Retrospectiva săptămânii 2 - 8 iunie 2019

Cât ne pregătim de E3, aflăm detalii despre Google Stadia, regizorii filmelor Avengers vor ecraniza jocul de cărţi Magic: The Gathering, avem câteva retrospective interesante (de citit în primul rând pe cea despre Day of the Tentacle), Octopath Traveler şi Journey ajung pe PC, a fost anunţat încă un joc Vampire: the Masquerade şi… parcă mai era ceva… a, da - BALDUR’S GATE III.

Linkuri rapide:

• Știri
• Articole (critică, dev, design)
• Made în România
• Anunţuri şi lansări de jocuri
• Prăvălii de jocuri

Ştiri

• Frații Russo, regizorii ultimelor două filme Avengers, se vor ocupa de ecranizarea jocului Magic: The Gathering într-un serial animat pentru Netflix. ^{(Ars Technica, PC Gamer, Games Informer, Eurogamer, GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Starbreeze concediază 80 de angajați în cadrul eforturilor de redresare. ^{(Eurogamer, PC Gamer, GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Filmul Uncharted, cu Tom Holland în rolul lui Nathan Drake, se lansează în decembrie 2020. ^{(Eurogamer, Games Informer, VideoGamesChronicle)}
• Epic Games duce Unreal Engine în industria auto. ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Google anunță primele detalii concrete despre Stadia: va avea o versiune iniţială plătită pe bază de abonament, cu controller şi un Chromecast potent şi a anunţat şi cerinţele tehnice şi lista iniţială de jocuri disponibile. ^{(Ars Technica, DSOGaming , Shacknews, Pocket Gamer, Games Informer, The Verge)}. Jocurile anunțate momentan includ, printre altele, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Doom Eternal, Baldur’s Gate 3, Borderlands 3, Metro Exodus sau Wolfenstein Youngblood. ^{(Games Informer, PCGamesInsider.biz, VideoGamesChronicle, PC Gamer)}. Alte detalii:
  • Google’s Stadia Launches in November, More Store Than Netflix
  • Here’s what you’ll need to play Google Stadia at launch
  • Google’s Stadia game service is officially coming November: Everything you need to know
  • Do you really need Google’s Stadia Founder’s Edition? Who is it for? All your Stadia questions answered

Articole (critică, dev, design)

• The Wizardry Series’ Return To America Has Hit Another Snag ^(Kotaku)
• Dogs of War ^(Unwinnable)
• Inside the Hearthstone community creating its own cards ^(Eurogamer)
• Preservationists Are Racing to Save Ouya's Games Before They Disappear ^(Vice)
• Blizzard’s reveal of schoolgirl D.Va kicked off an Overwatch porn race ^(Polygon)
• Witness Jonathan Blow ^{(DEEP HELL)}

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Actualitate

Google Stadia

• Is Stadia Already Screwed? ^(Gizmodo)
• Despite “revolutionary” promises, Stadia’s biz model is pure establishment ^{(Ars Technica)}
• Google Stadia solves some problems, but creates just as many ^{(PC Gamer)}

Pre-E3 2019

• E3 2019 Dates: Your complete diary ^{(VideoGamesChronicle)}
• E3 2019: A complete guide to the press conferences ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Read GamesIndustry.biz Magazine Issue 3 right now ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• E3 2019: dates, conference schedule, games – everything you need ^(VG247)
• E3 2019 press conference livestreams, trailers, and news ^(Polygon)
• What to expect from E3 2019 ^{(The Verge)}
• What to expect at the PC Gaming Show ^{(PC Gamer)}
• All games confirmed to appear at E3 2019 ^(Shacknews)

• E3 2019: The PRE-3 Trailer Collection ^{(Finger Guns)}

• Istorie E3:

  • Who really won E3 2018? ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
  • Games that won past E3 awards, and how they turned out at launch ^{(PC Gamer)}

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Not-a-review

• What Anno 1800 gets wrong, and right, about colonialism and the Industrial Revolution ^{(PC Gamer)}
• A Sparse Game About Pushing People Into Holes ^(Kotaku)
• Kids Is an Experimental Look into Group Dynamics and Power ^(Paste)
• Opinion: Observation ’s AI is a brilliant narrative device ^(Gamasutra)
• Life Is Strange Has the Most Awkward, Relatable Sex Scene in a Video Game ^(Vice)

Outer Wilds

• Outer Wilds’ Time Loop Is Beautiful ^(Kotaku)
• Outer Wilds absolutely nails this one thing about exploration ^(Eurogamer)
• Outer Wilds makes an art form out of “Oh fuck, I’m going to die in space” ^{(A.V. Club)}

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Industrie

• (Religious Game) Developer or Religious (Game Developer)? ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Bethesda Shouldn't Be Comfortable with Fallout 76-Style Launches ^{(Hardcore Gamer)}
• BlueStacks Inside turns mobile games into ‘native PC’ games on Steam ^{(VentureBeat)}
• Why gaming’s most influential indie label has stayed small for a decade ^{(The Verge)}
• Betting is esports’ biggest and most underappreciated opportunity ^{(VentureBeat)}
• Game Designer Spotlight: Hideo Kojima ^{(Rempton Games)}

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Istorie, retrospectivă

• The story of the first E3 ^(Polygon)
• The making of Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth ^{(PC Gamer)}
• How Bungie, bright colors, and four-player co-op shaped Gears of War 3 ^(Polygon)
• The First Driving Game for a Home Console Required a Hell of a Lot of Imagination and Some Math ^(Jalopnik)
• Kapow! The history of fighting games ^{(The Guardian)}
• “Duke Nukem Forever and Ever” ^{(Bullet Points Monthly)}
• The Game Archaeologist: 1998’s Mankind ^{(Massively OP)}
• EverQuest’s long, strange 20-year trip still has no end in sight ^{(Ars Technica)}
• Red Dead Redemption 2: six months later ^(Polygon)
• The story of Unreal Tournament, the ambitious project left drifting in space ^(RPS)
• Day of the Tentacle ^{(The Digital Antiquarian)}
• Metal Gear Solid Retrospective: ‘You Enjoy All The Killing, That’s Why’ ^(Kotaku)

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Dev, making of, mecanici

• War Stories: How Subnautica made players love being hunted by sea creatures ^{(Ars Technica)}
• Extended Fiction in Game Design: Metal Gear Solid and Emily Is Away ^(Gamasutra)
• Extended Fiction in Game Design: Life is Strange and Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice ^(Gamasutra)
• Extended Fiction in Game Deisgn: Hotline Miami, Spec Ops: The Line, and Bioshock ^(Gamasutra)
• Watch Void Bastards’ co-designer break down its punchy, randomized design ^(Gamasutra)
• Q&A: Dissecting the development of Dwarf Fortress with creator Tarn Adams ^(Gamasutra)
• Flipping the Script: The Making of Observation ^{(Gamereactor)}

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Design, world-building, artă

• The balance between fact and fantasy when building game worlds ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Video: Building interactive worlds the Walt Disney Imagineering way ^(Gamasutra)
• The Best Video Game Art Of 2019* ^(Kotaku)
• New Beyond Good and Evil 2 art released ^{(VideoGamesChronicle)}
• Game Box Art Critique June: Judgment, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, Super Mario Maker 2 ^(VideoGamer)

Made în România

• Studioul Critique Gaming primește finanțare de la un grup de investitori români pentru a-și termina jocul Interrogation. ^{(StartupCafe.ro)}
• Interviu pe Overheat.ro cu Sergiu Crăițoiu despre Unbound: Worlds Apart, a cărui campanie de Kickstarter s-a încheiat săptămâna aceasta. ^{(Overheat.ro)}

Anunţuri şi lansări de jocuri

• Larian Studios Shares Its Vision for Baldur's Gate 3: "We Got the Keys to the Toy Box" ^(USgamer)

Anunţate

• Baldur’s Gate III, continuarea unei serii RPG obscure din anii ‘90 ^{(Ars Technica, VideoGamesChronicle, Eurogamer)}
• Transient ^{(DSOGaming )}
• Blasphemous ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Vampire: the Masquerade – Coteries ^(GameSpace)
• JUMANJI: The Video Game ^{(Destructoid)}
• Project Genesis ^{(DSOGaming )}
• Gylt, un joc horror de la dezvoltatorii lui Rime, exclusiv pentru Google Stadia ^{(VideoGamesChronicle)}
• Darksiders: Genesis, un spinoff action-RPG al seriei ^{(Games Informer)}
• Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars ^(TechRaptor)
• Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Destroy All Humans! primește un remake ^(Polygon)
• Destiny 2 devine free-to-play și se lansează și pe Steam în septembrie ^{(Ars Technica, Games Informer, GamesIndustry.biz)}

Acum cu dată de lansare

• Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom: 25 iulie ^(Eurogamer)
• The Surge 2: 24 septembrie ^{(DSOGaming )}
• My Friend Pedro: 20 iunie ^{(Games Informer)}
• They Are Billions iese din early access cu o campanie single-player pe 18 iunie ^(GameSpace)

Amânate

• Shenmue III: 19 noiembrie în loc de 27 august ^{(Destructoid)}

Lansate

• 4 iunie: Reventure ^(Steam)
• 5 iunie: Barotrauma (early access) ^(Steam)
• 5 iunie: Hyperspace Delivery Service ^(Steam)
• 6 iunie: Quake II RTX ^(Steam)
• 6 iunie: Overcrowd: A Commute ‘Em Up ^(Steam)
• 6 iunie: Hell Let Loose (early access) ^(Steam)
• 6 iunie: MotoGP19 ^(Steam)
• 7 iunie: Journey ^{(Epic Store)}
• 7 iunie: Octopath Traveler ^(Steam)

Prăvălii de jocuri

• Microsoft’s support of Steam is exactly what Valve needs right now ^{(PC Gamer)}

Știri

• Minecraft: Story Mode is being pulled from stores on June 25th ^{(The Verge)}

Jocuri noi în catalog

• Battlefield 5 is now on Origin Access Basic ^(Eurogamer)

Jocuri gratis și free weekends

• Kingdom: New Lands is the free game of the week on the Epic Store ^(DSOGaming)

Reduceri și promoții

• Massive Square Enix sale begins at Fanatical ^(Eurogamer)
• Borderlands: The Handsome Collection for PC is two-hundred bucks off ^{(Destructoid)}
• Fanatical Very Positive Pick and Mix Bundle Offers Massive Savings ^{(Hardcore Gamer)}
• Weekend PC Download Deals for June 7: E3 2019 hype train ^(Shacknews)
• All PlayStation Days of Play prices and deals ^(Shacknews)
• Weekend Console Download Deals for June 7: E3 2019 sales begin ^(Shacknews)
• Best PC gaming deals of the week – 7th June 2019 ^(RPS)
• Ubisoft Store E3 Sale Begins ^{(Hardcore Gamer)}
• Humble Store Sale Lets You Build Your Own 2K Bundle - Borderlands And More ^(TechRaptor)
• Grab Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and Moonlighter From July’s Humble Month Early Unlock ^(TechRaptor)

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