On today’s episode of the Day 0 Update: Valve decides to not police the store for content unless it’s super illegal or super trolly. Some pre-E3 game announcements. Plus an analysis of the E3 conference.
6/10/2018 E3 2018 Pre-Show, or Bumpin’ Javelins
- The big non-E3 news: Valve washes its hands of the content curation business
- Anything goes other than “illegal” content or “straight-up trolling”.
- Previously, on the Day 0 Update: Patrick labelled the admission of Hatred onto Steam as a point of no return in the AO “standoff” with Steam, and presented one possible outcome that would see Valve walk away from the discussion rather than take a position regarding the relativity of violent content to sexual content.
- A studio called Illusion could easily force Valve to the table if that’s what they want.
- E3: The Story Thus Far
- Dead or Alive 6 – Early 2019
- P: Stylistic shift would’ve gone well with DOA5’s “I’m A Fighter” slogan.
- Hitman 2 – 11/13
- The Tetris Effect
- This is a Tetsuya “Lumines” Mizuguchi project, it should be noted.
- Crackdown 3 delayed to February 2019
- Kingdom Hearts 3 gets a January 25, 2019 date
- Dead or Alive 6 – Early 2019
- EA Press Conference
- Battlefield V Battle Royale (RIP PUBG)
- Fair to point out gender representation was pretty good.
- Respawn Star Wars game for Holiday 2019
- F: 1 year violation and something more subtle.
- A “We fucked up” by EA. May be too little too late.
- P: I like it though. Remember, this worked for FFXIV.
- Unravel Two – Brothers, anyone?
- Available now.
- Only local coop. No online.
- Sea of Solitude – Early 2019
- Origin Access Premier is basically Xbox Game Pass for PC/Origin
- C&C returns in a mobile game…
- …available now.
- P: “Available now” and “no season/premium pass” are poised to be the “sign up for our beta” of E3 2018. We’ll see which emerges.
- …available now.
- Anthem – 2/22/19
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- They did exactly what they needed to do.
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- Early possible rumblings from the Microsoft show
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