Gaming News

[point09micron_process]

Did anyone pick up an Atari 2600+?

 

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From Software announced that they're shutting down the PS3 and XBox 360 servers for Dark Souls II and Armored Core: Verdict Day at the end of March 2024.

 

[seitora]

Insomniac Games had a hack and leak a little while ago. It's rather unfortunate in that a lot of personal employee data was taken. But what was also released was a roadmap of their project releases for the next decade, which shows they're making or planning to develop a lot of Marvel brand games!

• 2024: Spider-Man 2 multiplayer
• 2025: Venom
• 2025-2026: Wolverine
• 2026: Wolverine multiplayer
• 2027: Spider-Man 3
• 2028: X-Men multiplayer
• 2029-2030: X-Men
• 2031-2032: New IP 1
• 2035: New IP 2

 

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Valve announced they officially stopped Steam support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 after New Year's Day. They say Steam depends on Google Chrome to work, and since Chrome "no longer functions" on those systems... *shrug*

 

[seitora]

Alright, all you horny people. Cult of the Lamb update is coming soon, and includes a sex mechanic.

...wait a minute, horny people includes me!

 

[seitora]

Continuing Embracer Group's woes, a Deus Ex game 2 years in the making has now been axed.

 

[seitora]

Fate/Stay Night getting a remaster for PC and Switch, releases this year. Simplified Chinese and English official translations as well.

 

[da_fox2279]

Fate/Stay Night getting a remaster for PC and Switch, releases this year. Simplified Chinese and English official translations as well.

Ah, but will it include the famous dragon battle? /s

 

[seitora]

It'll have more features, and yet less content than the original release. Nasu probably would reeeee if even more people got to make fun of his poor sex writing

 

[MastaofBitches]

How do you even add features to a Visual Novel? There's like, zero gameplay to mess around with.

 

[silentorphan]

How do you even add features to a Visual Novel? There's like, zero gameplay to mess around with.

Full voice acting counts as a feature, doesn't it? The Realta nua version had that over the original, at least. And maybe they'll re-do the music tracks like what the FFX and FF12 re-masters got.

 

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Nintendo announces end of repair support for 2DS, New 3DS and New 3DS LL systems

This week, Nintendo announced that the period of time for which it is legally required to stock repair parts for the Nintendo 2DS, New Nintendo 3DS, and New Nintendo 3DS LL has passed. Now free of such obligations, the company has decided that once its current stock of warehoused repair parts is used up, it will no longer be offering repair service to owners of those three systems, which were initially released in 2013 (2DS) and 2014 (New 3DS and New 3DS LL).

... Nintendo hasn’t made any public estimate on how long the current stock of repair parts will last, and while Nintendo of America doesn’t appear to have put out a similar moratorium as of this writing, it’s a safe bet that overseas divisions of the company won’t be offering repairs for much longer than the home-market Japanese one.

 

[seitora]

That's disappointing.

In other news...

4 XBox 1st-party games to come to Switch/PS5

But while Spencer remains quiet on the specifics, a recent report by The Verge's Tom Warren claims that Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, and Grounded are the four games Xbox is bringing to new consoles.

 

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Nintendo Is telling game publishers Switch 2 will be delayed

Nintendo is advising game publishers that its next-generation console will be delayed until the first quarter of 2025, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The successor to the popular Switch was scheduled for release in late 2024, but several game publishers have been advised of a delay by the company, according to the people, who asked not to be identified since the news hasn’t been announced.

 

[seitora]

New Nintendo Direct today. What was announced or a new preview

Grounded - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids if it was a game, with some battling ants and whatever.
Ender Magnolia - sequel to Ender Lilies
Arranger - a grid based dungeon-crawling...puzzler???
Unicorn Overlord preview
Monster Hunter Stories port
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed - Epic Mickey remake
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection
South Park: Snow Day - a co-op action game in the New Kid 'verse
Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream
Gundam Breaker 4
Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble
World of Goo 2
Fantasy Life i: The Girl who Transcends Time - a new Fantasy Life game, with the first releasing on the 3DS
Another Crab's Treasure - supposedly a Souls-like with a little bit of Spongebob aesthetic
Penny's Big Breakaway - a 3D Sonic-inspired platformer
Suika Game Multi-Player Mode Expansion Pack
Pepper Grinder
Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!
Endless Ocean Luminous - a new one


Brief Previews:

Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba - Sweep the Board!
Kingdom Come Deliverance - Royal Edition
Contra: Operation Galuga
Pentiment
Nintendo Switch Online new games - Killer Instinct, Battletoads, Blast Corps, other others and ends

 

[PCHeintz72]

Grounded - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids if it was a game, with some battling ants and whatever.

Heh... that brings back memories of the movie... quite liked it and Rick Moranis in it (probably better remembered for Ghostbusters.

 

[Zetas]

I know the old joke is you can play the original Doom on anything, but they're taking it to a hilarious level with this, i've been laughing like a retard for the last 5 min because of this video.

 

[Shirotsume]

Damn. I have a Husqvarna Automower, but it isn't a NERA model.

 

[seitora]

Development of the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu has been shut down as the devs were ordered to pay Nintendo $2.4m in a lawsuit. There's some drama here, like the devs getting advanced copies of new releases such as TotK days before street date release and quickly updating to be able to play them, and also collecting $30k a month in Patreon supports.

 

[MastaofBitches]

With how long Yuzu has been around, I'm surprised this only happening now, especially this close to the end of the Switch's life cycle. Was the Patreon a relatively recent thing?