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Get over here and see how Scorpion's iconic spear-throw was created
Mortal Kombat's co-creator offers up a jewel from the vaults.
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Looks competently comical and arcadey like it should be. Dune buggy needs machine guns and rocket jumping.
Fascinating little tidbit.Get over here and see how Scorpion's iconic spear-throw was created
Mortal Kombat's co-creator offers up a jewel from the vaults.
Interesting take -
Although there’s really no 1:1 overlay possible as the game world is more of an amalgamation of separate regions it’s based upon.
Although there’s really no 1:1 overlay possible as the game world is more of an amalgamation of separate regions it’s based upon.
That on foot combat looks... very rough. To say the least.
Silent Hill Needs a Hard Reboot, Not a Sequel - The Escapist
Konami is rumored to be making new Silent Hill games with Kojima Productions and Bloober Team, & it better be a reboot, not a sequel project.
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I've already read the article, and we all know that's never going to happen. The best you're going to get is another pachinko machine. I honestly don't want Konami making any more games. If they do, which they won't, hire somebody that's actually compitent and don't outsource some cheap labor.Silent Hill Needs a Hard Reboot, Not a Sequel - The Escapist
Konami is rumored to be making new Silent Hill games with Kojima Productions and Bloober Team, & it better be a reboot, not a sequel project.
"It just needs a little more time in the oven, it'll be good, it'll be good!" (Homer Simpson voice).
Lmao
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Company that told Sony "go ahead, sue us" pulls replacement PS5 plates from sale, says Sony threatened to sue them
The company that told Sony to "go ahead, sue us" has pulled replacement PlayStation 5 plates from sale after Sony threa…
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The company that told Sony to "go ahead, sue us" has pulled replacement PlayStation 5 plates from sale after Sony threatened to sue them.
In February, Canadian-based device customisation company Dbrand launched its replacement PS5 plates, dubbed Darkplates, with a brazen attitude towards the prospect of a Sony takedown.
"With the release of Darkplates, the unthinkable has happened," Dbrand said at the time. "We've taken Sony's monumental achievement in bad design... and fixed it. We can only assume that our prizes are in the mail."
Dbrand's plates contain a microscopic texture, as do the official PS5 plates, but it's slightly different to Sony's PlayStation face button design.
"When you look at this microscopic texture inside the Darkplates, what do you see?" Dbrand said in a section of its website subtitled "Totally legal".
"If your answer is 'a familiar-but-legally-distinct apocalyptic spin on the classic PlayStation button shapes,' you might be one of our lawyers."
"Go ahead, sue us," read the top of the website.
A Darkplate, with engraved symbols.
Dbrand said it subsequently received a letter from Sony threatening legal action - and it has now complied with the demands.
In a reddit post bemoaning the action from Sony, Dbrand said "Darkplates are dead".
In the cease and desist letter, which Dbrand has published online but not dated, lawyers representing Sony accuses the company of trademark and copyright infringement as well as counterfeiting.
The letter goes on to demand Dbrand pull all marketing, promotion and sales of Darkplates worldwide.
"If Dbrand refuses to cooperate in full with these demands," the letter continues, "or delays in responding to this letter, our client will be forced to take the actions it deems necessary to protect its valuable intellectual property rights."
Dbrand's expletive-packed reddit post takes issue with the action, and highlights Sony's complaint about the similarity between PS5 plates and the Darkplates design, even using Netflix hit show Squid Game to defend itself:
"... did you know that Sony believes our distinctive and original 'Illuminati Pyramid / Radiation Hazard / Skull & Crossbones / Angry Robot Head' symbols, engraved inside the Darkplates, infringe on their trademarked button shapes? How the fuck did Squid Game get away with it?"
Dbrand's reddit post takes issue with Sony's letter.
Dbrand also makes the more general point that consumers should have the right to choose which parts they use to modify, upgrade or repair their console.
The PS5 plates do come off with a bit of fiddling about - as Sony itself revealed in the run up to the November 2020 launch of the console. At the time it was felt Sony planned to sell its own official replacement plates, although the company has yet to announce such a product.
Dbrand speculates Sony may intend to launch its own black faceplates or is working on a licensing model "where they have a monopoly over custom faceplates".
The upshot is Dbrand has complied with Sony's demands. The Darkplates page on its website now contains a list of lists to articles on the product, including one by Eurogamer.
However, Dbrand insisted it is only agreeing to the takedown "for now".
"While we strongly believe in the consumer's right to customise and modify their hardware with aftermarket components, your Darkplates are now a collector's item," Dbrand said.
"You know what they say - you either die a Darkplates owner, or you live long enough to see yourself become the scalper.
"In closing, fuck you and especially fuck Sony. Talk soon."
Lmao indeedLmao
Company that told Sony "go ahead, sue us" pulls replacement PS5 plates from sale, says Sony threatened to sue them
The company that told Sony to "go ahead, sue us" has pulled replacement PlayStation 5 plates from sale after Sony threa…
You know those small details would mean nothing at all to me, I don't get why third party manufacturers keep trying to copy them.
Not to worry, there's still plenty of alternatives, likes these, if you're into that "Perfect Cell's final and dankest form" aestheticLmao
Company that told Sony "go ahead, sue us" pulls replacement PS5 plates from sale, says Sony threatened to sue them
The company that told Sony to "go ahead, sue us" has pulled replacement PlayStation 5 plates from sale after Sony threa…
Who are they even talking to here with the first F bomb, their customers? -
"In closing, fuck you and especially fuck Sony. Talk soon."
Anyways it’s also pretty stupid going through all that effort and spending all that money developing something without getting approval, assuming a corporation would be cool with it. From the way they sound though it’s not surprising in the least.
Oh, Dbrand. Don't cut yourself on that edge, now.Lmao
Company that told Sony "go ahead, sue us" pulls replacement PS5 plates from sale, says Sony threatened to sue them
The company that told Sony to "go ahead, sue us" has pulled replacement PlayStation 5 plates from sale after Sony threa…
Also, the only reason I can imagine for Sony to ignore the absolute printing press of money that would be custom sideplates for the PS5 is some weird, burning hatred for anyone who would dare change the "perfection" that is the PlayStation 5.
Did Blade of Darkness really pioneer Dark Souls?
When it originally launched in 2001, Severance: Blade of Darkness was known as the game in which you could beat enemies…
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TL;DR, well kind of, but more-so Conan the Barbarian
To truly understand why Blade of Darkness shares so many of Dark Souls' qualities, you need to look at its own inspirations, particularly Conan the Barbarian. All the qualities that seem similar to Dark Souls, the brutal combat, the minimalist storytelling, the fallen fantasy world shrouded in mystery, are all inherited from the work of Robert E. Howard.
…Blade of Darkness doesn't belong to the soulsborne genre, it's a well made Conan simulator that happens to have landed on a lot of the same ideas. That said, the comparison has some merit, insofar as it drags Blade of Darkness out from the shadows of obscurity. Although there's no causal link between the two, it is a game well-suited to souls fans, one which holds up surprisingly well twenty years on. Blade of Darkness may not have pioneered Dark Souls, but Dark Souls has paved the way for Blade of Darkness' redemption.