And a second post that I've just added to the SA thread... Second in my list of Games That Changed My Life is a part of a game franchise that (probably) needs no introduction. This particular game was first released in late 1993, as the sequel to a stone-cold 1984 classic. A threequel followed for M...

1) The Dutch House - Ann Patchett. 2) Traitors of Rome (Eagles of the Empire 18) - Simon Scarrow. 3) Night Frost - RD Wingfield. 4) Chessmen of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs. 5) Three Sisters, Three Queens - Philippa Gregory. 6) Away With The Penguins - Hazel Prior. 7&...

Hello! STRTK1NG! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224250/STRTK1NGBeta_v130/ strtk1ng-0.jpg STRTK1NG is interactive driving game offering an infinite combination of racing opportunities. Each vehicle in STRTK1NG is unique and created to offer a different perspective with attention performance. Thi...

Hey not-Bluecup, when you submit your proposal for a book titled "The Banyamulenge Soldier: Genocide and Identity in the Congo" maybe provide the publisher with the correct email address so when they come back saying that they are interested then you will get the message. That's amazing! ...

Hey not-Bluecup, when you submit your proposal for a book titled "The Banyamulenge Soldier: Genocide and Identity in the Congo" maybe provide the publisher with the correct email address so when they come back saying that they are interested then you will get the message.

Not that I can afford it or have the spare time anymore, but a pricing model structure created for a hobbyist product produced by a small, independent team so that they can afford to pay their staff and continue to make great content feels quite a bit different than a rich, global publisher seeming...

I found the Ultimate Edition of FH4 to be pretty generous in terms of the content it offered for the cost. I hate the sort of shit JC is talking about above as well, so I figured I'd avoid it by just buying the most expensive version of the game to start with. TBH I think I got good value for money...

Especially if you’re morally opposed to the publisher and platform-holder’s practices.

Since when do people now get to tell you what's funny and what isn't? Surely it's one of the most subjective things ever? For sure. It's right up there in the subjectivity stakes along with 'how much someone enjoyed a particular video game'. Reviews of anything are subjective at every level, that's...

"We'll refund you." That’s a daft suggestion. Google wouldn’t shoulder the entire burden of those losses and no right minded publisher would sign up to the possibility of refunding all/any revenue to the consumer at some indefinite point in the future creating huge cash flow problems and ...

"We'll refund you." That’s a daft suggestion. Google wouldn’t shoulder the entire burden of those losses and no right minded publisher would sign up to the possibility of refunding all/any revenue to the consumer at some indefinite point in the future creating huge cash flow problems and ...

This thread'll do. You know what can basically fuck the fucking fuck right off? Fucking PC gaming. The stupid cunt. In the last week or so I've tried to play three separate games on the PC and and had issues with fucking all of them. Forgotton Anne : instantly crashed on launch with some bullshit Un...

No the title is not wrong , and no we dont yet have a thread for this years COD (COD 16) , but looks like COD 17 is having problems and is now going to be worked by Treyarc so any hopes of them doing more with the current COD is probably done. https://www.kotaku.co.uk/2019/05/19/sources-call-of-duty...

I bet more than one publisher tried to claim copyright on it.

There's plenty of indie games with soundtracks... Descenders is one that springs to mind and, whilst I don't know for sure, I can't imagine there's a big team behind that. Yeah it's a small team and a small publisher. For Hotline Miami (made on a shoestring budget) they just spent a load of time fi...

I don’t know what Steams market share is but I’d hazard a guess that it’s large indeed. Setting up a rival platform and obtaining exclusivity deals might not suit consumers but it’s hardly anti-competitive. Paying the publisher to remove the game from competing stores like Humble and GMG is clearly...

Games aren't being removed from Steam because of the different revenue split, they are being removed from Steam because Epic are paying the publisher to remove their games from Steam. Yes it's capitalism, it is anti-competitive capitalism. If you care about publishers getting the most money, then: V...

That's quite possibly because Steam is the platform for games now, and they are charging 30%. Meaning games have gone up by 30%. Whereas when you buy a disk from a shop, the disk manufacturing company, shipping companies, wholesalers, and the shop itself are all working for free. Well they seemed t...

30% is the industry standard. Xbox/PlayStation/Nintendo/Google/Apple all charge 30%. If 30% on Steam was not "fair", Epic would not need to bribe publishers to put their games exclusively on Epic store. This deal between Epic and Deep Silver is not going to help the developer at all (and f...

Bethesda seem to be having quite severe issues with large levels, especially in Wolfenstein 2. It's like 10 minutes loading and cut scenes for five minutes of action. With Doom though they seem to have balanced it out, making the levels feel far more spacious. That may be why they've stuck with the...

Yes more DOOM gushing but words can scarcely describe how much I love this game, I'm savouring my fourth playthrough like a fine wine or a meal that's so delicious you don't want to finish it. I am now firmly of the opinion that NIGHTMARE skill level is the best way to play this game, the satisfacti...

I guess it all depends on what you are looking for really. I wouldn't mind just a sandbox to play in with my chums, making silly buildings (batman lava spunk comes to mind). I don't remember if I said it here or elsewhere, but to me a Fallout game is 60% doing all of the quests and getting the DLC ...

Also, the general idiocy of giving someone money sight-unseen aside, the best argument against pre-ordering is the chopping up of all the fucking content just so different places can have different bonuses. Not least when the publisher will usually 'generously' offer to sell you the other bonuses a...

Also, the general idiocy of giving someone money sight-unseen aside, the best argument against pre-ordering is the chopping up of all the fucking content just so different places can have different bonuses. Not least when the publisher will usually 'generously' offer to sell you the other bonuses a...

Also, the general idiocy of giving someone money sight-unseen aside, the best argument against pre-ordering is the chopping up of all the fucking content just so different places can have different bonuses. Not least when the publisher will usually 'generously' offer to sell you the other bonuses as...

Black Ops IIII (yes not IV) confirmed https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--v2VoWUBB--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/ub2xzch1yw5coojb1lig.jpg https://kotaku.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-officially-announced-1823616196 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Officially Announced ...

An interesting outlook on the possibility of true F2P of the most popular card games: https://rngeternal.com/2017/10/01/going-deep-free-est-to-play/ Unsurprisingly Eternal is the most generous while HS is the most stingy. Everytime i tried to get back at HS i just bounced back from how far i am in ...

Anyway, my list has to be the spreadsheet of all my games. It lists the name, format, publisher, year of release, genre, date I bought it and how much I paid. There's other tabs that have fancy graphs breaking down how much I've spent each year and the most popular genres amongst other things. I ha...

That list of rechargeable batteries would have been useful. I've recently lost 4. I have a feeling they were in a toy that's ended up at the charity shop. Anyway, my list has to be the spreadsheet of all my games. It lists the name, format, publisher, year of release, genre, date I bought it and how...

Yet another PC game seller is hardly news, but the USP here is that they're going to allow you to sell back games you're done with. The catches however are multitude: ⋅ The publisher gets to set the resale price (which I suspect means some just won't specify a resale price at all and disal...

Anyone who's annoyed because someone else was allowed to choose a slightly different experience--and, crucially, a choice that doesn't impact anyone else in the slightest*--is just flat-out being a fucking idiot. That's just as claiming that lootboxes in SWBF2 are fine because you aren't forced to ...

Frankly I don't understand your position in the slightest Really? Have you actually given it any thought, or are you in too much of a hurry to get to the keyboard? What, am I typing too fast for you? Seriously, what does this even mean? That if I don't agree with you it can only be because I just h...

Frankly I don't understand your position in the slightest Really? Have you actually given it any thought, or are you in too much of a hurry to get to the keyboard? What, am I typing too fast for you? Seriously, what does this even mean? That if I don't agree with you it can only be because I just h...

Frankly I don't understand your position in the slightest Really? Have you actually given it any thought, or are you in too much of a hurry to get to the keyboard? and it comes across like you're either just being contrary for the sake of it or because you actually bought the stupid thing and feel ...

This is not pay to win . You do not need to pay anything other than the 45 quid or so for the game. All unlocks are available without spending more money. Unlocks will not destroy playing or fun for you if you're not one of the 2% of players who pay for it. This is hilariously naive of you. As soon...

One of the more depressing things to come out of all this was a post on Reddit (which I can't find now, naturally) from someone claiming to have worked on a previous big publisher game with lootboxes. Their chat was that they'd seen the numbers involved and a tiny amount of idiots/victims generated ...

Another humble RPG bundle - this time for Doctor Who : https://www.humblebundle.com/books/doctor-who-rpg-books The Humble RPG Book Bundle: Doctor Who Who could you be? Imagine you could go anywhere: this world or countless others, encountering strange alien races, new cultures, or hostile environmen...

That American Gods audiobook sounds sexy. I got Le Carre's Smiley series as radio plays recently, and it benefits so much from having a full cast. Smiley is played brilliantly too, a truly down-trodden, intelligent, world-wearied man. Highly recommended. I can also recommend Louis Theroux revisiting...

Remake (remaster) of the classic Sega game - One of the best Mastersystem games and a great follow up to the Arcade game Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap Sidescrolls Onto PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on April 18 DotEmu, developer and publisher specializing in modern releases of beloved retro games...

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-infinite-warfares-new-dlc-map-pack-re/1100-6449175/ Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's second map pack has been revealed, and it's called Continuum. The DLC contains four new maps: Turista, a spa resort contained within the skeleton of a giant ancient cre...

And because behaving like a violent twat will get you an entire queue of women. Err, no. The 'bad boys gets the women' trope is fallacious. It was invented by men who think they're 'nice guys', but who are actually stalkerish creeps. Except not really. May fit with how you view the world. But yeah....

And because behaving like a violent twat will get you an entire queue of women. Err, no. The 'bad boys gets the women' trope is fallacious. It was invented by men who think they're 'nice guys', but who are actually stalkerish creeps. Except not really. May fit with how you view the world. But yeah....

This could possibly be the last console Nintendo makes. To be honest, I'm glad about that. I'd much rather have Mario Kart on my PS4 anyway. I'm a Nintendo fan (without being a fanboy), and even I am beginning to think that the best thing that could come out of the Switch is it speeds up Nintendo's...

The UK's fastest and best selling paperback of all time, folks. Let's not forget that the UK also thinks that Mrs Brown's Boys is the best sitcom of the 20th Century. I know the publisher, not well, but I have met her a few times. She is a good friend of one of my good friends. Boy, has she made a ...

As people may realise, I really don't like Star Citizen. They're preying on people, and that really gets my hackles up. Long version: The thing that truly baffles me about the cult that follows this game, is that this has all been seen before. I don't mean the game itself, I mean Chris Roberts&#...

Indeed, you can't even buy the game any more, it's not on the Steam Store to purchase, but if it's already in your library you can still install it.

Bit worrying really, that a game can just 'disappear' because the original publisher lost the licence.

Spider-Man on PS1 was pretty good. Spider-Man: The Movie 2 (I believe that's the one you are thinking of Grim...) was the first open world one, and it absolutely nailed the swinging mechanics, but the combat and missions were pretty weak. All the subsequent open world ones (there has been maybe 6 or...

You should. It's got real punch, a marketer's dream. It will be a joke site mainly, satirising those kinds of gamers who believe that a review should be objective and not include opinions or 'political agenda' (which is impossible as that is what a review is). So basically each review will say &quo...

I'm not convinced that's a Win10 problem or a PC problem - it's a Remedy problem. I mean, when the game doesn't have a way to quit to desktop (because the XBone menu didn't need such an option) you know that not much care has been put into it. I think it is certainly (at least in part) a Microsoft ...

Another 'vote for your free game' next month http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2016/02/01/ps-plus-vote-to-play-returns-action-henk-vs-assault-android-cactus-vs-broforce/ PS Plus ‘Vote to Play’ returns: Action Henk! vs Assault Android Cactus vs Broforce Polls open on 9th February – which game will you c...