The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion (lemmy.world)
Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!...
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Microsoft’s CEO say it’s ‘doubling down’ on being a game producer and publisher | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Skyrim’s Lead Designer On Starfield’s Origins And Bethesda’s Evolution - MinnMax Interview (youtu.be)
Ben Hanson interviews Bruce Nesmith about his long career at Bethesda Softworks, where he was the lead designer on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, senior system...
Cute little game, neat idea! (ahchoo.itch.io)
Stretch your world, stretchmancer!
Writing games the blog dedicated to text-based game development (MUDs) (writing-games.com)
METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 | Launch Trailer (www.youtube.com)
I tried over 20 Steam Next demos so that you don't have to!
And I’ve rated them all below. I’m very glad Steam decided to do a big promotional event around them- it helped point me toward a lot of games I would have never tried/heard of otherwise. Some of the good ones might not be good the entire game, but they were at least good in the demo....
How many Super Mario games are there? The answer is actually a lot more complicated than you might think! (www.youtube.com)
Since this video came out, the series has gotten a new mainline title. Or, do you think it’s a spinoff? Apparently about 4% of players think so. You can take this survey to let your opinion be known: forms.gle/EVWf8pDAYxYcEa2e9(Be warned, this will take about 30 minutes)
PlayStation lays off staff at Visual Arts support dev (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Lords of the Fallen reaches 1m sold in 10 days (www.eurogamer.net)
Cities Skylines 2 reportedly runs with 7-12fps on an Intel Core i9 13900KS with AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX at 4K/High Settings (www.dsogaming.com)
Xbox's latest third-party digital showcase airs this Wednesday (www.eurogamer.net)
Microsoft's occasional Xbox Partner Preview series returns this Wednesday, 25th October
Just an observation on game engines
RE Engine: Monster Hunter, REMakes, DMC. All run beautifully...
Squadron 42: Hold The Line (www.youtube.com)
It turns out Squadron 42 is NOT vaporwave. Nice!
Antimine - Minesweeper for Android on F-Droid (f-droid.org)
Found this a couple of days ago. Works great and is actively being developed. The best mobile minesweeper I’ve seen so far.
Geometry Dash 2.2 Trailer (www.youtube.com)
Meet the men hiding their FIFA Ultimate Team addiction from their families (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
A great article on video games gambling addictions.
Valve is now reversing VAC bans due to AMD drivers in CS2, according to patch notes (store.steampowered.com)
Recently there was a thing where VAC would erroneously flag AMD’s antilag+ feature as cheating, and issue a ban....
Final Fantasy 14 Shows Off New Viper Class Alongside Final Fantasy 11 and 16 Crossovers - IGN (www.ign.com)
The upcoming Dawntrail expansion for Final Fantasy 14 will add a new Viper class as well as collaborations with Final Fantasy 11 and 16. Additionally, Final Fantasy 14 will be getting an open beta in mid-January or February 2024.
Ryujinx progress report for September 2023 (blog.ryujinx.org)
Cities: Skylines 2 "absolutely cannot" have the decade of DLC features that the original game added | GamesRadar+ (www.gamesradar.com)
Anyone have good memories of (or still belong to) a gaming clan or guild?
Was thinking about this today, pretty unique time way back in my gaming past. Belonged to a clan that would play things like War Rock (old F2P game), Battlefield 2, early CoD games, etc....