What is the POINT of this? - GameLinked Oct. 12, 2023

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

ONE OF THE CLOUD SERVICES OF ALL TIME

PlayStation Cloud Streaming for PS5 games, game trials coming this month

https://blog.playstation.com/2023/10/11/ps5-cloud-streaming-launches-this-month-for-playstation-plus-premium-members/

Sample list of games (some you must own) https://lmg.gg/XNJxJ (Kotaku)

BUT it only works on a PS5 (at least at launch) https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/10/this-month-players-will-be-able-to-stream-ps5-games-without-downloading-them/

Though Game Pass Ultimate includes 3rd party games, EA Play, Riot Games benefits… (EDITOR: please scroll down to where it says “Game Pass JOIN NOW” in big green letters near bottom of the page, with all the checkmarked features) https://www.xbox.com/en-us/xbox-game-pass/ultimate

Meanwhile Xbox Cloud Gaming works on like everything https://support.xbox.com/en-CA/help/games-apps/cloud-gaming/about-cloud-gaming

 

INTRODUCING: MACROTRANSACTIONS

Main advertised skin of OW2 Season 7 costs $40

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/overwatch-2-locks-new-diablo-4-skins-behind-a-bundle-that-costs-as-much-as-overwatch-1-and-players-arent-happy 

https://youtu.be/GE74zkzunZw

(EDITOR: scroll down to “Compare Products” and get the Battle Pass pictures and the full checkmark list in the L-Roll) https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/overwatch-battle-pass?blzcmp=ow_gamesite

Fans  are upset https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/174rwsa/the_skin_that_was_the_focus_point_of/

 What $40 got you last season https://lmg.gg/XT400 (PC Gamer)

 

ANNNNND IT’S GONE

OSRS account with the most legitimately obtained gold pieces banned for real-world trading

https://www.gamesradar.com/mmo-dev-bans-gambling-streamers-record-setting-1-trillion-gold-account-only-for-him-to-immediately-start-gambling-on-a-new-character/

Streamer BTCs claims he’s innocent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROWrxOaPelY

Multiple accounts were used to store massive sum, all banned; some originally owned by other people https://twitter.com/GrayGrayOG/status/1710853390350074165

In regards to GrayGray, Jagex mod says evidence is “irrefutable” https://youtu.be/ROWrxOaPelY?t=636

Jagex mod also says similar thing for Bikers/BTCs https://youtu.be/ROWrxOaPelY?t=375

Community sides with Jagex https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/1705b5o/over_1_trillion_gp_was_removed_from_the_game/

Claim he sold ranks in his in-game clan and Discord chat for Bitcoin https://old.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/16mtcid/streamer_bikers_receives_10000_btc_for_ingame/

Discord screenshot https://imgur.com/a/09ur9Uw

 

QUICK BITS

 

LET’S-A F***ING GO

New voice of Mario may have been discovered

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/nintendo-super-mario-bros-wonder-martinet-replacement/

Result of demo datamine https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/marios-new-voice-actor-potentially-revealed-via-demo-datamine/

Assuming no foreign language, female, or returning voice actors, two names remain https://twitter.com/Skipp93653/status/1712362746929352741

Likely suspect is Mick Wingert https://mynintendonews.com/2023/10/12/mick-wingert-appears-to-be-the-new-mario-voice-actor/

 

MK1 finally gets Switch patch

https://www.ign.com/articles/mortal-kombat-1-nintendo-switch-patch-claims-visual-improvements

Pre-patch footage: https://twitter.com/FGC_Daily/status/1703498706694418708

-          (EDITOR: no middle finger) https://twitter.com/KingDracula405/status/1703253930220700040

Reaction still mixed https://www.dexerto.com/mortal-kombat/mortal-kombat-1s-messy-switch-port-finally-got-a-patch-fans-have-mixed-feelings-2334098/

Meat https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Meat

 

THE PLOUFFE MANOUVER

Hideki Kamiya under non-compete after leaving PlatinumGames, becomes YouTuber

https://gizmodo.com/hideki-kamiya-bayonetta-platinumgames-is-now-a-youtuber-1850921215

“I’m out of a job, please subscribe” https://youtu.be/zrYQY_JeY-A?t=78

“Off to unemployment center” in Lambo https://youtu.be/zrYQY_JeY-A?t=552

https://www.pcgamer.com/bayonetta-creator-hideki-kamiya-peels-out-of-platinum-in-a-lamborghini-after-17-years-to-start-a-youtube-channel-im-out-of-a-job-please-subscribe/

 

ALMOST AS BAD AS REMOVING GLORBO

TF2 community reminisces about removing 10^th class, the Madcap

(AI generated image) https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/16zt955/what_happened_to_madcap_i_havent_played_since/

Except he never existed https://www.pcgamer.com/team-fortress-2-community-loses-it-decides-to-meme-a-character-into-existence-through-the-power-of-mass-gaslighting-while-valve-focuses-on-counter-strike/

Began life as a terrible skin for the scout submitted to the Steam Workshop that was so bad Valve manually marked it as incompatible with the game https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=72262091

AI made it look better https://lmg.gg/Qq4cw

 

IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU “CHOO-CHOO”

Starfield mod turns all ships into Thomas the Tank engine

(EDITOR, please play twitter video full screen starting at 13-14 seconds in) https://twitter.com/trainwiz/status/1712147262183264684

https://www.vg247.com/starfield-mod-every-ship-thomas-tank-engine

Same dude who did similar Skyrim mod https://youtu.be/yNaTZV8qS1I?t=114