Vidya Games Thread

[Kalion]

20 year old site ROMhacking.net just announced it is shutting down, effective immediately, after the Admin claims has been doxxed and harassed. The admin has uploaded the site's database to the Internet Archive in order to preserve the 20 years worth of hacks, translations, and patches submitted to the site.
Archive of the homepage and news

Edit: "Community Manager" of rival site romhacks.org is for some reason running damage control super hard.

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[UberSoldat]

Genshin Impact bad.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

 

[El Rrata]

An important update on Concord

Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us...

blog.playstation.com

Concord fans — we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us.


However, while many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended. Therefore, at this time, we have decided to take the game offline beginning September 6, 2024, and explore options, including those that will better reach our players.


While we determine the best path ahead, Concord sales will cease immediately and we will begin to offer a full refund for all gamers who have purchased the game for PS5 or PC. If you purchased the game for PlayStation 5 from the PlayStation Store or PlayStation Direct, a refund will be issued back to your original payment method.


Customers who purchased from other digital storefronts will also be refunded. More information about refunds from Steam and Epic can be found below:


Steam Store – Steam Store will refund players who bought the game over the coming days. Steam will send confirmation of the refund once it has been processed.


Epic Games Store – Epic Games Store will refund players who bought the game over the coming days and will contact each customer directly to confirm that the refund has been processed.


Other retailer refunds – For customers who have purchased a physical copy at a retailer location outside of PlayStation directly, please refer to the refund process of the retailer you purchased it from to obtain your refund.


Once refunded, players will no longer have access to the game.


We’ll keep you updated and thank you again to all the Freegunners who have joined us in the Concord galaxy.


* Refunds for PlayStation Store and PlayStation Direct purchases may take 30-60 days to appear on your bank statement. If your original payment source was unavailable, the purchase amount will be refunded to your PSN wallet.

$100 mil down the drain, lmao.

 

[reinigen]

Nintendo has officially taken too long and some random Xiang from a Chinese factory has taken it upon themselves to leak the Switch 2 specs finally.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1fjp352/photos_of_switch_2_factory_prototypes_have_leaked/

Translation - "switch second generation model stp""switch second generation switch2 model stp: magnetic slide rail, 8-inch large screen, length 270 width 115 thickness 14, two typec interfaces"

Leaked Specs:

Note: these are not from the same source as the prototype & cad images, so accuracy may vary.
Translation:

Shipping List Details Summary
HGU1100: Game console itself.
HGU1110: Left Joy-Con controller.
HGU1120: Right Joy-Con controller.
HGU1130: Dock.
Detailed Configuration List
SoCl (CPU + GPU) model: GMLX30-R-A1.
Memory model: MT62F768M64D4EK-026 (6GX2 dual channel, LPDDR5X, 7500 MT/s)
Flash memory model: THGJFGT1E45BAILHW0 (256GB, UFS 3.1, manufactured by Kaixia, 2100 MB/s).
Audio chip model: Ruiwu ALC5658-CG.
NFC reader model: NXP IPN7160B1HN
Built-in microphone model: CMB-MIC-X7.
Dual cooling fans, model BSM0405HPJH9 and BSM0505HPJQC (copper gaming heat sink).
Video signal conversion (DisplayPort to HDMI) must be chip model; Ruixian RTD2175N must be chip (support HDMI 2.1).
Network chip model: Ruiming RTL8153B-VB-CG and Gigabit Ethernet chip (the base has a network cable interface).
Microcontroller chip model: STMicroelectronics JSTM32G0OB0OCET6.
Video game console protective case model: HGU1100 (size: 206 x 115 x 14mm, made of plastic).
Speakers: MUSE BOX-L and MUSE BOX-R (two-channel stereo).

 

[Superduper Samurai]

Oh shit

News Release : Sep. 19, 2024 "Filing Lawsuit for Infringement of Patent Rights against Pocketpair, Inc."

Press release of Nintendo Co., Ltd.

www.nintendo.co.jp

 

[Saturnus]

In "Man, Fuck Nintendo!" Circlejerking news. Ryujinx, aka the other Switch emulator made by Brazilians, has been told to C&D operations (or else) by Nintendo's legal team.

 

[httn]

HL2 20th. If you are the 1% of people that have never played the game it is free on steam for a while.

Half-Life 2 Anniversary Update

Experience Half-Life 2 all over again, with a brand-new commentary mode, improved graphics and gameplay options, Steam Workshop support, and more. We're also bringing back the art book, and have a new documentary featuring the original development team.

www.half-life.com

 

[El Rrata]

Leaks were all correct.

 

[Saturnus]

 

[Smelliest007]

Oof for the Marvel Rivals players here. Wonder if this will have any impact on the game months down the line.

So do I read that right that there is very, very little reason to care about this? 40 games and only the exclusively 32 bit ones are the ones that are affected?

If none of the games on the list are something you plan on revisiting, sure. It's just gay how Nvidia and the industry at large keeps fucking with old games.

 

[thhrang]

Team Fortress 2

www.teamfortress.com

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013/commit/0759e2e8e179d5352d81d0d4aaded72c1704b7a9

Valve has officially released TF2's entire Source Code and added it to the Source SDK for modding. This in combination with the Final Comic being released in December basically truly is Valve saying they're done.

If only they'd just revert MyM balance changes and bring back Quickplay.