Square Enix President Wants You to Like NFTs
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Today we’ll be talking about Ken Levine’s next game is supposedly in development hell, ConcernedApe details more information on his upcoming Haunted Chocolatier, Steam sets a new all time concurrent player record, Square Enix president speaks out in support of NFTs, and Playstation Now games have been announced for January. Support DGNS at patreon.com/dgns […]
Today we’ll be talking about Ken Levine’s next game is supposedly in development hell, ConcernedApe details more information on his upcoming Haunted Chocolatier, Steam sets a new all time concurrent player record, Square Enix president speaks out in support of NFTs, and Playstation Now games have been announced for January.
Support DGNS at patreon.com/dgns
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1478034241283887107
Jason Schreier with Bloomberg reports that Bioshock creator Ken Levine’s new game is in development hell. After leaving his Bioshock development he founded his current studio Ghost Story Games, which was actually a rebranding of the previous studio Irrational games, which is a subsidiary of Take Two Interactive. The current game has been in development for 8 years now. Jason Schreier said this in a tweet in regards to an article he wrote for Bloomberg, “Ken Levine is often lauded as a genius — the creator of BioShock — but many who have worked with him describe him as a difficult boss who struggles to communicate his vision. His process, which involves frequently discarding months worth of work, has led to burnout and strife.” He goes on to write in his article, “Levine is a flawed manager who often struggles to communicate his vision and alienates or browbeats subordinates who challenge him or fail to meet his expectations, say current and former employees, most of whom requested anonymity because they feared repercussions.”
https://vgkami.com/interview-a-peek-into-concernedapes-haunted-chocolatier/
ConcernedApe, creator of Stardew Valley said progress on his new game, Haunted Chocolatier, is “coming along well,” according to an interview he did with vgkami.com. He also said, “I’m making everything from scratch because that’s how I made Stardew, and it worked out well. It’s what I know how to do. Also, I wanted the game to feel distinct, and have its own character.” When asked about the combat system for Haunted Chocolatier, “I’m well aware that the combat system in Stardew Valley feels like kind of an afterthought, so I wanted to challenge myself to make something more interesting and fun.” And he added, “The combat in both Stardew Valley and Haunted Chocolatier are based on long-standing traditions of 2D action RPG’s. The challenge will be to not only capture the classic essence of the tradition, but to extend beyond it in some fun and meaningful ways, all the while keeping it intuitive and “simple but deep.”” Finally in regards to Haunted Chocolatier having a similar relationship system to Stardew Valley this is what he had to say, “Yes, there will be relationships like in Stardew Valley. I haven’t decided exactly how the system will work, yet. And I expect to approach some things differently this time around.”
https://www.gamesradar.com/steam-sets-yet-another-all-new-concurrent-user-record-of-279-million/
Vikki Blake with Gamesradar reports that Steam set another all-new concurrent user record at 27.9 million players. Of which 8.2 million were actively playing a game. It was only February of 2018 that the concurrent record was set at 18.8 million users. From then on through 2019, 2020, and last year records were continuously broken.
Damien McFerran with Nintendolife reports that Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda said that he
January’s Playstation Now games have been announced.