The Biggest Gaming News For February 27, 2022
Today was all about Elden Ring. We heard a bunch of news about the game, but a couple of stories really stood out. First, one of the key figures behind Elden Ring, Hidetaka Miyazaki, gave an interview in which he made some interesting comments and second, we found out that it somehow managed to become the top three best selling games of the week. Gabe Newell has apparently also been personally delivering the Steam Deck in Seattle and just in case you didn’t catch the announcement, we’re going to be getting a brand new Pokemon game within the coming months. Read on for all the details.
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Gabe Newell hopped on the cryptocurrency train a couple of years ago by allowing Bitcoin transactions on Steam. This turned out to be a very bad idea, but he won’t be making the same mistake twice. The executive isn't going to jump on the metaverse bandwagon. He said that “most of the people who are talking about the metaverse have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. And they've apparently never played an MMO. They're like ‘oh, you'll have this customizable avatar’ and it's like well, go into La Noscea in Final Fantasy 14 and tell me that this isn't a solved problem from a decade ago — not some fabulous thing that you're, you know, inventing."
The creator of Dark Souls and Elden Ring, Hidetaka Miyazaki, made some interesting remarks during a recent interview. The designer spoke about death, difficulty, and what makes for a great game. "I’ve never been a very skilled player,” he said. “I die a lot. So in my work, I want to answer the question ‘if death is to be more than a mark of failure, how do I give it meaning? How do I make death enjoyable?’ I do feel
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