The Gaming Thread

[ArcadiaGP]

This week's Gameranx wrap-up

1. Hackers getting access to other people's single-player game in GTAV.
2. Sony fixes a malicious bug in PS4/PSN.
3. David Hayter (VA for Solid Snake) possibly hinting something on Twitter.
4. XBox announces Crysis 1, 2, and 3 getting backward compatibility.
5. Top Playstation trophy hunter getting 300 Platinums a year.
6. Battlefield 5 single-player trailer released.
7. Launch trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 released.
8. Hitman 2 reveal first "elusive target"... Sean Bean.
9. Scientists in Zurich invent new haptic feedback VR gloves, simulate grabbing things.


[video=youtube_share;cA_oYpcz8x4]https://youtu.be/cA_oYpcz8x4[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Very cool

John “TotalBiscuit” Bain to be inducted into Esports Hall of Fame at ESL One Hamburg 2018 as first non-player

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Clip of 16 year old beating a 7-year Tetris champion

https://clips.twitch.tv/BeautifulHomelyGoatJebaited

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Super Bunnyhop - How Telltale Went Broke

[video=youtube;2VR7Hl6SuXE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VR7Hl6SuXE[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Looks like Red Dead Redemption 2 is almost as good as Wii Sports.

This style of rating system really needs to die. It's rife with abuse and bias, and encourages unethical relationships with developers.

 

[Dean C.]

Just picked up my copy of Red Dead Redemption 2, it comes with two discs. One is a "data disc" and the other is the actual game play disk. Currently waiting 49 minutes before the "data disk" is done downloading.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

This week's Gameranx wrap-up

1. Guy's PS4 survived hurricane
2. PC getting access to XBox GamePass
3. New graphical tech demo of Unity showing advances
4. Battlefield 5 developer got banned from Call of Duty
5. Digital Foundry did some XB, XB1, PS4, PS4 Pro comparisons for RDR2
6. Fallout New Vegas mod released called Fallout: New California
7. Capcom bringing RE, RE0, and RE4 to Nintendo Switch
8. More Cyberpunk 2077 details from CDPR
9. PSN ID name change system complaints

[video=youtube;NSuaEPo_Itg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSuaEPo_Itg[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Here's a "Before you buy" on RDR2.

Looks like a hell of a lot of fun

[video=youtube_share;tCzNEzP0DNk]https://youtu.be/tCzNEzP0DNk[/video]

 

[tr1gg3r]

I'm about twelve hours into RDR2, and all I can say is, "Wow."

I picked up a used PS4 from a friend just for this game, and in no way do I regret it.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Fallout 76 live-action trailer

[video=youtube_share;5IcqE8kT3KA]https://youtu.be/5IcqE8kT3KA[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Blizzcon just started. Some big reveals so far.

Warcraft 3: Reforged (Remastered Warcraft 3 RTS) coming next year, next Overwatch character "Ashe", a lever-action rifle hero...

 

[JettaKnight]

I'm about twelve hours into RDR2, and all I can say is, "Wow."

I picked up a used PS4 from a friend just for this game, and in no way do I regret it.

It's not coming out on PC? Oh, well...

 

[thej27]

It's not coming out on PC? Oh, well...

Someone dug into the companion app files and it seems to show a PC version and VR support.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I don't agree with the outrage over Diablo Immortal. Call me a Blizzard fanboy, if that's what that means. I see the people complaining as entitled whining babies, much like the ones flooding the World of Warcraft sub over the latest expansion. Everyone wants everything exactly how they want it, and demand Blizzard does what they want. **** that noise.

However, I'll share this Metokur video on the Diablo Immortal situation. Blizzard does seem to be in cooperation with Google, manipulating the "dislikes" and comments on their announcement video.

[video=youtube_share;7l3cw4gswOY]https://youtu.be/7l3cw4gswOY[/video]

 

[KLB]

I don't agree with the outrage over Diablo Immortal. Call me a Blizzard fanboy, if that's what that means. I see the people complaining as entitled whining babies, much like the ones flooding the World of Warcraft sub over the latest expansion. Everyone wants everything exactly how they want it, and demand Blizzard does what they want. **** that noise.

However, I'll share this Metokur video on the Diablo Immortal situation. Blizzard does seem to be in cooperation with Google, manipulating the "dislikes" and comments on their announcement video.

[video=youtube_share;7l3cw4gswOY]https://youtu.be/7l3cw4gswOY[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Today's episode of Binging with Babish, he makes Bear Stew from RDR2.

I didn't know you could buy bear meat! Now I need to try it...

[video=youtube;wMxKbkWrvDc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMxKbkWrvDc&t=0s[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

New Smash Bros trailer syncs perfectly with "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen.

[video=youtube;d3aZSpGwDJ4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3aZSpGwDJ4[/video]

 

[Caleb]

It's not coming out on PC? Oh, well...

It is but at a later date...

 

[Dead Duck]

Gaming censorship has been around for a long time. (or at least they tried)
The first I remember was the "Death Race 2000". It came out right after the movie hit the big screen. They said it was too violent because you run over "Humanish" figures to score points. If I remember right, the bad publicity actually helped increased sales of the game. There were a few that were modified so you ran over zombie type creatures but it was the same play.
So technically nobody told the company to do anything but there were some limited protesting and some were pulled.

So of course the first thing I did after playing that game was to drive around and run over people all day.

Games were nothing back then when theaters were showing "Carrie" "The Oman" "Jaws" "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" etc...

 

[ArcadiaGP]

The Game Awards 2018 nominees announced, voting now open

[video=youtube;75i69HxlLvg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75i69HxlLvg[/video]