Jacob Ross at Save/Continue writes:
"Cast a stone into the wider online videogame community and you’re liable to clock someone who laments the supposed death of JRPGs this generation and kindly offers up a few cure-all remedies to get the genre right as rain, just like it used to be when they were younger. Discussions that broach the subject are often couched in the supposition of failure, as if the decline of the JRPG is some irrefutable fact that everyone can agree with. In both the assumption and the prescription, these people couldn’t be more wrong."
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.
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.
Summary,
Allow JRPGs to have Big Boobs.
Lightning Returns just proves that JRPGs need more armpits.
It's like you put into words everything I think but can never articulate. Well done, sir.