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Google lables nexgenwars.com as "malware"

After being accused of faked sales data and being laughed at for adding an auto increasing counter to "track" console sales Nexgenwars.com is now classified as dangerous for your Computer by google. When clicking on the search result URL that would bring you to nexgenwars.com you will be rerouted to a warning page that forces you to enter the URL by hand if you dare to enter the dangerous page.

Rooftrellen6096d ago

I've known this for a while. Every time someone posts a link to it for the "real" (360 slanted) numbers, I always reply saying I don't trust numbers from a malware site.

After I found out, I found 5 trojans on my computer, and its a small list of sites I go to.

Since I stopped going there, no problems.

Kleptic6096d ago

I never went to that site...I hear about it...but would alwasy forget...

who was it in favor of?...I would read stuff on here like "360 sales pulled back by over 2 million on Nexgenwars.com because of shady shipped/sold numbers from MS"...or something...that was towards the end of last fiscal...

or where numbers wrong for all the consoles?

Crazyglues6096d ago (Edited 6096d ago )

The reason I suspected them is because they would always send you an email when you haven't gone to the site in awhile saying "we notice you have not been to nextgen.com in awhile and we miss you and would like you to come back" - I would be like what the hell.

But they never got me because I'm a computer guy so I stay with virus protection running 24/7 and spyware blocker... (feel sorry for people who went there with no protection)

ReBurn6096d ago

It's most likely the advertising on the site that's causing it to get flagged, not the site itself. But even if that's the case the site owner needs to find malware-free advertising.

XxZxX6096d ago

but he should made alot of money by advertising

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Why Is No One Making AAA Horror Games Anymore?

Saif from eXputer inquires, "Despite the everlasting popularity of the genre, why hasn't there been a good AAA horror game in a while now?"

Jin_Sakai1d 20h ago

Because the gaming industry is obsessed with live service games.

Rynxie1d 7h ago

Because he touches himself at night to characters like lady Dimitrescu.

Crows901d 3h ago

You're the one still thinking about her

Rynxie1d 3h ago

@crow

Did I give away your secret? It's okay, if you sit on your hand and numb it, you can pretend it's her playing with your little stick.

MaximusPrime_1d 19h ago

Good for me, I have no interests in horror games

-Foxtrot1d 10h ago

Even when they do it's first person trying to copy Outlast, Five Nights, P.T etc

I think the Dead Space / RE2 / RE4 Remake and the Evil Within 2 showed you can have a good story based, third person survival horror game.

jeromeface1d 8h ago

remakes is another good reason

thesoftware7301d 7h ago

Calisto Protocol was also fun with fantastic presentation.

FinalFantasyFanatic23h ago

I feel like we haven't had much in the way of horror games for years, I think it became rare after the PS2/PS3 gen. Maybe i'll pick up that Crow Country that recently came out, that looks good.

Venoxn4g21h ago

Crow Country needs some more love.. and more exposure

Redemption-641d 8h ago

Because outside of a fee games, most don't sell that well

Crows901d 3h ago

So in other words...AAA publishers don't have creativity or passion for games.

CrimsonWing691d 8h ago

Didn’t we have Dead Space Remake and Resident Evil 4 Remake last year?

thorstein1d 8h ago (Edited 1d 8h ago )

Among others

And isn't Dying Light 2 a horror game?

Scissorman1d 8h ago

And Alan Wake 2 and Alone in the Dark.

on_line_forever16h ago

I like Alone in the dark but it's not AAA game

richardmmorales23h ago

We also had The Quarry and The Dark Pictures The Devil In Me.

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N64: Recompiled — Creating Native PC Ports Is A Godsend For Game Preservation

"In a time when companies don't care about preserving games, I have high respect for the creators of projects like N64: Recompiled." - Hanzala from eXputer.

gold_drake3d ago

it is, i might be finally able to play Snowboard kids 1 full screen ha.

purple1012d ago

il beat you to the ski-lift,

framerate on snowboard kids was shocking, do you remember./?

talking of shocking framerate and kart racers style games,
Sony had a gem on ps3, with 'Modnation Racers' but again, framerate was so terrible, still fun though, indeed, when is drifting sideways not fun, the answer is never. we have not seen enough of that game, technically some people made race tracks/games in dreams and little big planet etc, but its just not the same,!!! grrrrr

morning rant over.

here, relive some ,memories. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

itBourne2d ago

The load time on ModNation where also excruciatingly long... But man oh man I wish that game took off more, so much fun! Could turn off garbage rubber banding, I had karts with 100's of stickers to design some crazy cool stuff, custom tracks. Fantastic undeappreciated game

gold_drake2d ago

SK1 had a fairly good framerate. sk2 maybe not so much ha

Redgrave2d ago

Some food for thought:

Would you donate your physical copy of a really rare/expensive cartridge (Conkers's BFD, Bomberman 64 Second Attack, Ogre Battle 64, the two Castlevania titles, etc) to those managing this project for the greater good of getting them preserved online for all to experience at some point?

UltimateOwnage2d ago

As long as it meant they never took money from Patreon and invited a DMCA takedown / lawsuit by Nintendo to take it all away. After seeing the whole debacle with Yuzu I now question how long any of these teams can maintain game preservation efforts through emulator development, or otherwise.

franwex2d ago

I mean. They may borrow them…

Profchaos2d ago

Is it realistically needed though I would not personally give anyone my old carts for games that are already persevered and easily available online

Inverno2d ago

The snippet of ray tracing at the end of the og trailer was low-key amazing. I found out thanks to Nerrel who also made a texture pack for MM, and i can't wait to see how much more great this game will be in the near future. With model swaps, ray tracing, retextures, and a more quicker process than decompilation, it's gonna bring new life to N64 games.

Profchaos2d ago

There might need to be a bit of clarification recompilation is not the same as decompilation.

This is basically a container to excite the rom within but allows for all sorts of beat additions and tricks like new lighting effects such as ray tracing to be added.

But decompilation would ultimately be king as it allows for a widespread porting capabilities and uses the assets from games to build a native install for PC or whatever the target system is e.g Mario 64 for PC or sonic mania for psvita / wii

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How EA & Xbox Are Defining Gaming's Bleak Future

Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.

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Profchaos5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.

Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.

If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard

As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights

gold_drake1d 20h ago

i can tell you that the government or any government has our backs on this. the glo al trend goes to digital.

wait until money is digital only. we are already on the way there.