General Gaming News.

[hanselthecaretaker]

I suppose this could fit in the jokes thread too but anyways -

Idiots spent over $162,000 in total on Konami's Castlevania NFTs

The Konami auction hosted by OpenSea has ended, and the Castlevania NFTs generated more than $162,000 in total across 14 items.

www.nintendoenthusiast.com

Has South Park covered NFT’s yet? If not then they should, because this shit is bananas.

 

[BrawlMan]

Has South Park covered NFT’s yet? If not then they should, because this shit is bananas.

They are already way ahead of you for the past couple of months.

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[hanselthecaretaker]

@BrawlMan thanks for those, all brilliant!

In the meantime,

VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb says that the E3 2022 digital event is “a mess” and “probably also cancelled”

You may recall that, a couple of weeks ago, the ESA confirmed that “due to the ongoing health risks surrounding COVID-19 and its potential impact on the safety of exhibitors and attendees…

mynintendonews.com

lol not surprising.

 

[BrawlMan]

Xbox boss expects PlayStation’s ‘inevitable’ Game Pass rival to include new games on day 1 | VGC

Phil Spencer comments on reports about unannounced Sony service…

www.videogameschronicle.com

That is heartwarming.

'Video Game Swap Shop' That's Saving People Thousands Reaches Business Award Finals

"We have saved the UK general gaming public almost £400,000"

www.nintendolife.com

 

[BrawlMan]

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[Fallen Soldier]

WTF?! https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/01/microsoft-has-bought-activision-blizzard

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

...I'm surprised they couldn't haggle for a discount

 

[Hades]

Microsoft buying Activision is pretty gigantic news. If you have exclusive rights to COD then you have a titanic competitive edge. To my chagrin this probably means I cannot play Overwatch 2 anymore since I have no Xbox and don't trust PC gaming.

Now can they please fire Bobby?

 

[Fallen Soldier]

Activision is one of those studios with little to no iPs I care about. The major exception would be Crash and Spyro, mostly Spyro though.

 

[Godzillarich(aka tf2godz)]

I honestly think the only reason this deal was accepted is the bad PR Activision's getting. They were probably more accepting of Microsoft's deal if it helps it's PR by having a new boss.

I honestly expect Microsoft to do a huge restructuring of Activision Blizzard, for that reason alone.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

WTF?! https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/01/microsoft-has-bought-activision-blizzard

^^Four posts later(?!), lol this is another parody/satire site like harddrive. Does anyone actually think greedy Bobby K would capitulate to anyone, including Microsoft?


*edit*. Wait…you gotta be fucking kidding. Well, then again it is Microsoft (If you can’t beat ‘em, buy ‘em!). I thought this line of the press release was kinda funny,

As we pursue that mission, it is incredibly exciting to announce that Microsoft has agreed to acquire Activision Blizzard.

Really, Microsoft? You “agreed to”? Pretty sure you were the pursuer here, as usual. With all the third parties you’re scarfing up eventually Sony will be the new Nintendo.

 

[CriticalGaming]

^^Four posts later(?!), lol this is another parody/satire site like harddrive. Does anyone actually think greedy Bobby K would capitulate to anyone, including Microsoft?

Microsoft Closing In On $70 Billion Deal To Buy Activision Blizzard

The Xbox owner is close to buying the beleaguered Call Of Duty publisher

kotaku.com

It's not official yet, but it looks like it is going to happen sooner or later.

I'm a bit torn on this TBH. On one hand, a new corporate management could clean up the culture of the company. However Microsoft has been shown to buy shit and do absolutely nothing with it. So it's not exactly an exciting idea either way you look at it.

Speaking of Blizzard though, did you know that if you don't play Diablo 2 for 30 days the game locks you out and you can't play it anymore?

Diablo 2 Resurrected Cannot Be Played Offline If You Fail to Login Online Once in 30 Days

Those who own Diablo 2 Resurrected, if you don't log in (online) at least once in 30 days, you cannot play it offline regardless of platform.

mp1st.com

That's right if you stop playing for a month and try to come back to the single player game you bought, get fucked.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Microsoft buying Activision is pretty gigantic news. If you have exclusive rights to COD then you have a titanic competitive edge. To my chagrin this probably means I cannot play Overwatch 2 anymore since I have no Xbox and don't trust PC gaming.

Now can they please fire Bobby?

Actually this might be the best thing that finally happens out of all of this. Considering they just hired a law firm to fine-tune their corporate culture after merely the Bill Gates alleged incident(s) of misconduct, they should be having a field day with him.

 

[Fallen Soldier]

Microsoft is keeping Bobby Kotick on as CEO, despite all the crap he’s done.

Microsoft confirms they are keeping Bobby Kotick after buying Activision, which is already a bad look

The Microsoft Bobby Kotick begins: the company has confirmed that the CEO is staying on in his current position with the company.

www.google.com

 

[BrawlMan]

Speaking of Blizzard though, did you know that if you don't play Diablo 2 for 30 days the game locks you out and you can't play it anymore?

Diablo 2 Resurrected Cannot Be Played Offline If You Fail to Login Online Once in 30 Days

Those who own Diablo 2 Resurrected, if you don't log in (online) at least once in 30 days, you cannot play it offline regardless of platform.

mp1st.com

I'm so glad I didn't buy it. You're not allowed to play the game you bought and paid for with your own money (most likely)? Walking to the Future everyone. This is why I always buy game where you don't have to be online, nor require some stupid online pass. Get fucked Blizz-Activision! Get fucked! It's people's product they bought! They can do whatever the hell they want with it!

 

[CriticalGaming]

I'm so glad I didn't buy it. You're not allowed to play the game you bought and paid for with your own money (most likely)? Walking to the Future everyone. This is why I always buy game where you don't have to be online, nor require some stupid online pass. Get fucked Blizz-Activision! Get fucked! It's people's product they bought! They can do whatever the hell they want with it!

The game locks you out of offline play too if you've not booted it for 30 days. It must be doing some sort of server check even if you are playing single player.

 

[Fallen Soldier]

The game locks you out of offline play too if you've not booted it for 30 days. It must be doing some sort of server check even if you are playing single player.

Here’s a smart idea. Just leave any online component out of a single player game and leave it for multiplayer.

 

[bluegate]

Fuck Microsoft.

 

[BrawlMan]

I said it before and I will say it once again: Microsoft can buy all these studios all they want, but if they're not going to do anything with them, have them just sit there, or make something that's arguably worse, then they might as well not even had bothered.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

I said it before and I will say it once again: Microsoft can buy all these studios all they want, but if they're not going to do anything with them, have them just sit there, or make something that's arguably worse, then they might as well not even had bothered.

That sentiment is clear, but what’s troubling is they are creating a sizable rift/possible vacuum in the industry, where dollars that once went to a company that still has a fairly respectable stance on ethics regarding monetization (Sony) will now be going to one that kinda doesn’t (Microsoft). This will only exacerbate the issue industry-wide into being the “required norm” to “succeed”. Same thing happened with online fees (XBL was first to implement), and it will continue down the line with MTX’s and NFT’s.

At that point I’ll just end up buying and/or replaying older stuff, since Steam keeps making it easy enough to keep my library, well, stuffed.