HEXUS.gaming hook up with Turbine executive producer, Jeff Steffel to ask his opinions on, amongst other things, the apparent demise of PC gaming and porting MMOS to consoles.
"HEXUS: There's been a bit of debate over at the official LOTRO forums about what's going to happen when Age of Conan and Warhammer arrive later this year and whether a chunk of the community will jump ship to play these big titles. What steps are you putting in place to ensure this doesn't happen?
Jeff: To continue to distinguish ourselves we'll continue to evolve the game and bring new things to the arena. We'll continue to uphold the level of quality and stability in the game. Besides WOW and LOTRO I don't know if there is a game that has been able to do that, certainly not a new one and I think that makes us very competitive."
There are many exciting updates this month for Xbox. Copilot for Gaming is available now for early preview on mobile and will be coming to PC soon. Xbox PC app introduces a wave of new updates: Aggregated gaming library gives players quick access to games from Xbox, Game Pass, and other leading PC storefronts, and with publisher channels players can browse their favorite franchises. Updates for the Xbox Console includes customization for Most Recently Used, free-to-play benefits, Game Hubs, and dialog improvements for game saves.
"Players can now hide system apps, pin favorites to the list, and reduce the number of tiles displayed. This update is part of our ongoing effort to make Home more personal, flexible, and responsive to feedback."
This is welcomed, i like a less cluttered home screen.
Gotta be a slow news day when a 18 hours and 3 comments (now 4)makes it to the front page🤷🏿
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Well anything that adds and help gamers is a good thing even if some don’t need it there’ll be more that will use it.
Well its MS news... those are usually pretty dry, unless it has something to do with another game being ported to PS. then its top of the pops.
"Well its MS news... those are usually pretty dry, unless it has something to do with another game being ported to PS. then its top of the pops."
Oh look no further than the "Upcoming layoffs at MS" topic. It will easily top the Hottest of the week.
Special guests like Mr. Dead might also show up. You just watch.
Playdead co-founder Dino Patti is allegedly being sued by his former studio and business partner.
Patti was threatened with a lawsuit earlier this year after he posted a now-deleted LinkedIn post that shared an "unauthorized" picture of co-founder Arnt Jensen and discussed some of Limbo's development. Patti said Jensen demanded a little over $73,000 in "suitable compensation and reimbursement," adding that he had "repeatedly" had such letters over the last nine years.
Game Pressure met with the one and only Josh Sawyer at Digital Dragons and chatted about RPGs, Pentiment, Pillars of Eternity, the state of the industry, and the genre.
