Retrospectiva săptămânii 29 martie - 4 aprilie 2020

Au avut loc BAFTA Awards, unde Outer Wilds și Disco Elysium au fost marii câștigători, IGN anunță un nou eveniment digital la vară, a început lucrul la un nou Commandos, s-au lansat Mount & Blade 2 și Resident Evil 3, iar în tot acest răstimp pandemia aduce un nou val de amânări de jocuri și evenimente.

Linkuri rapide:

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

Știri

• Outer Wilds a câștigat trofeul pentru cel mai bun joc la premiile BAFTA. ^{(BAFTA.org, VideoGamesChronicle, PC Gamer, Eurogamer)}
• IGN anunță evenimentul digital Summer of Gaming, ca să umple golul lăsat de anularea E3. ^(IGN)
• În ciuda volumului mare de vânzări, dezvoltatorii lui Borderlands 3 nu vor primi bonusurile râvnite. ^{(Kotaku, DSOGaming, PCGamesInsider.biz)}
• O instanță din SUA a decis că jocurile Call of Duty pot folosi în continuare humvee-uri, neavând loc nicio încălcare a drepturilor legate de marca înregistrată. ^{(PC Gamer, Ars Technica, Kotaku)}
• Se lucrează la un nou Commandos. Noul joc va fi produs de un studio de sub umbrela Kalypso Media, cei care ne-au adus și seria Tropico. ^{PC Gamer}
• Și câteva știri noi în legătură cu coronavirusul:
  • Studioul lui Kojima se închide temporar după ce un angajat a fost testat pozitiv cu COVID-19. ^{(Shacknews, GamesIndustry.biz, Gamasutra)}
  • S-a anulat și QuakeCon 2020 din cauza pandemiei. ^{(Shacknews, The Verge, Eurogamer, PC Gamer, EGM)}
  • Gamescom încă nu s-a anulat - organizatorii vor lua o decizie în luna mai - dar va avea parte de un show digital extins. ^(Eurogamer)
• A mai trecut un apriluș și în lumea jocurilor. Pe PC Gamer și Destructoid găsiți retrospectiva păcălelilor de anul acesta.

Articole (critică, dev, design)

• Who gets to write video game history? ^(Eurogamer)
• Unsafe Rooms ^(EGM)
• Racing turns hard into esports while the real world is on hold ^{(Ars Technica)}
• The Joystick Is Mightier Than the Sword ^(EGM)
• Animal Crossing, SimCity, and the Long History of City Planning in Games ^(EGM)
• Edge of Tomorrow Wasn't a Video Game, but It's the Best Video Game Movie ^(Escapist)
• Why Games Have Always Obsessed Over Pandemic Authoritarianism ^(Vice)
• I thought playing video games was unproductive – until coronavirus ^(Quartz)
• A brief history of disease in video games - The Face ^{(The Face)}
• Why don’t we read video game scripts? ^{(Wireframe magazine)}
• Adventure Games are Dead, Long Live Adventure Games ^(Fanbyte)

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Actualitate

• Bonuses: Gaming’s second favorite surprise mechanic ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}

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Not-a-review

• Half-Life: Alyx Is Fantastic, But It’s Probably Not the Future ^(EGM)
• Art Tickles: Seeking Comfort from the Apocalypse ^{(Haywire Magazine)}
• At Home with the Ghosts: Kentucky Route Zero’s Reworking of Capitalist Space ^(Sidequest)
• The comforting economic delusions of Animal Crossing, quarantine’s most popular game ^{(NewStatesman)}

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Industrie

• As Riot bids to take on Blizzard and Valve, the studio faces challenges of its own making ^(Eurogamer)
• The Xbox Series X master plan ^(Polygon)
• The Fellowship – Hideo Kojima ^(BAFTA.org)

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Istorie, retrospectivă

• Back to Baldur’s Gate: Revisiting BioWare’s legendary RPG ^{(PC Gamer)}
• I still love The Dig despite just about everything ^(RPS)
• Max Payne is an action masterpiece ^{(PC Gamer)}
• The (7th) Guest’s New Clothes ^{(The Digital Antiquarian)}
• The Game Archaeologist: The history of Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box ^{(Massively OP)}

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Dev, making of, mecanici

• It’s surprisingly easy to switch a gaming PC to Linux today ^{(PC Gamer)}
• How SNES emulators got a few pixels from complete perfection ^{(Ars Technica)}
• Humor Me: How Games Leverage Other Media to Make You Laugh ^(EGM)
• PlayStation 5 uncovered: the Mark Cerny tech deep dive ^(Eurogamer)
• Internal Documents Show How the US Army Makes a Video Game ^(Vice)

Anunțuri şi lansări de jocuri

Anunţate

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered ^(DSOGaming)
• Aeronautica Imperialis: Flight Command ^{(VideoGamesChronicle)}
• Going Under ^(Polygon)
• Pendragon, un nou adventure de la Inkle ^(RPS)
• Signalis ^{(Destructoid)}
• Windbound ^{(Destructoid)}
• Mortal Shell ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Saints Row: The Third Remastered ^(VG247)

Acum cu dată de lansare

• If Found: 19 mai ^(Eurogamer)

Amânate

• Wasteland 3: 28 august în loc de 19 mai ^{(PC Gamer)}
• The Last of Us Part II amânat pe termen nedefinit ^(GameSpace)

Lansate

• 29 martie: Lost Words: Beyond the Page (Stadia)
• 30 martie: Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord ^(Steam)
• 31 martie: Good Company (early access) ^(Steam)
• 31 martie: Operencia: The Stolen Sun ^{(Steam, gog.com)}
• 31 martie: Over the Alps ^(Steam)
• 2 aprilie: Endzone - A World Apart (early access) ^{(Steam, gog.com)}
• 2 aprilie: Sometimes Always Monsters ^(Steam)
• 3 aprilie: In Other Waters ^{(Steam, gog.com)}
• 3 aprilie: Resident Evil 3 ^(Steam)

Prăvălii de jocuri

Știri

• Steam breaks yet another record of concurrent players, now has over 24 million players online ^(DSOGaming)

Jocuri gratis și free weekends

• If you never got around to Rayman Legends, it’s free on PC ^{(Destructoid)}
• Risk of Rain 2 is free to play on Steam this weekend to celebrate a year of early access ^(Eurogamer)
• Play The Elder Scrolls Online for free on PS4, Xbox One, and PC ^(EGM)
• Uncharted 4 And Dirt Rally 2.0 Are April's PlayStation Plus Games ^(Kotaku)
• A Soldat 2 demo and the original Soldat are free on Steam now ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Symmetry, the spaceship crash survival sim, is free on GOG ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Gone Home and Hob are free on the Epic Games Store ^{(PC Gamer)}
• tinyBuild's Totally Reliable Delivery Service is free to own on Epic Games Store ^(DSOGaming)
• Dwarf explorer RPG Regions of Ruin is free for a limited time ^{(PC Gamer)}

Reduceri și promoții

• BAFTA Game Awards nominees all discounted in the latest Humble sale ^(Eurogamer)
• Humble Conquer COVID-19 Bundle includes Into the Breach, Hollow Knight, and more ^(Shacknews)
• Game Bundle Helps Developers Recoup Losses From A GDC That Wasn't ^(Kotaku)
• Best PC gaming deals of the week – 3rd April 2020 ^(RPS)
• Weekend PC Download Deals for Apr. 3: Xbox Studios Steam Sale ^(Shacknews)
• Weekend Console Download Deals for Apr. 3: Spring Sales galore ^(Shacknews)

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