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Happy April Fool’s Day everyone! Is it me, or is this whole week like an extended April 1 prank? We heard a lot of rumors and ghost stories about things to come. And the biggest stories sound like the ones that could only have been jokes a few years ago. Oh, here’s some good news: GamesBeat Summit have a great line of speakers!
E3 Canceled This year. I’m not upset about it, because I think it happens with good reason. I could speculate on E3’s relevance to the modern gaming industry until my fingers split and clatter on the keyboard, but a big live celebration still isn’t an idea. good idea.
Will E3 return?? Candlestick E3 back? No clues! But maybe we’ll enjoy Nintendo Directs, States of Play, and Geoff Keighley’s reminders to us that he knows Hideo Kojima. You know how we spent our summer anyway!
Of course, we also have the official reveal about new PlayStation Plus update, formerly codenamed “Spartacus”. There’s a joke there about Sony referring to the most famous story where a group of people pretend to be someone they’re not in order to fool others. I’m not sharp enough on Fridays to do it.
People and their dogs (and I) have compared the new PS Plus to Xbox Game Pass, and it’s understandable. Whether they mean it or not, Sony is actually inviting comparisons. But remove Xbox Game Pass from the equation and what does SpartaPlus look like? Sony revealed that it’s finally bringing old games back with a new PlayStation console – but only if you pay for the most expensive. This will give you access to not only PS3 games, but also select games from the PS1, PS2 and PSP eras.
Don’t know if the lock is wise backward compatibility behind such a high-paying wall, as it’s a feature Sony has never shown interest in supporting before. Looks like Sony has realized that playing older games is what users want and treats it like a carrot to get people to buy higher end games, not because it’s what they believe it to be. that the gamers. Candlestick Yes.
Other than that, it’s been a fun week: I just played Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands while waiting for some big non-SpartaPlus news from Sony to roll out. At the time of this writing, that has not happened. Always next week.
Also, I just want to add: RIP Lovestruck. If you know, you know.
What to play this week
What’s new:
- Crusader Kings III for the next generation
- Strange West
- Death Stranding Director’s Cut for PC
- Moss: Book II
- Ikai
New on subscription services:
- Weird West (Xbox Game Pass)
- Another perspective (Xbox Gold)
- Outpost Kaloki X (Xbox Gold)
- Give Us The Moon (Stadia Pro)
- City Legends: The Curse of the Crimson Shadow Collector’s Edition (Stadia Pro)
- Ys IX: Monstrum Nox (Stadia Pro)
- Chicken Police – Paint it RED! (Stadia Pro)
- Earthworm Jim 2 (Nintendo Switch Online)
- Mappy-Land (Nintendo Switch Online)
- Dig Dug II (Nintendo Switch Online)
- The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion (Main game)
- Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville (Prime Gaming)
- Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge (Prime Gaming)
- Nanotale – Typing Chronicles (Prime Gaming)
- Guild of Ascension (Prime Gaming)
- Turnip Boy committed to tax evasion (Prime Gaming)
- Galaxy of Pen and Paper (Prime Gaming)
- The House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets (Prime Gaming)
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