News
- Tencent Deploys Facial Recognition to Detect Minors Gaming at Night
- Netflix Plans to Offer Video Games in Push Beyond Films, TV
- Blizzard Games up in flames
- Activision Blizzard is being sued by California Department of Fair Employment and Housing for “frat boy culture” and harassment
- Harassment was so severe that one female employee committed suicide on a work trip with a supervisor who had been harassing her
- Harassers were protected and promoted, many of whom remain in top positions with the company
- Blizzard’s initial response was tone deaf and insane – they’ve since walked it back and apologized sorta
- Didn’t stop a massive employee walkout, work stoppages, and open letters signed by current employees
Games out this month
- Lawn Mowing Simulator (PC, Xbox) – August 10, 2021
- Oh, it’s exactly what it sounds like
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OscqitWvlRk
- 12 Minutes (PC, Xbox) – August 19, 2021
- Top-down game set in an apartment where you experience the same 12 minutes over and over and try to solve a mystery
- Starring Daisy Ridley, James MacAvoy, and Willem Dafoe
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ2vsnapBhU
- New World (PC) – August 31, 2021
- MMORPG from Amazon Game Studios, which has cancelled 5 games and released 1
- Set during 17th century on giant spooky island in the middle of the Atlantic
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1C5dLnvlzg
