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Twitch has recently laid off over 500 people, and according to the CEO Dan Clancy, it's to "rightsize our company." He also said this it's "necessary to ensure that we can continue to serve our streamers sustainably without impacting their ability to support their careers on Twitch." They don't say what workers were let go. But they claim it's to sustain the business and had to cut costs because of it. I just find it odd that a company by Amazon, needs to layoff so many people. Doesn't make sense to me. I wonder how much this CEO is making, or any of the people in power over there. I bet they don't do half of what those 500+ people do on the daily for them. Here's the full story: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/twitch-layoffs-over-500-people-amazon/

Doesn't Sony own the rights to Syphon Filter? Or was it like 989 games or something like that? I forget. Anyway, I would love to see a reboot for Syphon Filter. Or hell, a remake of the first three games even. I'd take a reboot though, because I could see a reboot going over well. They haven't made a game in the series since 2007, so it's due for a comeback right? Would you be into a reboot of the series or maybe a remake of one or a few of the past games?

I think it'd be cool if gaming sites teamed up to do yearly tournaments between each other. Like, maybe even VGR could do something like that. I don't know if VGR has ever done a gaming tournament or game nights, but I think it'd be a cool thing to do. Maybe users can join and play for certain sites and whoever wins gets a prize or something, or a site badge for winning that year. I don't think I'd partake in an actual tournament though, as I get too much anxiety from competition. It doesn't have to be gaming sites either, could be any community that wants to have a tournament like event with their community. I always had this idea, if I ever got popular streaming or something, I'd maybe do a tournament among friends, and the prize would be a championship belt with their name on it or something. Would you ever host a tournament with other sites or just for your own community?

I love seeing old hardware get a bump in life by receiving a fresh new game. And this time around, it's a brand new Game Boy game. The game is called Cel Story and it's developed by Cel and published by Phoenix Ware/Bitmap Soft. It's a sci-fi adventure game where the main character crash lands on a planet, resulting in his ship being damaged along with memory loss. He has to navigate this planet all the while trying to repair his ship. The game will work on the Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Color, and the Analogue Pocket. It's currently priced at £45.00 or that's around $57USD. So a bit pricey for something like this. Would you spend that much money on a new game for a retro console? You can buy the game here - https://www.phoenixware.co.uk/product/cel-story/ And a press release about it can be found here - https://thegg.net/press-releases/the-epic-sci-fi-adventure-cel-story-is-available-for-the-nintendo-game-boy/

VR Skater is a VR skating game by DEFICIT Games that is currently in an early access state. It's currently available for steam but is coming out for the PSVR 2 once it comes out of its early access stage. It's good to know we have an option for skating games like this, because I can see a skating game in VR working quite well if done right. The game does have pretty good reviews on steam, though it's only been reviewed by 191 people. This game is already available for purchase on steam under early access, but come January 15th, it should also release for the PSVR 2 and should come out of early access. Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285920/VR_Skater/ Looks like it'd be kind of easy to control, so if I can ever afford to get my hands on a VR headset or a PSVR 2, I'll probably check this out eventually. More on this news (PSVR 2 release date, etc - https://xrsource.net/5108/vr-skater-grinds-out-of-early-access-next-month/)

I'm surprised there's no topic on this game yet, but then again I didn't even know about this game until recently, as I've been seeing videos of the game on Instagram, and it looks like the game has received an increase in popularity due to it. I just downloaded it on Xbox Game pass and have yet to play it. Who here has played it? Is it any fun? I hear it's a 50 vs 50 tactical fps that takes place during WWII. Reminds me of when Call of Duty used to be good, and actually looks to be a more realistic take than most COD games have done in recent years.

Take this with a grain of salt, I don't know how true this is, but if true, would be pretty cool I think. According to this article - https://www.gamefile.news/p/sea-of-thieves-playstation a source within Microsoft teased that there was some interest in bringing Sea of Thieves and some other Xbox exclusives over the the PS5 and even the Switch. I don't know if any of that will happen, but I did hear rumors that Microsoft wanted to put their games on other platforms a while back. Do you think it could happen?

Samsung is working their way up to cloud gaming, and part of that is making their own controller, well not exactly. Samsung will be teaming up with other controller makers to make Samsung branded controllers. They will be working with PDP (Performance Designed Products), which are known for their controllers. I have a few Xbox Controllers by them and they are pretty decent in terms of cheap controllers. The new one from Samsung & PDP is said to be going for $49.99. That's a decent price considering a new Xbox or PS5 controller will cost you around $55-$60 or more. These new controllers are meant for Samsung tvs though, as they're trying to build on their cloud gaming. But, I'm willing to bet these controllers will work on PC as well. More on this news can be found here - https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/samsung-has-its-own-line-of-video-game-controllers-now-heres-the-first-model/

Has anyone played this game? It looks like it's inspired by fatal frame and a bit of Silent Hill. Though I did get some Deadly Premonition vibes from the trailer. It's a third-person horror game from the team at Digital Happiness. I can't say I've heard of them before, but I'll admit this looks decent enough. Just wonder how the switch will handle it. Doesn't look like it'll be a resource hog or anything like that. Is this a buy for you? More on this news here - https://thegg.net/press-releases/the-third-person-horror-game-dreadout-2-is-coming-to-the-nintendo-switch-on-january-18th-2024/

It's surprising to me how much Rockstar has forgotten about their original GTA games that featured a top-down perspective. They did it again with Chinatown Wars, but that's really been it since. I'm surprised we haven't gotten a remaster of the original games. I think fans would love it, and it would bring attention to what started GTA on the mega popularity it is at today. And without those initial games, we might not have ever had GTA as we know it today. With that being said, do you think a remaster or remake of the classic GTA titles would work? I'd love to see Grand Theft Auto and its expansion packs (London 1969 and London 1961) as well as GTA 2. I hear the GBA version was also top-down so maybe GTA Advance as well. I doubt Rockstar would bother to make this a reality, but I think fans would buy it up. And I imagine it'd be a lot easier to do than what they did with the recent remaster trilogy. What do you think?

New details have leaked about an upcoming handheld console from MSI called the MSI Claw. There was an image leaked of the new handheld and it looks pretty decent. Looks similar to what ROG and the Steamdeck have done, but I'm liking the color scheme more with the Claw. You can view the tweet showcasing the new handheld below. What do you think? As for the specs, It'll have an intel processor, 32GB or ram, Windows 11 pro and more. You can see the full list of specs here - https://mp1st.com/news/msi-claw-gaming-handheld-image-and-specs-leak https://twitter.com/wxnod/status/1743109589980385512?s=20 Some of these specs may not be 100% legit, considering this is from a leak, these can change before release.

There's a lot of games I found growing up, that truly were something special. The likes of most GTA games I'd like to revisit for the very first time. For me, I think it would be either Sonic the Hedgehog, or Super Mario Bros. 1 and 3. As a kid those games were life changing to me. They're what got me into gaming. So to go back and experience them for the first time, I think would be cool. What are some games you'd like to experience for the first time again?

Lets say you were at a yard sale and saw an extremely rare game that worth a lot, going for next to nothing. Would you buy it in a heartbeat and leave with a win? Or would you let the person selling said game know what they have? Lets say they have sometime rare, like Little Samson on the NES and they are only asking $5 for it. I think I'd be guilty just paying $5, but I doubt I could afford to purchase a game that could be well over $2000 or more. And in some cases I hear it's worth up to $17,000. So yeah, there would be some guilt if I found a Little Sampson game at a yard sale. With that being said, have you ever purchased a rare game from anywhere for cheap? If so, what game was it?

When it comes to the games you do play, do you tend to rate them or maybe even give them a review? I judge games that I play, but I don't really rate or do reviews for them. At least not for myself. I imagine there are some people out there who rate and review games just because. Do you rate/review all of the games you play? If you have a catalog of ratings and reviews, would you ever share them? Or maybe start doing professional reviews for any future games you do play?

If you have a bunch of clips and screenshots on your Xbox One, Series S or X consoles, you have until tomorrow to save them. Starting Jan 9th, users will have 90 days after taking a screenshot or clip to save them before they are deleted. Once the 90s days are up, any non-saved content will be deleted. I don't think I have any clips or screenshots not saved. Most of what I liked was saved, but there may be some clips and screenshots that weren't saved and I don't think I can access them unless I have a working xbox, to which I don't lol. Oh well. Anyway, you still have a day to save your content on Xbox. More on this news here - https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/xbox-one-series-x-delete-captures/

A while back I decided to clean my Xbox One as it was starting to shut down after a while of gaming. I took it apart by following a guide online, cleaned the sucker pretty good and even put on new thermal paste for the CPU. Sadly the damn thing got no power. I thought maybe I put it together wrong, or the xclamp wasn't properly on, idk. It just wouldn't start. So I was wondering, should I send it in to get repaired by some console repair specialist or something? Or would it just be better to buy a new/used Xbox One instead? I've checked Facebook marketplace and Ebay a few times, prices are pretty low for a used Xbone, but idk if I want to buy a used one. And new ones are still kind of high in price. My only other option is to just move on and stick to PC gaming until I eventually get a new gen console.

I've been hearing rumors that Microsoft is working on yet another console, I mean, that's sort of to be expected at this point. The Series X and S are closing in on their 4 year mark this November. Most console generations have lasted around 5 years or so, so we're getting closer to the inevitable end. The Xbox One lasted for 7 years, but I don't know if the series x and s will last as long. Anyway, this isn't about when we can expect a new Xbox console, but what the name could end up being. The Xbox brand has had a ton of weird console names. From the 360, to the Xbox One, to the Series X and S. There's no clear idea of what the next console could be named. Could it be a new "Series something", or maybe they'll go back to basics and just call it Xbox like I had hoped they would before the Xbone came out. What do you think a new Xbox console could be called?

I'm surprised no one has posted this here before. Has anyone here gone through the Archive.org list of DOS games? They have amassed a pretty sizable list of old DOS games that you can legally download for free, some out of copyright and in the public domain, and some are added for preservation. A lot of the games are likely no longer playable unless you have a PC and the game handy. You can access the list of DOS games here if interested: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games They do offer downloads for other PCs and consoles. Do you know of other sites that you can legally download old video game media like Archive does? I believe they also have archives of old gaming magazines you can look at too.

Source - https://www.ign.com/articles/star-citizen-introducing-a-48000-ship-bundle-but-only-for-players-who-have-already-spent-10000 I knew this game was expensive, but damn are they asking for a lot. If you happen to be one of the lucky gamers who have already spent $10,000 or more on Star Citizen, you can now purchase a nifty little ship bundle for just as little as $48,000. Yes, you heard that right, $48,000 for some ship DLC. It is called the Legatus 2953 pack and is expected to release sometime early 2024. Supposedly the bundle has a lot of vessels, over 175 of them. But still, I don't understand where they come up with these crazy prizes. What do you think about this? Do you think anyone will actually pay this? Not only that, but you're essentially paying around $58K+. Even if I was rich I wouldn't splurge like this.

EA may finally be revealing more news about the upcoming EA Sports College Football game this Monday during the CFP Championships between Washington and Michigan. I know most people here aren't too into American football, but I do want to see these games become good sports games again, same with Madden. Back in the day they were actually fun to play, these days Madden games are yearly rehashes that don't change much. I am worried that this game will turn out to be yet another Madden, and will suffer the yearly release curse. EA's college sports games in the past were popular among gamers. I enjoyed a few of them myself and often preferred them over a lot of the madden games. I don't know what to expect, as I am hoping another dev team is developing the college series instead of EA Tiburon. If EA Tiburon is the dev behind the college game as well, then I think it's safe to expect a Madden clone. But, if they have another team developing it, it may have a chance to actually succeed. Read more on this news here - https://gameranx.com/updates/id/486022/article/ea-will-unveil-their-sports-college-football-game-this-monday/ I really hope the game features tons of customization too, that's a big reason why I liked their past college games.

GTA V is huge with role players. I know there are people who actively role play as police officers in a GTA V server, where others can role play as career criminals. They take the role play really serious as well, and will often ban users if they cheat or break rules. I don't know if I'm one to do role playing myself, not in the way most people do. I'm not social enough to really get into it like some do. Is it fun? For me I know if I tried it out, I'd have some anxiety about it and would likely quit. I want to try it out though, as I think it could be fun, and could even be a good way to help with my social anxiety and other fears with people. Who here enjoys role playing with people in online video games? What kind of role playing do you do?

Walmart is selling an Xbox Series S themed Toaster. I guess they're selling it alongside that Xbox Series X mini-fridge. The toaster is out of stock though, seems collectors already bought them all up. Or most likely scalpers. I checked Ebay and they already have them selling for around $90. Bear in mind, they are $39.99 on Walmart while in stock otherwise. You can buy the toaster here if you want (if it ever gets back in stock, don't buy from the scalpers) - https://www.walmart.com/ip/Xbox-Series-S-Toaster-2-Slice-Toaster-with-Wide-Slot-Bagel-Function-Digitial-Countdown-Timer-with-6-Shade-Settings/5113283196? The mini fridge is still in stock though if you want to check that out. More on this story here - https://www.engadget.com/you-can-now-buy-the-xbox-series-s-toaster-for-40-104548270.html Would you buy this? I don't think even for $39.99 I would, doesn't even look to fir two slices like it says it can. Looks kind of small to me. But, I know collectors are going to pick it up. But with how they still have the fridge in stock, I'm sure we'll see this back in stock soon.

Yikes that's a long title. I didn't know another team was making yet another remastered version of a GTA game, this time GTA Vice City. But, I think they remade it with the Rage Engine in mind, which was used for GTA V and I think GTA IV as well right? Anyway, this looks leaps and bounds better than the GTA Trilogy Remaster we got from Rockstar and Take Two. But, knowing Rockstar, I have a feeling these devs will get a cease and desist letter soon. https://wccftech.com/grand-theft-auto-vice-city-nextgen-edition/

Story - https://mp1st.com/news/unreal-engine-vr-comes-to-over-11000-pc-titles-thanks-to-free-mod This is cool if for sure true. I guess some VR modders were able to create a mod that is able to bring free VR support to over 11,000 PC titles that run on Unreal Engine 4 and 5. This would be big, as VR support for that many games as once would make any VR gamer happy. I don't even have a VR headset right now, but I know this is even more reason for me to save up and finally get one.

I have met a lot of people over the years gaming online, but I have never met any of them in real life. There was one time an online friend of mine, who we met playing COD 4 or MW2, who was close to coming to my brothers graduation party. But, he never showed up. Has there ever been a time where you actually met up with someone you met playing an online video game? What was it like? Would you ever do it again?