RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS - 'NON-FAKE-NEWS EDITION'

[injurai]

[Katphood]

Atlus is remaking bizarre block-climbing puzzler Catherine for PS4 and Vita Eurogamer.net

 

So Sony has dropped first party support for the Vita but other devs are still supporting it? 

 

Come on, Sony. Give us a PS Vita Pro!

[Mamoulian War]

Sony has dropped Vita only outside of Japan. Because only Japanese developers can realy know how to make good games for handhelds. But most of them will never get localized.

 

Western AAA devs do not care about them, so SONY instead of giving more incentives to Japanese devs to translate their games, or western indies, who could be interested in handheld market, they rather dropped support altogether :-/ Which is big shame IMO.

Edited December 20, 2017 by Mamoulian War

[injurai]

Sony should have made something more like the Switch, but I also think that the hardware just wasn't really there at the time.

 

Sony also tries to be too premium often, I think Nintendo having had a lot of mobile R&D already done has a far lower bar of entry. Sony has to make R&D back.

 

I think Sony should eventually try again for a portable, and it should probably launch after their next-gen console is successful. So it can be a proper companion.

[Katphood]

I wish Sony could make a handheld that could play PS1/2/3/4 games. That way I could instantly buy it and play all of my digital games on a single handheld.

[evilcat]

Weird move, popularity of Switch and mobile games should show that there is market for portable gaming, as long as control is right.

[Katphood]

One of the biggest blows to the PS Vita was the memory card. They are not only expensive, but also pretty rare as of late. That and the fact that the Vita can only be tied to one account.

 

 

EDIT:

 

New Darksiders 3 gameplay footage:

 

Edited December 20, 2017 by Katphood

[Malcador]

[Oner]

An RTS where my whole army can be composed of gunships and mechs? I'm intrigued.

[Agiel]

 

Great shout-out to Randy Quaid in Independence Day, too.

[Gfted1]

The full, real, actual Civilization VI just came out on iPad.

[Keyrock]

 

Those animations tho

[Huinehtar]

The full, real, actual Civilization VI just came out on iPad.

 

Combined with this, One... more... battery...

[Zoraptor]

So Valve lost their appeal against the Australian ACCC wrt deceptive practices, not offering refunds etc so now have to officially pay a 3 million dollar fine (well, lol) and a few other things like put a Naughty Boy Letter up on steam for all Aussies to see.

 

(The initial legal action and the parallel EU action are the reasons that Valve now offers refunds.)

[Mamoulian War]

Bad bad governments who dare to regulate business!!!

 

/s

[SonicMage117]

This looks really weird but interesting...

 

Basically Baldurs Gate meets Harvest Moon mmrpg...

 

https://youtu.be/HkvQoTwhBDs

[Mamoulian War]

To bad, it's not Baldur's Gate meets Harvester :D

 

Haven't seen any gore horror game made in thousand years :/

[Fenixp]

So Valve lost their appeal against the Australian ACCC wrt deceptive practices, not offering refunds etc so now have to officially pay a 3 million dollar fine (well, lol) and a few other things like put a Naughty Boy Letter up on steam for all Aussies to see.

They should send Gaben so some sort of prison colony.

[Mamoulian War]

I hope he buys one of the first one-way tickets to fly with Elon Musks "travel agency" to Mars together with current EA, Acti and WB CEOs

 

Man can only wish, but well, it's Christmas Time, you never know :D

[Malcador]

[melkathi]

I have given up trying to stay up-to-date with Star Citizen.

[Lexx]

Well, tl;dr is pretty much: delays, delays, delays. No matter how good anything looks like, you can put at least +1 year on it. :>

[ShadySands]

Do You Have Video "Gaming Disorder," A Newly Recognized Mental Health Condition?

 

"Gaming disorder" isn't a game or the name of a game. And it isn't when your "Yes" or "Start" button on your PlayStation controller fails to work, your character is really messy and leaves equipment all over the screen, or you are surrounded by microwaved burritos while playing. Instead, the beta draft of the WHO's forthcoming 11th update of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) now includes "gaming disorder" along with the following description:

 

Gaming disorder is characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour (‘digital gaming’ or ‘video-gaming’), which may be online (i.e., over the internet) or offline, manifested by: 1) impaired control over gaming (e.g., onset, frequency, intensity, duration, termination, context); 2) increasing priority given to gaming to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other life interests and daily activities; and 3) continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences. The behaviour pattern is of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning. The pattern of gaming behaviour may be continuous or episodic and recurrent. The gaming behaviour and other features are normally evident over a period of at least 12 months in order for a diagnosis to be assigned, although the required duration may be shortened if all diagnostic requirements are met and symptoms are severe.

[Lexx]

I have Video Gaming Disorder once we're getting a new Obsidian Fallout game.

Edited December 26, 2017 by Lexx

[Orogun01]

 

Do You Have Video "Gaming Disorder," A Newly Recognized Mental Health Condition?

 

"Gaming disorder" isn't a game or the name of a game. And it isn't when your "Yes" or "Start" button on your PlayStation controller fails to work, your character is really messy and leaves equipment all over the screen, or you are surrounded by microwaved burritos while playing. Instead, the beta draft of the WHO's forthcoming 11th update of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) now includes "gaming disorder" along with the following description:

 

Gaming disorder is characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour (‘digital gaming’ or ‘video-gaming’), which may be online (i.e., over the internet) or offline, manifested by: 1) impaired control over gaming (e.g., onset, frequency, intensity, duration, termination, context); 2) increasing priority given to gaming to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other life interests and daily activities; and 3) continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences. The behaviour pattern is of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning. The pattern of gaming behaviour may be continuous or episodic and recurrent. The gaming behaviour and other features are normally evident over a period of at least 12 months in order for a diagnosis to be assigned, although the required duration may be shortened if all diagnostic requirements are met and symptoms are severe.

 

Can I claim disability on it and just constantly feed my habit?