General Gaming Chat

[InSaNe]

E3 won't be held in person this year again. Pretty much expected, it's just much safer to do them online with the current climate.

I don't imagine E3 will be much of a thing anymore honestly, it's much easier for Sony and what have you to do their own presentations online.

E3 rules out physical show this year

E3 will not be held in its traditional in-person form this year, its organiser the ESA has confirmed.

www.eurogamer.net

Rumor is they're not looking to do "in-person" events due to the uncertainty of events (COVID19's Omicron) next year. I imagine ESA is pissed off at California's Democratic party. For those of you who don't know: The primary location for E3 is in Los Angeles, California. Right now, California is in hard lockdown.

 

[Marty McFourth]

All Xbox One consoles have been discontinued by Microsoft. Makes sense seeing as the Series S is the same price as a One S over here, which was always baffling lol

Microsoft has discontinued all Xbox One consoles

Xbox Series X / S consoles were the main focus for 2021.

www.theverge.com

 

[Marty McFourth]

If you haven't got Hitman yet, this seems like a good time to pick up all three in one go:

 

[Marty McFourth]

Amazing.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Someone beat fucking Sekiro blindfolded. I'm done. @Canadian Dragon

Speedrunner finishes Sekiro in two hours while blindfolded

A speedrunner at Awesome Games Done Quick completed Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice in two hours blindfolded.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Marty McFourth]

To any Xbox players, they got a ton of backwards compatible games on sale at the moment. So might be a good time to pick up that 360/OG Xbox games you've been wanting.

Microsoft's big back compat sale has over 100 Xbox 360 games cheap

More than 100 backwards compatible Xbox games are currently on sale, including dozens of old gems, such as the BioShock…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Marty McFourth]

You can now make your own Playdate games in a web browser

Playdate's Pulp, a creation tool allowing you to make your own games for the upcoming handheld with a crank, is now ava…

www.eurogamer.net

Playdate's Pulp, a creation tool allowing you to make your own games for the upcoming handheld with a crank, is now available in open beta.

The software, which is free to use, allows players to create and test games in a web browser before exporting them to use on a Playdate when it launches later this year.

If you're familiar with game making tools, it's similar to (and inspired by) Bitsy, allowing you to make room-based games without any programming knowledge, and comes complete with a pixel graphics editor, animation tools, a sound sequencer and the ability to create your own fonts. Essentially - everything you should need to make a game.

Wow, this is really cool. I'm not sure if anybody here is getting one of these, but apparently you can make games for it for free over the web.

 

[InSaNe]

Bombshell of the week...

 

[Marty McFourth]

Bombshell of the week...

Yep, it was quite the shocker. Game Pass just keeps getting bigger & better, I'm very close to buying an Xbox myself for all the games

 

[Marty McFourth]

Yakuza director announces new studio after leaving Sega

It’s called Nagoshi Studio.

www.theverge.com

Toshihiro Nagoshi, former chief creative officer at Sega, where he led development of the Yakuza series as general director of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, has announced his next move. He’s started up his own studio, simply titled Nagoshi Studio, which is being wholly funded by Chinese internet and gaming company NetEase.

Nagoshi announced his departure from Sega last October, but today’s news also follows a report from Bloomberg back in August that named NetEase as his prospective future partner. Masayoshi Yokoyama, who The Verge interviewed last year about his work on the most recent Yakuza game Like a Dragon, is the new head of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and is currently working on the next game in the series.

Nagoshi Studio will be headquartered in Tokyo and has hired several former long-time Sega employees and Yakuza contributors. The list includes producer Daisuke Sato, artist Kazuki Hosokawa, programmer Koji Tokieda, designer Masao Shirosaki, engineer Mitsunori Fujimoto, artist Naoki Someya, director Taichi Ushioda, and artist Toshihiro Ando.

In an interview with Japanese games magazine Famitsu, Nagoshi goes into some detail about why he chose to leave Sega and join up with NetEase. He says he felt like doing something different and expresses a desire to create games that appeal more outside of Japan, while noting that the studio’s focus will still remain on Japan for the time being. Nagoshi says that going independent will allow his team to develop games without having to consider Sega’s wider business plan and budget, and believes that NetEase is serious about prioritizing the new studio’s creative freedom.

Hmm, very interesting. Yakuza games are good. Worth keeping an eye on to see what they work on in the future.

 

[Marty McFourth]

 

[Alexa]

All Xbox One consoles have been discontinued by Microsoft. Makes sense seeing as the Series S is the same price as a One S over here, which was always baffling lol

Microsoft has discontinued all Xbox One consoles

Xbox Series X / S consoles were the main focus for 2021.

www.theverge.com

So, fucking dumb. Not everyone can afford a 400/500 dollar console. As well, not everyone wants digital versions of games as many people still like having physical copies.

 

[Marty McFourth]

So, fucking dumb. Not everyone can afford a 400/500 dollar console. As well, not everyone wants digital versions of games as many people still like having physical copies.

Eh, it's not as dumb as it may seem. They were still charging the same price for One S consoles as the Series S which is more more powerful. You can still buy One S consoles, just not brand new. I'd agree with you if it was just Series X they were selling. The only downside is Series S doesn't have a disc drive, and that is one of the still good things about the older one.

 

[Marty McFourth]

I'd personally not buy a One S, but I see what you're saying for sure. Not everyone wants to buy a used console. It's good you can still pick up PS4 consoles because they are still worth it imo, I might not be switching to PS5 for a while

 

[Alexa]

I mean, I guess I get it, but still. Still seems a bit dumb to me considering how high the prices are.