Decided to play one good old trikz map (trikz_learn) in CSS. Good times. I think the last time I played trikz properly was roughly 10 years ago lol. Also, there was some giga gamer in the server who taught me some things that I probably should have known back then. Like you can bind the flash throw and jump to a mouse macro to make flashboosting consistent. It made the whole mode so easy but it was still fun!
Congratz to NAVI for winning IEM Rio 2024! 😎 🎉
Unfortunately it's not looking too good for Shroud's new game Spectre Divide. Looks like the studio is letting go 13 employees only a few weeks after the game launched. Unfortunately making a new hit game remains to be difficult :/ https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/shrouds-spectre-divide-dev-team-hit-with-layoffs-weeks-after-launch-2911312/
IGN is reporting that a new Battlefield game is in the works by EA, and it will finally be returning to a modern setting. I'm pretty excited! https://www.ign.com/articles/exclusive-first-battlefield-concept-art-revealed-vince-zampella
GZ to Blinky for winning the GeoGuessr World Cup 2024! It was an absolutely insane grand finale. Script writers were definitely working overtime. WP to the silver medalist MK as well. https://liquipedia.net/geoguessr/Blinky
Looks like PlayStation 5 Pro has been finally revealed! Unfortunately console gaming seems to be getting quite expensive though. PS5 Pro prices are: $699.99 USD £699.99 GBP €799.99 EUR Fortunately I remain mainly a PC gamer 😎 https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/10/welcome-playstation-5-pro-the-most-visually-impressive-way-to-play-games-on-playstation/
The War Within has surpassed my expectations by a lot! It finally made WoW feel like WoW once again. I guess I'm mostly impressed about the story and focus in the old and beloved characters, but all the new zones and quests are nice too. Good job Blizzard!
Deadlock is a pretty good game! I'm totally not addicted 😊
Will this one be the Battlefield killer? I have to say it's looking really good, and even though many people are excited about the extraction mode, I have to say I'm more interested in seeing how the Conquest mode performs instead. Super cool to see many great looking games popping up lately! 🤗
Wukong is coming out in just 3 days on August 20th! Looks like China has finally been able to make a proper AAA game. And this is not actually the only one because there is at least Delta Force: Hawk Ops in development by one of the Tencent studios as well. It has nothing to do with this game, but to me this looks like a new beginning for the Chinese AAA development. Bring me some good games China!
Exciting things happening in the tactical shooter genre with Shroud's new game appearing in social media. Shroud himself has been streaming it during the past week and it's been gaining some traction. It has an interesting idea: It's a 3v3 tactical shooter but each player controls two "bodies" (characters) so effectively it's a 6v6 game. Also, there are some decisions that make it drastically different from CS2 and Valorant, for example there is no aim penalty when moving. In any case, I'm excited that someone is trying to innovate and come up with new cool ideas! Right now, this one seems a bit too radical to me with the 2-body system, but I still wish the best for it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0wXIu-HUq0