Retrospectiva săptămânii 16 - 22 iunie 2019

Toată lumea încă își revine după E3, așa că știrile sunt puține, dar asta vă lasă timp să citiți materialele mai consistente despre Sam & Max Hit The Road, Assassin’s Creed III sau Path of Exile, sau interviurile cu Alexey Pajitnov sau Mike Pondsmith, creatorul lui Cyberpunk.

Linkuri rapide:

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

Știri

• Episoadele din Minecraft: Story Mode revin la vânzare pe magazinul Xbox la un preț de 100 de dolari fiecare! Scopul însă nu e unul financiar, ci singura modalitate - aparent - prin care actualii deținători își pot descărca episoadele deja cumpărate, iar prețul mare a fost pus pentru a descuraja potențialii cumpărători noi. ^{(Eurogamer, The Verge, Kotaku, Gamasutra)}
• În cadrul unei audieri ținute de o comisie parlamentară britanică ce investighează tehnologiile cauzatoare de dependență, reprezentanții EA au negat asocierea loot box-urilor cu pariurile, susținând că acestea ar reprezenta de fapt „mecanici de surpriză”, mai apropiate de jucării, decât de industria jocurilor de noroc, și că ar fi „etice și distractive”. ^{(Ars Technica, VideoGamesChronicle, PC Gamer, GamesIndustry.biz, Polygon)}

Articole (critică, dev, design)

• How time-loop games offer escape from a world that is running out of time ^(Eurogamer)
• The secret logo hiding in dozens of games from Overwatch to Spider-Man ^(Polygon)
• Game Critics, Influencers and the Importance Of Their Coexistence ^{(Finger Guns)}
• We need more cosmic horror in games ^{(I Need Diverse Games)}
• Lightsabers In Video Games Are Too Weak ^(Kotaku)
• Why Dismemberment in 'Jedi: Fallen Order' is Such a Big Deal ^(Vice)
• Sex, Tetris, and Charlie Chaplin: The Alexey Pajitnov interview ^(Polygon)

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Actualitate

• This week, Parliament gave a squirming EA and Epic a kicking ^(Eurogamer)

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Not-a-review

• The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa is a free-form 2D brawler with a unique sense of melancholy ^{(The Verge)}
• 'Mordhau' Is the Most Fun I've Ever Had Dying ^(Vice)
• “You Turned Left” ^{(First Person Scholar)}
• Live, die, repeat: How Outer Wilds piques curiosity in an ambivalent solar system ^(Gamasutra)
• Idiosyncrasy in The 'Indie'stry: Breaking Down Papers, Please ^{(Spiel Times)}
• Assassin’s Creed III ^{(Critical Distance)}

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Industrie

• EA thinks gaming subscriptions will lead to weirder, more creative games ^{(The Verge)}
• Phil Spencer On Xbox’s Unusual Strategy, Working With Sony, And More ^(Kotaku)
• Xbox Boss on Microsoft’s Struggles With Game Quality And Efforts to Improve It ^(Kotaku)
• An interview with Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith ^(Eurogamer)
• Video: How the ‘indiepocalypse’ changed the shape of indie success ^(Gamasutra)
• Q&A: After the Microsoft acquisition, what’s next for Double Fine? ^(Gamasutra)
• ‘The midsize developer is certainly disappearing,’ says Versus Evil founder ^{(GameDaily.biz)}

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Istorie, retrospectivă

• Sam and Max Hit the Road ^{(The Digital Antiquarian)}
• In Defense of Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest ^(Kotaku)
• The Game Archaeologist: Sierra’s Fates of Twinion and Ruins of Cawdor ^{(Massively OP)}

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Dev, making of, mecanici

• The making of Path of Exile ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Video: Learning from the doomed launch of Brigador ^(Gamasutra)
• How Mordhau went from janky community project to the biggest melee brawler on PC ^{(PC Gamer)}

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Design, world-building, artă

• Tokyo In Ruins Makes For Hauntingly Beautiful Art ^(Kotaku)
• Elite Player Took Some Beautiful Screenshots Of His 18-Week Journey Across Space ^(Kotaku)
• These sleek Cyberpunk 2077 posters have style and substance ^(VG247)

Anunțuri şi lansări de jocuri

Anunțate

• Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories a fost scos de la naftalină și apare la anul ^{(Destructoid)}

Acum cu dată de lansare

• Etherborn: 18 iulie ^(RPS)

Lansate

• 17 iunie: Duck Season PC ^(Steam)
• 17 iunie: Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank ^{(Steam, GOG)}
• 18 iunie: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night ^{(Steam, GOG)}
• 18 iunie: They Are Billions (iese din early access) ^(Steam)
• 18 iunie: Lovely Planet 2 ^(Steam)
• 20 iunie: Steel Division 2 ^(Steam)
• 20 iunie: My Friend Pedro ^{(Steam, GOG)}
• 20 iunie: Super Neptunia RPG ^(Steam)
• 20 iunie: Amid Evil (iese din early access) ^{(Steam, GOG)}
• 20 iunie: Million Arthur: Arcana Blood ^(Steam)
• 20 iunie: 198X ^{(Steam, GOG)}
• 20 iunie: Dota Underlords ^(Steam)
• 21 iunie: The Sims 4: Island Living ^(Origin)

Prăvălii de jocuri

• Videogame subscription services are scary ^{(PC Gamer)}
• How is Game Pass adding so many indie titles at launch? ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}

Știri

• Alpha Protocol e retras de la vânzare de pe Steam după ce au expirat licențele pentru muzica din joc. ^{(Eurogamer, Kotaku, PC Gamer, Destructoid)}

Jocuri noi în catalog

• Xbox Game Pass adds Rare Replay, Goat Simulator to close out June ^(Polygon)

Jocuri gratis și free weekends

• World War 3 will be free to play from June 20th to June 23rd ^{(DSOGaming )}
• Sail through a drowned world in free game The Things We Lost In The Flood ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Rebel Galaxy now free on the Epic Games Store ^(Shacknews)
• Upcoming Steam free weekend includes three FPS releases ^{(PC Invasion)}

Reduceri și promoții

• Croteam’s anniversary Steam sale includes a bargain bin VR bundle ^(RPS)
• Best PC gaming deals of the week – 21st June 2019 ^(RPS)
• Weekend PC Download Deals for June 21: New hotness ^(Shacknews)
• Weekend Console Download Deals for June 21: Gotta go fast! ^(Shacknews)
• Itch.io’s summer sale kicks off with a six-game, $9 bundle featuring Superhot ^{(PC Gamer)}

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