VGOCC Recap Aug 20, 2015

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Events Coming Up:

Ludum Dare Game Jam: Aug 21-23

• https://www.facebook.com/events/110634519276359/

Dallas Society of Play – Show & Play: Aug 26

• http://www.meetup.com/Dallas-Society-of-Play/events/222028988/

PAX Prime (Seattle): Aug 28-31

• http://prime.paxsite.com/

RetroPalooza: Sep 26-27

• http://retropalooza.com/

News:

“Vault Girl” & “Vault Boy” are showing up on Tinder

http://www.nowgamer.com/weve-already-seen-fallout-on-pornhub-but-now-its-on-tinder/  

• If you are swiping through tinder, you might stumble upon Vault Girl and Vault Boy from Fallout Shelter.
• Unlike “Ava” a bot created to promote “Ex-Machina”,  this promotion is actually in collaboration with Tinder as a new “promoted card” offering.
• Swiping Right will send you a link to download the game.

Splatoon: Transformers “Splat-Fest” Event

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/08/18/transformers-splatfest-coming-to-splatoon   

• Event will only last for 24hr
• “Turf War” between Decepticons and Autobots
• Nintendo seems to be doing product placement right.

New “Amiiqo” device allows you to spoof Amiibo data

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/08/18/new-amiiqo-device-lets-you-spoof-nintendos-amiibo-data/

• Nintendo is not happy of course, and released a statement:
• “Nintendo actively monitors threats to its product security and the unauthorized use of its intellectual property. Nintendo will vigorously enforce its intellectual property rights and will work to protect its greatest assets, its beloved characters and products.”

Star Wars Battlefront will not include singleplayer campaign

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Star-Wars-Battlefront-Include-Single-Player-Campaign-71376.html   

• EA announced that the new Battlefront Game will not include a single player campaign
• Decision was made based on statistics stating that a very small number of people play the single player campaign.

PS4 Darth Vader bundle announced

http://www.vinereport.com/article/star.wars.ps4.bundles.revealed.darth.vader.ps4.classic.star.wars.games.for.the.ps4.boba.fett.figure.more/2398.htm  

• Available November 17
• Will Include Deluxe Edition of Star Wars Battlefront, as well as redeemable codes for a Star Wars Classics digital collection (including – Super Star Wars, Star Wars: Racer Revenge, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, and Star Wars Bounty Hunter)

Everquest 2 is building a prison server

http://kotaku.com/everquest-ii-is-building-a-prison-server-for-shitty-p-1725233346  

• Cheaters and Toxic players will be “exiled” to a server with other cheaters and toxic players as a way to remove them from the game without disallowing them to play at all

 

New Game Centered Crowdfunding Site “Fig” has launched

http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/18/fig-kickstarter-gaming-investment-platform/   

• To start, only 2 campaigns will be run at a time, for a month each, started 2 weeks apart
• Hopefully allows for an increase in exposure and donations during a generally slow time in crowdfunders.
• First Game to be on platform is “OuterWilds” – https://www.fig.co/campaigns/outer-wilds
• Platform not only provides a place to fund the games, but also consulting for developers
• Accredited Investors can invest in the game as well through platform.

Lightning Round:

• Gaming Conventions seem to be popping up/expanding to Australia (i.e. PAX, RTX)
• JoAnn Fabric has new MarioBros. fabric 🙂
• Soundtrack for indie game Super Hexagon will be released on Vinyl in the shape of a hexagon
• ESRB asked by APA to change rating system again, stating they have linked gaming to acceptance of aggressive behavior amongst gamers
• Ashes of the Singluarity first Natively DirectX12 game
• Xbox Streaming on windows now officially supports 1080p streaming
• The Fallen – new game with finite number of lives for the entire universe, and once all lives are gone, game will end.

 

NextWeek! – Inaugural Game Club (After Coffee Club):

• Directly following the Coffee Club
• We will be playing “The Meta Game”
• Sign up on meetup – http://www.meetup.com/Video-Game-Open-Coffee-Club/events/224763864/

 

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