by the IWG Games Team
It's been a week where the gaming community at large has taken over headlines as opposed to developers. You can see below what we mean as we take a look at the stories that have grabbed our attention this week.
It's been a week where the gaming community at large has taken over headlines as opposed to developers. You can see below what we mean as we take a look at the stories that have grabbed our attention this week.
Upgrade your old gear in House of Wolves DLC
In Destiny’s upcoming DLC, House of Wolves, players will be able to boost their older legendary/exotic weapons and armour to be viable for max level content, on the basis they collect a new resource called Etheric Light.
This means weapons can be increased to a maximum damage of 365 from 331 while upgrading armour can bring you to the new 34 level cap.
More information on upgrading gear can be found here.
This means weapons can be increased to a maximum damage of 365 from 331 while upgrading armour can bring you to the new 34 level cap.
More information on upgrading gear can be found here.
Killing Floor 2 is not taking your shit
Killing Floor 2 has introduced a policy of no-nonsense bans for players who are repeatedly racist, sexist or those who bully. While this seems to be a fair deal it’s upset some fans and there are those who won’t purchase the game at all.
The clause found under “Cheats, Cheating and Abusive Behaviours,” reads:
“We also will not tolerate anyone using the game, or any servers or forums provided for the game, to be continually or repeatedly abusive to other players. This includes, but is not limited to, ‘griefing,’ racist bigotry, sexism or any other forms of ‘cyber bullying.’ We will also not tolerate anyone hosting servers for the game where such behaviors are continually or repeatedly allowed to take place.”
If found to commit acts listed as above the individuals CD key will be revoked and they will be banned from the Killing Floor 2 servers.
Honestly this seems like a good idea to get rid of toxic behaviour however what people are offended by is subjective, of course there are some comments or phrases that aren’t acceptable regardless but if one person is offended by a comment while the majority aren’t yet that individual reports them and gets the person who made the comment banned is that fair?
The clause found under “Cheats, Cheating and Abusive Behaviours,” reads:
“We also will not tolerate anyone using the game, or any servers or forums provided for the game, to be continually or repeatedly abusive to other players. This includes, but is not limited to, ‘griefing,’ racist bigotry, sexism or any other forms of ‘cyber bullying.’ We will also not tolerate anyone hosting servers for the game where such behaviors are continually or repeatedly allowed to take place.”
If found to commit acts listed as above the individuals CD key will be revoked and they will be banned from the Killing Floor 2 servers.
Honestly this seems like a good idea to get rid of toxic behaviour however what people are offended by is subjective, of course there are some comments or phrases that aren’t acceptable regardless but if one person is offended by a comment while the majority aren’t yet that individual reports them and gets the person who made the comment banned is that fair?
Square Enix at E3
E3 is less than two months away and will no doubt have the majority of gamers excited to see what’s announced. With Bethesda having a conference of their own, it seems that Square Enix wants a piece of the action announcing their own conference at this year’s E3.
The event will be streamed on Twitch on Tuesday the 16th of June. It’s highly likely that games such as Final Fantasy XV, Just Cause 3 or Dues Ex: Mankind Divided will feature but there’s always a possibility of surprise announcements.
The event will be streamed on Twitch on Tuesday the 16th of June. It’s highly likely that games such as Final Fantasy XV, Just Cause 3 or Dues Ex: Mankind Divided will feature but there’s always a possibility of surprise announcements.
Less staring at the Bloodborne logo
Bloodborne version 1.03 was released earlier this week with various fixes but most important of all is cutting the loading screen time by a considerable amount. On PlayStation’s Japanese Bloodborne page it says the patch decreases load times to approximately “5-15 seconds; may vary by circumstance.” The main aspects of patch 1.03 are as follows:
-Reduced loading times (approx. 5-15 seconds; may vary by circumstance)
-Fixed bug that left certain lifts and elevators inoperable
-Fixed bug that resulted in bosses becoming immobilized
-Fixed bug that left players unable to advance NPC events during multi-play
-When the PS4 is put into Rest Mode during online play, the game will now return to the main title screen upon resuming play
This will resolve matchmaking issues related to Suspend/Resume.
-Other various bug fixes
-Reduced loading times (approx. 5-15 seconds; may vary by circumstance)
-Fixed bug that left certain lifts and elevators inoperable
-Fixed bug that resulted in bosses becoming immobilized
-Fixed bug that left players unable to advance NPC events during multi-play
-When the PS4 is put into Rest Mode during online play, the game will now return to the main title screen upon resuming play
This will resolve matchmaking issues related to Suspend/Resume.
-Other various bug fixes
Modders can now sell their work through Steam
Possibly the biggest news of the week, and will probably be spoken about for a while, but modders are now able to sell their mods in Skyrim. Valve has been giving modders the tools to make money of their work with skins in Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive but has now branched off into Skyrim.
Modding can cause issues in that some mods aren’t compatible with other or they don’t work as well as promised. To remedy this Valve has a refund policy available in place for premium mods. If you install a broken mod you have 24 hours after purchase to get a refund.
The premium mod option will allow users to support the mods/modders they like and creators of the mods are free to enable a pay what you want option as well which would help support future projects.
While this is all seems well and good there have already been issues concerning selling of mods. One of the mods available was titled “Art of the Catch” which centred around fishing however it’s already been pulled down from Steam Community after accusations it contains the work of other modders, seems like Valve have opened up a can of worms… essentially the main issue is that assets used in this mod is from a mod created by someone else. I can’t help but relate this to companies accusing/suing each other over patent infringements. I have a feeling there will be plenty more stories like this as time goes on.
Sources – Polygon, Kotaku, KitGuru, PlayStation & Steam Community
Modding can cause issues in that some mods aren’t compatible with other or they don’t work as well as promised. To remedy this Valve has a refund policy available in place for premium mods. If you install a broken mod you have 24 hours after purchase to get a refund.
The premium mod option will allow users to support the mods/modders they like and creators of the mods are free to enable a pay what you want option as well which would help support future projects.
While this is all seems well and good there have already been issues concerning selling of mods. One of the mods available was titled “Art of the Catch” which centred around fishing however it’s already been pulled down from Steam Community after accusations it contains the work of other modders, seems like Valve have opened up a can of worms… essentially the main issue is that assets used in this mod is from a mod created by someone else. I can’t help but relate this to companies accusing/suing each other over patent infringements. I have a feeling there will be plenty more stories like this as time goes on.
Sources – Polygon, Kotaku, KitGuru, PlayStation & Steam Community
More news as we get it.
Another week's worth of headlines down.
Personally this whole business of forcing gamers to be nice to each other seems like a good idea. A more harmonious atmosphere will sure appeal to a wider range of people and encourage them to game online.
What headlines have caught your attention this week? Let us know in the comments below!
Personally this whole business of forcing gamers to be nice to each other seems like a good idea. A more harmonious atmosphere will sure appeal to a wider range of people and encourage them to game online.
What headlines have caught your attention this week? Let us know in the comments below!
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