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Step Ya Game Up Podcast 98: Was 2011 An Exciting Year For Gaming?

Blade206, DCI and WorseCase come together once again to bring you guys another entertaining podcast.

On this week’s episode we talk about the following:

- Once again, what classifies you as a hardcore gamer?

- Does everyone really have “HATERS”?

- Microsoft and Sony to show a new console at E3 2012?

- What’s Microsoft’s big game in 2012 besides Halo 4?

- Rise cancelled for new Xbox System

- Xbox websites talking about PS3 games

- CES 2012 to be Microsoft’s last appearance

- As always we have a Step Ya Game Up and much more…

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Ubisoft CEO says Assassin's Creed Shadows and Ghost of Yōtei 'can both sell very well' in 2025

“I would like to say that there’s a lot of space for very high quality games," says Yves Guillemot.

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Kaii4h ago

" very high quality "
That's only true for one of the two though, and we all know which one that'll be.

DarXyde4h ago

I promise, only one of them will.

And it's the one that is the better franchise and respects the historical context of the region.

Hotpot4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Dude’s getting the sweat because star wars outlaws underperformed, and that’s with far smaller controversy compared to AC shadows.

Extermin8or3_1h ago

The AC shadows controversy is fucking ridiculous though.

Abnor_Mal4h ago

Well of course, but AC: Shadows will be on more platforms so I would expect it to sell more than Ghost.

raWfodog3h ago

I won’t be buying either until 2026 though lol

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Game Journalism is too corporate to trust

Game reviews have been around since the mid-1970s. Play Meter was the first of its kind. During their time, it was mainly coin-operated machines that were covered, as certain arcade games that many of us consider classics such as Space Invaders were popular. Other publications sprang up, such as Arcade Alley in 1979. From then on, gaming journalism was on the rise. Electronic Games Magazine, Famitsu, The Games Machine, Nintendo Power, and others all gave way to gaming journalism’s growing popularity and importance. In the beginning, gaming journalism was about the love of the games, the history of the product, and giving potential consumers genuine insight. The passion was there. The commitment was there. The insight was there. And most importantly, the trust was there.

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jznrpg1d 3h ago

That and a bunch of haters have made gaming a big negative cesspool.

lodossrage1d 3h ago

True, that's almost as much of a problem as the gaming media itself

CrimsonIdol5h ago

There's a fair bit to hate about big corporate game companies

thorstein7h ago

They've become nothing more than corporate shills. Rather than speaking truth to power, they're just looking at the latest clickbait no matter how false it is.

The straight up lies are annoying. Then journalists claim that a lie is an opinion. Um... no.

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gold_drake7h ago

yea its been like this for years and only has gotten worse during covid.

they are sometimes worse than celeb. trash news ha.

"you will NOT believe what the DEV of XYZ said"

or and those are my favourites,

"XYZ game gets REMASTER TREATMENT" and you click on the link and its just a god damn mod ha.

Tacoboto6h ago

"XYZ Players are saying THIS about the new update!"

And the article is based on a single tweet from someone with an anime profile image

Profchaos6h ago

The gaming landscape today is full of corporations trying to suck as much money out of us as possible while giving us as little as possible in return that's the biggest problem I see right now and the fact the journos should be the ones calling the gross practices out now suckle at the teat of the publishers to stay in favour and maintain working relationships to avoid being blacklisted for reviews and preview events show their interests do not align with ours.

HankHill6h ago

Consume the new product and don't ask any questions.

Christopher4h ago

Always question change, always seek out facts.

victorMaje3h ago

Hey Chris, not sure if others have already suggested but here’s another idea for N4G, a website trust meter.
There used to be a way to click on the website of an article and downvote or something like that.
It can be like Steam’s rating, all time & recent.
Then the list of journalism website ratings accessible from a subdomain, jowebrat.n4g dot com :)

SimpleDad19m ago

@victorMaje No, this site user opinions? NO. This is not how it works my Victor. Trust meter??? LOL.

User reviews... this is what you have to look for, because games are made for users... not journalists.
Even if something is review bombed... there has to be a reason, something is wrong and you should hold on with your hard earned money.

Game sites are pushing... what they need to push, or want to push, or both.
Yes always seek out facts, right on Chris.

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Spider-Verse Inspired Action Adventure: Tenet of the Spark Revealed

An ambitious cinematic adventure with bone-breaking brawls, Tenet of the Spark has been unveiled. But it won't be here until late 2026!

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Christopher1d 15h ago

I do not get the Spider-Verse inspiration here. Does the journalist not know that you don't swap between or share abilities with other multiverse spider-peeps? This feels more like Assassin's Creed to me, where it's likely a bloodline/historical thing.

spicelicka8h ago

It's clearly click bait. I'm struggling to see anything related to spiderverse that is being alluded to. Perhaps a reach at the art style and perhaps because the character is black.

ZeekQuattro7h ago

The sad thing is game journalism hasn't really evolved. I still remember reading either a review or preview of Spider-Man 2 The Movie Game and the particular author was comparing it to whatever GTA was out at the time. This is on par with that piece.

KwietStorm_BLM5h ago

Sees black protagonist in a city.

Oh shit it's the Spiderverse!