Retrospectiva săptămânii 26 aprilie - 2 mai 2020

Ubisoft anunță un nou joc Assassin’s Creed, de data aceasta cu vikingi, Intel anunță o nouă generație de procesoare pentru desktop, Geoff Keighley organizează un mega-festival digital de 4 luni care să înlocuiască E3-ul, povestea din The Last of Us II se varsă pe internet umplându-l de spoilere, s-a lansat mult-așteptatul Gears Tactics și continuăm istoria epocii „shareware”. Și avem și o lansare autohtonă, action-platformer-ul WarriOrb.

Linkuri rapide:

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

Știri

• Gearbox anunță un serial bazat pe seria de jocuri Brothers in Arms. ^{(Polygon, Escapist, Eurogamer, GamesIndustry.biz)}

• Intel a prezentat seria Comet Lake, generația a 10-a de procesoare pentru desktop, bazate în continuare pe tehnologie 14nm. ^{(Eurogamer, AnandTech, Ars Technica)}

• Alte modificări în programul evenimentelor de gaming de anul acesta: după ce inițial fusese doar amânat, EGX Rezzed este acum anulat de tot ^{(RPS, GamesIndustry.biz)}, la fel și GDC Summer, care anulează evenimentul fizic planificat pentru august, dar îl înlocuiește cu o versiune digitală ^{(Destructoid, VideoGamesChronicle, GamesIndustry.biz)}, iar Geoff Keighley organizează Summer Game Fest, un festival digital pe durata a 4 luni, începând din luna mai. ^{(VideoGamesChronicle, Shacknews, Polygon, Eurogamer)}

• Industria jocurilor oferă în continuare suport luptei împotriva coronavirusului: Humble a strâns peste 6,5 milioane de dolari din vânzarea unui bundle special ^{(PCGamesInsider.biz, Game World Observer, GameSpace)}, iar Bethesda donează 1 milion de dolari. ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}

Articole (critică, dev, design)

• How Limited Run, Super Rare, and others are keeping physical games alive ^{(Destructoid)}
• Getting parents into games with Netflix-style lists ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Cheating Lets You Experience the Best Parts of a Game More Often ^(Escapist)
• Sign of the Beast – An Anthropomorphic Renaissance ^{(Finger Guns)}
• Thomas Malthus’s Video Game Industry Simulator 2020: Part 1 ^{(No Escape)}
• The Strange, Essential Worlds of Cosmo D ^(Kotaku)

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Actualitate

• Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest is his latest push to rally the industry ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Geoff Keighley launches Summer Game Fest to capture gaming’s biggest unveils ^{(VentureBeat)}

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Not-a-review

• Plague Tale and the Pied Piper Myth Turned on Its Head ^{(First Person Scholar)}
• The Rejection of Utilitarian Sacrifice in Fatal Frame ^(Escapist)
• XCOM's Breaching Is A Door-Kicking Revelation ^(Kotaku)
• Meet the Elite Dangerous players helping others beat the grind during lockdown ^(Eurogamer)
• Up Close: Mountains, mindfulness, and metaphysics: the supreme realism of Lonely Mountains: Downhill and A Short Hike ^(Eurogamer)

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Industrie

• How Bohemia’s "almost accidental" mod support became a staple of the studio ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Expanding the Second LudoNarraCon: An Interview with Chris Wright ^(Unwinnable)
• How big is too big for a popular game? ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• GamesBeat Summit: Ex-Blizzard president Michael Morhaime talks about life outside the industry ^{(GameDaily.biz)} plus Morhaime says WoW accessibility push hurt social experience ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}
• Gears Tactics and Game Pass show Microsoft is serious about PC gaming ^{(The Verge)} plus Why Gears Tactics is an important release for modern Xbox ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}

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Istorie, retrospectivă

• One of the best 3D shooting games available, presented for your pleasure ^{(Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster)}
• Classic Tools Retrospective: The birth, death, and re-birth of Gamebryo ^(Gamasutra)
• The Shareware Scene, Part 2: The Question of Games ^{(The Digital Antiquarian)}

The Legend of the Zelda: Majora’s Mask

• 20 Years Later, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Proves That Games Should Get Weird ^(Escapist)
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask was never supposed to exist ^(Polygon)
• Majora’s Mask Still Hits Hard 20 Years Later ^(Kotaku)

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Dev, making of, mecanici

• Changing XCOM for Chimera Squad was hard, even the legendary Sid Meier had a go ^(Polygon)
• Q&A: Remixing Renaissance Art in The Procession to Calvary ^(Gamasutra)
• Streets of Rage 4: How a classic brawler was revitalised for modern hardware ^(Eurogamer)
• The Escapist Presents: Darkest Dungeon Documentary ^(Escapist)
• Video: Go behind the unsettling rat sounds of A Plague Tale: Innocence ^(Gamasutra)

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Design, world-building, artă

• What's In The Case, Agent 47? ^(Kotaku)
• Sea Of Thieves has a dedicated photography subreddit and it’s really lovely ^(RPS)

Made în România

• Săptămâna aceasta am avut două lansări românești: action-platformer-ul WarriOrb și demo pentru RPG-ul Zoria: Age of Shattering.
• Articol pe GamesIndustry.biz despre studioul Those Awesome Guys (Move or Die) și trecerea lor de la dezvoltare la publishing. gamesindustry.biz ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}

Anunţuri şi lansări de jocuri

• Elite: Dangerous developer Frontier quietly announces Warhammer Age of Sigmar RTS ^(Eurogamer)

Anunţate

• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla ^{(Escapist, Eurogamer, Games Informer)}
• Suzerain ^(GameSpace)
• Gun Jam ^{(Eurogamer, Kotaku)}
• Roots Of Pacha ^(RPS)

Acum cu dată de lansare

• Embr: 21 mai ^(GameSpace)
• The Last of Us II: 19 iunie ^(Kotaku), Sony anunțând noua dată după ce porțiuni importante din povestea jocului au scăpat pe internet. ^{(VideoGamesChronicle, Vice, Polygon, Eurogamer)}
• Port Royale 4: 25 septembrie ^(GameSpace)

Lansate

• 28 aprilie: Gears Tactics ^(Steam)
• 28 aprilie: WarriOrb ^(Steam)
• 28 aprilie: Moving Out ^(Steam)
• 28 aprilie: Snowrunner ^{(Epic Store)}
• 29 aprilie: Samsara Room ^(Steam)
• 29 aprilie: The Wind and Wilting Blossom ^(Steam)
• 30 aprilie: Streets of Rage 4 ^{(Steam, gog.com)}
• 30 aprilie: Dread Nautical ^{(Epic Store)}
• 30 aprilie: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered ^{(Battle.net Shop)}
• 30 aprilie: Levelhead ^(Steam)

Prăvălii de jocuri

Știri

• GOG Galaxy 2.0 now includes your gaming subscriptions ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Want free games on Epic Games Store? Now, that will require 2FA ^{(Ars Technica)}
• Game Pass now has over 10 million subscribers. ^(Kotaku) și Xbox Live nears 90 million users as Game Pass tops 10 million subscribers ^{(VideoGamesChronicle)}

Update catalog

• Deus Ex Mankind Divided is available on GOG, is DRM-free and does not feature Denuvo ^(DSOGaming)
• May’s PlayStation Plus games have been revealed ^{(VideoGamesChronicle)}

Jocuri gratis și free weekends

• Generation Zero is free to play on Steam until May 4th ^(DSOGaming)
• Mafia 3 is free to play on Steam until May 7th ^(DSOGaming)
• Ubisoft extends its free to keep offer for Assassin’s Creed II, Child of Light, Rayman Legends ^{(Destructoid)}
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Crashlands are free on PC ^(EGM)

Reduceri și promoții

• Best PC gaming deals of the week – 1st May 2020 ^(RPS)
• Weekend PC Download Deals for May 1: Star Wars Day ^(Shacknews)
• Weekend Console Download Deals for May 1: Splatoon 2, Golden Week, and Star Wars ^(Shacknews)
• Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure -30% ^(Steam)

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