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    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Heather Alexandra revisits an old home in Star Wars The Old Republic and reminisces on what the game meant to her and the meaningful connections we forge in games, Ruben Ferdinand on how we remember war and Battlefield 5's Tirailleur and The Last Tiger campaigns as apolitical corruptions of history, archaeologist Justin Reeve covers a variety of games set in the past and How Historical Accuracy Became a Euphemism, prominent developers and executives share their personal highlights of 2018, David Milner speaks to those behind Game Workers Unite, Cameron Kunzelman on what first person games are changing into, Patrick Klepek personal reflection on how empathy and vulnerability changed how he views games, Dan Root on The Animation of Gris, Wesley Yin-Poole and Jason Schreier report on Blizzard's cost cutting measures, Writing on Games on Just Cause 4 and the problem of so much to use and no reason to use it, GOTY lists, and more.
     
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    Persona 5’s Joker Infiltrates Catherine: Full Body’s Babel Mode
     
    Iron Harvest - Alpha 2 Gameplay
     
    Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord will let you talk your way out of (and into) trouble

     
    One Piece: World Seeker - Opening Cinematic Trailer
     
    You can try out Valfaris, the upcoming heavy metal sci-fi shooter, in a free demo

     
    Showcasing The Unexpected Beauty Of Rage 2’s Biomes
     
    Crackdown 3: Single-Player Gameplay Footage & Details (4K) - IGN First
     
    Cloud Imperium secures $46m investment for Star Citizen

     
    Atlas is live for Twitch partners, with Early Access starting today

     
    Daedalus: The Awakening of Golden Jazz credits include section for English localization
     
    Crystar Appears To Be Headed Westward In 2019

     
    Celeste adding free ultra-hard levels early next year
     
    Surprise: The 'Sam Raimi' Suit Is Now In Spider-Man PS4
     
    Why Are Stars Suing Epic Games Over Fortnite’s Dance Moves?
     
    With Activision's Influence Growing, Blizzard Is Cutting Costs

    Blizzard customer service concern as staff accept cash to exit Irish hub
     
    Discord raises $150 million in new funding round

     
    Eugen Systems fires workers involved in pay dispute

     
    “It is a normal practice to have maintenance or inactivity fees for accounts deemed no longer in use” – G2A

     
    Niko Partners: Chinese regulators have resumed certifying mobile games

     
    A big new Watch Dogs mod makes Chicago a more dynamic place
     
    Esports News
     
    Heroes of the Storm amateur league announces new competitive division

     
    Blizzard Creates Official Catalog Of Overwatch Pros Who Break The Rules

     
    Esports' urgent need for visible gender diversity

     
    Why SonicFox is ESPN's player of the year

     
    The International 2018 is the subject of a documentary premiering next month
     
    What It's Like to Be a Female Fighting Gamer [4k]
     
    Crowdfunding News (not sharing everything I find, just ones that look interesting, have known talent behind them, and a chance to succeed)
     
    Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    Looking Back On My Former Life In Star Wars: The Old Republic

     
    Battlefield V: A corruption of history

        How Historical Accuracy Became a Euphemism  
    Game Workers Unite: The Fight To Unionize The Video Game Industry

     
    Industry movers and shakers share 2018 highlights

     
    'They make him feel normal' – the role of video games in a children's hospice

     
    First Person Games Are Changing. But Into What?

     
    Spending five years composing a game: The music from Below

     
    How Empathy and Vulnerability Radically Transformed My View of Video Games
     
    A Game's Photo Mode Isn't Just a Feature, It's My Way of Seeing the World
     
    UBISOFT DIRECTORS CALL OUT FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM THEIR GAMES
     
    Assassin's Creed Origins Composer Posts Unreleased Tracks
     
    The full PUBG Vikendi interview: footprint-tracking, cut content, and optimisation

     
    Florence finds emotional power in how we use touchscreens

     
    Subliminal Murder: Why Hitman 2 Should Arm Agent 47 with a Camera

     
    Butterfly Soup is Writing at Its Best

     
    'Spider-Man' Super-Disease Devil's Breath Uses Shockingly Accurate Science
     
    Seiyuu Danshi

     
    Kahlief Adams' Top 10 Games of 2018

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    ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER's Top 10 Games That Pissed Him Off in 2018
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    Our Favorite Games of 2018: Austin's Top Ten

    Our Favorite Games of 2018: Natalie's Top Ten
     
    Welcome to Hades - Developing Hell Episode #1
     
    Mortal Kombat and the Cheat Code That Changed Gaming − Codex
     
    The Animation of Gris
     
    Why Skyrim's Mining Animation Is Bad - New Frame Plus
     
    The Seductive Nightmare of Bloodborne's Chalice Dungeons
     
    Just Cause 4: The Problem With Chaos
     
    Mass Effect: Andromeda... 1 Year Later
     
    Konami: How the West was Worse [SSFF]
     
    20(18) Games You Should Have Played
     
    Top 10 Games of 2018 | The Completionist
     
    Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
     
    Tekken: Rangchu, the Panda Champion
    I think I forgot to add this last week.
     
    Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to the game industry
     
    Twitch streamer plays Breath of the Wild for 95 hours, then finds tutorial

    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Epic store to make use of free to use cross platform tools for cross platform logins and cloud saves, Steve Gaynor starts thread leading to many game development stories filled with unusual workarounds, Discord store to offer developers a 90/10 revenue split, top Riot executive suspended over multiple misconduct violations, Kotaku's series of articles on the state of the industry, RagnarRox's Journey Through Rule of Rose, Will Partin's Artifact review describing it as Steam in a game instead of a game on Steam, Game Score Fanfare on the hype of Octopath Traveler's boss battles, Seva Kritskiy and Nadia M on the importance of The Missing, Arthur Gies and Clayton Ashley on the painted world of Red Dead Redemption 2, Micah Edmonds on Tomb Raider and Self Hate, HeavyEyed on The Cultural Impact of Tony Hawks Pro Skater, and more.
     
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    Don't Expect The Outer Worlds To Be As Gigantic As Fallout: New Vegas

    You can’t have sex with your companions in The Outer Worlds
     
    Druidstone: The Secret Of The Menhir Forest is making me take RPG battles seriously
     
    Unheard's "Acoustic Detectives" are great listeners
     
    Planetside Arena, featuring battle royale and a 250v250 mode, arrives in January
    The full PlanetSide Arena interview: can the quintessential MMO shooter go battle royale?
     
    Arc System Works is making a Granblue Fantasy fighting game
     
    Pagan Online's MOBA-inspired action RPG combat in action
     
    Pillars of Eternity 2 will still come to consoles, including Switch, in 2019

     
    The Latest Devil May Cry 5 Trailer Focuses On V’s Summoning Abilities
     
    Degrees of Separation ‘Features’ trailer
     
    Metro Exodus - Title Sequence (Official 4K)
     
    Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal launches January 22, 2019 in North America
     
    Escape From Tarkov team barrages YouTuber with DMCA takedowns over `misinformation`

     
    Marvel’s Spider-Man’s Silver Linings DLC releases next week
     
    Dishonored 2 update adds new modes and removes Denuvo

     
    Civilization 6 expansion adds Canada and all things Canadian
    The Inca return in Civ 6: Gathering Storm to build a mountain empire
     
    Battlefield 5 TTK will revert to normal tomorrow – “Clearly we didn’t get it right”

     
    Street Fighter V adds adverts
     
    Beat the 'crunch': new union for video games workers launches

     
    Epic to roll out free cross-platform online services for all through 2019

    Why even avid Steam gamers should celebrate Epic's new store
     
    Discord’s store offers devs 90% revenue because “it doesn’t cost 30% to distribute games”

     
    Hajime Tabata Talks About His Departure From Square Enix, More On His New Company JP Games

     
    Get free Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on PC for testing Google’s Project Stream

     
    Top Riot Executive Suspended Without Pay Following Investigation Over Workplace Misconduct

     
    Twitch Sale Of Curse Media Will Combine Two Popular Gaming Wikis

     
    343 Industries head Bonnie Ross to be inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame

     
    Fresh Prince's Alfonso Ribeiro Is Suing Fortnite Over The Carlton Dance

     
    Activision halts auction of Leisure Suit Larry’s source code despite not owning the IP

     
    Infinity Ward evacuated its office this morning because of a bomb threat

     
    Esports News
     
    Blizzard scales back Heroes of the Storm development, cancels 2019 esports events

     
    Electronic Arts Hires New Head of Esports Commercialization

     
    Street Fighter V Competitors Carry An Otherwise Messy Capcom Cup

     
    Japan’s Esports Market Sees Substantial Growth in 2018

     
    Crowdfunding News (not sharing everything I find, just ones that look interesting, have known talent behind them, and a chance to succeed)
     
    Shareware Heroes

     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    The State Of PC Gaming In 2018

    The State Of The PS4 In 2018
    The State Of Xbox One In 2018
    The State Of The Nintendo Switch In 2018
    The State Of Nintendo 3DS In 2018
    The State Of Twitch In 2018
    The State Of Fandom In 2018
     
    *Press A* 2018 ~ The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

     
    People of the Year: Rami Ismail

    People of the Year: Phil Spencer
    GamesIndustry.biz presents... The Year In Numbers 2018
     
    In 2018, Video Game Developers Took Unionization Seriously

     
    Making a game in the world’s busiest crosswalk: The story behind 428

     
    Invisible washing machines and squirrel timers: developers reveal their weirdest game dev tricks
     
    Character Models
     
    Amid Talk of Violent Influence, Video Games as Therapy Often Goes Unnoticed

     
    The painted world of Red Dead Redemption 2

     
    Cancer, OCD, Spider-Man & Me

     
    On The Missing and what we choose to ignore

    The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Ownership of Identity
     
    'Artifact' Isn't a Game on Steam, It's Steam in a Game

     
    Gris mirrors the stages of grief through art, sound and design

    Wot I Think: Gris
     
    A Journey Through Rule of Rose | Monsters of the Week
     
    How Octopath Traveler Hypes its Boss Battles | Game Score Fanfare
     
    How Octopath Traveler Changes Key
     
    How Return of the Obra Dinn Works | Game Maker's Toolkit
     
    Games as Lit. 101 - Literary Analysis: The World Ends With You (Part 3 - Week 2)
     
    How Red Dead Redemption 2's landscapes are connected to 19th century art
     
    Kevin VanOrd - From Games Journalism to Game Development | Gameumentary Extended
     
    The Cultural Impact of Tony Hawks Pro Skater // HeavyEyed
     
    Staying With Power: 35 Years of NES History - Museum Tour
     
    Celeste: The Story of Matt Thorson (Matt Makes Games)
     
    50 Best Out of Bounds Discoveries from 30 Nintendo Games
     
    Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
     
    Random Randomizers Randomizing Random Things Randomly - Design Documentary
     
    Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to the game industry
     
    The voices of Liquid and Solid Snake reunite to perform The Night Before Metal Gear

    By RuneX, in Frontpage,


    Hello everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the holiday season. This week we are showcasing our final Xbox events of 2018. As I write this I find it hard to believe that the year is over and we're about to enter the next chapter of our community journey. I want to thank everyone who came out or helped organize any Weekly Event or Game Night this year. We featured a total of 55 games, reaching a new Xbox community record, this year as Weekly Events/Game Nights. Before we enter our Winter Break please join us this week as we end the year as we started it (playing a ton of video games!) and finalize our foundation for 2019. Thank you and cya at the events.
    Top 10 Games of 2018 - Xbox Voting Survey
    Our campaign to determine the 'Top 10 Games of 2018' according to Xbox members continues! Our voting survey is still up and going for those who wish to cast their vote and opinion on what games they enjoyed the most. We are asking for your thoughts and opinions on what games you liked and why. We don't want this to a 'normal' Top 10 List, we want to make it as fun and unique as possible. For this to happen we need as much members of the community as possible to participate. This survey will take you only a few moments of your time. We also have some extra, optional questions at the end that you may find interesting.
    Voting ends on December 21st, 2018. To vote, please click this link to be directed to our voting survey.
    Winter Break Notice [Dec 22rd to Jan 19th]
    A reminder to all members of the AJSA on Xbox One! Remember that from Saturday December 22nd to Thursday January 10th the AJSA Xbox One Division will be on Winter break. This means that there will be no scheduled AJSA events on the Xbox One during this time. This will a time to relax, spend with your family and/or you can try to make a dent in your video game backlog.
    Xbox One Events of 2018 Overview
    Below are the list of games the Xbox One Division held Weekly Events/Game Nights for in 2018:
    Battlefield 1 Battlefield 3 [backward compat] Battlefield 4 COD: Black Ops [backward compat] COD: Black Ops II [backward compat] COD: Black Ops III COD: Black Ops 4 COD: Modern Warfare 3 [backward compat] COD: World War II Darwin Project Dead by Daylight Destiny Destiny 2 The Division DOOM Elite Dangerous Evolve Fallout 76 For Honor Fortnite: Battle Royale Friday the 13th: the Video Game Gears of War 3 [backward compat] Gears of War 4 Gigantic GTA Online Halo 5: Guardians Halo: Master Chief Collection Halo: Reach [backward compat] Halo Wars 2 Human Fall Flat Injustice: Gods Among Us [backward compat] Left 4 Dead [backward compat] Left 4 Dead 2 [backward compat] Minecraft Minecraft: Xbox One Edition Monster Hunter World Mortal Kombat X Neverwinter Overwatch Paladins PUBG Rainbow Six: Siege Rocket League Sea of Thieves SMITE Star Wars: Battlefront II Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection Sunset Overdrive Titanfall Titanfall 2 Virtua Fighter 5 [backward compat] Warhammer: Vermintide II WWE 2K18 Zombie Army Trilogy Thank you to all our amazing organizers and participants for making all of this possible. See you in 2019!
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    Xbox Event Schedule [Dec. 19th to Dec. 21st]
    How Can I Join An Xbox One Activity? - For new members/first time event participants, I highly encourage you to add all the hosts as your friend on Xbox Live (Gamertags are listed for every host below). You can also join the AJSA Xbox Club and add hosts/members there. All event and game night parties are launched from the Club. Additionally, please review our Code of Conduct. To learn more about the AJSA Xbox One Division, check out our Community Information thread.
    All Xbox Live 'Weekly Event' & 'Game Night' parties are open and participants can join freely without restriction. Communication is done primarily in the Xbox Live Party system. In case of emergency, we may use the AJSA Discord. We accept and make adjustments for people who are shy in large groups and/or for people who have no mics.
    If by chance you do not have the host as a friend, please message the host for an invite to the game/party during the activity and then exchange friend requests upon entry to the party. Most, if not all, parties will be visible to all Xbox Club members. Look under "Looking for Group" at the start/during an event to view the event party and join up.
    If you would like to give advance notice to the host that you would like to play, you are free to do so. Otherwise keep note of the activity start times and join the host's Xbox Live party to begin. If you have any questions, please contact me directly at "RuneX" on the forums or on Xbox Live.
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    Star Wars: Battlefront II - Xbox Game Night - Weds. Dec. 19th, 2018 @7:00pm EST [12:00am GMT]
     
    To kick off our last series of events for 2018 we are returning to Star Wars: Battlefront II where we will be checking out all the latest updates and changes the game has made since we last played. In particular we'll be checking out the new Geonosis map and other features. We'll be playing a variety of online game modes throughout the evening.
    Event Summary
    Date & Start Times
    December 19th, 2018 7:00pm ET 6:00pm CT 5:00pm PT 12:00am GMT Host
    Sickshock [Gamertag: Sickshock6] --------------------
    Red Dead Online - Xbox Weekly Event - Thurs. Dec. 20th, 2018 @7:30pm EST [12:30am GMT]
     
    The Angry Outlaws will be making their formal debut in the inaugural Red Dead Online event on Xbox One this Thursday night. All gunslingers of the Angry Army are welcome to play for a night of Wild West shenanigans and money making schemes. We have several persistent Posses set up to accomondate large groups. For those who need help ranking up, earning money, and having someone watch your back while playing missions, this is a perfect opportunity for you.
    Event Summary
    Date & Start Times
    December 20th, 2018 7:30pm ET 6:30pm CT 5:30pm PT 12:30am GMT Host
    Rune [Gamertag: AScapeRunePlaya] --------------------
    Overwatch - Xbox Weekly Event - Fri. Dec. 21st, 2018 @7:30pm EST [12:30am GMT]
     
    Welcome to the last Xbox event of 2018. Overwatch will be featured as our last game for the year. Thank you for an amazing 2018. We're ending things on a high note with Winder Wonderland on Overwatch and we'll be playing a variety of online and custom game modes throughout the evening.
    Event Summary
    Date & Start Times
    December 21st, 2018 7:30pm ET 6:30pm CT 5:30pm PT 12:30am GMT Host
    WookieJedi [Gamertag: AJSAWookieJedi] --------------------
    Connect With the AJSA Xbox One Community
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    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    The Game Awards winners, announcements, and previews. Kinda Funny Games Showcase looks at 69 upcoming games and what playing games means to people in the industry, Ahoy looks at the history of the Amiga, John Romero's new Doom mod, Noclip's Half-Life documentary, Scott C. Jones tells a personal story of childhood trauma and how games helped to guide him through them and to heal in adulthood, some Epic Store games delaying or cancelling Steam release, PewDiePie promotes racist anti-Semitic Youtuber's content (again) as other top gaming Youtubers desperately try to get more people to subscribe to him, Starbreeze HQ raided by police, Monster Hunter World's new expansion, author Dmitry Glukhovsky discusses the politics of his Metro books and games, Panzer Dragoon remakes in development, Noah Caldwell-Gervais on Fallout 76 and how it is rooted in choices Bethesda has been making since Fallout 3, and more.
     
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    Here are all the biggest announcements from The Game Awards 2018
    The Game Awards Winners 2018: Full List
    SonicFox Steals The Show At The Game Awards
    Music From Red Dead Redemption 2 Performed Live | The Game Awards 2018
    The making of The Game Awards 2018
     
    Kinda Funny Games Showcase: Judgment, The Walking Dead, and 67 More Games
    Yakuza Dev's Judge Eyes Has A New Name, Western Release Date
     
    After five years in development, Capybara's Below will release next week
    The Full Story Behind Below's Long Development
     
    Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds might just be the New Vegas follow-up you’ve wanted
    The Outer Worlds Looks A Lot Like Fallout, But That's Only Half The Story
    Get a closer look at Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds with 15 minutes of gameplay footage
    The Outer Worlds: Interview with Senior Narrative Designer Kathryn Megan Starks
    Obsidian's The Outer Worlds blends Firefly and Fallout into a bold, open-ended sci-fi RPG
     
    John Romero’s new project is an enormous Doom mod called Sigil
     
    Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition system trailer
     
    Super Meat Boy Forever release window set, will be Epic Store exclusive for a year
     
    Kingdom Hearts III - Official Opening Movie | Hikaru Utada, Skrillex
     
    Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown ‘F/A-18F’ trailer
     
    Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Coming To Nintendo Switch In 2019
     
    Psychonauts 2’s first story trailer introduces the Motherlobe
    Psychonauts 2: Tim Schafer Reveals New Details in New Trailer - IGN First
     
    Watch 25 minutes of Beyond Good and Evil 2
     
    Left Alive’s New Trailer Shows How You Can Make Choices Every Step Of The Way
     
    Jon Shafer's At The Gates launches next month
     
    Danganronpa Trilogy Heading To The PlayStation 4 In 2019

     
    Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove is now set for release in March
     
    Lapis x Labyrinth Coming To The West In 2019 For PS4 And Switch

     
    New Stranger Things Game Announced, Set Around Upcoming Season 3
     
    Anthem’s Game Awards trailer doubles down on story and reveals the villain
    Anthem director details Game Awards story trailer, addresses Destiny comparisons
     
    No Man’s Sky developer Hello announces its next game, The Last Campfire
     
    Panzer Dragoon remakes in development

     
    Sayonara Wild Hearts is a motorcycle dance party for Switch
     
    Ape Out, the ultra-violent ape escape game, finally has a release date
     
    Surreal indie RPG YIIK is finally out next month
     
    Skater XL is a realistic skateboard sim coming to Early Access this month
     
    Biomutant - Gameplay Sizzle Trailer
     
    Hades is the next game from the creators of Bastion, it’s out tonight
    Hades is already a killer combat game in early access
     
    BioWare confirms the next Dragon Age with a Game Awards trailer – sort of
     
    RTS Conan Unconquered out next year, developed by C&C veterans
     
    Far Cry: New Dawn takes you to post-apocalyptic Montana this February
    Far Cry: New Dawn builds better co-op from the nuclear ruins of Far Cry 5
    The full Far Cry: New Dawn interview: building the super bloom of a post-nuclear Hope County
    Far Cry New Dawn: A Deeper Look at the Surprise Follow-Up to Far Cry 5
     
    The Walking Dead: The Final Season continues in January
     
    Zen Studios on Developing Its First Dungeon-Crawler, Its Pursuit of Hungary's "Witcher" Moment

     
    Journey is coming to PC

     
    The Pathless is a supernatural forest adventure from the makers of Abzu
     
    Mortal Kombat 11 launches in April, here's the first trailer
     
    Jenny LeClue: Detectivu launches in Q1 2019 for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC

     
    Tactical RPG Fae Tactics announced for PC
     
    Journey to the Savage Planet is an indie sci-fi game from the Far Cry 4 director
     
    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Getting A Persona 5 DLC
     
    The Messenger free DLC ‘Picnic Panic’ announced
     
    Monster Hunter World: Iceborne expansion announced
    Play as Geralt in Monster Hunter: World with 2019's The Witcher 3 collaboration
     
    KAREEM HUNT PULLED FROM MADDEN 19

     
    Unlicensed casino websites are being streamed on Twitch, UK gambling watchdog confirms
     
    What indies think of Valve giving more money to big sellers
    Valve explains Steam Discovery bug that made indie games harder to find
     
    Some Epic Store games are pushing back or scrapping Steam releases

    Tim Sweeney Answers Questions About The New Epic Games Store
     
    CS:GO receives 14,000 negative Steam reviews in a single day after going free to play

     
    YouTube’s Biggest Personality Promoted an Anti-Semite

     
    Rapper 2 Milly Sues Epic Games For Stealing His Dance
     
    A Bethesda web glitch revealed everyone’s support tickets, including personal info
     
    Daybreak Games lays off estimated 70 employees

     
    Starbreeze HQ has been raided by Swedish authorities, one arrested

     
    Amy Hennig to receive lifetime achievement award

     
    Apple Pulls Strategy Game Because It Features The Taliban
     
    Why the game dev group will benefit from non-U.S. board chair

     
    China's new Ethics Committee has been reviewing existing titles

     
    Esports News
     
    Europe’s Top Counter-Strike Team Eyes $1 Million Grand Slam Prize

     
    DreamHack’s high school Rainbow Six team “got stomped, but we laughed and smiled the whole way”

     
    Oh God, Fox Won An Early Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament

     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    The 30 Best Videogames of 2018

     
    The video games that are good for your children

     
    Writer's Guild
     
    Author Meagan Marie on Her New Book Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play
     
    What 'Darksiders 3' Teaches Us About Gaming's Weirdest Company, THQ Nordic

     
    Spacewar! Creators Didn't Know They Were Making History

     
    “I’ve always used the opportunity to make political statements in Metro games” – Dmitry Glukhovsky

     
    Brian Fargo: “I spent 50% of my time raising money”

     
    How Bad North makes humans out of little soldiers

     
    'Hitman 2' Makes You The Catastrophe Everyone Is Dreading

    Hitman 2's First Elusive Target Showed What's Great About The Series
     
    The Thin Blue Webline: Spider-Cops Are Bastards

     
    Putting On A Tough Face: The Insecurities of Dead Cells

     
    Battlefield V's First Expansion Is A Gamble That Doesn't Pay Off

     
    OPENED WORLD: STANDING STILL

     
    FLATLINE: How The Amiga Languished
     
    Unforeseen Consequences: A Half-Life Documentary
     
    What Makes HITMAN's Sapienza So Memorable?
     
    How Does Fallout 76 Compare to Previous Fallouts? [Spoilers]
     
    Passage: Dark Messiah & Arkane | Arkane Studios Ludography (2/5) CRITIQUE/REVIEW
     
    Bad Game Design - NES Games
     
    Building the Online World of Tom Clancy's The Division (Part 2 of 2) | AI and Games
     
    The Making of Sonic 3 & Knuckles
     
    The Cancelled PlayStation Exclusive - Investigating Eight Days
     
    Super Smash Bros: The Story of Masahiro Sakurai
     
    Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
     
    Video games saved my life

     

    By RuneX, in Frontpage,


    Hi everyone, hope you all had a great weekend. Last week we entered the last phase of Xbox events for 2018 and I'd like to thank everyone who came out to participate to kick off our December activities. This weekend we will be seeing the return of 'Winter Wonderland' on Overwatch, a new Operation in Black Ops 4, and a festive celebration on Minecraft. We hope you can continue to join us and play with fellow members of the community in these last two weeks before Holiday break. We also have our 'Top 10 Xbox Games' voting survey going on right now as well that members can take part in.
    Top 10 Games of 2018 - Xbox Voting Survey
    Our campaign to determine the 'Top 10 Games of 2018' according to Xbox members continues! Our voting survey is still up and going for those who wish to cast their vote and opinion on what games they enjoyed the most. We are asking for your thoughts and opinions on what games you liked and why. We don't want this to a 'normal' Top 10 List, we want to make it as fun and unique as possible. For this to happen we need as much members of the community as possible to participate. This survey will take you only a few moments of your time. We also have some extra, optional questions at the end that you may find interesting.
    Voting ends on December 21st, 2018. To vote, please click this link to be directed to our voting survey.
    Holiday Break Notice [December 22nd to January 10th]
    Reminder that we will be entering our 'Holiday Break' on December 22nd which will last until January 10th. Our last Xbox event will be held on December 21st. We will return to normal activities following the end of the break.
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    Xbox Event Schedule [Dec. 14th to Dec. 16th]
    How Can I Join An Xbox One Activity? - For new members/first time event participants, I highly encourage you to add all the hosts as your friend on Xbox Live (Gamertags are listed for every host below). You can also join the AJSA Xbox Club and add hosts/members there. All event and game night parties are launched from the Club. Additionally, please review our Code of Conduct. To learn more about the AJSA Xbox One Division, check out our Community Information thread.
    All Xbox Live 'Weekly Event' & 'Game Night' parties are open and participants can join freely without restriction. Communication is done primarily in the Xbox Live Party system. In case of emergency, we may use the AJSA Discord. We accept and make adjustments for people who are shy in large groups and/or for people who have no mics.
    If by chance you do not have the host as a friend, please message the host for an invite to the game/party during the activity and then exchange friend requests upon entry to the party. Most, if not all, parties will be visible to all Xbox Club members. Look under "Looking for Group" at the start/during an event to view the event party and join up.
    If you would like to give advance notice to the host that you would like to play, you are free to do so. Otherwise keep note of the activity start times and join the host's Xbox Live party to begin. If you have any questions, please contact me directly at "RuneX" on the forums or on Xbox Live.
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    Overwatch - Xbox Weekly Event - Fri. Dec. 14th, 2018 @7:00pm EST [12:00am GMT]
     
    Tis the season to be jolly! Winter Wonderland has arrived on Overwatch. Join us as we kick off the holiday season on Xbox One! We'll be playing a mix of both casual online and custom game modes during the evening. This will be an awesome opportunity to earn holiday cosmestics, skins, and other goodies with fellow members from the community.
    Event Summary
    Date & Start Times
    December 14th, 2018 7:00pm ET 6:00pm CT 5:00pm PT 12:00am GMT Host
    WookieJedi [Gamertag: AJSAWookieJedi] --------------------
    COD: Black Ops 4 - Xbox Weekly Event - Sat. Dec. 15th, 2018 @7:30pm EST [12:30am GMT]
     
    Squad up with the AJSA this Saturday night on COD: Black Ops 4 as we play a mix of Battle Royale, Multiplayer, and Zombies as we draw closer to the end of 2018. This will be a casual COD experience. We don't care about stats or K/D. Play your best and keep a good attitude win or lose. If our group is large enough we'll also do play some custom matches!
    Event Summary
    Date & Start Times
    December 15th, 2018 7:30pm ET 6:30pm CT 5:30pm PT 12:30am GMT Host
    Rune [Gamertag: AScapeRunePlaya] --------------------
    Minecraft - Xbox Weekly Event - Sun. Dec. 16th, 2018 @7:30pm EST [12:30am GMT]
     
    Winter. Is. Here. Join up in the AJSA Minecraft Realm this Sunday night for our last Minecraft event of the year as we wrap up projects around the main base, get members set up with housing, and building some commemorative structures to mark this Holiday season. Members can also check out some of the new changes made to the world since the last event and new participants can get invited to the Realm to play whenever they want.
    Event Summary
    Date & Start Times
    December 16th, 2018 7:30pm ET 6:30pm CT 5:30pm PT 12:30am GMT Host
    Rune [Gamertag: AScapeRunePlaya] --------------------
    Connect With the AJSA Xbox One Community
    Xbox Section of the Forums
    http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/forum/32-xbox-one/
    Join the AJSA Club on Xbox One
    http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/37127-ajsa-xbox-one-club-how-do-i-join/
    Xbox One Gamertag List
    http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/38719-xbox-one-gamertag-list/
    Xbox Community Information
    http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/39605-xbox-one-division-information/
    More AJSA Community Content
    AJSA Twitter
    https://twitter.com/AJSAgaming
    AJSA Stream Team
    https://www.twitch.tv/team/ajsa
    AJSA Gaming Youtube
    https://www.youtube.com/user/AJSAGaming
    AJSA Community Content Area
    http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/forum/42-community-content/

    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Gameumentary's documentary on the making of Divinity Original Sin 2, Nintendo ends its Creator Program, Laura Kate Dale reports on how disabled gamers feel about the Xbox Adaptive Controller, Esteban Martinez's Noclip documentary on Team Spooky and fighting game tournaments, MechWarrior 5 and Resident Evil 2 previews, James Holland covers how FIFA is ideal for teaching mental health patients about resilience, Steam reveals new revenue program that favors AAA publishers over indie developers while Epic announces store that it will give 88% of revenue to developers, Jeremy Parish on how Ultima 4 and Wasteland ushered in an era of maturity in RPGs, The Gaming Historian tells The Story of Punch-Out, Obsidian's next game to be announced at Game Awards, Gamestop posts another loss for last quarter, and more.
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    Obsidian's next RPG will be announced at The Game Awards

     
    Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - Diplomacy Gameplay Reveal (Part 2)
    Total War: Three Kingdom’s latest general is axe-wielding bandit queen Jiang Zheng
     
    MechWarrior 5 will release in September 2019
    How MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries’ creators plan to rearm the series
     
    Resident Evil 2's remake reveals its biggest star
    Resident Evil 2’s horrible humans are more disgusting than its monsters
     
    Story comes first in the making of Cyberpunk 2077

     
    Rust studio go turn-based tactical with Clatter next month
     
    Hell Let Loose gameplay trailer showcases 'authentic' WWII combat
     
    New games: Later Alligator is an animated adventure about New York City and reptiles
     
    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden's new character is a stone cold fox
     
    Tekken 7 - Negan Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer | TWT 2018
    TEKKEN 7 - Season Pass 2 Reveal: Craig Marduk | PS4, X1, PC
    TEKKEN 7 - Season Pass 2 Reveal: Armor King | PS4, X1, PC
     
    Big Changes Coming To Battlefield 5 | Weapon Balance Dec 4th Patch
    Delayed Battlefield 5 Update Releases Tomorrow
     
    The Nintendo Creators Program draws to a close this December

     
    Brenda Romero, Jade Raymond and Fumito Ueda to be honoured at Fun & Serious Festival 2018

     
    Ubisoft acquires server company i3D.net

     
    Games Done Quick 'Indefinitely' Splits With Speedrunners Over Sexist And Transphobic Comments

     
    Bethesda bans Fallout 76 players for life after shocking in-game homophobic attack
    $200 Fallout 76 Edition Promised Fancy Bag, Delivers Nylon Trash Instead
    UPDATE: BETHESDA TO REPLACE NYLON BAGS WITH PROMISED CANVAS BAGS FOR OWNERS OF FALLOUT 76'S $200 POWER ARMOR EDITION
     
    New Revenue Share Tiers and other updates to the Steam Distribution Agreement
    Fortnite maker Epic takes on Steam with its own PC games store
     
    IGDA calls for industry action on loot boxes

     
    Starbreeze CEO departs as company files for administration

     
    GameStop posts $488 million loss for last quarter

     
    Tumblr to Ban All Adult Content in a Blow to NSFW Video Game Fandoms
     
    No-deal Brexit would 'devastate' UK gaming industry, says report

     
    Account boosting in Korea could soon land you in jail

     
    Chinese Gamers are More Competitive and Completionist, More Homogeneous in Gaming Motivations Than US Gamers

     
    Esports News
     
    A high school CS:GO team has accidentally ended up in a pro Rainbow Six tournament

     
    Fanatics Signs Major Multi-Year Overwatch League Merch Deal

     
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    After Dota 2 Team Fails To Ban One Of Its Players, Valve Does It For Them

     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, recommendations, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
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    Developer Shows How To Write Good Game Dialogue Using Blade Runner

     
    THE GAME STORE THAT OUTSHINES STEAM BY STAYING SMALL AND WEIRD

     
    Kotaku Reporting
     
    Inside Livestreamfail, The Controversial Forum That Fuels Twitch Drama

     
    Yasuhiko Fujii – 2007 Developer Interview
     
    It turns out FIFA is ideal for teaching mental health patients about resilience

     
    One Designer's 15-Year Journey to Ship The 'Doom' Mod He Started as a Teen

     
    Red Dead Redemption 2's Redface Proves How Far Games Haven't Come

    On Voice Acting and Diversity
     
    A Stairway To The Unconscious — Thief: The Dark Project, 20 Years Later
    Thief: The Dark Project is 20 years old, and that makes me feel the following emotions
     
    “My Life Didn’t Begin Until The World Ended” — Sunset Overdrive and the post-apocalyptic identity

     
    “Women Out of Date,” by Esther Wright

    The Cynical Politics of Red Dead Redemption 2’s Symbolic Violence
    The meaning of death and Red Dead Redemption 2
    The irony of Red Dead Redemption 2’s themes
    “The Daguerreotype, Real,” by Julie Muncy
     
    The Emotionless Death Throes of 'Battlefield V'

     
    The Bizarre Animation of MR. GAME & WATCH - New Frame Plus
     
    The Making of Divinity: Original Sin 2 | Gameumentary
     
    STAY FREE: The Team Spooky Story - FGC Documentary
     
    The Story of Punch-Out!! | Gaming Historian
     
    The Magic of Super Smash Bros and Pro Wrestling | Psych of Play
     
    God of War - Dealing With Disappointment (Spoilers!)
     
    The AI of Tom Clancy's The Division Part 1: Enemy AI Design | AI and Games
     
    Game Boy Advance: First Person Shooter Ports | Punching Weight [SSFF]
     
    The Horror of Universal Paperclips and Space Engine
     
    Playing with Pride: When Game Culture and LGBTQ Culture Collide
     
    Classic Game Postmortem: The Bard's Tale I and II
     
    Things I Missed From Previous Weeks
     
    How Ultima 4 and Wasteland Ushered in a New Era of Maturity for RPGs