| Good effort by Microsoft but if you want to reach a wider audience on the internet just go with porn. Watch some one get double jabbed…then get their two doses of vaccine. |
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Xbox uses its social media reach to encourage players to get their COVID-19 vaccinations
| @George-Roper along those lines https://youtu.be/LNVFPkmZTQ4 |
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Steam's two-hour refund policy leads to indie developer quitting game development
| @KDR_11k rules like that generally have common sense applied to it. I worked for a cinema chain and it was standard practice that if a customer walked out within the first half of the movie they could have a ticket for a different movie or a refund. If you have a few mouthfuls of a meal at a restaurant they’ll generally give you a refund. I’ve had food refunded on more than one occasion and have seen a manager tell a customer “If you didn’t like it you shouldn’t have eaten so much of it”. |
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Here’s a novel idea (edit - reading further down the comments not so novel) set the 2 Hour no question refunds to games over a certain price eg £10. Refunds for games £10 or under have to go through customer service. Let’s be fair about it, you don’t get buyers remorse over a crappy cup of coffee, you just throw it away, whinge a little and never go there again. If the milk has gone off then you ask for a refund. If your game costs about 2-3 Costa’s then you can’t really complain if you finish it too quick. |
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343 Industries explains why we haven't seen Halo Infinite campaign gameplay since last year
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@Fewdog many others, not most others. For those that do play co-op it may be a big omission but unless it’s played by a statistically significant number of players it’s not such a priori that warrants a delay. |
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@Zepthire who’s to say it wasn’t? Just think of it this way, they are bug squashing the single player campaign. That’s bugs occurring from just one person interacting with a semi-open world. Just by adding a second player you are immeasurably increasing the potential number of bugs. So for example in single player you can only complete one side objective at a time, in co-op you could potentially do two side objectives at a time. So bug testing co-op requires testing every single combination of dual side objective completion. Once single player has shipped they can then start focusing on the co-op specific bugs. |
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| @MenageZero it just means it’s too late in development to respond to people’s opinions so they aren’t going to waste time and energy soliciting them. |
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Firaxis reveals Marvel's Midnight Suns, a "tactical RPG" that's less XCOM than you might think
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The one problem I can see with this, and it’s a problem for most of the Marvel games, is the cast they’ve chosen aren’t really suitable for the games they are in. Out of that entire cast Wolverine and Blade are probably the only ones suited to a tactics game yet are completely dwarfed in power by others in the team. Nico Minro’s ability is that she can wish/cast a spell for anything she can think of…but only once. So every battle she has to think of a new novel way of beating the bad guy. Captain Marvel can destroy entire fleets of starships singlehanded. Ghost Rider is literally invulnerable to weapons that weren’t created by God (that’s canon) and is on par with Mephisto and Galactus and let’s not start with what Dr. Strange can do. |
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Halo Infinite finally has a release date
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@joestone have they though? Let’s take Ghost of Tsushima as an example; Launched 17/07/2020 Multiplayer Added 16/10/2020 New Game Plus Added 16/10/2020 Four player raids added 30/10/2020 Directors Cut 30/08/2021 The Last of Us 2 also had its multiplayer cut. Most PlayStation 1st party titles only have to deliver one mode at launch; a strong single player experience. In comparison Halo Infinite is being classed as incomplete at launch because it’s not delivering a strong single player experience AND a strong multiplayer experience AND a strong co-op experience AND a comprehensive map editor. |
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Watch Microsoft's Xbox Gamescom conference here
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I can see a lot of negativity but I quite enjoyed it. Though I did start painting the kitchen before the stream started so my only other option was watching paint dry. I liked the talk on Trebuchets too, they’ve turned it into Age of Encarta 4 and I am down for that. My daughter’s into Horrible History so the talk of medieval surgery makes it a game the entire family can enjoy. |
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Acclaimed island-hopping adventure The Touryst coming to PlayStation in September
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“ and indulging in The Touryst's wealth of silly side quests and mini-game-style activities - including surfing, spelunking, scuba diving, photography, and more.” So glad you left out the arcade. Fuck that arcade and fuck that F-Zero clone! The rest of the game is class but that arcade and the Achievements locked behind it can burn in hell! |
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Ex-Aeon Must Die devs criticise game's re-emergence following "abuse, manipulation, theft" allegations
| @chrisdeku umm…that’s the whole point of the allegations. The three of them owned the company, the CEO “fraudulently” made them sign paperwork so the other two no longer owned the company. The CEO then put them under working conditions that pretty much forced them to quit. |
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@chrisdeku because they weren’t employees, they were founders. According to the Dropbox files the CEO, CTO and CCO all had equal ownership, rights etc. Once again according to the Dropbox files the CEO didn’t do his job properly in hiring staff so the CCO and CTO had to do multiple roles. While trying to sort out investors the CEO allegedly suggested to the CCO and CTO that he handle all the “meaningless paperwork” and needed them to sign a document so he could sign on behalf of all three, instead of needing all of their signatures. That document transferred sole ownership to the CEO and while the CCO and CTO remained stockholders they only had the rights of employees. According to the CCO the CEO didn’t tell them about this for over a year. The CCO also claims he created the artwork for the game and was never paid for it by the CEO so it’s still his property. |
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“ The upshot here is Focus is working with Limestone Games, which appears to have rebuilt itself following last year's events, to get Aeon Must Die out at some point this year.” Upshot? So on one hand we have a very messy case of abuse in the industry. On the other hand we’ve got a game coming out. Yay! |
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Owner of defunct ROM site ordered to "permanently destroy" all unauthorised Nintendo games
| @SyruM Super Mario World is one of the games you get when you get Nintendo Online. |
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@RGVeda it’s very simple. In the original case Nintendo argued that he could just relaunch the website. The judge said that wouldn’t happen and declined Nintendo’s request for further action. The guy then publicly said he was thinking about bringing the site back. |
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@TomDobo it’s a civil suit, not a criminal case so community service is off the table. The idiot also publicly talked about setting the website up again which was the only reason the judge was giving him any leniency. |
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Boyfriend Dungeon promises to update its "inadequate" content warning
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@Schiehallion just to clarify, the complaints aren’t asking for content to be removed, they are asking for it to be optional/skippable. Also, the “creator vision” argument holds little water because what happens, definitely in this case, is that the creator vision is just shit and the argument tries to skirt over that criticism. Let’s break this particular situation down. Abuse in almost every form weaponises control and power dynamics over the victim. One of the hallmarks of domestic abuse is the removal of a person’s agency by the abuser. Let’s say abuse is a central theme that is being explored. The abuser is the antagonist to your character who is the victim of abuse. How are we exploring that abuse? By the developer withholding pertinent information relating to an abusive relationship from us before leading us to participate in that abusive relationship which the developer is exerting control over, and limiting, the options available to you. How does the developer respond to people who want to reassert their agency and correct the power dynamic in the relationship by allowing them just to play the game that was advertised? By unironically and with no reference to a so-far unmentioned meta-commentary, telling victims of abuse to submit to their will and reinforce the power dynamic, whilst those who are not the “victims” of the power dynamic say there’s no problem, side with the dominant party and tell the other party it’s their fault for having entered into that relationship in the first place. I know that sounds OTT and describes most dev/customer relationships BUT those relationships aren’t normally discussing abuse. I don’t think we’ve seen a dev vision this bad since Crystal Dynamic’s vision for us connecting with the strong, powerful woman that is Lara Croft by subjecting her to horrific physical and sexual torture in the reboot |
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| @anthonya.jumelles you’d also like the option of enjoying the rollercoaster without having your balls punched. Let those who want to experience the ride as the designer intended can have their balls punched. Those who just want to enjoy the advertised thrills of the rollercoaster or who’ve been punched in the balls before and didn’t like it can just experience the rollercoaster |
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From reading the reviews (I’m reluctant to play it while the kids are on holiday as they don’t give me five minutes peace) this is more nuanced than “If you don’t like it don’t buy it”. The game is about dating your weapon and that’s what the game’s advertising is focused on. What is not focused on (or even mentioned) is that you are required to engage with a violent stalker in an abusive relationship where they are the aggressor. So while you can walk away from a relationship with a weapon if the relationship is toxic or triggering, you do not have the same options with the stalker. Refusing to engage with them prevents the game from progressing. Given that being in an abusive relationship (irrespective of gender or sexual orientation) is more prevalent than society is willing to accept, there is going to be a lot of people required to relive that experience just to play a game about dating your sword. What is being asked for isn’t even uncommon in games. RPG’s like Mass Effect and LA Noire offer the option to skip/tone down certain areas of action gameplay if you only want to focus on the ROG sections. Even rougelite games like Undermine offer the option to skip boss battles via alternative battles or penalties to continue progressing. Movies and podcast allow you to skip whole segments of the video (Content warnings on YouTube videos normally contain the time stamps to skip). |
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Eight months later, I barely use any of PS5's new user interface features
| @duerer while the Seitch UI is streamlined I do find it unnecessarily barebones. Just little things like it not converting demos to full games. It was a PITA trying to work out why my daughter’s saves had disappeared on Miitopia only to notice that she was playing the demo, not the full game. Which to be fair to her (she’s eight) it’s the exact same card art with just a little “demo” in the bottom right corner. |
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| As an Xbox user the power off sounds weird. Can’t PS5 users just hold down the home button on the controller to bring up the shut down menu? (Turn off controller/turn off console/restart console). |
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Going beyond horror with Martha is Dead
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@Dysisa while I think it’s a bit harsh, I see your point but also disagree with it. Horror as a genre is so broad it’s not really a genre at all, the same way hair metal and death metal sit within the same genre. Horror can be anything from the original Haunting to Saw. At the moment though, you market something as horror, whether it’s a film or computer game, there’s the expectation for jump scares and gore. |
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Stardew Valley, Evil Genius 2, and more confirmed for Game Pass
| GamesPass gives me access to a huge collection of AAA that I haven’t played yet and really should play…but Fuck that, I’m playing Pupperazzi on day one! |
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Crazy Taxi on Steam now has original Pizza Hut, KFC and FILA destination names - thanks to modders
| @Boooo_urns with or without the drummer? |
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Humankind will launch straight into Xbox Game Pass on PC
| @RickDeckardsGun Luigi Xbox |
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Xbox is getting a night mode to dim your screen, controller and power button
| @changeling I’ve got a Series S and apart from when quick switching between profiles in the Rewards App it’s very snappy. Might be worth contacting MS tech support as it could be a hardware fault. |
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The Steam Deck will perform equally well whether you're mobile or have it docked
| @Fronsac watch Gabe’s interview with IGN because he pretty much says that. From the 1:20 mark he talks about how gamers have never had a good mobile hardware option, that they’ve either had touchscreen which is terrible for first person shooters or “they’ve had to go down the proprietary direction which gives them limited access to titles”. |
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@RGVeda Gabe literally states that at 1:20; https://www.ign.com/videos/gabe-newell-talks-steam-decks-origin-goals-and-future |
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Power Rangers AAA open world co-op pitch was "basically Arkham Rangers"
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@Rangerborn12 also talking about taking risks with stories, Megaforce took a HUGE risk with their Christmas story. Roboknight gets mistaken for a toy and gets shipped off to “poor kids in Africa” as part of a charity drive. These “poor” African kids are clean, healthy and dressed in tribal clothing. Roboknight then proceeds to explain to them the miracle of Christmas as they’ve never heard of Christmas before. I mean can you take a bigger risk in storytelling than having your good characters promote colonialism? I don’t think you can. |
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@Rangerborn12 can you just imagine one of those dodgy physics game where you’ve got five players just controlling their one body part? …Or better yet, a Super Mecha Brawl Battle Royale where you’ve got multiple teams of five duking it out in the industrial sections! |
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@Foolish_Monkey “ I'd love to make a game like that and just lean right into the 80's Japanese madness. Just make it a celebration of all Japanese Mecha and Anime” There already is, it’s called Super Robot Wars. It’s just batshit crazy because with every release they try to shoehorn in all these disparate anime storylines into one “cohesive” plot. |
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@King_Kendorjia and as a one-off it’s a good “What If…” scenario exploration. (The latest Power Rangers game Battle for the Grid uses the Shattered Grid storyline so we can treat them as one and the same). The prototype artwork for the Rangers and the zords shown here are more inline with the reboot movie. Before that you had the “gritty” fan movie. Then you’ve then got a similar aesthetic for the Power Rangers Legacy Wars: Street Fighter Showdown live action short. |
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I’m not a fan of this. I was supposedly to old for Power Rangers but I enjoyed it. Years later when I came home pissed, I’d binge watch entire seasons on Fox Kids while trying not to oversleep on the couch because I had to be in work the following morning. As i grew older I wanted the franchise to age with me. Now my son is into Power Rangers and I realise that is wrong. The stories can deal with more mature themes but they rarely venture out of Saturday Morning colourful fun and that’s what makes them great. They don’t need to make them grown up and put them in body armour. They don’t need to be putting them in near apocalypse storylines where good guys turn bad and the good guys start from a loss. They need to be unapologetic about the colourful spandex and motorcycle helmets. They need to lean into the cheese and simplistic morality lessons. It’s not like the episodes aren’t setup like game levels anyway. You start off demorphed and are presented with a puzzle set by that week’s big bad/level boss. You fight a few minions before morphing. A ranger has a solo fight with the end of level boss before the team joins in. Once the level boss has been defeated he respawns and grows. You pilot the Megazord, defeat the boss and the kevel’s over. Some levels will require you to find/unlock new weapons and Rangers for your team (normally a sixth ranger but some teams start with three members) while others will unlock new Zords to create new Megazords |
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Embracer Group gobbles eight more developers, including 3D Realms
| @Malek86 or Humble Bundle |
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Sumo Digital is bringing 90s Amiga mascot Zool out of retirement later this month
| Will it still contain the very subtle product placement? |
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Street Fighter's Cammy and Guile join Fortnite
| The magic with Guile is that all they have to do is put him in a jumpsuit and he’s Retro XCOM DLC |
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The Wayward Realms is a "Grand RPG" by former Elder Scrolls devs
| @Hxy3000 I know and I would class that as a bad system as it’s just, like you said, the illusion of choice. |
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| @Yourtoastisonfire in a good system there are no good or bad choices, there are just choices which all have their consequences. |
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343 issues Halo Infinite spoiler warning after "unintentionally" including campaign files in the preview build
| @MenageZero don’t forget the multiplayer is going to be its own separate F2P game so micro transactions and season passes are going to be more of a metric. |
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Sekiro speedrunner completes game blindfolded
| While it’s an impressive feat it also shows how games are still inaccessible to disabled gamers, in this instance those that are visually impaired. |
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Xbox Games with Gold for August announced
| Yolks Laylee is actually quite fun. Me and the kids really enjoyed playing it. |
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Okami's Amaterasu heading to Monster Hunter Rise this week
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Hands up, who saw the headline and image then thought “Fuck. I’m going to have to hunt Amaterasu aren’t I?” So glad it’s just a lovely skin |
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Microsoft Flight Simulator Xbox edition review - occasionally clunky port can't dull the magic
| @jetsetwillie is there an Airplane mod? I’d love an Airplane mod. |
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PES renamed eFootball, goes free-to-play, digital-only
| If they were going F2P I wish they would have gone down the Killer Instinct route. All game modes are free but there’s a revolving set of free teams. You then have the option of purchasing a team, ideally your local. If they wanted to nickel and dime then the purchases could be restricted to a seasons’ rota. That way you can buy multiple seasons to build your dream team. So as a Swans person I could put Michu in the 2020/21 squad alongside Ayew. |
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Sackboy developer Sumo set to be bought by Tencent
| @changeling I wouldn’t worry. History will be rewritten so they didn’t exist in the first place and if something didn’t exist in the first place it couldn’t be hurt in the final place. |
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| @RandolphScott are the bosses shareholders though? While most bosses are giving some stick they are normally paid a salary and bonuses. |
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| @changeling I still love the irony that a communist state is taking over the world via capitalism. |
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| @changeling both are correct as they each refer to the redrawing of borders to include Tibet. The difference is merely whether the joke is told with the POV that Tibet is a sovereign state. |
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