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What started off as a Powerwashing streaming never got off the ground.

We got sucked into the Keighleys!

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Tech

• Razzlekhan, crypto’s most embarrassing rapper, is going to prison – The Verge
• Amazon and SpaceX attack US labor watchdog in court – The Verge
• X adds Twitch to its advertising boycott lawsuit
• Apple Adds iPhone XS Max and More to Vintage/Obsolete Product Lists – MacRumors

• Microsoft made a $349 hardware client to connect to Cloud PCs
• Porch pirates appear to be accessing AT&T data to track iPhone deliveries
• Trump names commission member Brendan Carr as FCC chairman

Gaming

• The Game Awards announces Game of the Year 2024 nominees
• Devs of chill arcade freeriding game SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding use the Steam Deck as their performance target | GamingOnLinux

• SteamWorld Creators Announce Incoming Layoffs And Focus On Third-Party Games – GameSpot
• Unknown 9: Awakening developers report layoffs | Eurogamer.net
• Xbox cloud streaming expands beyond Game Pass to games you own – The Verge

Content Creation

• Twitch faces boycott calls after labelling ‘Zionist’ hate speech

Hardware/Software Updates

• Apple releases iOS 18.1.1 with ‘important security fixes’ for iPhone – 9to5Mac
• Apple releases macOS Sequoia 15.1.1 with security fixes – 9to5Mac

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Swen Vincke, dressed in armor that night, got up on stage to only have 30 seconds before he was rudely interrupted. I mean, I guess we needed to see the orchestra with the fully animated flutist. He wasn’t the only one, but with the award was the last one, why not let it go?

The Speech

That didn’t stop Vincke, though. He took to Twitter to share the whole speech with the world.

Winning Game of the year is a great honour and I want to first thank everyone that voted for us and I want to congratulate all the other nominees. This has been an incredibly competitive year and you each would have deserved to win this award.”

Swen Vincke via Twitter

He singles out Capcom and Remedy for their GOTY nominees, Resident Evil 4 and Alan Wake 2, respectively. Then, The Game Awards was given praise “for creating an award show so big that it gets mainstream attention.” I mean, it got attention, but not for the things it was hoping for.

Vincke then thans the Baldur’s Gate 3 community, the dev team, and the over 2,000 people credited on the game. He specifically mentions the QA, localisation, customer support, operations, publishing, and playtesting teams. I’m glad to see this because a lot of these folks would have gone unnoticed otherwise. They are usually also the first jobs to get cut.

Baldur’s Gate 3 wouldn’t exist without you and you all deserve to be very proud of this.”

Swen Vincke via Twitter

There were mentions of his father passing before the game hit early access in 2020 and Jim Southworth, Larian’s lead cinematic animator who passed recently.

The Dungeons & Dragon team was also mentioned. For those who don’t know, Dungeons & Dragons is published by Wizards of the Coast. Wizards of the Coast is owned by Hasbro. Hasbro recently suffered layoffs.

I’m really sorry to hear so many of you were let go. It’s a sad thing to realize that of the people who were in the original meeting room, there’s almost nobody left. I hope you all end up well.”

Swen Vincke via Twitter

He ended on this:

I want to end with a story of a conversation I had a long time ago with a publisher. He told me, luckily for them, games are driven by idealism. He meant it in an exploitative way but he was right.

Games are a unique art form, as important as books, music or movies. Many developers, myself included, make games because they love seeing others engage with their creations in a way only games can offer.

They don’t care that much about the money made beyond it being the fuel they need to create new and better games. It’s worth reminding everyone that fuel is but a means, not a goal. Whereto and how we journey are what matter and what we remember. Thank you.

Also, Baldur’s Gate 3 is now out on Xbox.”

Swen Vincke via Twitter

Source: IGN

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As you may or may not know, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) President and CEO Jim Ryan is retiring in March. However, on Thursday, his team had a party for him to say goodbye. They had cardboard cutouts of controllers. There were even cookies with Jim Ryan’s face on it.

But the dopest thing this dude got was a custom PS5 decked out in the classic PS1 greyscale. The controller that comes with it also has the PS1 color scheme. The kicker, though, is the cable end which was designed to look like a PS1 controller connector. Looking at the image closer, it appears to be only plugged into one USB-C port with the other covered by the plastic housing. That won’t be awkward at all when two controllers need to be used.

Thanks to the Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lead, Yuichi Haga, for snapping the pics. Hopefully, he’ll get to go to The Game Awards next year.

Source: Engadget

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Last Thursday night, The Game Awards aired and it was a “Who’s Who” of developers, publishers, and journalists with maybe some fans sprinkled about. Announcements were made, awards were handed out, insults were made.

So, let’s start with the good news.

Award Nominations and Winners

Of course, this year’s nominees were filled with heavy hitters for the most part. It’s hard to argue that 2023 was a big year for gaming. Nearly every month was filled with top tier releases from AAA to Indie (whatever that definition means to you). And it shows in this nomination breakdown.

Game Nominations

Publisher Nominations

As someone had mentioned a couple of days ago, it looks like the rest of the games that were created during the pandemic may have finally come out and it kind of shows. So, let’s get down to the winners!

Winners

The Elephant in the Room

Now, while there was quite a lot to celebrate as evidenced by the list above, there was definitely something else that could have been mentioned but was just ignored by Geoff Keighley and The Game Awards. I’m talking about the staggering amount of jobs lost in 2023.

With so many games getting acclaim, it means others didn’t. And because of how everything turned out during the pandemic, I still look to Daniel Ek, the CEO of Spotify, to explain how we got here. Every company grabbed up so much cheap capital. While some companies may have had amazing, lofty goals, some didn’t and through a whole bunch of money at problems. However, when those plans didn’t pan out, it meant developers getting the boot. All the while, those at the top still there, and probably even attended The Game Awards.

By the way, you can check out the Tech Talk Thursdays crew cover The Game Awards here.

Source: Polygon

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Earlier today, they took to YouTube to announce the nominees for this year’s award show. And the usual suspects showed up to play.

• Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 (tied, eight each)
• Spider-Man 2 (seven)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (six)
• The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom (five)
• Resident Evil 4 (four)

It looks like my game of the year, Starfield, won’t be winning anything. It’s only in one category and it’s competing against Baldur’s Gate III (a game I want to play), but it’ll always win in my heart.

If you’d like to cast your vote on who should win what, you can visit their official website now.

The Game Awards will be taking place on December 7 at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles.

Anyway, here’s the full list of nominees!

Game of the Year

• Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Game Direction

• Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2(Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Adaptation

• Castlevania: Nocturne (Powerhouse Animation/Netflix)
• Gran Turismo (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)
• The Last of Us (PlayStation Productions/HBO)
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Illumination/Nintendo/Universal Pictures)
• Twisted Metal (PlayStation Productions/Peacock)

Best Narrative

• Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt Red)
• Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)

Best Art Direction

• Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
• Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
• Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Score and Music

• Alan Wake 2, Composer Petri Alanko (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
• Baldur’s Gate 3, Composer Borislav Slavov (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XVI, Composer Masayoshi Soken (Square Enix)
• Hi-Fi Rush, Audio Director Shuichi Kobori (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Composed by Nintendo Sound Team (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Audio Design

• Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
• Dead Space (Motive Studio/EA)
• Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)

Best Performance

• Ben Starr, Final Fantasy XVI
• Cameron Monaghan, STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor
• Idris Elba, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
• Melanie Liburd, Alan Wake 2
• Neil Newbon, Baldur’s Gate 3
• Yuri Lowenthal, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Innovation in Accessibility

• Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
• Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)
• Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)

Games for Impact

• A Space for the Unbound (Mojiken Studio/Toge Productions/Chorus)
• Chants of Sennaar (Rundisc/Focus Entertainment)
• Goodbye Volcano High (KO_OP)
• Tchia (Awaceb/Kepler Interactive)
• Terra Nil (Free Lives/Devolver Digital/Netflix)
• Venba (Visai Games)

Best Ongoing Game

• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/EA)
• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

Best Independent Game

• Cocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive)
• Dave the Diver (MINTROCKET)
• Dredge (Black Salt Games/Team 17)
• Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio)
• Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing)

Best Debut Indie Game

• Cocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive)
• Dredge (Black Salt Games/Team 17)
• Pizza Tower (Tour de Pizza)
• Venba (Visai Games)
• Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing)

Best Mobile Game

• Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis (Applibot/Square Enix)
• Honkai: Star Rail (HoYoverse)
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Sunblink Entertainment)
• Monster Hunter Now (Niantic/Capcom)
• Terra Nil (Free Lives/Devolver/Netflix)

Best VR/AR Game

• Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
• Humanity (tha LTD/Enhance Games)
• Horizon Call of the Mountain (Guerrilla Games/Firesprite/SIE)
• Resident Evil Village VR Mode (Capcom)
• Synapse (nDreams)

Best Action Game

• Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• Dead Island 2 (Dambuster Studios/Deep Silver)
• Ghostrunner 2 (One More Level/505 Games)
• Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
• Remnant 2 (Gunfire Games/Gearbox Publishing)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Respawn Entertainment/EA)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best RPG

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
• Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games)
• Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio)
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks)

Best Fighting Game

• God of Rock (Modus Studios Brazil/Modus Games)
• Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment)
• Pocket Bravery (Statera Studio/PQube)
• Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)

Best Family Game

• Disney Illusion Island (Dlala Studios/Disney)
• Party Animals (Recreate Games)
• Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Sonic Superstars (Arzest/Sonic Team/Sega)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp (WayForward/Nintendo)
• Cities: Skylines II (Colossal Order/Paradox Interactive)
• Company of Heroes 3 (Relic Entertainment/Sega)
• Fire Emblem Engage (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Sports/Racing

• EA Sports FC 24 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)
• F1 23 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
• Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
• Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged (Milestone)
• The Crew Motorfest (Ubisoft Ivory Tower/Ubisoft)

Best Multiplayer

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Party Animals (Recreate Games)
• Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Most Anticipated Game

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
• Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
• Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco/Arika)

Content Creator of the Year

• IronMouse
• PeopleMakeGames
• Quackity
• Spreen
• SypherPK

Best Esports Game

• Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
• Dota 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• PUBG Mobile (LightSpeed Studios/Tencent Games)
• Valorant (Riot Games)

Best Esports Athlete

• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (League of Legends)
• Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut (CS:GO)
• Max “Demon1” Mazanov (Valorant)
• Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez (Call of Duty)
• Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk (League of Legends)
• Phillip ”ImperialHal” Dosen (Apex Legends)

Best Esports Team

• Evil Geniuses (Valorant)
• Fnatic (Valorant)
• Gaimin Gladiators (Dota 2)
• JD Gaming (League of Legends)
• Team Vitality (Counter-Strike)

Best Esports Coach

• Christine “potter” Chi (Evil Geniuses – Valorant)
• Danny “zonic” Sorensen (Team Falcons – Counter-Strike)
• Jordan “Gunba” Graham (Florida Mayhem – Overwatch)
• Remy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam (Team Vitality – Counter-Strike)
• Yoon “Homme” Sung-young (JD Gaming – League of Legends)

Best Esports Event

• 2023 League of Legends World Championship
• Blast.tv Paris Major 2023
• EVO 2023
• The International Dota 2 Championships 2023
• VALORANT Champions 2023

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