I woke up early today. So you get the news early today! Here is that news.
- PUBG Isn’t Ready for eSports
- Game Hacker Voksi Arrested in Denuvo Investigation
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Coming to VR
PUBG eSports Infancy
Some of you may know that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds recently launched the PUBG Global Invitational. Despite this, creator Brandon Greene stated that “we’re not esports ready, and we’ve never said we’re esports ready.” Greene believes that Battle Royale eSports is a new idea and need some experimentation to figure out. Greene wants to, in order to make the game more ready for competitive play, focus on resolving bugs and implementing quality-of-life changes that the players want.
Voksi’s Arrest
Controversial anti-piracy software firm Denuvo has recently taken legal action against established hacker Voksi. The hacker has a history of disabling the Denuvo software present in many modern games. While Denuvo claims they were arrested by the Belgium Cybercrime unit, Voksi stated on Reddit that they turned themselves in voluntarily to the police and have contacted Denuvo for a peaceful resolution. I understand protecting your product and livelihood, but this only bothers me more. Denuvo is frequently the suspected cause of performance issues and connectivity problems pertaining to games that use its anti-tampering software. I don’t promote piracy, but I’m actively against Denuvo specifically.
Hellblade in VR
According to an announcement video Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice will be coming to VR Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on July 31. This is a free game for anyone who owns or purchases the normal game on Steam. They recommend a GTX 1080 graphics card. This is an interesting one to report on. Hellblade is a fantastic game that handles mental illness better than nearly all others in the game industry. It’s a very good looking game too. But what will VR add to this? Developer Ninja Theory says they did this out of curiosity, which I can’t blame them for. But I’ve always felt that if you’re to have VR, it needs to add to the game. Given the third person perspective, the only thing VR could add was the “wow” factor from seeing the world you’re in. Of course, I can’t know if they’ve achieved that without playing it myself. All things considered, I approve.
That’s all for today, tune in tomorrow for the final news post of the week. Otherwise, have a great night!
