Who put all these videos in my play?

Welcome to the weekly video games on Engadget. It is expected a new story every Monday or Tuesday, divided into two parts. The first is a space for short articles and retreating about Mee, Jess Conditt, a reporter who covered the industry for more than 13 years. The second contains video game stories last week you need to know, including some main titles from outside Engadget.

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If I ended up reading another story about how wonderful Strand 2 death He is As long as you exceed CutscenesI will ejaculate. At any point in 10 hours of cinematic seal, we put the console collectively and say, in fact, is this not a great game? Not because the game parts are not good – it’s great, in fact – but because a large part of the experience is not interactive at all. When does the Hideo Kojima project become more accurate as CGI with moments of interaction, instead of being a video game first?

I really don’t try to solve the “Video Game of Theosos” at the moment, but it was a conversation in my mind, given the headlines of the last newspapers. Strand 2 death Reviews in, Neil Drogman outside in HBO and Return to the riotous dog Full time, and Amy nominations He arrived with 18 gestures to adapt video games. Meanwhile, workers’ demobilization shakes the game industry again, with Thousands of Xbox launched This month, along with multiple studio closing and canceling the game. One of the most surprising nicknames for the ax is the Project Blackbird, which is the promising MMO from Elder Scrolls Studio Zenimax Online. Shahrour It was reported that it was canceled In favor of allocating resources to develop 5 repercussionsSeries with major influence after the success of Amazon’s He falls TV program in 2024.

The rapprochement of video games and Hollywood is not a new point of discussion – until for me – But it only grew more important with time. Sony tends in particular the cross -media strategy with noticeable investments in televisionand Anime and film Amendments to her video game privileges, and I just published Kojima’s production. Strand 2 deathWhich serves the lightning penis for this entire conversation.

It is easy to choose Kojima because it was very straightforward about his desire to produce movies, and it is appropriate that his games have grown more cinematic over the years. They cut off death The sequel is stacked with the prevailing Hollywood representatives (and the favorite managers of Kojima) via hours of unspecified pieces. The next two legitimacy, OD and FezitBoth are described as the A list of A list of A and Border Border Borders between Films and Games.

I am a great fan of experimental horror games, and I can depth Kojima’s eye to build tension and infiltrated motion serials, but I am reluctant to be enthusiastic OD and Fezit. The deeper Kojima dive into the Hollywood world, the more they lose me. I do not download, prove, and sons of a video game to watch a movie instead, and I do not find it impressive when an interactive product is defined by cinematic terms. Film industry restrictions are very different from those of developing video games, and they are absorbed to watch a talented creator trying to force video games in compliance with the borders of movie or TV, instead of exploring mechanics that make interactive art very strong. I feel that Kojima sees the target cinema, not the video games specifically, and this perspective breaks my little Boxeli.

It is especially painful in the era of massive instability of the video game industry. It is difficult to see a lot of money and creative talent that is put forward in projects that end up with movies more than games, at a time that is increasingly difficult for new and original AAA projects to reach the market. Video games have not been reduced as an artistic form – there is a lot to discover in terms of mechanics, visuals, fake systems and overwhelming interaction systems, and there are more stories that can only be listed with these specific tools. Watching the development of the game through the film -making lens reduces everything that makes this method very strong. The only Hollywood feature that the game industry should imitate is strong and functional unions.

I enjoy the things in the gray space between the definitions; In fact, I am often better. What I do not enjoy is a misleading simulation that was sold to an innovation audience. In the end, I think what I am really saying is … I am still not over yet Labor Party.

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News

The developers of the King’s architects were their demise

One of the most lifting eyebrows from Microsoft’s eyebrows Driving workers is sweeping Earlier this month was the fact that King, the studio behind him Candy CrushHe was Listed. Historically, it is a money printing machine with high returns for every employee, which tends to isolate it from the demobilization of workers, but this time about 200 people were left from the studio. As it turned out, a number of developers who have been launched in the past few years have spent training artificial intelligence systems to perform their jobs, adding a layer of shine to a karaby’s situation already.

Best Buy will have more Switch 2 units on Thursday

Have Fomo got you so far? After denying that you want to switch 2 for a few noble and self -authentic weeks, have you shocking and admitted that you really want one? Wonderful – then get Best Buy on Thursday, 17 July, when the company will store the keyboard supplies 2 in all stores. This coincides with the launch Kong Panaza donkeyalso.

Small update on Ken Levin Judah (Sing like Lady Gaga)

I looked at JudahFPS BIOSHKKY from Ken Levine’s Ghost Story games, because it was It was revealed in 2022And I love the level how much we still know about it today. After saying this, I devoured the happiness of every part of the information about it JudahThe latest block comes from Levin himself in an interview with the classic game publisher. with JudahLevin said that Ghost Story focused on “telling the story and transferring the player somewhere”, instead of building live service features or microbes. As he put it, “you buy the game and get everything. There is no online component. There is no live service.”

There is also no release date for Judah yet.

Summer games that have been done quickly and cannot stop gathering millions of charity

Crazy children in the summer games she did again and raised millions of craftsmen to doctors who have no borders on one weekend, simply by playing video games in ridiculous ways without stopping. SGDQ 2025 concluded on Sunday with the total donation rally of $ 2,436,614. The next event for the organization is Another edition of Flame FatalesA quick offer for women that includes women and Femmes extends from 7 to 14 September. We will see there.

Overwhelm SubNAUTICA 2 Studio heads sue Crafton

a well SubNAUTICA 2 The drama works deeply. Earlier in July Heads subniciata 2 The studio is unknown to the entertainment worlds – Charlie Cleveland, Ted Gil and Max McGoyer – they were expelled by the parent company of the team, Krafton, and delayed the early release of the game to 2026. Bloomberg I stated that the studio was in a line to obtain a $ 250 million bonus if it had achieved some financial goals by the end of the year, but those who depend to a large extent on the issuance of early arrival. Cleveland said on social media that SubNAUTICA 2 He was ready for early arrival, and Krafton responded to the entire young man by accusing the divorced developers of abandoning their responsibilities as studio heads. Cleveland and others seem to be a lawsuit against Karafton. Gamesindustry.biz It has a comprehensive timetable from SubNAUTICA 2 Controversy here.

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