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After years of destroying video games, Anita Sarkeesian announced that Feminist Frequency is finally shutting down. While some may cheer, this isn't entirely the end of this saga, though I do think this it's a very good sign. https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/08/02/anita-sarkeesian-announces-official-shut-down-of-her-non-profit-video-game-activism-organization-feminist-frequency/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

A rep from Hasbro said that Activision can't find the hard drive with their Cybertron games on it, leading to speculation that perhaps a remaster or rerelease was in the works. Not all is as it seems because Activision had something to say about this as well. Personally, I think there's some PR Shenanigans afoot. https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/08/01/hasbro-reveal-they-are-unable-to-re-release-transformers-cybertron-video-games-because-activisions-not-sure-what-hard-drives-theyre-on/ https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/08/02/activision-pushes-back-against-hasbros-claim-that-they-misplaced-source-codes-for-transformers-cybertron-series-its-not-lost-and-never-was/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Microsoft has unveiled a new reporting feature for voice chat that lets users report inappropriate comments in voice chat as "harassment" instead of simply using the block and mute features already available. They get put on blast for trying to kill trash talk, a fundamental element of multiplayer gaming. https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/07/18/microsoft-launches-new-moderation-program-that-allows-players-to-capture-and-report-inappropriate-voice-activity-on-any-multiplayer-game-with-in-game-voice-chat/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

There has been a lot of good discussion in the comments about my less than stellar expectations for GTA VI, so I wanted to make a video outlining some of the things I'm seeing that lead me to believe 6 may not live up to the expectations set by 5. https://www.sustainalytics.com/esg-rating/take-two-interactive-software-inc/1008249527 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51381774 https://www.gamesradar.com/gta-leslie-benzies-leaves-rockstar/ https://kotaku.com/18-months-after-red-dead-redemption-2-rockstar-has-mad-1842880524 LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

I had previously had some criticisms of the way the Armored Cores felt in the older gameplay video, but this one has really changed my mind on things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcDjyestr4Y LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We got a new Armored Core gameplay preview that I wanted to talk a bit about. Some things we've already seen, but there's also some new stuff in this trailer that caught my eye. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcDjyestr4Y LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Some of the GTA 6 leaks have given us some details on the cost of the latest installment of GTA and the numbers are astronomical. Is GTA 6 gonna be able to make back the cost of this game or will the most expensive game of all time flop? https://www.essentiallysports.com/esports-news-gta-six-which-is-allegedly-costing-rockstar-games-over-two-billion-is-bringing-the-most-expensive-entertainment-product-of-all-time/amp/ https://steamdb.info/app/271590/charts/ https://rockstarintel.com/rockstar-announce-gta-onlines-shark-cards-values-are-changing LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In typical fashion, there's a plethora of news surrounding the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. Some say it's good for gamers, some say it's bad. I tend to think there's a bit of both, but it's more complicated than some (Forbes) would have you believe. Archived Article 1: https://archive.is/lKYYM Archived Article 2: https://archive.is/UB1dE LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

As part of the declaration to the FTC for the case concerning the Xbox Activision deal, Sony revealed some very big numbers for the development costs of The Last of Us Part 2 and Horizon Forbidden West. This speaks volumes to the way games are made and the shrinking margins to chase these overly cinematic titles. Archived Article: https://archive.is/jp5rP LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Square Enix released the initial sales figures for Final Fantasy XVI and they're not looking great. While it could be a LOT worse, it does appear that 16 will underperform compared to recent Final Fantasy titles. https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/06/28/square-enix-reveals-total-sales-for-final-fantasy-xvi/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311559/final-fantasy-15-lifetime-unit-sales/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Bandai Namco dropped a new gameplay video for Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon. Let's take a look and see what we can find! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_9PYUXQ9Qw LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sharing my channel's latest metrics across a few platforms. Might be of some use to see what kind of traction a tiny channel like mine gets on YT, Rumble, and BitChute. Also got some game dev updates and some other news right at the end. LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Wishlist System Intrusion: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1360570/System_Intrusion/

A former Activision Blizzard employee claims LGBTQ+ culture at the company is due to fear. He cites intimidation tactics and claims people have been fired over their frustration with the company's heavy handed enforcement of a particular ideology. https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/06/15/alleged-former-activision-blizzard-employee-claims-promotion-of-disordered-lgbtq-culture-at-company-is-due-to-fear/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

With Starfield Direct, we got a ton of new footage and discussion about the game. Not much has been revealed about the main story of the game until now, and after putting a few pieces together, I've come to some conclusions and a bit of speculation on what I believe to be the main story. LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

With the highly anticipated release of Street Fighter 6, How's it doing on Steam? I'll break down the numbers and let you know what I'm seeing in comparison to other releases. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364780/Street_Fighter_6 SteamDB: https://steamdb.info/app/1364780/charts/ SF V: https://steamdb.info/app/310950/charts/ Hogwarts: https://steamdb.info/app/990080/charts/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Gollum appears to be yet another entry in the list of broken game launches of 2023. Many are starting to see this pattern of broken launch, apology and hopeful retribution. https://twitter.com/GollumGame/status/1662124108614717448 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1265780/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Gollum/ https://store.steampowered.com/developer/daedalic https://www.daedalic.com/ I'm starting to see these companies engage in this as a business strategy. While I don't believe Daedalic did so intentionally, it does seem to be a pattern. I hope I'm wrong, and I hope devs start releasing games in a working state again, but this definitely seems like a trend. LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Some recently leaked screenshots aren't showing a ton of progress on Skull and Bones, leading many to speculate whether we'll ever see this title come out. https://nichegamer.com/recent-skull-and-bones-leaks-show-little-progress/ While Ubisoft says they're happy with their progress, we haven't seen much of that progress lately. With further rumors a while ago about this game being heavy on microtransactions it seems Ubisoft is more concerned about milking the customer for money than they are at making a good game. LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The Mortal Kombat 1 Announcement Trailer has dropped, and it looks like a return to form for the franchise. That said, there's some bad news mixed in with the good. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ6eFEjFfJ0 Article: https://nichegamer.com/mortal-kombat-1-is-set-to-have-in-game-purchases/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dove has teamed up with Epic's Unreal Engine education team to scold us all about how women don't feel represented in their games. I guess I've been gaming wrong all these years because I've never wanted to feel represented by the characters I play as. Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDrum/status/1656729421502627840 Archived: https://archive.is/NJeHL LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Volition has provided a huge patch to Saints Row to improve gameplay, address player complaints, and attempt to bring players back to the newly rebooted franchise. Are all the changes worth coming back for? Archived Article: https://archive.is/U0XKr Patch Notes: https://saintsrow.com/news/sunshine LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Redfall is just days away, and the dropped this launch trailer, which has some interesting things in it. Also a great article on the game by Niche Gamer! https://nichegamer.com/redfall-launch-trailer/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cCFN77wtHY More interesting tidbits to consider in the upcoming game. Some possible mechanics reveals that look very promising, and a lot of new vampires we haven't seen before. LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Wishlist System Intrusion: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1360570/System_Intrusion/

With Redfall nearing their release date, the unfortunate news that XBox Series X and S will have a 30fps cap out of the box with the 60fps "Performance" mode available at a later date. https://archive.is/YFEVu What does releasing next to other big tentpole releases like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom do for sales of Redfall? Will that matter, or is the 30fps cap a bigger deal for gamers? I go into the details on this, and also pull back the curtain a bit about what 30fps really means and how they'll likely go about improving it. Original: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/hogwarts-legacy-launch-sales-were-130543177.html LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Wishlist System Intrusion: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1360570/System_Intrusion/

In some surprising news, Sega is looking to acquire Rovio for $1 Billion. Is this a sign that mobile gaming is in decline and nearing a collapse? https://nichegamer.com/sega-reportedly-acquire-angry-birds-dev/ It comes as quite a shock that Rovio is values that low given it's status as one of the big names in mobile gaming. I think this may be a sign that mobile gaming isn't the powerhouse it was purported to be, and this could be just the first of many concessions in that space. LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Wishlist System Intrusion: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1360570/System_Intrusion/

Is the new NCSoft title, Project M a breakthrough technology demonstrator, or a passion project that could reveal the future direction of the studio? ** I just realized I was referring to NCSoft as Japanese and not South Korean through the whole video. Had Squaresoft in my head from something I was reading about FF and must have gotten my wires crossed ** https://www.gematsu.com/2023/03/ncsoft-action-adventure-game-project-m-gdc-2023-trailer Watch along as I react to the trailer and discuss some interesting things I found in it. I also talk about what I think is a more expansive use of AI than just their virtual human tech, and what that could mean for the future of this and other games. LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Wishlist System Intrusion: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1360570/System_Intrusion/

With the Frontier Publisher sale in full swing (it ends April 15th 2023), Elite Dangerous is heavily discounted. https://store.steampowered.com/app/359320/Elite_Dangerous/ https://store.steampowered.com/sale/frontier/ Something a bit different. I play Elite Dangerous Odyssey for an hour ferrying passengers and talking about the game. If you're into combat, trading and everything in-between in space, give it a try. Make sure to get Elite Dangerous Odyssey though as that's the latest version / DLC. LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jasconius Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasconiusGames Minds: https://www.minds.com/Jasconius Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Wishlist System Intrusion: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1360570/System_Intrusion/