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[Lexx]

This stuff makes me lol a lot. On the other hand, if they had kept the location and just "turned back the time a few thousand years", I'd say it would have been kinda cool.

 

On the other hand of the other hand, people then would complain about this being a mere cash grab, only worthy of being a cheap dlc for Far Cry 4 or something.

 

/Edit: Actually I wouldn't even be surprised if the game started as a Far Cry 4 dlc and later got turned into a full game. Think of this one Blood Dragon game for Far Cry 3.

Edited March 2, 2016 by Lexx

[GhostofAnakin]

ME Andromeda now due for 2017

 

Wonder if this part of the article has anything to do with the delay.

 

 

 

On February 15, Andromeda's lead writer, Chris Schlerf, left the studio to join Destiny developer Bungie.

 

Or would all the writing of the main story be done by then, and all that's left is the technical aspects?

[Malcador]

[Undecaf]

https://twitter.com/BrianFargo/status/704768060733829120

 

Obsidian Wasteland 3 confirmation? 

 

I'd buy that for a dollar.

[eLPuSHeR]

Wasn't the old Call of Cthulhu from Bethsoft exactly that? The player character did suicide after spending time in an asylum after surviving the events in the game. Also it never featured cthulhu itself, but the fishmen and I think Dagon and... I forgot the final boss. In any case, I thought - despite the flaws - that game was pretty rad.

That was "Dark Corners of the Earth". Another great Lovecraftian inspired extravaganza. But Bethesda was not the publisher I think. Developer was the extinct Horrorsoft (Elvira mistress of the dark, Simon the Sorcerer, etc).

 

Too bad they cancelled its sequel: Destiny's end.

Edited March 4, 2016 by eLPuSHeR

[Raithe]

Hm, I'm trying to decide whether I want to support future Hitman games by buying "The Full Experience" now, or disliking how they've broken it up into chapters for the upcoming year and waiting to see how it shapes up...

 

Decisions, decisions.

[Malcador]

Tim Sweeney on Microsoft's UWP - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/04/microsoft-monopolise-pc-games-development-epic-games-gears-of-war

[Mamoulian War]

Hm, I'm trying to decide whether I want to support future Hitman games by buying "The Full Experience" now, or disliking how they've broken it up into chapters for the upcoming year and waiting to see how it shapes up...

 

Decisions, decisions.

 

Square Enix simply knows how to mess up stuff...

 

For me, it's the same with upcoming "FFVII Remake". I do not like at all where the game is heading, so if nothing else changes, I will rather wait for the full game few more years, and buy it, when price hits under 20 bucks level.

 

I was burned once by them with Lightning Returns, so more and more of their games are on my wait and see list. Including FFXV, which is sad :-/ But Star Ocean 5 is still instant day one purchase for me, because that is the only game, in SE schedule for next few years, where I still have some hope for not being burned by them.

[Amentep]

 

 

 

Wasn't the old Call of Cthulhu from Bethsoft exactly that? The player character did suicide after spending time in an asylum after surviving the events in the game. Also it never featured cthulhu itself, but the fishmen and I think Dagon and... I forgot the final boss. In any case, I thought - despite the flaws - that game was pretty rad.

That was "Dark Corners of the Earth". Another great Lovecraftian inspired extravaganza. But Bethesda was not the publisher I think. Developer was the extinct Horrorsoft (Elvira mistress of the dark, Simon the Sorcerer, etc).

 

Too bad they cancelled its sequel: Destiny's end.

Headfirst, which as I understand it, was a second company setup by the Adventuresoft people to do non-Adventure games did Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth.

 

The company had financial difficulties due to the long production cycle, some payment dispute with Bethesda, and I think some expected funding didn't happen.

 

Ultimately this took out the second Cthulhu game and their Deadlands RPG when the company was shuttered and liquidated. But I think Adventuresoft still exists.

Edited March 4, 2016 by Amentep

[Mamoulian War]

http://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2016/03/tim-sweeney-to-microsoft-universal-windows-platform-can-should-must-and-will-die/

 

Epic founder speaks against MS new UWP. Dismisses it as first step to close open PC ecosystem to Microsoft controlled system.

[Keyrock]

http://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2016/03/tim-sweeney-to-microsoft-universal-windows-platform-can-should-must-and-will-die/

 

Epic founder speaks against MS new UWP. Dismisses it as first step to close open PC ecosystem to Microsoft controlled system.

 

Tim Sweeney on Microsoft's UWP - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/04/microsoft-monopolise-pc-games-development-epic-games-gears-of-war

 

It should be noted that this is exactly what GabeN and Valve were worried about and much of their reason for pushing gaming on Linux and developing SteamOS.

Edited March 4, 2016 by Keyrock

[Mamoulian War]

Oops, I have missed Malcador's post

 

And yes, I hate Steam, but I wish GabeN good luck with breaking MS monopoly in the OS field... Monopoly is bad, I do not care who is the man behind it.

[Nonek]

 

Monopoly is bad, I do not care who is the man behind it.

 

 

Oh I don't know, when else does one get a chance to bankrupt and make homeless ones friends and family, while disguised as a Terrier.

[Keyrock]

 

 

Monopoly is bad, I do not care who is the man behind it.

 

 

Oh I don't know, when else does one get a chance to bankrupt and make homeless ones friends and family, while disguised as a Terrier.

 

I've always been an iron man myself, I guess that piece is gone now. 

Edited March 4, 2016 by Keyrock

[Gfted1]

Battleship or Tophat here.

[Malcador]

All about the car, the poor are but pavement under my wheels.

[Malcador]

Some MS guy says, nothing to fear.

 

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/705795213709561857

 

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/705794534513324032

 

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/705796199375179777

 

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/705795341572923392

[Zoraptor]

This was always the end game (hoho) strategy. There are two things that MS has learnt from others- Android and iOS with their exclusive (well, 'exclusive') stores and curation and that PC people will happily buy expensive hardware to play games. One of the things not mentioned in the article is that this is also the death of xbox as a separate system from PC- it is the Universal Windows Platform, after all. That should significantly cut down on porting costs because there effectively won't be ports any more and potentially rids MS of the loss making xbox division while retaining its benefits and giving far more flexibility to them on the hardware front if they do want to keep subsidising boxes.

 

They'll certainly have to improve their offerings to attract PC gamers though, their current windows store titles have some arbitrary restrictions that may be fine to xboxers but are not at all standard for PC gamers. The reduced porting costs of UWP would probably ensure a decent number of titles though.

 

In any case, if Phil Spencer (who I always want to call Phil Spector, must subconsciously associate him with Warren for some reason) says it will be open I'd suspect it will be open in the same way that steam is open. You can buy keys from anywhere, no strings! Agreement with the Microsoft Subscriber Agreement, Windows Live! registration, acceptance of advertising, copy of windows 10 etc etc required.

[Ganrich]

Some MS guy says, nothing to fear.

 

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/705795213709561857

 

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/705794534513324032

 

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/705796199375179777

 

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/705795341572923392

I will trust the gaming devs over a MS rep. Tim Sweeney saying what Valve has been saying is pretty big. All it would take is Blizzard joining the fray and I think PC gamers will get shaken and start thinking. Heck, I can only imagine what would happen if the big publishers start speaking out (I doubt they will), but EA and Ubisoft could given Origin and Uplay. CDPR may as well. If more devs start speaking out then we may see more devs support Vulkan in the upcoming API war vs DX12. That, in an of itself, will get MS back pedaling, and if not... Then we say bye Windows being the gaming OS.

 

I'm glad I have a Steam machine ready to go. I'll be extra glad when my desktop PC doesn't require Windows. I'm being hopeful, though.

[Keyrock]

I mean, I hope what Phil Spencer is saying about UWP being open is true, but, as always with Microsoft...

 

Edited March 5, 2016 by Keyrock

[Lexx]

Apparently you can watch MCA write some style guide over here.

[HoonDing]

 

 

"It should please very different types of players," Rousseau said. "Even players who don't like to fight that much will find it really fun playing this story, this deep story. On the other hand, players, really hardcore gamers who like to have really challenging fight will find that, because our fights are really hard. I mean, the combat is the difficult part of the game."

 

http://www.gamereactor.eu/news/395433/In+The+Technomancer+the+combat+is+the+difficult+part

[Katphood]

Found some old footage from Dead Island 2. Aside from the god-awful voice acting, the rest looks pretty impressive. So sad that this game was brought to a halt. Yager was suddenly dropped and apparently the game has been handed to an "unnamed developer".

 

[Agiel]

For those who are still hankering for a STALKER-like game ('til the resurrected GSC Game Worlds comes round to it):

 

[Malcador]

 

Edited March 6, 2016 by Malcador