Friday
If it isn’t a game update, then its drama. Malaysia has blocked Steam over a fighting game, The Darkest Dungeon will be receiving a new class, and ARMS will be getting custom button layouts.
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Thursday
A fair bit of things to share today, all of which are exciting in one way or the other. The upcoming South Park game will be harder on black characters, Bethesda supposedly has an unannounced game this year, LA Noire ports are happening, Microsoft is sharing water tech with PUBG, and The Walking Dead Season 1 is free on The Humble Store.
Wednesday 9-6-17
While there wasn’t much happening in terms of newsworthy content, what news there was was certainly more interesting than normal. Project Cars won “Best Game Simulation”, The Cyanide & Happiness Adventure Game Kickstarter went live, and a theism based fighting game released recently.
Tuesday 9-5-17
There is a fair bit of news today. I had a hard time whittling it down to only a few. So enjoy a bit more news this time. The details of each can be found farther down, as usual.
Sonic Mania’s Denuvo DRM for PC has already been cracked
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S Battlegrounds hit 10 million sales
Skullgirls hit 1 million sales
the Game Done Quick Charity event is over
Nintendo has posted the manual for StarFox 2
EVE: Valkeries will be getting loot boxes
Sonic Mania’s Denuvo DRM is cracked
Its been 8 days since the highly anticipated Sonic Mania was released on PC. When it was discovered that the DRM software “Denuvo” was implemented in the game without word or warning from SEGA, many fans were upset. Denuvo has a generally negative light to the gaming community for causing complications with the games it was implemented on. Now its been cracked, and DRM free copies of Sonic Mania are found online. Whether or not SEGA will decide to remove Denuvo now that its been broken, like other developers have done in the past, is unknown for now.
Its been 8 days since the highly anticipated Sonic Mania was released on PC. When it was discovered that the DRM software “Denuvo” was implemented in the game without word or warning from SEGA, many fans were upset. Denuvo has a generally negative light to the gaming community for causing complications with the games it was implemented on. Now its been cracked, and DRM free copies of Sonic Mania are found online. Whether or not SEGA will decide to remove Denuvo now that its been broken, like other developers have done in the past, is unknown for now.
StarFox 2 gets an online manual by Nintendo
Originally meant to release in 1995 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the already completed game was cancelled in favor for their upcoming hardware, The Nintendo 64. Up until now, the game was lost to legend. Earlier this year when Nintendo release the SNES classic, a miniature SNES emulator device with a large number of games, StarFox 2 was added to that list. This made its “official’ release date September 29, 2017. To add to the revitalized respect for the game. Nintendo has posted an online game manual for Starfox 2. Listing Story, Characters, and such. You can see the manual for yourself HERE.
Originally meant to release in 1995 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the already completed game was cancelled in favor for their upcoming hardware, The Nintendo 64. Up until now, the game was lost to legend. Earlier this year when Nintendo release the SNES classic, a miniature SNES emulator device with a large number of games, StarFox 2 was added to that list. This made its “official’ release date September 29, 2017. To add to the revitalized respect for the game. Nintendo has posted an online game manual for Starfox 2. Listing Story, Characters, and such. You can see the manual for yourself HERE.
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S Battlegrounds hits 10 million copies sold
The information is in the title really. Having released in March of this year, PUBG has become the best selling game of 2017. The 10mil mark was announced via their twitter this morning
The information is in the title really. Having released in March of this year, PUBG has become the best selling game of 2017. The 10mil mark was announced via their twitter this morning
SkullGirls hits 1 million mark on Steam
It seems unfair to post this literally right next to PUBG’s milestone. Its still an impressive accomplishment for the developers. A 2D fighting game boasting their high quality hand drawn animations, unique mechanics, and moving music. Skullgirls has hit 1 million copies sold on Steam as of Sunday. As posted by Mike Zaimont, Development head.
It seems unfair to post this literally right next to PUBG’s milestone. Its still an impressive accomplishment for the developers. A 2D fighting game boasting their high quality hand drawn animations, unique mechanics, and moving music. Skullgirls has hit 1 million copies sold on Steam as of Sunday. As posted by Mike Zaimont, Development head.
One million on Steam, WEEEE DID IT!
Well I mean, /you/ did it. I didn't do it, because I had a copy from development. :^P
YAY! pic.twitter.com/3yr8t4I0lL
— Mike Zaimont (@MikeZSez) September 4, 2017
GameDoneQuick Raises 227 thousand dollars for Harvey Relief
After Hurricane Harvey, the GDQ guys quickly (heh) organized a fundraiser event to help aid in the relief for the victims. Having concluded Sunday evening, $227,876.53 was raised overall. All proceeds are going to the Huston Food Bank. While the even has ended, they are still accepting donations for this effort until this Friday. A wonderfully kind and last minute act. You can check them out at www.gamesdonequick.com.
After Hurricane Harvey, the GDQ guys quickly (heh) organized a fundraiser event to help aid in the relief for the victims. Having concluded Sunday evening, $227,876.53 was raised overall. All proceeds are going to the Huston Food Bank. While the even has ended, they are still accepting donations for this effort until this Friday. A wonderfully kind and last minute act. You can check them out at www.gamesdonequick.com.
EVE: Valkyries to implement Loot Boxes
The popular VR based Sci fi dog fighting game EVE: Valkyries will be joining the recent trend of loot boxes. Based on how frequently the player wins a match they will receive a reward capsule, containing 2 to 4 items ranging from customization options for your ship or your pilot to XP boosts to currency. All with varying degrees of rarity. How this will tie in with the current customization system is unclear. Personally, I am uneasy for this transition due to my own dissatisfaction with the concept of random chance rewards. Time will tell.
The popular VR based Sci fi dog fighting game EVE: Valkyries will be joining the recent trend of loot boxes. Based on how frequently the player wins a match they will receive a reward capsule, containing 2 to 4 items ranging from customization options for your ship or your pilot to XP boosts to currency. All with varying degrees of rarity. How this will tie in with the current customization system is unclear. Personally, I am uneasy for this transition due to my own dissatisfaction with the concept of random chance rewards. Time will tell.
That concludes today’s news. This made up for yesterday’s smaller day. If you think you have an in to some upcoming information, please contact me via my Contact page, and it may get added to the next day’s Daily Update. Until Tomorrow!
Monday 9-4-17
I apologize for lacking any posts over the weekend, I was as busy as I could be. As for this week, Its started out mildly so far. The Secret of Mana 3D remake has had some gameplay footage released, Xbox is dropping their prices, and the Super Mario Amiibos. More below.
Thursday 8-31-17
That’s not a typo in the title. Today Jackbox Party Pack 4 was announced, Bungie is offering Destiny 2 bonus content to hurricane Harvey relief supporters, Digital Extremes announces a new game, and Chucklefish reveal a new game. Find out more about all of these fascinating things below!
Wednesday 8-30-17
PS Plus Games, Shovel Knight updates, GDQ charity, and The Fractured But Whole
Tuesday
Nintendo Miiverse shutting down
Miiverse will be shutting down November 8th according to the official Nintendo twitter
This will have an impact on miiverse related content in games, the games themselves should continue to function properly however.
[任天堂HP]『Miiverse』『Wii U Chat』『Nintendo TVii』それぞれのネットワークサービス終了に関するお知らせを掲載しました。https://t.co/jkLWvth6VU
— 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) August 29, 2017
Monday 8-28-17
Black Manta, PUBG, and The Evil Within 2 Leaks
Trying a new method of news congregation: daily update.
here’s the news for Monday, August 28th.
This is a quick Friday morning update. No bells and whistles, just some news.
No Man’s Sky Update
No Man’s Sky has updated to 1.3 in commemoration for their release date anniversary. The “Atlas Rises” update contains some new features and some refining of the previous ones.
Examples include
- New Low Flight mode on planets
- portals and crashed freighters as discover able scenes on planets
- more environment varieties
- Solar systems having more complex economics
- New lengthy story
- UI changes
- Partial Multiplayer
- More stuff I forgot
You can check out their official YouTube video about all the changes here.
Nick Robinson Apologizes
About a week ago, popular Polygon employee and YouTube personality was accused of sexual harassment to other via Twitter direct messages. Polygon made a statement that the matter was being taken care of internally, and has been silent since. Last night Nick Robinson posted a long form apology on Twitter as an image. In summary, he states that twitter has been a primary communication aspect for a long time in his life, that he did not realize how he had developed a position of power, and how that might have an impact on his behavior or perception by others. You can read the full apology here.
There has not been any word on whether his position as video producer for Polygon will remain or be terminated. The Polygon YouTube has not uploaded any content since the original accusation, though this may soon change.
As I had settled in one Sunday evening, preparing to cooperatively play Minecraft on the Xbox 360 with my girlfriend, We were delayed due to a needed update. To pass the time, we browsed her game selection when something interesting caught my eye. “Doritos Harm’s Way” overlaid an image of a dusty canyon environment with a mad max style truck being shot at by a large mechanical turret. The idea of a Doritos sponsored game excited me: an advergame designed by a corporation to appeal to target markets. I was ready to criticize it to the very core — until I played it.
During the Dota 2 Championships happening this week, Valve announced a new upcoming game, Artifact: The Dota Card Game, based off a conglomeration of characters from Dota.
Fan reception was not good, many Awws and Boos were heard during the reveal. We don’t know much about the game yet, but its Twitter account is now live.