Xbox Asks Why, Another Palworld, Unreal Fest + more!

Duration: 09:06

Timestamps:

0:00 welcome

0:09 Xbox researching their haters

1:36 Miraibo Go, a Palworld clone

3:09 Unreal Fest Epic Games announcements

4:35 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:44 Ryujinx Switch emulator taken down

5:28 Avatar TLA getting AAA RPG

6:17 Starfield Shattered Space DLC

7:06 Silent Hill 2 Remake copies leaked

7:51 Tekken boss wanted Colonel Sanders

8:28 Riley Week on Floatplane

NEWS SOURCES:

DEVELOPING LISTENING SKILLS

Microsoft has started asking devs why they aren’t coming to Xbox

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-is-seeking-feedback-from-studios-which-arent-on-xbox/

Blog post about it

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/articles/2024/09/how-xbox-research-is-shaping-the-future-of-game-development/

News comes after two inde devs openly complained about Xbox’s lack of communication https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2024/09/03/rpg-becomes-ps5-exclusive-because-of-xbox-microsoft/

Open to all members of game studios https://lmg.gg/iO725 (VGC)

Xbox is “seeking feedback from studios which aren’t currently releasing games on Microsoft platforms.” https://lmg.gg/7190G (VGC)

Reasons we’ve heard before, like Game Pass, Xbox Series S

https://kotaku.com/games-skipping-xbox-microsoft-asks-devs-studio-why-ps5-1851663611

But going after Square Enix https://x.com/nhamaguc/status/1841716109567000768

Xbox has online outage just a day after PlayStation

https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-network-suffers-major-outage-game-launching-and-more-affected

HERE WE MIRAIBO GO AGAIN

Miraibo Go “Pal-like” game exceeds 700,000 pre-registrations

https://insider-gaming.com/miraibo-go-pal-like-registrations/

Palworld X Garbage fire (the footage of the bunny thing casually dying) https://youtu.be/hhGWfKP2nhc?t=17

Seems to have same monster-catching tech people think got Palworld sued, as seen in this clip of the same Mira being captured twice https://youtu.be/Rc5C4bzezuM?t=28

Straight up call their monsters “Pals” in the description of the Trailer (EDITOR: please get a shot of the quote “capturing, surviving, and crafting with your Pals” in the Youtube video description)

I’m sure no one will sue over the AMAZING sound design https://youtu.be/hhGWfKP2nhc?t=10

Palworld coming to mobile in licencing deal with Krafton

https://www.ign.com/articles/amid-nintendos-pokmon-lawsuit-palworld-dev-pocketpair-signs-deal-for-mobile-version

Translated press release https://lmg.gg/EvF9S (Krafton)

More sources https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoRUtEd2pYeXNTc0RCRkYxQTRDNm9BUmVpZ0FQAQ?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

I’m sure no one will sue over the AMAZING sound design https://youtu.be/hhGWfKP2nhc?t=10

IT’S LITERALLY UNREAL

Unreal Fest Seattle 2024

Epic Games CEO says company is now "financially sound"

Clip https://youtu.be/KYGEfQJPqW8?t=1102

After layoff of over 800 staff

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/10/epic-games-boss-says-firm-now-financially-sound-following-the-firing-of-over-800-staff

MegaLights allows for “orders of magnitude more” light sources https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/Unreal-Engine-5-5-Mega-Lights/

MegaLights demo https://youtu.be/KYGEfQJPqW8?t=3177

Epic lowers Unreal Engine royalty fee for games released simultaneously on Epic Games Store

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/epic-games-lowers-royalty-fee-for-games-released-simultaneously-on-epic-games-store

Epic Games bolsters Fortnite and UEFN parental controls to monitor playtime and set time limits

https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/introducing-time-limit-controls-and-time-reports-for-fortnite-and-uefn

Epic acknowledges that it’s store and social features suck

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/3/24260534/epic-games-store-pc-social-features-suck

Epic expanding free games program to mobile

https://www.engadget.com/mobile/epic-will-extend-its-free-games-program-to-its-mobile-store-211158377.html

QUICK BITS

RYUJINXED

Nintendo Switch Emulator Ryujinx shut down

https://wccftech.com/ryujinx-switch-emulator-is-dead-too-taken-down-by-nintendo-like-yuzu/

https://torrentfreak.com/ryujinx-switch-emulator-project-shuts-down-under-nintendo-pressure-241002/

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/458905/nintendo-switch-emulator-ryujinx-offline

WHERE ARE THE BLUE PEOPLE?

Avatar: the Last Airbender getting a AAA action RPG from Saber Interactive, with collaboration with Avatar Studios

https://www.ign.com/articles/avatar-the-last-airbender-is-getting-a-aaa-rpg-with-saber-interactive-and-paramount-game-studios-exclusive

features never-before-seen Avatar, takes place thousands of years in the past

https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/avatar-the-last-airbender-aaa-action-rpg-in-development-at-saber-interactive

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/3/24261101/avatar-the-last-airbender-upcoming-game-saber-interactive

5/5 STARFIELD

Starfield expansion Shattered Space is not doing great https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/10/03/starfield-shattered-space-is-not-a-hit-with-critics-or-fans/

Starfield design director says Starfield is “in a lot of ways, the best game we’ve ever made”

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/starfield-design-lead-says-the-space-rpg-is-in-a-lot-of-ways-the-hardest-thing-bethesda-has-ever-done-and-also-the-best-game-weve-ever-made/

https://pcgamer.com/games/rpg/bethesda-honcho-says-starfield-is-the-best-game-weve-ever-made-in-massive-bout-of-amnesia/

Shattered Space is not doing great https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/10/03/starfield-shattered-space-is-not-a-hit-with-critics-or-fans/

SPOILER ALERT

People somehow got their hands on Silent Hill 2 Remake more than a week before launch

https://www.eurogamer.net/early-copies-of-silent-hill-2-remake-are-in-the-wild-more-than-a-week-ahead-of-launch

https://www.reddit.com/r/silenthill/comments/1fswasn/let_the_gameplay_leaks_begin/

https://www.reddit.com/r/silenthill/comments/1frq05i/never_had_a_game_early_before/

CLUCKED UP

Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada tried to get Colonel Sanders as a guest character, but KFC turned him down

https://insider-gaming.com/tekken-boss-wanted-to-add-kfcs-colonel-sanders-to-the-roster/

Revealed in interview with The Gamer https://www.thegamer.com/tekken-colonel-sanders-guest-fighter-shot-down-by-kfc-harada/

Since that request, the Colonel has gone on to star in other games

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121910/I_Love_You_Colonel_Sanders_A_Finger_Lickin_Good_Dating_Simulator/

Even Funko Fusion https://kotaku.com/funko-fusion-colonel-sanders-pop-reward-how-to-unlock-1851643794