General Gaming News.

[BrawlMan]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2023/01/13/elizabeth-warren-proletariat-union-activision/

How the video game ‘Stray’ is helping rescue real-life cats

"Stray," an award-winning video game featuring a stray cat, is helping rescue animals. Online streamers are using their platforms to raise money for felines without a home. The PBS NewsHour spoke to a number of people who are using a virtual stray to help real-life cats.

www.pbs.org

"Sold below expectations!" Deja vu!

The Callisto Protocol reportedly hasn’t met publisher sales expectations | VGC

The Callisto Protocol has reportedly seen disappointing sales numbers, failing to recoup a reported $ 162 million budget. This has caused investors in publisher Krafton to lower their target stock price in response.

www.videogameschronicle.com

Akili cuts 30% of staff to focus cash on growing prescription video game sales

The move comes as the company seeks a path forward after sales of $82,000 in the third quarter. Over the last five months, its share price has fallen 90%.

www.medtechdive.com

 

[BrawlMan]

Preorder Street Fighter 6 At A Discount Ahead Of Tomorrow's Launch

Street Fighter 6 releases tomorrow, June 2, and you can get Steam keys for any of the three editions for 15% off.

www.gamespot.com

 

[FakeSympathy]

We got a release year for Skyblivion!

And holy shit, this looks like an official remake. And it looks like they have adding new contents, and not just copy-paste stuff from the original game.

 

[meiam]

We got a release year for Skyblivion!

And holy shit, this looks like an official remake. And it looks like they have adding new contents, and not just copy-paste stuff from the original game.

lol 2025, not much of a release year. It's a near idea, which just beg the question of why Bethesda isn't doing it... Oh wait, elder scroll online is sucking all their time, you know I really hope for them that its printing money cause otherwise not releasing a new ES game in forever really doesn't seem like a great idea.

I've been thinking about maybe doing another run at skyrim, but the gameplay system wasn't that great back then and now feel antiquated (to say nothing of oblivion and its levelling system). There doesn't really seem to be any mod to change the gameplay, at least no serious/stable one, but hey there's 20 000 mod to make female breast bigger and water reflect more light...

 

[CriticalGaming]

Sold below expectations!" Deja vu!

Oh no! Anyway......

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

I've been thinking about maybe doing another run at skyrim, but the gameplay system wasn't that great back then and now feel antiquated (to say nothing of oblivion and its levelling system). There doesn't really seem to be any mod to change the gameplay, at least no serious/stable one, but hey there's 20 000 mod to make female breast bigger and water reflect more light...

There are overhauls for things like magic and stealth which I found interesting to use. However, there's only so much mods can do.

 

[FakeSympathy]

lol 2025, not much of a release year. It's a near idea, which just beg the question of why Bethesda isn't doing it... Oh wait, elder scroll online is sucking all their time, you know I really hope for them that its printing money cause otherwise not releasing a new ES game in forever really doesn't seem like a great idea.

I've been thinking about maybe doing another run at skyrim, but the gameplay system wasn't that great back then and now feel antiquated (to say nothing of oblivion and its levelling system). There doesn't really seem to be any mod to change the gameplay, at least no serious/stable one, but hey there's 20 000 mod to make female breast bigger and water reflect more light...

I think it’s the attempt that counts here. Because as you said, this is something Bethesda will never attempt. Ever since I saw the unrendered imperial city in base Skyrim all those years ago(shortly after the 2011 release), I’ve been dying for someone to try remaking Oblivion. There have been attempts at creating small portions of the world, but never in this scale.

Personally, I’d take base Skyrim gameplay any day over Oblivion. Although i do think that had better story and general quest designs than Skyrim

 

[BrawlMan]

Leaked Suicide Squad image appears to confirm battle pass and more | VGC

But source tells VGC it’s dedicated to cosmetics…

www.videogameschronicle.com

A leaked Hogwarts Legacy art book reportedly reveals the game’s length and other information | VGC

The alleged leak also shows an early world map and gives details on some missions…

www.videogameschronicle.com

NPD has revealed the best-selling games of 2022 in the United States | VGC

Modern Warfare 2 held off Elden Ring to top the annual software sales chart…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Indian Video Game Industry Appeals to the Government to Distinguish Between Video Games and Gambling Apps With New Regulations

The Indian government recently classified esports as part of "multi-sport event" and shared a draft for proposed amendments around "online gaming".

in.ign.com

PS5 firmware update 7.00 reportedly adding Discord integration

A report has suggested that PS5 firmware update 7.00 will add Discord chat integration, as well as cloud streaming for PS5 games.

www.gameshub.com

Ni No Kuni Developer Level-5 Looking to Expand Globally Again (gamerant.com)

 

[Chimpzy]

Forspoken pc requirements have been revealed.

They're weird. 6700XT or 3070 for 1440p/30? Sure, game looks nice, but not so nice it should require hardware more powerful than PS5 for worse performance. Ultra is even weirder. 6800xt and 4080 are not equivalents. Unless the actual requirement is the vram, in which case, whoof, wtf does this need 32gb ram and 16gb vram for?

Either they're being very conservative or it's gonna be another Squenix trash tier port. Get ready for stuttersville.

 

[CriticalGaming]

Forspoken pc requirements have been revealed.

They're weird. 6700XT or 3070 for 1440p/30? Sure, game looks nice, but not so nice it should require hardware more powerful than PS5 for worse performance. Ultra is even weirder. 6800xt and 4080 are not equivalents. Unless the actual requirement is the vram, in which case, whoof, wtf does this need 32gb ram and 16gb vram for?

Either they're being very conservative or it's gonna be another Squenix trash tier port. Get ready for stuttersville.

Uh...yes?

 

[Chimpzy]

Uh...yes?

You're right, silly of me. It's Squenix, of course it's garbo. Tho I've since watched DFs tech rundown of the console version, and apparently that performs pretty meh too.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Forspoken pc requirements have been revealed.

They're weird. 6700XT or 3070 for 1440p/30? Sure, game looks nice, but not so nice it should require hardware more powerful than PS5 for worse performance. Ultra is even weirder. 6800xt and 4080 are not equivalents. Unless the actual requirement is the vram, in which case, whoof, wtf does this need 32gb ram and 16gb vram for?

Either they're being very conservative or it's gonna be another Squenix trash tier port. Get ready for stuttersville.

Move over, Callisto Protocol. A new shitshow wants center stage.

 

[BrawlMan]

You're right, silly of me. It's Squenix, of course it's garbo. Tho I've since watched DFs tech rundown of the console version, and apparently that performs pretty meh too.

Move over, Callisto Protocol. A new shitshow wants center stage.

$60-70+ on current gen hardware or PC, yet they either look like crap, play like crap, or both. Fuck AAA industry.

 

[meiam]

Forspoken pc requirements have been revealed.

They're weird. 6700XT or 3070 for 1440p/30? Sure, game looks nice, but not so nice it should require hardware more powerful than PS5 for worse performance. Ultra is even weirder. 6800xt and 4080 are not equivalents. Unless the actual requirement is the vram, in which case, whoof, wtf does this need 32gb ram and 16gb vram for?

Either they're being very conservative or it's gonna be another Squenix trash tier port. Get ready for stuttersville.

Damn just upgraded my graphic card and the 6650 can't even meet the recommended spec...

Square put zero effort into port, the last star ocean also had crazy high minimum and recommended for a game that looked like an early PS4 game.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

BrawlMan already posted this, but I wanted to include the image.



Look at that fucking awful, F2P wannabe mobile game UI. I wonder if the reception to Gotham Knights is going to change anything, because this barely looks better than that garbage.

 

[CriticalGaming]

You're right, silly of me. It's Squenix, of course it's garbo. Tho I've since watched DFs tech rundown of the console version, and apparently that performs pretty meh too.

I wasn't thrilled with how it ran on PS5 in my demo review so I can't imagine there would be much improvement for the full game tbh.

 

[BrawlMan]

BrawlMan already posted this, but I wanted to include the image.

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Look at that fucking awful, F2P wannabe mobile game UI. I wonder if the reception to Gotham Knights is going to change anything, because this barely looks better than that garbage.

Definitely looks bad, banal, boring, and annoying. I rather just stick with the Suicide Squad movies. All of them. So like I said before, I already lost interest when the Justice League and Superman became villains. It's another Superman as evil or brainwashed storyline again. Screw off WB. I do admit to having Suicide Squad fatigue. It's me more so being tired of Amanda Waller. A character I didn't like nor care for much the first time I had ever seen or heard of her before.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Forspoken pc requirements have been revealed.

They're weird. 6700XT or 3070 for 1440p/30? Sure, game looks nice, but not so nice it should require hardware more powerful than PS5 for worse performance. Ultra is even weirder. 6800xt and 4080 are not equivalents. Unless the actual requirement is the vram, in which case, whoof, wtf does this need 32gb ram and 16gb vram for?

Either they're being very conservative or it's gonna be another Squenix trash tier port. Get ready for stuttersville.

JFC, and I thought Retunal's 32 GB RAM requirement was bad. This is gonna leave so many people at 30 fps.

BrawlMan already posted this, but I wanted to include the image.

View attachment 7722

Look at that fucking awful, F2P wannabe mobile game UI. I wonder if the reception to Gotham Knights is going to change anything, because this barely looks better than that garbage.

Did they not see the failure of Avengers? I also hate the "cosmetic-only" excuse. It can be abusive as hell, and sometimes a lie to player base like OW2

 

[BrawlMan]

Did they not see the failure of Avengers? I also hate the "cosmetic-only" excuse. It can be abusive as hell, and sometimes a lie to player base like OW2

Which is ironic, because psychotic fans were overly defensive, if anyone criticized about the loot boxes and skins in the first OverWatch. Using that exact same excuse. The only reason it has gotten this far, is because those same people and others thought there was nothing wrong and that people should accept it. As if the publisher was doing doing us poor consumers a favor. Remember when unlocking costumes and color palettes were fun in video games? I do! Without the DLC nonsense! At least most AA & Indie games bother to remember. Can't say the same for the majority of the pathetic turds that's the AAA industry.

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[CriticalGaming]

(Update) Activision Blizzard: NetEase rejected partnership extension proposal

Activision Blizzard states that NetEase has rejected its six-month extension proposal for the publishing of Blizzard titles in China.

www.destructoid.com

Looks like our good friends at Blizzard are getting booted out of China on the 23rd as negotiations have failed.