Friday news, part two:
Vampire Survivors was such a big hit it's getting a whole new engine
https://www.pcgamer.com/vampire-survivors-was-such-a-big-hit-its-getting-a-whole-new-engine/
One of this year's breakout indie hits is Vampire Survivors, which not only met with wide success but responded to it: Developer Poncle quickly made ambitious plans to expand the game. Ever since launch it's seen a string of major and minor updates, and is now ready to throw off the early access label for good with its biggest change yet.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight launches on November 28
https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-launch-date/
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, the next expansion to Blizzard's long-running MMO, will be out on November 28. The expansion will take players to the Dragon Isles, the ancestral home of the dragons, and introduce a new playable race, class, zones, and the majesty of dragon flight.
PUBG creator Brendan Greene says he's 'considering' the blockchain for his next game
https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-creator-brendan-greene-says-hes-considering-the-blockchain-for-his-next-game/
Brendan Greene, better known (somewhat ironically) as PlayerUnknown, walked away from PUBG last year to form a new studio, PlayerUnknown Productions, and take on an incredibly ambitious new open world project called Artemis. The goal of Artemis is to generate realistic, dense, world-sized open worlds: To "lend weight to the idea of, 'You see that mountain? You can climb it.'"
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A sprawling open world in which players can wander around and do whatever they want is essentially a metaverse by another name—at least insofar as we understand them—which naturally leads to thoughts of blockchains and NFTs, neither of which are terribly popular with most gamers. In a recent interview on Nathan Brown's Hit Points blog, Greene acknowledged the metaversal connection, and the potentially negative connotations it might carry, but said he's not bothered by the possibility of a negative reaction to it.
Saudi Arabia wants to spend $13B to buy a 'leading game publisher'
https://www.pcgamer.com/saudi-arabia-wants-to-spend-dollar13b-to-buy-a-leading-game-publisher/
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been making some big moves into the gaming space in recent years. Through various public agencies, it's made big investments in Capcom, Nexon, Nintendo, ESL Gaming, SNK, and Embracer Group. And it's not done yet: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who multiple intelligence agencies believe is responsible for the brutal murder and dismemberment of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, has announced plans to invest nearly $38 billion across four separate programs, more than $13 billion of which will go toward acquiring "a leading game publisher."
>> shikamaru317 made a thread about it yesterday.
This adorable platformer has you playing a Goomba-like minion fighting for freedom
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-adorable-platformer-has-you-playing-a-goomba-like-minion-fighting-for-freedom/
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Indie 2.5D platformer Rog and Roll (spotted by Alpha Beta Gamer) puts the spotlight where it should be: it focuses on the mooks and the minions, having you take control of Rog, an adorable little tomato man. Absent protagonists or final bosses, the cute monsters of Rog's world built an egalitarian henchmen society, one which is now threatened by the return of an evil overlord.
The ancient Myst MMO is getting a brand-new age this weekend
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-ancient-myst-mmo-is-getting-an-brand-new-age-this-weekend/
Released in 1993, Myst is one of the most successful and influential videogames of all time. Naturally, it became a series, and a decade after the original, developer Cyan Worlds went all-in on its ambitions with Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, which was meant to feature a small-scale MMO component called Uru Live. Alas, it bombed, the whole Uru Live segment was cancelled, and that was that until GameTap released it in 2007 as Myst Online: Uru Live a few years later. That bombed too.
Eventually, the rights to the whole thing went back to Cyan, who put it out (again) for free. I've knocked around in it a few times and it's cool, but it also feels incomplete and small—a tiny memorial to what might have been. It's a forgotten corner of the game world, a place where a half-dozen or so people can wistfully wander and poke around and, on very lucky days, find someone else to talk to. I get the itch to hop into it every few years, and every time I'm happy to discover it's still there, but also kind of blue to see it left in such a state. So I was very pleasantly surprised—stoked, even—to see Cyan tweet yesterday that a new Age is coming to Myst Online.
I played Overwatch 2 on a new account, and the hero grind sucks
https://www.pcgamer.com/i-played-overwatch-2-on-a-new-account-and-the-hero-grind-sucks/
Overwatch 2's new player experience, or First Time User Experience, locks the best parts of the game behind a grind. After playing on a temporary new account given to me by Blizzard, I've seen how it works, and it's as bad as it sounds.
A Creepshow game is coming from the team behind the Dread X Collections
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-creepshow-game-is-coming-from-the-team-behind-the-dread-x-collections/
The Dread X Collections are packages of bite-sized horror that are at least partially responsible for the recent resurgence of retro horror games, particularly of a PS1 vintage. The games featured across the five collections range from comedic through to genuinely creepy, and touch on genres ranging from first-person shooters through to point and click adventures.
You could say, given their episodic nature, that they resemble George Romero's old horror anthology Creepshow, which was a feature length film consisting of five short, grizzly stories. If you've ever said that, you can now feel vindicated, because the team behind the Dread X Collections is making a Creepshow game to tie into the more recent episodic revival produced by AMC.
Earn exclusive rewards by playing 40K card game Warpforge in alpha
https://www.pcgamer.com/earn-exclusive-rewards-by-playing-40k-card-game-warpforge-in-alpha/
During the annual Warhammer Skulls for the Skull Throne event earlier this year, when Warhammer 40,000 CRPG Rogue Trader and retro FPS Boltgun were announced, we also heard word of a digital card game called Warpforge. Now, developers Everguild (who also made Horus Heresy: Legions) have announced an alpha build of Warpforge will be available during Steam Next Fest, and anyone who tries it will get exclusive cosmetic rewards when the full launch happens next year.
Let's check now the rest of GOG's deals and also the Steam ones:
+GOG
- The first of the two Deals of the Day is the GOG RPG Bundle, that includes three games, with a 89% discount during 70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/gog_rpg_bundle
- The second DotD is Alien Breed Trilogy, 90% off until Monday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/alien_breed_trilogy
- And, of course, we have GOG's 14th anniversary celebration that, besides the launch of Skyrim on the platform, sees more than 800 titles on sale with up to 90% discounts during the next 9 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/gog_14th_anniversary
+Steam
- Terrania will be 50% off until Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/Terraria/
- Weird West, that has a demo, will also be 50% off until the 3rd of October; https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097350/Weird_West/
- Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition gets a 60% discount until Monday 3rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184370/Pathfinder_Wrath_of_the_Righteous__Enhanced_Edition/
- The Dragon Ball franchise is going to be up to 85% off until the 3rd of October: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dragonballfranchise
- Gamedec - Definitive Edition, that has a demo, will be 20% off until next Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/917720/Gamedec__Definitive_Edition/
- Volcanoids, still in Early Access, will be 30% off until October 6: https://store.steampowered.com/app/951440/Volcanoids/
- SUPERHOT is free to try during the weekend and 70% off until Thursday 6th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/322500/SUPERHOT/
- The Melbourne International Games Week will last until the 6th of October and bring up to 75% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/migw2022
- And Warner Bros puts its games up to 90% off until October 6: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/WBGames/sale/wbpublisher2022
That will be all. Until next Monday, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.
Please excuse my bad English.
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