Dive into a few of the biggest and most interesting game industry news stories, hand-picked from across the world of games, from the last week. Two of the most impactful stories from last week, The Games Awards and the launch of Cyberpunk 2077, take the lead, followed by stories about Razer and next year’s SEA Games, climate change and an up-close look at miniaturized classic arcade games!
Index:
- The Winners and Reveals from The Game Awards
- Cyberpunk 2077 Launches to Mostly Critical Acclaim, Heavy Player Criticisms
- Razer Takes Lead Role at the 2021 SEA Games
- Benchmarking New Games Consoles by Their Carbon Footprint
- The Detail-Oriented World of Miniature Arcades
The Winners and Reveals from The Game Awards
Source: CNET
Did you miss out on The Game Awards? No worries at all — CNET breaks down the winners, trailers, and the biggest reveals and announcements from last week’s online Game Awards event:
“While The Game Awards is primarily focused on doling out awards to the top games in any given year, the event has also become known for its surprise announcements and reveals. Similar to E3, The Game Awards features a number of major “world premieres” where game developers announce their upcoming games, or showcase brand new trailers for some of their previously-announced projects.
The Game Awards 2020 featured a number of big and surprising announcements. This included the next DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, some of the new crossover content coming to Fortnite, some brand new gameplay reveals, and some surprising trailers.”
CD Projekt Red’s action role-playing game, Cyberpunk 2077, launched this past week, with a wide array of issues dogging its much-hyped release. While many of these issues can be fixed with patches, some of the early impressions for players on select systems is on the salty side, as this Forbes story explores,
“It was bound to happen. Cyberpunk 2077 launched to somewhat mixed reviews the other day, but still managed to rack up an excellent Metacritic score: 90, at last count. That’s for PC, however, where every reviewer played the game before launch. After launch, the narrative has shifted: not only does the game have issues on lower-spec PCs, it’s an absolute disaster on consoles, particularly on the Xbox One and PS4. And with little to no official reviews representing those versions of the games, user reviews are beginning to fill the void.”
With esports playing a part in more general sporting events, a big consumer gaming brand gas stepped into promote esports in one major upcoming regional sporting competition, which Esports Insider covers in this story:
“Gaming hardware and esports brand Razer has revealed its intention to take the leading role in navigating esports at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) set to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2021.
As the official esports sponsor of previous SEA Games held last year in the Philippines, the company has again lobbied for the official inclusion of esports as a medaled event in next year’s event.”
Benchmarking New Games Consoles by Their Carbon Footprint
Source: CNET
In this detailed feature linked above, CNET explores the new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in one of the few ways they haven’t been benchmarked, tested, and dissected — their contribution to the ever-increasing impacts of climate change.
The Detail-Oriented World of Miniature Arcades
Source: Wired.co.uk
Retrogames have developed an increasing larger share of the gaming community’s attention, first with emulation then with mini consoles, which stoked widespread interest for the last few years. Wired.co.uk delves into a retrogaming sub-culture, where miniatures and arcade machines intersect.
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