Xbox Activision deal provisionally approved by UK’s CMA thanks to Ubisoft
https://www.videogamer.com/news/xbox-activision-deal-provisionally-approved-by-cma/
The Division 3 confirmed to be in development by Ubisoft
https://www.videogamer.com/news/the-division-3-confirmed-in-development/
Mortal Kombat 1 review - a false start in the race for reinvention
https://www.eurogamer.net/mortal-kombat-1-review
Cosy Lord Of The Rings game Tales of the Shire announced, coming 2024
https://www.eurogamer.net/cosy-lord-of-the-rings-game-tales-of-the-shire-announced-coming-2024
Random AMOLED 3DS Concept Shown Off At Tokyo Game Show 2023
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/09/random-amoled-3ds-concept-shown-off-at-tokyo-game-show-2023
Hands On Company Of Heroes Collection Deploys The RTS Classic On Switch, Despite Complex Controls
https://www.nintendolife.com/features/hands-on-company-of-heroes-collection-deploys-the-rts-classic-on-switch-despite-complex-controls
News Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy Calls You To The Stand In January
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/09/apollo-justice-ace-attorney-trilogy-calls-you-to-the-stand-in-january
News SNES Fighter Rushing Beat Is Getting A New Entry, 'Rushing Beat X: Return Of Brawl Brothers'
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/09/snes-fighter-rushing-beat-is-getting-a-new-entry-rushing-beat-x-return-of-brawl-brothers?utm_campaign=promoted-articles&utm_medium=homepage-listing&utm_source=nintendolife.com
News The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope Haunts Switch Owners Next Month
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/09/the-dark-pictures-anthology-little-hope-haunts-switch-owners-next-month
Sonic Superstars ‘Battle Mode’ gameplay, details, and screenshots
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/sonic-superstars-battle-mode-gameplay-details-and-screenshots
Fe and Lost in Random creators form MoonHood, developing dark game made from clay for console, PC, and virtual reality
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/fe-and-lost-in-random-creators-form-moonhood-developing-dark-game-made-from-clay-for-console-pc-and-virtual-reality
Swery 65 and Suda 51 announce ‘2.5D slasher film parodic action’ game Hotel Barcelona for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/swery-65-and-suda-51-announce-2-5d-slasher-film-parodic-action-game-hotel-barcelona-for-ps5-xbox-series-and-pc
My Lovely Empress announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/my-lovely-empress-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-switch-and-pc
Dragon’s Dogma II ‘Gameplay Deep Dive’ video, details, and screenshots
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/dragons-dogma-ii-gameplay-deep-dive-video-details-and-screenshots
Microsoft's hardware strategy looks more and more traditional | Opinion
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsofts-hardware-strategy-looks-more-and-more-traditional-opinion
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is bigger, bolder, and better than the excellent FF7 Remake – hands-on
https://www.vg247.com/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-bigger-bolder-better-hands-on
Criterion is back on Battlefield - but Need for Speed isn't dead, promise!
https://www.vg247.com/criterion-games-battlefield-need-for-speed
GBA game Kirby & the Amazing Mirror is coming to Nintendo Switch Online
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gba-game-kirby-the-amazing-mirror-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-online/
Netflix’s Onimusha anime gets its first trailer
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/netflixs-onimusha-anime-gets-its-first-trailer/
Design lessons from the procedural puzzle pieces of Remnant II
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/design-lessons-from-the-procedural-puzzle-pieces-of-remnant-ii
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Interview with producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Naoki Hamaguchi
22.09.23 - Press launch conducted an interview with producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Naoki Hamaguchi of Square Enix for the role-playing game Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The most important statements at a glance: - The developers have taken the world map from the original Final Fantasy VII (PS), but created it on a real scale of 1:
1. That is, all dungeons, all cities, everything in this world is now included in the same area. It's a seamless map.
- In Rebirth, it won't be the case that the entire game world is completely open and can be fully explored from the start. Rather, the player starts in a fairly large, extensive area. He can explore this area. As the story progresses, you'll gain more skills to be able to enter more areas.
So more and more areas open up and the world grows and grows, until in the end the whole world is open to you.
- Players can then return to previously explored areas and find new quests or new content that has been activated due to the progression of the story.
- The part of the Final Fantasy VII story told in Rebirth extends to the "Forgotten Capital". There are some locations and scenes between the end of Midgard and reaching the "Forgotten Capital" that are not included in Rebirth and were instead saved for the third game in the trilogy. That said, there are some things that players shouldn't expect to see in Rebirth, as they won't appear until later in the series.
So I've been watching some gaming youtubers a lot recently. They're more like radio hosts/ conspiracy theorists and they have an uncanny ability to take one bit of tiny news and drag out a long video from it.
They're quite masterful and maddeningly annoying at times in how they talk around the subject for ages before telling you something that could have taken less than a minute.
However when bored it's not bad to listen like a podcast while doing something else.
Anyhow there's a lot of Switch 2 rumours going around, and the YouTubers actually seem to be more engaged around the subject compared to the general press.
Last night there was some weird stuff going on that was highlighted by YouTube and a lot of it does seem weird.
What they are saying is that Switch 2 may be unveiled late October.
So first you have Nate the Hate whose sources are saying Nintendo kept mentioning March 24 at Gamescon, though reveal or release wasn't clarified. Sources did say Nintendo were eager to launch sooner rather than later.
Anyhow this year Nintendo is releasing Switch bundles early in October when it's normally November.
Then there's this dude who religiously tracks amiibo releases and they always happen around announcements of software, hardware or re-releases.
He's found a lot of amiibo restocks around November 10th.
For Mario Zelda and Metroid. People have also been looking to the timeframes of Switch 1s reveal and release. They found it was revealed shortly before Nintendos usual financial statement early November.
Then Capcom says it has a game that will sell millions scheduled for March 24 and they still haven't announced it at tgs. It coincides with Monster Hunters anniversary. People are speculating its a Switch 2 game.
Then Nintendo in the middle of the night revealed it has scheduled a sudden spate of Nintendo Live events at weird dates it has never used before. Some of which are timed for November and early January too.
So people are speculating that it may release like Switch 1, in March next year and be revealed this year.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder overview trailer
https://nintendoeverything.com/super-mario-bros-wonder-overview-trailer/
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince details story, characters, return of Dragon Quest IV locations
https://nintendoeverything.com/dragon-quest-monsters-the-dark-prince-details-story-characters-return-of-dragon-quest-iv-locations/
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak announced for Switch
https://nintendoeverything.com/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-through-daybreak-announced-for-switch/
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy release date set for January, new trailer
https://nintendoeverything.com/apollo-justice-ace-attorney-trilogy-release-date-new-trailer/
Japan Game Awards 2023 winners announced
https://nintendoeverything.com/japan-game-awards-2023-winners-announced/
Why the fuck are the werewolves so bullet spongy at the start of RE Village on hard? Could they really not come up with a more nuanced way to make it difficult? It just makes things feel like a chore, rather than a challenge. 2 head shots to kill with the shotgun unless you get a random crit, and blowing them up doesn't even necessarily kill them instantly. Really? It removes all the satisfaction from the weapons, as well. And the environment also just feels eh; the balance between funnels and open areas doesn't really seem to affect how the enemies behave much (you can just as easily herd them together out in the open as you can between a wall and a house) and it doesn't seem like it has the same detail of RE4 so far, which it's riffing on way, way too much. I hope things improve soon, because so far I'm not really feeling it.
At times it plays like Serious Sam, except at a quarter of the speed and without any of its satisfaction. But I expect much more from the combat scenarios than I do from Serious Sam.
Review Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster - A Welcome, If Flawed, Return For Monolith Soft's GameCube Duo
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch/baten-kaitos-i-and-ii-hd-remaster
Random Modder Makes Switch OLED Run Cooler As A Dedicated Home Console
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/09/random-modder-makes-switch-oled-run-cooler-as-a-dedicated-home-console
No Steam Deck 2 until at least late 2025
https://www.gamekyo.com/groupnews_article56573.html
VR: Resident Evil 4 long version trailer + preview of Assassin's Creed Nexus before the Quest event
https://www.gamekyo.com/videofr59716_vr-trailer-version-longue-de-resident-evil-4-apercu-d-assassin-s-creed-nexus-avant-l-event-quest.html
Take-Two refuses to be drawn on whether it’s a potential Gearbox suitor
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/take-two-refuses-to-be-drawn-on-whether-its-a-potential-gearbox-suitor/
Everyone misjudged Baldur’s Gate 3, not just Microsoft, says Larian executive
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/everyone-misjudged-baldurs-gate-3-not-just-microsoft-says-larian-executive/
I like to watch Spawn Wave on YouTube for my gaming news. Talks about a bunch of topics each day with typically a bigger focus of three top topics in his video.
I like to watch Spawn Wave on YouTube for my gaming news. Talks about a bunch of topics each day with typically a bigger focus of three top topics in his video.
Yeah he regularly puts up a news video every Monday to Friday at the same time.
He also does videos where he takes apart systems and controllers to look at what’s inside and/or to fix potential problems with them or clean them. Those are pretty good to watch as well. Think he use to work at some place where this was part of his job there.
European Switch eShop releases for the week of Sept. 21st, 2023
https://gonintendo.com/contents/26191-european-switch-eshop-releases-for-the-week-of-sept-21st-2023
Japanese hardware/software sales for August 2023
https://gonintendo.com/contents/26294-japanese-hardware-software-sales-for-august-2023
North American Switch eShop releases for the week of September 21st, 2023
https://gonintendo.com/contents/26184-north-american-switch-eshop-releases-for-the-week-of-september-21st-2023
Payday 3 review – on the money
https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/payday-3-review/
Payday 3 blasted on Steam as launch gets plagued by connection issues
https://www.videogamer.com/news/payday-3-blasted-on-steam/
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth brings the party to Hawaii
https://www.eurogamer.net/like-a-dragon-infinite-wealth-brings-the-party-to-hawaii
The Crew Motorfest review - a beach getaway troubled by familiar vistas
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-crew-motorfest-review
Resident Evil Village for iPhone, iPad launches October 30
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/resident-evil-village-for-iphone-ipad-launches-october-30
Dragon's Dogma 2: the reasons for a long wait
https://www.gamekyo.com/groupnews_article56582.html
Unity: an apology, and an overhaul of the new policy on the installation tax
https://www.gamekyo.com/newsfr88397_unity-des-excuses-et-une-refonte-de-la-nouvelle-politique-sur-la-taxe-a-l-installation.html
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: 32 minutes of gameplay from the beginning of the game + mini-games
https://www.gamekyo.com/groupnews_article56578.html
Dragon’s Dogma 2 feels a lot like the first game – and that’s a good thing
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/dragons-dogma-2-feels-a-lot-like-the-first-game-and-thats-a-good-thing/
Unity exec admits company wasn't "listening enough" to devs over Runtime Fee
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/unity-exec-admits-company-wasn-t-listening-enough-to-devs-over-runtime-fee
Glad they're useful. The xbox leak sounds more insane the more I read.
It's all old news. So much has changed.
There you go. Straight from the horse’s mouth.
lol wtf!They're releasing an Apollo Justice HD trilogy of the DS game then the two 3ds games.
I bought Spirit of Justice for full price when the 3ds shop was dying. Now there's a Remake.
https://www.videogamer.com/news/xbox-activision-deal-provisionally-approved-by-cma/
The Division 3 confirmed to be in development by Ubisoft
https://www.videogamer.com/news/the-division-3-confirmed-in-development/
https://www.eurogamer.net/neurocracy-2049-review
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-crew-motorfest-review
Mortal Kombat 1 review - a false start in the race for reinvention
https://www.eurogamer.net/mortal-kombat-1-review
Cosy Lord Of The Rings game Tales of the Shire announced, coming 2024
https://www.eurogamer.net/cosy-lord-of-the-rings-game-tales-of-the-shire-announced-coming-2024
Random AMOLED 3DS Concept Shown Off At Tokyo Game Show 2023
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/09/random-amoled-3ds-concept-shown-off-at-tokyo-game-show-2023
Hands On Company Of Heroes Collection Deploys The RTS Classic On Switch, Despite Complex Controls
https://www.nintendolife.com/features/hands-on-company-of-heroes-collection-deploys-the-rts-classic-on-switch-despite-complex-controls
News Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy Calls You To The Stand In January
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/09/apollo-justice-ace-attorney-trilogy-calls-you-to-the-stand-in-january
News SNES Fighter Rushing Beat Is Getting A New Entry, 'Rushing Beat X: Return Of Brawl Brothers'
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/09/snes-fighter-rushing-beat-is-getting-a-new-entry-rushing-beat-x-return-of-brawl-brothers?utm_campaign=promoted-articles&utm_medium=homepage-listing&utm_source=nintendolife.com
News The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope Haunts Switch Owners Next Month
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/09/the-dark-pictures-anthology-little-hope-haunts-switch-owners-next-month
Sonic Superstars ‘Battle Mode’ gameplay, details, and screenshots
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/sonic-superstars-battle-mode-gameplay-details-and-screenshots
Fe and Lost in Random creators form MoonHood, developing dark game made from clay for console, PC, and virtual reality
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/fe-and-lost-in-random-creators-form-moonhood-developing-dark-game-made-from-clay-for-console-pc-and-virtual-reality
Swery 65 and Suda 51 announce ‘2.5D slasher film parodic action’ game Hotel Barcelona for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/swery-65-and-suda-51-announce-2-5d-slasher-film-parodic-action-game-hotel-barcelona-for-ps5-xbox-series-and-pc
My Lovely Empress announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/my-lovely-empress-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-switch-and-pc
Dragon’s Dogma II ‘Gameplay Deep Dive’ video, details, and screenshots
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/dragons-dogma-ii-gameplay-deep-dive-video-details-and-screenshots
Microsoft's hardware strategy looks more and more traditional | Opinion
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsofts-hardware-strategy-looks-more-and-more-traditional-opinion
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is bigger, bolder, and better than the excellent FF7 Remake – hands-on
https://www.vg247.com/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-bigger-bolder-better-hands-on
Criterion is back on Battlefield - but Need for Speed isn't dead, promise!
https://www.vg247.com/criterion-games-battlefield-need-for-speed
GBA game Kirby & the Amazing Mirror is coming to Nintendo Switch Online
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gba-game-kirby-the-amazing-mirror-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-online/
Netflix’s Onimusha anime gets its first trailer
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/netflixs-onimusha-anime-gets-its-first-trailer/
Design lessons from the procedural puzzle pieces of Remnant II
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/design-lessons-from-the-procedural-puzzle-pieces-of-remnant-ii
22.09.23 - Press launch conducted an interview with producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Naoki Hamaguchi of Square Enix for the role-playing game Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The most important statements at a glance: - The developers have taken the world map from the original Final Fantasy VII (PS), but created it on a real scale of 1:
1. That is, all dungeons, all cities, everything in this world is now included in the same area. It's a seamless map.
- In Rebirth, it won't be the case that the entire game world is completely open and can be fully explored from the start. Rather, the player starts in a fairly large, extensive area. He can explore this area. As the story progresses, you'll gain more skills to be able to enter more areas.
So more and more areas open up and the world grows and grows, until in the end the whole world is open to you.
- Players can then return to previously explored areas and find new quests or new content that has been activated due to the progression of the story.
- The part of the Final Fantasy VII story told in Rebirth extends to the "Forgotten Capital". There are some locations and scenes between the end of Midgard and reaching the "Forgotten Capital" that are not included in Rebirth and were instead saved for the third game in the trilogy. That said, there are some things that players shouldn't expect to see in Rebirth, as they won't appear until later in the series.
They're quite masterful and maddeningly annoying at times in how they talk around the subject for ages before telling you something that could have taken less than a minute.
However when bored it's not bad to listen like a podcast while doing something else.
Anyhow there's a lot of Switch 2 rumours going around, and the YouTubers actually seem to be more engaged around the subject compared to the general press.
Last night there was some weird stuff going on that was highlighted by YouTube and a lot of it does seem weird.
What they are saying is that Switch 2 may be unveiled late October.
So first you have Nate the Hate whose sources are saying Nintendo kept mentioning March 24 at Gamescon, though reveal or release wasn't clarified. Sources did say Nintendo were eager to launch sooner rather than later.
Anyhow this year Nintendo is releasing Switch bundles early in October when it's normally November.
Then there's this dude who religiously tracks amiibo releases and they always happen around announcements of software, hardware or re-releases.
He's found a lot of amiibo restocks around November 10th.
For Mario Zelda and Metroid. People have also been looking to the timeframes of Switch 1s reveal and release. They found it was revealed shortly before Nintendos usual financial statement early November.
Then Capcom says it has a game that will sell millions scheduled for March 24 and they still haven't announced it at tgs. It coincides with Monster Hunters anniversary. People are speculating its a Switch 2 game.
Then Nintendo in the middle of the night revealed it has scheduled a sudden spate of Nintendo Live events at weird dates it has never used before. Some of which are timed for November and early January too.
So people are speculating that it may release like Switch 1, in March next year and be revealed this year.
You think Phil is lying to us?
https://nintendoeverything.com/super-mario-bros-wonder-overview-trailer/
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince details story, characters, return of Dragon Quest IV locations
https://nintendoeverything.com/dragon-quest-monsters-the-dark-prince-details-story-characters-return-of-dragon-quest-iv-locations/
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak announced for Switch
https://nintendoeverything.com/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-through-daybreak-announced-for-switch/
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy release date set for January, new trailer
https://nintendoeverything.com/apollo-justice-ace-attorney-trilogy-release-date-new-trailer/
Japan Game Awards 2023 winners announced
https://nintendoeverything.com/japan-game-awards-2023-winners-announced/
Why the fuck are the werewolves so bullet spongy at the start of RE Village on hard? Could they really not come up with a more nuanced way to make it difficult? It just makes things feel like a chore, rather than a challenge. 2 head shots to kill with the shotgun unless you get a random crit, and blowing them up doesn't even necessarily kill them instantly. Really? It removes all the satisfaction from the weapons, as well. And the environment also just feels eh; the balance between funnels and open areas doesn't really seem to affect how the enemies behave much (you can just as easily herd them together out in the open as you can between a wall and a house) and it doesn't seem like it has the same detail of RE4 so far, which it's riffing on way, way too much. I hope things improve soon, because so far I'm not really feeling it.
At times it plays like Serious Sam, except at a quarter of the speed and without any of its satisfaction. But I expect much more from the combat scenarios than I do from Serious Sam.
Review Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster - A Welcome, If Flawed, Return For Monolith Soft's GameCube Duo
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch/baten-kaitos-i-and-ii-hd-remaster
Random Modder Makes Switch OLED Run Cooler As A Dedicated Home Console
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/09/random-modder-makes-switch-oled-run-cooler-as-a-dedicated-home-console
No Steam Deck 2 until at least late 2025
https://www.gamekyo.com/groupnews_article56573.html
VR: Resident Evil 4 long version trailer + preview of Assassin's Creed Nexus before the Quest event
https://www.gamekyo.com/videofr59716_vr-trailer-version-longue-de-resident-evil-4-apercu-d-assassin-s-creed-nexus-avant-l-event-quest.html
Take-Two refuses to be drawn on whether it’s a potential Gearbox suitor
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/take-two-refuses-to-be-drawn-on-whether-its-a-potential-gearbox-suitor/
Everyone misjudged Baldur’s Gate 3, not just Microsoft, says Larian executive
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/everyone-misjudged-baldurs-gate-3-not-just-microsoft-says-larian-executive/
I like to watch Spawn Wave on YouTube for my gaming news. Talks about a bunch of topics each day with typically a bigger focus of three top topics in his video.
Think I seen him. Bearded guy?
They all have beards though lol
Yeah, the one with the beard.
Yeah he regularly puts up a news video every Monday to Friday at the same time.
He also does videos where he takes apart systems and controllers to look at what’s inside and/or to fix potential problems with them or clean them. Those are pretty good to watch as well. Think he use to work at some place where this was part of his job there.
https://gonintendo.com/contents/26191-european-switch-eshop-releases-for-the-week-of-sept-21st-2023
Japanese hardware/software sales for August 2023
https://gonintendo.com/contents/26294-japanese-hardware-software-sales-for-august-2023
North American Switch eShop releases for the week of September 21st, 2023
https://gonintendo.com/contents/26184-north-american-switch-eshop-releases-for-the-week-of-september-21st-2023
Payday 3 review – on the money
https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/payday-3-review/
Payday 3 blasted on Steam as launch gets plagued by connection issues
https://www.videogamer.com/news/payday-3-blasted-on-steam/
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth brings the party to Hawaii
https://www.eurogamer.net/like-a-dragon-infinite-wealth-brings-the-party-to-hawaii
The Crew Motorfest review - a beach getaway troubled by familiar vistas
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-crew-motorfest-review
Resident Evil Village for iPhone, iPad launches October 30
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/resident-evil-village-for-iphone-ipad-launches-october-30
Dragon's Dogma 2: the reasons for a long wait
https://www.gamekyo.com/groupnews_article56582.html
Unity: an apology, and an overhaul of the new policy on the installation tax
https://www.gamekyo.com/newsfr88397_unity-des-excuses-et-une-refonte-de-la-nouvelle-politique-sur-la-taxe-a-l-installation.html
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: 32 minutes of gameplay from the beginning of the game + mini-games
https://www.gamekyo.com/groupnews_article56578.html
Dragon’s Dogma 2 feels a lot like the first game – and that’s a good thing
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/dragons-dogma-2-feels-a-lot-like-the-first-game-and-thats-a-good-thing/
Unity exec admits company wasn't "listening enough" to devs over Runtime Fee
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/unity-exec-admits-company-wasn-t-listening-enough-to-devs-over-runtime-fee