I mean it’s not like Sony doesn’t have a history of failing to support their peripherals with first-party titles. Then again adding PC support feels like they recognize there aren’t enough first-party titles and are trying to pad the library of games out. At least it means the VR2 is less likely to just sit around collecting dust.
Good for them. Also glad they are going to continue developing the KOTOR remake, although with everything that’s happened with that project it feels like it will be years before we see it again.
Not sure which cynical take to go with here. Either they want to get people to quit without the bad press of laying people off or they know the industry is turbulent enough that no one would actually push back against going back into the office for work that could be done remotely.
So after banning adult content a few years ago, Tumblr decided to shoot itself in the other foot? It feels like the people in charge are actively trying to drive off the site’s users.
It’s a nice thought, but it’s hard to see how there won’t be shortages and scalpers taking advantages of those shortages. Although hopefully those will just be “normal” shortages and not something on the scale of the PS5 and Series X launches where they were almost impossible to find.
Latter-stage of its life cycle? It feels like it just came out. I haven’t even bought a next-gen console yet. I know that there are mid-gen refreshes supposedly in the works, but sometimes it feels like both Sony and Microsoft are just kind of checking out of this generation
Hard to say if he’s right given how much of this is behind-the-scenes business dealing. I honestly didn’t think much about them ending support for the game, since it had been so long since it was released. Still, announcing they were going to support the game until 2025 and then ending updates the same year their sequel game is supposed to launch isn’t a great look. Especially since Evil Empire was still talking about continuing updates last year. Makes it seem like a sudden decision on Motion Twin’s end. It’s impossible to say for sure, but it really feels like they didn’t want their old game serving as competition. Hopefully Evil Empire is able to recover and start work on their own project.
The gaming industry is dying is an ice-cold take at this point, but I really don’t see how it’s sustainable in its current form with the way things are going right now. Sure, the analysts are saying things will course correct, but how is that supposed to happen if nothing in the industry changes? Games are just going to get more expensive to make and it feels like the cost-cutting is only going to get worse as more companies invest in AI tech.
They’re charging people higher prices and refusing to allow them to keep their digital content? They’re basically just handing out the pirate hats and eye patches at this point.
That’s fine. Everyone knows handcrafting those poison swamps takes time.
Man can’t catch a break can he? I hope something he’s working on actually makes it to release.
Sure it is, Yves. If any game would qualify as quadruple A it’s the Black Flag spinoff that’s been in development hell for years. Genuinely curious how long this game lasts, even if it does get good reviews and finds an audience. Feels like Ubisoft would have cancelled this ages ago if the government of Singapore hadn’t been providing subsidies to help fund the project.
Granted, it is from GamesIndustry.biz, but this really seems aimed more at investors and shareholders who are going to have a very skewed sense of what hopeful means. Personally I’d say all of the indie hits we saw in 2023, and continue to see in 2024, are a good reason to be hopeful about the future of the industry. I’d also throw in the success of Baldur’s Gate 3, which brought CRPGs back into mainstream prominence after years of being a niche genre for hardcore fans.
No problem. Unfortunately, looks like GOG had to delist it as well. Seems the only way to play it now is through a physical copy and Xbox backwards compatibility.
An issue with the soundtrack is the only thing that makes sense, but unfortunately I don’t know if 2K would be willing to spend the money to renew the license and keep the game on Steam. At least it’s still for sale on GOG, like the article mentions, and it’s eighty percent off.
I mean, every “Mon” series has to deal with the fact that your basically making animals fight for your amusement, but that this is somehow a good and normal part of the world that the player shouldn’t think too much about. But yeah, unless the game is trying to actually comment on that aspect of the genre then it’s probably best not to even bring it up. Palworld is an interesting case. What with the guns, putting pals to work, and butchering them for resources. Admittedly, I haven’t played the game, but it really doesn’t paint the player in the best light. You’re certainly not an innocent ten-year old off an adventure. If anything you’d be a villain in a Pokemon game. But it’s difficult to say how hard the game wants you to think about that. Like, is the fact that the game lets you do all these things the developers way of saying “Being a Mon trainer would be really messed up if these games were realistic” or is it part of the “Pokemon with Guns!” attitude that has been a big part of the marketing?
Either way, I think that a game that focused on building a cooperative relationship between a “trainer” and their Mons would be interesting. Like instead of just capturing them and sticking them in a PC you would need to actually work to keep them satisfied and willing to follow you. Kind of like SMT mechanics, but more of a constant relationship you have to manage. Could get tedious, but it’s an interesting idea.
That’s strange. Especially since it’s still for sale on places like GOG and on sale at that. Hopefully this is just an error on 2K or Valve’s end and it will be back up. If not then I don’t really know why. I mean it’s an anti-war third person shooter from 2012. Its not exactly the most controversial game anymore. Unless there’s some license that expired that 2K doesn’t want to pay to extend.
Being owned my Embracer must feel like a death sentence at this point. I mean even if your studio has been spared cuts or closures so far how safe can you really feel with the higher-ups desperately throwing everyone overboard to stop the ship from going under.
I wouldn’t say that things have been fine for the last few decades. From the moment Roe was passed anti-abortion advocates made it their mission to either limit its impact or have it overturned. Usually this was done through protesting abortion clinics or having state legislatures with Republican majorities write laws that went right up to the edge of banning abortion. Even before Roe was overturned you had some Republican states that only had one clinic that was able to provide abortions and Republicans were always looking for ways to try and shut them down. However, the most effective strategy has been making sure the federal courts are packed with judges who would rule against abortion providers. It mostly flies under the radar, but nominating judges and having them confirmed by Congress is one of the more important things a President can do because those judges will stay on the bench for decades. For example Trump made 226 appointments in just four years.
And that brings us to why Roe was overturned. Because for the last few decades, but especially during the Trump years, conservatives made it their mission to have a Supreme Court with a conservative majority that would overturn Roe. Of course every SC candidate nominated by a Republican had to say that Roe had decided the question of abortion, but it was open secret that the candidates Republicans nominated would, hypothetically of course, overturn Roe if abortion came before the Supreme Court. During the Trump years, conservatives finally got that majority. Due to a series of deaths and retirements in the Supreme Court conservatives were able to finally have six conservative judges vs. three “liberal” judges, a balance that is going to be in place for decades thanks to the way the Supreme Court works.
Not that surprising an outcome given it was either this or go bankrupt through legal fees as the case dragged on. At least there’s still Ryujinx.