Retrospectiva săptămânii 5 - 11 aprilie 2020

În afară de faptul că s-a lansat remake-ul Final Fantasy VII, Sony a prezentat noul controller pentru PlayStation 5, iar Microsoft și-a mutat toate evenimentele în sfera digitală până vara anului viitor, a fost o săptămână perfect neremarcabilă. Dar aveți ce citi și ce juca, așa că stați în casă.

Linkuri rapide:

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

Știri

• Sony a prezentat noul controller DualSense pentru PlayStation 5. ^{(Kotaku, Eurogamer, Ars Technica, GamesIndustry.biz)}
• ESA renunță și la ideea unei ediții digitale a E3 2020. ^{(Destructoid)}
• Microsoft anunță că toate evenimentele sale vor fi events will be “digital-first” until August 2021 ^{(GamesIndustry.biz, The Verge)}
• China interzice vânzările jocului Animal Crossing: New Horizons după ce a fost folosit de protestatarii din Hong Kong pentru a afișa mesaje anti-guvernamentale. ^{(Eurogamer, Nintendo Life)}

Alte evenimente

• Everything Shown During Today's Inside Xbox ^(Kotaku)
• Indie Obscura IOX Virtual Event recap: All 21 games featured ^(Shacknews)

Articole (critică, dev, design)

• Playing Borderlands 3 Can Help Scientists With Actual Research ^(Kotaku)
• Remaking the Past: Final Fantasy VII and the Psychology of Nostalgia ^(EGM)
• Inside gaming’s least safe safe rooms ^(Eurogamer)
• What It's Like When Gaming Helps You Get Sober ^(Vice)
• As Traditional Sports Grind to a Halt, Esports Offer a Way to Fill the Void ^(Variety)
• The beautiful game: the studios redefining football ^(Wireframe)
• Gaming in the Time of Coronavirus Fuels the Social Aspect There All Along ^(Fanbyte)
• The old-fashioned joys of journalling, and the modern comfort of maps ^(Eurogamer)

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Actualitate

• Sony’s new DualSense controller is its most exciting design since the original PlayStation ^{(The Verge)}

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Not-a-review

• Disco Elysium is an unexpected hit in China, thanks to a new translation ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Why Apex Legends has kept me playing for 500 hours ^{(The Guardian)}
• Playing with Loss in Kentucky Route Zero ^(Sidequest)
• In Other Waters Feeds My Dream of Meeting Europa's Alien Life ^(USgamer)
• How Persona 5 Told a Classic Crime Story With a Metaphysical Twist ^(Fanbyte)
• (spoilers) What Remains of Edith Finch Is One of Gaming’s Most Beautiful Tragedies ^(Escapist)

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Industrie

• Nintendo says "more systems on the way" as Switch sells out worldwide ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• The coronavirus pandemic is putting indie developers in an even tougher spot ^{(PC Gamer)}
• COVID-19: The state of the games industry ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• The industry mines for ‘90s nostalgia ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• What does a year without events mean for indies? ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Getting the hate out of games ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}

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Istorie, retrospectivă

• Sam & Max Hit The Road is a sparkling gem that no longer fits into modern settings ^(RPS)
• Metal Gear Solid 2 Retrospective: Be Careful What You Wish For ^(Kotaku)
• The Metal Gear Solid Novelization is a Modern Classic ^(Fanbyte)
• How archivists and fans saved a long-lost Jak & Daxter Flash game from obscurity ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 can still swing with the best of them ^{(PC Gamer)}
• In Midgar’s Shadow ^(EGM)
• After a Year of Tall Tales, Sea of Thieves Has Reimagined Video Game Storytelling ^(Escapist)

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Dev, making of, mecanici

• War Stories: How Homeworld brought the third dimension to real-time strategy ^{(Ars Technica)}
• Redesigning Midgar, Final Fantasy VII Remake’s gritty cyberpunk metropolis ^{(The Verge)}
• Deep Dive: The subtle art of building tension in Yes, Your Grace ^(Gamasutra)
• Video: A postmortem look at the making of A Short Hike ^(Gamasutra)
• The Outer Worlds: From Concept to Creation Documentary ^(DSOGaming)

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Design, world-building, artă

• Bizarre Brutalism ^(Unwinnable)

Anunţuri şi lansări de jocuri

Anunţate

• Ponpu, un „bomberman” cu rațe ^{(Destructoid)}
• Company of Crime ^(DSOGaming)
• Vampire: The Masquerade: Shadows of New York, un visual novel conectat cu Coteries of New York ^{(Destructoid)}
• Cannibal, continuarea în format joc video a infamului film din 1980, Cannibal Holocaust ^{(Destructoid)}
• Dordogne ^{(Destructoid)}

Acum cu dată de lansare

• Streets of Rage 4: 23 aprilie ^(Metro)
• Atomicrops: 28 mai ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Grounded: 28 iulie ^(Eurogamer)

Amânate

• New World: 25 august în loc de luna mai ^{(VideoGamesChronicle)}

Lansate

• 7 aprilie: Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories ^(Steam)
• 9 aprilie: Gunbrick: Reloaded ^(Steam)
• 9 aprilie: Ancient Enemy ^(Steam)
• 9 aprilie: The Procession to Calvary ^(Steam)
• 9 aprilie: Plebby Quest: The Crusades ^(Steam)
• 10 aprilie: Alder’s Blood ^{(Steam, gog.com)}
• 10 aprilie: Final Fantasy VII Remake ^{(PlayStation Store)}

Prăvălii de jocuri

Articole

• Ars analysis: ~80% of Steam games earn under $5K in first two weeks ^{(Ars Technica)}
• Data Deep Dive: How are new releases on Steam performing? ^{(Steam Community)}

Update catalog

• Marvel’s Spider-Man and Just Cause 4 join PlayStation Now ^(EGM)
• Xbox Game Pass for PC is getting five new games, including Overcooked 2 ^{(PC Gamer)}

Jocuri gratis și free weekends

• Stadia Pro is currently free for two months ^(Eurogamer)
• The Crew 2 is free to play on UPLAY until April 13th ^(DSOGaming)
• Sherlock Holmes Crimes and Punishments and Close to the Sun are free on PC ^(EGM)
• Pick up a bunch of Star Control games cheap in the Humble Stardock Bundle ^{(PC Gamer)}
• We Went Back Is a Terrifying Time Loop You Can Experience for Free ^(Escapist)
• Free game Happy’s Humble Burger Barn is really freaking me out ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Assassin's Creed 2 will be free to own on UPLAY on April 14th ^(DSOGaming)

Reduceri și promoții

• Indie devs launch Go Play Inside Steam bundle featuring Dead Cells, Celeste, & more ^(Shacknews)
• Weekend PC Download Deals for Apr. 10: Free Hitman Steam weekend ^(Shacknews)
• Weekend Console Download Deals for Apr. 10: Spring Sales continue ^(Shacknews)

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