And why is this BS ?
Instead of removing the DRM notorious for being so horrible Microsoft themself decided to ditch it, Rockstar, the #1 gaming company when it comes to respect towards the PC audience, decided to chop the game's head off.Rockstar explains Grand Theft Auto 4's sudden delisting from Steam
Rockstar explained it was forced to suspend sales of GTA4 on Steam simply because it's now "no longer possible to generate the additional keys needed to continue selling the current version of the game", given that Microsoft has officially ended support for the Games for Windows Live platform baked into the title.
Is it?The SSD was the best thing to happen to PC hardware in the last decade
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-ssd-was-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-pc-hardware-in-the-last-decade/
I'm saying every single new tech with affordable prices was the best thing that happened to PC in past decade. Because of tech galloping forward while getting cheaper more people decided to buy PC and not something else. An article to single out one thing is plain bs.
The word "quality" gets redefined by former PWE (rotfl) employee who made a CEO.11 years ago, Bill Wang was working with Perfect World to bring its MMO of the same name to international audiences. At the time, he says, it was easy to launch a free-to-play game in the West.
Wang isn't with Perfect World anymore, having accepted a new role just over a year ago as head of Shanghai-based Giant Network's new US business: Giant Games.
"People used to think there was a big quality gap between mobile games and console games. But today, the gap has gotten much smaller"
I'd say, the complexity and quality of mobile games has certainly improved alot over the last decade. Quite probably a bit faster than console games.
So, yeah, I'd agree that the gap is "smaller". I'd disagree that the gap is no longer "big".
And then the media learns CDpr is developing WoW killer.Back at E3 2019, I spoke with Cyberpunk 2077 designer Paweł Sasko about hitting the game's now-delayed release date as part of a wide-ranging interview.
"We're pretty comfortable we can deliver on this date and not kill ourselves," he told me at the time. "It's a complex topic. We just love this project and we want to work on it. And if someone was to tell me to stop, or that I didn't need to do something, I'd say - I want to make this better. Am I supposed to agree to something that's worse? I won't. I fucking won't do it. I'll never do it. And the guys here? They'll say the same. We won't agree to release something that's crap. Ever.
More and more people who aren't some random pedestrians asked by an irrelevant media outlets about their opinion, people who know their job, are demasking gambling products falsely advertised as videogames.Country’s top mental health nurse warns video games pushing young people into ‘under the radar’ gambling
NHS mental health director Claire Murdoch has today called on gaming companies to crack down on gambling addiction risks by banning loot boxes from their products.
Yup, the interface is a problem. BG on an Ipad… well, it works, but its awkward in comparison. Let alone trying this on an even smaller screen.
I've started to avoid that.So my mobile device are strictly for web surfing.
I've started to avoid that.
Not sure if I wrote this before. All of my team at work (different ages) except one who didn't use phone for browsing got our eyesight worsen.
The last live meeting was totally silly. All of us except one at one point (wall presentation) drew out glasses. Two years ago, noone needed 'em.
Maybe I'm delusional and the cause is not browsing on phones, but there is a reason why I think it is. If I read news on the phone for a while and then look away, my eyes produce the same effect as if I watched the sun directly for a few seconds (because sun staring kills some cells in the eye, forgot exact details).
Hopefully this will get researched so we can find out if what I just said is true or bs.
Luckily, you don't buy phonegames. If you pay for anything there, it's lootboxes, am I correct?You Soon Won't Be Able to Play EA's Official Tetris Game On Your iPhone
In a stark reminder that you rarely actually own anything you buy digitally, Electronic Arts’ iOS Tetris games will not only be disappearing from the App Store on April 21, but the games themselves will no longer be playable on iPhones and iPads—even if you paid for them.
Players opening either game on their iOS devices are now greeted with a pop-up message that’s also included in the “What’s New” section of both Tetris Premium and Tetris Blitz’s listings in the iOS App Store warning them that the countdown on each title has officially begun
https://gizmodo.com/you-soon-wont-be-able-to-play-eas-official-tetris-game-1841155666
Luckily, you don't buy phonegames. If you pay for anything there, it's lootboxes, am I correct?
Mhm. I bet it was Cube: Hypercube junk.Bungie Says Massive Destiny 2 Puzzle Was Inspired By Cult Horror Film Cube
The (gambling) empire strikes back.A pair of bipartisan bills introduced in the Washington state legislature aim to protect game developers from class action lawsuits. The bills, introduced in the state’s Senate and House of Representatives, each amend the definition of “illegal gambling games” in existing state law to specifically exclude most videogames.
The amended text would read: “For purposes of this section, ‘illegal gambling games’ does not include online games of chance when played solely for entertainment purposes with virtual items if such virtual items may be used only for gameplay and may not be, per the terms of service of the game, transferred, exchanged, or redeemed for money or property.”
That would certainly include loot boxes, as most games with loot box systems forbid the trade of virtual goods through their terms of service. The reasoning here is similar to that used by the UK Gambling Commission in 2017, when the organisation declared that loot boxes are not gambling as they can’t be cashed out for real-world money. (Though UK sentiment is far from settled, as the NHS mental health director has suggested loot boxes “encourage children to gamble.”)