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Old 02-10-2023, 09:54 PM   #14881
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Here take this and forget that it's been 6 years since we announced Metroid Prime 4.
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Old 02-13-2023, 12:17 PM   #14882
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Not really excited for breath of the wild 2... first one was nice and really really long... got kinda bored by the end... dnt want more of it

I loved the "linear" zelda games but diaper babies had to go throw a tantrum after skyward sword...
SKyward Sword was pretty trash honestly.
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Old 02-13-2023, 01:27 PM   #14883
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That diaper baby Ossman is just throwing a tantrum.
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Old 02-13-2023, 02:43 PM   #14884
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Nah, I know what he means. There's something to be said about a tighter, more focused experience. I enjoy BOTW, but I wouldn't want every game to be open world going forward.
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Old 02-13-2023, 06:24 PM   #14885
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Agreed. Feels like we lost the old Zelda format for good
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SKyward Sword was pretty trash honestly.
I thought it was pretty good and had a mostly great time playing it with motion controls but Nintendo did make two serious flaws with it.

The first being they somehow managed to make a sidekick character way more annoying and worse than Navi.

The other being the first couple hours of the game drags a ton because its very story and setup heavy. Don't remember if its after you leave the sky island or first encounter with the first main bad guy where the game really starts to open up.

Actually three big flaws since I just remember whenever you start a new play session, the game acts as if you never grabbed any items before and plays the music tone with pop up text box. Doesn't matter if its for stuff you already have, the game will still do it for some unexplained reason.
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Today's News:

* According to a report from Sky Sports, EA is currently in the process of signing a deal with the English Premier League for the upcoming debut of their non-FIFA EA Sports FC soccer series. EA reportedly is paying around £488 million ($588 million) for a six-year deal with the EPL for their new soccer series.
Link: https://www.skysports.com/football/n...aker-ea-sports

* For those interested, Deep Silver and developer Dambuster Studios announced that their upcoming Dead Island 2 recently reached gold status and will now be releasing a week earlier than previously scheduled on April 21st.
Link: https://twitter.com/deadislandgame/s...47886643150852

* Nintendo is currently dealing with a controversy regarding the recent release of their Metroid Prime Remaster game. This controversy revolves around the exclusion of credits from several of those who had worked on the remaster and original Gamecube games.
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Metroid Prime Remastered shadow-dropped as part of last week’s Nintendo Direct. And while players have been enjoying the refreshed version of Samus’ adventure, some developers are calling out issues with credits for the work on both Metroid Prime Remastered and its origins.

Former Prime developer Zoid Kirsch shared this screenshot of the credits over the weekend, which uses a blanket phrase to credit the teams that worked on both Metroid Prime and its Wii version.

“While many studios did amazing work on the remaster, I’m letdown Metroid Prime‘s Remaster does not include the full original game credits,” said Kirsch. “I worked with so many amazing people on the game and everyone’s name should be included in the remaster, not just a single card like this.”

You can see the credits for yourself in uploaded game completion VODs like this one. Though it attributes Retro staff, as well as Airship Images Limited, Gamesim, Iron Galaxy Studios, and others who worked on the project, it does close with one solitary block for the original GameCube game and the Wii version.

Former developer Jack Mathews called it a travesty, not just for his own work on the original that could have been replaced, but for others’ that may have stuck through to the final remaster.
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Old 02-14-2023, 07:54 PM   #14888
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Based on a recent report from the The UK Competition and Markets Authority, Microsoft admitted that their Games Pass model has been mostly negative when it comes to long-term game sales for games released on their Xbox Marketplace.

The main issue is while the service has been a big success and great revenues generator for Microsoft, it comes at a big cost for publishers and developers in terms of their game sales cratering after their games are removed from Game Pass rotation.

This contradicts earlier statements made by Xbox boss Phil Spencer who stated that Game Pass would be a long-term benefit for game sales.

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Xbox has confirmed that the launch of its hugely successful Xbox Game Pass subscription service has had a notable negative impact on the long-term sales prospects of many of the titles added to its rotating catalog of games.

The admission comes as part of a report by The UK Competition and Markets Authority, (as seen by GamesIndustry.biz) which was commissioned as part of Microsoft’s proposed purchase of publisher Activision Blizzard. According to the report, many titles that were made temporarily available in the Game Pass service then saw a decline in physical/digital sales for the 12-month period following their removal from the service.

The average percentage by which sales have declined was redacted from the record.

While it would make sense that players would leap on the opportunity to play the latest games as part of their subscription, rather than roll out $30-$60 elsewhere, the admission is notable as it contradicts previous comments by Xbox head of gaming Phil Spencer, who had suggested that adding a title to the Game Pass service boosted its long-term sales, rather than reduced them.

“When you put a game like Forza Horizon 4 on Game Pass, you instantly have more players of the game, which is actually leading to more sales of the game,” Spencer told GI.biz back in 2018. “You say, ‘Well isn’t everyone just going to subscribe for $10 and go play this thing?’ But no, gamers find things to play based on what everybody else is playing.”

But it seems, according to the CMA’s report, that the numbers themselves are proving quite the opposite.
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Old 02-14-2023, 09:19 PM   #14889
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I love gamespass but this was obviously going to happen from day 1. Price increases probably incoming to pay all these people more so they won't quit putting their games on the service.
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Old 02-15-2023, 09:32 AM   #14890
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Guys?! You like Gamepass right? WELL here's ULTIMATE 2.0!!!!




Gamers: YES! WE LIKE GAMEPASS VERY MUCHLY!!

Xbox: No... not like that.
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Old 02-15-2023, 05:40 PM   #14891
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I don't know how an average intelligence person could believe what streaming subscription services did to music and movies wouldn't happen with videogames.
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Today's News:

* According to a report from Video Games Chronicle, Activision Blizzard recently sent an internal memo mandating all of their employees to return to a partial in-office work schedule starting this Spring. This reportedly will be done in phases with Activision staff returning to their office workplace this April and Blizzard staff returning this July. All employees reportedly will be required to work at least 3 days a week in their office. It was also reported that this new mandate was made against the wishes of some employees who are still concerned over health issues related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and other issues related to costs and stress with daily commutes and office work.
Link: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/...n-its-claimed/ , https://www.destructoid.com/activisi...date-in-april/

* The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund reportedly recently increased their ownership stake in Nintendo from 6.07% to 7.08% within the past month. The announcement was first made by Saudi Arabia's BRHM account on Twitter and later confirmed by financial website Trading View.
Link: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-...intendo-to-708

* Microsoft is currently scheduled to attend a closed hearing with the European Union's Commissioner for Competition on February 21st in Brussels in regards to the ongoing legal issues over their attempt to purchase Activation Blizzard. This hearing had been requested by Micorosft following the EU's recent antitrust warning against the company over their proposed purchase.
Link: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/micros...on-february-21

* Platinum Games announced on Twitter that Bayonetta 3 has sold around 1 million copies since its launch this past October. This also makes Bayonetta 3 the fastest selling game in series history as a result.
Link: https://twitter.com/platinumgames/st...36247601852417
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For those interested in the new Wild Hearts game for PC, EA and developer Koei Tecmo recently released the minimum and recommended specs for the game.

In terms of harddrive space, it was stated that the game will require at least 80GB of free space in order to be playable.

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Wild Hearts PC system requirements

2023 seems to be the beginning of the end for those who have a PS4, Xbox One, and ultimately an outdated PC. More games like Wild Hearts and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will be leaving earlier platforms in the dust. This means that you may need to beef up your PC if you want to play this epic monster-hunting game. Here are all the Wild Hearts system requirements you’ll need:

OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 (VRAM 6GB) / Radeon RX 5500 XT (VRAM 8GB)
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 80 GB

You’ll also need a stable internet connection to get into the chaos of Wild Hearts and join your buddies in their fight against these beasts.

Wild Hearts Recommended Hardware

To experience Wild Hearts in all of its graphical glory, you’ll need an impressive graphics card and 16GB of RAM. Let’s go over all the recommended hardware that should be in your PC for the best performance of Wild Hearts.

OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce RTX 2070 (VRAM 8GB) / Radeon RX 5700 XT (VRAM 8GB)
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 80 GB

On the Steam page for the game, EA and Koei Tecmo recommend you also use a surround sound system or headset to get the most immersive experience possible within Wild Hearts.
Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1938010/WILD_HEARTS/ , https://www.destructoid.com/wild-hea...nded-settings/
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Today's News:

* Activision Blizzard is currently dealing with more workplace related issues following the poor reception from employees over a recent internal Q&A meeting, according to Game Developer. This meeting reportedly was led by Blizzard president Mike Ybarra and covered employee issues with stack ranking which Ybarra downplayed as being a problem, AB's newest mandate requiring staff to return to partial in-office work, and staff being told they would only receive 58% of their profit sharing bonus for the year. Ybarra also reportedly managed to upset those in AB's quality assurance and customer service departments after comments he made that was implied to be hinting at potential pay cuts or lack of raises and layoffs in those departments.
Link: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/cultur...es-devs-fuming , https://www.destructoid.com/blizzard...eeting-report/

* Firaxis Games announced earlier today on Twitter that a new game in the Sid Meier's Civilization series is currently in development.
Link: https://twitter.com/CivGame/status/1626582239453540352

* Firaxis Games also announced that longtime game director Jake Soloman and studio lead Steve Martin both have recently left the company after 20 year careers there. Soloman and Martin stated on Twitter that the reasons for their departures was due to them both wanting to go in a new direction for their careers.
Link: https://www.destructoid.com/firaxis/

* Indie developer Ghost Ship Games, developer of Deep Rock Galactic, announced on Twitter that they have recently launched a new publishing department called Ghost Ship Publishing to help publish indie games from outside the company.
Link: https://twitter.com/GhostShip_Games/...53169255297024
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Ugggggggggggggggh.

God damn, Firaxis. Can we get a new Pirates! game already?!
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Today's News:

* Ubisoft recently clarified comments made by their CEO Yves Guillemot that teased this tear's E3 might not take place due to the high level dropouts by Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz, Ubisoft stated "E3 is a special moment for our industry and we are excited to showcase our strong line-up in Los Angeles in June. We are still finalizing the details of our plans and look forward to sharing more soon.” The ESA recently stated that this year's event will still be going on as scheduled despite the high profile abscesses.
Link: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisof...ed-for-e3-2023

* For those interested, Blizzard recently announced that they will be holding beta tests for their upcoming Diablo IV game this March. This upcoming beta was stated to feature most of the game's first act, a level cap of 25, and most of the main and side quests will be playable from this portion of the game. It was also announced that those who pre-order the game will get early access to the closed beta from March 17-19 while the open beta will be available to everyone from March 24-26.
Link: https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-...off-next-month , https://www.destructoid.com/diablo-i...ites-blizzard/

* For those interested in the physical version of Metroid Prime Remastered, the physical game includes a reversible cover art.
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Today's News:

* Sony announced that they will be holding a new State of Play episode this Thursday at 4PM EST. It was also announced that this upcoming episode will focus mainly on third party games arriving within the near future for PS5 and PSVR2. It was also announced that the marquee game to be showcased will be Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Link: https://twitter.com/PlayStation/stat...77150380363777

* As part of their on-going efforts to convince the FTC, European Commission, and other government bodies to approve their deal to purchase Activision Blizzard, Microsoft President Brad Smoith announced that the company has recently signed a deal with Nintendo to provide 10-year support for the Call of Duty series on Nintendo platforms. This deal also includes future CoD series games to be launched on the same day for Nintendo platforms as is currently done for Xbox and Playstation platforms.
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* Sony announced that they will be holding a new State of Play episode this Thursday at 4PM EST. It was also announced that this upcoming episode will focus mainly on third party games arriving within the near future for PS5 and PSVR2. It was also announced that the marquee game to be showcased will be Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Link: https://twitter.com/PlayStation/stat...77150380363777

* As part of their on-going efforts to convince the FTC, European Commission, and other government bodies to approve their deal to purchase Activision Blizzard, Microsoft President Brad Smoith announced that the company has recently signed a deal with Nintendo to provide 10-year support for the Call of Duty series on Nintendo platforms. This deal also includes future CoD series games to be launched on the same day for Nintendo platforms as is currently done for Xbox and Playstation platforms.
Link: https://twitter.com/BradSmi/status/1627926790172811264
Microsoft also cut a deal with Nvidia to bring all their PC games to Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming service. Including Activision-Blizzard games if the deal eventually goes through.

https://www.ign.com/articles/microso...to-geforce-now


Sounds like Microsoft's plan is to go around to everyone who's against the Activision purchase and cut deals with them so not as many other gaming or tech companies will make a big stink out of it.
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* EVO recently released the full list of games and changes for this year's EVO 2023 event. The games announced for main stage tournaments are Street Fighter 6, Guilty Gear Strive, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, The King of Fighters XV, Melty Blood: Type Lumina, Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, and Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. In regards to changes for this year's event, only the Top 6 fights will be aired instead of the previous Top 8 format in order to cut back on the length of the Grand Final stream over issues with matches for certain games going well past their allocated times.
Link: https://twitter.com/EVO/status/1628212520120094720 , https://www.destructoid.com/evo-2023...-stage-lineup/

* For those interested, Nintendo announced they will be holding a special Nintendo Direct episode on March 9 focusing on their upcoming Super Mario Bros film. This Direct will also feature the final new trailer for the film.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66j31wFLB_s

* Capcom announced that they have recently started development for a free VR DLC pack for their upcoming Resident Evil 4 Remake game for PS5 and Playstation VR 2 headset.
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* Valve announced that they recently perma banned over 40,000 accounts from their DOTA 2 game via a "honeypot" trap that was specifically designed to catch players who have been using cheats for the game. It was also stated that this trap would not have been accessible to those who have been playing the game normally so there was no potential false positive cases from those caught.
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Valve confirms it has permanently banned over 40,000 accounts associated with a known cheat in Dota 2. And it did so by creating a trap laid specifically just to lure users of that specific cheat out.

In a blog entitled “Cheaters Will Never Be Welcome in Dota,” Valve outlines how exactly this came to be. The company doesn’t name the cheat or what it did, but does confirm that the software was able to access information used internally by the Dota 2 client that “wasn’t visible during normal gameplay.”

Though fixing the cheat was important, Valve also decided to remove those using the cheat from the active playerbase. So as soon as the studio understood the methodology behind the cheat, Valve issued a patch that created a honeypot. A section of game data inside the client would never be read during normal gameplay, but it could be read by the cheats.

As you might imagine, this cordoned-off area created a ledger of users who were using the exploit. Valve says it has “extremely high confidence” that every ban was “well-deserved.”
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* The next game in the Mortal Kombat series, Mortal Kombat 12, was officially announced during an investor's meeting held today by Warner Bros Discovery. It was also announced that this upcoming game is currently scheduled to be released by the end of this year.
Link: https://www.destructoid.com/mortal-k...er-bros-games/

* According to a report from Eurogamer, the Ukrainian government is currently planning to send an official letter to Micorsoft, Sony, and Valve asking for the recently released Atomic Heart game to be pulled and sales banned from their online stores due to their issues with developer's Mudfish ties to the Russian government. Besides issues with Russian government ties, the game is also currently dealing with several other controversies including its handling of data collection from players, sexual exploitation and potential homophobic issues alleged to be directed towards an Ukrainian political party leader, and a racist cartoon image of an African tribal person discovered in the game.
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* Valve recently released their full schedule of major sales and fests for Steam for this year.
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* For those interested, Larian Studios announced that their upcoming Baldur's Gate 3 game will be released on PC, Mac, and PS5 on August 31st.
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Nintendo confirmed reports that they won't be participating in this year's E3 event but also stated that this does not mean they are dropping support for future E3 events.

Official reason given for them not appearing this year is due to schedule-related issues.

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Nintendo is confirming reports that it will not be attending E3 2023. Today, the company says the event doesn’t fit into its plans for the year.

“We approach our involvement in any event on a case-by-case basis and are always considering various ways to engage with our fans,” said Nintendo in a statement, via IGN. “Since this year’s E3 show didn’t fit into our plans, we have made the decision to not participate. However, we have been and continue to be a strong supporter of the ESA and E3.”

IGN previously reported that Nintendo, alongside Sony and Microsoft, would not be attending this year’s E3. Xbox will be hosting its own event in Los Angeles, but it won’t be on the E3 show floor in the Los Angeles Convention Center ...

The overall wariness is notable, though. It might just be an issue of timing; Nintendo will have launched Tears of the Kingdom already by June, leaving just Pikmin 4 left on the docket. Sony hasn’t been part of E3 for years now. But that does raise the question: who will be at E3 2023?
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Between Nintendo Directs and TGS there is no reason for them to do E3 anymore anyways. I loved E3 and used to be hyped for it every year. But now? It's unnecessary.
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Today's News:

* Pokemon Company announced they have recently partnered with Netflix for the production of a new series called Pokemon Concierge on the service. It was announced that French animation studio Dwarf Studios is developing this upcoming new series, episodes will be featured in a stop-motion animation style, and a premiere date of "coming soon."
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvgPiewDncQ , https://www.destructoid.com/pokemon-...imated-series/

* For those that enjoy both sleeping and gaming, Pokemon Company also announced that their upcoming Pokemon Sleep game will be arriving later this year for Andriod and iOS mobile devices.
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Shown as part of today’s February 27 Pokemon Presents, Pokemon Sleep is a lifestyle app that tracks your sleep data. By simply activating the app and going to sleep,

You’ll be able to unlock different Pokemon and their sleep styles. You’ll start with styles like Dozing, Snoozing, and Slumbering, and gradually pick up more as you sleep.

This app will also work with the Pokemon Go Plus+ device announced today, helping you track sleep and even hear lullabies from special monsters.
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* For those interested, Bungie recently released the install sizes and server maintenance downtime waits for the upcoming Lightfall expansion pack for their Destiny 2 game for the game's various platforms.
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Planned server downtime

To allow for as seamless a process as possible, Bungie has announced that it will be taking the Destiny 2 servers offline for a full 24 hours. During this period, preloading Lightfall will become available. Luckily, Bungie has also detailed the install sizes needed for each platform. Starting at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM GMT on February 27, the Destiny 2 servers will be taken offline, with players being removed from activities 15 minutes prior to this. Players have until this time to wrap up any Season of the Seraph objectives as well as earn the seals for any of the seasons since the launch of The Witch Queen a year ago. This includes Season of the Risen, Season of the Haunted, Season of the Plunder, and Season of the Seraph. After this time, all of this content will be removed from the game.

Lightfall install size

Bungie has warned that the install size for Lightfall will be quite hefty, but following the initial load, the game will take up less space and see improved loading times. Most notably, Bungie has warned that anyone playing the PlayStation 4 version will need additional space to install the game, around 80GB, but that the old files will be removed after the installation is complete. PC users on both Steam and Epic Games Store will need at least 223GB of free space in order to preload Lightfall. There’s a helpful article on Bungie’s website that details this in full.
PlayStation 5

Install size: 102.6GB
Storage space required for the preload: 102.6GB

Xbox Series X|S

Install size: 108.59GB
Storage space required for the preload: 108.59GB

PlayStation 4

Install size: 88.21GB
Storage space required for the preload: 184.64GB

Xbox One

Install size: 89.21GB
Storage space required for the preload: 89.21GB

Steam

Install size: 102.50GB
Storage space required for the preload: 233.2GB

Epic Games Store

Install size: 101.51GB
Storage space required for the preload: 223.3GB

Microsoft Store

Install size: 102.13GB
Storage space required for the preload: 223.3GB

Players should note that the install size may vary dependent on the languages installed, and the install size shown is the maximum that may be needed.

So when can we play?!

Destiny 2: Lightfall servers will go live on Tuesday, February 28 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM GMT. All players are required to download and apply the latest updates available for Destiny on their platform whether they have purchased Lightfall or not.
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* For those interested, Bandai Namco and developer Fromsoft announced that the upcoming DLC expansion pack for Elden Ring, called Shadow of the Erdtree, is currently in development.
Link: https://twitter.com/ELDENRING/status...78058103734274

* Square Enix announced they will be merging with Luminous Productions, developer of Forspoken, this May. It was also announced that this merger is part of their current medium term plans for the company and to help boost Square's portfolio and production of AAA tier games.
Link: https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/n...cement_EN.html

* According to a report from Kotaku, Ubisoft's Montpelier studio is currently dealing with serious workplace related issues. These issues reportedly revolve around overworked employees causing them to take extended periods of time to recuperate and also led to the managing director Guillaume Carmona recently leaving the company. Besides internal workplace issues, the studio is also currently under investigation by French government body Inspection du Travail (Labor Inspection) over possible violations of French Labor laws. For some reference, this studio is the developer of long delayed Beyond Good & Evil 2 game.
Link: https://kotaku.com/beyond-good-evil-...eed-1850164420

* For those interested, Universal Studios announced that they have pushed up the release date for their upcoming The Super Mario Bros. Movie from its previously scheduled date of April 7th to a new date of April 5th.
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* The Communication Workers of America (CWA) recently filed charges against Activision Blizzard over claims that the company violated labor laws in regards to their recent firing of two Q&A employees. According to Kotaku, these firings revolved around AB's recent mandate for the partial return to in-office work for their entire workforce which led to two employees having a heated exchange with management that then led to a disciplinary meeting resulting in their firings. The CWA is also claiming that AB fired the two people for engaging in union protected activity and also denied requests for a third worker to be present at the disciplinary meeting. As a result of the CWA's charges, the National Labor Relations Board is currently expected to investigate AB over these issues, according to GamesIndustry.boz.
Link: https://kotaku.com/activision-accuse...r-r-1850171073 , https://www.gamesindustry.biz/cwa-pr...-two-employees

* Telltale Games announced that they have recently delayed their upcoming The Wolf Among Us 2 game to a new date of TBA 2024. The official reason given was due to them changing the game's engine from Unreal 4 to Unreal 5 and wanting to avoid crunch time had they pushed forward with a release in this year.
Link: https://www.ign.com/articles/the-wol...o-avoid-crunch

* EA reportedly recently fired around 200 Q&A testers from their Apex Legends game, according to Kotaku. It was reported that these firings targeted all of EA's Baton Rouge-based testing team and was done without prior warning in a Zoom call meeting held yesterday. One tester who was fired stated that they were told by EA that the reason for their firings was due to "QA doesn't currently reflect their demographics, which is a completely insane thing to tell staff from a majority-black city that likely has more black workers than anywhere else in the entire corporation?"
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* According to a report from Reuters, the European Union is currently expected to give their approval for Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard. It was reported that the reason why the EU did not approve MS's deal earlier was due to similar issues that Sony and others claimed over the worries that Call of Duty's massive status and impact in the gaming industry shouldn't be made exclusive to just one platform or brand. EU ended up being satisfied with MS's recent deal with Nintendo for CoD support and promises to keep CoD multi-platform for at least the next 10 years.
Link: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deal...ay-2023-03-02/

* Capcom announced that they will be holding a new Capcom Spotlight stream on March 9th on their official YouTube and Twitch channels. It was also announced that this upcoming stream will be around 26 minutes in length and will mainly focus on Resident Evil 4, Exoprimal, Monster Hunter Rise, Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, and Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective!.
Link: https://twitter.com/CapcomUSA_/statu...64405971144705

* Square Enix announced that Yosuke Matsuda will be stepping down as President of the company this June and will be replaced by company director Takashi Kiryu. Official reason given was due to their current restructuring plans for their executive management team.
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* Bandai Namco recently announced that a new game in the Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi is currently in development. No other details regarding the game's official title, release date, nor platforms were given.
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* For those who currently own or are interested in buying Pokemon Scarlet / Violet, a recent update to the game was revealed to cause the possibility for game save files to become corrupted and/or erased. While the exact cause for the issue is currently known nor a work around fix currently exists, some of those affected stated that it happened after they integrated the game with Pokemon Go while at least one person stated it happened after they had purchased and installed the game's DLC.
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* EA reportedly is currently dealing with new legal issues over their Ultimate Team mode for their FIFA series. This time it involves a class-action lawsuit that was filed in 2022 in Austria against Sony over issues with the sale of FUT packs for Ultimate Team mode on Playstation Store. The Austrian court recently ruled that due to the way its secondary market worked, EA's Ultimate Team mode violated the country's gambling laws and ordered Sony to refund everyone in the country who had purchased FUT packs on their Playstation Store.
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The suit is directed at Sony rather than FIFA publisher Electronic Arts because the FUT packs were purchased on the PlayStation Network, which makes the sales contract with Sony, and not with EA itself.

The court decreed that players being able to sell FUT cards on a secondary market added elements of value to many randomized items. The court argued that this action gives FUT players the opportunity to access a profit margin for their randomly accessed products, which is what violates Austria’s gambling laws. As such, the court has ordered Sony to refund Austrian FIFA players who have made FUT purchases on PlayStation Network.

Padronus, a law firm specializing in recovering losses from online casinos, reports that over 1000 FIFA players have contacted them looking for compensation, with individual purchases ranging from three to five figures. It seems, however, that there is a cap on the amount Sony will have to refund any one player, and it should also be noted that Sony has the option to appeal the verdict, which it most likely will.
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* Bethesda confirmed that they have delayed their upcoming Starfield game from a first/second quarter of 2023 release to a new release date of September 6th. It was also announced that they will be holding a Nintendo Direct-like stream for the game on June 11th.
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* In a recent filing to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Sony is currently claiming that Microsoft will release inferior versions of Call of Duty games on their Playstation platforms should they be successful in their purchase of Activision Blizzard. In the filing, Sony is going as far as to claim that MS could push for certain bugs to only be present on non-Xbox versions of the game and would hold back on timely fixes in order to make Xbox versions more enticing for players, especially during launch week. Sony is also claiming that despite MS promising equal support for CoD games on all platforms, they feel CoD games on Playstation platforms will become second fiddle in stature if MS were to own the series. Sony is also claiming that MS could engage in business practices that could hurt the CoD brand but also push players away from PS in favor of their Game Pass service.
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“For example, Microsoft might release a PlayStation version of Call of Duty where bugs and errors emerge only on the game’s final level or after later updates. Even if such degradations could be swiftly detected, any remedy would likely come too late, by which time the gaming community would have lost confidence in PlayStation as a go-to venue to play Call of Duty. Indeed, as Modern Warfare II attests, Call of Duty is most often purchased in just the first few weeks of release. If it became known that the game’s performance on PlayStation was worse than on Xbox, Call of Duty gamers could decide to switch to Xbox, for fear of playing their favourite game at a second-class or less competitive venue.”

Though this doesn’t quite allege intended sabotage, the concern seems to be that the PlayStation version would become second fiddle. Sony alleges that even if Microsoft were to operate in good faith, it would be incentivized to support and prioritize development of the Xbox version. Sony also other ways in which Call of Duty could skew towards Xbox, including the price of the series going up and making it available on a subscription service only through Game Pass. It concludes by saying that the transaction should be either prohibited, or subject to a “structural remedy.”
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lol Sony with that BS there, although in fairness MS did spend a shit ton to snatch up Bethesda, the company that is well known for having released inferior versions of games on Sony consoles, fixing all the other versions, and then telling Sony players that it's too hard to fix and to just deal with it *cough* skyrim *cough* and dropping all DLC for the platform.
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because the cell architecture was shit and only 256MB of RAM was able to be utilized at the time, that's why.







If you wanna get technical, doesn't every other platform get shit later than PS due to timed exclusives?? Maps and the like. That can be labeled as "inferior".


They're retarded for that statement. It'd be easy to determine if shit was purposefully done.
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I don't wanna hear that shit about the cell processor. Was it more difficult to develop for? Sure. But it didn't stop a bunch of other devs from utilizing it correctly and putting out games that ran and looked better than anything the 360 had to offer. Bethesda straight shafted PS3 players because of greed, laziness, lack of programming knowledge or some combination of the 3.

And while timed exclusives are also a shitty practice they can not be labeled as inferior. In the end the product is the same, it just takes longer to get there. It would be like saying a game that gets delayed a few months on one platform is inferior when it ends up coming out in the exact same state as the other versions. I'd label it more as an annoyance.
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Today's News:

* According to a report from Bloomberg, the upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was recently hit with another delay by Warner Bros. The game itself was originally planned to be released in 2022 and then was delayed till May 2023. Now the game is reportedly currently planned for a late 2023 release date. The new release date nor official reason for the delay is currently not known.
Link: https://www.destructoid.com/suicide-...rt-rocksteady/

* For those interested, Capcom recently released a special "Chainsaw Demo" for their upcoming Resident Evil 4 Remake game on PS4, PS5, PC (Steam), and Xbox Series X/S. This demo release was part of their Capcom Spotlight 2023 stream held earlier today. In terms of content, this demo takes place during the first village battle and first encounter of chainsaw man.
Link: https://twitter.com/RE_Games/status/1633968516486373376

* For those that enjoy eating chicken and playing video games, specifically KFC and the Diablo series, Activision Blizzard & KFC announced that they have recently partnered together for a special promotion for the upcoming Diablo IV beta.
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All you need to do to get access to the Diablo IV beta is order a Double Down “sandwich” from KFC.com or their delivery app. No one says you have to eat it. Simply buying the “sandwich” will grant you a code, which you just plug into your Battle.net account. Then, the beta runs from March 17 to March 20. As far as I can tell, this is only for the U.S. I’m in Canada, and I installed the app for “research purposes,” and the Double Down “sandwich” is not even available.
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Holy shit @ suicide squad. Gotta say I was pretty let down by the gameplay. I thought it would be arkham style with 4 unique characters. Instead it's just a looter shooter.
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Based on NewLegacyInc's recent pre-release streams for WWE 2K23, this year's MyRise mode has some really wonky issues at least in regards to the Male Superstar story campaign.

Besides the usual glitches issues, the mode is also very picky at times when it comes to its match demands.

Like one instance involved a tag team match with their created player teaming with Roman Reigns and the requirement of Reigns needing to be the person to get the pinfall. So they had the CPU control Roman and got the pinfall victory only to be told they failed the match since Roman somehow didn't get the pin. Turns out you have to be in full control of Roman for the pin despite the game never saying that specifically.

Nevermind, just realized now it wasn't another sneak peak early thing from them and instead just them playing last year's MyRise mode.
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Wasn't planning on getting it, but now I'm at least going to wait and see how well the logic works.
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Yeah the logic stuff sounds interesting.

There's actual footage out there of teammates working together in the Rumble and then refusing to fight each other until the end of the match. Which is just an amazing touch I've wanted in games for years.
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Today's News:

* During a recent interview with GQ, The Last of Us series game director Neil Druckmann and show director Craig Mazin revealed that they currently have plans for the television series to be at least three seasons total in length.
Link: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/cultur...ined-interview

* Capcom announced that the Day 1 patch for their upcoming Resident Evil 4 Remake game will contain a fix for the new rain effects they added to game that led to very divisive reactions over how it was handled.
Link: https://www.destructoid.com/capcom-r...-launch-patch/

* Speaking of Resident Evil 4 Remake, the recently released "Chainsaw Demo" was revealed to contain a secret item not found in the original version of the game for the first village encounter section. This involves a hidden weapon and a few key steps needed to be done in order to activate its appearance. It was also revealed that this is a permanent unlock so if you die during one playthrough, you don't need to redo the steps to unlock it for subsequent playthroughs.
Link: https://www.destructoid.com/resident...to-unlock-tmp/

* Square Enix recently released an outline of their investor's meeting from last month that revealed that the company was disappointed over the "lackluster" sales for Forspoken compared to their expectations.
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