Random video game news

[213374U]

11 hours ago, ShadySands said:

I thought Shepard was on Earth because that's where the Crucible was and the Normandy crashed on some random planet because they were trying to get away?

That's what I thought too. In the max readiness Extended Cut ending, it was strongly hinted that Shep somehow survived anyway. Lots of rubble but no snow.

I'm sure they'll "creative integrity" it away somehow.

[Mamoulian War]

6 hours ago, Malcador said:

 

And I was wondering, why it resembles so much the Vermintide. And it’s the same company 

[Lexx]

To be honest, gameplay looks like the same old, same old. Visuals in the trailer look good, but really nothing in it makes me want to buy the game.

[Chilloutman]

6 hours ago, Lexx said:

To be honest, gameplay looks like the same old, same old. Visuals in the trailer look good, but really nothing in it makes me want to buy the game.

I am only one who wondered if that music fit at all?

[melkathi]

The music is the reason they fight. The ogryn listens to loud music and that is how the enemies found them

 

The Sister of Sigmar is so meh. Looks like a lazy conversion of a warhammer fantasy miniature - as if someone took a sister from Mordheim, slapped a gun holster on her belt and said: look! Female Cawdor for Necromunda! Should have given her a chainsword instead of a hammer.

Edited December 12, 2020 by melkathi

[Oner]

1 hour ago, melkathi said:

The music is the reason they fight. The ogryn listens to loud music and that is how the enemies found them

There's a Vermintide 2 trailer where the beastmen spot the party literally because the dwarf sings too loud. 

[Raithe]

Since it's more game company news than game specific, but did you folks see that CD Project Red have already made back the money they invested in Cyberpunk?

Apparently the eight million pre-orders and day one sales earned them over the cost of producing the game. So the company made the decision to actually pay all bonuses rather than hold them to the criteria of critic / metacritic review thresholds.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/cd-projekt-changes-developer-bonus-structure-after-buggy-release

Executives at Polish video game publisher CD Projekt SA took responsibility for the buggy release of the highly-anticipated title Cyberpunk 2077 this week, telling staff on Friday in an email obtained by Bloomberg that they will receive their full bonuses no matter how the game is reviewed. Previously, CD Projekt developers were told they would receive extra pay based on the game’s critical performance.

[Lexx]

I mean, apparently they already made a profit on the game, so not doing this would probably be very bad for their image.

[Malcador]

18 hours ago, Raithe said:

Since it's more game company news than game specific, but did you folks see that CD Project Red have already made back the money they invested in Cyberpunk?

Apparently the eight million pre-orders and day one sales earned them over the cost of producing the game. So the company made the decision to actually pay all bonuses rather than hold them to the criteria of critic / metacritic review thresholds.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/cd-projekt-changes-developer-bonus-structure-after-buggy-release

 

 

Suckers.

[Wormerine]

EA purchased Codemasters. Shame, I am not a racer fan, but I dig Dirt Rallies very mucho. With so many racing companies under EAs umbrella, I can't help but wonder who will be on the chopping block.

[Mamoulian War]

The funniest thing is, that the Project CARS people are back to EA... Looks like Karma did bit them in the end for their PCARS3 shennigans...

 

In other news:

 

“In order to bring our customers the most immersive experience, we’ll be bringing the all new mechanisms to all our upcoming racing games, so you can enjoy the same value of all costs as in real life. Paying for your new virtual Ferrari was never as fulfilling before!”

Edited December 15, 2020 by Mamoulian War

[Oner]

Melkathi, are you entertained?

[melkathi]

Seriously, if they gave it for free, I still wouldn't bother to reinstall.

 

On a different note, EPIC had accidentally mixed up alerts when the pre-loads for Cyberfunk started and sent me an alert that pre-orders for Werewolf: Earthblood started. They did start pre-orders yesterday for realz now. Release 4. Feb.

[melkathi]

 

[Keyrock]

29 minutes ago, melkathi said:

Cyberfunk

[melkathi]

To be honest, Cyberfunk doesn't even have a release date yet.

[Mamoulian War]

44 minutes ago, melkathi said:

 

Excellent random news! I loved the first StarCrawlers, and the guy behind the game have released a lot of updates long time after the release. He even added completely new hacking stuff into the game, to make the hacker playthrough more interesting. I hope I'll see it soon at GOG as well

[Raithe]

Several BioWare Veterans Return For New Mass Effect Game - Game Informer

If some of these names don't sound familiar, here's a quick breakdown of who is who:

Derek Watts
Watts is the original Art Director for the Mass Effect series
Brenon Holmes
Holmes has worked on the entire Mass Effect trilogy, Dragon Age Inquisition and Origins, Andromeda, and more dating all the way back to Baldur's Gate II. He's a lifelong BioWare staple and intimately familiar with all of the evolutions this studio has undergone
Parish Ley
Ley was the cinematic direct for the Mass Effect trilogy and he is returning to BioWare and the series specifically to bring back his vision for the new game
Gamble also notes that he was the mastermind behind many key moments that Mass Effect fans love
Dusty Everman
Everman was a key person when it came to bringing the vision of the original Normandy to life in the first Mass Effect game
He left BioWare back in 2015, like Ley, but is returning to add his talents to the new Mass Effect game

[Raithe]

And since it's not directed at gameplay itself..

**** everywhere in "Cyberpunk 2077" is a bug, developer says - Business Insider

Not in advertisements or in Night City's sex shops, but behind staircases and in greasy garages — everywhere. What cheese wheels were to "Skyrim," dil dos are to "Cyberpunk 2077."

It turns out, the explanation for their ubiquity is simple: It's a bug.

Edited December 16, 2020 by Raithe

[melkathi]

Waiting for the patch notes:

"Reduced spawn rate of ****"

[the_dog_days]

And here I thought they were trying to give the Stick of Truth a run for it's money.

[Oner]

Placide was right. "Dey always out to f*** us" indeed.

[Raithe]

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-messy-messaging-behind-cyberpunk-2077s-messy-launch?sf134329398=1

[Keyrock]

3 hours ago, Raithe said:

And since it's not directed at gameplay itself..

**** everywhere in "Cyberpunk 2077" is a bug, developer says - Business Insider

 

 

That sounds like a feature rather than a bug. 

[MrBrown]

I didn't mind the cheese wheels in Skyrim, but the (human) skulls everywhere in people's houses was a bit weird...