games

Just saw this has apparently started, with the usual mix of discounts and demos....

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2097918...

“Tencent is currently in the process of becoming Techland’s majority shareholder,” Techland founder Pawel Marchewka said in a message. “Teaming up with Tencent will allow us to move full speed ahead with the execution of the vision for our games. We have chosen an ally who has already partnered with some of the world’s...

Includes Obduction, Myst, Riven, Uru and others

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2071373...

In light of Microsoft closing in on the Activision acquisition, I feel is apt to highlight some of your favorite independent studios

This would be great while on vacation.

Michael @LegacyKillaHD...

Hi there, I’m a new mod for this community and I’d like to start out by collecting some ideas for upcoming weekly discussions. We’re planning on pinning one discussion post a week, every week, each one being about a different aspect of gaming. The type of stuff we’re looking for would be:...

I just slayed the final boss in slay the spire for the first time!

It just feels lazy to me, like the developer couldn’t be bothered adjusting the UI for consoles so they copied the PC interface and bound the mouse cursor to a stick. Some games do both at the same time, having menues navigable both with buttons and a cursor, but usually that makes all menus unreliable and unprecise as hell.

Activision Blizzard is not a good company. They have an abysmal track record for how they treat their employees, history of misogyny and abuse. Since the departure of Blizzard’s founding members, the quality of many of their games took a noise dive....

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1934052...

The game looks fascinating to me, but I’ve never played any of the other FF games. I’m aware of the characters in VII, but outside of that, would I need to play any others to play XVI?

Recommended it to my friends, they were unimpressed....