RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS

[Hurlshort]

Risen 1 was one of my favorite game ever, so I certainly hope they can pull it off.  Kind of seems like they couldn't make up their mind what genre to make a game in though.  

[Fenixp]

It probably plays like Risen 2 / 3 where bows and crossbows are replaced with guns.

Wasn't that Risen 2 already?

[Lexx]

Indeed, Risen 2 already had guns instead of bows. Totally forgot about that one.

[Malcador]

[Amentep]

 

I'm curious to know more about how the game is actually going to be, but...interested.

[Keyrock]

Dubstep - check

Slow Mo - check

Catch phrases - check

 

Yup, that was a trailer.

[Blodhemn]

It probably plays like Risen 2 / 3 where bows and crossbows are replaced with guns. To be honest, I don't feel much motivation to try the game. Didn't even touched Risen 3 yet... Kind of a shame. The Gothic games were awesome and even Risen 1 was p.cool in comparison, but all in all it just went downhill.

Hard for me to be that interested in so many sequels/similar games in the best of circumstances to begin with, nevermind possible gameplay changes for the worse. Wasn't trying to be a downer though, just pedestrian amusement. 

[Tale]

 

Hnnng.

 

Reminder that John Gonzalez of New Vegas appears to be the Lead Writer.

[Hurlshort]

http://www.polygon.com/2016/6/1/11820966/fable-crunch-microsoft

 

Good breakdown of how crazy it can be to develop a video game.

[Malcador]

http://www.polygon.com/2016/6/1/11820966/fable-crunch-microsoft

 

Good breakdown of how crazy it can be to develop a video game.

Wonder if they'll eventually form a guild or some other worker's association.

[Malcador]

https://twitter.com/Angryrobotics/status/739884596502749184

 

Jay Wilson leaving Blizzard and games industry in general it seems. Can't say he'll be all that missed.

[Hurlshort]

 

http://www.polygon.com/2016/6/1/11820966/fable-crunch-microsoft

 

Good breakdown of how crazy it can be to develop a video game.

Wonder if they'll eventually form a guild or some other worker's association.

 

 

Well I know EA had to undergo some pretty massive changes to overhaul their image after getting lambasted for similar stuff.  You would think that attracting good talent would become more difficult, and the industry would correct itself.  Of course, Rockstar doesn't seem too concerned about the flak they've received, so who knows?  Lionhead would seem to be a prime example of how to kill a studio.

[Humanoid]

No shortage of wide-eyed kids thinking "videogames are cool, so making videogames must be cool too" before the industry chews them up and spits them out a scant few years later.

[Chilloutman]

No shortage of wide-eyed kids thinking "videogames are cool, so making videogames must be cool too" before the industry chews them up and spits them out a scant few years later.

While its kinda true, I must say that I ejoyed these few years I was involved. If you can overcome constant overtimes and bad management decision its pretty cool

[Mamoulian War]

 

No shortage of wide-eyed kids thinking "videogames are cool, so making videogames must be cool too" before the industry chews them up and spits them out a scant few years later.

While its kinda true, I must say that I ejoyed these few years I was involved. If you can overcome constant overtimes and bad management decision its pretty cool

 

 

Well, that's actually, why I completely left programming 10 years ago, and don't plan come back ever. I loved to code, but the money were in the end not worth the time, which I spent at work and completely neglected my social life :-/

Edited June 7, 2016 by Mamoulian War

[Chilloutman]

 

 

No shortage of wide-eyed kids thinking "videogames are cool, so making videogames must be cool too" before the industry chews them up and spits them out a scant few years later.

While its kinda true, I must say that I ejoyed these few years I was involved. If you can overcome constant overtimes and bad management decision its pretty cool

 

 

Well, that's actually, why I completely left programming 10 years ago, and don't plan come back ever. I loved to code, but the money were in the end not worth the time, which I spent at work and completely neglected my social life :-/

 

Sadly, I was not in programming, I was part of QA and later tech design which was pretty cool, but I am too lazy to learn proper coding :/

[Mamoulian War]

Finally!!!

 

Final Fantasy XII - Zodiac Job System coming to the west as Final Fantasy XII - Zodiac Age on PS4!!! Now I wish someone would make Vagrant Story for PS4 (remaster not remake) as well

 

http://www.siliconera.com/2016/06/06/final-fantasy-xii-zodiac-age-announced-playstation-4/

[Majek]

video

 

Hnnng.

 

Reminder that John Gonzalez of New Vegas appears to be the Lead Writer.

If it doens't have shoulder switch camer i'm not touching it, no matter how good it might turn out to be.

[Fenixp]

When many fans believed the game was more or less abandoned, Homeworld: Remastered received a massive update. Amongst other things it rebalances the campaigns, enhances UI, adds more depth to formation system to facilitate more advanced tactics, adds full ballistics model to projectiles (in other words, when a ship fires a projectile, it becomes an object with its own mass and velocity which'll fly until it hits something, eh... More or less. Think this dialogue from Mass Effect 2.) and a crapton of other small or large changes and fixes. Remastered edition of one of the best real-time strategy games in history just became even better.

[Malcador]

That is a surprise. May get that game on sale after all.

 

Hah. And its 50% off on GOG. Woo

Edited June 7, 2016 by Malcador

[marelooke]

 

 

 

No shortage of wide-eyed kids thinking "videogames are cool, so making videogames must be cool too" before the industry chews them up and spits them out a scant few years later.

While its kinda true, I must say that I ejoyed these few years I was involved. If you can overcome constant overtimes and bad management decision its pretty cool

 

 

Well, that's actually, why I completely left programming 10 years ago, and don't plan come back ever. I loved to code, but the money were in the end not worth the time, which I spent at work and completely neglected my social life :-/

 

Sadly, I was not in programming, I was part of QA and later tech design which was pretty cool, but I am too lazy to learn proper coding :/

 

 

So are most programmers, doesn't stop them though. (only half joking, actually. The fact that programming is more of an art[1] than a science and that managers seem to think all you need is juniors isn't exactly helping of course)

 

[1] http://www.chrisaitchison.com/2011/05/03/you-are-not-a-software-engineer/ - the general idea is pretty accurate.

[Malcador]

Engineers can say with accuracy when it will be finished. Yeah.....

[Keyrock]

 

It looks like a N64 game except with higher res graphics, which is exactly what I want it to be, so cool.

[Katphood]

Yooka-Laylee is looking awesome! 

 

 

Hnnng.

Reminder that John Gonzalez of New Vegas appears to be the Lead Writer.

 

"...you may be an outcast, but you will still be able to run games at 30 fps...hopefully" said PSNeo to PS4.

[Lexx]

Tanoa, the terrain of the next ArmA3 addon is available on the dev-branch since yesterday. As far as I can tell so far, it's basically their most pretty creation to date. Also at least without any AI on the map I belong to the 60fps master race, wherever I look and go.

 

Some dude made a truckton of screenshots. http://imgur.com/a/pwxaz

 

/Edit: Tried some of my custom missions on Altis, where I always had a few performance drops, and even there I belong to 60fps master race now. Their performance optimization efforts are really showing.

Edited June 8, 2016 by Lexx