Game News Thread

Remember, no studio acquisitions.

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Five months ago, I lost 70 million dollars in the blink of an eye. And the Gamers just fuckin’ watched. Tomorrow, there will be no shortage of Xbots and no shortage of Gamepassers. I know you understand.

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The greatest silly news story I’ve seen in a while

I hope that one person is happy with their purchase :laughing:

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Circana have released a photo of the madman who bought the only new WiiU

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I wouldn’t mind getting one of those little Nintendo Mini classic things. I just want to play Zelda and Metroid again.

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V Bucks already worth more than the Iranian Rial lmao

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Except V-bucks don’t have tangible worth and can’t be exchanged for real world currency.

Now Robux on the other hand….

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@TheChicken

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Well that’s surprising and pretty interesting!

I guess Remedy supplied them with a lot of official models since the quality lokks really authentic (to the original’s basic art style)

Cool little advert they seem to have put some good effort into. I’ll have to check it out.
(Little weird to have this sequel-promo in this kids’-themed/demographic’d game, as the sequel is going for a dark M rating.)
But that’s not stopped them from releasing wild dark collabs before…

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I was hoping Remedy would try to do something to get more people interested in the game but not like this. NOT LIKE THIS!!!

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I’m surprised they used the original models and not the remastered models honestly. I collected all manuscript pages and thermos in it and you don’t even get a loading screen so /:

Remedy has been doing a decent job advertising the game, but I won’t lie when I say the people interested in this game are people who played the first one, atleast that’s the sentiment going around by most people.

What I find strange is how American Nightmare is now considered canon and is labeled as a failed attempt to escape the dark place according to Sam Lake. But since it’s 360/BC/PC exclusive they haven’t acknowledged it in the slightest outside of the recent interviews of Sam recapping the story.

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what difference does it make? at the end of the day, if this gets folk paying attention to alan wake and gives the series a better chance at survival, i’m for it. alan wake trapped in the nightmarish marketing platform reality of fortnite seems super funny to me. he musta picked the wrong door at the oceanview motel.

i’m waiting on the agent cooper skin, myself.

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I was merely being hyperbolic for funny purposes. Though now that you mention it it feels like it kind of cheapens the brand somehow but in a way that I can’t explain.

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I’ve gone full “Screw it, nothing matters, Fortnite is just a marketing machine now” so I agree that the potential What-If lore implications with this move are once again hilarious.
Let Alan dance like a man gone insane!.. (Which he kinda is!)

"The Dark Presence took control of me as soon as I stepped into the Blue Room. I was once again powerless, and yet something was amiss: I was still conscious, trapped, yet fully observant.
I could do nothing but watch in pure disbelief and terror as I was ‘‘hitting the griddy’’. My mind raced in shame to what would Alice think of me.

I realized in this moment of weakness, death was just a privilege that I couldn’t partake."

i stole this comment from someone else

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https://gamerant.com/halo-game-fuel-return-mountain-dew-halo-infinite/#:~:text=In%20a%20post%20on%20Twitter,a%20video%20hyping%20its%20comeback.

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I think I will be sold on this remake. As much as Komani can make me suspicious.

I miss when game level were first game levels, and second natural looking. So if I can have them in a good looking engine…
Couldn’t get on MGS V systemic approach because of that (or any systemic stealth game really). Puzzle stealth games will always have my heart (I boldly say on Hitman Forum).

The contrast between an assumed rough(ish) design and the now modern graphics is an aesthetic that I just love in games.

(also MGS2, and MGS 3 were my first “games can a bit more than toys, and I can see an intent behind them” experiences. So…)

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Looks nice, even if it’s just pre-alpha footage. Interesting how the animations look almost exactly like the ones in the original game, lol.

Anyways, they should focus on fixing the Master Collection first…

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Well it looks like The Escapist is finally going to die.

I outgrew ZP years ago but even I have to say good on Yahtz for leaving, he should have left ages ago.

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For whatever reason, Netflix finally realises that Stranger Things is a marketing cash cow and approves the return of Stranger Things licensed content in other games, after 2 years of pulling all agreements to use that content 2 years ago.

Fortnite just recently brought back Hopper and Demogorgon skins along with new Eleven cosmetics, after many years of it being known that they refused to have Epic renew their contract to sell them again.

Dead by Daylight just updated and re-added the Hawkins Lab map and ability to buy the Stranger Things DLC and costumes, after 2 years of it being removed and all content either removed or text changed to no longer reference ST.

I’m hoping that this means they’ll add the Stranger Things 3: The Game back to all platforms, as I’ve heard it’s a fun RPG retelling of S3 – but, also 2 years ago, they removed it from all stores to make it exclusive to their mobile app.

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