Chris and Bill tackle this week’s news without the benefit of the wisdom of Harry Hal, but we manage to fill over an hour worth of air time with many, many words spoken by Top Men. Top. Men.
This week’s show has us talking about the cancellation of Everquest Next, layoffs at Carbine, and the launch of The Maze Engine in Neverwinter.
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What we did in game:
Bill:
- Elite
- Rocket League – officially ranked now (Prospect IV)
- Just barely extended my GW2 streak to an unprecedented 112 shows (that number is wild speculation and totally made up)
Chris:
- Blade and Soul
- Review and discussion
- Black Desert Online
- Review and discussion
- COMPARE Blade and Soul and BDO
- The Division
- Tease final review next week with Harry
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News:
EQ Next Cancelled:
https://www.daybreakgames.com/news/daybreak-president-community-letter-everquest-next-2016
- MMORPG.com interview with Russell Shanks (President, Daybreak)
- Need more reaction/follow-up
- EQ Worlds mobile app also cancelled
- So what’s next? If EQ Next was cancelled due to lack of fun, there must be a lot of resources at Daybreak that need a place to go? There must be a long-term plan.
- Landmark is approaching release, so that’s not a long-term answer
- Is there a new IP/Game/System brewing?
- Is Daybreak going to fade away?
- Dave Georgeson said he would have “absolutely” delivered EQ Next
Wildstar fading?
http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/11/11208284/wildstar-developer-carbine-studios-layoffs
- Carbine cancels China launch
- Reports of 70 staff let go (approx 40% of the dev team)
- Development still continuing according to
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Microsoft announces cross-platform play capbilities for Xbox One, PC – maybe PS4?
- Rocket League will be the first title (other than the Xbone port of Gears of War) that will support cross platform
- I.e. Technical capability for Xbox and PC players to play together now introduced
- “We’re thrilled to confirm that Psyonix’s Rocket League will be one of the first games to take advantage of this new capability by enabling cross-network play between Xbox One and PC players, with an open invitation for other networks to participate as well.”
- Poke at Sony/PS4 implying that MS has opened its doors to them, and they must make a move to enable co-op
- Futher analysis:
BenQ Xr3501 Review
http://www.benq.com.sg/product/monitor/xr3501/
- 35inch Ultra Widescreen
- 2560×1080 144Hz (for Display Port only – 60Hz for HDMI)
- 2000R curvature
- 2 HDMI, 1 Display Port, 1 Mini-Display Port, Line in, Line Out and Headphone Port
- Does the curve matter?
- Resolution – Only 1080p – Does that matter?
- Office Productivity of ultra-widecreen
- Use case
- Worth $999.99?
Quick Mentions:
Playstation VR launches in Oct 2016 at $399 USD
http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/15/sonys-playstation-vr-headset-launches-in-october-for-400/
- “The final, consumer version of PS VR includes an OLED display, 5.7-inch screen, 1920×1080 resolution, 360 degree tracking and latency of less than 18ms. Plus, it supports 3D audio.”
- http://www.anandtech.com/show/10147/sony-to-start-selling-playstation-vr-in-october-for-399
Neverwinter – The Maze Engine Launch
Final Fantasy 14 – Free login campaign
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/9f5c65ca108e5ad09054ac687429fa229c7324dd
- March 14th-April 13th
- 4 days of play time after first log-in
- Must have previously purchased and registered FFXIV
- Full access
Paradox & Obsidian announce new RPG – Tyranny
- http://www.tyrannygame.com/
- RPG – similar vein to Pillars of Eternity
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