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I guess Microsoft is interested in bringing out a new tier to gamepass, where gamers can watch ads to play games. This could be a great way for gamers who aren't able to afford gamepass or don't use it often and don't feel the need to buy a month of gamepass. Right now gamepass ultimate is $16 a month I think. I don't know the other tiers, but I think there's a tier for $10 that just gets you just PC gamepass. But yeah, a free tier by having to watch some ads doesn't sound that bad. Would you be for this? https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-for-free-microsoft-is-experimenting-with-ad-views-for-access-to-hundreds-of-xbox-games

It was far too easy for Fntastic or whoever they are to be able to essentially trick tons of people by purchasing this game being that it's likely just a giant asset flip. Asset flips happen all the time, you'll see a slew of them all over Steam and likely other marketplaces. Usually they are easier to catch because the quality out of the gate is pretty awful, but fntastic did everything in their power it to keep the bad side of gameplay under wraps, at least until the game dropped and they made all of their money. But, The Day Before is said to have been a complete asset flip, using paid assets from the Unreal Engine 5. Of course that's not illegal and a lot of devs use these assets. The problem was, it looks like fntastic just tossed these assets together and called it a day. It made it even easier to deceive the audience with how good quality the assets are. So I'm expecting even more asset flip games to pop up on multiple marketplaces soon, if not already. Especially now with Unreal Engine 5 making it so much easier to develop games with so many assets available. I think what could happen, is we're going to see more games like The Day Before, drawing interest from gamers with a fancy cinematic trailers, only to release a game with nothing that was advertised. I think we're going to see even more asset flips promoted as the next hit game, and it's going to trick more people.

E3 started back in 1995 and had a show almost every year up until 2019 during the covid pandemic. Ever since they have yet to air a new show and had already decided to cancel the 2023 showing. But now, they have instead decided to officially call it quits after 27-28 years of history. No matter how you put it, E3 was very important for the gaming industry the 25+ years it was active. But, with the way media is done these days, the show hasn't been as needed as it used to be. Now we have showcases by studios themselves, or special award shows like the Game Awards have been taking over the reveal process for upcoming games as well. There's just more coverage available than ever, and I think that's partly what killed E3. It's still weird we're not getting this show anymore, but I'm sure we'll be covered by other shows like comicon, CES, and of course awards shows. Are you saddened by the end of E3? I personally wanted to attend a show when I was growing up, but obviously that won't happen. Maybe down the road they'll bring E3 back, but I doubt that would happen anytime soon. More on this news below: https://www.pcmag.com/news/e3-is-officially-dead-video-game-trade-show-ends-its-iconic-run

Has anyone played the new Fortnite Festival mode? It dropped alongside the LEGO mode and the Rocket Racing mode. It's a new rhythm music mode made by Harmonix themselves, who were responsible for Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The mode currently only supports controller and keyboard, but they are working on support for the guitar controllers. I have an Xbox 360 guitar so I'm ready for when they support it. I tried my hands at it via a regular controller, but I couldn't get it down at all. I have yet to try via keyboard, but Idk if I want to try that. So I'm just going to wait until they add support.

Correction on the pricing, 5000 vbucks is $36, so 4000 should be around $30 or so I'd guess. Still far too much for a car and decals imo.

I broke my Xbox One this past summer when I decided to clean it out after realizing it was due for a deep cleaning. I want to get another Xbox One at some point, but would I be able to take the hard drive from my old Xbox and add it to the new one? Or would the Xbox not fully recognize it? I just don't want to have to redownload everything. I'm thinking of getting a used Xbox one and putting my HD in it. Would it work? If not, what would I have to do to make my HD recognized?

Fortnite recently dropped three new modes, one being the Rocket Racing mode, which combines Rocket League like controls with a racing game. It's quite fun, but fans are a bit worried about the bundle prices for cars. One of the car bundles is currently priced at 4,000 vbucks, which equals out to around $36 for a car and decals and other such things. That seems a tad bit excessive and overpriced. I personally don't agree with these prices, but I never cared for the pricing of cosmetics to begin with. But this seems far too high for what you're getting. Read more about this story here: https://www.videogamer.com/news/fortnite-fans-disgusted-rocket-racing-bundle-price/

Has anyone here played the new RoboCop game that dropped a little while back? It felt like it came out of nowhere, but from what I've been seeing, the game has been a decent hit. People are saying that it's a really fun game, but that it does get repetitive after a while. I'm waiting for the game to go on sale soon so I can finally pick it up. And I'm all caught up on the movies as I just watched 2 and 3.

The voice actor for Kratos, Christopher Judge made a joke that some people didn't find too funny, that joke was making fun of the recent call of duty campaign being too short. Judges joke was simply, "My speech was actually longer." The dev team behind Modern Warfare 3 weren't too pleased about what he said, and when I watched the game awards, I noticed the camera zoomed in on someone from the team not looking too happy about it. They did complain after the fact on twitter, but later deleted the tweet. I haven't played the recent COD, but I am aware fans weren't happy with the short and kinda mundane campaign. Now, I know the campaign is usually an afterthought when it comes to the COD multiplayer, as most people go for that. But there are COD fans who are devoted to the campaign side and hate when a campaign doesn't live up to much. But they have made really good campaigns in the past. Back to what Judge said, do you think he was right in saying what he said? Should he have not said it at all? Or are people blowing it way out of proportion? https://www.eurogamer.net/christopher-judges-call-of-duty-campaign-joke-didnt-land-with-some-developers

I've been hearing a lot of talk about the Lenovo Legion Go, a new PC style handheld similar to the Steamdeck. It looks like Lenovo's attempt at the mobile market. For $699.99 it better be a damn good handheld system. Would this handheld be a pickup for you if you had the money? I think the Steamdeck is still more affordable correct? The Steamdeck oled starts at $549, but that's likely with the base model. If you had to pick one or the other, which one would you pick? Personally I think the Steamdeck is better, at least for me. But honestly I'd take whatever I can get haha. Check out the review from Videogamer below: https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/lenovo-legion-go-review/

We know that the first season sets up the main storyline from the first video game, and the second season is expected to follow the second game. But I heard a while back that the show would delve deeper into what happened before the second game, and may even delve into other storylines to flesh out other characters. So it got me thinking, could the series be a way to tease the 3rd game in the series? Say they extend season 2 to include some bits after the second game to sort of push it into the third game and then a future season of the show. Now I know the show and game are essentially different universes, and there may be difference between the show and game, but I really think the show is going to flesh the characters out some more, so we can see what the characters from the 3rd game were like before. Get what I'm saying? Kind of like a semi-prequel to the second game and a prequel of sorts to the third game.

Bethesda I guess recently made it possible for mod makers to charge for their custom mods in Skyrim, and now fans of Starfield are worried it will result in mods in Starfield also being paid for. Some fans are split though as some are happy modders will now be able to make some money on their creations, but some fans worry that current free mods could be put behind a paywall going forward. Personally I am for this, if you make mods for a game, the modder should receive something at least. Well depending on how big and useful the mod is. Certain mods I can understand staying free, and I think that option is still available to modders if they want to give out mods for free. With this news, it's likely Starfield will add a similar mod system. What do you think? https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/other/starfield-fans-displeased-as-paid-mods-becomes-increasingly-likely/ar-AA1l7T8r

I didn't expect this tease last night during the game awards, but we finally got an idea of what Xboxs Kojima game will be, well what the characters will look like at least. It's going to be a horror game called OD and stars actors like Sophia Lillis, Hunter Schafer, and Udo Kier. But the biggest news is that he has teamed up with movie director Jordan Peele. You may know him from the hit comedy show Key and Peele, but he's become a star in the horror genre with his movies Get Out, Us, and most recently Nope. Seeing these two working on a horror game together is going to be epic. https://youtu.be/R2uW-9BKzuU?si=2LdV2dcMEmECopOg

I'm sure you're all aware of the game The Day Before. The one that was started by the studio that was known to fake games in the past. Many gamers had speculated that the game likely wasn't real, after countless trailers that came out, them being accused of ripping off other game trailers like GTA V, COD and even the Last of Us. So many thought it was never going to see the light of day. But, it released yesterday, and it's already proven to be a disaster. The game is said to be riddled with bugs, and the game they released wasn't even what gamers expected. It's not an open world game, and many are saying it's an Extraction Shooter. They say the servers are bad, often having trouble getting into a game. And gamers are saying it's not anwhere near an MMO like advertised. So these devs did it again. One issue I witnessed was in a tiktok video I watched last night, and in the video a guy was stuck on a save that when he reloaded, it would put him back into a glitch he fell into before. And I don't know if this game has a checkpoint system. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-day-before-early-access-launch-is-a-giant-mess/1100-6519774/ This guy goes over some of the problems as well: The reviews on steam are not good. Yikes! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1372880/The_Day_Before/

GTA VI isn't coming out until 2025, so we still have a while to wait. There's been some concerns though about whether or not the game will play fine on a Series S console. It should be fine for the PS5 and Series X, but do you think it'll have any issues running on the series s like some people seem to think? I've been considering picking up the cheaper S model console, but if there is any chance it won't play good enough, I need to consider picking up a series X just to be on the safe side. Or get a PS5 and just be done with it lol. Are you at all worried if you own a Series S only?

The game awards are happening tonight, and one of the games up for an award is Dave The Diver, a popular indie game that is nominated for best indie game along with Cocoon, Dredge, Sea of Stars, and Viewfinder. Though many are trying to say it doesn't qualify as an indie game as it's published by a South Korean publishers Nexon, who are said to be a multi-billion dollar company. And the game is developed by MintRocket, a subsidiary started by Nexon. So, do you think this game deserves to be included in the Indie game category? Or do you think it should have been included in other categories or not even nominated? I at first thought it was a situation where you're a small developer working for a big publisher, but they own the development company as well in this case. For me, I would say it's fine, because I think we look at indie games as smaller titles. But they should be games made by a small team with limited resources. That's what I feel when I hear indie games. What about you? https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/11/is-dave-the-diver-an-indie-game-the-game-awards-host-weighs-in

It almost seems like every time Rockstar has something planned, someone from the inside decides to leak a trailer or leak actual gameplay like what happened a while back with GTA VI. And even before the official release trailer dropped, we got a leak for the trailer the night or two before. So, Rockstar had to do some damage control and released the trailer the night before it was supposed to unveil. I know most studios and companies have dealt with leaks before, but with Rockstar it feels a bit excessive, don't you think? They must have a lot of people working for them who just don't care, or maybe disgruntled employees. It's especially crazy as it was reported recently that a son of a Rockstar employee was rumored to have leaked the trailer. You can read about that below. https://www.businessinsider.com/gta-6-leaks-may-have-come-from-rockstar-employees-kid-2023-12

Has anyone here played this game? I recently completed it, but have been going through the chapters to find everything I missed. It's essentially a climbing game, where you climb this massive mountain tower thing, and have to find artifacts and wall murals of past civilizations. There's not much to it aside from the climbing aspect. There's no combat either. There is a story, but it comes in notes and letters you find scattered around the tower. I honestly didn't pay much attention to it, as I don't like to read pages of letters and notes to get my story. When playing, I was reminded a lot of Shadow of the Colossus, mainly for the climbing mechanics, but also I really enjoyed the way it looked climbing up this massive structure. Anyway, if you have played it, discuss what you liked about it.

I guess Elon Musk got the chance to play the new GTA VI, and he said that he couldn't keep playing it, as the first mission revolves around you shooting cops. He just couldn't do it. He of course was mocked for this all over X. He is known as a gamer, but can't handle a game like GTA? The article below even mentions he plays games like Elden Ring, and I remember he was into over watch, which isn't as violent as GTA, but it still has violence. His holdup seems to be with shooting police. But he has no issues shooting anyone else in the game? Makes you wonder. Anyway, do you think Elon is just being Elon? He just sounds like a hypocrite if he enjoys other violent video games. https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-relentlessly-mocked-saying-154505375.html

When you're in the process of creating your character for a game, at least ones that allow you to freely customize your character, do you create yourself? Or do you create a character you wish to be, but look nothing alike? I sometimes do a mix of both. Some games I will make myself in the game, but other times I will make someone completely different, and try to create a story for them. For me it depends on the game. Some games I will make myself because I want to be that character. Some games don't give you enough options to make yourself either. I have a decent sized beard and long hair, so when a game doesn't have those options, especially the beard options, I get annoyed. So if they don't have my features, I go crazy making some unique character instead. What about you though?

So not too long ago, maybe back in August I attempted to clean my Xbox One as it had yet to be cleaned in over 7 years of owning it. I took it apart and used an electric duster to clean out the gunk, but I must have done something as it wouldn't turn back on. I even replaced the thermal paste on the damn thing and nothing. It's now sitting on a shelf with a broken laptop of mine, just waiting until I either repair it, or get a used Xbone and replace it with my HD. Anyway, have you ever attempted to clean a console, or even a PC and it ended up breaking in the process? What would you do? Try to get it repaired or move on? Maybe it's time I just get my hands on a new console, like the PS5 or an Xbox Series X or S.

So I don't know if you know or not, but Steam has broadcasts on their platform, it's essentially a live streaming section for Steam users similar to what Twitch and YouTube do. But I really can't see most people bothering with the Steam side of streaming. I remember when I worked for a company a couple years ago, one of our streams we did for a new game required us to stream it through Steam as well. We obviously didn't get any traffic to steam, but I suppose you already have to be popular for that to work. Anyway, does anyone here use Steam to watch live streams? Or do you usually just go to Twitch or YouTube for that?

The Game Awards 2023 will be streaming tomorrow, Dec 7th at 7:30PM EST. What games do you want to see win? I have not played most or any of the games that made the nominees list. Game of the year could be a toss up, as it's between; Alan Wake 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Spider-Man 2, Resident Evil 4, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. If you want to see the rest of the categories and who is nominated, follow the link below. https://thegameawards.com/ As well, you can find the livestream link for YouTube below. They will be streaming it just about everywhere though, including Twitch, X, Steam, Facebook, etc.

I heard that Microsoft is working on a marketplace app to be put up on the App Store. Right now the focus is on the Apple App Store, but they have plans to get it put on the Good Play Store as well. As you know Microsoft has been purchasing up a lot of studios, I believe they got a bunch of mobile games with their purchase of Activision/Blizzard. Forgetting what the digital company was before they bought it. I want to say King, but am not 100% sure. The main reason Apple and Google have to open up their systems like this, is due to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) legislation, which now requires them to open up their store for competitors. Would you even use the Xbox app on the iPhone or on an Android phone? I don't even know what mobile games Xbox has ownership over, but if they own King they must have a ton of games they can release at any given time. Read more about this news below. https://bgr.com/tech/microsoft-is-working-on-a-gaming-app-store-for-iphone-and-im-ready-to-never-use-it/

Have you ever been to a store or shopped online and saw games without the case going for as much or even more as their in box counterpart? I've heard that a lot of sellers and resellers do this on ebay and other sites, they will look at the price charting price and pick the best price they can find. Smart collectors will simply ignore these listings, but people who are going for nostalgia and just want to get the game they played as a kid will likely put up the money for it. Do you ever let the shop owner know the prices aren't appropriate? I know people can sell for whatever price they want, but isn't there a time where you should give your opinion on the pricing? Especially if you saw other stores/shops selling for much cheaper? What would you do?