Personally, I have a lot of respect for Michael Pachter. While his conclusions don’t always hit the mark, no one is perfect and, contrary to the memes, he doesn’t have a crystal ball. He has deep industry knowledge and his reasoning is very interesting for someone like me who is intrigued by the business aspects of the industry. It’s also worth mentioning that his statements are often abused out of context by less-than-scrupulous websites throwing around clickbait headlines with remarkable desperat
Developers don’t always apply the same solution to different games, and while we’re still in the PS4 generation, technology has evolved considerably since 2014. Open worlds are getting bigger and bigger, and the recent example of Assassin’s Creed Origins shows what a team with a good engine and enough resources can do (even if there have been bigger examples, like Just Cause
The voice of Swain from League of Legends has been uncovered, and it is a notable strategy game tournaments|https://strategynewsbase.Com/ of Thrones ** actor** . The Grand General of Noxus was voiced by longtime actor James Faulkner. Faulkner is perhaps best recognized currently as Randyll Tarly from HBO’s _ Game of Thrones
Most Japanese games don’t go on to sell millions on their own, but if you put them together, they can certainly be considered a factor of attraction for customers due to the diversity they add to a console’s cata
There is a reason why Phil Spencer travels periodically to Japan to persuade local publishers to put their games on Xbox One, despite its abysmal sales in the country. He doesn’t fly halfway around the world to push the console on the local market, but because Microsoft is well aware of the fact that that it’s lagging a bit behind in terms of diversity on the worldwide scene, and Japanese games can help address t
The reason why Sucker Punch moved away from inFamous and created something completely different is that they have done something for a long time, and they wanted to try something else. It was a “huge risk,” but according to Harper it was “so worth
For inFAMOUS: Second Son Sucker Punch aimed to create a city that felt like Seattle, without creating a 1:1 reproduction. This was done for simple practical reasons in terms of development time and resources, and also to keep gameplay focused. It was pretty much a city-shaped superhero playground, and scaling the city down considerably, alongside altering the geography made perfect se
The second of Naughty Dog’s two big reveals at last year’s PSX, the cinematic sequel could still be quite a ways off, with Sony not needing to rush the acclaimed studio with their 2018 being as packed as it is. Nonetheless, we may still see the title’s first proper gameplay demo to close out Friday night’s press conference, in addition to finding out some additional details during the associated panel on Saturday.
If you look at Google Trends, you’ll notice that “Ninja” is more popular as a search term than pirates (just to play with a classic meme), and if you try to compare against many other relevant search terms, the Japanese stealthy warriors will more often than not jump out of the shadows and come out on
Interestingly, Nate Fox asked the audience at the end of the panel if they would be interested in playing the game with Japanese dialogue, and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Fox followed up with “noted.” Looks like my wish might actually come tr
There is a team in Japan that helped a “huge deal” with the trailer and made sure that the representation was respectful of Japanese culture. Katami-san mentioned something that was removed but did not specify what it
Harper thought for a moment that he’d lose his job, and Fox describes it as the “freak-out moment” at Sucker Punch, but luckily no one else picked the news up. The much-feared leak mentioned yesterday by Shuhei Yoshida did not hap
Sony Santa Monica’s latest exploration of ancient mythology through violence received a surprisingly vague release window of Early 2018 at E3, which was sustained through a succinct demo at Paris Games Week. It would be rather surprising for God of War to not garner a release date considering how impending “Early 2018” is, but we may see little else from the father-son adventure considering how tight-lipped the studio has been thus far.
“I don’t think anything that has that Japanese flavor has broad appeal. They’re great games and get high ratings, and the hardcore audiences love them. But, for the average audience, they’re hard games. They’re too hard for most people. I mean, I played Persona 5 , one of the highest rated games ever, and I like it, but I can’t believe it went on to sell as many copies as it did. It’s just not the kind of game that seems like it has mass appeal, even though it’s one of the best games ever made, and probably wins Game of the Year. But… going back to Tsushima , no, I don’t think it has broad appeal eith
