Richard Bailey Jr. of The Koalition writes: On January 30th, 2017, Norwegian video game developer Funcom released Conan Exiles on PC through Steam Early Access. In August of that same year, Microsoft added this open-world survival title to their Xbox Game Preview program, instantly allowing more players to explore Conan the Barbarian’s world while offering helpful feedback on how to improve the overall gameplay experience.
Now that Conan Exiles is poised and ready to officially launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on May 8th, Funcom is starting to showcase the final build to various media outlets around the world. I had an opportunity to see Exiles running on Xbox One X during GDC 2018 and walked away from the experience both thoroughly impressed and optimistic about this title’s future. Here are a few more thoughts on why this action-adventure survival game may be worth checking out.
The VP of Marketing at Boosteroid revealed that the company is in talks with major publishers to secure exclusive games on the service.
So they're adding Skull and Bones to their service? That doesn't seem exciting at all lol.
"Following a great event in November of last year, DevGAMM Lisbon is coming back to the beautiful and sunny Cascais region to catch up with old friends, connect with game developers from around the world, hear from seasoned professionals, and have a great time all around." - DevGAMM.
The move away from written coverage of games is a problem for journalists and for the games industry.
What we need is a more honest games media. I'm sorry but if you're an outlet in bed with a publisher or getting goodies to attend preview/ review events then you can't be trusted to be objective. Very similar to the need for getting money out of politics.
Most game journalists are pariahs and low level marketing drones. They got too greedy and cannibalized their respect and trust. Something they learned not to do in their journalism schools. This is why we might as well watch gameplay critics on You Tube. Don't get me wrong, I love reading, but for every genuine article there is a thousand game journalist trying to gloss over monetization schemes so they can sell the game to gamers in order to get free games to do their jobs. It gets old. Even this piece doesn't address the problem.
We need better media in all aspects of society, period. Everything from the gaming press, to MSM is all fueled by clickbait headlines, half truths and buzzword topics that don't give much meat or meaning for the reader to benefit from.
Very much looking forward to checking out the finished product when it launches in May.
Very good game, looks superb running on X.
Screw early access and the influence its on the industry.
I'll wait until the final game, which thankfully is not long away now.