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Robert ninja

GOG is turning down games due to politics so says a developer with some connections:
https://twitter.com/mombot/status/1103634283908878336

Not a good look if the rumors are true about CDPR being in financial trouble, enough to have had to dropped their well-liked fair-price policy. https://youtu.be/v-ynj_vI4p8?t=690

The Escapist aplogises to youtuber for opinion piece calling him anti-gay:
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/2019/02/05/how-do-we-finally-talk-about-ethics/

IGN game impressions article contains racist statements:
https://ie.ign.com/articles/2019/03/06/days-gone-open-world-gameplay-impressions?read

Rape Day won't be released on steam:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1808664240304050758

This crap game breaks literally none of the Steam rules and there's already games with similar content still up. This got targeted thanks to the gaming press still wanting to flex their influence over what gets released and what doesn't. I assume hundreds of thousands of more people who would have never even known about this game do now and thus the game will probably make more sales on other platforms due this free publicity.

Appabend did a good video about this: https://youtu.be/VQ3KnCZcn-Y

"Instagram is now the number one platform for child abusers":
https://outline.com/rSpsRE

Why is this relevant? Well THQN still have an official page there ( https://www.instagram.com/THQNordic/ ) despite their apology for daring to use 8chan as a QnA platform http://www.thqnordic-investors.com/en/news/?releaseId=3225942

EoinMcLovin

Electronic Arts won’t hold an E3 conference this year. The publisher said in a press release today that it will again hold EA Play in Los Angeles during the weekend before E3, but that the focus of the event will be livestreams and hands-on for players.

Robert ninja

^ Better off just doing their own little events. Much much cheaper and will always reach those who care about it (paying customers). I don't think I know anyone who watches E3 for anything other than to just laugh at it now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihALjBo-PTg

ERG89

EoinMcLovin wrote:

Electronic Arts won't hold an E3 conference this year.

I hope Bethesda don't either. Their last few felt pointless & only the year when Fallout 4 was shown did it feel justified.

Zero-Cool

ERG89 wrote: »

I hope Bethesda don't either. Their last few felt pointless & only the year when Fallout 4 was shown did it feel justified.

I'm sorry but everyone could pull out of E3 and Godd Howard would still show up with a killer jacket and a killer smile.

Interesting though, no Sony and no EA this year. I love the buzz of E3 and tuning in to see who does the least bad job at presenting. Can fully understand companies holding their own cheaper, more focused events.

Shiminay

E3 is of no real use to companies of their size anymore though, they don't need to piggyback on it to publicise their wares in the way they needed to years ago. It probably costs the same to put on their own even with 100% control of the message and no need to be "compared" to any of the others or having to share what we used to call "column inches" or attention. All they need is a tricaster and a production team and a studio and away they go

Retr0gamer

I think Nintendo led the charge there with their Nintendo directs which have been far more successful at reaching the consumer than E3 has been and far cheaper to put on.

Varik

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I think Nintendo led the charge there with their Nintendo directs which have been far more successful at reaching the consumer than E3 has been and far cheaper to put on.

They're not the greatest at telling people they're having a direct.

I've seen a few "wait there was a direct" post each time.

gizmo

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I think Nintendo led the charge there with their Nintendo directs which have been far more successful at reaching the consumer than E3 has been and far cheaper to put on.

While generating hype and gauging consumer response directly was obviously a beneficial side effect, E3 was never about reaching them though, it was about their relationship with their partners, be they development, publishing, distribution or indirectly, financial. Your point most certainly holds true for these groups though as seen after each progressive Direct over the last 12 months.

Hell, cheapness aside, I'm just glad neither we nor they have to put up with as much live cringe this year in between the announcements.

Stone Deaf 4evr

Did EA not officially show at last years conference either? They held their own thing off site, but also had a few items lumped in with Microsoft?

Its going to be a strange year for E3.

Retr0gamer

EA have been doing that for a while now.

Niska

GoG have released the original Diablo.

Apparently, they also have an agreemnet to release Warcraft 1 and 2, but no release date yet.

https://www.gog.com/game/diablo

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-03-07-gog-and-blizzard-bring-diablo-1-back-from-the-dead

gizmo

A bunch of dudes down in New Zealand are trying their hand at a modern SWAT game. Not an easy ask but should be interesting to see how it turns out.

RasTa

Yeah Japan has a serious dark culture with that anime stuff, especially when I was around Akihabara

Potential-Monke

gizmo wrote: »

A bunch of dudes down in New Zealand are trying their hand at a modern SWAT game. Not an easy ask but should be interesting to see how it turns out.

One thing I immediately took away from the trailer, is they need to work on the voice acting. When they breached, a cop was heard saying 'Police, hands up', but it was like he was just at his desk. I've been in Garda raids, you shout that stuff, and repeat it.

These coop games are not really for me, so be interesting to see if there's a SP mode that's actually good.

Retr0gamer

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I've been in Garda raids, you shout that stuff, and repeat it.

The wrong or right side?

Dyr

I have a lot of love for the SWAT series, it's crying out for a VR version, but lets be honest it will just be all coop because that's the easiest route to profit these days

Mickeroo

Potential-Monke wrote: »

One thing I immediately took away from the trailer, is they need to work on the voice acting. When they breached, a cop was heard saying 'Police, hands up', but it was like he was just at his desk. I've been in Garda raids, you shout that stuff, and repeat it.

These coop games are not really for me, so be interesting to see if there's a SP mode that's actually good.

Why were you shouting 'Police,hands up!' repeatedly at the guards?

Robert ninja

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I've been in Garda raids, you shout that stuff, and repeat it.

You'll like SWAT 4 then. You constantly shout like that and it can be enjoyed single or multiplayer just fine.

Mega Milk removed from steam. The Valve purge continues:
https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2019/03/mega-milk-story-banned-from-steam-along-with-publisher-citadel-translations/79156/

Tekken 7 producer Harada has things to say about outrage culture:
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/tekken-7-director-punches-back-at-outrage-culture/

Valve fires hardware staff:
https://uploadvr.com/valve-employees-vr-2019/

Potential-Monke

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The wrong or right side?

The right. Usually...

Mickeroo wrote: »

Why were you shouting 'Police,hands up!' repeatedly at the guards?

Even my colleagues had a hard time remembering which side I was on, in fairness I never looked like one! Thankfully.

CatInABox

We're learning more about Googles new gaming streaming system soon.

https://twitter.com/Google/status/1105512072031412224

CatInABox

Halo: MCC is confirmed as coming to PC. They'll release the games as they finish them, so they'll start with Reach, and release the rest later. It'll be on Steam too.

Also, Reach is coming to Halo: MCC

Robert ninja

I've dropped almost every google product (and am peeling off the last ones), I'll likely be skipping whatever their next one is, especially if it uses as much ram and keylogs as much as Chrome.

Apparently some EA affiliate was a child groomer:
https://twitter.com/mombot/status/1105353685675126784


Dragon's Dogma TV series... but it's by Netflix and the summary is already completely off the actual plot of the games.
https://nichegamer.com/2019/03/11/netflix-announces-new-dragons-dogma-animated-series/

Daedalic goes woke
https://www.facebook.com/daedalic/posts/787924194941879?notif_id=1552354055763543&notif_t=comment_mention
https://youtu.be/yqhJQaSg-_k

UK again using 'games cause violence' as an excuse for more gaming censorship:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/rape-day-video-game-steam-2631626
PC gamer jumps in with their take and promptly closes comments because people aren't buying it.
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-doesnt-seem-to-stand-for-much-anymore/#comment-jump

Can still find dissent via the twitter post

https://twitter.com/pcgamer/status/1105503734338125824

CatInABox

CatInABox wrote: »

We're learning more about Googles new gaming streaming system soon.

Microsoft just showed off a sneak peek at their xCloud service on their Inside Xbox show, Forza Horizon 4 running on a mobile. Looked great, but also looked a little laggy. Of course, the presenter playing it had clearly never played a game before, so I'm not sure if it was lag or just really bad playing.

Skerries

CatInABox wrote: »

We're learning more about Googles new gaming streaming system soon.

https://twitter.com/Google/status/1105512072031412224

edit: seems to bea fake

TitianGerm

Skerries wrote: »

Is that a real photo or a mock up? If so I can't believe they put the left thumbstick in the wrong position.

CatInABox

CatInABox wrote: »

Halo: MCC is confirmed as coming to PC. They'll release the games as they finish them, so they'll start with Reach, and release the rest later. It'll be on Steam too.

Also, Reach is coming to Halo: MCC

Reach alone is great news

Skerries

TitianGerm wrote: »

Is that a real photo or a mock up? If so I can't believe they put the left thumbstick in the wrong position.

mock up of a concept controller