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John F Bennett
Jan 30, 2013

I always wear my wedding ring. It's my trademark.

But will it have gameplay

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1674439790668943361?s=20

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Sywert of Thieves
Nov 7, 2005

The pirate code is really more of a guideline, than actual rules.

I don't think I would ever want to play a game that advertises that. :stare:

dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001

John F Bennett posted:

But will it have gameplay

What and give the player a chance to ruin the cinematics?

The Kins
Oct 2, 2004

I said come in! posted:

So today is the final day of the hearing between Microsoft and the FTC, if the injunction doesn't go through, which honestly it probably won't, this whole thing was just a performative circus act, then the merger will likely happen as planned? What about the U.K. blocking it though? Will Microsoft and Activision still need to figure that out too?
If Microsoft gets the all-clear in the US and the UK is the last hold-out, I suspect they'll move their UK-based ABK studios and offices to some neighbouring country (probably Ireland since they already have offices there due to the favorable tax laws) and get a third-party publisher for UK releases. Which would be a very odd look, to be sure, but Rare did a few releases through THQ back in the day despite being first party for someone or another, so not unheard of.

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




RenegadeStyle1 posted:

A net win because we could get CoD on gamepass.

Ironically they’re getting CoD next week on the base level PS+.

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

RenegadeStyle1 posted:

A net win because we could get CoD on gamepass.

The FTC hearing seemed to all but confirm that all Blizzard and Activision games are coming to Gamepass. Yesterday when Kotick was on the stand, he said he doesn't agree with Microsofts decision to put all of Activisions games on Gamepass if the deal goes through. But Kotick is also a dumb idiot person surrounded by actual smart people.

slave to my cravings
Mar 1, 2007

Got my mind on doritos and doritos on my mind.

X button gonna be worn out halfway through the game

dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001
Oh god they haven't done an Atlas shrugged have they, and like 173.5hrs of those cinematic is just a character giving one long speech about how being an rear end in a top hat is good actually or something?

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

Professor Beetus posted:

My favorite thing is Bobby Kotick not wanting cod in game pass and knowing that Phil can and likely will just give him middle fingers on his way out the door

e: if they wanted to compromise they could start offering premium games to ultimate subs only, but that is already what Sony does and it sucks and MS should not follow suit

Aren't they already doing that? I thought certain games were only available through Ultimate Tier?

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 5 hours!

dr_rat posted:

Oh god they haven't done an Atlas shrugged have they, and like 173.5hrs of those cinematic is just a character giving one long speech about how being an rear end in a top hat is good actually or something?



Dunno

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

dr_rat posted:

Oh god they haven't done an Atlas shrugged have they, and like 173.5hrs of those cinematic is just a character giving one long speech about how being an rear end in a top hat is good actually or something?

Having played a little bit of early access, every single response you can give results in a cutscene or dialog moment that is different from the other options you could have picked. That is what they are counting. The actual amount of cutscenes and dialog you are going to see in a single playthrough is actually much shorter.

Professor Beetus
Apr 12, 2007

They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

ImpAtom posted:

Aren't they already doing that? I thought certain games were only available through Ultimate Tier?

Not that I'm aware? Unless you mean games that are PC or console exclusive, because you don't get both without an Ultimate membership.

ea does this and I think you only get the basic tier from the ea play that comes with GPU. I know you can't upgrade the EA play that comes with ultimate though so there's no pay to unlock more games thing.

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

Professor Beetus posted:

Not that I'm aware? Unless you mean games that are PC or console exclusive, because you don't get both without an Ultimate membership.

I just checked and Need for Speed Unbound is listed as "Need for Speed Unbound - Xbox Game Pass Ultimate only""

Professor Beetus
Apr 12, 2007

They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

ImpAtom posted:

I just checked and Need for Speed Unbound is listed as "Need for Speed Unbound - Xbox Game Pass Ultimate only""

Because it's via EA play, it's not MS holding certain games hostage for different tiers. You don't have EA play with base game pass.

I guess it's really only a semantic difference but it's only EA games via the EA service.

dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001

I said come in! posted:

Having played a little bit of early access, every single response you can give results in a cutscene or dialog moment that is different from the other options you could have picked. That is what they are counting. The actual amount of cutscenes and dialog you are going to see in a single playthrough is actually much shorter.

ah got it, so when they say cinematic dialogue they just mean dialogue. Lame. Should of just had all the dialogue as text, and had an unskippable week long villain dialogue speech. Make people work for the end.

The Kins
Oct 2, 2004

ImpAtom posted:

I just checked and Need for Speed Unbound is listed as "Need for Speed Unbound - Xbox Game Pass Ultimate only""
EA Play isn't available on the console-only tier for Reasons. It's available on the PC-only tier, though, as well as Ultimate.

Snacksmaniac
Jan 12, 2008

American McGay posted:

HITMAN is a live service / always online game and it works perfectly with Quick Resume. So, once again.

Lazy devs.

Absolutely. Occasionally it will pause on a connection issue but otherwise It Works On My Machine.

SUNKOS
Jun 4, 2016


New Blade Runner game taking place between both movies. Exciting news but can't really tell much about it from the trailer aside from them having seemingly nailed the vibe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_PXuEPxN50

Also Stray is coming to Xbox:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z-z0Gps89g

Wiltsghost
Mar 27, 2011


Neat, new game from the creator of Katamari Damacy.

https://twitter.com/klobrille/status/1674496429220327430?t=CZuETvQ2dTSDKp58XXYNTg&s=19

Wiltsghost
Mar 27, 2011


And this is from the creators of Nidhogg.

https://twitter.com/klobrille/status/1674497223822831627?t=WA-brCeVgTk4B5pnH-hVGA&s=19

John F Bennett
Jan 30, 2013

I always wear my wedding ring. It's my trademark.

Guess I'll throw another one on the pile

https://twitter.com/klobrille/status/1674494984844722178?s=20

The game pass pile

welcome
Jun 28, 2002

rail slut

gently caress yeah, Wattam kicked rear end.

Professor Beetus
Apr 12, 2007

They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

John F Bennett posted:

Guess I'll throw another one on the pile

https://twitter.com/klobrille/status/1674494984844722178?s=20

The game pass pile

Oh poo poo, a game based on the classic 80s film starring Wilford Brimley???

Scuba Trooper
Feb 25, 2006

inclined to say that xbox stays winning

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1674535427540172806

sticksy
May 26, 2004
Nap Ghost

priznat posted:

RIP Dreamcast you were insanely easy to pirate games on

I loved Dreamcast but was a poor college student at the time so definitely pirated the poo poo of it and even still play Powerstone from time to time on it. Now I’m kinda regretful that lost sales due to rampant piracy contributed to its failure

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



the previous 5 years of monumental idiocy on the part of sega killed dreamcast far more than lost sales through piracy. they woulda had to hit astronomical levels of sales to un-gently caress themselves by that point. maybe dreamcast lasts a couple months longer with perfect anti-piracy measures but it was not a substantial factor to why it died, and it was never going to be able to stand up to the ps2 even if sega hadn't spent the previous half-decade making GBS threads its diaper.

ColdPie
Jun 9, 2006

That Annapurna showcase was great, bunch of cool looking stuff and a lot of it coming to Game Pass.

Wiltsghost
Mar 27, 2011


Think this judge is done with the ftc, who knows though.

https://twitter.com/DestinLegarie/status/1674552550878769152?t=XWGmFiB9S9Qf9-IdRpgimQ&s=19

90sgamer
Jun 28, 2023
fuck off worms butthole guy!!!
Judge is an Xbox fanboy confirmed

Twerk from Home
Jan 17, 2009

This avatar brought to you by the 'save our dead gay forums' foundation.
Judge is impatient and wants to get home and fire up Warzone.

MechaSeinfeld
Jan 2, 2008


Judge is getting antsy. He is desperate for Sekiro 2 information.

External Organs
Mar 3, 2006

One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."
Larry Parrish, judge.

BonoMan
Feb 20, 2002

Jade Ear Joe
I bet it was the judges sharpie

McTimmy
Feb 29, 2008

https://twitter.com/DestinLegarie/status/1674540987685961729

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

This judge seems to actually understand gaming?

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

https://twitter.com/DestinLegarie/status/1674541203562582016

lol I wish this were true for my job. my company gives me a piece of poo poo laptop to work from, and they could buyout Acti/blizz 10+ times over.

acksplode
May 17, 2004



I said come in! posted:

This judge seems to actually understand gaming?
Not so sure about that, she thinks everyone has a gaming PC and that consoles will go the way of DVD players

https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1674541461566521344?t=Z72g9LffocznuIRj7glyCA&s=19

https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1674559892789641216?t=FqH5hPdXOkMGI1-45NKATw&s=19

Wrex Ruckus
Aug 24, 2015

she's probably right about the second part

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I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

acksplode posted:

Not so sure about that, she thinks everyone has a gaming PC and that consoles will go the way of DVD players

Okay fair, CoD is a pretty system demanding game on PC now. Not to mention the PC port is a piece of poo poo, and that has always been true of CoD.

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