The Gaming Thread

[SarahG]

This week's Gameranx wrap-up

1. Rumor that next Assassin's Creed will be Vikings, Norse
2. Report that Watch Dogs 3 will be set in London.
3. News of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, upcoming game by Respawn. Rumor it will be 100% free of microtransactions
4. PlayStation users can now change their PSN username. First change is free. Some risks involved with older games.
5. Fortnite adds Apex-like respawn/resurrection mechanic.
6. New story trailer for Chernobylite, looks really good.
7. New RAGE 2 trailer.
8. New Mortal Kombat 11 characters revealed.
9. Ubisoft head hints Splinter Cell will return.
10. Dragon Age's next game teased.



[video=youtube;HT--HFs_XTg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT--HFs_XTg[/video]

This made my day. I made my horribly stupid name without thinking and now am off to change it!

 

[SarahG]

I don't know how many people are into the Fire Emblem series, but I'm very much looking forward to Fire Emblem: Three Houses which is coming out in July. I'm really hoping it's more like Awakening than the last two Fire Emblem releases.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Epic CEO Says Company Would Stop Pursuing Exclusivity Deals Under One Condition

Essentially, they want Valve to commit to a permanent 88% revenue cut for developers and publishers with no major strings attached.

In other words, in ain't happening.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Trailer for the Sonic movie...

[video=youtube;FvvZaBf9QQI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvZaBf9QQI[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Tried jumping into GTA V after years of not playing it.

Ouch...

Every online session rampant with hackers, a very immature playerbase, and not much opportunity (that I know of) to earn money to participate in the new ventures.

Also, found a relatively small YouTube channel. Here, he talks about the different types of progression systems in games.

[video=youtube_share;gDQX3jk5xxc]https://youtu.be/gDQX3jk5xxc[/video]

 

[jamil]

Trailer for the Sonic movie...

[video=youtube;FvvZaBf9QQI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvZaBf9QQI[/video]

I can’t stand Jim Carrey.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

If you're interested in the story of the Fallout 76 launch, and everything that went wrong with it... the legendary Internet Historian has you covered.

Language

[video=youtube_share;kjyeCdd-dl8]https://youtu.be/kjyeCdd-dl8[/video]

 

[cbhausen]

I have a little office in Brownsburg and operate two racing/flight simulators, a fixed-location beast with triple 47-inch monitors and all the bells and whistles plus a mobile party rig available for tradeshows, car enthusiast events, private parties, etc.

I’m running iRacing on the driving side and X-Plane 11 for flight. Both rigs have G-Seats on them with moving panels that press on your body to simulate sustained G-forces. The larger rig also has rear traction loss where in the back of the rig swings from side to side as the car yaws. The steering is highly advanced force feedback and all parameters of how the simulators behave are tunable.

If you’re into driving or flight (real or simulated) send me a PM if you want to come out and give it a try.

 

[dung]

That looks pretty fricking cool. I love my VR set-up and feel like it was a splurge, I don't think I would feel right throwing money at that sort of rig no matter how awesome. Mind if I borrow it?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I have a little office in Brownsburg and operate two racing/flight simulators, a fixed-location beast with triple 47-inch monitors and all the bells and whistles plus a mobile party rig available for tradeshows, car enthusiast events, private parties, etc.

I’m running iRacing on the driving side and X-Plane 11 for flight. Both rigs have G-Seats on them with moving panels that press on your body to simulate sustained G-forces. The larger rig also has rear traction loss where in the back of the rig swings from side to side as the car yaws. The steering is highly advanced force feedback and all parameters of how the simulators behave are tunable.

If you’re into driving or flight (real or simulated) send me a PM if you want to come out and give it a try.

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Family friend makes those! Pretty cool setups. He also races, and calls races.

 

[Dead Duck]

I have a little office in Brownsburg and operate two racing/flight simulators, a fixed-location beast with triple 47-inch monitors and all the bells and whistles plus a mobile party rig available for tradeshows, car enthusiast events, private parties, etc.

I’m running iRacing on the driving side and X-Plane 11 for flight. Both rigs have G-Seats on them with moving panels that press on your body to simulate sustained G-forces. The larger rig also has rear traction loss where in the back of the rig swings from side to side as the car yaws. The steering is highly advanced force feedback and all parameters of how the simulators behave are tunable.

If you’re into driving or flight (real or simulated) send me a PM if you want to come out and give it a try.

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Does that G-Seat work on fighting games? What would it do to you if you were punched, stabbed or shot?

 

[cbhausen]

That looks pretty fricking cool. I love my VR set-up and feel like it was a splurge, I don't think I would feel right throwing money at that sort of rig no matter how awesome. Mind if I borrow it?

Demos are free and I only charge $60 an hour rig rental which is the cheapest anywhere around here. Send me a PM if you want to come by.

 

[cbhausen]

Family friend makes those! Pretty cool setups. He also races, and calls races.

Please send me a PM I want to learn more.

 

[cbhausen]

Does that G-Seat work on fighting games? What would it do to you if you were punched, stabbed or shot?

I believe the software only works with driving and flight titles but since I know the developer I will ask.

 

[Caleb]

Finally sent my motherboard out for a replacement (I hope), can't wait to get it back in so I can play games and get some work done

 

[ArcadiaGP]

New Playstation "State of Play" just ended. Sort of their version of Nintendo Direct.

Things shown, in order:

1. New Monster Hunter World content. MHW: Iceborne. Release date, Sept 6. Big DLC.
2. Next game is a pixel/voxel hack-and-slash, dungeon crawler. Cool visuals. Called Riverbond, release this Summer.
3. Predator: Hunting Grounds. 2020 release. Online multiplayer shooter
4. Remake of Medieval, coming this Fall.
5. "Away: The Survival Series"... really odd, very cinematic.
6. New limited edition PS4 console, steel gray.
7. New Final Fantasy 7 remake footage.

[video=youtube_share;4gWK9-2pdXQ]https://youtu.be/4gWK9-2pdXQ[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Been craving "Pirate" stuff... re-installing Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag... going to try and finally play it.

 

[KLB]

Been craving "Pirate" stuff... re-installing Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag... going to try and finally play it.

I really liked that one

 

[Caleb]

I really liked that one

ditto...you picked up the free copy of Unity that Ubisoft was giving away?

 

[KLB]

No. I missed that.

Just started playing Odyssey.