Epic has announced their own game store, aptly named the Epic Games Store. Where they boast having lower revenue cut percentages than Steam and other markets.
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Welcome back to the place where news is in! Here’s that news.
- Fallout 76 Won’t Launch on Steam
- Fallout 76 BETA is Full Game, BETA Carries Over
- GTA Online Discovers Brokenly Potent Vehicle
Fallout 76 Won’t Launch on Steam
Folks had noticed a lack of Steam in all of the information pertaining to Fallout 76. Now, according to a source at GameSpot, Bethesda have actively chosen to omit the game from the distribution service. Instead, the game’s PC version will be available on the Bethesda Launcher application. This is later confirmed by Marketing Exec Pete Hines on Twitter.
Presumably, this was to avoid the profit cut that Steam takes. While having multiple game launchers is a bother, this isn’t actually that much of a problem. It may inconvenience some people who are accustomed to the Steam interface and friend list, but the gameplay experience shouldn’t change. And who knows, maybe it’ll be added to Steam at a later date, like with Fallout Shelter.
Fallout 76 BETA and Launch Details
The FAQ for Fallout 76 recently updated to include more questions and answers. Though the answers they give are putting players off more than anything. According to the FAQ, the Break it Early Test Application (BETA) will contain the full game, and your progress will carry over into the launch game.
This has further reinforced the idea that this isn’t a beta session as much as it’s a pre-order bonus. The idea has first sprouted when it was discovered that the BETA would take place in October, a month before the game’s launch. While I’m sure they’ll use BETA feedback to improve the game before launch, it still feels like a marketing decision more than a technical one.
Broken GTA Vehicle
A new update came to Grand Theft Auto’s Online game mode, and people are upset about one of the vehicles found within the game code. It’s a flying rocket jet motorbike. Well, it’s actually the second iteration of an already existing one. It allows the user not only fly about with ease, this one is faster, more agile, and now comes with anti-missile measures.
Since GTA Online requires you be at the risk of other players interfering with business missions, many players fear that this new vehicle will make griefing all the more unbearable in online play. While the vehicle has yet to be released, it’s likely going to be soon.
That’s all for today. Tune in tomorrow for more of the latest news. There’s going to be a Smash Bros direct tomorrow morning, so we’ll likely see something new from that. Otherwise, have a great day!
Wow, what a weekend. Hello everyone coming in from the Animatronic article. Here’s Monday’s news
- Steam is Delaying Adult Games
- Germany Bans Vague Release Dates
- Nintendo Labo Contest Winners
Lewd Games on Hold
Back in May, we talked about how Steam was causing a stink by essentially putting long-established lewd games on probation. It seems they’ve been working on a solution, and putting new games on hold until they have it running.
Love in Space, the developers behind Shining Song Starnova, recently tweeted out that their game is being put on hold until Steam can implement needed content moderation tools that they believe the game needed. Steam may be getting a mature game section, requiring age verification (they do that anyway) to look at. Time will tell.
Germany Against Release Dates
The Higher Regional Court of Munich has banned retailers from selling pre-orders for products that don’t have a confirmed release date, according to German news site Heise. The ruling was done with Media Markt, a German electronics franchise, in mind. This prevents the company from offering pre-orders for smartphones without release dates. The ruling covers other electronic goods as well, including video games. Ya know, I wouldn’t mind this state-side.
Nintendo Labo Champions
For those who didn’t know, Nintendo hosted their own Nintendo Labo Creation Contest. Participants were asked to create their best and most unique ideas for the Labo, and now the winners were announced. It ranges from solar-powered accordions, clocks, to a tea management game. It’s all very impressive. You can check out the winning entries on Nintendo’s site.
That’s all for today, thanks for reading. I’ve recently updated my Support page, for those interested in keeping the dream alive. Tune in tomorrow for another video game news post. Or check out The Animatronic. My first update post for it has done extremely well so far. I’m thinking about making the change to a post being about one topic at a time instead of this three-in-one deal. This would likely lead to only one or two news posts a day, though. But it’d be more in-depth. Let me know what you think. Otherwise, have a great day!
I missed the news yesterday, I apologize. Here’s today’s news, instead.
- Tetris Effect Looks Too Good
- Itch.io Puts Steam on Blast
Tetris Effect
Sony has announced a new Tetris game, called Tetris Effect. We don’t know much about the title, other than it seems to be a homage to the classic game slathered in beautiful modern graphics. According to screenshots, it looks like the modern love child of the designers for Bejeweled and Geometry Wars. In reality, it’s designed by Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Enhance Games, the people behind REZ. If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly recommend watching the announcement trailer. It’s beautiful.
Itch.io Blasting Steam
Valve, the largest online game distribution service, recently announced that they will “allow everything onto the Steam Store, except for things that we decide are illegal, or straight up trolling.” This has caused an upset in the gaming community. Many believe this will only encourage low-quality content to flood the markets. Itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran is more concerned with the allowance of toxic content.
“A platform that allows ‘everything, unless it’s illegal or straight up trolling’ is ridiculous,” Corcoran said. “Please keep your malicious, derogatory, discriminatory, bullying, harassing, demeaning content off [itch.io]. Our ban buttons are ready.”
This is another instance of Itch.io making a point to be a good alternative to Steam, and many developers have already taken to moving their content there.
That’s all for today. Tune in tomorrow for another news post round0-up thing. Otherwise, have a great day!
I stayed up too late playing Stardew Valley multiplayer. Man, I’m tired. Here’s the news.
- Online Mii Maker
- Nintendo Pro Controller Support on Steam
- Cities: Skylines Natural Disasters for Consoles
Mii Maker Online
Nintendo’s social networking app, Miitomo, will be closing for good soon. The game company has announced that with this loss, they plan to release a web browser Mii maker tool. Expected towards the latter half of May, interested users can even load up their Miitomo characters if they so desire. I’m happy that Nintendo is still offering an option for those wanting to make Miis.
Pro Controller on Steam
If you’re one of the few individuals that consider the Nintendo Pro controller to be the ideal gamepad option, then I have news for you. Steam now offers controller support in their current Beta option. This means native support for the controller, custom game layouts through the Steam interface. So that’s cool.
Cities: Skylines Natural Disasters
Cities: Skylines is a pretty good game, and certainly the spiritual successor to the Sim City games. One of its expansions, Natural Disasters, offered a plethora of weapons from mother nature’s arsenal to wreak havoc on your city. Developers Paradox Interactive has announced that Natural Disasters will be coming to consoles on May 15. Have fun, mayors.
Thanks for reading. Check back tomorrow for more news! Otherwise, have a great day!
How about them video games? Here’s the news.
- Fortnite for iOS
- Chrono Trigger Steam Fix
Fortnite Mobile
I’m sure you’ve heard about how the popular Battle Royale games have entered the mobile world. Fortnite’s iOS game has now officially launched. Before this, you could only play if invited by a friend, or with a special link. No word on the game coming to Android, only that it will happen at some point.
Chrono Trigger
Last month, I reported on a PC port of the popular SNES game silently releasing on Steam. Later on, I reported on how people hated it for being a crappy port of the mobile port. Publisher Square Enix has now made a statement, saying that they plan to resolve all of these issues, starting with reverting the game back to their original graphics. Stay tuned as this story develops.
Thanks for reading. Seeing that daily views tracker keeping consistent is rather reassuring. Check back tomorrow for more news. Otherwise, have a great night!
I hope everyone had a fun Easter/April Fools’ Day. Here’s the weekend news.
- Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is Gone
- Sadokist Suspended for Suggesting Suicide
- Steam Deem the Steam Machine Obscene
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Remember the western shooter RPG? While the first few games didn’t do fantastically, their fourth game is commonly considered the best one. For some odd reason, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger has been delisted from Steam, Xbox Live, and the PlayStation Network. Owners of the game can still access their copies, and the demo listing is still live, but the game itself is gone. I emailed Ubisoft, the publisher, asking for a statement. Instead of getting a standard PR answer, they said they will look into it and to stay tuned. So … Time will tell.
Sadokist Suspended
Matthew Trivett, the popular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive commentator with the handle “Sadokist,” has been suspended from Twitch after using racist language during a livestream, and for telling a community member to commit suicide. He said the N word, with the hard R, when taunting a friend in a recent livestream. Later on, he would also tell a community member that killing themselves would be better for everyone. It’s unclear how this will affect his commentating career, moving forward. It can’t be looking too good, though.
Steam Machine
Steam Machines were the game distribution service’s attempt at selling hardware consoles. It was intended as all the power and selection of a PC, with the ease of a console. Unfortunately, no one wanted them. Their OS was problematic, it was limited to Linux games. Now the Steam listing for Steam Machine hardware has been removed. You can still access the pages for specific machines, and purchase them accordingly, but the hardware tab only lists the Controller, Steam Link, and the HTC Vive. Hide your shame, Steam.
I hope you all enjoyed the April Fools’ Post about Game Grumps, been waiting nearly a year to post that one. Check back tomorrow for more news. Otherwise, have a great night!
It’s Tuesday. and the longer I do this, the harder it is to come up with unique flavor text. Here’s the news.
- Yakuza 6 Demo Complications
- Night Driver Mobile Game
- Chrono Trigger Controversy
Yakuza 6 Demo Bug
The downloadable demo for Yakuza 6: Song of Life released worldwide today. With it, users could play the first chapter of the game and have your progress be saved for the full game. At first, people were put off by its weirdly large file size. As it turns out, this was because the demo contains the entire game. The U.S. players discovered a glitch that allowed them to break past the demo wall, and play the rest of the game. Sega has since removed the demo from the market and is patching it immediately.
Night Driver: Pocket Edition
Atari has risen from their tomb of rest, and with it, Night Driver. The popular 1987 arcade racing game is being revitalized with a mobile game. Now with modern graphics, customizable cars, and all that sweet, sweet vaporwave aesthetic. The game has soft-launched in Canada, with no word on a worldwide release.
Chrono Triggered
The classic RPG about time travel was unexpectedly published on Steam today. Fans of the game were ecstatic with an official PC port, only to quickly turn to anger. the PC version of the game was identical to the mobile port, which wasn’t good. Transcribing that again to PC only made it worse. Now the fandom is (quite vocally) expressing their discontent with Square Enix’s continued reputation for horrible game ports.
Thanks for reading, everyone. Today was a fairly interesting news day. My sympathies to the people bothered by the Chrono Trigger thing. Check back tomorrow for more interesting video game news. Otherwise, have a great night!
It’s already Thursday. Seems like this week is going fast. Here’s the news.
- Duke Nukem 3D Disappears From Steam
- id Software Says all of Their IPs are Related
- Nintendo Announced Mario Kart Mobile Game
Duke Nukem: Unlisted
For unknown reasons, Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour has gone missing from the Steam Marketplace. This has happened twice before when Duke Nukem 3D was removed and replaced by Metaton Edition under publishing rights of Devolver Digital, and again with the release of Kill-a-Ton 2015 Collection when ownership was handed to Gearbox. This version would later be replaced with what used to be the current version, Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour. Now this version has been taken down from the marketplace. It’s possible the Nukem name is changing hands once more. It’s also possible that this is in relation to the rumored Duke Nukem movie. Either way, time will tell.
All of id is Related
When 2 id Software related game designers were talking over twitter, they confirmed the idea that the protagonists of Wolfenstein, Doom, and Commander Keen are all related. This theory has been speculated over time, only now has it been confirmed by id Software co-founder, Tom Hall. According to Hall, Wolfenstein’s BJ Blazkowicz is the grandfather of Commander Keen, who is the father of the Doom Marine. Hall jokes with ex-id staff John Romero, about how the “badass” skipped a generation with Keen’s father, whom they say was a newscaster. Honestly, I’m not sure how to feel about this revelation. I can absolutely see why BJ and Doomguy are related, but the pasty white boy that is Keen really throws you for a loop.
Mario Kart Tour
Nintendo of America announced via Twitter that they are now in development of their next mobile game, Mario Kart Tour. Absolutely nothing is known about the game outside of its name, and a projected release zone of “the fiscal year ending in March 2019.” Nintendo has done well to make high quality, albeit short-lived, mobile games, so I’m very curious to see what direction they take this. I expect it to be the biggest thing of all time for a week or two, until it fades back to obscurity. When was the last time I heard anyone talk about Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp?
Thanks for reading. Viewership this month has been greater than normal. I’m really glad to see that people are starting to take a liking to what I’m doing here. Be sure to check back tomorrow for the latest in video game news. Otherwise, have a great night!
Thursday has descended upon us like a mighty rain. Here’s the news, it’s not much.
- Rocket League hits 40 million players
- The 2017 Steam Awards winners are announced
40 Million Rocket Cars
That’s right, the news is essentially in the title. Rocket League has recently announced via their twitter that there are 40 million players. Granted, this likely includes the instances of singular people purchasing the game for multiple systems. Even then, that is an incredible accomplishment. Congratulations, Psyonix.
The 2017 Steam Game Awards
Last year Steam started having community voting based awards for games. These awards aren’t just “best RPG” or anything, but eccentric titles like “Soul of Vitruvius.” Well, the second annual Steam Awards have concluded, and all the winners are more or less what you’d expect. You can read the award list for yourself here.
That’s all there is today. Mild, I know. I’m thinking about removing the Amazon ads, as they aren’t really what I’m wanting. we will see. Be sure to check back tomorrow for the latest and greatest in video game news. Otherwise, have a great night!
Wednesday 12-20-17: ARMS Update, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, PUBG, and Steam Blocked in China
Wednesday! It’s been a rough week. Here’s the news:
- ARMS getting another update soon
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm finished
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds official release
- Steam Community is blocked in China
ARMS Update 5.0
A new trailer was posted recently announcing that ARMS will be receiving yet another update. The trailer focused on teasing some metal woman with green hair. The big news about it: It’s coming out this year. We have only 10 more days until its no longer 2017, and at some point between then and now, this update will release.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
The 3rd episode of the second Life is Strange game has been released, and with it comes the conclusion of the game’s series. It also comes with a special edition that contains a bonus episode. A trailer was released announcing all this, which can be seen here.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds version 1.0
The official release of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds version 1.0 has been released. The update will include a new game map, a new replay feature, and some bug fixes and other improvements. Congrats to one of the biggest games of the year.
Steam Community Blocked in China
According to Greatfire.org, a website dedicated to the censorship of the internet in China, the steam community URLs are being blocked entirely. Chinese users cannot participate in any community interaction. They can still purchase and play Steam games, at least.
I’m sorry for my lack of consistency as of late. I’ve had to focus on work more lately, and my personal site has been put on the sidelines due to that. This will possibly continue until the new year. The holidays are a busy time. Thanks for your patience, have a great night!
Thursday! I forgot Wednesday. I’m sorry, I guess its been a rough week. here are the last 2 days of gaming:
- New PlayerUnknown’s Battleground map
- New Portal game??
- Steam drops Bitcoin
- Ryan Reynolds is Detective Pikachu
PUBG Map
Developers Bluehole has finally released the newest map to the hit battle royale game, Miramar. This desert based map has been in the works for a while now and has been known about for nearly just as long. Despite its contrast to the grassy plains of the original map, Miramar looks to be full of interesting places, all with Spanish names.
Bridge Constructor Portal
Here’s a release no one expected, or asked for really. Valve has announced that in partnership with Headsup Games, they will be releasing a new Portal-themed physics puzzle game called Bridge Constructor Portal. As you guessed, it’s like Bridge Constructor, but with Portals. Many fans are upset at the emotional damage they suffered from getting excited about another Portal game. Regardless of how you feel, you can get this game on December 20 for PC and mobile, with a console version coming next year. You can watch the reveal trailer for it here.
Steam removed Bitcoin
The largest digital game storefront has decided to remove functionality for the largest cryptocurrency. They state the reason is that the currency is simply too volatile, and transactions are becoming too expensive, for it to be a viable transaction option. Its hard to argue with that, considering Bitcoin fees have reached upwards of 20 dollars. Now if you want to buy Steam games, you have to do it the normal way to us plebs.
Ryan Reynolds is Detective Pikachu
It was recently announced that renowned actor, Ryan Reynolds, will be taking the role of Detective Pikachu in the upcoming live-action movie of the same name. This M-Night Shammy level twist sounded like a dream when I first read about it, but it’s as real as it gets. Some fans are upset about Danny Devito not getting the role, a meme that had popularized back when the Detective Pikachu game had released in Japan.
That’s all we have for today, and how bizarre it all is. Check back tomorrow for the last day of this weeks news. Otherwise, have a great night!