Episode 449: More Technical Difficulties

December 9, 2016| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:43 pm

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For the second week in a row, the podcast has had some technical issues. This time the problem was less, but there are still present. Part of the reason is that the mic is subpar, the other is that the PC it’s being recorded on has a damaged fan. That said, this week’s episode (and the unreleased episode) were really good. The unpublished one will be issued at some future date when we all need a break (maybe over the Christmas week.)

This week’s episode includes:

Assassin’s Creed 3 goes free, murders Ubisoft servers in the process
After Blizzard shutdown, legacy World of Warcraft server returns this month
Halo 5: Forge custom game browser is launching on PC this week
Report: Nintendo Switch will get GameCube Games

Let us know what your favorite 2016 game has been.

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Donovan says:

December 11, 2016 at 1:14 am

Vanilla/legacy WoW will return!

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This week’s news includes:

Fallout 76 has fast travel, and players under level 5 can’t die in PvP
Indivisible, the RPG from the creators of Skullgirls, gets a stunning anime teaser
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Marvel Comics legend, Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko found dead at 90

Let us know what you think.

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Most people agree the move to give gold subscriptions to PC gamers was done because PC gamers don’t care to play Games for Windows games online if they have to pay for it. The culture of PC gaming is much different than console gaming on XBL, gamers expect the online experience at no cost; they’re already paying an ISP for network access, paying for a match-making system with a yearly subscription is not desired.

Console gamers don’t have a choice, buying the 360 experience arrives with simple to play games (no drivers, no installs) but limited online choices: pay or go away. Now, silver members will get a little taste of network play, along side PC gamers in the cross-platform Games for Windows titles.

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We question the intention here… is this as a good faith move or are they wetting people’s appitite for XBL so they’ll want to upgrade to gold in the fall? Or, maybe there are some logistical reasons to doing this in the Xbox Live infrastructure to prepare for upgrades where making it free solves a few of their internal upgrade paths and, as a side effect, gives gamers some games to play.

Of course, we’ve seen few people playing Shadowrun or Lost Planet lately. Maybe this will re-popularize a few older titles as well.

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The news includes:

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Warner Bros says Wonder Woman won’t be a live-service game
Knights of the Old Republic remake reportedly not in active development
Insomniac’s Wolverine reportedly due 2025