"I'M NOT SURE WHO TO BELIEVE ANYMORE. THE PEOPLE ACCUSING THIS MAN OF BEING A PREDATORY CREEP, OR THE MAN ADMITTING HE SENT INAPPRIAOTELY MESSAGES TO A MINOR???"
Well this site is about to become un-fucking-usable for the next month. 👍
(also yeah... it is incredibly easy to find lots of evidence of all this, like it is literally just a think that happened)
It is very funny that there are chuds out there being like "THE WOKE GAMING JOURNALISTS HATE SEXY WOMEN!" meanwhile my entire timeline is hootin' and hollerin' about these Hades 2 character portraits.
Been using my PS4 a bit at my parents' house and it really is hard to overstate how much worse the PS5 UI/UX are and how much faster and simpler it is to interface with almost everything on the PS4.
I plugged in my launch PS4 console to get some PT footage for Tom's video and it's like a weird little time capsule from 2016. This is what's still installed on it. Had to update firmware, though, and Madden 24 appeared lol.
Genuinely kinda in awe how confusing this system is going to be for the casual market.
Like you have a tier called "Core" and and different tier called "Standard" and those words are fucking synonyms, dude.
WHY THE FUCK IS XBOX LIVE GOLD STILL A SEPARATE THING?
New Xbox Game Pass changes (updated some pricing info from the article):
-Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price increase to $19.99/month
-PC Game Pass price increase to $11.99
-Xbox Game Pass Core annual increase to $74.99
-Xbox Game Pass (console) will be
@Jckspacy
He's a beautiful himbo and king. Start with 0 it's sure to go on steep discount (along with all the other games) during the Summer Steam/PSN/Xbox sales.
I spoke to
@jesawyer
about his years in the industry, the work that went into games like Fallout: New Vegas, Icewind Dale, and Pillars of Eternity, unlearning bad habits, and how it all led to making a who-dun-it where you don't solve the case.
Whelp, I'm going back to watching the Punisher and playing Persona 3.
That show is fine, but not nearly as interesting as any of the Punisher stuff in Daredevil.
Oh also, my woke insider friends at Microsoft sent me this concept art for the next Gears game. Isn't it cool.
Reminder. Tiny Tina's was a huge success.
Embracer borrowed extremely cheap capital, to buy IP and studio with no plan for how to pay it back when interest rates inevitably went up and the gaming boom slowed down post pandemic.
1/
"Massive" layoffs hit Lost Boys Interactive, co-developer on Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and other titles, that employed around 400 people.
The studio is a subsidiary of Gearbox, itself owned by Embracer.
➡️
Now that the embargo is out of the way and I can talk about the Adventure Mode portion of the Infinite Wealth demo, I can finally say... "this sucks, man."
The fall of Helldivers 2 needs to be taught in game dev conferences for decades to come. It is truly astounding how a company turned their GotY contender into a desolate wasteland in just 6 months.
That first month was truly magical and we're never getting it back.
HEY, QUICK REMINDER.
Phil Spencer makes an estimated $10 million dollars in a yearly salary before stock opinions.
He oversaw the overstaffing that led to these laysoff and still has a job while 1,900 of people developing the games don't.
✨Very cool news! ✨
I will be on
@giantbomb
's Game Mess Morning tomorrow with
@JeffGrubb
to discuss Hogwarts Legacy and why I'd encourage sites not to cover it and think people shouldn't buy it!
(also we will probably talk about the Nintendo Direct happening later that day)
The Rockstar forced return to office policy is just top-brass's way of quietly forcing 8% to 12% of employees to quit without the bad press of doing a round of layoffs a year out from GTA 6's release and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
NEW: Rockstar Games is asking all of its employees to return to the office five days a week starting in April for security and productivity reasons as they enter the final stretch of development on Grand Theft Auto VI. (Employees are not thrilled.)
Wild that they wouldn't permit any political statements when someone wanted to talk about ongoing genocide in Gaza, but Troy is allowed on stage wearing a poppy...
Troy Baker presents the award for Best Storytelling at the Golden Joystick Awards after Meghna Jayanth refused when the event, which is presented by digital news media outlets, said no political statements would be permitted.
He said "And I asked that I tackle the first one so"
Believe me when I say, I genuinely think the worst thing a critic can be is mean or cruel to art they are talking about, but I truly believe YongYea as Kiryu is the worst case of miscasting since Scarojo in Ghost In The Shell.
It's very funny that the guy who loves condescendingly over explaining things to people about games, is dying on the hill of calling them "JRPGs" when calling them "menu-driven turned-based RPGs" would like actually describe those games better and is way more words.
Is it me or Nintendo making their lead female protagonist look masculine as hell..barely no curves or rough non feminine features..Unlike the average woman. Like *cough cough..TLOU2’s Ellie…etc. Just saying
#My2cents
Pic from the game on the left, fanmade on right. Hire fans lol
@StormKRB
This is lovely to hear. Kiryu is such a beautiful representation of positive masculinity and these games mean the world to me (getting to review Infinite Wealth has been a highlight of my career) and I'm glad the games spoke to you when working on them.
There's a really fascinating anecdote in Atari 50 where someone talks about in the years after the crash people would go into stores and ask where all the Computer Games had gone. No one told the consumers the industry was in turmoil, they just wanted to play games still.
Stop calling it a video game crash. That implies that it's like some sort of uncontrollable force of the market. You can't have a crash (at least in the U.S.) when the market was up 4% yoy in 2023. That's the opposite of a crash! This is execs mimicking growth by cutting costs.
In certain scenes, Helmut Kruger from Hitman (2016) has the same voice actor as Agent 47 from Hitman 2 (2018).
#Hitman
#SanguineIce
Voiced by David Bateson
In Japanese, The Man With No Name from Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Earased His Name has the same voice actor as Kazuma Kiryu from Yakuza.
#LikeADragon
#Yakuza
Voiced by Takaya Kuroda
Star Wars Outlaws will have an optional Cinematic Mode that replicates the lenses and cinematic effects Lucasfilm used when shooting Episodes 4 to 6.
The game is set between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
#StarWarsOutlaws
@acab637
Yep one is from a side mission with a trans woman the other is focused on a lesbian struggling with her performed gender and being afraid of being rejected by society.
Anyway,
@geoffkeighley
is very friendly and I told him Summer Game Fest is good for journalists and runs super smoothly. So blame me if E3 never comes back.
If you are posting this and claiming you aren't running a targeted harassment campaign you are either the world's dumbest motherfucker or think we are the world's dumbest motherfuckers... OR you are just a cunt. 🙂👍
Happy birthday to my dad.
He's always supported me through my transition, mental health journey, and choosing a super unstable career because he saw it made me happy, and has sat through so many movies he wouldn't watch otherwise and only fallen asleep during like 40% of them.💛
I love a lot of Bethesda games, but boy howdy is it clear that some people on the publishing side there just see journalists as an extension of PR, and we should really hold their feet to the fire on this.
Pete Parsons has been out here too continuing to act like *Bungie is a family* and *we're all in this together*, when he is the CEO that oversaw all of this is fucking cartoon villain levels of evil shit.
Never let him forget.
I love the entire Giant Bomb crew but shout out to these four for being so supportive and kind to me recently. They really are the best.
@godsewa
,
@_janjerome
,
@JeffGrubb
and
@Tolkoto
scoop: Microsoft is working on an Xbox AI chatbot. It animates when responding to queries and is part of a larger effort inside Microsoft to apply AI to its Xbox platform and services. Full details below 👇
If these two hung out for like an hour we would solve most of the worlds problems with enough time to spare to develop a much deeper understanding of the power and beauty of the human spirit.
This is even more depressing when you remember that World Rugby has already given into these bigots to profile and ban as few as 2 (in some regions) transgender players from playing despite the fact they were never any danger to their fellow players in the first place.
So the weirdo MAGA freaks “transvestigated” American rugby star and Olympian Ilona Maher and God bless her for calling out these creeps.
Keep calling these conservative assholes “weird” because they are and they’re going to lose in November because of it.
What is the point in founding an indie publishing label like Private Division if you are going to lay off and punish the developers under it for not reaching triple-A sales targets?
My heart goes out to everyone at Roll7 and Intercept.
NEW: Take-Two Interactive plans to shutter two studios as part of a mass layoff announced last month: Roll7 (Rollerdrome, OlliOlli World) and Intercept Games (Kerbal Space Program 2)
If you don't think that community managers are being specifically targeted by these assholes as a way to frame any kind of moderation/not-being-shitbag as "oppression" you are extremely naive.
Hey, hi!
From next Monday, as part of my college work placement, I will be starting
@thegamerwebsite
as a Junior Editor!
I will be hopping around from evergreen, news and features while there - so you will see plenty of my stupid words.
As an apology here is a rare Lexi face!
Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio.
“We need smaller games that give us prestige and awards,” Matt Booty (head of Xbox Game Studios) told employees in a town hall today.
I'm playing Arkham Origins atm and when they introduce Copperhead, Bruce is like "All the crime records talk about a man, but this looks like a lady" and he sounds so baffled that I can only assume the world's greatest detective never heard of a trans person before.
Listen, I'm not into Kendrick or even that in touch with the scene but not releasing anything for two year and then dedicating 100% of your artistic output in a year to calling out a pedo you have beef with, is iconic hater behaviour.
You dislike game journos for giving your favorite game a 7/10
I dislike game journos because ethics stops them from outing a child predator (alleged, your honor)
✨personal news! ✨
I had my first print piece published! Delighted it could be with the wonderful folks at
@PLAYgamingmag
.
Thank you so much to
@MrOscarTK
for having me in the latest issue.
(also thanks for employing
@dashiellwood
. It means he has way less time to annoy me)
@FoldableHuman
Honestly, the GME weirdos are so far gone. I got death threats for writing an opinion piece that I was sad that GameStop Ireland was closing.
*Polite reminder for everyone (but especially cis white dudes)*
Your dunk tweets on GG-ers with 14 followers aren't helping your minority friends in the way you think they are.
You are just platforming shitbirds and inserting them onto my fuckin timeline.
✨ANNOUNCEMENT TIME✨
Today was my last day at
@thegamerwebsite
. I've been there since September on my college work placement and now I'm donezo!
I've learned so much and experienced a lot and I'm super glad to have spent time writing next to some of the best in the industry.
@tha_rami
Genuinely love the idea of him being like "WE'VE BEEN BAMBOOZLED, CONNED, HOODWINKED TO BELIEVE THIS GAME IS APOLITICAL!" and this is the game.
Pretty overwhelmed at the moment with everything going on in my work, college, and personal lives but I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone that has supported me the last 12 months.
Super taken aback to be a part of this year's
@MCV_DEVELOP
30 under 30.
Delighted to be sharing the honour with so many faces I recognise.
And of course thank you to anybody that nominated me.
@airbagged
These people now also seem to think Alicia is the Game Rant reviewer and are harassing them about saying "it wasn't diverse enough" when Alicia literally doesn't even say that word in their review.
It is legit weird that Nintendo has made a totally separate app for a handful of M-rated N64 games that are about as violent as PG13 movies when the eShop is chock full of hentai match 3 games and visual novels about hardcore fucking.