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Nintendo killed Mario https://twitter.com/nintendoamerica/status/1377304695153246211?s=21
Out now! https://www.gematsu.com/2021/04/fantasian-part-one-now-available
A fucking brass PS5
RE village free stadia https://community.stadia.com/t5/Stadia-Community-Blog/Resident-Evil-7-comes-to-Stadia-Pro-Resident-Evil-Village-comes/ba-p/56478
Possible News Tip from iAteAllTheBacon… Microsoft may purchase Discord -OR- it may just go public… here come ads and user data history… LR- saw this story, not really worried MS has been pretty consumer friendly if it was google that would be another story
vita , ps3, psp stores are dead - https://www.polygon.com/22356858/playstation-store-shut-down-ps3-ps-vita-psp-date-redownload-purchases?utm_campaign=polygon&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Cyberpunk 1.2 patch, also out - notes holy jeez - tldr https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/news/37801/patch-1-2-list-of-changes
New season of rick and morty - https://www.polygon.com/2021/3/30/22358231/rick-and-morty-season-5-trailer-premiere-date
Kojima talking to MS?
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Upcoming Games for April 2021
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gameinformer.com/2021%3famp
Have you seen this game? Death loop PS5 + PC… looks sick.
features that changed video games (gameranx)
-Halo 2 gun weapon select (Goldeneye) Regen Shield or health
-Quick Time Events QTEs shenmu 1999, prompt to hit a button in a cut scene.
-Starcraft basically ushered in esports
-Resident Evil 4 popularized third person shooter w ADS
-super combo in super street fighter 2
-Quake first FPS online? What about Doom?
-CoD Modern warfare load oats / perks / kill streaks / progression (world at war)
-Metal Gear Solid - fully dense cinematic cutscenes and storytelling
-GTA3 3D open world sandbox
-super Mario 64 3D plat former
My picks:
-portal for making a game that made you think different
-TLOU + MGS for creative story telling
-Skyrim for creating a huge world I just couldn’t leave and still think about.