Author: Jack Slater
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Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2017 Notes
Nintendo is here to finally tell us the backstory about Walugi and Wario. Are they really just old versions of Mario and Luigi that got really shitty? Nevermind, Reggie has been hiding in our apartment to jump out and tell us about games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2mZS_p4A7Y Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Xenoblade Chronicles is getting a sequel and it’ll…
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PlayStation E3 2017 Media Showcase Notes
Sony has a Sid Shuman pre-game before the press event this year, so you can skip to about one hour in if you want to get to the event. One of the trailers they opened the show with features a hideous gold PlayStation 4 that’s $249 for a few days. Get it while it’s tacky…
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Bethesda’s E3 2017 Notes
Bethesda’s E3 showcase opened up with a montage of the developer’s children encouraging us to get excited for their parents’ games. This is the same publisher that wants you to be less informed because they don’t ship review copies out to journalists and critics early. https://youtu.be/gbslVwy0XzY VR Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jspdtha3t1k Bethesda’s VR offerings included brief…
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Xbox E3 2017 Briefing Notes
Every E3 has an Xbox press event, this year Microsoft is leading it off with a brief history of different resolutions that their hardware has supported. Or at least it has upscaled games to that. If you’re new to my writing, I’ll note here that I worked for Microsoft over a decade ago on the…
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Steam Greenlight Shutdown; Direct Starts June 13th
Valve’s Steam Greenlight program has finally been shut down in favor of Steam Direct (which launches June 13th) after months without clarity about when this changeover would occur and what the cost would be to developers submitting their games into the new Steam Direct program. There’s this interesting note in the announcement from Valve’s Alden Kroll:…