Retrospectiva săptămânii 4 - 10 august

Într-o săptămână mai săracă în știri aflăm totuși că Sony, Microsoft și Nintendo fac un pas important spre reglementarea loot box-urilor, Take-Two Interactive continuă să facă o grămadă de bani din GTA Online, iar Epic Games sunt dați în judecată pentru problemele de securitate a datelor din Fortnite. Și nu în ultimul rând, s-a lansat în sfârșit Gibbous, unul dintre cele mai așteptate jocuri indie românești.

Linkuri rapide:

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

Știri

• Take-Two Interactive au raportat profit de 299 milioane de dolari pe primul trimestru al anului fiscal, generat de tranzacțiile din GTA Online și Red Dead Online. ^{(Hollywood Reporter)}
• Sony, Microsoft și Nintendo au anunțat că vor cere producătorilor de jocuri pe console să facă publice șansele de câștig pentru loot boxes. ^{(Ars Technica, Eurogamer, PC Gamer, VideoGamesChronicle, The Verge, VentureBeat)}
• Slitherine cumpără drepturile pentru seria Master Of Magic. ^{(RPS, PC Gamer, GamesIndustry.biz, PC Invasion)}
• 2K a angajat detectivi particulari pentru a-l monitoriza și interoga pe unul dintre streamerii care au transmis detalii neautorizate despre Borderlands 3. ^{(PC Gamer, VG247, Spiel Times, Eurogamer, The Verge)}
• Epic Games sunt dați în judecată pentru o breșă de securitate din 2018 care a permis hackerilor să afle datele de login ale jucătorilor de Fortnite. ^{(VG247, Polygon, RPS)}

Articole (critică, dev, design)

• Activision’s post-launch microtransactions are the peak of anti-consumer practices ^{(Destructoid)}
• Making penises in games: it’s hard ^{(PC Gamer)}
• The 18-month fence hop, the six-day chair, and why video games are so hard to make ^(Polygon)
• Game DNA: growing order from chaos ^(RPS)
• I like bad luck and I cannot lie ^(Eurogamer)

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Actualitate

• Ooblets: The Story So Far – What’s with the outrage and fake screenshots? ^{(PC Invasion)}
• Epic Store Rage Has Gotten Out Of Hand ^(Kotaku)
• NBA 2K20’s gameplay reveal for the WNBA is met with sickening, saddening mockery ^(Polygon)
• Trump’s video game scapegoating feels downright nostalgic ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Blaming Video Games For Gun Violence is a Tired Old Song ^(USgamer)
• The video game industry must stand up against the right’s bad-faith attacks ^{(VentureBeat)}
• The ESA Leak Puts the Future of E3 In Question ^(USgamer)

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Not-a-review

• The joy of Civilization 6’s giant, real-world maps ^(Polygon)
• Teamfight Tactics vs Dota Underlords: The State of Auto Chess Now That the Dust Has Settled ^(USgamer)
• The DeanBeat: My obsession with WWII real-time strategy game Steel Division 2 ^{(VentureBeat)}
• I Love The Little Robots In Doom 3 ^(Kotaku)
• 'A Short Hike' Takes a Nice Long Day to Reinvent the Walking Simulator ^(Vice)
• “Killing Nuance,” by Reid McCarter ^{(Bullet Points Monthly)}
• “Baba is you” is a postmodern masterpiece ^{(Into The Spine)}

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Reportaj

• Riot Games And Sexism, One Year Later ^(Kotaku)

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Industrie

• Opinion: Care about game developers? Then stop getting angry about studios going exclusive with the Epic Games Store ^{(PCGamesInsider.biz)}
• How Discord attracted 250m users in four years ^{(PCGamesInsider.biz)}
• Video games do not cause violence – but makers do need to think about it ^{(The Guardian)}
• Loot boxes a matter of “life or death,” says researcher ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Growing the industry with evening-sized games ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}

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Istorie, retrospectivă

• In 1999, video game writing hit a high-water mark ^{(A.V. Club)}
• Rebuilding After the Fallout ^(EGM)
• Hot dogs and history at Cyan Worlds ^{(Obscuritory)}

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Dev, making of, mecanici

• Discoverability - A ‘Hot or Not?’ Genre Guide ^(Gamasutra)
• Video: A postmortem of indie kingdom-builder Kingdoms and Castles ^(Gamasutra)
• The AI of Hitman (2016) ^(Gamasutra)
• The design and iteration of tactical deck-building game Nowhere Prophet ^(Gamasutra)

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Design, world-building, artă

• Talking Places in Sekrio: Shadows Die Twice ^(EGM)
• This PC gaming bedroom art is a powerful hit of nostalgia ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Some unofficial ideas for new Apex Legends characters ^(Kotaku)
• More rejected Borderlands 3 cover art ^{(PC Gamer)}
• A First-Person Adventure Is One of the Coolest Mario Maker Levels Yet ^(Vice)
• Quakin’ In His Boots ^(Kotaku)
• Game Box Art Critique August: Control, Astral Chain, Man of Medan ^(VideoGamer)

Made în România

• S-a lansat Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure. ^{(Go4it.ro, Overheat.ro, PC Invasion, IndieGamesPlus)}

Anunțuri și lansări de jocuri

• Total War Saga: Troy gets trademarked by The Creative Assembly ^(RPS)
• The new Guilty Gear looks gorgeous ^(Polygon)

Anunţate

• Romance of The Three Kingdoms 14 ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Cook, Serve, Delicious 3! ^(Kotaku)
• Gamedec, un nou RPG cyberpunk ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Dark Envoy ^{(PC Invasion)}

Acum cu dată de lansare

• Ashes of Oahu: 29 august ^(GameSpace)
• Decay of Logos: 30 august ^(Shacknews)
• Children of Morta: 3 septembrie ^(TechRaptor)
• Flotsam: 26 septembrie ^{(Hardcore Gamer)}
• Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince: 8 octombrie ^{(DSOGaming )}
• Indivisible: 8 octombrie ^{(Destructoid)}
• Crossroads Inn: 18 octombrie ^{(PC Gamer)}

Amânate

• XIII remake: 2020 în loc de noiembrie 2019 ^(Eurogamer)

Lansate

• 6 august: Age of Wonders: Planetfall ^{(Steam, GOG)}
• 6 august: Metal Wolf Chaos XD ^{(Steam, GOG)}
• 6 august: Cliff Empire (iese din early access) ^(Steam)
• 6 august: RASHLANDER ^(Steam)
• 7 august: Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure ^{(Steam, GOG)}
• 8 august: Stone Story RPG (early access) ^(Steam)
• 8 august: Steel Circus (early access) ^(Steam)
• 9 august: Electronic Super Joy 2 ^(Steam)

Prăvălii de jocuri

Știri

• After Epic purchase, Psyonix removes random loot boxes from Rocket League ^{(Ars Technica)}
• Severe local 0-Day escalation exploit found in Steam Client Services ^{(Ars Technica)}
• Valve has put a stop to the Steam release date exploit ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Epic Games Store quietly delays most features set for July ^{(PC Invasion)}

Articole

• Why Epic’s strategy makes a lot of sense ^(Positech)
• Ooblets devs reveal threats of violence and racist abuse following Epic Store announcement ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Epic’s CEO shouldn’t be riling the mob going after Ooblets over its Epic exclusivity ^(RPS)

Update catalog

• Destiny 2 moves its PC home from Battle.net to Steam on October 1 ^{(VentureBeat)}
• DuckTales: Remastered is being pulled from digital stores on August 8 ^(Gamasutra)
• Origin Access set to add Vampyr and Warhammer: Chaosbane to its collection ^{(Spiel Times)}

Jocuri gratis și free weekends

• Wholesome puzzle game GNOG goes free on the Epic Games Store ^{(Destructoid)}
• Confront the past in beautiful free adventure game An Eternity, Reflecting ^{(PC Gamer)}
• One of the devs behind The Stanley Parable made a free MMO ^(RPS)
• Street Fighter 5 is free to play on Steam this weekend ^(VG247)

Reduceri și promoții

• Humble Indie Hits sale discounts Bloodstained, No Man’s Sky and more ^(Eurogamer)
• Weekend PC Download Deals for Aug 8: No Man’s Sky goes Beyond ^(Shacknews)
• Weekend Console Download Deals for Aug 9: Mario Tennis Aces free week ^(Shacknews)
• Some of the PC’s best visual novels are 80% off this weekend ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Fanatical Bento Bundle 2 Offers Up Super-Low Prices on Great Games ^{(Hardcore Gamer)}
• Humble Bohemia Interactive Bundle ^{(Zona IT)}

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