Sunday, October 8th 2023
This Week in Gaming (Week 41)
As autumn continues, we have another week of big game releases to look forward to, hopefully with something that'll suit most gamers here. This week's AAA title involves a lot of sand, wars and monuments. As for the rest of this week's new games, you can be a tycoon, a driver of very expensive motor vehicles, craft your own stick, pretend to be a starship captain or you could be a monster slayer. Let us know if any of these tickle your fancy in the poll.
Total War: Pharaoh / This week's AAA title / Wednesday 11 October
In Total War: Pharaoh, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction. With dynamic real-time battles and incredible turn-based empire management, can you rise above your adversaries to become Egypt's last great Pharaoh and stand against the collapse of an iconic civilisation?
Install Fee Tycoon / Monday 9 October
Chaos3D, The popular game engine, has started charging developers each time their games are installed in a bid to increase their stock price. They have also reached out to you, a notorious software pirate. Why? So that they can pay you to re-install those same games, of course! Scam unwitting developers: get rich, and destroy the video game industry in the process!
Forza Motorsport / Tuesday 10 October
Race over 500 real-world cars including modern race cars and more than 100 cars new to Forza Motorsport. Make every lap count across 20 living tracks with fan-favorite locations and multiple track layouts to master, each featuring live on-track scoring, fully dynamic time-of-day with weather and unique driving conditions where no two laps feel the same.
The Front / Wednesday 11 October
The Front takes place in a post-apocalyptic sandbox world populated by mutants and hostile factions. On this war-torn land, players will engage tyrannical imperial forces, exiles, thugs, and rebels in an epic battle that will determine the fate of humanity. Team up with your friends, explore ruins and enemy areas, craft weapons and equipment, build bases and defend them with tower defense-style traps, upgrade tech, pilot tanks and helicopters, battle the elements, and contend with fearsome foes!
Star Trek: Infinite / Thursday 12 October
Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one of four major factions in the galaxy. Follow the specially crafted story or blaze your own trail in the first Star Trek grand strategy game.
Lords of the Fallen / Friday 13 October
After an age of the cruellest tyranny, the demon God, Adyr, was finally defeated. But Gods… do not fall forever. Now, aeons later, Adyr's resurrection draws nigh. As one of the fabled Dark Crusaders, journey through both the realms of the living and the dead in this expansive RPG experience, featuring colossal boss battles, fast challenging combat, thrilling character encounters, and deep, immersive storytelling. Will your legend be one of light… or one of darkness?
Total War: Pharaoh / This week's AAA title / Wednesday 11 October
In Total War: Pharaoh, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction. With dynamic real-time battles and incredible turn-based empire management, can you rise above your adversaries to become Egypt's last great Pharaoh and stand against the collapse of an iconic civilisation?
Chaos3D, The popular game engine, has started charging developers each time their games are installed in a bid to increase their stock price. They have also reached out to you, a notorious software pirate. Why? So that they can pay you to re-install those same games, of course! Scam unwitting developers: get rich, and destroy the video game industry in the process!
Race over 500 real-world cars including modern race cars and more than 100 cars new to Forza Motorsport. Make every lap count across 20 living tracks with fan-favorite locations and multiple track layouts to master, each featuring live on-track scoring, fully dynamic time-of-day with weather and unique driving conditions where no two laps feel the same.
The Front takes place in a post-apocalyptic sandbox world populated by mutants and hostile factions. On this war-torn land, players will engage tyrannical imperial forces, exiles, thugs, and rebels in an epic battle that will determine the fate of humanity. Team up with your friends, explore ruins and enemy areas, craft weapons and equipment, build bases and defend them with tower defense-style traps, upgrade tech, pilot tanks and helicopters, battle the elements, and contend with fearsome foes!
Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one of four major factions in the galaxy. Follow the specially crafted story or blaze your own trail in the first Star Trek grand strategy game.
After an age of the cruellest tyranny, the demon God, Adyr, was finally defeated. But Gods… do not fall forever. Now, aeons later, Adyr's resurrection draws nigh. As one of the fabled Dark Crusaders, journey through both the realms of the living and the dead in this expansive RPG experience, featuring colossal boss battles, fast challenging combat, thrilling character encounters, and deep, immersive storytelling. Will your legend be one of light… or one of darkness?
29 Comments on This Week in Gaming (Week 41)
Curious as to what engine this uses.
What are the chances of a company that produces games releasing something good when the minds behind the machine are just trying to raise their own salaries and don't even know the gaming culture?
Never think that you've seen everything.
Based on real events ! :D
Many, if not most of them, are sharp-witted, and know how to use their platforms extremely well.
How did that company not consider that their customers are people that not only had to convey their idiosyncratic ideas to the world, often by themselves, but then had to promote them on social media? By definition strong-willed, determined, and uniquely clever. Look at the list of titles made on that engine, and tell me if you'd want to pick a fight with most any of those minds. I certainly would not.
For instance, imagine if the old Idle Thumbs was still around: Former Campo Santo/Fullbrite cats probably could've largely decimated the company (their well-known games were made on) by themselves.
Or, you know, with a little help from their friends (/colleagues/admirers).
In the end, there would be nothing left but Genshin Impact (probably).
The original wording of their news post was even more ridiculous. After some backlash they changed it. Just don't support such scum developers. Period.
Quote: "Can I still play the original "Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition" after it's removed? Yes, you will be able to play the game in solo mode as long as the game is installed on your device. On the other hand, online multiplayer will be available for a few more months as we will keep the servers running for a last nostalgia ride!"
Lords of the fallen well at some point maybe since I've quite liked the first game/own the box edition of it, one of the very few Souls like games that I actually finished. 'yeh, I'm not exactly good at such games/don't have the patience for most:laugh:'
Originally they wanted to call this Lords of the Fallen 2 but they changed their mind over the years/different developers too I think and they simply named it the same and its more like a reboot. 'tho this new game is supposedly set 1000 years after the first one in the story'
Game looks meh though. A souls game.
"elese"
:)