General Gaming Chat

[Deadd2009]

Embracer Shuts Down Developer Of The New Alone In The Dark

Pieces Interactive is no more after 17 years as a studio.

www.gameinformer.com

 

[Hidden Blaze]

I asked this in the main chat, but gonna ask it here also.

Any of you fine folks here babe the Master Chief Collection? I need people to play with. Warning, I’ve not played Halo in YEARS…so I’m getting back good… lol.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Nah sadly I'm not a big halo guy

 

[Y2Jayne]

 

[Deadd2009]

Bethesda Game Studios Is Now Unionized Across The Board, Recognized By Microsoft

The union will consist of 241 devs.

www.gamespot.com

 

[Y2Jayne]

 

[Butters]

I purchased a ROG Ally handheld the other day to try out as my friend who has one recommended it and it's been pretty neat.

I started out not really liking it because it didn't seem to run that well but I found out there were a ton of updates it still needed. Now It seems to be running pretty smooth and most of the games I have tried (resident evil 2, fortnite, red dead redemption 2) have all ran pretty well.

A big issue for me at first was plugging it into the TV and it being laggy and only like 15FPS. I realized there are power modes you can switch and when you set it to the max(turbo) then it runs a lot better on the TV.

RE2 I was getting 60fps on both handheld and tv. RDR2 I was getting around 40fps in 1080p ultra settings I believe it was. the xbox and ps versions of the game are only 30fps so that's an improvement.

Overall it's a cool device and I'm still debating if I want to keep it or not. It was 649.99 so it's more expensive than an Xbox Series X or PS5 and doesn't play games as well BUT it's basically a Nintendo Switch that can play PC games in pretty damn good quality for what it is.

 

[Deadd2009]

www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/07/rumour-mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-finished

The Paris 2024 Olympics kicked off last week and if you're wondering where the latest Mario & Sonic game is, it seems the series might have been retired.

Lee Crocker, an individual who worked on "all the games in the franchise" put out an announcment on social media claiming the series finished with Tokyo 2020. He goes on to share an image of himself with the Olympic committee president in 2009, where he presented a demonstration of the Olympic Winter Games release.

x.com/leecocker/status/1816536884304327017

According to Cocker's official website, he spent 14 years managing the Mario and Sonic Olympic franchise, overseeing external publishing, development, asset licensing from inception to launch, and ensure a timely delivery of high-quality games within a budget. He also credits Sega and Nintendo as being some of the many companies he's worked with over the years.

 

[Deadd2009]

16-Bit Platformers Based On Halloween And Evil Dead Announced For Switch

And they'll be here in time for Halloween

www.nintendolife.com

Legendary Announces Trio of Upcoming Monsterverse Games

It’ll be a while before we get the likes of Godzilla and Kong from Legendary Entertainment. So, in the meantime, fans of Legendary’s Monsterverse can tide themselves over with not one but three new video games available later this year, courtesy of Legendary’s collaboration with 7Levels, Tilting...

bloody-disgusting.com

Capcom Wants To Revive All Of Its Legacy Fighting Games On Modern Platforms

"We know fans out there really want them"

www.nintendolife.com

Former Xbox studio Tango Gameworks and 'Hi-Fi Rush' have been acquired by PUBG's Krafton Inc, saving it from closure

Krafton is picking up former Xbox team Tango Gameworks as well as Hi-Fi Rush, revealed today.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[Deadd2009]

Backyard Sports Revival Officially Announced by Playground Productions - IGN

Backyard Sports is coming back, as current IP holder Playground Productions announced the relaunch is slated to begin "in the coming months."

www.ign.com

 

[Deadd2009]

Crash Team Rumble Was Reportedly In Development For Switch But Got Cancelled

A Crash 5 project featuring Spyro also got axed

www.nintendolife.com

Rumour: More Evidence Of 'MySims' Switch Revival Surfaces Online

"The Switch port of MySims is real"

www.nintendolife.com

 

[Butters]

Welcome PlayStation 5 Pro, the most visually impressive way to play games on PlayStation

Features including GPU upgrade, advanced ray tracing, and PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution take players to new heights.

blog.playstation.com

 

[Comrade Khan]

jesus christ this this is 1000CAD no thanks

 

[Chris]

That's just the version without a disk drive too, I imagine if they release one with it's an extra $200

 

[Butters]

Yeah no drive at that price is crazy, its $80 separately