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https://www.eurogamer.net/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-is-underperforming-says-industry-analyst Ouch, reportedly doing only about half as well as the first game. Regards, SB

Yes, there is a whole range of motion sickness which can broadly be broken down into 3 categories. And each of those 3 cateogories can be experienced to varying degrees in each person. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_sickness Motion sickness caused by motion that is felt but not seen...

I'm fine on roller coasters and love them. The issue with the type of motion sickness I suffer from is when perception doesn't match the forces that the body feels or vice versa. So a roller coaster is fine as the forces reflect what I'm seeing. Reading a book in a car is fine as long as the...

That is good to hear (read? :p). So, then it's possibly likely the case that it's either that, for budget reasons, games implementing RT just implement RT and call it a day without going through the extra work of having a lighting artist actually go through and manipulate the lighting to make...

I'm not saying the use of lighting should be divested from the lighting tech. used to accomplish the lighting effect (hero lights, face lights, backlighting combined with foreground lights, natural lighting combined with overhead lights, multiple light sources with some lights only used to...

If you are like me, then anything that has a representation of motion you should feel in the real world but don't feel in VR will always make you sick. For driving games, for example, a full simulation chair (where the seat tilts depending on what the car is doing) is required for me not to be...

OK, I want to first establish what this is and is not. Also, this may or may not be the correct sub-forum for this, but if it can be kept on topic, I believe it can be a good technical discussion about "how lighting is used in games" regardless of the technology behind the lighting used in any...

IMO, a good article discussing the difficulties of modern AAA game publishing and how the market, especially the "core" console makers (Sony and Microsoft are adjusting). https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-isnt-the-only-one-rethinking-console-exclusives 2024 is predicted to continue to filled...

This is Moon Studios' (developers of the Ori games) next game. Trailer: Overview: The video that got me really interested (Asmongold live stream): It's basically Path of Exile (or old school Diablo 1 and 2 but not 3 or 4) and Dark Souls all mixed into one. Hard, punishing and rewarding...

Well, looks like Gearbox has been sold to Take 2 Interactive for 460 million USD. https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/take-two-interactive-software-inc-acquire-gearbox-entertainment Regards, SB

Yes. DokeV also initially was planned to be an MMO before they switched gears on that. So, the plan at the start likely involved funding for 6-8 years of development. The switch to a non-MMO game is also rumored to have delayed the game further. So, perhaps in the end it'll have 8-10 years...

But was it not explained up front? Pcchen already mentioned that pre-orders already said items would be available for purchase after the game launches if you didn't want to get the deluxe edition (which includes in game currency, etc.). Some reviewers have also mentioned that Capcom were...

I already mentioned that not all players are interested in cheating, but some are due to a whole variety of reasons. As to console players not being able to cheat? I beg to differ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code That's all the way back in 1986! And what about the Game Shark...

Developer makes X game. Regardless of how easy the game is or how little grind there is, people will still mod/cheat in the game in order to play it faster. Developer figures, meh, people are going to cheat/mod the game anyway, let's just throw in some MTX to basically allow "official"...

For AW2, it was a time limitation for Remedy, they wanted to get something like Nanite in, but they lacked the necessary time to implement it into their engine for contractual release time frames for AW2. Thus, they'll be looking into it more fully for their next title. NOTE - this doesn't...