I'm wrapping up Yakuza: Like a Dragon. I really should have been done with it by now, but I let myself get pulled into the business side game. So really, my weekend was was half a dozen hours of me trying to run a Japanese conglomerate.
Oh, and I also streamed Yoshi's Story for 90 minutes today. It never ceases to amaze me how many people will pop in and watch these older Nintendo games. The reason I ended up playing that was the Snoopy game that I ordered from. GameStop ended up coming with scratches and I was unable to play it. So now I have to go to the hassle of returning it. Joy...
Larian CEO says Baldur’s Gate 3 won’t be coming to Nintendo Switch 2
In a Reddit AMA held on Friday, Larian CEO Swen Vincke was asked if Baldur’s Gate 3 will ever come to Switch 2, and if it’s even technically possible, considering the size of the RPG.
Vincke indicated that any future port was down to Baldur’s Gate 3 and Dungeons & Dragons owner Wizards of the Coast, which it has since parted company with for its next big game, Divinity.
“We would have loved to [bring Baldur’s Gate 3 to Nintendo Switch 2], but it wasn’t our decision to make,” he wrote.
While Vincke’s comments don’t rule out Wizards of the Coast putting out its own Baldur’s Gate 3 Switch 2 port, this reportedly isn’t happening. According to noted insider, NateTheHate, as of late last year, a Nintendo version isn’t in the works.
“While Larian would love to bring Baldur’s Gate 3 to the Switch 2… their relationship with Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast is not healthy,” they wrote.
In the same Reddit AMA on Friday, Larian’s CEO said it would stop using generative AI to create concept art in the process of writing Divinity, following criticism of earlier confirmation that it was using the technology.
I picked up Hades about 6 months ago. I think I put in 90 hours into it, and honestly I could have easily played another 20. Easily one of the best games I've played in years.
So I played a few Panic button ports on switch, 4 in total. I always thought Wolfenstein 2 looks like some super blurry desaturated flat crap.
Since I've been messing with hdr and also gamma in Outlast the first thing I did upon booting up Wolfenstein 2 was check and set the gamma as per the onscreen instructions. Turns out I had the gamma waaay too high which was in fairness the default. As soon as I set it right the game looks much better and more colourful.
Hmmm. Makes me wonder how well some of the Switch's impossible ports would play on Switch2. I bought Doom 2016 on Switch but stopped playing because it became such a blur. Perhaps the Switch2 would resolve the heavy dynamic resolution scaling.
I picked up Hades about 6 months ago. I think I put in 90 hours into it, and honestly I could have easily played another 20. Easily one of the best games I've played in years.
110 hours?! Yeah I needed a small game after Xeno X
I'm probably heading back to Penang. Taking the nephew to Asia for the first time.
I still want to go to Japan, I still need to see Europe. But my GF says she is not to keen on traveling around the world in our current state, don't blame her. So nothing planned yet.
Hmmm. Makes me wonder how well some of the Switch's impossible ports would play on Switch2. I bought Doom 2016 on Switch but stopped playing because it became such a blur. Perhaps the Switch2 would resolve the heavy dynamic resolution scaling.
Think I tried both Switch Dooms.
Doom 1 didn't seem to drop resolution. Doom Eternal looked about the same to me.
It looked weird at first till I set the gamma right. I have Mclassic too so I can make both look better.
110 hours?! Yeah I needed a small game after Xeno X
Been put off Hades because of Bastion. I still haven't played the next game they made, which I own. The futuristic one.
Dvader said:
I still want to go to Japan, I still need to see Europe. But my GF says she is not to keen on traveling around the world in our current state, don't blame her. So nothing planned yet.
America's state or personal reasons?
Japan seems to be getting cheaper.
One thing I just discovered after 20 years of travel, usually we'd see a catalogue for vacations and prices or call a travel agent and they would ask when we wanted to go and then give us prices.
Now I've been using aggregate prices sites like Booking, Kayak, Expedia.
And I searched one day and got an expensive prices, then checked again for a different date and the same holiday, same hotel was literally 50% of the price. I tried to recreate the same conditions and couldn't get the cheap price back.
Then I used google AI to ask "what month is cheapest to travel to (destination)
When I input the month into travel search aggregate sites, I got that 50% off price. When you have multiple people it amounts to literal thousands off.
Meta shuts down Armature Studio, Sanzaru Games and Twisted Pixel
14.01.26 - Meta is restructuring its VR business and closing three studios belonging to the group. Armature Studio, Sanzaru Games and Twisted Pixel are affected.
As the business service Bloomberg writes, Meta wants to cut more than 1,000 jobs in the Reality Labs division. The department is responsible for headsets and related software.
Armature Studio had developed the VR version of Resident Evil 4 before the acquisition, but did not release any other games after that. Sanzaru Games was responsible for Asgard's Wrath and Asgard's Wrath 2, but also worked on well-known series such as Sly Cooper and Sonic Boom in the past.
Twisted Pixel most recently developed Marvel's Deadpool VR and previously made a name for itself with games for the Xbox 360. Meta wants to shift investments from the metaverse to wearables, according to a statement. The aim is to direct freed-up funds into the growth of this area.
The Elder Scrolls VI: Early announcement should prevent fan trouble
01/13/26 - Bethesda has announced The Elder Scrolls VI much earlier than originally planned. This is what eSportsInsider writes. Former employees report that this step was primarily intended to manage the expectations of the fans and avoid resentment.
At the same time, former lead artist Nate Purkeypile explained that the internal pressure is based less on fixed release dates and more on securing a high-quality result. The long period of time since Skyrim further increases the requirements: According to his statements, Bethesda works with its own schedule, as the studio's projects differ significantly from other games in the market in terms of structure and content.
Hmmm. Makes me wonder how well some of the Switch's impossible ports would play on Switch2. I bought Doom 2016 on Switch but stopped playing because it became such a blur. Perhaps the Switch2 would resolve the heavy dynamic resolution scaling.
Think I tried both Switch Dooms.
Doom 1 didn't seem to drop resolution. Doom Eternal looked about the same to me.
It looked weird at first till I set the gamma right. I have Mclassic too so I can make both look better.
Both games deserve a full Switch 2 version upgrade.
My Samsung 4k kinda crapped out on me. It has a shadow on one side from a burned out led strip. I bought a Sony Bravia OLED, quite the upgrade for me.
Oh, and I also streamed Yoshi's Story for 90 minutes today. It never ceases to amaze me how many people will pop in and watch these older Nintendo games. The reason I ended up playing that was the Snoopy game that I ordered from. GameStop ended up coming with scratches and I was unable to play it. So now I have to go to the hassle of returning it. Joy...
OLEDS are super cool.Try watching some 4k hdr 60fps videos on YouTube. Wildlife and travel ones.
Sony though... that must have been expensive.
So I redownloaded Wolfenstein 2 to see if I could finish it.
In a Reddit AMA held on Friday, Larian CEO Swen Vincke was asked if Baldur’s Gate 3 will ever come to Switch 2, and if it’s even technically possible, considering the size of the RPG.
Vincke indicated that any future port was down to Baldur’s Gate 3 and Dungeons & Dragons owner Wizards of the Coast, which it has since parted company with for its next big game, Divinity.
“We would have loved to [bring Baldur’s Gate 3 to Nintendo Switch 2], but it wasn’t our decision to make,” he wrote.
While Vincke’s comments don’t rule out Wizards of the Coast putting out its own Baldur’s Gate 3 Switch 2 port, this reportedly isn’t happening. According to noted insider, NateTheHate, as of late last year, a Nintendo version isn’t in the works.
“While Larian would love to bring Baldur’s Gate 3 to the Switch 2… their relationship with Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast is not healthy,” they wrote.
In the same Reddit AMA on Friday, Larian’s CEO said it would stop using generative AI to create concept art in the process of writing Divinity, following criticism of earlier confirmation that it was using the technology.
I picked up Hades about 6 months ago. I think I put in 90 hours into it, and honestly I could have easily played another 20. Easily one of the best games I've played in years.
Oh hello this is hilarious.
So I played a few Panic button ports on switch, 4 in total. I always thought Wolfenstein 2 looks like some super blurry desaturated flat crap.
Since I've been messing with hdr and also gamma in Outlast the first thing I did upon booting up Wolfenstein 2 was check and set the gamma as per the onscreen instructions. Turns out I had the gamma waaay too high which was in fairness the default. As soon as I set it right the game looks much better and more colourful.
Hmmm. Makes me wonder how well some of the Switch's impossible ports would play on Switch2. I bought Doom 2016 on Switch but stopped playing because it became such a blur. Perhaps the Switch2 would resolve the heavy dynamic resolution scaling.
110 hours?! Yeah I needed a small game after Xeno X
I still want to go to Japan, I still need to see Europe. But my GF says she is not to keen on traveling around the world in our current state, don't blame her. So nothing planned yet.
Wolfenstein III? Yeah, I'm down for more.
Think I tried both Switch Dooms.
Doom 1 didn't seem to drop resolution. Doom Eternal looked about the same to me.
It looked weird at first till I set the gamma right. I have Mclassic too so I can make both look better.
Been put off Hades because of Bastion. I still haven't played the next game they made, which I own. The futuristic one.
America's state or personal reasons?
Japan seems to be getting cheaper.
One thing I just discovered after 20 years of travel, usually we'd see a catalogue for vacations and prices or call a travel agent and they would ask when we wanted to go and then give us prices.
Now I've been using aggregate prices sites like Booking, Kayak, Expedia.
And I searched one day and got an expensive prices, then checked again for a different date and the same holiday, same hotel was literally 50% of the price. I tried to recreate the same conditions and couldn't get the cheap price back.
Then I used google AI to ask "what month is cheapest to travel to (destination)
When I input the month into travel search aggregate sites, I got that 50% off price. When you have multiple people it amounts to literal thousands off.
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Meta shuts down Armature Studio, Sanzaru Games and Twisted Pixel
14.01.26 - Meta is restructuring its VR business and closing three studios belonging to the group. Armature Studio, Sanzaru Games and Twisted Pixel are affected.
As the business service Bloomberg writes, Meta wants to cut more than 1,000 jobs in the Reality Labs division. The department is responsible for headsets and related software.
Armature Studio had developed the VR version of Resident Evil 4 before the acquisition, but did not release any other games after that. Sanzaru Games was responsible for Asgard's Wrath and Asgard's Wrath 2, but also worked on well-known series such as Sly Cooper and Sonic Boom in the past.
Twisted Pixel most recently developed Marvel's Deadpool VR and previously made a name for itself with games for the Xbox 360. Meta wants to shift investments from the metaverse to wearables, according to a statement. The aim is to direct freed-up funds into the growth of this area.
The Elder Scrolls VI: Early announcement should prevent fan trouble
01/13/26 - Bethesda has announced The Elder Scrolls VI much earlier than originally planned. This is what eSportsInsider writes. Former employees report that this step was primarily intended to manage the expectations of the fans and avoid resentment.
At the same time, former lead artist Nate Purkeypile explained that the internal pressure is based less on fixed release dates and more on securing a high-quality result. The long period of time since Skyrim further increases the requirements: According to his statements, Bethesda works with its own schedule, as the studio's projects differ significantly from other games in the market in terms of structure and content.
That 110 hours is going to go by quick too. You're not even going to remember you played it.
Both games deserve a full Switch 2 version upgrade.
I bought the $5 Animal Crossing upgrade. Now my wife will put another fifty hours into the game.
What's wrong with Bastion? Transistor is the futuristic one.
It got too slow and repetitive. The narrator got annoying. I don't hate it but I had my fill.
I wish. Also need a Witcher 3 update.