Free Games

• Epic Games – Ends June 13

• • Kingdom New Lands

  • • Kingdom is a minimalistic micro strategy game with modern retro aesthetics and an ambient soundtrack. Players take control of a monarch struggling to build their kingdom from nothing by exploring the world, recruit loyal subjects and defend from the nightly Greed attacks.

• Twitch Prime – Ends July 2nd

• • Aegis Defenders

  • • Humanity Has Been Brought Back Into the Dark Ages, but Remnants of a Once Highly Advanced Civilization Still Exist. In a world where control over ancient technologies means power, a ruthless Empire has arisen. You play as a team of Ruinhunters searching for the one thing that can save their village – a legendary weapon known as Aegis.
    • Explore, build, & defend in this 2D platformer that blends Metroidvania style combat with Tower Defense strategy.

  • Stikbold!

  • • Stikbold is a glorious and intense sport which will put your friendships to the test with fast-paced, hard-hitting and occasionally hilariously unfair action! Or play the co-op story mode to unlock the full roster of quirky sporting heroes and earn achievements.

  • 10 Second Ninja X

  • • A hardcore sidescroller. You’re a ninja, there are robots, you’ve got ten seconds to destroy them all. Get three star ratings, climb leaderboards, discover secrets and stop Captain Greatbeard.

  • Metronomicon

  • • Rhythm Role Playing Game; fight the weirdest monsters with the power of music! Level your party and upgrade your gear while dancing to the beat.

Apple Keynote

• The new Mac Pro that will be available to buy in the fall
• • Its design is being referred to as a “cheese grater”
  • $5,999 for the computer itself
  • another $4,999 for the new 32-inch Pro Display XDR Apple introduced to go with the Mac Pro.
  • And that new display doesn’t come with a stand
  • Another $999 to get the Pro Stand that offers tilt, height, and rotation adjustments.
• iPadOS is a version of iOS specifically for the iPad and its larger display
• • More multi-tasking features
  • the ability to show widgets on the home screen
  • enhanced text editing
  • and more
  • With macOS Catalina, a new Sidecar app will enable the use of an iPad as a wired or wireless second display to a Mac.
• Betas of iOS 13, iPadOS, macOS Catalina, watchOS 6, and tvOS 13 are available to registered developers now and there are already some threads discussing their features and issues.

Google’s Stadia game service is coming 2019

• Stadia is a cloud gaming service operated by Google,
• capable of streaming video games up to 4K resolution at 60 frames per second with support for high-dynamic-range
• • Done with numerous data centers across the globe, provided users have a sufficiently high-speed Internet connection
• It will be accessible through the Google Chrome web browser
• • Also works on phones and tablets including the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a phones.
• The service is integrated with YouTube and its “state share” feature allows viewers of a Stadia stream to launch a game on the service on the same save state as the streamer.

• 14 different territories including the US, UK and Canada
• At least 31 games from 21 different publishers
• • An initial “Founder’s Edition” price of $130 for a hardware starter kit with three months of premium service, and $10 a month afterwards
  • There’s a separate free tier coming in 2020.
• Google intends to eventually have a back catalog of free games included for your $10 monthly fee
• • Stadia is not primarily a subscription service. The subscription only includes a single game as of today — Destiny 2.
• Google says you should expect to buy, not rent cloud games for the same retail prices you’d find on other platforms like PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, and Steam.
• Here are some companies that are on board with this service:
• • Bandai Namco
  • Bethesda
  • Bungie
  • Capcom
  • Deep Silver
  • EA
  • Giants Software
  • Rockstar Games
  • Sega
  • Square Enix
  • 2K Games
  • Warner Brothers
  • THQ
  • Ubisoft

Blizzard had a Starcraft First Person Shooter Canceled

• This game has been in development for the last 2 years
• Rumors are it would feel like Battlefield in space
• • An anonymous game dev said they had built prototypes in which a Terran Marine was fighting off Zerglings
  • And that there were plans for a playable Zerg prototype
  • Development was slow on the project while other said it looked quite good
• The cancelation of the project did not cause any Blizzard layoffs
• • The developers were moved
  • Some to a Diablo project codenamed Fenris
  • Others to an Overwatch project rumored to have a large PvP element
• The project, with the codename Ares, was an experiment of what StarCraft could be in the Overwatch engine
• • Which makes sense as multiple projects on the same game engine is cost effective
  • This project was lead by Dustin Browder
  • • Who formerly led Heroes of the Storm and StarCraft II
• This is another disappointment to long time StarCraft fans
• • Long time fans will be reminded of StarCraft Ghost
  • • A 3rd Person shooter-stealth project that would have players take the role as the Terran Ghost Nova
    • It went through many changes from its 2002 announcement and eventually its cancellation in 2006

Microsoft quietly wiped a massive facial recognition database

• Microsoft has been very clear about how they feel facial recognition technology needs strict regulation
• • The president, Brad Smith, has appealed Congress directly, to take steps to manage the technology
  • He has said it has “broad societal ramifications and potential for abuse”
  • The company has even blocked the sales of the technology to California police forces
  • So they have deleted its MS Celeb Database
  • • Which includes 10 million images of some 100,000 people
• The database was published in 2016
• • It was the largest publicly available facial recognition data set in the world
  • It has been used to train facial recognition systems by global tech firms and military researchers
  • The people in the data set were not asked for consent
  • • Since the people were considered celebrities, the images were taken from the internet under a Creative Commons license
• FT.com calls some images in the dataset of “arguably private individuals”
• • Such as security journalists and authors
  • The deletion comes after FT.com ran an in-depth investigation on facial recognition technology
  • Microsoft said the deletion of the data was a matter of protocol
  • • They said, “The site was intended for academic purposes, It was run by an employee that is no longer with Microsoft.”
  • Being protocol takes away the gesture of goodwill
  • • Although, it does demonstrate their commitment to the law

Tid Bits

• Playable at E3 is a demo of Luigi’s Manson 3
• Watch Dogs Legion is set in London, and you will be able to play as any NPC you recruit
• The Obamas have made a deal with Spotify, to produce and host podcasts
• Destiny 2 will have cross save, across all platforms, even Playstation 4
• Double XP on Overwatch through June 10th, on all consoles
• Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated is up for preorder on Amazon for $30

Josh Recommends Just Cause 4

• I got it on sale, huge bonus
• All the fun I had from Just Cause 3
• Added new tethers, Balloons
• The villain is making weather altering super weapons
• • Sandstorms
  • Lightning Storms
  • And even Tornados

 

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