantis]

I blasted through Amalur in about a week when it was put on PS Plus and the writing gave me at least three migraines.

[Destor]

I blasted through Amalur in about a week when it was put on PS Plus and the writing gave me at least three migraines.

I got to the second to last zone and hit s game breaking bug and never picked up again.

[Destor]

Quest wouldn't trigger. Stuck forever.

[Ultra Mantis]

I can't even remember what happened, something about a dark elf, but he wasn't called a dark elf, and everyone just kept using made up words more than they used actual words. There was a kingdom under a tree I think? Green elves? I can't remember anything past that so I must have mentally checked out at the point. Was that even near the end?

[Destor]

I dont think so. I think thats like the first major plot reveal BUT its been years so i dunno

[Ultra Mantis]

Apparently I got a platinum trophy in 8 days and I can't recall a single additional detail from that last post. That pretty much sums up my Kingdoms of Amalur experience.

[Emperor Smeat]

During a recent interview with website Dengeki, Konami revealed they are currently considering the idea of developing a new game in the Zone of the Enders series.

Also stated sales for the remaster of Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner for PS4 and PC will determine if they go ahead with making a new game or not.

https://www.destructoid.com/konami-may-be-up-for-a-new-zone-of-enders-after-all-521649.phtml

[OssMan]

zone of the enders is the freakin best.. but i'm not gonna buy the freakin games that i already played..

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) Update to Yakuza series devs working on a new IP news as SEGA announced the game is called Project JUDGE which is a detective type game, a PS4 exclusive, and set for a Fall 2018 release in Japan and TBA 2019 release for the West.
https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/1039134983200198656
https://www.destructoid.com/solve-crimes-and-kick-ass-with-yakuza-dev-s-project-judge-522121.phtml

2) Square Enix announced a new game in the Kingdom Hearts series called Kingdom Hearts: VR Experience is currently in development for Playstation VR.
https://www.destructoid.com/kingdom-hearts-vr-is-a-thing-coming-to-ps4-this-year-522109.phtml

3) Nintendo recently revealed the list of games that will not support cloud saves when their new paid online service launches. At the moment, 5 games have been confirmed to not support the feature.
https://www.destructoid.com/turns-out-not-every-game-will-support-cloud-saves-on-switch-521799.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) During a recent interview with Destructoid, developer Gunfire Games studio revealed Darksiders III will be an open-world style game and unlike the previous games, this one is influenced more from the Metroid series than the Zelda series.
https://www.destructoid.com/darksiders-iii-is-taking-a-gamble-on-some-major-structural-changes-522307.phtml

2) Update to THQ Nordic purchasing the rights to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning news as the company announced due to EA still owning the game's publishing rights, they can't start working on a remaster unless they get EA's approval first.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-09-10-a-thq-nordic-kingdoms-of-amalur-remaster-would-require-the-go-ahead-from-ea

3) Insomniac Games announced a future update for their recently released Spider-Man game on the PS4 will include a New Game Plus mode.
https://twitter.com/insomniacgames/status/1039246320815337472

4) Rocksteady Games is currently rumored to be working on a new unannounced "AAA Next-Gen" game based on recent job postings.
https://www.destructoid.com/rocksteady-are-hiring-staff-for-an-upcoming-aaa-next-gen-title--522254.phtml

[ClockShot]

Darksiders 3 going the Metroid route, eh? Should be awesome regardless.

Chatter around the internet is that Rocksteady might be doing a Superman game.

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently EA might end up causing loot box systems to be banned in all of Europe instead of just Belgium and the Netherlands due to their refusal to follow Belgian laws against gambling.

Basis involves the Belgian (and Dutch) government recently declared loot boxes to be a form of gambling and are requiring gaming companies to follow those laws in order to keep their games legal for sale.

Activision and Blizzard removed loot boxes from their games in dispute, 2K Games pulled their loot boxes and asked fans to tell their government to change the decision, and others tweaked their loot box systems to be compliant. EA decided to give the equivalent of a middle finger and kept selling loot boxes after being warned to stop.

Now EA is currently facing a lawsuit over the issue and instead of settling, want to fight it in court thinking they can overturn it or pay off people to make the issue go away. Instead the current feeling is EA is going to lose big time and screw other publishers in the process.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/09/10/belgian-ea-fifa-loot-boxes-court-case/
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/276779-ea-may-get-sued-over-fifa-loot-crates-in-belgium

[Kalyx triaD]

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

It should have been handled within the hobby.

[Emperor Smeat]

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/articles/2018-09-10-ea-may-go-to-court-over-loot-boxes-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-nintendo-switch-online-service-launches-on-september-18-with-a-seven-day-free-trial-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/2018/9/9/17838210/spider-man-ps4-game-insomniac-easter-egg-marriage-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-creed-odyssey-s-season-pass-includes-assassin-s-creed-iii-and-liberation-remasters-522572.phtml

[Fignuts]

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

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FtRRVGCZ4XE" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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

[Destor]

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

[Destor]

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

[Destor]

LUIGI MANSION 3 HYPE THO

[Fignuts]

All those Final Fantasy games on switch is cool.

[Destor]

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

[Emperor Smeat]

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-nes-titles-on-your-switch-will-require-a-weekly-check-in-522781.phtml
https://www.destructoid.com/-update-the-switch-will-soon-get-a-proper-d-pad-in-the-form-of-an-nes-joy-con-522630.phtml

[Drakul]

* Similar to the PS4 & Playstation Plus, need to have an active subscription in order to maintain access to your cloud saves.

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

[Fignuts]

lol that's so fucked.

[Destor]

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

[Kalyx triaD]

CoD Blackout BR is pretty good.

[Emperor Smeat]

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-gambling-regulators-converge-on-the-blurring-of-gambling-and-gaming-523156.phtml
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-17-australian-investigation-finds-loot-boxes-are-pscyholgocially-akin-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-worthless-gold-coins-from-my-nintendo-can-be-used-to-pay-for-switch-online-memberships-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-fargo-will-try-to-buy-back-interplay-if-the-bard-s-tale-iv-sells-well-enough-523181.phtml

[Swiss Ultimate]

<a href="https://www.shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantID=11212&userID=1849683&productID=656349050" target="_blank"><img alt="Super Mario Block Light" src="https://images.vat19.com/covers/large/question-block-light.jpg" border="0"></a>

[Swiss Ultimate]

<a href="https://www.shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantID=27868&userID=1849683&productID=628177238" target="_blank"><img alt="SYMA X5HW Wifi FPV Drone RC Quadcopter - Blue" src="https://img.tttcdn.com/product/xy/500/500/p/gu1/tomtopsite/R/RM5074BL/RM5074BL-14586593692861.jpg" border="0"></a>

[Savio]

guy "made" the worst SMM level ever:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iPl_ph19WsY" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Destor]

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

[Emperor Smeat]

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-capcom-terminates-vancouver-studio-projects-expects-huge-losses-of-4-5-billion-yen-523248.phtml
https://gamedaily.biz/article/250/capcom-vancouver-runs-into-financial-trouble-amid-companys-overall-record-breaking-revenue

[Kalyx triaD]

Sad but necessary.

[Emperor Smeat]

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-studio-capcom-vancouver-shuts-down-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-releasing-a-playstation-classic-later-this-year-for-100-523391.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/1042450852542328840

[Savio]

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

[Emperor Smeat]

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-end-vita-production-in-2019-goodnight-sweet-proprietary-prince-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-man-s-opening-sales-beat-god-of-war-523705.phtml
https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1042775621074669568

3) Capcom recently released a new story-based trailer for Resident Evil 2 Remake.
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[Emperor Smeat]

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-after-mass-layoffs-telltale-is-down-to-around-25-employees-523855.phtml

[ClockShot]

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.

[Emperor Smeat]

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.

[Kalyx triaD]

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

[Disturbed316]

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.

[ClockShot]

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.

[DAMN iNATOR]

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.

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.

[Destor]

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

[Emperor Smeat]

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/report-telltale-games-shutting-down-the-wolf-among-us-2-and-stranger-things-canceled

[Fignuts]

lol

[Emperor Smeat]

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-s-closure-doesn-t-necessarily-mean-the-stranger-things-game-is-dead-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/devil-may-cry-5-lets-you-spend-real-money-to-upgra/1100-6461972

3) Kojima Productions recently released a new trailer for Death Stranding.
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[Emperor Smeat]

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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.

[Tom Guycott]

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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[Emperor Smeat]

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/2018/09/25/nintendo-will-let-you-recover-cloud-saves-up-to-6-months-after-your-switch-online-subscription-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/former-telltale-games-employee-files-class-action-/1100-6462029/

3) Warner Bros recently released a new trailer for Hitman 2.
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[DAMN iNATOR]

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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.

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.

[Destor]

Yeah they should get severance from the money they dont have

Also rumor mill says it might be finished as a comic

[Emperor Smeat]

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-it-sony-finally-caved-to-cross-platform-play-complaints-with-a-fortnite-ps4-beta-524530.phtml
https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1044994272519487488?s=19
https://www.destructoid.com/psyonix-vp-is-really-happy-about-sony-s-cross-play-decision-but-doesn-t-have-any-updates-on-rocket-league-at-the-moment-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-super-mario-party-is-a-rare-case-of-no-handheld-support-for-switch-no-pro-controllers-either-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-walking-dead-s-final-season-has-been-purged-from-digital-storefronts-524485.phtml

[DAMN iNATOR]

Yeah they should get severance from the money they dont have

Also rumor mill says it might be finished as a comic

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

[Destor]

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

[Emperor Smeat]

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/psx-skipping-2018-as-sony-confirms-no-playstation-/1100-6462142/

[Destor]

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

[DAMN iNATOR]

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

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:

[Kalyx triaD]

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.

[Destor]

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.

[Destor]

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

[Kalyx triaD]

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.

[Emperor Smeat]

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-the-odds-princess-bowser-concept-spotted-in-new-mario-art-book-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-might-bring-shenmue-to-switch-if-enough-people-want-it-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/xenoblade-chronicles-2-sales-outside-japan-far-exceeded-monolith-softs-expectations

[Emperor Smeat]

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/2018/10/01/ubisofts-creative-head-talks-the-future-of-assassins-creed-and-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-says-its-assessing-resident-evil-7-switch-to-see-if-they-should-release-more-cloud-based-games-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-of-the-witcher-series-is-demanding-more-compensation-from-cd-projekt-red-525374.phtml

[Swiss Ultimate]

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[Emperor Smeat]

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-just-laid-off-its-last-remaining-employees-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-say-theyre-preparing-for-psn-name-chang-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/nintendo-plans-new-version-of-switch-next-year-1538629322

[DAMN iNATOR]

<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>

[Emperor Smeat]

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/status/1047890517126729730

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/castlevania-requiem-will-not-use-symphony-of-the-night-s-original-localization-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/latest-october-2018-windows-update-gaming-features/

[Disturbed316]

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.

[Emperor Smeat]

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/cyberpunk-2077-is-getting-extra-help-from-a-multiplayer-focused-studio-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/microsoft-announces-huge-cloud-gaming-initiative-project-xcloud-so-people-can-play-halo-anywhere--526237.phtml
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzV_xrisMko

[DAMN iNATOR]

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.

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.

[Kalyx triaD]

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.

[Tom Guycott]

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.

[Tom Guycott]

... 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...

[Emperor Smeat]

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-ops-4-s-physical-release-won-t-work-without-a-day-one-patch-526258.phtml
https://www.destructoid.com/black-ops-4-s-day-one-patch-is-a-whopping-50-gb-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/2018/10/rumour_promo_booklet_suggests_team_sonic_racing_might_be_delayed_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-is-close-to-buying-obsidian-1829614135

[DAMN iNATOR]

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.

[Emperor Smeat]

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.

To make the change from xxxSniperJoe420xxx to "MyWifeIsMyLife2012" you'll merely need to head to the settings menu or profile section of the PS4. Sony will allow you to display both IDs at the same time so your friends will know you made a change and don't get confused.

Here's the kicker, because with Sony there usually is one: the name change won't actually work for every game. Sony says the feature is "only compatible with PS4 games originally published after April 2018." They say that not all games and apps will support the ID change (what?) and that "errors may occur." During the preview program you can revert back if the errors are so busted that you can't use programs correctly. Sony will provide a list of supported ID change games (again, this is bizarre that it doesn't just work universally, and a glimpse into Sony's odd infrastructure).

November 2018 is the planned date for the preview program with a full roll out in "early 2019."

https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2018/10/10/psn-online-id-change-feature-enters-playstation-preview-program-soon/

[DAMN iNATOR]

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:

[Destor]

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

Titles sell consoles not changing you name

[Emperor Smeat]

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-planning-to-remaster-some-classic-command-conquer-games-on-pc-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-s-creed-odyssey-had-the-franchise-s-best-launch-this-gen-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/fortnite-on-android-how-to-download-the-game/1100-6462465/

[DAMN iNATOR]

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

Titles sell consoles not changing you name

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.

[Kalyx triaD]

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

[Ultra Mantis]

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.

[Emperor Smeat]

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.

[Kalyx triaD]

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

[Emperor Smeat]

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-unveils-road-to-2020-plan-which-includes-concurrent-worldwide-releases-and-reinvigorating-idle-ip--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-duty-black-ops-4-digital-sales-rocket-physical-sales-plummet-in-uk-charts-527167.phtml
https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackops4/comments/9nllzg/this_is_how_emote_peeking_works_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-malicious-message-bug-may-be-soft-locking-playstation-4-consoles-527021.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

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-ops-4-sold-very-well-online-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-store-global-beta-is-live-38bfd044d648

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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

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

[Kalyx triaD]

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

Nope.

[Emperor Smeat]

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/epic-games-sues-youtuber-over-fortnite-cheats/
https://www.destructoid.com/fortnite-youtubers-are-being-sued-by-epic-games-for-alleged-promotion-of-cheating-527423.phtml

[Fignuts]

Good. Throw the fucking book at them.

[Fignuts]

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

[Fignuts]

Heavy books.

[Fignuts]

Tomes.

[DAMN iNATOR]

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

[Fignuts]

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

[Emperor Smeat]

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-looking-to-bring-back-ex-telltale-staff-to-complete-the-walking-dead-the-final-season-527701.phtml
https://www.destructoid.com/skybound-to-hold-an-ama-about-the-walking-dead-the-final-season-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-quietly-removes-nba-playgrounds-from-digital-storefronts-527673.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

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-is-reportedly-canceled-as-oculus-co-founder-leaves-facebook-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/jade-raymond-leaves-ea-samantha-ryan-takes-over-montreal-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-magazines-gamestm-and-gamesmaster-to-release-final-issues-next-month-527746.phtml

[Destor]

VR has no future

[Fignuts]

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.

[Kalyx triaD]

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.

[ClockShot]

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

Same thing happened with Amy Hennig.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Emperor Smeat]

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.

[Kalyx triaD]

Why would they, tho?

[Destor]

There is no consumer demand.

[Big Vic]

Slender Man would make a great VR game.

[Emperor Smeat]

Why would they, tho?

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.

[Emperor Smeat]

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-producer-to-hold-anthem-live-stream-next-week-528167.phtml

[Kalyx triaD]

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

"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.

[Emperor Smeat]

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/battlefield-v-s-battle-royale-mode-isn-t-even-out-until-march-528326.phtml
https://www.battlefield.com/news/launch-of-battlefield-5-is-just-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-artist-and-voice-actor-teases-return-to-role-with-goofy-tweet-528273.phtml

3) IO Interactive recently released a new trailer showcasing all the locations for Hitman 2.
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[Emperor Smeat]

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/status/1055490414382219264

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/1055836450313433095

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/topic/20767608504?page=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/2018/10/25/playstation-blogcast-311-no-bones-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-games-culture-of-crunch-1829936466
https://www.vg247.com/2018/10/23/rockstar-games-crunch-overtime-game-credits-work/

[ClockShot]

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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[Kalyx triaD]

Killed the 2B created character industry.

[Big Vic]

Playstation classic lineup:

It’s a pretty solid list, all told, including some of the console’s truly classic titles and representing a wide range of genres, from fighting to racing to RPG to, well, carjacking. The miniature console is available for preorder now, hitting the U.S. and Canada on December 3. The system also ships with two controllers.

Here’s the full list of titles.

Battle Arena Toshinden
Cool Boarders 2
Destruction Derby
Final Fantasy VII
Grand Theft Auto
Intelligent Qube
Jumping Flash
Metal Gear Solid
Mr Driller
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
Rayman
Resident Evil Director’s Cut
Revelations: Persona
Ridge Racer Type 4
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Syphon Filter
Tekken 3
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
Twisted Metal
Wild Arms

[Fignuts]

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

[Destor]

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.

[Kalyx triaD]

Super Mario 64 is mechanically immortal.

[ClockShot]

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

[Emperor Smeat]

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-of-prototype-mobile-xbox-controllers-surface-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/playstation-classic-confirms-its-full-final-list-of-20-games-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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[Destor]

Super Mario 64 is mechanically immortal.

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.

[Ultra Mantis]

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.

[Kalyx triaD]

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.

Creative vision and leadership.

[Destor]

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.

[Destor]

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.

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

[Ultra Mantis]

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

[Destor]

The issue with a ps1 classic has got to be licensing

[Destor]

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

[Destor]

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

[Kalyx triaD]

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

[Destor]

Psx and ps2 had tons of amazing exclusives tho

[Destor]

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

[Ultra Mantis]

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

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.

[Savio]

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