Nintendo Strikes Emulation, PS5 Ad Controversy, Death Stranding 2, + More!

Duration: 08:28

NEWS SOURCES:

EMULATE WHAT THEY SAY, NOT WHAT THEY DO

Nintendo goes after YouTubers emulating their games

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/nintendo-is-now-going-after-youtube-accounts-which-show-its-games-being-emulated

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-intensifies-crackdown-on-youtube-emulator-channels-report/1100-6526834/

Retro Games Corps https://x.com/RetroGameCorps/status/1840077263598915978

Explanation of first strike https://youtu.be/WbbDQ1f1Yms?t=166

Meanwhile Nintendo is emulating Virtual Boy at their Nintendo Museum https://x.com/LuigiBlood/status/1839298981048050087

It appears that Nintendo updated patents IN ORDER TO sue Palworld

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendos-patents-were-designed-to-take-on-palworld

Relevant excerpt https://lmg.gg/T6wtE

Nintendo is now filing for those patents in the US https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/nintendo-is-filing-for-the-patents-it-s-suing-palworld-with-in-the-us-as-well-though-some-non-final-rejections-could-complicate-matters/

ADSTATION

PS5 home screen replaces unique video game art with ads

https://mp1st.com/news/ps5-new-ui-update-also-brought-unwanted-forced-news-feed-and-ads-to-select-titles

https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-homescreen-now-replaces-unique-video-game-art-with-annoying-ads-you-cant-turn-off

Lego Horizon Adventures ad https://mp1st.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ps5-welcome-hub-ad.webp

Across the Spider-Verse ad https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2024/09/30/img-5026-1727699908609.JPG

Seems issue was that it was pulling the latest item in game’s news feed https://kotaku.com/ps5-firmware-update-ads-welcome-hub-custom-widgets-1851661075

“following a recent change they now pull from whatever the latest item is in that game’s news feed.” https://lmg.gg/Jr7Co (Kotaku)

Message from AskPlayStation, saying “technical error” has been fixed https://x.com/AskPlayStation/status/1840877005396722121

SON OF A BEACH

Death Stranding Tokyo Game Show special event https://www.gematsu.com/2024/09/death-stranding-2-on-the-beach-tgs-2024-special-stage-event-summary-footage

footage drops, there’s two musical numbers featuring the little puppet guy

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/hideo-kojima-shows-off-8-minutes-of-new-death-stranding-2-cutscenes-including-no-less-than-2-musical-numbers-featuring-that-little-puppet-guy-whose-name-is-dollman/

Sings Raindrops keep falling on my head to character Rainy’s pregnant belly @1:20 https://x.com/KojiPro2015_EN/status/1840230818003988506

Second one is a music video for an original song by Daichi Miura @0:45 https://x.com/KojiPro2015_EN/status/1840233883117465777

“Photo Shoot event” https://lmg.gg/x5mIr (Gematsu)

footage https://x.com/Wario64/status/1840211269934043480

George Miller is the THIRD film director to be cast in Death Stranding series https://lmg.gg/czK44 (Gematsu)

QUICK BITS

“SUE ME” - VALVE PROBABLY

Steam updates subscriber agreements to REMOVE arbitration clause

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255841/steam-forced-arbitration-policy-lawsuit

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/4696781406111167992

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/valve-dropping-individual-arbitration-for-consumer-complaints-in-the-us

OH SHOOT, AGAIN?

StarCraft shooter allegedly in development at Blizzard

https://www.ign.com/articles/blizzard-reportedly-working-on-a-starcraft-shooter-with-ex-far-cry-chief-dan-hay-at-the-helm

Not their first attempt at a StarCraft shooter https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-ghost-of-starcraft-ghost-endures-as-a-new-shooter-set-in-the-rts-universe-is-in-the-works-at-blizzard

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/blizzard-is-trying-to-make-a-starcraft-shooter-again-for-the-third-time-153950275.html \

BLIZZARD ICES ADAPTATIONS

Blizzard almost adapted their games on Netflix, but then they sued the company for poaching

https://www.ign.com/articles/blizzard-reportedly-had-starcraft-overwatch-and-diablo-adaptations-in-development-but-then-it-sued-netflix

Jason Schreier AMA https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/1fs5nw9/comment/lpibwy5/

Said suit https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/activision-blizzard-sues-netflix-poaching-spencer-neumann-1234846539/

COMMANDER CONQUERED

Wizards of the Coast takes over Commander, MtG’s most popular format, after players issue death threats to volunteer rules committee

https://www.wargamer.com/magic-the-gathering/mtg-wizards-of-the-coast-takes-over-commander-rules-committee

All started when 3 popular, rare (expensive) cards were banned, including one that only works in the Commander format (more background) https://www.polygon.com/mtg-magic-the-gathering/456895/commander-ban-2024-jeweled-lotus-mana-crypt-dockside-extortionist-nadu

WotC’s statement https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/on-the-future-of-commander

THE YEAR AFTER THE DAY BEFORE

The Day Before dev Fntastic returns from the dead to ask for your money on Kickstarter

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-day-before-developer-comes-back-from-the-dead-and-asks-for-a-second-chance-from-now-on-our-development-and-marketing-will-be-based-on-the-principle-of-honesty/

The Kickstarter https://kickstarter.com/projects/fntasticgames/escape-factory/

Talking about honesty when they’re deleting posts pointing out their new game’s networking is just code from a Unity tutorial https://insider-gaming.com/fntastic-new-game-asset-flip-dataminers/