Enricko: "In this day and age, there’s no denying that microtransactions have become notorious for being prominent in many major titles. The idea of knowing that a game you’ve bought might require you to purchase digital boosts or items in order to gain access to the full experience has made people wary about the potential of upcoming releases. For example? The news that the new Devil May Cry gives players the options to pay real money for in-game currency that would usually require one to sink minutes or even hours of gameplay to obtain normally."
A gorgeous real-world Miraidon from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has been created in Japan by the Toyota Engineering Society.
JDR thinks the gaming industry needs more licensed IPs. It's basically a cry for Firefly: The Game, and why not? JDR delves deeper into why more isn't adapted for the interactive screen.
Nah. Video games are their own thing they wouldn't be improved by leeching off Hollywood more.
Read the article and it gives no mention of the many problems prevalent with licensed IPs, such as games and dlc being delisted when their licenses expire, Adult Swim games being the most recent example.
Only if they're good, if its going to be a 2D sprite art game, you can get away with a small team and small budget. But if you're going to make it a 3D polygonal game, you're going to need a large team with a large budget, and often times these licensed games are quickly pushed out the door, unpolished, rough, boring, bland, snorefest at best, and downright broken at worst.
We have an Indiana Jones and James Bond game currently being developed by two veteran teams with I assume fairly sizeable budgets. Let's hope they turn out to be worthwhile.
A new Mad Max game to coincide with the upcoming film would have been awesome. I loved the first game, I'm guessing it didn't sell too well as they never bothered following it up.
"The Game Music Foundation are today very proud and pleased to announce an additional concert, circling back to the roots of Game Muisic Festival in Poland. On April 28th, 2024, the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw will once again become a place to celebrate the art of video game music, featuring scores from The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II." - The Game Music Foundation.
Mt shouldn't exist period
Free to play games like Fortnite fine, DMC 5? Hell no.
Launching a game with microtransactions embedded in the mechanics from the get go means the dev is releasing a starter pack and making us pay full price for it ... f that
Doesn't affect mine because I always pay MTs no mind.
MTs are a concept that works for F2P games as that's how those games make money. When gamers pay $60 (or $80 here in Canada), they've already given the devs money, and shouldn't have to pay more of it unless it's for DLC...and even then, there are ethical and unethical ways to for that. MTs in a full retail game are always unethical, and any consumer outrage they cause is 100% justified.