Month: December 2017

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– Hawaii’s Sean Quinlan on Loot Boxes – ‘It’s Best for the Industry to Self-Regulate’

Rolling Stone / Glixel has a new interview with Hawaii’s Sean Quinlan in which the issue of loot boxes and potential legislation are again at the forefront. The discussion centers on how Quinlan became aware of the situation (via Reddit) and what he believes the central issues are and what needs to be done to bring things under control. Each are considering legislative action, though both would prefer that the industry self-regulate.

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Two Chinese Mobile Games Based on PUBG Surface with Trailers

Tencent will be publishing a pair of mobile games in China based on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Each game has a brand new trailer that sports the PUBG Corp logo, so these are officially-sanctioned games. One is being developed by Tencent’s Timi Studio and contains a new naval battles feature. The other is developed by Lightspeed & Quantum Studio and, according to Gamespot, “it looks like it’s closer to the standard PC version.

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– Seven, The Days Long Gone Review – Immersive & Mysterious

If someone were to ask me how I would describe Seven: The Days Long Gone, the first project from indie developers IMGN.PRO and Fool’s Theory, I would be hard pressed to give you a concise, clean cut answer. On its surface , Seven is an isometric ARPG, with some great progression and and leveling mechanics. As you dive deeper into the game you discover quickly that it also implements some pretty interesting stealth and tactical combat options.

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RoKtheReaper interviews Holy Order-Troll, discussing the Canada Cup 2017 double-entry incident, and more

Some words from one of the individuals behind the controversy.

canadacup-headerCanada Cup’s first Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite event ran into some serious troubles when it was discovered that a player known as PCMarvelGod (a.k.a. Quackbot) had entered the fray twice, taking up a position in Holy Order-Troll’s pool after she backed out. The result was a replayed bracket, much anger from various players, and a lifetime ban from Canada Cup for PCMarvelGod and Holy Order-Troll.

To learn more about the event and the people involved, RoKtheReaper approached Lina “Holy Order-Troll” Crawford to hear her side of the story, and get a better idea of the player behind the scandal. In the 20-question written interview, they discuss her past volunteer involvement in the fighting game community, the origin of her gamer tag, and trolling (“I honestly feel that trolling should never sound personal or hateful, such as attacking one’s character or appearance…”). They discuss a little about whether she feels the lifetime bans were fair (“For me, yes I suppose, and I will always feel very guilty about the whole thing. But for him? No.”), and reference some other controversial incidents and possible inconsistencies in the consequences… “But everyone deserves a second chance, and the FGC is not always fair, sadly.”

They also discuss gender in the FGC, Crawford’s non-FGC hobbies, other game genres, and more. Read the full interview here.

Source: RoKtheReaper

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Virtual Storm has signed Claudio pro Changbin “Binchang” Moon to their roster

Virtual Storm has announced the expansion of its already strong Tekken 7 roster with the acquisition of Changbin “Binchang” Moon. Binchang will be joining the likes of Pokchop, Kodee, Trungy, and Spero Gin as Virtual Storm enters the 2018 Tekken season.

This Claudio pro is a strong player with a somewhat unrepresented character in the highest levels of Tekken. He dominated Canada Cup Vancouver 2017, and placed 7th recently at SoCal Regionals. With the power afforded by a sponsorship, it’ll be exciting to see how he can capitalize on the 2018 tournament season.

Source: VirtualStormLLC