I guess this isn’t really “news” (we all know corporations gotta do what corporations do best - make money, kill the little guy) but it’s a refreshingly angry opinion article on a bunch of the recent Xbox layoffs and the reality-disconnected executives who are somehow trusted with life-changing decisions.
It’s kinda vindicating, if a bit bleak to read.
Well SHIT I just picked the absolute best time to buy this game on Steam a few weeks ago for like 5$.
John Wick Hex will be delisted on July 17th.
Developed by Bithell Games and released in 2020, John Wick Hex is a cel-shaded tactical strategy game in which players take on the role of the king of revenge himself. The game plays a bit like a board game, and its combat is time-based, not turn-based, so in addition to managing health and ammo, players must also manage the most valuable resource of all: time. Each action eats up some of that time, from a fraction of a second to reload, to multiple seconds to bandage up wounds. Run out of time, and you fail the mission.
Big Fan Games’ statement didn’t detail the reason for the game’s impending removal, but given the fact that the publisher is mainly known for publishing licensed games, it’s possible the publisher’s license to use the John Wick IP has expired and not been renewed. John Wick Hex is currently the only official John Wick game on the market.
John Wick Hex is currently available through Steam, the PlayStation Store, Nintendo eShop, and Xbox Games Store for $19.99. It’s also available on PC via Humble, which is selling the game for just $3.99!!
That was such a weird game that I didn’t get very far into. I liked the concept, but I didn’t fully understand how to actually play. Upon completing a level, you were shown a move-by-move animation of your choices, and the result would either look slick or hilariously slapstick.
Ready or Not launched on Consoles yesterday.
Tactical Swat Shooting and Realism all while having an addictive gameplay loop that doesn’t hold back. Despite fan backlash over select censorship.
That’s just a small list, but the core experience is there from beginning to end.
But fan backlash has occurred citing how these changes neuter the game, but bringing order to chaos has been received really well on these consoles. So it seems like the Xbox and PS5 versions have overall been a success for Void.
These changes exist to appease regulators, and by extension have a more seemless experience across all platforms making development easier and of course ensuring content consistency cause of Crossplay.
Fuck cancer.
Visa and Mastercard doing some screwy moves this week on Steam out of the blue. (Not that it probably concerns most people, but anyway…)
It’s also not like these titles are being pushed front and center in the store. I have whatever filters set-up and I maybe only see one eyebrow-raising game in recommendations, but otherwise, my store is free of any sort of “sex sim” whatever game.
Ohh surprise, surprise…
Edit: Archived link to VICE article, wild, it was up last night…
NCOSE previously targeted a series of visual novels on Steam, briefly threatening the removal of these titles on Valve’s digital storefront. Steam ultimately reversed its decision to ban these games, instead opening the door to adult content on the platform. Since 2018, NCOSE has repeatedly mentioned Steam in its various articles, almost as if the anti-porn organization has been waiting for an opportunity to go viral with a censorship campaign against the platform. Did the group play a pivotal role in pressuring American payment processors to change their policies toward Steam? It’s plausible. NCOSE, which originally began as the religious “Morality in Media” organization, is a conservative group based in the U.S.
Yesterday, VICE requested specific details from Collective Shout on Steam games that, per the organization, depict “child abuse.” As of yet, the group has not clarified which games portray this subject matter and how.
In 2018, Collective Shout encouraged its supporters to sign a petition to ban Quantic Dream’s Detroit: Become Human from sale in Australia, claiming the game features “child abuse and violence against women.” The petition focused on an abusive father’s violent behavior toward his housekeeper and daughter in the game. This dynamic, core to the character Kara’s story arc, is intended to encourage empathy for the abused woman and child.
No nuance allowed. “This thing is EVIL” and any attempt to show it no matter the context (be it informative, a warning, etc.) must be removed.
Something something, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
EDIT 2: Oh damn, well that’s an interesting wrinkle.
Censoring articles about censorship. We truly live in fucked-up times… An overview of the whole thing on PCG as well:
I’d be happy with them just starting by getting rid of UC and making sure that axing online support doesn’t cut off one’s access to single-player content that for whatever dumb reason was dependent on it. And put your offline catalogue on GOG while you’re at it.
Why is the thumbnail for the trailer reeds ass I mean
Also I forgot to mention but they released two more skins from the new superman movie when it came out
They got Doom running on the Pimp-Boy Three Billion before GTAVI
Want to add it’s a first person single player experience and not asymmetrical multiplayer.
Splitgates servers are shutting down on august 22nd
Finally now it can be better than Call of Duty or whatever.
The Battlefield marketing team do know how to make a good, heart-pumping trailer… 
(Not enough aircraft exploding tho really 
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Also they brought back the classic BF theme with the brass trumpets! 
woohoo!
Yet another game marketplace gets hit with “no sexytimes for consenting adults”. 
You could argue based on the Steam one that it was all, er, “Questionable” moral taste in erotica.
But this? Just… all NSFW type stuff? Yikes. Though not surprising…
Processors are just… so ashamed to even think that people use their money for… sexual urges? Are human? In their own private lives on their personal comupters? H U H?
Yeah, I’m on the internet. Yeah I care about some of this stuff. No you don’t get to know.
