Nintendo’s doing it AGAIN - GameLinked Oct 5, 2023

[JakobRush]

 

MAINS

T(HE)Y CAN’T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!

Nintendo shutting down Wii U, 3DS online servers in 6 months

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/10/wii-u-3ds-online-servers-to-shut-down-in-six-months/

announced overnight https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/63227/~/announcement-of-discontinuation-of-online-services-for-nintendo-3ds-and-wii-u

Games like Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Splatoon, Smash 4 will cease to function https://www.polygon.com/23902744/nintendo-3ds-wii-u-online-switchoff

Pokemon Bank will still work, but users urged to transfer “at earliest convenience” https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/10/pokemon-bank-users-encouraged-to-transfer-pokemon-to-pokemon-home-asap

 

 

HELL: HOT ENOUGH TO STEAM

Diablo IV next Blizzard game to come to Steam

https://www.engadget.com/diablo-iv-comes-to-steam-on-october-17-154524291.html

Oct 17^th https://store.steampowered.com/app/2344520/Diablo_IV/

The same day season 2 starts https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/10/04/diablo-4-reveals-season-2-endgame-bosses-quality-of-life-changes-but-are-they-enough/?sh=7c92ae4b3565

No one cares more than Elon Musk, streamer extraordinaire https://kotaku.com/twitter-elon-musk-diablo-4-stream-twitch-youtube-1850895618

Stream 1, which was alright  https://twitter.com/cyb3rgam3r420/status/1708708034396951029

Stream 2, which was not alright https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1709051737279971632

 

FORZA BOYS, FORZA GIRLS, FOR ALL ZA PEOPLE

Forza Motorsport Reviews are in

https://www.gamesradar.com/forza-motorsport-review/

“Closest PC gaming has to Gran Turismo, now even shinier” https://www.pcgamer.com/forza-motorsport-pc-2023-review/

Picture comparisons to FM7’s backgrounds and lighting https://lmg.gg/ib9Ud (Eurogamer)

RPG? In my racing sim? https://www.ign.com/articles/forza-motorsport-review

 

QUICK BITS

 

IS THIS A HIDDEN DAGGER WHICH I SEE BEFORE ME?

AC Mirage release

https://www.gameinformer.com/review/assassins-creed-mirage/coming-home

https://www.thegamer.com/assassins-creed-mirage-review/

Adds much-hated Denuvo DRM https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/assassins-creed-mirage-pcs-day-one-update-adds-denuvo-drm-but-dont-worry-it-runs-the-same

 

GIGANTIC NEWS FOR FANS

Gearbox reviving dead hero shooter Gigantic for 3 days

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/in-a-rare-move-gearbox-revives-i-gigantic-i-for-limited-time-event

https://gamerant.com/gigantic-game-gearbox-throwback-event/

https://www.destructoid.com/hero-shooter-gigantic-is-returning-for-a-throwback-event/

 

THE ONLY ME IS ME. ARE YOU SURE THE ONLY YOU IS YOU?

Silent Hill: Ascension launches this month

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/silent-hill-ascension-listing-reveals-late-october-launch/

NOT a game https://twitter.com/JNavok/status/1663551911306616832

“Massively Interactive Live Events” https://lmg.gg/naTZD

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.genvid.shascension&hl=en_US&pli=1

https://www.relyonhorror.com/latest-news/silent-hill-news/silent-hill-ascension-begins-october-31st/

Explanation of how it works from Genvid CEO https://twitter.com/JNavok/status/1663584165143494669

 

IT’S PRONOUNCED “DARTH FELINUS”

Pronunciation of FFVII character’s name has caused a rift between fans and humanity as a whole

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/10/square-enix-answers-age-old-question-of-how-to-say-cait-sith-in-final-fantasy-7

https://gizmodo.com/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-cait-sith-pronunciation-gaeli-1850899597

https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-remake-cait-sith-pronounce-vii-1850896803

 

RANDY ORTON WITH 1K OUTTA NOWHERE

WWE Superstar Randy Orton paid someone $1,000 to level up his Elden Ring character to 100

https://comicbook.com/wwe/news/wwe-superstar-paid-gamer-elden-ring-grind-levels/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/randy-orton-paid-a-guy-1000-to-grind-levels-for-his-elden-ring-character/1100-6518192/

https://www.pcgamer.com/wwe-wrestler-randy-orton-reportedly-forked-over-a-thousand-bucks-to-get-someone-to-level-his-elden-ring-character-for-him/

[BaneOfKnoll]

On 10/6/2023 at 11:21 AM, JakobRush said:

Adds much-hated Denuvo DRM https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/assassins-creed-mirage-pcs-day-one-update-adds-denuvo-drm-but-dont-worry-it-runs-the-same

@JakobRushFYI your link here appears to be going to an internal sharepoint location.