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Vaeril, do games w Overwatch 2 season 10 will make all new heroes free, Blizzard announces

This is cool but I miss being able to grind for skins. Playing events and earning a bunch of loot boxes just for playing was great. I’m not giving them any money.

helenslunch, do gaming w Switch 2 is crunch time for Nintendo and backward compatibility
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

In all likelihood, yes, the Switch 2 will be backward-compatible

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Patches,

Of course it will be Backwards Compatible.

Don’t be silly.

You will just purchase rent your old Switch games on the New Switch 2 Eshop2. Then you can play up to 30 days so long as it is on your Home Wifi, and you do not have guests over.

joelfromaus,
@joelfromaus@aussie.zone avatar

If the Switch 2: Electric Boogaloo detects an emulator running on any device on the same network the Nintendo Security Devision will dispatch a crack team of lawyers to dispense justice immediately. This team is called … the N-Team!!

Shadywack, do games w PlayStation laying off 900 workers, closing PlayStation Studios London
@Shadywack@lemmy.world avatar

For those who will be leaving SIE: You are leaving this company with our deepest respect and appreciation for all your efforts during your tenure.

Now get the fuck outta here, you’re fired.

Rhotisserie, do games w 5 years after shutting down, MOBA hero shooter Gigantic is coming back

Hell yeah, I loved this game! Reaching the end stage and watching as your giant opened up the enemy giant for the final push was always epic.

Hope it stays alive longer this time.

Nommer, do gaming w Palworld’s success is partially born from Pokémon fans’ discontent

No, it’s success is because it’s extremely addicting. Especially for people with ADHD because there’s so many small and easily achieveable dopamine hits that’s easy to get lost for hours.

toxicbubble420, do gaming w Capcom adds new DRM to old PC games, raising worries over mods

banning mods on single player games 🤔

KyoStarr, do gaming w Twitch cuts 35% of its staff, and now more than 500 people are out of work
@KyoStarr@kbin.social avatar

Unfortunately, we still have work to do to rightsize our company and I regret having to share that we are taking the painful step to reduce our headcount by just over 500 people across Twitch.

Absolutely hate that "rightsizing" is a term. It's called downsizing and it will have negative impacts on Twitch users, Twitch as a platform, and the 500 Twitch employees that will be out of a job now.

Maybe Twitch should be "rightsizing" CEO and Executive Suite salaries?

z3rOR0ne, do gaming w Nvidia’s AI-powered NPCs are getting better, but still sound uncanny
@z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml avatar

I’m just waiting for my consciousness to be copied, uploaded, and enslaved for a hellish eternity. Like that one video game/tv show/movie/novel/short story that totally isn’t a warning of things to come /s.

obinice, do games w Microsoft Flight Sim players have the world at their fingertips; now they want a time machine, too
@obinice@lemmy.world avatar

You know what would be amazing? If we had a time machine in flight sim thay let us fly over reasonably accurate recreations of towns and cities throughout history, imagine flying over flanders fields, or London in the 1700s!

(My keyboard autocorrected ‘flight sim’ to ‘douche son’ I don’t know why my god)

p03locke, do games w Kongregate, Digital Bros. cut jobs in a growing wave of video game industry layoffs
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This has nothing to do with Control, so I’m not sure why it’s in the thumbnail.

bighi, do games w PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan stepping down in March

Great news!

ono, do gaming w Palia is the perfect game for chill vibes, either alone or co-op

The open beta starts August 10.

nitter.net/playpalia

mp3, do games w 8BitDo no longer shipping to US from China due to Trump tariffs
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

Hopefully they still can ship direct to Canada.

uninvitedguest, do games w 8BitDo no longer shipping to US from China due to Trump tariffs
@uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca avatar

I have a minature gamepad for my daughter’s tiny hands, but my favourite product is actually their mechanical keyboard.

carl_dungeon, do games w Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?

I really truly don’t think so. While there is some overlap, I would never give my 5 yo a steam deck and tell them to just figure it out. And on a steam deck, I’d be really sad to not have any Mario kart, Zelda, etc…

I don’t see the problem with having both- they fill different niches.

emeralddawn45,

Steam deck is definitely just as easy to use as the switch for playing and downloading basic games from the storefront. A 5 year old could absolutely use it easily with some games preloaded.

inverted_deflector,

Its not specifically hard but its also not just as easy to use. I say this as someone whos been gaming on linux for over a decade now. You still run into issues here and there with proton(often a devs fault for bad code) and there is genuinely a lot more going on and tweakable on the steamdeck.

Steamdeck is a great device but Nintendo is good at making simple systems

emeralddawn45,

The steam deck has way more potential, but CAN be just as simplr as only ever launching and downloading games through gaming mode. The parent downloads 5stean deck verified games and then all the kid has to do is use the joystick to switch between them. But then it also has the potential to be a learning experience or teaching tool as the kid grows. But the steamos gaming mode is dead simple to navigate and a child could definitely use it.

ModernRisk,

I don’t see the problem with having both- they fill different niches.

Money. Steam Deck OLED costs in my country €700, Switch OLED €350-360 and the Switch 2 will be around the €560-600.

steam deck, I’d be really sad to not have any Mario kart, Zelda, etc…

I’m so close on purchasing a Steam Deck OLED to game in weekends or in bed after full 5 days behind a desk job. But I’m always worried that these games won’t work well with emulations. I’ve been researching like crazy but keep reading different things.

And spending €700 with uncertainty is not my favorite thing to do.

carl_dungeon,

I really doubt switch 2 games will emulate at all or well for quite some time.

I get the money argument. In that case, get the one that does more for you now now, and save up for the other one later. You don’t need them all at once.

I waited a year before getting the first switch, and almost 2 years for a ps4. I think I waited at least a year for all the other PlayStations too save the 5.

Getting something at launch isn’t all that great- bugs, limited games, max prices, etc… a year or so later and you get bundles and deals and lots of game choices.

I don’t have a deck- but a few of my friends do and I’ve played with it a bit- it’s great and I want one at some point, but I can wait for #2 to come out and then go on sale before I dive in.

Zanshi,

Haha, I am researching like crazy as well. So far I came to the conclusion that I have 3 options:

  • get a Steam Deck
  • get a Lenovo Legion Go (more power but less battery life)
  • wait and see what will Lenovo Legion Go 2 be like

So far I’m waiting. My current Switch isn’t going anywhere, but going forward I’m not going to spend much on games there.

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