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The video game awards will be back this December, is anyone excited? I'm more interested in the reveals more than anything, but they will be adding one new category. That new category being best adaptation, as in video games turned into movies, tv shows, comic books and other such media. So you probably won't see the likes of The Last Of Us make the list, but I'm sure they will include the Halo show, that Resident Evil show and I imagine there are a few other game adaptations I'm forgetting. Anyway, feel free to discuss what games you think will also make the Game Awards this year. https://www.ign.com/articles/the-game-awards-returns-in-december-with-a-new-category?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A Trending Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2m5-9UI_yYzXZZyrHagCYvSDPw72xVk0kngiZAT4HNrUsHweM7QVLMY0Y

We appreciate you putting up these Gamescom trailers @Kane99, but for convivence sake and to avoid clutter, I'm going to merge these topics into the Pinned Gamescom 2022 Thread under the Gaming Forum.

That thing is going to carry a million dollar price tag. The only ones that could afford to own one would be Elon Musk, Mark Zetterburg, and Bill Gates. From the looks of it, it's also not street legal. As low as that thing is, the driver better pray they don't encounter a speed bump. Ridiculous as hell, if you ask me.

F He was a solid developer, maybe not the best, but his games came from the heart, and that is all that matters.

It's taken like almost forever for Woods to get back into this which it's taken them almost 10 years to do that. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this one and hopefully it's going to exactly what we golf lovers look out for in games. As for microtransactions ; they can't leave it out. The question would be how much would they dump in it?

One thing I left out of my response was "Eye Twitches" after a few days of really hard playing my left eyelid always flickers XD

Great topic, Honestly as someone who played video games / ran services for for multiple years in my life it gives me great pleasure to elaborate on this. Pro's: Faster reaction time, logic an analytical reasoning tend to increase, pattern recognition improves, ability to plan and acclimate do as well. Being your own boss in most situations and having the schedule you want unless you need to be online during specific timezones, and decent income if you're in the right sector within the industry. Con's: Loneliness, Increased issues with back , wrist, neck, in general skeletal and muscle pains. Disorientation , detachment from reality , bad to poor diets if you must be online constantly, lack of social life, dealing with constant trolls, and boredom. Personally I found ways to fix the diet issue, the back/ body problems and the trolls. However even now my primary job is to create and develop communities and video games. It's different than when I was a service provider , pro gamer, community manager all at once but in general I still have disorientation, detachment from social life life or friendships and actually a more increased sense of what reality is which can become a problem due to the fact you analyze everything down to a logical / analytical standpoint which prevents you from really sympathizing with the few people you do have around you. Being a pro gamer/ someone who spends 16 hours a day creating digital content or managing within that environment shouldn't be for people who want to play for fun, have families that need attention or wish to have a circle of friends who require attention. After a while you stop viewing things as "fun" and see the price tags, ways to improve or perfect what you are after and gaming just doesn't have the same feel anymore. My favorite game was "Runescape" and "Path of Exile" however once I started my profession with services it all became pointless as I found the utmost efficient ways to complete the games and before I knew it the magic of the game was gone and it just became "being the best or completing situations the most efficient and quick way as possible" which was driven by the profitability of said changes. I suggest if anyone actually wants to profit from playing games they find a way to manage it properly and find a way to make your play style profitable without changing too much about what you enjoy to earn income. EOS

Don't get me wrong, I want him to succeed here, I truly do, but I'm also a realist and thus I believe he is going to fall on his ass because I don't think he fully understands how this works. Whether Sony are right or wrong in this is irrelevant, what matters is that, as far as I can tell, how Sony charges commission is the basis for his whole argument and it doesn't make sense. Not only is that a weak argument to make on behalf of the consumer anyway, is it also pretty much the exact same thing that happens throughout the industry, so either everybody is guilty of this or nobody is. Even retailers selling physical copies of games charge commission, that's how they get a cut. This would make sense if he could prove that Sony was consistently charging more for thier games on PSN then on anywhere else. I decided to test this by looking at how a random game was priced across the board and after just that on game this this theory is already looking shaky. The game I choose was Stray. Here is how much Stray costs on the British PSN Store right now. This is for the PS4 and PS5 version And on Steam... OK, it's £1 less. And I'll say, I don't think Sony can justify that. They probably would have some sort of bullshit excuse lined up, but it's starting to look like Alex Neill has a case, until you take a look at GAME, the high street retailer that operates in the UK. That's important because that is where this law suit is being filed. (BTW, I have no idea why GAME is still listing this as a pre-order when the game is already out, but I promise you this fresh is a screen snip I just took for this very post.) How on earth is Alex going to prove Sony are ripping people off when the country's most prominant video game retailer is charging a full £10 more for the same game? You see, he has not thought this through.

What about arthritis and overall bone/joint/muscle discomfort? This seems possible especially if one has poor posture and an inadequate gaming set-up and chair agronomics. Furthermore, looking at a monitor for long periods of time can cause eyestrain and weakened eyesight.

Could the Mutant Two headed Cow be a disrespect to Indian Religion? There's a possibility in that and that's the only reason why I would sympathise with Indian government and the people for having their religion disrespected. But outside Indian, it doesn't disrespect any religion. Then, I'm all in support for Belgium banned the game Mario Kart Tour in their country because of seeing loothboxes as a means of gambling which is exactly what it is.

I don't mean the "AI" we know now which is just a preset bot or CPU programmed with a set range of actions and responses. I mean AI that are able to think for themselves used for gaming purposes. AI being implemented in the future to enhance the gaming experience. By this I mean AI in place of preset NPCs, AI dialogue, AI cities, AI used to determine how NPCs fight you, AI being used to give games dozens of story paths which differ greatly depending on what you do. The possibilities are endless. I think this would really bring games to life and console makers and devs alike should invest in this.

We read a lot about the stresses that esports pros have to endure, which tend to result in a lot of them quitting while fairly young. Do we know much yet about the long-term physical and psychological outcomes? Do esports players have health problems after their careers are over like athletes often do?

Opening night is here! Look forward to 35 announced and unannounced games. Alright here the link.

I don't know why, but Amazon Prime Gaming kind of flew under my radar, but it looks like good value. Amazon offers with the prime memberships a pretty large selection of PC, console and mobile Games and in-game content at no additional cost, similar to services like Free Games with Epic, Xbox Live Games with Gold and PlayStation Plus that are updated on VGR currently. If people want a thread to cover this (like the ones I've linked) above or any other similar service out there, let me know, but in the meantime this is what Amazon are offering right now, and it's a decent selection.

That is honestly pretty impressive. Now the question is, how long can they keep those 20 million players coming back. I can see them sticking around for a long time if they constantly update this game. They would need to in order to keep the users around. They need to reinvent themselves every so often, much like how Fortnite does things and changes every season for the most part.

What's funny, is that I didn't know about it until I was on twitch one day and noticed prime loot or whatever it was. And went in there and noticed they were giving away a few games. And at this point I just forget I have games waiting for me in there. One of my friends gave me a year of Prime as well, so I keep forgetting to take advantage of the free games as of late.

RIP Very sad to see. To be honest, I'd never heard of him nor his work, but any death is tragic and clear from what I've seen he was a passionate and much loved game developer. His last wish has come true and both Waves and Waves 2: Notorious are free on steam right now. If you can, like @DC said, take the chance to enjoy this legacy.

I'm honestly not sure. I could see Ubisoft making a great Blade game, but maybe Eidos as they did the Guardians of the Galaxy game and they did a fairly decent job there. Insomniac games I think did the Spider-Man games, so I think they would do a Blade game justice. And it'll be tied into the Marvel side with either Eidos or Insomniac. That or Rocksteady, as they rocked it with the Arkham series over the years.

I think that there's a very big chance of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 being among the video games adaptations that's going to make the list. It was a decent one.

Golfing games aren't really my thing, but seeing Limmy playing them makes me want to try them. Might be worth me starting with this one when it comes out, especially if it's the "role playing" game the Xbox store page tells me it is. 🤣 I have to say I love the cover art; makes a nice change from the dreary box art I've seen of late. Regarding it not being ruined by microtransactions, it's 2K who have been known to fill NBA with bloated microtransactional content. It must be difficult to ruin a golfing game with such things, surely? I won't hold my breath waiting to find out...

SD cards aren't like thumb drives. They are faster, more reliable, and more durable in certain circumstances. Thumb drives will degrade over time, but I have never had that issue with an SD card. They have a MUCH longer lifespan to the point that they're almost immortal. You want to stay with SanDisk as they're the best on the market. Also, I would highly recommend in not getting one smaller than 256g. The 64g that you have will barely hold anything these days. Even a 128g doesn't hold much. I have a couple, but only use them for documents. In my Switch however, I have a 512g card. As soon as I have the money, I'll be upgrading it to a 1t card, or if I can spare the money, a 2t card. Currently, at BestBuy, a 1t card is $90 (€90.10 / £75.91) and a 2t card is $180 (€180.20 / £151.82) here in the states at least. I don't know where all everyone lives, but as the majority seem to either be from the states, or Europe (or more commonly from what I can see, the UK) I only included the Euro, and British pound.

As far as I know, the format and compatibility of SD cards hasn't changes much if at all over the years, and because it's solid state storage (no moving parts, chemicals or anything), unless the card is damaged, I see no reason why it shouldn't work fine and last as long as you need. I will suggest that a total 128GB is still quite limiting in terms of storage (there are single games larger than that), so I would recommend eventually either buying a much larger SD card or better still fitting your Steam Deck with an NVMe SSD once you have the funds to do so.

There is so much lore and history here you could make atleast a couple of openworld games out of the Games of thrones ip and still have something new to tell everytime. The only problem is what company could afford the games of thrones ip, given it's one of the most populair tv shows of the past decade, one would assume securring the rights are going to expensive. I'd rather see a new season of the telltale series because the games of thrones one ended with a cliffhanger and more questions then answers imo. It will probably never happen tough but one can always hope.

Yesterday I've already seen a few stores slashing the price down to 50 bucks already and that was before the game was even out, since it launches today. Woulden't be suprised if it goes down to 20-30 bucks within the next 2 months. Maybe at 20-25 i'll pick up a copy but as expected from violition they done and fucked it up (again). While i'm definalty going to play the game at some point, i kinda fear if sales are bad and they probably will be bad this is the nail in the coffin for the saints row franchise but you never know maybe thq nordic/deep silver will feel the need to remaster the first 2 games at some point in the future and milk the saints row ip completly dry and you know i would not be suprised if they did.

Arcane: League of Legends would have to be in there, I can't think of any other recent video game adaptation that was a critical success.

I got an Andaseat a while back myself, it's a surprisingly comfortable chair, and I'm a big guy. I'm very happy I got it, because my last chair I used caused pain in my bottom when I sat for too long, so I had to get something new. I'm glad I got it. The last chair I had was this used office chair. It was just too stiff for my needs I think. But yeah, I'd recommend an andaseat branded chair any day.

Yeah I figure Covid is a big reason. Especially since I recently heard that gaming profits have gone down a bit since the lockdown lifted, which I could see in turn causing less people to stream game content. Anyway, I could see some people doing 24 hour streams. I think there are some people that do that. I don't think I could stream for that long ever.

That's a good way of putting it lol. That's why I tend to get services like gamepass so I don't have to pay tons of money on games I will just put on a shelf later. 😄 If I had the money though, I'd for sure start to buy more physical and digital games. But gamepass works good for me for now.

waaaaaay more than any other form of entertainment other than eating.

The thing is this isn't entitled customers making a fuss, were talking about the ex-managing director of one of the largest and most respected independent consumer advice organisations and watchdogs in the United Kingdom, if not the world. This is a guy that should know what he's doing, and yet here I am completely baffled by his process.

That's way too painful, I got your message and the downtime your country is facing due to Covid 19 issues. I just hope you guys go out from lockdown and return to normal activities.

I'm all for consumer rights and very much against anti-consumer anything, but if this guy Alex Neill is serious about taking this to court, he had better be ready to get crushed. Not just in gaming, but whenever a store sells something, digital or otherwise, that they themselves didn't make, there's commission of some kind on it. Keeping this more indigenous to gaming, though, the only way this guy could have a case is if Sony overcharged on PSN compared the same games sold new elsewhere, but as far as I know the prices are pretty much the same unless somewhere happens to have sale on. So I'm with @DC on this, the fact that this is all apparently based of off Sony's commission (pretty much at the same 30% rate as Steam, GOG, Xbox and Nintendo. Epic is actually significantly lower than the others at 12%) means this suit is doomed to fail. His heart in the right place, but he dove head first into this without a clue how deep it was. Even the comments section of the article is showing little support for him and mostly people struggling to make sense out of this.

Most of that is correct, but there's no serious long term concerns.

There are features with an Invision forum, related to this, but those forums are expensive. I don't know which package @DC has bought for this forum, but I didn't see any feature that would allow members to choose their own theme.

No dude thats not what the thread is about. If you were a super hero, what would be your tragic backstory? Like what made you become a hero or what gave you your powers Like for example batman lost his parents so he became a hero

It relates to the long duration effects of playing video games. If you play games for a very long period of time, their are consequences behind it and those consequences are as follows: - Lack of motivation at some point in that respective game. Playing long hours can lead to lack of motivation within short period of time for a single game. - Aggressiveness; playing long hours when we can't walk past a particular level increases aggression and makes one to be frustrated at some point in the game. - Depression. - Dehydration - Bad sleeping habit - And most importantly 'Exhaustion. When we play too much we'll feel burnt, we need rest as humans, continuous playing of video games can lead to frequent exhaustion.

This is really it. There's very few esports players I've seen who are noticeably obese, likely because in order to have that sharper mind one can't rely solely on that Monster Energy sponsership. It requires plentiful exercise, good diet and remaining hydrated. Most sporting injuries come about in physically intensive activity, especially in contact sports. Esports players may be physically fit, but their training regimen isn't going to put them at long-term health risks like a rugby player might be, a game in which great body mass (and the issues that come with it) is required to play effectively. The only risks I can see are developing eye-strain for using a screen for so long, as well as repetitive strain injuries in the wrist onwards, but I reckon esports players are expected to take breaks between matches or tag each other out so they can take microbreaks. The UK's Health & Safety Executive page has some interesting ideas on what breaks should be taken and when in regards to visual display unit (VDU) work, and that could just as easily apply to games.

Nothing, really, aside from maybe having a sharper mind; perhaps an above average IQ. The main bad thing that can happen to someone is that they can become addicted to being sedentary (sitting around all the time); which could lead to health issues obviously.

I've decided I'm just going to lock this topic as I'm fairly certain that this profile is just a front for promotion and this thread is bait for these exact questions.

It's been a while, but a new gameplay trailer has dropped for Black Myth: Wukong. It still looks very promising, even if this is taking a long time to come out.

It's a control issue. They want to maintain control in an infantile effort to protect their youth. US went through something similar in the 80s, but culturally we overcame the hysteria. It's the social community and commentary that they want to block. In China and Steam works fine, even without a VPN it seems. However, the workshop is not available unless they use VPN to access Steam.

idk, I feel like stuff like Apex Legends does well even with EA being their publisher. The team behind Apex Legends seem to not be hated, and I don't usually hear much hate about Apex Legends. So there is hope for a live service game under EA, it just needs to be controlled by the developers and not EA. Because if EA forces their control onto it, it will become a waste. But I think the devs behind this game are being given the freedom to make the game they want, and I hope it works out to the fans benefit.

I feel like EA may be starting to let their devs do their thing. I at least hope that's the case. If EA actually allowed their devs to do their own thing, and take as much time as needed to finish a game, then I don't think EA would be this hated.

I second @Reality vs Adventure's suggestion of seeing your doctor and/or opticians immediately. I regret not seeing this post sooner because this isn't normal, and could be a sign of something very serious. Very recently I've had eyelid spasms, originally thinking it was my eyeballs themselves flickering out. I saw my optician and I'm thankful they said my eyes are perfectly healthy, but I don't want to take my chances. Anything I can do to limit screen time and bright lights I take without hesitation. ~ Hopefully I've just lost something in translation, and that by blackout it's like when I'm intuitively just flying through Spyro levels because I know them like the back of my hand without really any thought or care. Otherwise, don't risk it. Stay safe.

I'm not staff, so the official word will have to come from either @DC or @Shagger, but I'm sure that you can invite anyone you want here, as long as they're not here to cause problems and that they follow the rules. New members is always a good thing.

I am running a video ad on VGR Forum for the next 2-3 days. I know it's a bit annoying but it helps pay the bill and it is at least video gaming related. Thanks for understanding and thanks for helping make VGR the best gaming community on the net! 🙂

Plus, how many forum administrators would even discuss it with their members? @DC is the best 🙂

We have no issues with that. I mean if EA can put ads in their games I don't see why you running one gaming related ad will be an issue to us.

I thought about this, and if the community wants it, I would create Sticky threads in the Video Game Deals sub-form with the purpose of keeping people up to date on what the latest games on offer through PS+, GWG and other such services are. It would be laborious and I'd think most people get that information in good time anyway, but if the community thinks this would be helpful, I'm all for helping out. It would also be a place to discuss what games you want to see, discuss rumours and post your thoughts on the games these services are currently offering. So tell me what you think. Do you think this is a useful idea or not and what services you want to see included if we go ahead with the idea.

I've built several, but that was during Win98. The parts you would need to build one are no longer made, so it would be just as expensive, if not more so, to build a current gaming PC. I still have an old PC that I use to play games like AOE2 and Diablo 2 on, but you're never going to find the parts to build one.