Hello, everyone! Happy E3, one of the few Gamer Holidays of the year.
E3 is a busy time, especially during the specific conferences. So, I'm ging to pop in here and give you some reminders on how things work and what to expect.
1. Everyone wants to be first, but that doesn't mean beating others with one or two sentence submissions. We will immediately fail submissions that do this and wait for someone to put up something of worth and showing a sign of effort.
2. Again, we know you want to be first, but placeholders? Yeah, do that, and you will likely see a restriction. You somehow have a submission that started before an actual announcement? Not good.
3. Many submissions that add a little bit of news to an existing submission will be noted as needing to be added as an alternative source. Determination of this need will be made by the moderators as usual. This isn't anything new, but with the many submissions being made, felt it was important to emphasize.
4. We allow you to rip trailers from the streams when official videos are not already available. But realize that as soon as those videos are available from an official source, we'll be swapping those in. We'll make sure to keep you as credit URL.
5. Screen grabs of press conference videos will not be allowed as their own content element (screenshots or images). If it's a trailer and you just post screen grabs to get the content to N4G before the trailer gets here, it will be failed. If it's screen grabs that you are using to emphasize a bit of news, that is fine.
6. Official announcements posted to Xbox.com, the PS Blog, or similar sources may be edited into existing submissions as credit URLs.
7. Roundups aren't allowed. We get it's helpful to your users, but N4G is an aggregate site, we already round up the news on our site. Also, please don't try and 'sneak' them through as opinion pieces that aren't really opinion pieces, that only annoys us.
8. No posting your own site as a source for a stream or for a chat during the streams. This falls under the spam headline here since you're really just promoting your site and not the official streams. We encourage users to go to where they feel is best for them, though. We will post some user blogs to discuss the streams as well as links to the official sources and others, that's all we will be allowing.
9. During conferences, we likely won't be responding to PMs or tickets. We're busy. But, we'll try to get to you eventually. This is a busy time.
"Digital board games can be tons of fun, especially when they're cooperative. That's what's in store for Beacon Patrol from Assemble Entertainment. Based on the real-life board game by Torben Ratzlaff, Beacon Patrol has players work together to explore a map and create a network of coastal paths, all by placing tiles. It's a lot like Carcassonne and Kingdomino, but set on the high seas. The upcoming Steam version will support 4-player local co-op, and there's a single-player demo right now," says Co-Optimus.
Mario Kart World is some of the most fun you’ll have this year that offers a deep experience with the Switch 2’s launch.
Few games among the Nintendo Switch 2 launch line-up can match Cyberpunk 2077 in putting the system through its paces. It's a staple of our PC benchmarking suite for good reason: the open world design is a solid stressor for any CPU, while its effects-heavy battles challenge GPU resources as well. This Switch 2 release has clearly been a big undertaking for developer CD Projekt Red too, who produced the port in-house with unique optimisations for Switch 2's ARM-based architecture. It's also remarkably the Ultimate Edition of the game, with both the core adventure and the more taxing Phantom Liberty expansion bundled in - an extra portion that proved too demanding to justify a last-gen console release, and was instead restricted to PS5 and Series X/S, and yet here it is running on Switch 2.
To cut to the chase, Switch 2 offers a truly viable way to enjoy Cyberpunk, either in a portable format or docked under a TV. However, CDPR has shot for the stars in its ambition to include Phantom Liberty as well, and it's here that Switch 2 hits some technical limits - with frame-rates struggling as we explore its newer Dog Town region. Still, that aside, there's a lot to admire in the game's engineering for Nintendo's new console overall, and how competitive it is in comparison with other consoles.
I am happy for CDPR. Their hard work paid off because the Switch 2 version are always in the top 5 Switch 2 launch game sales.
This may be one of the weakest launch lineups Nintendo has ever had, with Mario Kart being the only first party game, but Cyberpunk 2077 will definitely give you tremendous value for your money.
One tip I can give people who have never played the game is to first read books from the cyberpunk subgenre. This will allow you to appreciate the story much better. If you find yourself asking which life path is the best to take at the start of the game, in this case it is Corpo, Streetkid, and Nomad. You likely don't know enough about the genre, and certain things will fly right over your head. While it is not mandatory, the game will be 10 times better if you read or listen to some books first.
Some books I have enjoyed in that genre are:
Cyber Dreams by Plum Parrot,
Stray Cat Strut by RavensDagger
Tower of Somnus by Cale Plamann
Mist Runner by Nicholas Searcy
If you can only read or listen to 1 book, then I recommend Cyber Dreams by Plum Parrot. It is the closest thing to Cyberpunk 2077.
Excellent recap
Thank you for the update.
I know I'm not perfect in Submissions or Approvals, but I'll be doing my best to 'unofficially' help out as properly as I can.
Good luck.
Question: I've seen this happening before, sites like IGN'S would post a recently announced news and it'll be explained in a 2 line paragraph with 'More To Follow' under it.
Am I allowed to submit those?
Yeah have fun guys with the mad rush trying to submit things first before everyone else.
Yeah I'm not doing that lol., E3 is like the Black Friday of N4G, but for submitting news