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johnny_ultimate · 09-05-2019 1:32am

Most bizarre gaming story since Randy Pitchford's USB stick: in China, PUBG mobile has been replaced with the patriotic 'Game for Peace', which is basically the exact same game but the enemies don't die and instead gift you with a friendly wave when you knock them out. Plus a load of patriotic ****e tagged on.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tencent-games/tencent-pulls-blockbuster-game-pubg-in-china-launches-patriotic-alternative-idUSKCN1SE0CT

https://twitter.com/SvendJoscelyne/status/1126069150407962624

While this is comically absurd, always worth noting that the Chinese government is an authoritarian one intent on controlling its population... so this is a dark reminder of invasive state censorship while also being ludicrous farce.

K.O.Kiki · 09-05-2019 3:07pm

"I'm gonna FRIEND you SO HARD!"

pixelburp · 09-05-2019 3:09pm

What I'm curious about this is: are Chinese gamers receptive to this blatant hand-holding, or is this one of these things where you have the 'official' games industry that China would like us to know about, while every Johnny/Josephine Gamer is busy playing off pirate copies & VPN servers?

K.O.Kiki · 09-05-2019 3:38pm

Of note is that this only affects the mobile PUBG app, so the playerbase is likely even less well-informed than usual.

Thargor · 09-05-2019 7:57pm

Delta Airlines getting down with the kids:

kunst nugget · 09-05-2019 8:39pm

That is amazingly ironic given the lack of union representation in the gaming industry.

Retr0gamer · 09-05-2019 10:10pm

Wow. That's so condescending it would have me sign up to a union on the spot.

Retr0gamer · 09-05-2019 10:11pm

Also public service announcement:

Nightdive (god bless them) just released Blood on steam.

degrassinoel · 09-05-2019 11:30pm

Bethesda plagiarism of D&D P&P RPG campaign

A few other places have picked up on this too, looking at the article above, it's pretty damning. Not surprised bethesda nuked it so quickly - looks bad though.

Varik · 09-05-2019 11:58pm

Someone is getting fired.

Jerichoholic · 10-05-2019 12:00am

degrassinoel wrote: »

Bethesda plagiarism of D&D P&P RPG campaign

A few other places have picked up on this too, looking at the article above, it's pretty damning. Not surprised bethesda nuked it so quickly - looks bad though.

Someone needs to be fired for that.

K.O.Kiki · 10-05-2019 12:34am

degrassinoel wrote: »

Bethesda plagiarism of D&D P&P RPG campaign

A few other places have picked up on this too, looking at the article above, it's pretty damning. Not surprised bethesda nuked it so quickly - looks bad though.

Eh.
Reading between the lines, it's probably something someone at Bethesda Netherlands cooked up & didn't think was meant for widespread distribution.

10-05-2019 8:06am

degrassinoel wrote: »

Bethesda plagiarism of D&D P&P RPG campaign

A few other places have picked up on this too, looking at the article above, it's pretty damning. Not surprised bethesda nuked it so quickly - looks bad though.

Anybody going to make the obvious joke here...? Nobody? Well, here we go :

They should never have hired Filip Miucin.

Ba-dum-tsss.

degrassinoel · 10-05-2019 8:36am

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Eh.
Reading between the lines, it's probably something someone at Bethesda Netherlands cooked up & didn't think was meant for widespread distribution.

Probably yeah, and that's the likely escape route for them on this too imo, i'd say they'll still have to payoff the original authors and WizardsOTC/D&D etc.

If it wasnt though? Would it really change anyone's opinion of Bethesda? They've muddied themselves pretty badly over the last year or two and this just seems to be more of the same level of mud i've come to expect from them.

Jerichoholic · 10-05-2019 8:39am

degrassinoel wrote: »

Probably yeah, and that's the likely escape route for them on this too imo, i'd say they'll still have to payoff the original authors and WizardsOTC/D&D etc.

If it wasnt though? Would it really change anyone's opinion of Bethesda? They've muddied themselves pretty badly over the last year or two and this just seems to be more of the same level of mud i've come to expect from them.

Not at all. It sounds like one idiot in Bethesda Netherlands chanced his arm and got caught. It's not as if they were going to trawl through all of the D and D campaigns ever made to be safe.

Just keep making ES6 lads.

ERG89 · 10-05-2019 1:16pm

The ProJared* thing really took a dark turn fast. If these allegations are all true he is done.

*I know YouTuber drama ain't exactly news but not sure where to show this.

pixelburp · 10-05-2019 1:43pm

Ah, a YouTube "celebrity" I recognise, finally! Though only know him from GameGrumps, which I haven't watched in ages: I'm lazy / can't watch the video ATM, what's the skinny?

ERG89 · 10-05-2019 1:51pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Ah, a YouTube "celebrity" I recognise, finally! Though only know him from GameGrumps, which I haven't watched in ages: I'm lazy / can't watch the video ATM, what's the skinny?

Cheated on his wife with a fellow YouTuber I admittedly never heard of.
This has lead to more things coming out. Apparently he liked trading nudes on Tumblr and has done that with 16 year old teens. Sounded a bit manipulative too.

pixelburp · 10-05-2019 5:09pm

Oh wow, that's pretty sketchy, to put it mildly. I swear these YouTube celebrities are a breed unto themselves, somehow more conceited and self-absorbed than regular brand celebrities. Maybe it's the fact YouTUbe is such an incestuous garden & divorced from more mature, self-regulating & policing forms of media; the most famous YT'ers seem more inclined to get high on their own supply, so to speak.

Zero-Cool · 14-05-2019 2:37pm

Netflix will have a panel at E3 to bring their original shows to games. I know Stranger Things has an indie game coming out so not sure if it will be more indie/mobile or if they are looking to partner up for a big release.

Mickeroo · 14-05-2019 2:40pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Netflix will have a panel at E3 to bring their original shows to games. I know Stranger Things has an indie game coming out so not sure if it will be more indie/mobile or if they are looking to partner up for a big release.

Maybe they're looking to relaunch something like the canned Telltale one with a different developer.

Sonics2k · 14-05-2019 4:56pm

For those looking to get their nostalgia buzz, Blizzard have confirmed the release date for World of Warcraft: Classic.

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22990080/mark-your-calendars-wow-classic-launch-and-testing-schedule

Also, the Beta will be launching tomorrow. Apparently they'll be inviting a large amount of people for stress testing.

Jerichoholic · 14-05-2019 5:24pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Maybe they're looking to relaunch something like the canned Telltale one with a different developer.

Maybe they have some Witcher to show off?

chrislad · 15-05-2019 8:57am

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Netflix will have a panel at E3 to bring their original shows to games. I know Stranger Things has an indie game coming out so not sure if it will be more indie/mobile or if they are looking to partner up for a big release.

I'm hoping that it's just licensed properties and not a push into a gaming streaming service....

Mickeroo · 15-05-2019 9:06am

Jerichoholic wrote: »

Maybe they have some Witcher to show off?

Yeah that makes a lot of sense now you mention it, would be the perfect place to debut the first trailer.

Shiminay · 15-05-2019 12:55pm

Seems that it's turning Netflix stuff into games that they're talking:

https://twitter.com/E3/status/1128049543822618628

ERG89 · 15-05-2019 1:02pm

Shiminay wrote:

Seems that it's turning Netflix stuff into games that they're talking:

Half imagine they've someone lined up to make a Black Mirror game; someone like Supermassive games would make a good Black Mirror game.
I'd say Telltale would be a cert if they were still around but I wouldn't like them to make it, their overall standard dropped the last few years even tho people I feel slept on the Barman games

Retr0gamer · 15-05-2019 3:25pm

Wouldn't want Supermassive anywhere near Black Mirror. Their writing is god awful and the only reason Until Dawn worked was because you expect bad writing in the horror genre. Was pretty much a fluke.

CatInABox · 15-05-2019 5:12pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Netflix will have a panel at E3 to bring their original shows to games. I know Stranger Things has an indie game coming out so not sure if it will be more indie/mobile or if they are looking to partner up for a big release.

Stranger Things already has a mobile game out, a snes style RPG. Meant to be good as well, by all accounts.

pixelburp · 15-05-2019 5:17pm

CatInABox wrote: »

Stranger Things already has a mobile game out, a snes style RPG. Meant to be good as well, by all accounts.

Yup, played it to completion & was lots of fun; very well put together, decent challenge & overall "felt" right as a blatant Zelda clone...

There's another game coming out for Season 3, this time going for an isometric perspective (not sure if it's pure brawler as the trailer suggests, or will include RPG elements)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UuAzHWY8ng

Zero-Cool · 15-05-2019 8:05pm

That just makes me want to play Shadowrun on the snes.

Jerichoholic · 15-05-2019 9:45pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Wouldn't want Supermassive anywhere near Black Mirror. Their writing is god awful and the only reason Until Dawn worked was because you expect bad writing in the horror genre. Was pretty much a fluke.

There is no chance in hell that Charlie Brooker would let anyone else write it.

Shiminay · 16-05-2019 9:41am

Yea, Charlie Brooker's a huge gamer, you can bet he'll want in on that!

Zero-Cool · 16-05-2019 10:10pm

One of the signs of the apocalypse.

https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/1129077621726240768?s=19

Jerichoholic · 16-05-2019 11:12pm

The Avengers coming together to defeat the evil Google.

Varik · 16-05-2019 11:48pm

Amazon currently lead MS in public cloud services, Google is in a distant 3rd but expected to make the most gains even before stadia. The more the grow the more they can offer, economies of scale play a big part.

So Google have Stadia, Amazon already push integrated cloud features in their lumberyard (based on cry engine) and probably more in the future, and disruptive tech companies aren't the greatest when you part of the old guard.

17-05-2019 12:27pm

Yet more problems for Lords of the Fallen 2

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-05-17-lords-of-the-fallen-2-ditches-developer-and-hits-the-ropes-again

Retr0gamer · 17-05-2019 12:57pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Yet more problems for Lords of the Fallen 2

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-05-17-lords-of-the-fallen-2-ditches-developer-and-hits-the-ropes-again

So the developer is unable to deliver a vertical slice.

Meaning they are unable to deliver on the game at all.

Project is screwed.

Robert ninja · 17-05-2019 3:52pm

Rage 2's Denuvo DRM is removed because of a "few requests"
https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2019/05/bethesda-removes-rage-2-denuvo-drm-because-of-a-few-requests/84300/
Another possible reason: https://crackwatch.com/game/rage-2

WOW classic announced to a cheering audience.
https://youtu.be/ONpzyceG2KA

If you use the steam beta and are on linux you may have noticed this. It's an interesting update
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/a-new-and-quite-interesting-steam-client-beta-is-out-nice-linux-fixes-and-vulkan-shader-downloading.14142
I'm happy as a clown for this to improve. Shader cache stutter upon startup has been a persistent issue for windows games for me.

Mickeroo · 17-05-2019 3:57pm

Apparently the Steam Link app is available on iOS now. I'm not arsed digging out a link, you'll have to take my word for it.

SomeSayKos · 17-05-2019 4:10pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Yet more problems for Lords of the Fallen 2

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-05-17-lords-of-the-fallen-2-ditches-developer-and-hits-the-ropes-again

Didn't even know there was a sequel in the works. Thought the first one was pretty bad

Robert ninja · 18-05-2019 8:05pm

Epic Game Store's first sale is a logistical mess
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SomeSayKos · 20-05-2019 1:03pm

Robert ninja wrote: »

Epic Game Store's first sale is a logistical mess
1 2

Really can't stand The Quartering's youtube stuff. Weird agenda

johnny_ultimate · 20-05-2019 2:17pm

SomeSayKos wrote: »

Really can't stand The Quartering's youtube stuff. Weird agenda

TheQuartering: Look at those snowflake SJWs getting outraged hahaha

*Marvel makes superhero film starring a woman*

TheQuartering: *makes seven dozen outraged videos about it*

Truly one of the dumbest channels on YouTube, and YouTube has many, many dumb channels.

Robert ninja · 20-05-2019 10:02pm

New evil dead game announced. No ash ¬_¬
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/new-evil-dead-game-confirmed-by-bruce-campbell/

Cyberpunk 2077 E3 leaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=076iH-gcmKk

Sony to produce movies of their games
https://nichegamer.com/2019/05/20/sony-announces-playstation-productions-will-produce-movies-and-tv-based-on-sony-games/
I thought a lot of their games already were movies

Manji [卍] symbol removed from Castlevania Anniversary Collection
https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2019/05/castlevania-anniversary-collection-removed-swastika-from-kid-dracula-boss/84559/

Dr. Bre · 20-05-2019 10:50pm

I would love rockstar games to be made into movies like GTA or RDR

RedRochey · 20-05-2019 10:51pm

What are people's opinion on Cyberpunk, how big will it be?

20-05-2019 11:46pm

I've a feeling I'll get it and discover it's not for me.

K.O.Kiki · 20-05-2019 11:53pm

StockTwat29 wrote: »

What are people's opinion on Cyberpunk, how big will it be?

I'm hoping at least as long as Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Robert ninja · 21-05-2019 12:28am

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

I'm hoping at least as longgood as Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

:pac:
I have big hopes for it and I am excited but I'm also worried my expectations are too high. I like CDPR, The Witcher franchise and GOG. CP2077 seems to be everything I've wanted from a modern open world game but their lies about TW3 (redkit & downgrade) makes me heavily doubt the legitimacy of any pre-release media from them. Releasing on PS4 will seriously change the adult themes, I fear.
Gaming outlets' criticisms of the company makes me less worried though. Anything they go after usually turns out good.

Adapter to release for allowing PS4 controllers on switch
http://operationrainfall.com/2019/05/19/ps4-switch-controller-adapter/

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