by Filippo DinolfoOn this week’s show: Blizzard remakes Diablo. Square-Enix brings more Dragon Quest to the US. Sega is bringing Daytona back to the arcade. Plus, what other companies can learn from Sega and SNK’s approach to things.
11/06/2016 Show Notes
- Intro
- What Are We Playing?
- F: Finishing up Rock Band Rivals. That GoG sale.
- P: Heavensward. Should probably go back to DriveClub soon.
- B: Trails of Cold Steel, Owlboy
- T: Forza Horizon 3, Civ VI (just bought it today!), PoGo
- C: Hitman, PSVR, PS4 Pro Prep
- Final Fantasy Dimensions II FINALLY confirmed for North America
- Sony personally sees to Ni-Oh’s North American and European releases
- Dragon Quest VIII on 3DS gets a January 20 release date
- Swery retires from Access Games, but his health is still improving
- 999 is finally coming to PS4/Vita/Steam in new Zero Escape: The Nonary Games bundle
- Valve tells devs to stop putting concept art on Steam pages, which includes themselves
- Blizzcon Recap:
- Iron Galaxy announces balance survey for Killer Instinct
- Season 4 incoming?
- SNK Entertainment’s official website launches, hints at several intriguing projects
- SNK legally drops the Playmore name on December 1
- New URL will be snk-corp.co.jp
- Perfect time to announce their next project(s)?
- Sega resurrects the arcade racer with Daytona 3 Championship USA
- As much of the AM2 team hired as this version of Sega could find. Mitsuyoshi in.
- The game will be formally unveiled at IAAPA 2016 (about a week from this show).
- #ArcadeOnly hashtag causes discomfort, but makes sense.
- In 2016, proprietors need assurance.
- They can make it up with other ports. (Daytona DC, Daytona 2, SCUD…)
- Cruis’n Blast joins in
- Meanwhile, the latest Ridge Racer may be carcinogenic, but a sign of life still.
- While we’re praising Sega, we should take a moment to admire Sonic Mania some more
- In one game, they’re atoning for everything the franchise has ever done wrong.
- Facebook Discussion of the Week: What other companies do you feel would benefit from following the approach taken by Sega and SNK?
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