VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Uma Musume Pretty Derby fan work guidelines established to avoid harming the image of the racehorses
Uma Musume Pretty Derby fan work guidelines established to avoid harming the image of the racehorses. Unfortunately, it came to a point where simply asking the fans to be mindful wasn’t enough.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ DLC adds more depth to C.J. and Flick’s relationship
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ DLC adds more depth to C.J. and Flick’s relationship. Let's jump into the new Ver2.0 free update and Happy Home Paradise DLC to learn more about their relationship.
Jump Force to end sales and a majority of online services in 2022
Jump Force to end sales and a majority of online services in 2022. All single-player functions and online battles (except Ranked Match) will remain available
Naraka: Bladepoint sold 6 million copies. 30% off from Nov.10-17 UTC
Naraka: Bladepoint sold 6 million copies. 30% off from Nov.10-17 UTC. Naraka: Bladepoint’s new season, Cavalry, is set to start on November 10, introducing two new heroes including Yueshan.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ The Roost is filled with little side stories
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ The Roost is filled with little side stories. A certain popular character has made a career change.
The Tomorrow Children is coming back. Q-Games acquires the IP rights from SIE
The Tomorrow Children is coming back. Q-Games acquires the IP rights from SIE. The Tomorrow Children is a free-to-play online multiplayer game released in 2016 for PS4. The service ended just one year later in 2017.
Miniature card game MIYAMOTO S to release on Steam this year
Miniature card game MIYAMOTO S to release on Steam this year. The Nintendo Switch version of MIYAMOTO S is set to launch in 2022.
Digital board game Let’s Play! Oink Games to release in 2021 for Nintendo Switch
Digital board game Let’s Play! Oink Games to release in 2021 for Nintendo Switch. Three board games are confirmed to be included: Deep Sea Adventure, Startups, and Moon Adventure.
The absurd comedy visual novel Furikake Spacy is set to launch in late November
The absurd comedy visual novel Furikake Spacy (ふりかけ☆スペイシー) is set to launch in late November. Uncover the mysteries of Neo Showa in this chaos filled homage to the 80’s.
NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE to release on Jan. 21, under the new name NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE to release on Jan. 21, under the new name NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD. A streamer-raising adventure game focused on desperation for social acceptance. Help Ame-chan amass devoted listeners to “squeeze stupid amounts of cash out of her donation-happy otaku followers.”
Some Denuvo enabled games faced an outage over the weekend, possibly due to Denuvo’s network failure
Some Denuvo enabled games faced an outage over the weekend, possibly due to Denuvo’s network failure. Affected titles include Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Planet Zoo, Back 4 Blood, Resident Evil Village, Persona 4 Golden, and Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles.
Skyward Sword HD sales already rival the original
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD sales already rival the original. In recent years, remakes and remasters have shown themselves to be strong sellers.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Sasha sees immediate popularity, being sold for 35 million bells
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Sasha and Shino see immediate popularity. Sasha is being sold for 35 million bells, Shino for 57.5 million on Nookazon. Their amiibo cards are being resold at a high price as well.
Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 will be temporarily removed from digital storefronts due to delays in license renewals
Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 will be temporarily removed from digital storefronts due to delays in license renewals. Konami is currently working on renewing the licenses for select historical archive footage used in-game.
Elden Ring PC/PS/Xbox Specs & Compatibility revealed
Elden Ring PC/PS/Xbox resolution and framerate specs revealed. PS5 and Xbox Series X versions will run up to 3840x2160p/60fps with a choice between “Performance priority mode” and “Resolution priority mode.”
Dusk Diver 2 release date officially announced: Feb. 24, 2022
Dusk Diver 2 release date officially announced: Feb. 24, 2022, for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC (via Steam). New characters and progression system revealed.
Persona composer’s stealth RPG Guns Undarkness announced for Steam
Persona composer’s stealth RPG Guns Undarkness officially announced for Steam. Mainly developed by Shoji Meguro, and “the lyrics of songs are written by Lotus Juice, also from the ‘Persona’ series.”
Biomutant’s Japanese audio had been re-recorded to fix the localization
Biomutant partially re-recorded the Japanese audio to fix the localization. Which makes sense since the narrator basically talks non-stop throughout the game, and reads out all the NPC dialogs, so you can’t just fix the texts and call it a day.
Play-to-Earn, NFT-based mech game MetalCore announced, will feature 100 player combat
Play-to-Earn, NFT-based mech game MetalCore announced, will feature 100 player combat. Everything from mechs, to weapons, to cosmetics and blueprints will be certified unique as NFTs that can be bought and sold on an open market.
eFootball 2022 v1.0.0 update delayed until Spring 2022. Premium Player Pack is now canceled
eFootball 2022 v1.0.0 update delayed until Spring 2022. Premium Player Pack is now canceled. v1.0.0 was initially scheduled to release on November 11 to introduce a new game mode and support mobile devices.
Escape a hanging ghost in Taiwanese horror game SUFFOCATE
Escape a hanging ghost in Taiwanese horror game SUFFOCATE. NaughtyCow's SUFFOCATE and its hanging ghost are coming to Steam.
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy writer speaks on the value of QA experience
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy writer speaks on the value of QA experience. “It’s not just ‘play video games all day.’”