Tag: Tencent

Vertical Slice 280: Κουνάμι Ριφανταζίο

Published 04/10/2024

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Vertical Slice 280: Κουνάμι Ριφανταζίο

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Υποσχεθήκαμε να ασχοληθούμε με την παρουσία του Xbox στο Tokyo Game Show και δεν… απογοητεύουμε. Παρά ταύτα, το επεισόδιο είναι γεμάτο απογοήτευση.

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Amazon hires Xbox co-founder J Allard
Atlus releases official Persona 5 line of coffee to start your own Café Leblanc
True Ending
Remedy και Tencent
- Tencent loans €15m to Remedy
Ψηφιακές αγορές
- California targets misleading ‘buy’ buttons on digital content
- California law compels digital storefronts to inform players they don’t own their games
Horizon Zero Dawn (Remastered)
- PlayStation raises Horizon Zero Dawn’s PS4 price following remaster upgrade annoucement
Η KRAFTON και οι άλλοι
Unreal Fest 2024
Xbox Research και devs
- How Xbox Research is Shaping the Future of Game Development
- Microsoft is seeking feedback from studios which aren’t on Xbox
Xbox @ Tokyo Game Show
- Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024 Broadcast: Every Announcement and Game Reveal – Xbox Wire

Vertical Slice 279: Αίμα, δάκρυα και State Of Play

Published 27/09/2024

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Vertical Slice 279: Αίμα, δάκρυα και State Of Play

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Η Ubisoft παλεύει για τη ζωή της, η Sony κοιτά προς βόρειο Αφρική και Μέση Ανατολή και η Sucker Punch πάει μια βόλτα από Hokkaidō, αλλά με λύκους, όχι αλεπούδες.

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Η ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΣΤΑ ΒΙΝΤΕΟΠΑΙΧΝΙΔΙΑ με τον Ηλία Παππά
True Ending
- True Ending 142: Skydance’s Behemoth | Gamescom 2024 Preview
FU: Annapurna
- Annapurna Interactive split reportedly caused by staff concerns over company direction
Βάσανα Ubisoft
- Ubisoft revises financial targets after “soft” sales of Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin’s Creed Shadows delay
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows delayed after poor Star Wars Outlaws reception
Κινέζοι και οι Ιάπωνες
- Tencent, NetEase Rethink Japan Approach as Game Strategy Stalls
- Bloomberg: NetEase Games plans to close Visions of Mana developer Ouka Studios
Βάσανα Don’t Nod
- Don’t Nod pauses two projects as Jusant and Banishers sales dissapoint
PlayStation MENA Hero Project
- PlayStation MENA Hero Project incubator program announced
Επετειακά PS5
- Celebrating 30 years of PlayStation with a nostalgic look
State Of Play
- Everything revealed in State of Play September 2024
European Key Facts
- 2023 All About Video Games – European Key Facts – VIDEOGAMES EUROPE

• • New Key Fact report says 75% of video game players in Europe are adults, and average age is 31

Vertical Slice 254: Ούτε 3 κλικ

Published 15/03/2024

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Vertical Slice 254: Ούτε 3 κλικ

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Shawn Layden και Peter Moore αναρωτιούνται για το μέλλον της κονσόλας, τις αποκλειστικότητες και το κόστος των μεγάλων παραγωγών, αλλά όλα αυτά τα λένε επειδή δεν μπορούν να γίνουν Jeff Minter.

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True Ending
- True Ending 120: Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden | Review
- True Ending 121: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story | Review
Akira Toriyama
- Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama dies at age 68
Yoshitaka Murayama
- Suikoden creator Yoshitaka Murayama dies
Transmedia
- Amazon’s new Fallout trailer & Fallout Xbox Design Lab Controller
- Nintendo and Illumination announce new Super Mario Bros. animated film
Μ&Α
Xbox και Boosteroid
- Xbox Games from Microsoft Store and Game Pass Now Available on Boosteroid – Xbox Wire
Warner Bros. Discovery και Adult Swim Games
- Devs left with tough choices as Warner Bros. ends all Adult Swim Games downloads
Deviation Games
- PlayStation-backed Deviation Games closes
KeokeN Interactive
- Keoken Interactive: The way games are made and funded is “failing”
emptyvessel
- AAA games studio emptyvessel announces establishment; developing “immersive shooter”
Giant Skull
- Respawn veteran Stig Asmussen forms Giant Skull to build AAA single player games
Κονσόλες, κόστος και αποκλειστικότητες

Vertical Slice 249: Κι αν πονάς, Game Pass

Published 09/02/2024

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Vertical Slice 249: Κι αν πονάς, Game Pass

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Απλά κρατάμε την αναπνοή μας μέχρι τα επίσημα νέα για το μέλλον του Xbox.

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Vertical Slice 248: Luben Vezo

Published 02/02/2024

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Vertical Slice 248: Luben Vezo

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Η Microsoft πετυχαίνει ανεπιτυχώς, η διάλυση του Embracer Group συνεχίζεται και ο Hideo Kojima σώζει το State Of Play.

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Palworld
- Palworld Becomes the Biggest 3rd Party Game Pass Launch Ever – Xbox Wire
True Ending
- True Ending 116: WarioWare: Move It! | Review
Αποτελέσματα
Απολύσεις
- Xbox
  - Activision Blizzard
- AirShip Syndicate
  - Report: Airship Syndicate lays off 12 staff
- Embracer Group
  - Nimble Giant Entertainment
    - Nimble Giant Entertainment reportedly reduces staff by 28
  - Black Forest Games
    - Black Forest Games reportedly cuts 50% of employees
  - Eidos Interactive
    - Report: Deus Ex title killed after Embracer Group’s cuts at Eidos
- SEGA
  - Sega of America to lay off 61 employees
- GameSpot
  - GameSpot lays off portion of staff
Tencent
- The world’s biggest gaming company reportedly feels its position is under threat
Ubisoft
- Inside Ubisoft – From Low Morale To Internal Tensions – Insider Gaming
DMA
State Of Play
- Everything revealed in the January 2024 State of Play
- Death Stranding 2 and new Kojima stealth game headline PlayStation’s State of Play
Square Enix
- A Final Fantasy 6 remake would take ‘twice as long’ as FF7, says producer

Vertical Slice 246: FPS = RPG

Published 19/01/2024

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Vertical Slice 246: FPS = RPG

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Μεταξύ άλλων, σχολιάζουμε το Xbox Developer Direct οπλισμένοι με RPG.

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Tekken 8 + Brian Cox
- TEKKEN 8 – “Story So Far” with Brian Cox
True Ending
- True Ending 114: Broken Sword: Parzival’s Stone | Gamescom 2023 Preview
Global Game Jam [Athens]
- https://www.globalgamejamathens.gr/
Transmedia
- Martha is Dead to get film adaptation
- Until Dawn is getting a movie adaptation
Απολύσεις για όλα τα γούστα
PC Gaming 2023
- Global PC Games Market Report 2024 | Video Game Insights
Συνδρομές
- The new Ubisoft+ and getting gamers comfortable with not owning their games
- Is the latest game subscription ‘moral panic’ justified?
Developer_Direct 2024
- Xbox Developer_Direct: All the News and Announcements
- ESO 2024 Global Reveal — The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road & Scions of Ithelia

Vertical Slice 243: Παππάτζα

Published 22/12/2023

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Vertical Slice 243: Παππάτζα

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Σοκ και δέος χάρη στο hack της Insomniac Games, κλαθμός και οδυρμός για live service games, οπότε πάλι καλά που ετοιμάζει θεματικό πάρκο Pokémon η Nintendo.

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True Ending
- True Ending 109: Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior | Gamescom 2023 Preview
Transmedia
Netflix Games
- What’s Next for Netflix Games
Embracer Group
Tencent
- Team Kaiju
  - Tencent closes shop on Team Kaiju
Activision Blizzard
- Microsoft announces more Xbox leadership changes as Activision’s Bobby Kotick departs
Boosteroid
- Boosteroid takes on GeForce Now with cheaper 4K120 game streaming
Πωλήσεις Persona 5
- Persona 5 series sales top 10 million
PS5
- PlayStation 5 Achieves Milestone of 50 Million Units Sold to Consumers
Akatsuki
- Announcement of Capital and Business Alliance Agreement with Sony Group and Koei Tecmo Holdings, and Notice of Disposition of Treasury Shares via Third-Party Allotment
Ψηφιακή ιδιοκτησία
- “ULTRA UNVEILS FIRST-EVER TRADABLE DIGITAL VIDEO GAME REDEFINING OWNERSHIP OF GAMING CONTENT “
Η βιομηχανία το 2023
- GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2023
Insomniac Games
- The BIG PlayStation leak
- The catastrophe of the Insomniac hack goes way beyond leaked games
Ακύρωση The Last Of Us Online
- AN UPDATE ON THE LAST OF US ONLINE
Live games
- What the heck is happening with live service games?
- A Retreat from Live Service Games?

Vertical Slice 227: Super Starfield Bros. Wonder Plus

Published 04/09/2023

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Vertical Slice 227: Super Starfield Bros. Wonder Plus

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Η Sony ανεβάζει τιμές, το Starfield παρκάρει στο ηλιακό μας σύστημα και η Nintendo κάνει τον ελέφαντα.

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Vertical Slice 224: Επιτυχημένοι ψυχοπαθείς

Published 31/07/2023

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Vertical Slice 224: Επιτυχημένοι ψυχοπαθείς

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Στο τελευταίο «κανονικό» επεισόδιο πριν τη μικρή ανάπαυλα, προβληματιζόμαστε με τα αποτελέσματα της Microsoft, προσπαθούμε να καταλάβουμε τι εννοεί η Square Enix όταν μιλά για στήριξη του Xbox και, μεταξύ άλλων, επανερχόμαστε σε ένα άρθρο περί ψυχοπαθών.

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Vertical Slice 222: Στους 180 βαθμούς για 2 ώρες

Published 17/07/2023

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Vertical Slice 222: Στους 180 βαθμούς για 2 ώρες

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Πολλά τα αμείλικτα ερωτήματα αυτήν την εβδομάδα. Βγάζουν νόημα περισσότερα remakes του Resident Evil; Τι είναι indie; SEGA, ξεχάστηκες; Πέραν αυτών, ο Βασίλης Τατσιόπουλος αντέχει τη ζέστη, το FTC όχι.

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Manos Vezos – The Vez | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Ι Apple Music
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