Retrospectiva săptămânii 24 - 30 mai 2020

Retrospectiva ultimei săptămâni liniștite înainte să vină Vara Jocurilor cu avalanșa de anunțuri și trailere. Seria Witcher a atins vânzări de 50 de milioane de jocuri, Blizzcon 2020 se anulează, a avut loc Wholesome Direct, The Outer Worlds le-a luat fața lui Disco Elysium și Outer Wilds la Nebula Awards, s-au lansat Minecraft Dungeons și Xenoblade Chronicles, iar pe GOG a început Summer Sale cu reduceri și demo-uri la Desperados III și System Shock.

Linkuri rapide:

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

Știri

• Seria The Witcher a ajuns la peste 50 milioane de jocuri vândute, intrând astfel în rândul celor mai populare serii de jocuri. ^{(PCGamesN, PC Gamer, PCGamesInsider.biz, Gamespot, Games Informer)}
• Nu mai surprinde pe nimeni, dar Blizzard au anunțat că se anulează BlizzCon 2020. Acesta urmează să se întoarcă sub forma unui eveniment digital la începutul anului viitor. ^{(EGM, DSOGaming, VideoGamesChronicle, PC Gamer)}
• Adaptarea cinematografică după Sonic the Hedgehog va avea o continuare. ^{(PC Gamer, AllGamers, Kotaku)}
• The Outer Worlds a primit premiul Nebula pentru cel mai bine scris joc SF din 2019. ^{(The Nebula Awards)}
• Săptămâna asta a avut loc Wholesome Direct, o prezentare de 40 de minute cu peste 50 de jocuri indie cute & comfy.
  • All the best news from Wholesome Direct ^(AllGamers)
  • All 55 Games Games Featured In The "Wholesome Direct" ^(Gamespot)

Articole (critică, dev, design)

• Picture books and video games: a backdoor into childhood ^(Eurogamer)
• In video game stories, it’s often side quests that are most meaningful ^{(The Guardian)}
• ‘Transcendentally boring’: the joy of job simulation games ^{(The Guardian)}

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Not-a-review

• I came to Sludge Life for cool graffiti but I’m staying for its brilliant, oddball characters ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Bad North is even better when bad luck enters the fray ^(Eurogamer)
• Streets of Rage 4 and What it Means to Fight ^{(Into the Spine)}
• What a video game about a futuristic Tauranga can tell us about our present ^{(The Spinoff)}

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Industrie

• IBM and Google battle for quantum supremacy in computing ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Canceling E3: The Good, The Bad, and the Alternatives ^(TechRaptor)
• How does a hit like Katana Zero change things for a creator? ^{(GamesIndustry.biz)}

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Istorie, retrospectivă

• Revisiting Graphical Evolutions Through Two Decades of Unreal Engine Tech Demos ^{(Hardcore Gamer)}
• The Growth and Adaptation of Samuslikes ^(Unwinnable)
• Bullet Points: Return to Castle Wolfenstein's Supernatural Atmosphere ^(TechRaptor)
• Why Grand Theft Auto 5 is Still Capable of Crashing the Epic Games Store in 2020 ^(USgamer)
• The forgotten Mortal Kombat klones of the 1990s ^{(Wireframe magazine)}

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Dev, making of, mecanici

• One-hour documentary about Arkane shows gameplay from the cancelled Half-Life 2: Episode 4/Ravenholm ^(DSOGaming)
• Game Tech Deep Dive: Gears Tactics - When art meets scalability ^(Gamasutra)

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Design, world-building, artă

• Mafia 2’s Empire Bay is still one of PC gaming’s greatest cities ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Arkane’s Harvey Smith on why the pub in Dishonored is a perfect rebel base ^(RPS)
• Talking Tyria With ArenaNet & The Complete Art Of Guild Wars ^(GameSpace)

Anunţuri şi lansări de jocuri

Anunţate

• Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One ^(DSOGaming)
• INDUSTRIA ^(DSOGaming)
• The Mighty Eight ^(DSOGaming)
• Anno History Collection ^{(Destructoid)}
• Stirring Abyss ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Toy Soldiers 2 ^(Eurogamer)
• Townscaper ^(RPS)
• Mondo Museum ^{(PC Gamer)}

Acum cu dată de lansare

• Satisfactory vine și pe Steam pe 8 iunie ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Samurai Shodown ajunge pe PC pe 11 iunie ^(Gematsu)
• Across The Grooves: 17 iunie ^(GameSpace)

Amânate

• Wrath: Aeon of Ruin: 25 februarie 2021 în loc de vara 2020

Lansate

• 26 mai: Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath (DLC) ^(Steam)
• 26 mai: Wildfire ^{(Steam, gog.com)}
• 26 mai: Minecraft Dungeons ^{(Minecraft.net)}
• 28 mai: Sludge Life ^{(Epic Store)}
• 28 mai: Those Who Remain ^(Steam)
• 28 mai: Poly Bridge 2 ^{(Steam, Epic Store)}
• 28 mai: Atomicrops ^{(Epic Store)}
• 28 mai: Shantae and the Seven Sirens ^{(Steam, gog.com)}
• 28 mai: Resolutiion ^{(Steam, gog.com)}
• 29 mai: Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition ^{(Nintendo Store)}

Prăvălii de jocuri

Știri

• Valve announces Steam Cloud Play, is in beta phase, works with NVIDIA's GeForce Now service ^(DSOGaming)
• GeForce Now asks developers to opt-in before streaming their games ^(RPS)

Update catalog

• Star Wars Battlefront II will join Call of Duty: WWII as June’s PlayStation Plus offering ^{(Destructoid)}
• Prey goes DRM free on GOG, and is currently very cheap ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Classic games Shivers II and Outpost 2 now available on GOG.COM ^(gog.com)

Jocuri gratis și free weekends

• Far Cry 5 will be free to play on UPLAY between May 29th and May 31st ^(DSOGaming)
• Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is free on PC ^(EGM)
• Sludge Life is free for a year, and you shouldn’t sleep on it ^{(Destructoid)}
• Arkane’s Arx Fatalis is free right now ^{(Destructoid)}
• Free horror game Routine is like a weird Groundhog Day ^{(PC Gamer)}
• MacVenture-style Spectacle is a free adventure game treat ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Island Saver Teaches the Basics of Banking as a Colorful FPS (for Free!) ^(Escapist)

Reduceri și promoții

• GOG launches its Summer Sale 2020 Event, featuring more than 3000 deals ^(DSOGaming)
• GOG’s summer sale brings demos of Desperados 3 and the System Shock remake ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Get Cities: Skylines for $1 on the Humble Store ^{(PC Gamer)}
• Best PC gaming deals of the week – 29th May 2020 ^(RPS)
• Weekend PC Download Deals for May 28: The GOG.com Summer Sale begins ^(Shacknews)
• Weekend Console Download Deals for May 29: Mega Man Sale on Switch ^(Shacknews)

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