Retrospectiva săptămânii 21 - 27 iulie

Overwatch produce o grămadă (mai multe grămezi, de fapt) de bani, joy-con-urile sensibile duc până la urmă la probleme legale pentru Nintendo, loot boxes nu sunt jocuri de noroc în Marea Britanie, iar actorul Rutger Hauer a murit. Avem și multe lansări, un nou joc exclusiv Epic Store și multe articole interesante.

Linkuri rapide:

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

Știri

• Overwatch depășește frumușica sumă de 1 miliard de dolari în venituri generate de cumpărăturile in-game. Ca o paranteză, veniturile totale, care includ și vânzarea propriu-zisă a jocului, au depășit 1 miliard de dolari în urmă cu 2 ani, în mai 2017. ^{(DSOGaming , PCGamesInsider.biz, PCGamesN)}
• Nintendo a fost chemată în judecată de o firmă de avocatură din Statele Unite care a deschis un proces colectiv în numele mai multor clienți nemulțumiți de defecțiunile la joy-con-urile consolei Switch ^{(Eurogamer, Polygon, GamesIndustry.biz, VG247)}. Ulterior, și fără legătură aparentă cu procesul, Nintendo a demarat un proces de înlocuire gratuită a joy-con-urilor cu probleme. ^{(Ars Technica, The Verge, VideoGamesChronicle, Eurogamer)}
• Defiant Development, studioul care a dezvoltat seria Hand of Fate, se închide. ^{(PC Gamer, Eurogamer, PCGamesInsider.biz)}
• Comisia pentru jocuri de noroc a Guvernului Marii Britanii a concluzionat în fața parlamentarilor britanici că loot boxes nu constituie „jocuri de noroc”, deoarece nu există o metodă oficială de a converti câștigurile digitale în bani reali. ^{(VideoGamesChronicle, Polygon, Gamasutra, BBC)}
• A murit actorul Rutger Hauer, la vârsta de 75 de ani. ^{(Variety, New York Times, Gizmodo, A.V. Club)}

Articole (critică, dev, design)

• The Video Game Industry Can't Go On Like This ^(Kotaku)
• China’s anti-addiction regulations put American game developers in an awkward moral situation ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Video Game Characters Are Terrible At Archery ^(Kotaku)
• Study: Sexualization Of Women In Games Doesn't Impact Women's Body Image ^(Kotaku)
• Can Games Ever Truly Achieve Photorealistic Graphics? ^(GamingBolt)
• Game Design in Real Life: The Benefits of Playing Games ^{(Rempton Games)}
• The video game industry is a black hole for cybersecurity ^{(VentureBeat)}
• Death and the videogame ^{(The Face)}
• How Sea of Solitude and Gris Utilize Color to Discuss Mental Health ^(Paste)

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Actualitate

• The Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con drift problem, explained ^{(The Verge)}
• Goodbye Rutger Hauer, it’s such a shame you were only in two games ^(Eurogamer)
• Remembering Rutger Hauer, Black-Armored Knight of the Genre ^(Wired)
• GTA’s casino isn’t the worst of gambling in games - but it puts it in perspective ^(Eurogamer)
• The six-year story of GTA Online’s long-vacant casino ^(Eurogamer)

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Not-a-review

• The Joy Of being dead in Barotrauma ^(RPS)
• Final Fantasy 15’s AI is secretly a grand philosophy experiment ^(Eurogamer)
• Not a Hero, Just a Postman ^{(Haywire Magazine)}
• Outer Wilds became a GOTY contender by trusting the player ^(Polygon)
• Sekiro no Shibusa ^(SlowRun)
• Just one more thing: plotting the similarities between Columbo and Hitman ^(Eurogamer)
• Agniq Suaŋŋaktuq and Kisima Inŋitchuŋa (Never Alone) ^{(First Person Scholar)}
• 'Samurai Shodown' Could Be the Breakout Game at Evo. Here's Why. ^(Vice)
• Bullet Points: Nowhere Prophet’s Indofuturism ^(TechRaptor)
• 198X is a vomit-free version of Ready Player One ^(VideoGamer)
• Heaven’s Vault (inkle) ^{(Emily Short Blog)}

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Industrie

• Brendan Greene: "It’s crazy, the hate I receive. I just have to ignore it" ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• A Bloodstained Q&A with Koji ‘Iga’ Igarashi ^(Gamasutra)
• From 50 Cent: Bulletproof to Oxenfree, indie Sean Krankel has wild stories from making licensed games ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Video game streaming: is it worth it? ^{(The Guardian)}
• Whoever wins the console wars of tomorrow, Microsoft will profit ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Can real-time CG be better than pre-rendered? ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}, The irony of Oddworld ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Game subscription services will force developers to make difficult decisions ^{(VentureBeat)}

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Istorie, retrospectivă

• This infamous Counter-Strike team helped pave the way for women in e-sports ^{(The Verge)}
• 20 Years Later, ‘Jagged Alliance 2’ Remains an Irreplaceable Tactics Game ^(Vice)
• Revisiting the Famicom Disk System: mass storage on console in 1986 ^(Eurogamer)

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Dev, making of, mecanici

• The writer of Heaven Will Be Mine on how she made 2018’s most interesting game ^(RPS)
• Make Them Want. Delay. Fulfill. Repeat. ^{(The Bottom Feeder)}
• Watch a design breakdown of digital card game adventure Nowhere Prophet ^(Gamasutra)
• Understanding the Success of Fortnite: A UX & Psychology Perspective ^(Gamasutra)

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Design, world-building, artă

• How The Hunter: Call of the Wild devs create the prettiest forests ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Borderlands 3's Scrapped Cover Art Has Been Revealed ^(ResetEra)
• Beware The Lord Of Bones ^(Kotaku)

Anunțuri și lansări de jocuri

• Sumo Digital working on new games with Borderlands publisher 2K ^{(VideoGamesChronicle)}
• Doom 64 has been rated by PEGI for PC and PS4 ^{(DSOGaming )}

Anunţate

• Savior, un action platformer cu animații foarte fluide ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Fit For A King ^(GameSpace)
• Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery ^(GameSpace)
• Autonauts ^{(VideoGamesChronicle)}

Acum cu dată de lansare

• Headspun: 28 august ^(Eurogamer)
• Jupiter Hell (early access): 1 august ^{(PC Gamer)}
• The Church in the Darkness: 2 august ^{(Games Informer)}
• Legends of Aria (early access): 6 august ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Vicious Circle: 13 august ^{(Destructoid)}
• Dicey Dungeons: 13 august ^(Eurogamer)
• Pagan Online (iese din early access): 27 august ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Oxygen Not Included (iese din early access): 30 august ^(Eurogamer)
• Citadel: Forged with Fire: 11 octombrie ^(GameSpace)

Amânate

• Necrobarista: septembrie în loc de august ^{(PC Gamer)}
• MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries: 10 decembrie în loc de septembrie, și devine exclusiv Epic Store ^(Polygon)

Lansate

• 22 iulie: Beyond: Two Souls ^{(Epic Store)}
• 22 iulie: UnderRail: Expedition ^{(Steam, gog.com)}
• 22 iulie: Swords & Souls: Neverseen ^{(Steam, gog.com)}
• 22 iulie: Elsinore ^(Steam)
• 23 iulie: Automachef ^{(Steam, gog.com)}
• 23 iulie: Biotope (early access) ^(Steam)
• 23 iulie: Tetris Effect ^{(Epic Store)}
• 24 iulie: Iratus: Lord of the Dead ^(Steam)
• 25 iulie: Wolfenstein: Youngblood ^(Steam)
• 25 iulie: Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot ^(Steam)
• 25 iulie: A Place for the Unwilling ^(Steam)
• 25 iulie: Fantasy Strike (iese din early access) ^(Steam)
• 25 iulie: Songbird Symphony ^(Steam)
• 26 iulie: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Switch) ^{(Nintendo Store)}
• 26 iulie: KILL la KILL -IF ^(Steam)

Prăvălii de jocuri

Știri

• Epic Games Store rolling out cloud saves for select titles ^(Polygon)

Jocuri gratis și free weekends

• This War of Mine & Moonlighter free on Epic Games Store ^(Shacknews)
• Massive JRPG Disgaea is free for the weekend ^{(PC Gamer)}

Reduceri și promoții

• Doom, Prey, Dishonored, and more are super cheap on Steam ^{(PC Gamer)}
• PlayStation Store’s lengthy PS4 Summer Sale has begun ^{(Destructoid)}
• Weekend Console Download Deals for July 26: PS Summer Sale ^(Shacknews)
• Weekend PC Download Deals for July 26: Steam QuakeCon Sale ^(Shacknews)
• Best PC gaming deals of the week – 26th July 2019 ^(RPS)

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