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Is there any games you think you could win in a competition or tournament? Maybe it's something like Call of Duty, Overwatch, Smash Brothers, etc. But is there a game you feel you could realistically win a competition in? Back in the day I used to think I was the best at WWE Smackdown Here comes the Pain. I played the hell out of that game, so much so that it made me think I was good. But, I never played it competitively online or against others. Is there that one game you think you've mastered enough to be good in a tournament/competition for it?

Check it out, it looks like Xbox is bringing out three new Xbox Series X|S consoles. Those consoles being, a new Series X special edition with 2TB SSD, a Series X that's all digital but only boasts a 1TB SSD and a new Series S with a 1TB SSD. So no handheld like some rumors were saying. What do you think? Do you see yourself picking any of these up? Or will you just end up getting a previous model for cheaper? I'm sure prices will start to drop a little more when these models drop. These new console versions will come out this holiday season.

Sorry, even if I was unreasonably rich, I don't think I would ever spend $1M on a skin in a video game. Even if it's the rarest skin around and everyone wants it. The skin in question is the The StatTrak Factory New AK-47 Blue Gem – Pattern 661. You can see an image of it below: What's crazy is that the CSGO market is worth upwards of over $3 billion, crazy I know. You can view the full story here - https://www.videogamer.com/news/someone-has-just-spent-over-1m-on-a-cs2-skin/ What do you think of this? What's the most you'd ever spend for a skin? What is the most you have spent on skins or dlc? I can't say I've spent more than $10-$20 on skins in my lifetime, unless you count getting the battle pass in Fortnite, which I really don't.

I had no idea there was a new Rocksmith game coming out from Ubisoft. For those who don't know, Rocksmith was a popular game that allowed you to learn to play guitar all the while playing classics from the past and present. I've never played the game myself as I am not musically inclined. Though it would be fun to play the guitar and I imagine playing Rocksmith+ would be a good way to learn. Anyway, it looks like the new game just dropped, yesterday in fact. And it looks to be completely free to play. My guess is that they will be making money on the songs they have in the game. It's currently available for PC and PS5, but looks to be coming out for the PS4 and even mobile as well. At least according to the trailer as it shows Google Play and Apple stores. Check the trailer out below:

This looks like a fun one, kind of reminds me of Two Point Hospital, another hospital sim game where you build and take control of a hospital. But this time it's in space and you care for more than just humans. It released late May and it's got very positive reviews on Steam. Check it here - https://store.steampowered.com/app/494730/Galacticare/ It's also available for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via GOG.

It is confirmed, the new Dragon Age will be called Dragon Age: The Veilguard. BioWare will be showing a gameplay reveal on June 11th. So I'm excited to see what they have to showcase. Check out BioWare's announcement here - https://blog.bioware.com/2024/06/06/TheVeilguard/ The game was originally going to be called Dreadwolf, but I guess they decided to go with something else. Do you like the new name? Or would you have preferred they went with the old name? As well, what do you expect from the gameplay reveal? I'm excited.

This is messed up. Developer kindanice recently came forward with news that someone had stolen their game "Dire Decks" and released it on Steam under the name of "Wildcard". The developer who is said to have stolen the idea, goes by Terry Brash on Twitter, and he recently posted about the game on twitter, you can see that tweet below. https://twitter.com/terrybrash/status/1797842468098265194 You can find Kindanice's game here to see how close of a match it is - https://kindanice.itch.io/dire-decks And you can find more on this news from this article: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/indie-dev-game-cloned-dire-decks The stolen game is still up on steam, but I will not be sharing it as I don't think it deserves to be shared. You can find it by searching if you need to. But when I did, I looked at Brash's games, and they all look to be clone of other games. SO my guess is this guy takes already created games and tries to pass them off as his own. In the case of kindanice's game, he had released his game back in February, and Wildcard is not yet available to play on Steam. There is definitely a case here for theft. Especially with how there was not nearly any changes made. But I am kind of suspicious about all of this, because it could be some weird publicity stunt to draw more hype for kindanice's game. Especially since Brash hasn't responded yet to any of the allegations or the hate he has been receiving. Maybe there's more to this than we know, maybe Brash was part of the development originally, maybe he did some work on it. But the fact he has released other games that look like almost exact copies, I'm doubting that. I'm interested to see what comes of this. If there is for sure theft, then I hope Steam works fast to remove this game.

I've never really purchased import games before, but I have considered it for most modern consoles as a lot of them are open region, allowing most games to play perfectly fine on all consoles. But back in the day it wasn't always the case. Some consoles were compatible with games from many countries, while some were not. I look at the NES and Famicom for example, as it's often said that the Famicom games are often cheaper, especially the ones that are considered rare in the US. So, if you can find those rare US games in another country, would you rather get that version? Or do you need to eventually get the US version added to your collection?

Source - https://www.videogamer.com/features/how-valve-treated-team-fortress-2-disgrace/ So it seems that Team Fortress 2 is a mess with aimbots, that it's almost impossible to play the game now. Supposedly it's so bad, that nearly every server you play on, will have at least one aimbot in the game. And Valve doesn't seem to want to make any fixes to the problem. The thing is, that TF2 still makes valve money with the hats and other items you can get in game that can later be sold. And I hear they still make good money from it. So shouldn't they than support the game by performing fixes? Or if they are intent on letting it fall to a slow death, why can't they just pull the game offline? I know fans would absolutely hate it, but it would at least tell us what kind of company Valve is. Or what they have become. If you check the steam page for TF2 as well, you'll see fans review bombing the game, as recent reviews are mostly negative because of the aimbot problem. What do you think? If Valve is making money still from TF2, shouldn't they be adding fixes to make it better? Otherwise aren't sort of stealing money from people if the product isn't working as intended? Also, if you want to make your voice heard in regards to this, there is a "Save TF2" site you can view here - https://save.tf/

Check out this new 16 player beat-em-up coming out for PC in July. Should be a lot of fun to play with a group of friends. You can find out more about this game via the article below: https://thegg.net/press-releases/the-mega-brawler-outrage-fight-fest-is-coming-to-pc-via-steam-ea-on-july-16th-2024/ And of course the trailer is below. Do you see yourself playing this?

Hauntii is a new indie adventure game that just released like a week or so ago for the PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PS4, and Xbox One. I really like the art style they're going with. it's unique. You play as a ghost, and I guess you can take control of certain items and enemies by possessing them. They say to "Haunt" something, but it looks like you can take control of enemies in doing this. idk just a dumb nitpick on my part, and maybe it works both ways. Either way, is this something you'd check out?

Has anyone here heard of Fading Skies? I guess it was a game that was initially started thanks for funding from Kickstarter. It's said to be an open world 3D platformer with RPG elements. The trailer kind of reminded me of character models from the mid to late 90s and into the early 2000s. But the graphics otherwise look pretty good. It's not yet out, but looks pretty interesting. So far it only looks like it'll be coming out for PC, but maybe console versions will be on the way next.

This is actually pretty cool. Not sure I will really bother to use this, but it's nice to have I suppose. YouTube recently gave YouTubers access to over 75 games that they can play for free right on the platform. When on YouTube, hover over to the "Explore" area and look for "Playables". Clicking on that, will bring you to a page with mobile style video games. And it works fairly well. Tried the Draw Climber game and it works really well on browser. You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/playables

I have always wanted to have an arcade cabinet in my house, but I've never pushed the trigger. I see they sell those 1up arcades, but I don't really like those. I like the retro look of an actual arcade cabinet. But the issue there, is that these machines cost a ton now days in working order. I wish I could afford to buy a classic cabinet like Donkey Kong, Pac-man/Ms Pac-Man, or maybe something like Mortal Kombat, or one of the Street Fighter games. Idk, there's so many. Or, would you rather do a custom build of your own? I wish I could do that myself, but I don't think I have the knowledge for building it. I just think replicating the old arcades as close as possible would be cooler than getting one of those 1up arcades. What would you prefer to do? Buy a classic arcade cabinet or make a custom one of your own? Both probably would be costly, but you could probably do more building one. If I had the know-how and skills, I'd make my own cabinet, make an emulation station setup where it'd be as many consoles as possible. But I'd want to have it have a retro theme, maybe just a classic video game, or maybe a custom theme that combines the classics in one. This is more a dream of mine, but if I ever have the wealth, I might just have someone custom make me one instead.

DidYouKnowGaming did a video recently detailing facts about the PS2 that were just discovered. I had no idea about any of them myself, did you? The first portion of the video talks about an unreleased Batman game that was being worked on by Volition. They got as far as making a demo of what the game would be like. It actually looked pretty decent, I would have loved to play that. And good call on cutting the menstrual gags from MGS2. Pretty damn creepy to even consider having it in the game in the first place.

I just heard about this game today and it looks interesting. Reminds me a lot of the recent DOOM games. It's an online co-op horror FPS, that seems to take place in space, or on a space station/ship. It was available in early access for a while, but its full release happened on the 28th. Supposedly the ships you're on are procedurally generated, so that might add a bit to the replayability. Also I kinda like the pet gun lol. You can view the game on Steam here - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1558830/RIPOUT/

What are the 10 rarest PC games out there? I never really thought much about the PC side of rare games, I was always focused on console games for the most part. But, I do wonder if there are some PC games that are just super rare to come by today. I know a lot of the older PC games are collectible. I don't know about more modern releases though. Especially the ones that had the one time use codes to play. Anyway, check the list below. Do you happen to own any of these yourself? https://thenerdstash.com/rarest-pc-games-worth-an-arm-and-a-leg/

A possible PC adapter could be coming soon. Makes it all the more reason to pick up a PSVR2 if true. https://wccftech.com/playstation-vr2-official-pc-adapter-by-sony-is-being-certified/

Ex-Rocksteady co-founders Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker formed their own studio called Hundred Star back in 2023, and it looks like their first game will be financed by Xbox Game Studios. The game is said to be a triple AAA single-player action adventure, but will be built under Unreal Engine 5. They are responsible for the Arkham Knight Trilogy, so I'm very excited to see what they have in store for us under this new banner. Source - https://exputer.com/news/xbox/hundred-star-xbox-aaa-project/

Is anyone hyped up for this new Star Wars Outlaws game? This is not an EA game, instead being developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. So one evil for the other essentially. I'm actually kind of interested in this one, even though I don't trust Ubisoft's track record either. It has a planned release for this August. So not too long to go. Is this a day one buy for you? Or will you wait for reviews before you make your choice?

Konami and Silent Hill will be doing a stream on May 30th that will go over new details on the upcoming games, including Silent Hill 2, and talk on the new Silent Hill movie. That's mostly what I am psyched for. I'm hoping they reveal a few new trailers for the games, along with the movie so we can get an idea of what it's going to look like. The stream will take place on the Silent Hill YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@silenthillofficial/featured Usually they have a live stream you can follow for when it does go live, but it doesn't seem to be up at the moment. Do you hope they announce some other projects? I know they have Silent Hill f. But you also got Annapurna Interactive’s Silent Hill: Townfall which we might see more of.

Rolling Stone has released their top 25 best video game soundtracks. You can view the full list here: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming-lists/best-video-game-soundtracks-1235005941/lollipop-chainsaw-2012-1235012615/ The top three they have are; 1. Vice City 2. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. Life is Strange No Silent Hill, Red Dead Redemption, Donkey Kong Country, Journey, etc. Do you agree with any of their choices? I agree the majority they chose have decent to great soundtracks. I think this list mostly focusses on games with licensed music over in-house produced soundtracks. Also, Life is Strange had a decent soundtrack, but I wouldn't call it a top 10 soundtrack. I feel like this list is missing out on some classics.

I'm surprised there isn't a topic about XDefiant here. Has anyone here played it since it released? It dropped last week and seems to be quite popular as of late. I don't expect it to last like Fortnite has, but I can see it being popular for a little while. I've been hearing it's got a lot of players at the start, but that doesn't necessarily mean those players will stick around. This is Ubisoft we're speaking of, and their track record hasn't been great. It's a free to play FPS developed by Ubisoft San Francisco, who is responsible for South Park: The Fractured But Whole, and they did some work on past Assassin's Creed and Far Cry games. I hear the closed beta did really good too. Has anyone here given the game a try yet? Is it worth checking out? One thing I heard is that the factions in the games revolve around popular Ubisoft titles, like Splinter Cell, Watch Dogs, Ghost Recon, etc. Like with one of the factions being "DedSec" which is the hacker group from Watch Dogs.

This is fun. If you search "Katamari" on Google, and click on the Katamari ball that shows up by the overview button, you can play an impromptu game, but on the web browser page itself. You simply use your arrow keys and move around the page collecting up images, and search results. It's a pretty nifty thing and I'm surprised it was hidden so well. Check it: I was probably sitting here for 20 min or so messing around with it. Check out a quick video of what I mean below:

Black Ops 6 will be making an official reveal Jun 9th, during the Xbox Games Showcase. There was a website released too, called The Truth Lies, you view it here - https://thetruthlies.com/ In it you will see an old style CRT TV that shows up to 4 working channels. 1,2,3, and 6 are the working channels, while there is currently nothing on channel 4 and 5. I don't want to spoil what is in the videos, or the channels I should say, so I'll let you experience it. The new game is said to take place during the Gulf War. So that should be interesting. Are you hyped for this game? Or are you a bit tired of Call of Duty at this point?