Yet you're still hanging around here for some reason.

I agree, with one exception: The dungeon-crawling missions in WC1 were awesome imo.

The worst part of it is that you can only select 4 units at once, making offensives a bloody Klickfest. For the rest, it was pretty okay, although not overly balanced (most units have same stats but different graphics for each side, safe for healing being replaced by necromancy, and the Humans have Water elementals instead of Demons. Demons are strong, but lack the Elementals ranged attack, making the final human mission a breeze once you have someone who can summon them, and healing generally beats reviving skeletons (even more so since the latter have a time limit).

That doesn't make any sense though. It's fine to make exclusive games to promote a plastic box but not to promote a store? Which btw is all that they're doing. The plastic boxes are just vehicles to distribute the store. So they make their games store exclusive and then make their store hardware exclusive. They're one step more evil than Epic ever could be. You and I know that it wouldn't be a big feat for any of the console companies to port their exclusive games to other platforms, it's not 1990 anymore, we're all using the same frameworks. Making a game exclusive to hardware is not more nonsensical or evil than making it exclusive to a store. The intention behind it is the same.

I know it's evil but I refuse to put it above any of the other shady things in the games industry that gain less news coverage. Epic is not doing anything different or outrageous compared to anyone else. It's a stupid hissy fit that PC gamers are throwing that obfuscates and buries other pressing matters. Everyone wants competition for Steam but as soon as we get it, they freak out.

You don't see Valve moneyhatting anything because they have a monopoly and anyone who doesn't release on it is fucked unless they have monetary incentives to not do so. That's not healthy either.

I think this separation of 1st party and 3rd party is inane in this day and age. 1st party exclusivity is just as artificial as 3rd party exclusivity. No one is stopping Sony or Nintendo to release their 1st party games on other platforms. Microsoft does it. The only reason they do it is because greed. Because they want to force people onto their stores(sound familiar?) and even worse, their hardware. I don't see how their greed is somehow ok while everyone else's isn't.

If I remember correctly, the two other things that make this game a little tough to play today is also that you need to click the edge of the screen to scroll, and there's no "right click to attack/harvest" feature.

And yeah, I loved those dungeon missions. I was a little disappointed when WC2 didn't have them. Was glad when Starcraft brought them back.

The news:

SALES & DEALS

This War of Mine has sold 4.5 million copies worldwide
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/this-war-of-mine-has-sold-4-5-million-copies-worldwide/
11 bit studios has announced that its hit game, This War of Mine, has recently hit the major milestone of 4.5 million units sold over its lifetime. Unfortunately the team did not reveal any sale number per platform so we don’t know how many of them were from its PC version.

Tekken 7, Project Cars, and more are cheap in the latest Humble Bundle
https://www.pcgamer.com/tekken-7-project-cars-and-more-are-cheap-in-the-latest-humble-bundle/
The newest iteration of the Humble Bundle is a nice collection of games from Bandai Namco including Impact Winter, Little Nightmares, Project Cars, and Tekken 7, among others, with funds raised going to support Save the Children and Extra Life—or the charity of your choice, if you'd prefer to direct your cash elsewhere.

At GOG there's a new Midweek Sale, Thrills and Challenges, with up to 80% discounts for the next 3 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190403_midweek_sale

Steam has a two new daily deals and 3 Midweek Madness deals:

• The first daily deal is Regions Of Ruin, 90% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/680360/Regions_Of_Ruin/
• The other "daily" is the Early Access title Thea 2: The Shattering, 20% off for the next 5 days: https://store.steampowered.com/app/606230/Thea_2_The_Shattering/
• When it comes to the Midweek Madness deals, the first one is BELOW, 25% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/250680/BELOW/
• Crusader Kings II is 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/203770/Crusader_Kings_II/
• And the Shadows franchise is on sale, between 50 and 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/shadowsfranchise/

At Fanatical, there are 4 new deals:

• The Star Deal is Portal Knights, 65% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/portal-knights
• There's a new bundle, the All Stars XI Bundle, with 8 games at a 96% discount for the next 14 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/all-stars-xi-bundle
• CI Games has put its games on sale, up to 85% off for the next 6 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/ci-games
• And lastly, there's an Assassin's Creed franchise sale, with up to 70% discounts fot the next 6 days. The codes are for UPlay: https://www.fanatical.com/en/franchises/assassin's-creed

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS/EMULATORS

CEMU 1.15.4 available for download to Patreon backers, packs minor optimizations and stability improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/cemu-1-15-4-available-for-download-to-patreon-backers-packs-minor-optimizations-and-stability-improvements/
The team behind the best Nintendo WiiU emulator, CEMU, has released a brand new version of it. According to the release notes, CEMU 1.15.4 brings minor optimizations and adds h264 decoding support, as well as more SpotPass functionality.
Furthermore, this latest version of the Nintendo WiiU emulator adds support for hot plugging configured controllers while a game is running, adds support for texture formats X24_G8_UINT and D32_FLOAT_S8_UINT, fixes a bug when determining vertex winding order for primitive RECTS with non-standard vertex shader attribute mapping, and fixes a bug in texture copy operations with non-zero mip levels.
CEMU 1.15.4 is currently available to all Patreon backers and will be made available to the public on April 6th.

GAMING NEWS

New Team Sonic Racing gameplay trailer released
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-team-sonic-racing-gameplay-trailer-released/
SEGA has released a new trailer, showing new gameplay footage for Team Sonic Racing, the highly anticipated team-based racing title that will be racing into stores on May 21st. Developed by award-winning studio Sumo Digital, Team Sonic Racing is described as the ultimate arcade and fast-paced competitive style racing experience.

Former Bioware devs: “a lot of E3 2017 demo stuff was fake”, Anthem wasn’t meant to be a looter shooter
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/former-bioware-devs-a-lot-of-e3-2017-demo-stuff-was-fake-anthem-wasnt-meant-to-be-a-looter-shooter/
Kotaku has https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964" target="_blank">published an amazing article about the development of Bioware’s latest title, Anthem. According to former Bioware developers, Anthem wasn’t meant to be a looter shooter in its early days, Frostbite has introduced a lot of problems during the game’s development and a lot of the stuff found in the E3 2017 demo was faked.

DONTNOD Entertainment is currently working on two unannounced games
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/dontnod-entertainment-is-currently-working-on-two-unannounced-games/
DONTNOD Entertainment, the team behind Life is Strange, Vampyr and Remember Me, is currently working on two unannounced games. This was revealed via a press release that the team issued in which it also announced its 2018 annual revenues.

New World War Z trailer showcases dynamic swarm of zombies
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-world-war-z-trailer-showcases-dynamic-swarm-of-zombies/
Focus Home Interactive has released a brand new trailer for World War Z, showcasing its dynamic swarm system. According to the publisher, the World War Z swarm is dynamic: it moves as one, then splits off as it acquires targets, and players will have to learn how they move in order to survive.

The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition is now available on GOG and Steam
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-7th-guest-25th-anniversary-edition-is-now-available-on-gog-and-steam/
MojoTouch has released a new 25th Anniversary Edition of The 7th Guest on GOG and Steam. The 7th Quest is an adventure game from the 90s that features full-motion video and dialogue recorded by live actors, bizarre puzzles to solve and games to play, as well as 22 rendered 3D rooms in a fully explorable haunted mansion.

Leaked YouTube ad confirms Borderlands 3 releasing on September 13th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/leaked-youtube-ad-confirms-borderlands-3-releasing-on-september-13th/
A leaked YouTube ad for Borderlands 3 has surfaced earlier today, confirming the release date for this new looter shooter. According to the ad, Borderlands 3 will be released on September 13th (which is the date that was hinted via a deleted tweet on April 1st).
This ad also includes the Epic Games Store logo at the end so we can safely assume that the game will be released on Epic’s digital store.

Borderlands 3 – Microsoft Store page hints at cross-platform co-op between PC and Xbox One
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/borderlands-3-microsoft-store-page-hints-at-cross-platform-co-op-between-pc-and-xbox-one/
Borderlands 3 has just been officially revealed and it appears that this new looter shooter will support cross-platform play between the Xbox One and the PC versions. This is hinted at the game’s Microsoft Store page which currently includes the “Cross-platform co-op” tag.
>> think-man has made a thread about this reveal.

The news 2:

Rage 2 will let you buy cheats from a wandering wizard
https://www.pcgamer.com/rage-2-will-let-you-buy-cheats-from-a-wandering-wizard/
In Rage 2's ongoing mission to assure everyone it's weird, it's now promising players the chance to bend digital reality to their will with a bunch of cheats, including the classic instagib and an ejector seat that works entirely the wrong way around.

Dragon Age 4 development was reportedly rebooted to fix Anthem
https://www.pcgamer.com/dragon-age-4-development-was-reportedly-rebooted-to-fix-anthem/
According to an extensive Kotaku piece on the developer's internal struggles. Dragon Age 4 development was restarted under a new team as BioWare rushed to prepare Anthem for launch.

BioWare criticizes report about troubles in Anthem's development
https://www.pcgamer.com/bioware-denies-crunch-was-a-major-topic-among-employees/
A scathing Kotaku report on the development of Anthem has elicited a very quick and dismissive response from BioWare, which said that it stands "wholeheartedly" behind every current and former member of the development team, including studio leadership. The developer chose not to take part in the story because it "felt there was an unfair focus on specific team members and leaders," it said, and it "didn’t want to be part of something that was attempting to bring them down as individuals."

QuakeCon 2019 will celebrate the 'Year of Doom'
https://www.pcgamer.com/quakecon-2019-will-celebrate-the-year-of-doom/
This year's QuakeCon will go heavy on the Doom, the famed FPS that preceded the big bring-your-own-computer show's namesake. The reason is that 2019 is, somewhat loosely, the 25th anniversary of the original Doom—it was released in December 1993—and Bethesda isn't going let the "Year of Doom" go uncelebrated.

Bizarre physics puzzler Human: Fall Flat now has Steam Workshop support
https://www.pcgamer.com/bizarre-physics-puzzler-human-fall-flat-now-has-steam-workshop-support/
Human: Fall Flat, the game about throwing alarmingly physics prone little people around puzzle-oriented maps, now has Steam Workshop support. That means players can now create their own maps, their own skins, their own lobbies, and probably much more besides.

Serious Sam: Tormental lets you invade a demigod's brain
https://www.pcgamer.com/serious-sam-tormental-lets-you-invade-a-demigods-brain/
Serious Sam is temporarily shifting perspectives as it takes a trip into series antagonist Mental's twisted mind. In Serious Sam: Tormental, instead of fighting an alien demigod and his angry minions in the real world, you'll be fighting your way through the place where he comes up with all his ideas for conquest and other nasty things. And it's a twin-stick roguelike, now.

Escaped Chasm is a free game about loneliness from Undertale's artist
https://www.pcgamer.com/escaped-chasm-is-a-free-game-about-loneliness-from-undertales-artist/
Escaped Chasm is a brief but striking RPG-maker game from animator and illustrator Temmie Chang, whose work you might recognise from Undertale. It's a lonely and occasionally unsettling yarn, but if you don't mind feeling a bit uneasy for 20 minutes, you can grab it from Itch.io. It's free, but you can also choose to pay.

Civilization 6 now has cross-platform cloud saving between PC and Switch
https://www.pcgamer.com/civilization-6-now-has-cross-platform-cloud-saving-between-pc-and-switch/
The future is finally here. Our jetpacks only work in the water and our hoverboards are crap, but at least we can now save a game of Civilization 6 on PC and then continue it on the loo, bus or wherever else we don't normally find PCs, all thanks to the Switch and the new cross-platform cloud saves.

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition and HD texture packs are out now
https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-game-of-the-year-edition-and-hd-texture-packs-are-out-now/
While you wait for Borderlands 3, which is coming to the Epic Games Store in September, you might fancy returning to the first two games and the moon-based Pre-Sequel. They've all been given a bit of a makeover today in the form of Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition, a definitive and remastered version of the original, and HD texture packs for Borderlands 2 and the Pre-Sequel.

Borderlands 3 Vault Hunter abilities, volcano guns, and other details revealed
https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-3-vault-hunter-abilities-volcano-guns-and-other-details-revealed/
As you may have instinctively guessed after hearing a faint humming sound caused by the entire population of Reddit groaning in unison, Borderlands 3 is releasing on the Epic Store on September 13, and not Steam—at least not until spring 2020. The announcement came with details that have nothing to do with when and where Borderlands 3 will be available, though, and I've collected those here.

Borderlands 3 has a season pass and multiple editions, including a $250 chest
https://www.pcgamer.com/borderlands-3-has-a-season-pass-and-multiple-editions-including-a-dollar250-chest/
Borderlands 3 won't launch on Steam, but everything else about it is typical for a big budget PC game release, which means that of course there are four increasingly pricey editions to chose from.
The standard version will be $60, and just includes the game, though pre-ordering any edition gets you "gold weapon skins" and a "weapon trinket," which is presumably a trinket one puts on a weapon.

Why are you trying to twist the discussion?

I said, it's actually in the post you replied to, that I understand first party exclusives and would also understand that Epic, CD Projekt or Valve released their own games only on their platform. And that's because they have made the game: they own the studio in charge of it, pay the salaries, give it a budged and control everything about it, so it's only understandable that they keep it to themselves to reap all the profits and promote their platform, be a console or a digital store.

But what Epic is doing is buying third party exclusives, and that's what I'm against of.

Until April 2020, yeah, so 6-7 months depending on the date the game will launch in other stores.

And yet, so are you.

You couldn't be any more wrong about what's going on though.

That's what they said .

Probably talking about Humble Store and other key sellers.