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NocturnalMorning, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

I was excited to play this game until I saw this. Now I kinda don’t want to play it.

Rentlar, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

The guidelines are also likely in place to avoid mention of previous reports of misogyny at the studio. Posts from Game Science CEO Féng Jì including sexualised and misogynistic language were reported on in 2020, while IGN also reported on the studio’s history with sexism.

Lol, a Streisand effect here.

rickdg, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage
@rickdg@lemmy.world avatar

excuse me wtf

t3rmit3, do gaming w Silent Hill 2's remake dares to modernise a classic, and is largely succeeding

SH2 is my partner’s favorite game, and I’ll be interested to hear their assessment of this. I tried SH2 on PC a few years ago, and the tank controls were just so outdated it took me out of the game.

navi, do gaming w Silent Hill 2's remake dares to modernise a classic, and is largely succeeding
@navi@lemmy.tespia.org avatar

🐰

TimewornTraveler, do gaming w Dead Cells receives its final major update today, seven years after release

still haven’t tried it! it’s in my library

Jimbo, do gaming w Splitgate 2 plays great - but its new focus on objective-based 4v4 team games may be a turn off [Eurogamer]
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For god’s sake, I just want a shooter with simple deathmatch!

Varyag,

Swear to Jah, all we need is a proper modern, moddable Unreal Tournament.

Jimbo, (edited )
@Jimbo@yiffit.net avatar

While it’s not ideal there is something actively played out there, with plenty of custom maps and kind of recent…

I’ll copy-paste a previous comment about it here:

Though development is long dead, the servers were taken offline recently and it was delisted by Epic, people are still playing the Unreal Tournament pre-alpha (commonly called UT4) which you can get here: www.ut4ever.org/downloads

You’ll also need to register an account here and merge it with an Epic account: ut4.timiimit.com/Instructions/UT4UU

The download should come with the unofficial update which gives access to the private servers, I play on the Unreal Carnage servers regularly which often gets 8-15 players at a time, more than enough for some deathmatch. Would love to see some more people around!

(Mind I’m in New Zealand, which is why my ping is so high, the netcode handles it well somehow)

https://yiffit.net/pictrs/image/f92936be-c121-4854-99fe-320b4b5718fc.jpeg

Varyag,

Oohh, I heard about that. I’ve just kept playing the community maintained UT’99 and a little bit of 2k4.

Drathro, do gaming w Splitgate 2 plays great - but its new focus on objective-based 4v4 team games may be a turn off [Eurogamer]

The shift from “we’re making a fun and relatively casual arena shooter with a neat gimmick and extremely rewarding fundamentals” to “we’re making a generic e sport shooter” was swift and, frankly, uncalled for.

theangriestbird,

Yeah it bums me out to see the shift. I hope it’s more accessible than it seems on the surface, SG1 really clicked with me for a while there.

Drathro,

My friends and I all LOVED the pick-up nature of SG1. We’re all adults with busy lives, so hopping into a ~5 minute casual match was just so easy. And the casual nature made it feel like we could have success without “grinding” the game. I guess that is explicitly not the intent of SG2.

DoucheBagMcSwag, (edited )

Nope it’s not… Another live service with a never ending treadmill of rinse repeat and spend on micro transactions…oh and be sure to play as long as possible for engagement metrics.

The developers officially sold out

chloyster,

Yeah… Kind of bummed on it. I’ll try it out with some friends but I doubt we’ll play it for long

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Passion project vs corporate venture

stardust,

Their trailer with esports people had me going who even are these people and why would I believe anything coming out of their mouths when they are the equivalent of infomercial sales people with them being paid to be in it. Is it really the best way to market a game?

thingsiplay, do gaming w Splitgate 2 plays great - but its new focus on objective-based 4v4 team games may be a turn off [Eurogamer]

The biggest problem to me is, that they will shutdown the previous game. I think its different enough to keep it, but probably not many people play it. What is the current Don’t kill videogames campaign called again?

theangriestbird,

Literally just “Stop Killing Games” haha

Faydaikin,
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

I don’t get why sequels now have to come at the cost of the originals death.

thingsiplay,

I guess they don’t want to a) split the user base of similar games, b) force people into buying new stuff from new game, c) can’t or don’t want to maintain multiple live service games at the same time. These are guesses by me, not saying its the case here or always the case, just giving a few ideas why this could happen.

Faydaikin,
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

I think you’re right on all three accounts.

It does, however, become very finite solution in the scenario that the new game flops. It’s having two baskets, putting all your eggs in one and burning the other. So now their entire income is dependent on that one metaphorical basket carrying the weight.

thingsiplay, do gaming w Splitgate 2 plays great - but its new focus on objective-based 4v4 team games may be a turn off [Eurogamer]

4v4, objective based gameplay with a slight hero-shooter twist

This sounds awesome to me! Add the portal mechanic to the mix and its a unique hero shooter with objectives. I played the first game back when it was new, but stopped playing because lack of content, playing the same thing over and over again. It got boring. Hopefully they learned their lesson this time.

theangriestbird,

I appreciate your enthusiasm! I think a lot of folks are a bit burnt out on hero shooters at this point, given the market saturation. On the other hand, you are correct that Splitgate 1 was a bit thin, and they needed to do more with it. To me, it feels like they looked at that problem, and just went “what if we made it more like every other multiplayer shooter on the market right now?”, which strikes me as…lazy? Uninspired?

Zozano, do gaming w Amazon reportedly working on animated anthology TV series featuring Spelunky and other video game worlds
@Zozano@lemy.lol avatar

Sweet Jesus…

DO ISAAC YOU PUSSIES. MAKE AN ELEVEN MINUTE ANIMATION ABOUT A RELIGIOUS WACKJOB HEARING GOD TELL HER TO KILL HER SON, WHO FLEES TO THE BASEMENT AND FIGHTS AN ABORTION WITH HIS TEARS

t3rmit3, do gaming w Amazon reportedly working on animated anthology TV series featuring Spelunky and other video game worlds

…But why?

chloyster,

No clue but I’m down for a Spelunky short by the people who did love death and robots lol. Sounds lit

SteposVenzny,

I’m down for anthology series by default.

smeg, do gaming w Amazon reportedly working on animated anthology TV series featuring Spelunky and other video game worlds

Speaking of Spelunky, does anyone know where you can download the original open-source version? The link on the official website times out, and the discussion forums seem dead too.

SturgiesYrFase,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

Archive dot org might have it.

smeg,

It does, thanks!

SturgiesYrFase,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Dreyns, do gaming w Tango Gameworks and Hi-Fi Rush acquired by PUBG's Krafton, following Microsoft's studio closure in May

Sadly the studio had a lot of people leaving from what i gathered, tango studio may not be the same as before microsoft betrayal… But it’s a good thing for the artists tho !

nullpotential,

I didn’t know that, but it would make sense. I imagine many had already been looking for new jobs before they knew this would happen. Hopefully though something good will come from this.

NoneYa, do gaming w Borderlands is failing already.

Duh.

It’s the classic thing that happens to all these movies and TV shows that are written by people who purposely avoid the source material and brag about “we didn’t play the game or read the books” like that somehow is going to make the content better?

jqubed,
@jqubed@lemmy.world avatar

Offhand I can only think of one movie (and sequels) where “didn’t read the book” made the movie significantly better: The Bourne Identity. Those books really were awful!

Bbbbbbbbbbb,

The Witcher video games are better than the source and the original author is seething from its success

magiccupcake,

I mean the books are great too, apparently they’re even better in it’s native language.

Klear,

The games are great because CD Project are massive fans who read the books many times, so that hardly fits.

theatomictruth,

I thought the 1993 Mario movie was pretty fun

visor841,

I think there’s a difference when the source material isn’t great. IIRC Forest Gump is another example.

PoopingCough,

Also Starship Troopers

yamanii,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

I thought that was debunked?

PoopingCough,

I’m not sure how you think this video is related to the comment I replied to ?

Klear,

There’s also Adaptation, technically.

thefartographer,

“I hate that thing that you love, so I convinced someone to pay me a million dollars to shit on it for you. Now pay me for my failures!

Wistful,
@Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Looking at Witcher TV series

mnemonicmonkeys,

Not only that, they probably would have been better off not using the original 4 playable characters since every game comes with a new set. Just make sure the side characters are done well and you keep the same feel as the games and it should have been an easy win

tb_,
@tb_@lemmy.world avatar

I think the Halo show could’ve been much more interesting too if they focused on someone not the main character of the games.

But no, gotta keep the most recognizable character

ryathal,

Only if they read anything about the games or books. Leaving master chief out doesn’t fix the active contempt for the source material.

restingboredface,

I would have fully supported a movie with Mister Torgue running around having adventures. Of course he would be played by John Cena in a mullet.

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