Sentences with phrase «aaa releases»

GTA 5 had one of these, as do many AAA releases these days, so this isn't special or unexpected — which also makes it easy to believe.

From quirky indie titles and hidden mobile gems to overshadowed AAA releases, here are the best games of 2017 that you probably haven't played yet.

He said that the PlayStation 4 Pro is more of a «half - assed upgrade» than a substantial next step, and this can be supported in large part by looking at the current «better with PS4 Pro» lineup — only a handful of games are capable of running at a native 4K resolution, and several AAA releases don't even upscale to that resolution, or support high - dynamic range.

The time where Indie games had to underperform graphically when compared to AAA releases has come and gone and Cybernetic Walrus is making a strong case for this statement with their gorgeous looking first release.

September is jam - packed with games as the holiday rush starts rolling, and we've put together a list of all the AAA releases, indie treats, and DLC making a play for your virtual wallet over the next 30 days.

He seemed rather cagey concerning whether this would be said blockbuster AAA releases, mind, and was careful to point out that Microsoft needs to do some work on its own, and push its own store.

As we've seen with multiple AAA releases in 2014, good things will not await those who release games that don't work as intended... especially when DLC and microtransactions are involved.

AAA releases don't need more promotion — Fallout 4 was always going to sel...

AAA releases don't need more promotion — Fallout 4 was always going to sell millions.

I mid-range price point for certain games would preent them from being unfairly compared to AAA releases, but also have a cheap enough entry that would allow larger corporations to take risks on innovation and new IPs.

AAA releases aren't guaranteed to include a free demo where disabled gamers can experience a game's accessibility firsthand before purchase.

With the recent batch of AAA releases on the console market, in time for many folks» holiday season, an independent title can get lost in the shuffle of flashy, big budget marketing.

With the middle tier of video game development becoming all but non-existent last generation, and big AAA releases being few and far between, it's become up to these excellent, smaller - scale titles to fill in the gaps.

Being that both games are open world and big AAA releases, you have to wonder which game is going to sell more.

While some of the gameplay and action sequences in A Way Out rival massive AAA releases in the action adventure genre, the very best parts of A Way Out we simply can not talk about in this review.

They can provide unique and interesting experience you won't ever see in AAA releases.

Are indies becoming more important than AAA releases?

AAA releases are now judged on how they look as well as how they play.

Q2 had a few notable AAA releases, such as Uncharted 4, DOOM, Dark Souls III and Overwatch; as well as some awesome lower tier and indie titles.

A lot of the biggest, most attention - heavy AAA releases have this in spades, which doesn't give a great impression.

Can you blame publishers for not wanting to give away thier AAA releases for as little 50 cent per PS + user (for example) a year or two after they have released the game?

«We're excited about Nintendo's new hardware» doesn't mean anything if 3 of your 4 upcoming AAA releases aren't coming.

A common complaint when it comes to AAA releases is a lack of originality.

With SCE Worldwide Studios, Sony has the ability to run AAA releases once a season with focused marketing efforts.

The fear is that people will vote for sub-par AAA releases, over high quality indies because of perceived value.

AAA releases, sequels, indies, original IPs — we're going to be a busy bunch.

In the long run, staving off the impulse to pre-order or buy AAA releases on day one without the express intent of playing them immediately will keep games out of your backlog and money in your wallet.

Its a dying console but for some reason it holds its value like a mf and has had little AAA releases

If and when Xbox gets additional great AAA releases, someone will just say it's not the games they want etc etc..

I doubt it, microtransactions have now just become the best way to make massive revenue, and now that this is seeping into story driven single player games, this is a worrying sign for the future of AAA releases.

And because indie titles tend to be smaller in scope than AAA releases, you can probably play them on slightly older computers — perfect for those of us who can't afford to update to the latest and greatest in computer hardware

As Shuhei Yoshida, Sony's head of Worldwide Studios, prophesied prior to the launch of the PS4, these downloadable indie titles would help to fill the gaps between larger AAA releases and combat any perceived software droughts the PS4 might experience.

Some of Sony's Playstation Plus subscribers won't be very happy today as Sony has announced Octobers lineup of Playstation Plus games, sorry but there are no AAA releases available again t...

While not at the level of some of the other AAA releases of the year, Eidos Montreal's reboot of its Deus Ex franchise has still racked up a couple million in sales.

The inability to upgrade the GPU could be a bottleneck for the system in the future, but for now the Maxwell architecture - based card has enough horsepower to run almost all of the current AAA releases on high visual settings.

However, you really don't see these kind of games until you get down to more obscure games, AAA games that didn't meet expectations, or post-mortem AAA releases (because let's be honest, even though we continued to see a few releases for the Wii, Donkey Kong Country Returns was the last release before the system was put on «life support» and the momentum died).

Next year isn't just going to be a year for AAA releases.

Over the three years that the game has been out, countless other major, hyped AAA releases also launched, and yet Online never did bleed all those players as everyone assumed it would.

Don't look for any blowaway AAA releases this month, as the PlayStation Plus highlight for December appears to be the Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition.

Evident by the consecutive AAA releases.

AAAS released its analysis on the eve of a Smithsonian Institution meeting recognizing the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

Combat and space travel don't look bad, but we rely on each AAA release — especially one widely seen as the biggest of the year — to set a new bar for visual excellence.

«THQ Nordic is convinced that the development studios of Deep Silver as part of THQ Nordic will successfully deliver at least four ongoing AAA game projects including Metro Exodus as well as the next Volition Studio AAA release and the next Dambuster Studio AAA release, together with a number of other game development and publishing titles.»

It could also be just as if not more profitable in theory, as RPGs are generally assumed to be very long, elaborate games, so if you took a typical RPG and split it into 2 - 5 episodes, not only could you be getting a return on investment before its totally done, but you could be getting more overall charging $ 5 - 10 per episode then you would if you just waited and released the entire thing for $ 25 - 30 (or more for a more mainstream / AAA release).

Contrast this with the new AAA games with all the fancy graphics, gargantuan worlds, and flashy cinematics, which all feel so repetitive, rote, and shallow — think of the last time you were really excited about a current - day AAA release as opposed to waiting for the sequel to Final Fantasy III was — as it is, it's a bad example, since it fell short of III in so many ways, but you still looked forward to it.

There was a time when all gamers had to look forward to was the next big AAA release.

While Dragon's Crown Pro is the best version of a really well - made fantasy side - scroller, it doesn't have any new content, which could make an MSRP just slightly below a brand - new AAA release a tough sell.

Compared to a AAA release, or even another indie game, Dream Daddy doesn't have a lot of production values, but the trade off is for quality over quantity.

Sadly, problems like this can plague any game rather it's a small indie title or a big AAA release.

You can pay $ 60 for the newest AAA release, and then pay an additional $ 50 for the season pass.