Console Gaming (General)

[Mike S]

Physical version of the remastered Turok Trilogy coming to PS5 and Switch on Halloween.

Nightdive Studios announces Turok Trilogy physical bundle for Nintendo Switch

One of the highlights of the Nintendo 64 era was the thrilling Turok series of video games. The games have since received remasters from the talented team at Nightdive Studios and the company has…

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I’m going back and forth on finally getting these games but I’ll probably go digital since it’s on sale regularly.

 

[Mike S]

So I didn’t see until now but Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is $4 on Steam. This is an absolute STEAL. Buy it if you haven’t yet.

 

[Mike S]

No freaking way lol

Canada: Nintendo says pricing for Switch 1 and products will change due to market conditions

Nintendo is looking to increase prices on the original Nintendo Switch family of systems along with Nintendo products and services like Nintendo Switch Online due to incoming tariffs in Canada.

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[Mike S]

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Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well — joining Everwild and ZeniMax's new IP, and other unannounced projects

Microsoft is closing down The Initiative, after 7 years. The partnership with Crystal Dynamics will end, and "Perfect Dark" will be cancelled.

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[AvoidTIMtation]

I'm absolutely not surprised with what's going on with Xbox. When you're essentially giving away the games you spent $150-200m dollars developing in a subscription service and then spending almost $100 *billion* dollars on giant publishers, this is the result you get. The math NEVER added up from day one with any of these moves, and Gamepass was never going to be sustainable. The courts approving the Activision/Blizzard deal was the beginning of the end for Xbox as we knew it. There are also rumors now that the Perfect Dark gamplay they showed at the last event wasn't even real, which makes this even more embarrassing.

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[Mike S]

I'm absolutely not surprised with what's going on with Xbox. When you're essentially giving away the games you spent $150-200m dollars developing in a subscription service and then spending almost $100 *billion* dollars on giant publishers, this is the result you get. The math NEVER added up from day one with any of these moves, and Gamepass was never going to be sustainable. The courts approving the Activision/Blizzard deal was the beginning of the end for Xbox as we knew it. There are also rumors now that the Perfect Dark gamplay they showed at the last event wasn't even real, which makes this even more embarrassing.

I think today’s news is enough to confirm the gameplay wasn’t real even without rumors. It also confirms Xbox has a leadership problem. It also, ALSO confirms they think their fans are stupid and will get excited for new hardware after everything that’s happened lol. Say whatever you want about what Nintendo’s done with the Switch 2 but one thing you can’t say is that they haven’t made a product that’s actually compelling to a lot of people which is why they’re getting away with a good amount of the things people got mad about.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I'm absolutely not surprised with what's going on with Xbox. When you're essentially giving away the games you spent $150-200m dollars developing in a subscription service and then spending almost $100 *billion* dollars on giant publishers, this is the result you get. The math NEVER added up from day one with any of these moves, and Gamepass was never going to be sustainable. The courts approving the Activision/Blizzard deal was the beginning of the end for Xbox as we knew it. There are also rumors now that the Perfect Dark gamplay they showed at the last event wasn't even real, which makes this even more embarrassing.

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I actually blame OpenAI and their $10bn of Monopoly Money more than that. But yeah, THAT was also never really sustainable.

 

[Mike S]

The hits just keep coming.

Influential Rare game designer Gregg Mayles leaves company after 35 years

It is being reported with today’s brutal Microsoft news that Rare’s influential game designer Gregg Mayles has parted ways with Rare after being with the British developer for over 35 years.

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