Are we entering a “new wave of puritanism hitting games”? Blizzard Ex-Producer Mark Kern seems to think so, as noted in a series of Tweets — as well as a recent trend of stories that boost his claims. While many accusations of Sony USA and PlayStation dictating content to developers, rarely will someone within the development or publisher community chime in. Not so with Mark Kern, a Blizzard Ex-Producer who worked on World of Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo II. In a chain Tweet yesterday, Kern lashed out at PlayStation and Sony USA, accusing them of censoring Sony Japan’s content and taking part in “a new wave of puritanism hitting games”: I do find it disturbing that the US is imposing their current moral panic on other countries and cultures and foreign game developers. The US being world police on morality is what I…
With the recent government shutdown, US wilderness areas have really suffered. Even national parkland has been subject to pollution, illegal off-roading, and other maltreatment. With so much disheartening news out there, it is great to read something which lifts up our hearts—like that Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney puts millions of dollars into protecting forests in North Carolina. Here is How Fortnite Creator Tim Sweeney Is Protecting Forest Land Fortnite fans probably know that Tim Sweeney is more than just the game’s creator. He is also a founder of Epic Games. Over the years, Sweeney has made billions of dollars on his games. With that money, he has been purchasing forest and mountain land in North Carolina. Sweeney hasn’t been doing this at random either. He’s been choosing specific areas such as the Box Creek Wilderness. Spots like these feature exceptional biodiversity….
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Facebook reportedly allowed developers to obscure real-money transactions, while profiting millions from minors who made purchases without permission from their parents.CBS News reports that just-released documents from a 2012 lawsuit show that Facebook was aware of the problem of kids making purchases through its games and apps without their parents’ consent. In part, the suit alleges, this was because Facebook allowed developers to obscure the transactions in which a credit card would be charged.The suit was filed by Glynnis Bohannan, whose 12-year-old son racked up almost $1,000 playing Ninja Saga. When she discovered the charges and asked her son about them, he showed her that the stack of in-game currency would blink when it depleted, and he would click to make the coins replenish–all without any indication that it was charging real money.The practice is called “friendly fraud,” a common anti-fraud…
A blast from the past.Classic Nintendo memorabilia is increasingly hard to come by nowadays. On the digital front, it’s much the same, with classic wallpapers and screensavers somewhat a thing of the past.Read the full article on nintendolife.com
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Out 1st February.Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition is receiving another release, this time in physical form on the Nintendo Switch.Read the full article on nintendolife.com
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Cuphead by Studio MDHR has done pretty well for itself having won countless awards since its release in September 2017 and also surpassing the 3 million copies sold mark which is an amazing feat for an indie title. With its family of faithful fans, it comes as no surprise that someone would want to experiment in different ways to play the run and gun game and that someone is an incredibly talented designer who built an entire cabinet from scratch and turned it into the ultimate Cuphead gaming machine. User u/Sebjansen took to Reddit to showcase their Cuphead arcade build, which unsurprising, took quite a long time to complete. Sebjansen even tries to keep things looking as authentic as possible, opting to go for the retro double coin slots and LED buttons you see in the original arcade machines. To save on costs,…
The PlayStation Classic was pricier than some other retro consoles at $100, but bargain hunters who were waiting for the right price may want to take advantage of it now. The mini-console is down to just over $50 now, half off the original price.Amazon has the system listed for $54, which is likely a temporary price. Other stores may be willing to price match depending on their policies, so check if another one could be more convenient for you. This is the lowest price we’ve seen yet on the mini-console, though just after the holidays it was marked down to $60 across the board.The PlayStation Classic packages the mini-console with a controller and 20 games, including bona fide classics like Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil Director’s Cut, and Final Fantasy VII. The library on the whole was marked as a disappointment…
Retro gaming fans are cut from a different cloth, aren’t they? A game not made for a platform you want to play it on? For most of us that is a big “get over it” but for some retro gaming fans that have the skills to program, it is an opportunity. Even if there was […]
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As the weeks whittle down towards the release of SNK 40th Anniversary Collection for PlayStation 4 we’re treated to another trailer that’s bursting at the seams with retro gaming goodness. This time around, the focus is firmly on the now iconic Ikari trilogy. Originally released on Nintendo Switch late last year, SNK 40th Anniversary Collection is a celebration of titles released in the early days of hefty SNK’s career which has now spanned four decades. However, during that time we were introduced to a pair of no-nonsense commandos named Ralf and Clark through the Ikari trilogy who later went on to appear in the ever popular King of Fighters and Metal Slug franchises. Originally released in 1986, Akari Warriors was an intense top-down shooter. Its run-and-gun gameplay made it a title that’s still fondly remembered more than 30 years later. The…
Around a month ago, players in Europe were able to access their PlayStation stats for 2018 in the form of the Your PS4 Life video, however, players in other regions, including in the United States, were left out. Now, that’s changed, as Sony has officially released this year’s customizable Wrap-Up page. Just like the Your PS4 Life video, this site is pretty comprehensive, showing players which games they spent the most time with, how many different games they played, the number of trophies they earned, and, of course, more. You can even see which genre you played the most of during 2018. You can check out your own PlayStation 4 stats by clicking here, however, it’s worth noting that as of the time of this writing, the site is acting a bit spotty, and I was only able to get it to…
Enlarge (credit: Thomas Hawk) Officials with the widely used PHP Extension and Application Repository have temporarily shut down most of their website and are urging users to inspect their systems after discovering hackers replaced the main package manager with a malicious one. “If you have downloaded this go-pear.phar [package manager] in the past six months, you should get a new copy of the same release version from GitHub (pear/pearweb_phars) and compare file hashes,” officials wrote on the site’s blog. “If different, you may have the infected file.” The officials didn’t say when the hack of their Web server occurred or precisely what the malicious version of go-pear.phar did to infected systems. Initial indications, however, look serious. For starters, the advice applies to anyone who has downloaded the package manager in the past six months. That suggests the hack may…
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Gamers and Raspberry Pi enthusiasts who would like to build their very own pocket sized mini arcade console may be interested in a new tutorial published to the Adafruit website by Peli de Halleux. Created by Microsoft, MakeCode Arcade is open source And freely available via the GitHub website and offers a web-based beginner-friendly code editor to create retro arcade games for the web and for microcontrollers. MakeCode Arcade uses 7 buttons to you can use a variety of different hardware combined with the Raspberry Pi Zero mini PC to create the mini arcade. Such as the Adafruit Joy Bonnet and likely a plastic case for Pi Zero Arcade Cabinet and Joy Bonnect Pack with Pi Zero which includes many of the components. “If you’re using the Joy Bonnet, then congratulations, you’re done! Just connect the Pi using HDMI cable to a…
Way back in 2014, Sony announced PlayStation Now. A service that’s designed to work across a range of devices such as the PS4, and PS Vita. Well, it’s 2019 now and Sony has today announced that the subscription service will finally be rolling out to various countries across Europe and they’re listed below. The service is planned to roll out to Spain, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Previously, the only European countries who have had access to PlayStation Now has been UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Luxemburg and Ireland. The service is also available in the US. PlayStation Now won’t be launching instantly, instead, sign-ups have opened up for a public beta which is planned to start in February of this year. Access to the beta will allow players to get hands-on with over 600+ games, ranging from PS2, PS3, and PS4 titles. If…