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Gorejelly, to gaming in Xbox Game Pass: renowned studio confirms 6 surprise games
@Gorejelly@kbin.social avatar

It might just be me, but I’d really like it if the posts were not just links but also included even the slightest bit of effort to them.

In case anyone else looks here, the company in question is Annapurna, and the six games are Cocoon, Flock, Bounty Star, Thirsty Suitors, To A T, and Ghost Bike.

The link has videos for all six games, as well as release dates and the other systems those games will be released on.

thingsiplay,
@thingsiplay@kbin.social avatar

@Gorejelly Yes! That was one of my main critiques on Reddit, which Kbin solves. Here people can write a body text to each link they post. I encourage everyone to write a small summarize like you did or any other comment about the content.

CifrareVerba, to gaming in Overwatch 2 will have no more story missions until 2024
@CifrareVerba@lemmy.world avatar

When Jeff left, you know Overwatch’s soul died.

Overwatch is like a birthday, it’s exciting when you’re young, but there comes a point where each year it gets more disappointing and depressing.

GeekFTW,
@GeekFTW@kbin.social avatar

I remember a day when I could wake up and look forward to playing Overwatch.

I struggle to remember which year that last was.

Clairvoidance,
@Clairvoidance@kbin.social avatar

Wasnt Jeff directing while Overwatch was experiencing 3 years of drought?
Spiritually I find it died way earlier, but I can see it being the 'official death' when he left

blazera, to gaming in Sega calls video games that use blockchain technology 'boring'
@blazera@kbin.social avatar

All the NFT stuff has gone above and beyond to be as dumb as possible. There was one possible use case, the proof of uniqueness, showing that you genuinely own the one and only, and all others are copies.

So people used this technology to mass produce copies of the least unique things, because of course the actual use case is a pyramid scheme to scam people for money, and all the value of a blockchain item is the promise that it will make the buyer more money.

Lucidlethargy,

Oh man, you hit the nail on the head. That’s exactly what’s going on, and most gamers aren’t dumb enough to fall for it at this point.

Maybe mobile gamers are… That’s a weird market. I’ll never understand how people can shovel so much money into stuff like that.

Feweroptions,

Sometimes I’m reclining and I figure “hey I could play a game on my phone!”

Then, 20 seconds in at the best, I get hit with an ad and remember why I don’t play mobile games.

Varyag,
@Varyag@kbin.social avatar

Emulators or just straight up portable platforms like a Nintendo Switch, are the one grace for gaming on the go. I've given up on phone games too.

moon_matter,
@moon_matter@kbin.social avatar

To be fair, there are good mobile games. But like PC games you have to actually be willing to pay for them (with some rare exceptions). It's also likely that those games are multi-platform and you've probably already seen them on PC.

Raji_Lev,
@Raji_Lev@kbin.social avatar

And like with PC/console/handheld games, 99% of the mobile game market is complete and utter crap

lowdownfool, to gaming in Quake 2 Remaster will be announced and released next week during QuakeCon 2023
@lowdownfool@kbin.social avatar

This is wild. I was at the first QuakeCon, when it was called and we were playing the Quake 1 test (aka Qtest).

LennethAegis, to gaming in Zelda: Majora's Mask art director wanted to work on another 'weird Zelda'
@LennethAegis@kbin.social avatar

That's a shame that he was not able to. Majora's Mask is my favorite game and seeing the creator trying for something like it again would have been great.

Ragnell, (edited ) to gaming in Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth, announced for PC and consoles
@Ragnell@kbin.social avatar

Ooo, that's an idea I like. What else has Annapurna done?

Edit: They've published Stray, which was amazing. (But it wasn't their development like I initially thought.) I am cautiously optimistic.

gk99,

The only things Annapurna has made up until now have been exclusivity deals. This is their first game that's actually theirs.

Calcharger,
@Calcharger@kbin.social avatar

Normally I'd be hesitant, but Nightdive's first game was the System Shock remake and it is pretty dope

Ragnell,
@Ragnell@kbin.social avatar

We'll see what the stuff looks like when it's close to release.

Jarmer, (edited )
@Jarmer@kbin.social avatar

Their wiki article lists System Shock as their third original game (I guess do you mean developed solely by them?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightdive_Studios

Also - their release of SS was plagued with delays (like almost a decade) and still released with game breaking bugs.

Calcharger,
@Calcharger@kbin.social avatar

Yeah but it's fun

KbinItTogether,
@KbinItTogether@kbin.social avatar

This may be their first internal development but they are a fantastic game publisher already! They take a lot of chances publishing weirder stuff and it pays off a lot of the time. My favorites are:

  • Outer Wilds
  • Journey
  • Stray
  • What Remains of Edith Finch
  • Donut County
  • Gone Home
  • Kentucky Route Zero

I kind of look at them as the A24 of games (nevermind that Annapurna Pictures is a thing) where they have excellent taste in choosing what odd features to publish and give a chance despite not creating them themselves. It at least suggests they care about the artistry of the product to a point where I'm expecting that same standard in their first hands-on development.

zhaosima,

You just added a couple more games to my backlog. Thanks! :)

AngrilyEatingMuffins,

Saving this ty

Skipcast, to gaming in PAYDAY 3 will use Denuvo anti-piracy technology in its PC version

What’s the point if the game is already always online? Sounds like throwing money in the ocean.

Raji_Lev,
@Raji_Lev@kbin.social avatar

The point is punishing the people who pay money for this sh*t, apparently (and they will, because for everybody who refuses to buy something that comes with malware bundled in there will be at least two screaming "SHUT UP AND TAKE OUR MONEY!")

JeevaBeans, to gaming in PAYDAY 3 will use Denuvo anti-piracy technology in its PC version

And that is a no from me.

Lucidlethargy, to gaming in Sega calls video games that use blockchain technology 'boring'

One of my favorite physical game creators, Exploding Kittens (and Matthew Inman), decided to put NFC’s into their games…

I used to buy hundreds of dollars worth of games for myself and others from them. Ever since I got the email about it, I wrote back to them telling them I’ll never buy another one unless they reverse course of that decision. To this day, I’ve kept my word.

Crypto is bullshit, and I don’t want it sewn into the games I play.

Clairvoidance, to gaming in Sega calls video games that use blockchain technology 'boring'
@Clairvoidance@kbin.social avatar

What do you mean doing monotonous tasks for a week so you can get 2 bucks isn't engaging?!

germanatlas, to gaming in Ubisoft working on 11 new Assassin's Creed games,rumour says
@germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Damn, so nothing interesting from Ubisoft in the next few years

ToastedYoyo, to gaming in Red Dead Redemption Remastered is real, and it would be announced very soon

As long as there is a PC version, I am happy.

In all honesty, RDR1 on the Series X (backwards compat) looks beautiful and plays very well.

GreenAlex, to gaming in Terraria keeps getting updates because it keeps selling
@GreenAlex@kbin.social avatar

Some of the best devs out there and a win-win business model. The new content pays for itself since it just keeps bringing people in, and they feel that's plenty of income to not feel like moving to dlc.

Crazymick, to gaming in Google confirms testing a technology to allow us to play games on YouTube

You know what.. just fuck Google. Stadia was the last straw for me. I have been their biggest fanboy for 15 years and they are a company without a direction. The last piece I have to untangle is my email.

jordanlund, to gaming in Google confirms testing a technology to allow us to play games on YouTube
@jordanlund@lemmy.one avatar

How long before they abandon this idea too?

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