The famous Hollywood actor claims that video games are a medium for revolutionary stories of the future

 

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt said he believes video games are a medium that will mark storytelling in the future.

The eternal debates over whether video games are art have subsided a bit, so it's time for a somewhat controversial opinion. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, best known for his roles in Inception and 500 Days of Summer, recently guest-starred in a hot interview on First We Feast's YouTube channel, where eating spicy and spicy food he expressed his views on video games in the context of storytelling. creating stories.

Gordon-Levitt says that video games are the narrative format of the future and that they offer completely new possibilities that are not currently achievable in the film format.

“I don’t think filmmakers will be the ones to figure out how to make video games a medium for the future of narration. But video games seem to me to be the most revolutionary medium for storytelling. ” Said, Gordon-Levitt.

Of course, all of us who play games, and especially those who design them, know about the possibilities that open up with interactive media. But it also brings with it a set of other challenges that the video game industry still addresses.

As for Gordon-Levitt, it is worth noting that he is no stranger to the video game industry. His company HitRECord has a pretty solid relationship with Ubisoft. They are supplied with music and other types of materials that end up in games through various creators. We'll see the results of that collaboration in the upcoming game Watch Dogs: Legion, and then in Ubisoft's second hit Beyond Good and Evil 2 - if it ever comes out.

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UE4 Support Will Remain On iOS, Judge Rules

 

Epic Games has achieved at least one small victory in its fight against Apple. As you’ll recall, Epic put a special deal for V-Bucks in Fortnite on the iOS App Store, bypassing Apple’s 30% cut of all transactions. In response, Apple booted Fortnite from its store, and also vowed to remove support for Epic’s Unreal Engine 4, as well, by Aug. 28.

It was that last part that threatened to impact more than just Epic Games, as it stood to affect the countless devs on the App Store who used UE4 and relied on its continued support to keep their games updated. Fortunately for them, a California judge has blocked at least this part of Apple’s actions against Epic, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.

“Apple has chosen to act severely, and by doing so, has impacted non-parties, and a third-party developer ecosystem,” U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled.

So score one for Epic, as well as many smaller developers, though the larger battle against Apple is still underway, with an uncertain conclusion. While this matter was resolved quickly, as it had to be given the Aug. 28 deadline, I have a feeling that the main focus of the conflict will drag on for quite some time.

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A Microsoft Flight Simulator player recreated a legendary scene from wallpaper for Windows XP

Microsoft Flight Simulator players have some very interesting ideas and ventures, and one of them is taking photos of the most famous wallpapers for Windows XP.

Anyone who has ever used Windows XP has encountered at least one familiar photo called “Bliss” that served as a desktop background. Although it looked “photoshopped” and unreal, it was an unprocessed photograph of a real place. Now that place looks a little different, and it can be seen through another Microsoft product - the new Flight Simulator.

The user rockin_gamer from Reddit thus decided to recreate the famous scene from what was once the most-watched photo in the world. For the most part, he succeeded, although today's scene is different than it was 24 years ago.

If you want to visit this location yourself in Microsoft Flight Simulator, the coordinates are as follows: 38 ° 15’00.5 ″ N 122 ° 24’38.9 ″ W

Visiting famous attractions is currently among the favourite activities of Microsoft Flight Simulator players. It has already been noted that some players gather on the island of the late Jeffrey Epstein, and among other popular destinations are the mountain pass Djatlov, Chernobyl, etc.

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EA Origin Access becomes EA Play

 

As of this month, the subscription services of the Electronic Arts publishing house will be renamed to a new, common name.

Subscriptions that we used to know under the names Origin Access (on PC) and EA Access (on consoles) from August 18 will no longer exist under those names. Instead of these two names, we will have only one on both consoles and PC - EA Play. There will still be an EA Play Pro on the PC that will replace the previous Origin Access Premier.

The name EA Play has so far been used for Electronic Arts conventions/trade fairs since the company seceded from the E3 trade show. These conventions will continue to be called so, with the addition of the term Live. So, the subscription services are EA Play, while EA Play Live is a presentation of the new games of this American company.

In addition to the name change, EA Play, unlike previous Access, will bring exclusive challenges and rewards. This means that in Fifi 21 or Star Wars: Squadrons, in addition to subscribing to EA Play, you will have additional benefits, such as bonus packages for the Ultimate Team or unique cosmetics for subscribers. Prizes will be distributed to subscribers every month, which means more rewards the longer the subscriber relationship.

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Dauntless Is Packed With Bonus Weekends This Month

 

Every weekend this month, Phoenix Labs is hosting a different bonus event in Dauntless. The first event kicks off today (August 7) and offers players double hunt pass XP for participating in Patrol Hunts. The event lasts until Monday, August 10 at which point you’ll have to wait for the next event to begin.

As for the rest of the events, they’re as follows:

August 14-17 All Bounties will offer a reward bonus of 5 Vault coins

August 21-24 All Bounties will offer a reward bonus of Arcstone Core

August 28-31 Bronze Bounties will offer a bonus of Double Hunt Pass XP

So, weekends this month should be pretty good for Dauntless players, provided they make the most of them.

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Power and lightsabers arrive at PSVR 25.8. in the full release so we can experience the Star Wars virtual reality experience and show how skilled or clumsy we are in using the sword.

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Ninja is temporarily back on Twitch

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins did his first live broadcast on Twitch last night after a year and leaving that platform.

After the collapse of Microsoft Mixer, many streamers of that platform turned to some new challenges. Among them was Ninja, who started streaming on YouTube a month ago. He then attracted a hundred thousand spectators, and a similar thing happened to him on his return to the platform that launched him into the heavens.

Last night, Ninja broadcast live with DrLup for the first time on Twitch playing Fortnite. The broadcast lasted about two hours and managed to attract 98 thousand viewers, which is an extremely large effect considering that it was not on the said platform for more than 365 days. The stream was not agreed, but Ninja suddenly decided to do it.

Tyler Blevins still does not have an agreed place to hold live broadcasts. Everything is in the signs of negotiations, which means that no streaming platform has its exclusivity. Ninja admitted he missed streaming on Twitch. It should not be forgotten that he had about 15 million followers on the said platform before he went to Mixer.

Ninja said at the end of the broadcast that he wants to do it more often, but it is not known whether he will suddenly maintain the stream again or the next one will be in agreement with one of the platforms. According to numerous online reports, Ninja earned between $ 20 and $ 30 million on the Mixer.

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Spider-Man joins the Avengers in 2021, but on PC and Xbox - it never will

Just as rumours have suggested, Marvel’s famous Spider-Man hero in the upcoming Avengers game will be exclusive to players with PlayStation consoles.

New arguments about exclusivity have started, only this time we are not talking about exclusive games, but about an exclusive character. Yesterday, a rumour surfaced that in the upcoming game Marvel’s Avengers, PlayStation console owners will have the right to exclusive access to an additional character - Spider-Man. It turned out later that this information was true. Spider-Man will indeed find itself in that game in early 2021 through a free update, and only on Sony consoles. Players on PC and Xbox will not be able to play with Spider-Man.

Judging by the previously announced additional character Hawkeye, the additional characters will have their own set of missions, which means that Sony’s exclusivity is not just in one class but in the whole game that will not be available on two platforms. The audience is therefore not the happiest, so you can read mostly negative reactions to this news on the Internet.

As for Spider-Man himself, it will be designed "old-fashioned" in Marvel's Avengers, according to the look from Steve Dick's drawing. But while his costume design will be old-fashioned, the technologies he will use will be modern and specially tailored for him by Hank Pym, Shield and Stark Industries. Like all other Avengers, Spider-Man will have its own unique upgrade skills, and the Crystal Dynamics development team says they have paid special attention to the fluidity of Spider-Man's movements.

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