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[FakeSympathy]

Elden Ring Officially Mainstream As Sales Top Call of Duty

A lot of people are finding value in dying over and over again in FromSoftware’s smash hit

kotaku.com

Finally, a great sales number that doesn’t stem from pure greed

 

[Hawki]

Elden Ring Officially Mainstream As Sales Top Call of Duty

A lot of people are finding value in dying over and over again in FromSoftware’s smash hit

kotaku.com

Finally, a great sales number that doesn’t stem from pure greed

It ran rings around CoD?

Maybe good things can be borne from this. Don't leave me in the dark.

 

[Gyrobot]

Latest game from Mihoyo to be announced after Honkai Star Rail. Combines Honkai Impact's more sexier aesthetic with Genshin's all pandering style in this Urban Post Apoc game.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Latest game from Mihoyo to be announced after Honkai Star Rail. Combines Honkai Impact's more sexier aesthetic with Genshin's all pandering style in this Urban Post Apoc game.

Oh boy, I can already see Twitter "white knights" preparing their torches and pitchforks

 

[Gyrobot]

Oh boy, I can already see Twitter "white knights" preparing their torches and pitchforks

what are you talking about, just people being hyped for a game. Unlike other games out there, it's intended audience are older teenagers who like this aesthetic

 

[FakeSympathy]

what are you talking about, just people being hyped for a game. Unlike other games out there, it's intended audience are older teenagers who like this aesthetic

Let me rephrase; I meant the people who will find any reason to be offended by this game. Given how there are plenty of them in Genshin, i would guess this’ll be the same

 

[BrawlMan]

Latest game from Mihoyo to be announced after Honkai Star Rail. Combines Honkai Impact's more sexier aesthetic with Genshin's all pandering style in this Urban Post Apoc game.

Bad ass trailer. Whoever did the editing and music for this trailer deserves a raise. The music reminds me of Jet Set Radio and Redline. If this game came to console, I would not mind trying it out. I am not in to rouge-likes, but this would be another minor exception I am willing to play.

 

[BrawlMan]

Burglars smash into Macon vintage video game store, steal consoles

Store owner Aaron Gray told 13WMAZ that surveillance footage shows the burglars using a rock to smash in the door.

www.13wmaz.com

Too bad it's Konami, so I would not get excited.

‘Leaked images’ appear to show a new ‘British’ Silent Hill | VGC

Images shared by a known insider have since been removed in a copyright claim…

www.videogameschronicle.com

First time I have ever heard about this story.

A female video game pioneer was lost to history — until now

Video game historians have searched for years for the woman who wrote Wabbit, the “first console game to star a human girl.” Now, they’ve found her.

www.polygon.com

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Acti-Blizz virtue signaling terribly again!

Activision Blizzard's New Diversity Game Tool Comes Across Terribly [Update]

The Diversity Space Tool, developed with MIT, has been used for CoD and Overwatch 2

kotaku.com

Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s PC port now supports 60fps, save states, Linux and more | VGC

The fully functioning fan-made PC port of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, ‘Ship of Harkinian’ now supports 60 frames per second.

www.videogameschronicle.com

Playing video games can help increase children’s intelligence

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have studied how the screen habits of US children correlates with how their cognitive abilities develop over time.

www.news-medical.net

Sue their asses.

Grading firm Wata is facing a lawsuit for allegedly ‘manipulating the retro game market’ | VGC

Wata is alleged to have conspired with an auction house to push prices into the millions…

www.videogameschronicle.com

 

[Gyrobot]

Bad ass trailer. Whoever did the editing and music for this trailer deserves a raise. The music reminds me of Jet Set Radio and Redline. If this game came to console, I would not mind trying it out. I am not in to rouge-likes, but this would be another minor exception I am willing to play.

You can play it on the PC, but by the definition of rogue like it means it's like the Bloody Palace from DMC where enemy will have skill and stat modifiers from reduce damage dealt after evading to enemy receiving increased damage resistance or recovering a portion of their total HP at the cost of reduced stats

 

[BrawlMan]

You can play it on the PC, but by the definition of rogue like it means it's like the Bloody Palace from DMC where enemy will have skill and stat modifiers from reduce damage dealt after evading to enemy receiving increased damage resistance or recovering a portion of their total HP at the cost of reduced stats

I know about it coming to PC too, but I don't think my laptop is going to be able to run it well.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Elden Ring Officially Mainstream As Sales Top Call of Duty

A lot of people are finding value in dying over and over again in FromSoftware’s smash hit

kotaku.com

Finally, a great sales number that doesn’t stem from pure greed

Can’t help but think GRRM had at least something to do with this, no matter how small his involvement was. There’s a shitton of GoT fans that probably also play some video games, and that was enough incentive to get on board the FROM train. I doubt it’s the open world factor as a lot of people have grown tired of that too. Being a new IP wouldn’t seem like enough either. Idk how well Sekiro did next to their other games, but probably not anything close to CoD numbers. Which is ironic, given that one was published by Activison themselves.

 

[BrawlMan]

Release date is in June of this year, but no day is mentioned.

Final Vendetta - Numskull Games

numskullgames.com

 

[Chimpzy]

Sony being a dick again? It must be [insert day of the week].

[Updated] Salt and Sacrifice Price Changes Happen At Launch | TechRaptor

The Salt and Sacrifice price has gone up significantly in some countries, with Brazil seeing nearly a 3x price increase over its original price due to requirements to match prices in all regions on all platforms.

techraptor.net

I guess we can expect another couple years of trend-chasing ubermonetized and lackluster games from Squenix then.

A week after selling its Western studios, Square Enix says it will establish or buy new ones | VGC

The company further explained its reasoning behind the studio sales…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Sue their asses.

Grading firm Wata is facing a lawsuit for allegedly ‘manipulating the retro game market’ | VGC

Wata is alleged to have conspired with an auction house to push prices into the millions…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Here's to hoping they, in particular Deniz Kahn and his buddies, get their teeth kicked in.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Konami just had its best-ever year, thanks to games you've never heard of

Metal... Gear?

www.pcgamer.com

Who would’ve thought, over two thirds of its record breaking year monies is still from video games.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Gears of War could be getting the ‘Master Chief Collection treatment’, it’s claimed | VGC

A Gears of War remastered collection may be in development at Microsoft.

www.videogameschronicle.com

You know, if this comes to steam I can definitely see myself playing all day

 

[CriticalGaming]

All-new PlayStation Plus game lineup: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Demon’s Souls, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, NBA 2K22, and more join the service

Ape Escape, Super Stardust Portable,Syphon Filter, and Tekken 2, are among the classic games with a new user experience.

blog.playstation.com

So here is the initial list of games that are coming to playstation's new tiered service. The classic offerings are quite disappointing right now, but it's not the entire list so it's still hard to tell, but i feel underwhelmed with it for sure.

 

[Hawki]

So a bunch of people who don't know each other end up in a random location, and instead of working together to solve their predicmanet, instead all try to kill each other?

...seems legit. 0_0

 

[BrawlMan]

So a bunch of people who don't know each other end up in a random location, and instead of working together to solve their predicmanet, instead all try to kill each other?

...seems legit. 0_0

"Of course, don't you know anything about crossovers in fighting games?!" (Nazi German soldier accent).

Bonus points for anyone that gets that reference. It's a tough one.

 

[BrawlMan]

I'm actually glad this game got canceled. We already had two Scarface games, another one would have just been an extra redundant.

A cancelled Scarface 2 game has emerged online | VGC

Concept art for a cancelled Scarface 2 game has emerged online.

www.videogameschronicle.com

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Twisted Metal: The Entire Cast of Peacock's Live-Action Video Game Adaptation (So Far) - IGN

Peacock's Twisted Metal TV series is taking shape, with more stars signing up for the live-action adaptation of the global video game phenomenon.

www.ign.com

PS5 just had its best month of the year in Europe, but Switch topped April sales | VGC

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga led the monthly software chart…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Konami’s Silent Hill plans could include a remake, full sequel and episodic stories | VGC

Bloober Team is one developer understood to be working on a revival of the horror franchise…

www.videogameschronicle.com

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

So a bunch of people who don't know each other end up in a random location, and instead of working together to solve their predicmanet, instead all try to kill each other?

...seems legit. 0_0

I'll give them full credit for going all-in on authentic voice actors where it was possible. This and Battle for the Grid were pleasant surprises in that field.