Today and tomorrow Toys R Us is having an awesome sale on games. The best deal by far is them knocking $50 off the price of both DJ Hero and Band Hero bundles.
As the world reels from the shockwaves of the seismic news that Microsoft is acquiring the proverbial swamp of the video-game landscape, Activision Blizzard King, it only seems natural that our minds should now shift towards what the fallout will be for presumably years if not decades to come.
Another Prototype would be awesome.
As for Singularity, I don't necessarily need a sequel, I just want to see Raven be able to flex their creative muscle again; not just be relegated to assisting with CoD. A lot of the old guard is still with the company.
That's part of what I'm hoping to see come from this acquisition. Revive teams like Vicarious Visions and Ravem to actually allow them to work on their own new projects again.
As great as that would be the deal wont finalize until end of fiscal year 2023. Until after that date MS wont really have a say as to where resources will be spent. So we wont realistically see anything until perhaps 2026 or later.
I think that’s a point that so many people are missing. Things will not change this year or next year at all. Maybe some changes might be apparent in 2024 but 2025/2026 is a good estimate of when things will really start happening. And I don’t think we will see as big a set of changes as some are suggesting.
Those teams having not worked on anything, the employees find jobs at other companies, they don't just remain unemployed till someone at the publisher decides to revive the team, they need to eat lol
That said, this list of games makes me unexcited for anything outside of CoD that Activision has to offer. All games are in stale genres, like Guitar Hero, Simpsons Hit and Run, these are long surpassed genres that are going to be difficult to revive.
@gamer75 if it is a combination it has to have my seal of approval. Such as a new Warcraft game or a new Warcraft mmo, or an action game based off the night elves orcs and humans if it’s a new IP. I’ll let you know after I talk with Microsoft
Man I’ve been waiting for Protoype since the last one. Protoype could seriously be MS’ answer to Infamous (freaking loved that game as well, hope Sony make a new one soon).
That's one I see being tossed around a lot to bring back, even if not from Raven themselves.
Put so many hours into those games over the years.
I'd like to see Activision get the Transformers license again and continue the War and Fall of Cybertron games. the movie games were crap and the game that combined both movie and Fall and War of Cybertron sucked a new Prototype would also be good as well.
You deserve a 1000 likes haha 😂. It’s a shame High Moon didn’t get to continue making Transformers. If they got a decent budget i think most of us TF fans would be excited.
Ms bought Activision and everybody dancing for what? For cod? Ms want to atleast earn some money Back from those 70 billion dollars.... The only thing they count on is more gamepass subscribers via Activision cod, diablo and over watch 2 1st Day free at gamepass. If they decide to make them exclusive to xbox they Will lose profit from ps4 and 5 sales. As For a New ip or an existing ip like over watch 3,diablo 5 or anything else like a New transformers Dont you think that developers need at least 3 years to Do something decent?
Anyway my opinion is that ms want to make videogaming Just a subscription a la netflix and that ps5 will beat xboxsx in sales like ps4 beat xbox and xbox one x..... All the money ms spending It Will defentily make more gamepass subscribers as for games we all must wait at least 3 more years... And thats why ps5 will get ahead in sales they have more AAA in the pipeline already plus lets see their answer for gamepass... P. S i Dont support subscriptions from neither company and i didnt buy switch plus for n64. If they give me the option to buy n64 games then yes i Will buy them but i am not paying for a rental.
Re-imagining of River Raid and the original adventurer Pitfall. Oh Zork is also a great game.
Taking risks can be necessary to ensure a company is profitable, survives, and sets trends. What may seem surprising could lead to an unexpected success. Or, it could lead to unprecedented failure. Time to look back at seven striking industry decisions!
why just why, damn you multi page .
edit. read the article
and not a single good point.
selling a console at a loss, investing in new ip's, not putting a proper cooling solution, these are huge risks.
not opening a digital store or skipping e3.
microtransactions are bad but that doesnt mean it is a risk or ever was. its a heaven for corps and hell for gamers.
With Toys R Us Closing its doors for good, analysis are chiming in on what was the final nail on the coffin for the toy giant. It marks the end of an era when gamers once went to places like Sears, Kmart, Toy R Us, and Blockbusters for their gaming needs. Bad Bit Games host Joseph, will dive into his fondest gaming memories, and how Toys R Us helped foster a love for games.
Never got any video games from Toys r Us but they did have the best Lego trainset setup I'd ever seen when I were a laddie.
Long time ago that was 😒
Toys R Us has nostalgic gaming and work memories for me. I purchased A Vectrex when it came out, also Commodore 64 games and accessories.
I worked there the year the NES was released we sold out of the NES everyday for the month of December that year!
I remember taking trips to toys r us to buy tekken 3 on ps 1. Ibdont have internet back then to see if a game was delayed. Had to go back like 3 times. In the end tekken is 1 of the best games I ever played.
Still take my kids there, even just to window shop like I did as a kid. Looking for new DC imaginext figures that toys r us never stocks. Don’t know about the states but up here, we rarely get new waves of anything. Their own fault for not having competitive pricing or merchandise. Buncha bollocks
Why do I have the suspicion that walmart might have something to do with this? We are losing all kinds of stores like toys r us and kmart, and I feel like walmart has a part in it.
Walmart,Target & online shopping has everything to do with Toys r Us closing. Most folks do their toy shopping at those stores & Amazon.
Yea very good point, it still kinda sucks. I still remember getting games at children's palace when I was young. Got my first nintendo from there.
Is DJ Hero worth $20?
i think i might pick this up... i was thinkin about getting dj hero 2 this might be a good way to get a cheap turntable. should i bite and get it now?
best buy had a deal where u buy the Dj hero pack and get a 2nd turntable for free so this is a rip off :P. lol but go ahead and buy it, gets boring after like 3 playlists tho
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i was excited for this when i saw it but then i noticed that it was in store only :( and there isn't one by me that's close
Feel bad for the people who paid full price. No I don't