No drumroll needed, these are the winners for the month of July here on N4G!
LOYAL READER LOTTERY:
Our loyal reader lottery winners for the month of July:
- THC CELL
- SageHonor
- Chug
- Kran
Each receives $75 Amazon Gift Cards!
BEST USER BLOG:
Congratulations, The Matrix! The Matrix's blog, "Features That All Video Games Should Have (part 1)", left the voters eager for part 2!
Prize: Gamefly 12-month subscription (1 game out at a time)
CONTRIBUTOR CONTEST:
The prizes are:
1st: -Mezzo-, 3 Games of Choice (standard edition)
2nd: SpaceSquirrel, 2 Games of Choice (standard edition)
FORUM LOTTERY:
Congratulations, RockmanII7!!! RockmanII7 wins a pair of Sony MDR-DS3000 Wireless Digital Surround Headphones!
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August contest details to follow!
Venturing into a post-apocalyptic world, Bandai Namco resurrects the forgotten treasure, Sand Land: will it capture the magic of the Manga?
I enjoyed the demo so I'll be picking this up. The gameplay made me think of Metal Max Xeno so it sold me on it.
After the release of the horrid avatar update, Pokémon GO fans are trying to get items refunded. This has led to some getting threats of being banned.
Shift Up has released Stellar Blade day one update 1.002 on PS5, and those who preloaded the game should be notified of this update.
Do you really not know this is about the n-word or are you saying that black people can't get offended because it upsets you?
I can't believe they're censoring this game on day 1. Games just aren't the same.
/s in case it's needed. I'm fine with them making these changes that they might not have known is culturally insensitive to some people in the big ole world. But that's just me.
They are censoring something that is deemed offensive by Journalists quoting the offensive term verbatim. They are typing it intentionally in articles while in the game it's a wall texture saying Hard next to a unrelated 3d model sign that says R store. Is it offensive or not? Crazy town.
At least IGN just shows the term with a screenshot of the game. Because it's their "discovery" and to not show hypocrisy in their HUGE vitue signal.
Hard R is the not offensive way to describe an offensive term. Are they going to type "Ha$$ R" or not use the term now?
Oh, hey, I agree with you that IGN and other journalists are dumb. Not disagreement there. But, I think for a game going out to millions of people across the world? It's not something they want associated with them. It's just horrific PR.
Add to the horrific PR nightmare that this is the first major Korean-developed Sony-published title, if I'm not mistaken.
There aren't that many Korean developed titles in general. And the allowance of this only would drive a bigger fissure in east vs west especially after Final Fantasy XVI released featuring no black characters at all...
Not a good look for Sony regardless of how you personally feel about it or the people that talk about it.
I'm not saying it shouldn't have been changed. It's an easy fix and looks like it was an easy fix.
But the word HARD being too close to the letter R being a horrific PR nightmare and a indication of a racist developer is beyond crazy.
I'm offended by the sight of blood a d violence and find violence to be very insensitive...
We can all play stupid and pretend to be offended by graphics and fake worlds.
I really enjoyed the demo.
I'm going to play through and max out on story mode then go to the challenge mode afterwards.
This game is very challenging but fun.
Especially for timing on the parrying and blocking.
Got the Deluxe Digital Edition (PS5) pre ordered.
:)
Congrats everyone!
In reverse to all the winners.
Cat! where have you been all my life...
and Kran you lucky monkey.
Now erm about that bet you lost to me, when you said you'd give me three games of my choice if i won. I think i'll call that bet in now...
Best blog? Wow, that was unexpected. :)