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Thursday 7-12-18: Fortnite Season 5, No Yakuza on Switch, and New Switch Hardware

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On July 12, 2018

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Thursday! It doesn’t feel like a Thursday if you ask me. Regardless, here’s the news.

  • Fortnite Season 5
  • Yakuza Won’t Come to Switch
  • Nintendo Shipping Out New Switch Hardware
Fortnite Season 5


So it finally dropped. But this time, there wasn’t a major event to change the world. As we know, items between real life and the game were gradually teleporting between the two dimensions. No major events marked the launch of Season 5, but we do get a new collection of items and features. This includes a new vehicle, a golf cart, as well as a new teleportation method: the rifts. Players can now use nearby rifts to warp to a different location on the map. For more details on the update, visit the official patch notes page.

Yakuza (not) for the Switch


In an interview with Gameblog.fr, Yakuza series producer Daisuke Sato spoke about the game’s future on non-PlayStation consoles. He had remarked that the 1 & 2 remakes for the Wii U were a failure (surprise, the Wii U was, as well), and that “as far as Switch is concerned, I’m convinced that it isn’t the ideal platform on which to develop Yakuza games.” As for the Xbox One, they consider it a possibility. Shame, I’m loving my Switch and would enjoy a Yakuza game on it.

Nintendo’s Improved Hardware


I previously reported on Nintendo using hackable hardware. The situation was that the CPU chip the Nintendo Switch used had an exploit that could allow for unauthorized control. This meant that Nintendo couldn’t simply issue a software patch to prevent hackers. In response to this issue, Nintendo is reportedly shipping out new Switches with a factory set hardware fix that prevents this issue. In the meantime, anyone caught hacking has their hardware and accounts banned. I’d rather not take such risks, personally.

That’s all for today, thanks for reading. Really, I appreciate the viewership I have. Tune in tomorrow for more video game news. Otherwise, have a great day!

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Friday 7-6-18: Skullgirls on Nintendo Switch and Talim Confirmed for Soul Calibur 6

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On July 6, 2018

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Wow, I can’t believe it’s not Friday! Or.. that it isn’t not Friday? I don’t know, here’s the news.

  • Skullgirls is Coming to Nintendo Switch
  • Talim Confirmed for Soul Calibur 6
Switch Girls


Developer Lab Zero Games announced that Skullgirls will be coming to the Nintendo Switch in the future at this year’s Anime Expo. This is then confirmed on Twitter by Atrox, the studio’s artist. No further details at this time.

Talim Confirmed


Ever so slowly, fighters are being confirmed for the upcoming Soul Calibur game. A number of them are new, such as Geralt from the Witcher. This one is a classic: Talim, the wind priestess. She first appeared in Soul Calibur 2, and has been in 3, 4, and Broken Destiny, but not 5. So I’m happy to see her in 6. Watch the reveal trailer below.

Also, dat Ivy butt.

That’s all for today, thanks for reading. Tune in Monday for another news bit about video games. Otherwise, have a great weekend!

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Tuesday 6-19-18: Pokemon Go Trade Support, Nintendo TV Show, and Beyond Good and Evil 2 Beta

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On June 19, 2018

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I’m not dead! I promise! Here’s today’s news.

  • Pokemon Go Trading
  • Nintendo TV Show
  • Beyond Good and Evil 2 Playable Beta?
Pokemon Go Trading

pokemon go trading
In a recent announcement by developer Niantic, the popular mobile game will FINALLY be getting player-to-player trading. It’s not that simple, however. First, you have to share your friend code with another person, and register each other as friends. After this, you only need to be level 10 to be allowed to trade. Performing these trades requires a very large amount of stardust, I’m talking 1,000,000 dust to trade in a worst-case scenario. If you want to make it cost less, you can improve your friendship level with the person. You do this by participating in raids with them, or by sending them gift items (now findable at pokestops). You have to be a certain friend level to trade legendaries, as well. More details can be found in the Niantic post about it.

Nintendo TV Show

nintendo disney tv show
Nintendo has teamed up with Disney to produce a competitive video game show. Titled the Nintendo Switch Family Showdown, the show pits four families against each other in a series of challenges on the Nintendo Switch console. This ranges from finding coins in Super Mario Odyssey to direct matches in Mario Tennis Aces. No word on when the show will launch, but there better be a Mario Party episode.

Beyond Good and Evil 2 Beta Date?

Beyond Good and Evil 2 Beta
The game made waves at last year’s E3, and again at this years with a new cinematic trailer. While the release date of the game remains uncertain, game director Michel Ancel stated that “we aim for a playable beta for the end of next year” on Instagram. So here’s hoping to that.

That’s all for today! Tune in tomorrow for more news and such. Starting Wednesday, I’ll be posting a series of guest reviews from some other journalists I know, Stay tuned for that, some of them are pretty good. Just remember that, while they are on my site, they do not reflect my own personal thoughts on these games, simply the guest writer’s.

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Wednesday 4-25-18: McElroys, Wolfenstein on Switch, and Battlefield One Support

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On April 25, 2018

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Whoops! I forgot to do the news in the morning. Evening news it is! Here is that news.

  • The McElroys Leave Polygon
  • Wolfenstein II Nintendo Switch Launch Date
  • DICE Ends Battlefield One Support
The McElroy Brothers


It saddens me to hear, but Griffin and Justin McElroy have announced their resignation from popular gaming news outlet, Polygon. They have been vital inspirations to me and is largely responsible for me becoming a journalist myself. You can read their full statements at Polygon. I wish you the best, you wonderful boys.

Wolfenstein II on Switch


We have a release date! That’s all. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus will release on Nintendo Switch on June 29. Nintendo released a nice little trailer for it, which appears to display Switch quality graphics.

Battlefield One Support


In a statement by DICE, developers of popular WWI shooter, Battlefield One will no longer be receiving regular updates. The latest DLC, Rupture, has just launched, and at the end of their blog post about it, they state that monthly patches will end this June. This makes sense, given the game’s age.

That’s all we got today. Come back tomorrow for another wonderful news day. Otherwise, have a great evening!

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Monday 4-23-18: Night Trap, Ben Brode, and Valve Owns Campo Stanto

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On April 23, 2018

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The weekend has ended. I was enjoying it, too. Here’s the weekend wrap up

  • Night Trap on a Nintendo
  • Hearthstone Game Director Resigns
  • Valve Acquires Firewatch Devs
Night Trap, dododo do doo. Watch Out Behind You!


It was 25 years ago when the popular Sega game, Night Trap, released in stores. The event caused a newfound controversy with its definitions of violence and sexuality, even though both accounts of such were pretty mild. At the time, Nintendo stated that the game would never come to a Nintendo game system, due to its depiction of violence against women.

Now the game returns with a special 25th-anniversary edition converted for the Nintendo Switch. Developed by Screaming Villians, the game has no confirmed release date.

Ben Brode Leaves Blizzard


Ben Brode, the game director of Hearthstone, has announced his leave this weekend. While having loved his 15 years working for Blizzard, five of which were on Hearthstone, he has decided to pursue other ventures. You can read the full details at his Battle.net post about it.

Campo Santo is a Valve Brand Now


The developers best known for Firewatch, the first-person mystery adventure game, has been picked up by game distribution giant Valve. The studio will still finish their current project, In The Valley of the Gods, uninterrupted, but it will release as a Valve game. It seems Valve has learned that if they can’t make their own games, they can build a nice pile of devs under their umbrella. More details about the aqcuisition can be found on their blog post.

That’s all for today, folks. Check back tomorrow for the next news posting. Also, I wrote a silly article called 13 Heckin Good Boyes in Gaming, it’s about dogs. Check it out! Otherwise, have a great day!

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Friday 4-20-18

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On April 20, 2018

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It’s been quite the week. Also lol the weed number. More on that later, here’s the news.

  • High School eSports Sans Shooters
  • PUBG Map Selector
  • The Fractured But Whole on Switch
New Kind of School Jocks


The National Federation of State High Schools has a number of responsibilities regarding high school regulations around the country. One of those responsibilities includes regulated school sports. The NFSH has recently announced that they’re working towards including eSports into the system. They recognize that around 70 percent of students identify as gamers, and want to include that. The NFHS partnered with a startup called PlayVS to build the digital infrastructure needed to support high school esports. Soon, students will be able to compete in official state championship competitions and be recognized by their state athletic associations. Next up, scholarships.

PUBG Map Selector


Not long ago, PUBG Corp announced that yet another new, tropical map is in the works. This one would allegedly have large caverns to explore and compete in. Being the third map option for the popular battle royale game, the developers have also stated that a map selection menu will be implemented. You will be able to toggle which maps you want to be randomly placed into while avoiding the ones you don’t want. Unfortunately, the Xbox One version of the game won’t get the second map, Miramar, until May.

Switched But Whole


This is news that probably wouldn’t merit a full post, but I’m wanting to report three things a day. So this is filler. South Park: The Fractured But Whole, the sequel RPG to the popular satirical cartoon, will its way onto the Nintendo Switch eShop. For a full $59.99, you will be able to download the standard edition (meaning no DLC). It releases on the eShop on April 24.

We have a new episode of The Cozy Co-op out today! It’s about To the Moon, check it out. That’s it for this week, check back Monday for a nice weekend wrap up post. Otherwise, have a great weekend!

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Monday 4-16-18: Agony Censorship, New Gen Pokemon, and Playtonic Projects.

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On April 16, 2018

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Thursday Morning, and man does it feel like a Monday. Gross. Here’s the news.

  • Agony for PC can be Uncensored
  • New Pokemon Generation in Official Magazine
  • Yooka-Laylee Devs’ New Project
True Agony


You may not have heard about Agony. It’s a hellish horror game coming to consoles and PC. Originally the game was to launch on March 30, but it was delayed after the developers had a hard time coming to an agreement on the age rating. In its original state, it would be rated Adult Only, which isn’t allowed on consoles. The devs didn’t want to, but they removed certain content to get the game down to a Mature rating. But to keep to their original vision, they’re going to offer a downloadable patch for PC versions of the game that restores it to its uncensored glory. They are also offering their Kickstarter backers the chance to switch their game of choice to the PC version for this reason. It looks horrifying, I might get it to review.

New Pokemon Gen, Maybe


Twitter user raqueruu noticed that the Spanish Nintendo Magazine talks about the upcoming Pokemon game for Nintendo Switch. The snippet claims that it will be the eighth generation Pokemon, and will be released in 2018. This would be a new land, new Pokemon, the whole shebang. Now be careful, the Spanish version of the magazine has been wrong about the franchise in the past, so this might also be false. Make what you will of this.

Playtonic Isn’t Done


Yooka-Laylee was the highly-anticipated spiritual successor to the Banjo Kazooie series. Unfortunately, it wasn’t met with the same level of success. It received a “Fair” score of 72/100 on OpenCritic. The developers have spoken up after the first birthday of the game, saying that they’re working on more content for Yooka-Laylee, as well as “other stuff.” Perhaps this means a new game? Time will tell.

Thanks for reading everyone! I’m also excited to announce the launch of my new podcast, The Cozy Co-op. It’s a show where a games journalist (me) join a creative writer to talk about video games. We already have five episodes available, and more information can be found on its official webpage. Tune in tomorrow for more video game news. Otherwise, have a great day!

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Friday 3-30-18: Bricked Switches and Obscure Mario Costumes

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On March 30, 2018

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Now it actually is Friday. Here’s the news.

  • Third Party Charger Bricking Switches
  • Classic Digs with Mario Odyssey Costumes
Switch a Brick


Now that the Nintendo Switch has been out a while, a number of third-party chargers have circulated the market. The problem is that many users are reporting that these chargers are bricking their systems. After some in-depth analysis by Nathan K., a freelance hardware engineering and product development expert, we find out that it’s because the Switch is full of USB-C protocol errors. While some brands are safe, you cant trust a non-Nintendo product to reliably charge your system or dock. Be warned Switch owners.

Odyssey Costumes


Nintendo announced two new costumes for Super Mario Odyssey today, a Baseball outfit, and a Satellaview suit. The baseball outfit looks standard. but I noticed it has the same colors as the Seattle Mariners, a team that Nintendo used to own. The Satellaview is actually a reference to a space suit Mario wore in a commercial for a satellite attachment to the Super Nintendo that released in 1995. Deep Digs.

That’s all for this week. I look forward to some weekend recuperation. I do have something planned for April Fools day, however. Be sure to check back on Monday for a weekend wrap up. Otherwise, have a great night!

thelizardrock daily news friday

Friday 3-2-18: Battlefield V and Nintendo Switch Troubles

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On March 2, 2018

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Finally Friday. Here’s the news.

  • Battlefield V information
  • Nintendo Switch Playtime Bug
Not Battlefield 2


According to an anonymous source, The next Battlefield game will be called Battlefield V. They also stated that it will take place during World War II. This was allegedly EA’s plan the whole time, using the recent WWI game as the first step towards returning to WWII. Trust the source, or not. It’s up to you.

Switching Play Times


The title may have been misleading. The Switch isn’t switching play times but forgetting them all together. For some reason, any game you played over a year ago will forget that year’s worth of data. According to the console, everyone’s first play time for Breath of the Wild was only 6 days ago. People are only now finding this out because the Nintendo Switch released a year ago tomorrow. Nintendo of America said it was an error, and they will have more info about it soon.

Thanks for reading. Today is a short news day. I can’t wait to rest and relax. Check back Monday for the weekend news. Otherwise, have a great night!

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Thursday 1-11-18: Luigi Odyssey, Dark Souls on Switch, and Trump’s F-52 Mistake

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On January 11, 2018

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Thursday! I forgot to post yesterday, I’m sorry! Here’s the news.

  • First Mario Odyssey Update Add Luigi
  • Dark Souls Announced for Nintendo Switch (and others)
  • Trump Says We Sold Planes from Call of Duty


Luigi’s Balloon World
The first update for Super Mario Odyssey has been announced. The free update will add a new game feature called Luigi’s Balloon World. In the game you can now find Luigi, talking to him will allow you to take on the quest of either hiding, or finding, a balloon. The catch? The balloon will be hunted down by another player in the world, or you will be hunting down a balloon another player has hidden, respectively. This is an incredibly creative way to find new life in the 3D platformer. Expect the update around February.


Dark Souls for Switch
That’s right, the famously punishing RPG will be getting a remaster, one that will not only be coming to PS4 and Xbox One, but Nintendo Switch as well! The expected launch of that is on May 25, 2018.


Trump Mistakes Jets
In a statement pertaining to the sale of fighter jets to Norway, Trump accidentally claimed we had F-52 fighter jets. The problem is that the F-52 Fighter Jet is an entirely fictional aircraft that exists in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. The quote itself is as follows.

In November we started delivering the first F-52s and F-35 fighter jets. We have a total of 52 and they’ve delivered a number of them already a little ahead of schedule.

I can see where he got his numbers confused, but this is still pretty unprofessional. A nation’s leader should be absolutely certain of their words when discussion weapon sales to foreign countries.

That’s all for today. Thanks for reading, everyone. I was caught up yesterday with recording new video footage for a client. Be sure to check back tomorrow for more amazing news. Otherwise, have a great night!

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Tuesday 12-26-17: Ubisoft AI, Super Mario ROMs, Switch’s Golf Game Gone, and ARMS’ Final Update

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On December 26, 2017

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Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you had a good gift-giving season and will have fun on New Years. Heres some news from the last few days.

  • Ubisoft starts up an AI research facility
  • Super Mario Land 2 DX releases
  • The Golf game hidden in the Switch is removed
  • ARMS updates for the last time

La Forge, Ubisoft’s AI Facility
Ubisoft is looking to merge together the gap between gaming AI research, and scientific AI research with their new facility, La Forge. The gimmick here is that Ubisoft staff and academics will work together to help make advancements in AI. some of which will be used on their games, some of which that will be released academically. This is supposed to be mutually beneficial, though it’s too soon to know how well it works.

Super Mario Land 2 DX
Super Mario Land 2 was considered much better than the more popular predecessor, but it was still flawed. Fans have banded together to create a ROM hack of the game that has some notable changes. The biggest one being that it has been converted into full color. They also fixed the input lag and even added Luigi as a playable character. I always love seeing passion projects completed. You can see the ROM for yourself here.
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3784/

NES Gone
A while back, gamers discovered that by performing certain actions, a motion control version of the classic NES Golf could be played within the Nintendo Switch’s software. Many believed this to be a homage to the late Nintendo CEO, Satoru Iwata. In a recent firmware update, that easter egg has now been removed. The removal as equally unknown as its inclusion.
I actually have a copy of NES Golf, its one of my favorite NES games. After Iwata’s passing, I wrote his name and dates on the back as a tribute. Rest in Peace Iwata, you are missed.

ARMS update
The popular Switch fighting game, ARMS, had updated to version 5.0. This new version includes a new character, the Scientific CEO madwoman, Dr. Coyle (she’s my favorite for sure). Unfortunately alongside this update is the announcement that from here on out, ARMS would only receive balance patches and no more additional content. This is a shame for ARMS players, what few there are.

Thanks for reading again! no news yesterday because its Christmas, the same can be assumed for next Monday on New Years, depends on how free I am.

Be sure to check back tomorrow for more of the latest and greatest in gaming news. Until then, have a great night!

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Thursday 12-21-17: iOS Loot Boxes, Stardew Valley Update, and Psychonauts 2 Delays

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On December 21, 2017

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Thursday.
That’s it. I tried to think of a funny quip, came up with nothing. Here’s the news!

  • Apple Changes iOS Guidelines for Lootboxes
  • Stardew Valley Dev Lists Upcoming Changes
  • Psychonauts 2 is Delayed

Apple Guidelines
In a recent change to the iOS guidelines, app developers are required to display the odds of loot boxes if they are purchasable with microtransactions. Odds are this is to comply with Chinese regulations, something Valve and many other developers have had to conform to in order to have their games in China. The downside to this is that it only pertains to direct purchase loot boxes, so any randomized crate like items purchased via premium currency are not required to follow this rule.

Stardew Valley Updates
Developer ConcernedApe recently tweeted out some details about what to expect with the upcoming update to Stardew Valley. They are as follows:

The game has been received warmly on the Switch, but regardless what you’re playing on, expect these changes soon.

Psychonauts 2 Delay
Double Fine Productions announced in a backer update post that the scope of the game has exceeded what previously expected and that the game will not be ready by 2018. They don’t have a solid release timeframe, but we know it isn’t next year. In the same update, they detail some of the protagonist’s family. You can see all of this here.

Thanks for reading, everyone! It makes me happy that I can write about the things I’m passionate about, and I’m glad that you all can share in that with me. Be sure to check back tomorrow for the last post of the week. Odds are there won’t be a post Monday since its Christmas. I might, if I have time. Otherwise, Have a great night!

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