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[Fucking YTs]

Well, it looks like my dream of a UT99 chubba is dead:

Epic Games are killing off a bunch of classics like Unreal Tournament

Epic Games announced today they're killing off a bunch of classic games removing them from stores and turning off their online services for retro delights like Unreal Tournament.

www.gamingonlinux.com

It's delisted from Steam and only available on GOG for now. I fucking hate Epic Games.

 

[UncreativeVtuberEnjoyer]

Valve casually dropping 3 videos on a new game, Counter Strike 2.

Spoiler: COUNTER STRIKE... 2?

God please let this game replace valorant streams.

Not a new game but a upgrade of CS:GO to Source 2

Introducing Counter-Strike 2 | Limited Test

Counter-Strike 2 is the largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike’s history, ensuring new features and updates for years to come.

counter-strike.net

 

[John Vtuber👁️]

An official account for boomer/weeb dungeon crawler series Wizardry has opened, please look forward to how they plan on bringing the brand to relevancy for the "modern day", I know I am

 

[reinigen]

Honestly we should have seen some bad news coming. Blizzard announced a bunch of Trans Pride merchandise early yesterday.


This is like the 3rd or 4th time in recent time they've put out some LGBTQ thing hours before some major bad news. I think last time they announced their first 'nonbinery' Overwatch hero?

Also, people have pointed out the pink letters spell out 'liar'.

Edit:

 

[chihirogumi]

Honestly we should have seen some bad news coming. Blizzard announced a bunch of Trans Pride merchandise early yesterday.


This is like the 3rd or 4th time in recent time they've put out some LGBTQ thing hours before some major bad news. I think last time they announced their first 'nonbinery' Overwatch hero?

Also, people have pointed out the pink letters spell out 'liar'.

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Speaking of ActiBlizz fucking up Overwatch, gaming "journalist" Jason Schreier is once again running interference for ActiBlizz by comparing the outcry against PvE being cancelled to toddler behavior. He's also saying "please think of the devs!!1" when nobody is actually hating on the worker bee devs that are fucked over by incompetent corporate executives.
This is the same guy that knew about the Blizzard sexual harassment controversy and decided not to report on it to protect his press access to Blizzard. I really despise this condescending weasel.

Spoiler: Schreier Tweets

 

[Ｍｕｒｒａｙしないで]

Apparently Bungie is slapping the Marathon name on whatever this is. I'm seeing red. If they called this Marathon: Versus or even Marathon 4 or something, it'd be somewhat more tolerable, but this, which is apparently going to be some multiplayer-only BR thing with (I'm sure) lots of live services nonsense, is apparently going to get the full rebadging, and people searching the name is going to see this instead of the classic innovative game series of the '90s.

I know companies often lose a lot of their original soul after being bought and sold. Well, Bungie has been sold twice, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Edit:



Well.

This person probably wasn't even born yet when the last of the original trilogy came out.

 

[God's Strongest Dragoon]

Random gaming news
>Cyberpunk's DLC expansion (Phantom Liberty) will be at Summer Game Fest
>Rumor is that the Playstation Showcase was suppose to be a State of Play, hence why it was basically just Spider-Man and then a bunch of 3rd party titles. Supposedly we should be getting an actual Playstation Showcase with more in-depth stuff in September
>Bloomberg article by turbojew Schreier (archive) that Naughty Dog's Factions MP (The Last of Us Multiplayer) is having serious issues in development. They didn't include it in TLOU2 or TLOU Part 1 because they wanted to dedicate more resources to it being its own thing. Supposedly Sony brought Bungie in to evaluate it and Bungie did not speak highly of it.
>Aside from the Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake, Konami will also be porting MGS1, MGS2, and MGS3 into "Master Collection Vol. 1" which should come out later this year

 

[Punished Anime Discusser]

Summer Game Fest hosted by Kojima's favorite gaijin in 25.

>new prince of persia game
>horribly ugly sidescroller with nu-age low poly models that look like they're from Call Of Dragons
>prince is no longer a suave middle-eastern man, he's some nappy haired chimp
OF COURSE OPEN WITH THAT WHY DON'T YOU

Ed Boon spending 4 years and millions of dollars to make the worst animations you've ever seen in a fighting game, Episode 3.
>finally bring back Stryker after 12 years
>assist-only character
Throw Ed Boon down a flight of stairs.

Nic Cage on the stage.

 

[That Chuuba Enjoyer]

also not to double post but Atlus instagram posted trailers for Person 3 remake and a fire emblem persona tactics game.



I honestly feel we'll see a Person 6 teaser fall of next year. With the ramp up Persona projects in recent years.

 

[reinigen]

For anyone else as excited for Final Fantasy 16 as I am, the big pre-launch event is happening later today. Yoshi-P has a habit of doing these things for his major releases where he talks about the game he's releasing in a pretty good manner. Schedule below.

Lots of good stuff to watch here, the big thing I think will be the music panel with Soken, the lead composer of the game. For anyone who doesn't know the man, he could very well be one of the most talented new composers in video games right now. It's great to see him get more exposure out of Final Fantasy 14. His musical styles will rip you goddamn dick off. Some examples below.

^This one is apparently the theme of the main character for 16.





The final song is of him in the FF14 House band called "The Primals" that's all employees who work on the game. Think what Elite Tauren Chieftan used to be, but they didn't squander it like Blizzard did. They perform a lot of music within the game, and even perform concerts for all the FF14 fanfests. The non-asian guy in the band is also their lead translator/localizer who is working on FF16 too, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox.

 

[Punished Anime Discusser]

Am I alone in never buying another Bethesda game until they get a new fucking engine? Their engines have been complete ass ever since Gamebryo. Creation isn't much better IMO.

Creation is literally Gamebryo with additional shit bolted on top, so no surprise nothing changed.

Also PC Gaming Show right now.

 

[God's Strongest Dragoon]

The Xbox Games Showcase Extended should be starting in ~1 hour.
From the stream description:

Like last year, we’re bringing you our follow-up stream, Xbox Games Showcase Extended airing June 13 at 10am PT, with in-depth interviews focused on the news from our Xbox Games Showcase as well as game updates from our partners.

It's likely going to be more dev interviews and potentially more gameplay shown. Supposedly there might be games that weren't featured in the main showcase. I'm likely just going to have it on in the background as opposed to actively watching it.

 

[God's Strongest Dragoon]

So far on the extended showcase, might update if there's more stuff
Cyberpunk 2077

Spoiler: details

>Ingame tour of the Black Market in Dogtown
>there'll be unique cyberware you won't find anywhere else (showed an arm that shoots flames out of its elbow)
>showed the supposed guy in charge of Dogtown
>Keanu interview with him talking about Johnny and some of the character relationships

High On Life: High On Knife, just a cinematic, not much info given
The Lamplighters League (Oct 3rd), brief gameplay shown looking similar to Xcom style
Avowed

Spoiler: details

>Dev interview, no other gameplay shown
>Takes place in Pillars of Eternity world, Eora, but won't need to play Pillar to understand the game
>showed companions
>You're not a watcher like in Pillars
>Supposedly a soulplague is in the game but they won't go into detail about it
>Compared to Outer Worlds/KOTOR 2 in how the world is set up

The First Descendant

Spoiler: Details

>Interview with Producer
>3rd person looter shooter
>clips of gameplay shown
>solo or co-op
>talk about changes they made based on player feedback during the Beta
>August 22-28th Open Beta

Towerborne

Spoiler: details

>Founders talk
>action RPG, online or couch co-op
>clips of gameplay and the environment
>emphasized the couch co-op and players linking together combo chains, one guy does combo that ends with knockup and then other does air combo

Fallout 76: Once in a Blue Moon

Spoiler: details

>June 20th, free update
>New cryptids like a giant werewolf and giant turtle looking thing
>Hollywood Cinema themed rewards from scoreboard (battlepass?)
>Short clip of Atlantic City expansion coming later

Hi-Fi Rush: Arcade Challenge Update

Spoiler: details

>arcade challenge modes
>lots of clips shown
>July 5th
>2 game modes, BPM rush and Power Up/Tower Up
>5 new songs and 2 new enemies
>BPM is fast pace that goes up to 200 BPM, multiple difficulties
>Power Up/Tower Up
>gradually pick upgrades that give buffs/debuffs
>New cosmetics and photo mode filters
>extra stuff they don't want to reveal as it is a secret

ESO: Necrom Expansion

Spoiler: details

>devs talk about the game
>More clips of the environment
>brief talk about Hermaeus Mora, showed some spells the PC casts that are drawn from him
>showed some of the new monsters
>June 20th

Phasmophobia: Console Early Access in August (more general update details but they briefly text sprawled through it all so I didn't catch it)
Exoprimal

Spoiler: details

>Savage Gauntlet, mode with special PVE Modes for fastest time
>more gameplay shown
>showed more dinosaur types
>Exosuit variants (different weapons and playstyles)
>Marksman, shotgun, fortress shield, energy chakram, charge shotgun, duality beam, thunderclap, frost glaive, double barrel

Flight Simulator

Spoiler: details

>More details on Dune ornithopter
>Arrakis map
>Nov 3rd

Lies of P

Spoiler: details

>showed more clips of gameplay while dev is talking over it
>showed a bunch of the mech arm's different variations
>showed more enemies other than puppets, looking a lot more bloodborne
>can summon spectre for boss fights if skill issue
>this was all pretty brief, probably 1 minute at most
>September 19th

Hellblade 2, general talk about motion/performance capture and nothing about the game itself
Lightyear Frontier

Spoiler: details

>dev talk with gameplay shown
>one of those "devs pretend to be players and act surprised" but fail at being convincing
>driving walker mechs
>material collecting for building and farming

33 Immortals

Spoiler: details

>33 players co-op
>game story is about 33 immortals rebelling against the wrath of god
>the name is in reference to Dante's Inferno, as there's suppose to be 33 chapters there
>more gameplay shown
>33 members of the dev team playing with Phil Spencer partaking, says he's never played before and confused
>it progressively becomes more of a clusterfuck

Suddenly ends the showcase after that, wtf lol

 

[reinigen]

I await news on Pikmin 4 and more bing bing wahoo.

Stream here:

 

[thhrang]

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Okay, if they're so low-effort that they can't even be bothered to implement proper keyboard and mouse controls, I don't know how optimistic I am for Volume 2 having an MGS4 port.

Spoiler: lmao

 

[Punished Anime Discusser]

Oh hey, Skullgirls got an update today.

That censored half the game, and CENSORED THE FUCKING DIGITAL ARTBOOK PEOPLE PAID MONEY AND KICKSTARTERED THE GAME FOR.

 

[God's Strongest Dragoon]

To add on to this:
>Jim Ryan didn't view Starfield as anti-competitive
>in regards to Ryan's refusal to answer the hypothetical, the MS lawyer said "You don't get to not answer." and Ryan responded, "I don't have enough knowledge to answer."
>Jim Ryan confirmed he told Bobby Kotick, "I don't want a new Call of Duty deal, I just want to block your merger."
>Ryan claimed if a game is on Game Pass then it's essentially exclusive
>Ryan tried to reiterate that he only sees the market as Xbox vs Playstation. Then goes on to say Sony dominates 65% of that market
>Microsoft lawyer brought up how FFXVI was previously going to be on Xbox and Playstation before Sony jumped in
>The MS lawyer schooled the Economist/analyst that the FTC brought in (Lee). Even the Judge jumped in.
>The part about the Judge talking about PC wasn't just one statement, it went on for a while between the Judge and Lee with the Judge making Lee look retarded

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Paraphrasing part of the conversation:
Judge: Mentions how gaming PCs are an option for people to play COD if they lose it on PS5
Lee: Says that gaming PCs are more expensive than a PS5
Judge: Talks about how a PC has more value other than just the gaming
Lee: Tries to talk about pricing again
Judge: Points to the Nintendo Switch's price and how the Series S is priced to compete with the Switch

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It goes on for a while and the final line from Lee is a colossal fuckup because he defines the Switch as part of the same market as Xbox and a substitute for the PS5, which is the opposite of what he previously stated and what the FTC and Sony were trying to do. Lee also claimed that Call of Duty isn't essential, which is also the exact opposite of what he said before. Meanwhile the data from Sony on CoD shows Sony players largely buy CoD for the campaign and then drop it. This whole trial case is a comedy, we're likely going to see the FTC go 0-8. Not only has the FTC and Sony's argument been cratered by this but even the Judge made a statement that made the CMA look like retards.

Also, my favorite moment so far:
Lee: "I can talk more about the survey for your honor if it helps."
Judge: "That the survey you didn't read?"
Lee: Doesn't say anything, just laughs

 

[Banana Hammock]

Guess what's getting a remake.

 

[God's Strongest Dragoon]

Double posting because this is a completely different topic. Sony fucked up massively during the FTC trial and submitted some documents as part of the FTC's lawsuit. The major issue with this document was that it was poorly redacted, so Sony just revealed to everyone that The Last of Us Part 2 cost $220 million to make and Horizon Forbidden West cost $212 million.

This didn't even include marketing costs, which wasn't revealed, but the document did note that the marketing costs for it were large, even for established franchises. Keep in mind that GTA5 cost ~165 million with a ~100 million marketing cost. So we're likely looking at a ~320 million+ hole that The Last of Us Part 2 dug. Unless that game ended up selling 15 million copies at full price, that's not good for them. Even more hilarious when you look back at Druckman stating that the game made a profit within 1 day of sales, which was 4 million copies from the entire opening weekend. Fun fact, the people that make the game don't get the full $60 price at stores and even if they did make $60 off every copy of that 4 million, that would still only be $240 million in revenue. Considering the game saw a massive decline in sales, it saw a price cut everywhere, and it took them 2 years to finally reach 10 million copies, that's really fucking bad.

Brought this up because the composer for the series may have just accidentally leaked that a remaster of The Last of Us Part 2 is in the works. Yes you heard that right, a remake of a game that came out in 2020 is on the way. They are really desperate to make back that investment after The Last of Us 1 remake flopped really fucking hard.

Also some side info from their failure at redaction

Spoiler: Oops, that was meant to be redacted

>In 2021, over 1 million PS players only played Call of Duty and nothing else. 6 million spent 70% of their time playing Call of Duty
>CoD is the biggest 3rd-party franchise for SIE, which made $873 million in the United States for them in 2021
>PS users that play CoD generated an annual platform spending of around $15.9 billion worldwide from 2019-2021
>Modern Warfare 2 (2022) sold 4.4 million units on Playstation in its first week
>Less than 20% of PS5 owners also own an Xbox Series X/S. Almost half of PS5 owners also own a Nintendo Switch
>34% of SIE's revenue comes from the sale of PS consoles and accessories
>Both Sony and Microsoft made bids for Valheim and Immortality to have on their subscription services, Microsoft won both bids

 

[That Chuuba Enjoyer]

On news of OW clones hurting like OW right now...

Overwatch 2 Engagement and Player Investment Is Declining, Activision Blizzard Admits - IGN

Activision Blizzard admits in its recent earnings report that the engagement and player investment in Overwatch 2 is declining.

www.ign.com

Lol!