Game Developers Conference (GDC) shows increased interest in Switch.

[Chazore]

caffeinade said:

Chazore said:

I'm starting to wonder if they have legit interest in PC for actual gaming, or general interest in PC because of the low development costs and free beta testers. 

I don't know.

This year looks like it is going to be pretty good for the PC platform, and Vulkan.
We should have Serious Sam 4 out this year, hopefully that really show what the platform can do.
Isn't Bethesda's new game rumored to come out this year, the mod scene will love that.
We will be getting the definitive version of Monster Hunter: World. that will likely do very well on Twitch.
Book of the Dead, if it comes out will show indie devs that they can make beyond console AAA games, on a tight budget.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDsRfbfnC_A

The there is Valve:
http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/robocalypse-now-using-deep-learning-to-combat-cheating-in-counter-strike-global-offensive/855023
This sounds interesting.

Well we know Valve is going to GDC 2018, hopefully they bring a few surprises too.
Hopefully we can see more of their latest Knuckles prototype, (maybe even a release date) and we may even see another Source 2 tech demo.

We'll be seeing more games with full Vulkan support?.

I thought we had the Serious Sam VR game last year?, does this mean we're getting a brand new mainline SS game?.

Beth's game is rumoured, but I'm not sure about it releasing this year. I'm sure it's being developed with current gen base systems in mind, so I'm not expecting anything jaw dropping tbh. THe mod scene might love it, but going with what Beth has been doing with their "creation club", it'll likely be tied down to that. 

MHW's PC port is around 7-8 months away and it's the team's first ever PC port. I'm not holding out much hope for what little experience and time they've got with the port job. It could end up being a stellar amazing, mind blowing port job, or it could end up worse than  AK, but going by their short window and their first port job, I'm inclined to thinking it will be the latter.

Is BotD a puzzle walking sim?. If so I'm going to have to pass on it. Yes it's visuals look decent, but I'd hate to see them being wasted on yet another walking/puzzle sim.

 

Valve giving is a few big surprises?.

 

The knuckle controllers are the only things I'd be interested in seeing from them. I doubt they';; release the store revamp this year and announce new games, games that aren't another moba or card game/fan mod based.