The SurvivalCast crew of Tom (@Letsgetacid) and Craig (@NJMane) are back to discuss all the latest and greatest from the gaming industry. Craig praises Inversion and discusses the harsh criticism it received from several critics. Tom tests the new patch for Diablo 3 and puts a few items up on the Auction House.
This week’s news topics include Microsoft Surface, Windows 8 phone, Games on Demand discounts, Dishonored completion time, Summer of Arcade (XBLA), Mike Tyson, Black Ops 2 single-player mode, Syndicate reboot issues, Anarchy Reigns delay, Wii U's power, Xbox 720 document leak, Xbox Live Rewards upcoming achievement integration and more!
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Via Diablo’s global director of community Adam Fletcher, Blizzard is introducing new measures to improve the quality of season launches in the future. Across both Diablo 4 and the aging Diablo 3, fans of Blizzard’s games should all benefit.
If they didn't let the cellphone guy touch the 3rd one in first place, they wouldn't have to dance around like clowns trying to make money.
We've been asking for less "boring" seasons... "boring"... not "buggy"... same ol' rehashed content just a different color is not working.
Who says a dud game can't have a video game comeback?
Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky have to be up there. We're lucky and cursed, equally, to have games that can be updated now. For folks old enough to remember the Sega/SNES into PS1 and even 2 eras, if a game came out that was half baked (*cough*Angel of Darkness*cough*) that was it, no redemption. At the same time, having the option for updates shouldn't be an excuse for half assing games.
I remember when the Nintendo Seal of Approval meant something.
All those games had to release without bugs.
Diablo III still works on modern PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and remains hugely playable a decade after initial release.
That's not what I heard/read.