VG: Bandai Namco Showcase
It's going to happen
The showcase. The hosts were boringly enthusiastic. Hot Shots is back. Several open world fighting games. Super War Tactics gets a new release.
https://www.youtube.com/live/fSoTEO-ntF8
VG: WarGames lists
There's a lot of lists by this guy, and he always has multiple pages. So he gets his own section.
WarGame Design Studio has a sale going on. These are the best to buy.
https://archive.ph/cizUe https://archive.ph/N0DzV https://archive.ph/5LEeO https://archive.ph/SbhCH
WarGames to look forward to in 2025 and 2026
https://archive.ph/XfIrj https://archive.ph/whGKu https://archive.ph/sQYD3 https://archive.ph/mihvx
VG: Propaganda
Stop Killing Games has 1 Million petition to get lawmakers attention. Game companies respond negatively
Decolonizing Cozy Games.. game presented as evil was made by the company itself.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/108CY
Stuttering Craig talks about how the State of Play is pure propaganda. They skew numbers and use emotions for statistics
https://x.com/StutteringCraig/status/1977400221635149940?t=bJek1JLoibzmw2K_1tyikA&s=19
UK vIdeogame Council members announced
Silent Hill f has a label that says you own the license to the game, not the actual game.
Ubisoft addresses Stop Killing Games by saying they can't keep servers on forever.
What will Switch 2 ‘s Gimmick be? Speculation by Polygon. Feb 24
VG: Business
Neil Druckman returns to duties at Naughty Dog to finish up game that will fail.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/NUtjI
XBox division unable to make a profit off of several bad moves and expectations.
https://x.com/Grummz/status/1992023625676038465?t=CpxMc4gGU9qKLOtRTiG4hA&s=19
Valve announces new console. It's probably the actual competition for the Switch 2.
Nintendo has a monthly newsletter
Halo Infinite is dead
https://x.com/ImKadaddle/status/1986885331514192368?t=WnOsF33W0mmIZQdhWl2i2g&s=19
Best VG universities during 2024. March 2024
Gabr Neweel still plays DotA2 even though he's kind of bad at it
GameStop declares console wars between PlayStation and Xbox over
https://x.com/gamestop/status/1982213786221109263?t=NqPnddTmHItb_6ZvZKPANQ&s=19
Why do companies go public if it's usually going to kill them? Valve is doing fine? Videogames don't create steady income, and that scares investors.
https://x.com/SandyofCthulhu/status/1979942914055872820?t=Ny8FCm9oEFPS6SNyDkrvuA&s=19
PS5 slim has less memory than originally
Epic blames bad game designers for sub par looking games
Perfect Dark was supposed to be episodic and step into James Bond style worlds.
Capcom removes Denuvo
Former Polygon staff are making a subscription based website
Japan tends to be nicer to creators, because they understand it's a n invention process
Sandy Peterson says Microsoft buying Valve would be a bad thing. Commenter homes Gaben needs to be put on a golden throne.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/v7ZnZ
Members of Valve are making millions each. The second place company is Facebook which has employees making less than a million.
Rod Ferguson to return to 2K to direct next Bioshock game.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/grYJ8
AAA Gaming is so harsh that Calisto Protocol may be directors final game.
GameStop has plans to continue, though videogames may not be fully central to it.
A fan explains why Nintendo won't go multiplatform while others are. IP’s make them money and they are winning is the gist of it.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/5UPWd
Ubisoft says buying stuff in a single player game with real money makes games more fun. To counter that, someone points out that the three top single player games let you find stuff in game.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/lkJtC
After leaving Ubisoft to have an NFT business, son of Yves Guillemot takes over part of Ubisoft.
Could an overly grindy game be illegal? Lawyer says maybe. July 24
GamePass and Epic free games are no longer getting big names. July 24
CD Project Red says micro transactions for single player games is a no go. July 24
Bethesda and Rockstar have announced big games, and haven't delivered them for years. Feb 24
Speculation that Sony and Microsoft are going to be more buddy buddy over the years, while Nintendo likely won't. Feb 24
18-24 year olds are spending less on games year on year
Miyamoto views games as products, not art.
Tokyo Game Show Vendors list and visuals
Yves Guillemot says Star Wars game did badly because Star Wars is doing badly.
Phil Spencer says jacking up prices can be manipulative. Feb 24
We can't get ports of Bloodborne, or a sequel because Sony owns the IP. Feb 24
Nintendo patented a reeling device for controllers. Fishing game looks good.
VG: B: Doug Bowser Retires
He was only in power a few years, but it seems Bowser has been defeated
His official announcement
VG: Business: Digital over Physical
Ubisoft demands you destroy your physical games when they take it offline.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/6tJo2
Ubisoft defends it's insanity
Network of games instead of game company.
VG: Business: Capcom on Steam
Capcom has done well with Steam
We wish to congratulate PC for winning the console competition
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ql6VE
VG: Old Posts
Remember when Unreal was going to be charged a monthly fee? Yeah, this article is from when it was announced
Silent Hill Ascension released in October 23. This article was from the announcement.
A new look at the game by Stardew Valley creator. Oct 23
Unreal Engine won't be free for all. Oct 23
Fortunes Run is a classic indie shooter. Oct 23
VG: OP: Twisted Metal Live Service
Sony fired 900 people and cancelled live service twisted metal, which has barely started being made. Feb 24
Tweet I got this from. Feb 24
More on the firings. Feb 24
VG: Microsoft Layoffs
Microsoft firing Xbox employees. It could be to replace them with H1B visa holders
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/rcAyy
Perfect dark is cancelled rumour says
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/tv2Iw
Now confirmed
Romero Games has all their games pulled because of the Microsoft shenanigans
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/T3Asa
A list of games and companies affected. Forza hit hard. Rare and Everwild. Call of Duty had several companies hit. Blizzard had a Fortnite like game!?
Phil Spencer to retire after Next a Xbox release
Microsoft employees who were fired were given access to AI to help them grieve.
Forza Motorsport team gone. Only Horizons is left.
VG: Indie Business
Godot has an asset store
John Romero's best advice to indie game creators. Article is two years old.
Open Source group changes from Godot to Mirror 2
Indieish game Ready or Not sells millions despite changes and angry fan responses.
The Chinese Room, which made Still Wakes the Deep and Dear Esther, has separated from Sumo Digital and is fully indie again.
How to survive as an indie company for 20 years
VG: BI: Publishers
New indie publishers Lyrical Games
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/zGhCp
Digital Foundry parts from IGN and goes full independent
VG: IB: Unity Stupidity 2 Years ago
John Riccitello steps down as Unity CEO. 2 year old article
2 years after Unity did a stupid thing, how is Godot doing?
VG: Classics
The angry video nerd looks at the original Metroid trilogy
Breath of Fire should make a return
Castlevania influenced Ninja Gaiden
Source Materials for Final Fantasy 7 are mostly gone, says the creator of the remake.
https://archive.ph/pWGAt https://x.com/Genki_JPN/status/1983910385901334576?t=S7kFzAbI4epzj1F8xpLX_w&s=19
Kojima does not remember talks about him making game about the Matrix, even though he met the creators.
https://x.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1983390844037009907?t=hudVAFOv8igHWdAjfZImpA&s=19
People are collecting boxy old CRT TVs, so, some companies are starting to make them
Microsoft has always been bad at management and rarely sees a good idea until too late.
Creators in their 50’s in Japan are treated poorly and have difficulties getting jobs. The creator of Hylide opened up about it. People interviewed him just to meet him, but he had no chance of a job.
Games that have aged like fine wine. Cants say I agree with all of it.
Retro computing museum in a bus
Interview with a major game executive from the NES and Genesis days.
Tech Demo that sold the Super Grafx
The skeletons in the original Super Smash Bros can be switched over at any time. This includes cut scenes.
https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1976317230335001083?t=Xf9zSbToAFV82VJrpdwe-Q&s=19
An RPG historian wrote a book. He's a friend on Twitter and loves to play these games. His publisher found out about early posts from blueskyusers and kept his money. They're saying it's being donated, but we know the truth.
A list of lesser known Castlevania games
Italian museum finds blueprints for lost arcade game
The reason why the Tales Series is being rereleased out fo order is they have to find and rework the original code.
35 year old visit to Nintendo by BBC
Koji Igarashi enjoyed the Castlevania musical
A collector had tons of prototype consoles and games from SeGa. He tried giving it to museums and others to be used for public knowledge. SeGa sent the police to raid his house and destroy it all.
A look at the super Mario world beta
https://x.com/Abathor_Game/status/1960692651394527314?t=MgMBwsq-TSGs-O_TAc9CCA&s=19
Footage of Prey 2 gameplay has released
https://x.com/VinciusMedeiro6/status/1963015203534340243?t=56oyl-KU3Bt101VFTOsrJg&s=19
The King Boo in Super Mario World is actually a green bubble recolored.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/sxEFZ
Silent Hill 3 creator glad grizzlies cords were finally found in a specific area.
Hunting games came because a Texas Walmart executive didn't want to shoot aliens. He asked for a shooting game, and the Deer Hunter series was created.
Fans talk about the design of cities and villages in PS1 RPGs
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/1RR1P
Footage of unreleased Akira game for Sega Mega Drive
https://x.com/retro_twt/status/1943445349323935966?t=YsTRzfblWdD2ZgAP8O8MUQ&s=19
A look back at the creation of Gunman Chronicles, a Half Life mod that went full game.
Masohiro Sakurai was on GameCenter CX on YouTube. Oct 23
PS3 Levels as Liminal Spaces
https://x.com/realradec/status/1943124225960653258?t=MPRLZ7TcT4J1jXDY1HfrKw&s=19
Ars Technica teams up with GOG to review old school games.
How Tomb Raider the original dealt with texture tearing. Feb 24
20 Best Programs for ZX Spectrum is getting a remaster. It's a book, and has a Kickstarter. The author created the original book 40 years ago.
VG: Classics: Halo MMO
There was going to be a Halo MMO about covenant vs ForeRunners, but Don Mattrick fired the entire studio to make his numbers go up
https://x.com/SandyofCthulhu/status/1982965186781954468?t=DboBJCbHQzA5JKHnbjMIZQ&s=19
Human was a character set, and not forerunner
https://x.com/SandyofCthulhu/status/1984015071773913603?t=eLuJR_bVcol2FPVPbv5ieA&s=19
VG: Classics: Pinball on Windows
Tweet about porting the pinball game to Windows
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/0REcd
He gives other memories and credits
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/6H1Dy
VG: Classics: Rereleased
Zanac EX is an MSX Shootemup from a company called Compile. It's being released on the Switch.
Night Striker 2
Battle Arena Toshinden
Mario Paint on the Switch and Switch 2. You need a USB mouse for the switch, and can use a controller in mouse mode for Switch 2.
Fallout 4 gets a new slick if paint and is released for all modern consoles, including Switch 2
Last Ninja collections stalled by Nintendo over possible controversial items in games.
Battlantis is a top down space Invaders style shooter set in toga times by Konami. It was originally for arcades and is now for the Switch, PS and others.
Scurge Hive was for DS and GBA and will be released for everything soon
Steel Worker is a construction platformer on a single frame from 1980
Old Japanese Computer Games like Y’s are getting a release for modern consoles.
Street Fighter 6 for Switch 2 has Mega Man 3, Bionic Commando, Street Fighter 2010, and Mighty Final Fight to play in a special menu.
Two year old article. Star Wars games collection getting a physical edition
Stardew Valley is pretty fucking good. Hopefully Haunted Chocolateer comes out before GTA6.
Here's hoping. We got Silksong, so there is hope.