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 《刺客信条：影》开发团队解释为何选用黑人武士弥助和忍者奈绪江

【《刺客信条：影》开发团队解释为何选用黑人武士弥助和忍者奈绪江】《刺客信条：影》开发团队近日接受了媒体Fami通的采访，期间创意总监JONATHAN DUMONT解释了本作选用黑人武士“弥助”和忍者“奈绪江”的理由。

“首先，海外玩家对于日本农民的生活和忍者起源等故事并不了解。伊贺忍者奈绪江与系列题材十分契合，我们结合历史创造出了这位能给人带来神秘感，且有可能存在又可能不存在的人物。
其次是弥助，我们想要的是一个属于‘我们的武士’，故以不是日本人为目标所展开。因为故事背景很合适，团队也很喜欢这个角色，所以认为以其视角来探索日本是一个非常不错的选择。
最后，我们认为这两人会成为一个很棒的Team，在剧情的推进下，身体和家世等方面上也能形成互补。”

此外，副叙事总监BROOKE DAVIES还透露道，弥助虽是历史上存在的人物，但也有着许多未知之处，故需要对其空白进行一些填补。而作为藤林长门守之女的奈绪江，相较于真实存在却以局外人身份出现的弥助，她将会完全融入这个世界。《刺客信条：影》将于11月15日登录PS5/Xbox Series/PC。

https://diershoubing.com/news/121709/

 《歧路旅人：大陆的霸者》写评价抽10张100元京东卡

【给《歧路旅人：大陆的霸者》写评价抽10张100元京东卡】王道日式RPG游戏《歧路旅人：大陆的霸者》国服已正式开启公测，各位旅人闯荡奥鲁斯特拉大陆的感觉如何？游戏在移动端的操作流畅性、针对移动设备的优化给你怎样的游玩体验？你对游戏的剧情、音乐以及战斗又作何评价？我们将从活动时间内所有同时完成新评分+发布新评价的玩家中抽取5名玩家赠送100元京东卡评价，晒出角色图的柄友中将额外抽取5名玩家，一共10张（注：在此条资讯底下发表评价不算参加活动，只有按照下图一去游戏详情页评分评价才算）

活动时间：2024年5月16日18:00-2024年5月24日00:00
活动要求：
活动一. 给《歧路旅人：大陆的霸者》打分并写下自己的原创游玩评价抽5张100元京东卡
活动二. 通过资讯详情页广告链接下载游戏并且在发布游戏评价中额外晒出角色图的柄友中将额外抽取5名玩家，各赠送1张100元京东卡
（两个活动可重复参加获取奖励）

活动奖励：抽10张100元京东卡

欢迎各位对本作有兴趣的柄友加入我们的柄友Q群 812556723 一起讨论游戏

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 大宇董事长回应出售《轩辕剑》《仙剑》版权一事

【大宇董事长回应出售《轩辕剑》《仙剑》版权一事】昨天我们向柄友们转述了大宇资讯有意出售《仙剑奇侠传》非内地地区版权以及《轩辕剑》全球版权的消息。此事公布后在业内和玩家群体间也引起了热议，随后大宇董事长凃俊光对此事进行了回应，具体如下：

“说到卖IP，就会被质疑是在卖祖产，可作为公司不得不面对现实的市场情况。《轩辕剑》《仙剑》是两个很好的IP，但现在的问题是游戏研发人才断层，加上《轩辕剑》题材还和历史背景有关，年轻人对其又不感兴趣。像《大富翁》这种IP可以自己继续留着，但双剑这种重要IP，不如趁着还有价值的时候让有能力的公司来运作。有人说好IP为什么不自行研发，现在大型3A游戏的制作成本非常之高，其风险也十分之大。尤其单机游戏，即便看上去卖的不错，但收益率也很低。所以大宇转型调整是必须的，目前就这两个IP已和其他公司进行洽谈，并有望在年底前完成交易。”

https://diershoubing.com/news/121714/

 ROG掌机发布一周年了！回帖聊聊你的使用体验抽官方周边&多款3A大作！

时光荏苒，岁月如梭，超会玩、尽掌控的ROG掌机发布一周年了！在ROG掌机发布一周年之际，超会玩的ROG掌机给各位柄友带来超级好玩的《赛博朋克2077》、《巫师3：狂猎完全版》、《人中之龙８》、《女神异闻录３ Reload》、《索尼克 超级巨星》五款Steam游戏作为周年福利，回帖聊聊你的ROG掌机使用体验或送出对ROG掌机的一周年祝福，我们将从所有参与互动的柄友中抽出34位随机赠送Steam《赛博朋克2077》终极版、《巫师3：狂猎完全版》、《人中之龙８》、《女神异闻录３ Reload》、《索尼克 超级巨星》、ROG氛围灯、ROG螺丝刀套装、ROG掌机贴膜其中的奖品。

https://news.diershoubing.com/article_info/ios/70404/

 Fami通最新一期销量榜：《剑星》两连霸

【Fami通最新一期销量榜：《剑星》两连霸】Fami通公布了2024年5月6日～5月12日期间的日本地区游戏销售榜。本周“油腻师姐”《剑星》连续第二周获得榜首，实体销量突破8万份。上周新发售的《永恒蔚蓝：流光》此次依旧保持着第三位，《健身环大冒险》排名突然迎来大幅提升。具体数据如下：
1.PS5《剑星》13033份（累计80164份）
2.NS《马力欧赛车8：豪华版》9652份（累计5835236份）
3.NS《永恒蔚蓝：流光》6951份（累计35296份）
4.NS《健身环大冒险》6536份（累计3559654份）
5.NS《集合啦动物森友会》5932份（累计7765947份）
6.NS《超级马力欧兄弟：惊奇》5667份（累计1851743份）
7.NS《我的世界》5469份（累计3521944份）
8.NS《碧姬公主：表演时刻》5197份（累计165548份）
9.NS《任天堂全明星大乱斗：特别版》5058份（累计5506269份）
10.NS《斯普拉遁3》4550份（累计4297178份）

主机销量：
Switch：3885台（累计19790275台）
Switch Lite：7604台（累计5841449台）
Nintendo Switch（OLED）：35575台（累计7231271台）
PS5光驱版：18166台（累计4827074台）
PS5数字版：3352台（累计770755台）
Xbox Series X：3466台（累计274587台）
Xbox Series S：982台（累计311834台）
PS4：80台（累计7925861台）

https://diershoubing.com/news/121717/

 4月欧洲销量榜：《辐射4》登顶 《星刃》第九



《辐射》系列游戏上个月占据了欧洲销量榜前三甲。





根据外媒GamesIndustry.biz发布的GSD数据，该数据涵盖了主要市场实体游戏销量和大多数发行商的数字销量，但不包括任天堂和505
Games。


得益于亚马逊热门《辐射》剧集发布期间的大幅折扣，Bethesda旗下作品《辐射4》登顶销量榜榜首。


上个月，《辐射4》还迎来了期待已久的次世代更新，拥有PS4和Xbox One版本游戏的玩家可以免费升级到原生 PS5和Xbox Series
X/S版本。


《辐射76》在4月的排行榜上排名第7，而《辐射：新维加斯》和《辐射3》分别排名第10和第14位。


《EA Sports FC 24》险胜《绝地潜兵2》获得亚军，而Rockstar的《GTA5》和《荒野大镖客2》分列四五位。


新上榜的游戏包括排名第9的《星刃》、排名第12的《TopSpin 2K25》和排名第13的《恶意不息》。





在硬件方面，由于PlayStation、Xbox和Switch的销量显著下降，与2023年4月相比，主机销量下降了47%。配件销售额同比下降近17%，PS5
DualSense手柄延续了上个月的冠军宝座。





https://www.3dmgame.com/news/202405/3895153.html

 电影局：将加大引进外国电影的力度



5月15日，戛纳中国馆“中国青年电影全球推广计划”圆桌活动上，电影局常务副局长毛羽表示要加大引进外国电影的力度。





“目前进口影片的数量和质量还不能满足中国电影市场和观众的期待。我们将秉承开放包容的胸怀，优化电影引进政策、鼓励支持引进业务、国别更多元、类型更丰富。让中国观众能够看到全世界最好的电影。”





https://www.3dmgame.com/news/202405/3895154.html

 传AMD下一代移动处理器不再支持Win10



AMD今年将带来全新的Zen 5系列架构，推出Ryzen 9000系列产品。其中代号Strix
Point的APU采用了混合架构设计，过去的几个月里，已经有ES芯片出现在基准测试的数据库和发货清单上。





据外媒报道，虽然Windows
10操作系统仍然非常受用户的欢迎，而且知道2025年10月才到最后的生命周期，但是AMD下一代移动处理器可能不再支持Windows
10，转而专注于Windows 11及其人工智能（AI）方面的应用。这意味着所有搭载Strix Point芯片的笔记本电脑，都将标配Windows
11操作系统。


预计AMD今年下半年会将Strix Point推向主流市场，依然是单芯片设计，采用台积电4nm工艺制造，CPU部分包括Zen 5架构及Zen
5c架构的内核，最多12核心，GPU部分采用了RDNA
3+架构，CU数量为16个，另外还有128位LPDDR5X内存控制器，并集成了XDNA架构的NPU，支持Ryzen AI技术。


此外，传闻从Strix
Point开始，AMD将不再区分U、HS和H后缀，而是用一个通用的标准覆盖15W-45W的TDP。对厂商而言，这将有助于减少运作和测试的复杂度，不过对于用户来说，就很难再简单地通过后缀来区分不同笔记本电脑的性能释放水平。AMD会保留HX后缀，只不过定义上与过去有所不同。


https://www.3dmgame.com/news/202405/3895156.html

 Fami通新一周销量榜 《星刃》登顶



Fami通公开新一周（5月6日至5月12日）日本软硬件销量排行榜，《剑星》以绝对优势强势登顶，成为榜单上唯一一款PS系游戏，第二位为《马里奥赛车8：豪华版》，第三位为《永恒蔚蓝:流光》。





榜单详情：


软件：


1.【PS5】《星刃》 –13,033 (80,164)


2.【Switch】《马里奥赛车8：豪华版》–9,652 (5,835,236)


3.【Switch】《永恒蔚蓝:流光》–6,951 (35,296)


4.【Switch】《健身环大冒险》–6,536 (3,559,654)


5.【Switch】《集合啦！动物森友会》–5,932 (7,765,947)


6.【Switch】《马里奥兄弟：惊奇》–5,667 (3,521,944)


7.【Switch】《我的世界》–5,469 (3,521,944)


8.【Switch】《碧姬公主 表演时刻！》–5,469 (3,521,944)


9.【Switch】《任天堂明星大乱斗:特别版》–5,058 (5,506,269)


10.【Switch】《喷射战士3》 –4,550 (4,297,178)


硬件：


1.Switch OLED–35,575 (7,231,271)


2.PlayStation 5–18,166 (4,827,074)


3.Switch Lite–7,604 (5,841,449)


4.Switch–3,885 (19,790,275)


5.Xbox Series X–3,466 (274,587)


6.PlayStation 5数字版 –3,352 (770,755)


7.Xbox Series S–982 (311,834)


8.PlayStation 4–80 (7,925,861)


https://www.3dmgame.com/news/202405/3895157.html

 《神骰传说》Switch版6月20日发售 Steam特别好评



发行商Good Shepherd Entertainment和开发商LEAP Game Studios宣布回合战略游戏《神骰传说》将于6月20日登陆Switch，该作曾于2月27日登陆Steam，获得特别好评。





Steam商店地址：点我进入


《神骰传说Dicefolk》是一款战略类roguelite游戏，其核心机制是赋予玩家高度自由决策权的投掷骰子和捕捉怪物机制。在你作为奇美拉召唤师的征程途中，你将遭遇数十种花样繁多却同样威力强大的魔法生物。你可以把它们捕获，从而打造属于你的完美奇美拉团队。


玩家在游戏中将扮演主角Alea。她是一位神骰使者，在发现自己有与奇美拉友好相处的神奇能力后，决心凭此反抗威胁着人类存亡的邪恶势力。


游戏里，玩家将会踏上令人血脉贲张的冒险，从邪恶的术士手中拯救人类。整个游戏中有超过100种风格各异、精心手绘的奇美拉供玩家根据自己的玩法进行搭配。此外，游戏中还有大量护身符可解锁，玩家将通过它们窥探奇美拉这种生物背后的神奇奥秘。


面对海量的奇美拉供玩家结为战友、统率作战，你必须针对每场战斗进行战术规划并调整游玩风格。有些奇美拉血厚防高，有些则快如闪电，每只奇美拉都能在战场上展现独特的技能。每场战斗的决定性因素便是你对战术的一次次抉择！


一切行动均在你掌握之中！你可以自定义己方骰子，最大限度掌控队伍中奇美拉的攻击行动和技能释放。同时，你还可以决定整场战斗的发展顺序，决定各方按何等顺序采取行动。《神骰传说Dicefolk》将超越传统骰子的随机数生成机制，让玩家对投掷结果有着史无前例的决定权！


每次通关的奖励都与上一次大不相同，每次游玩过程中遭遇的奇美拉也与之前都不一样。奇美拉不同，战术自然也不能墨守成规——为了完美通关，快快重整旗鼓，组建新的奇美拉大军吧！


https://www.3dmgame.com/news/202405/3895160.html

 《对马岛之魂：导剪版》现已解锁 支持超宽屏



《对马岛之鬼：导剪版》现已在Steam平台正式解锁，国区售价398元，新增对超宽屏(21:9)、极宽屏(32:9)及三屏模式(48:9)的支持，让你可以欣赏更完整的动作画面。目前游戏也登顶Steam全球销售榜。





Steam商店地址：点我进入


境井仁的旅途首次在PC端展开，在此导演剪辑版中体验完整的《Ghost of Tsushima》。


13世纪末，蒙古帝国东征，铁蹄所到之处皆成焦土。残暴狡诈的蒙军统帅赫通汗率领舰队大举入侵，对马岛是横亘在侵略者与日本本土之间的最后一道防线。


当对马岛被蒙军首波攻势的战火点燃时，勇敢的武士境井仁坚定地站了出来。作为氏族中为数不多的幸存者之一，仁下定决心要不惜任何代价、竭尽所能地保护同胞，夺回家园。他必须放弃毕生秉承的武士之路，开辟一条全新的“战鬼”之道，以非常之法，为对马岛的自由而战。


解锁全新帧率和专为各类硬件定制的画质选项，从高端电脑到便携电脑游戏设备，尽情体验《Ghost of Tsushima》。*


新增对超宽屏(21:9)、极宽屏(32:9)及三屏模式(48:9)的支持，让你可以欣赏更完整的动作画面。*


通过NVIDIA DLSS 3、AMD FSR 3和Intel XeSS等图像增强和帧生成技术提高性能，同时也支持NVIDIA Reflex和用于画质加强的NVIDIA DLAA。**


日语发音口型同步：通过电脑实时渲染出的过场动画，带来更为逼真还原的日语发音口型效果。


选择动作控制方式：使用有线DualSense™控制器，体验触觉反馈及自适应扳机……***


……也可使用鼠标和键盘，体验可全局定制的控制项。


触觉反馈：通过DualSense™控制器沉浸式的触觉反馈控制挥刀。***


自适应扳机：利用自适应扳机的阻力，提高弓箭的准确性。***

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 《Mullet MadJack》发售宣传视频

《Mullet MadJack》发生的背景是90年代，更准确点，是2090年。这是一款第一人称视角动作游戏，将玩家带入一个复古的动画世界。在未来，人和互联网会融合为新物种。这个新物种每10秒就需要多巴胺，否则就会死去。世界现在由超级富有的人工智能机器人「巨富机器人」统治，而那些为了杀死机器人而将自己10秒钟的生命置之度外的人被称为「制裁者」。你是鲻鱼头疯狂杰克，你要做的就是杀死敌人来给自己延长10秒的生命！《Mullet MadJack》现已登陆PC平台。
杀死敌人来给自己延长10秒的生命

https://www.ign.com.cn/mullet-madjack/49245/video/mullet-madjack-fa-shou-xuan-chuan-shi-pin

  《歧路旅人：大陆的霸者》统括制作人：已做好充分准备 | IGN 中国

国服独占画质优化、剧本体量也十分到位
《歧路旅人：大陆的霸者》（以下简称「大陆的霸者」）作为《歧路旅人》系列的衍生正版手游，自 2020 年 10 月底在日本地区上线以来凭借其标志性的 HD-2D 画面技术、独特的故事风格以及王道的 JRPG 回合制玩法吸引了大量玩家关注，此前已先后推出世界服、亚服，中国大陆地区即将在 5 月 16 日开启公测。 IGN 中国等媒体受邀在公测前对「大陆的霸者」统括制作人铃木裕人，网易方面的国服发行制作人孔川以及运营负责人易超以及进行了专访，请他们解答了一些关于国服版 本的疑问，包括内容体量、玩法特色、故事主题以及国服的独占内容等等，希望能够帮助对《歧路旅人》系列完全不了解的新玩家以及《歧路旅人》主机版系列的粉丝形成关于「大陆的霸者」的第一印象，更了解这段同样发生在奥鲁斯特拉大陆上的冒险故事。 以下为此次采访的主要内容。 本作统括制作人铃木裕人 —— 「大陆的霸者」在日本已经上线三年多，游戏的核心内容之一故事情节部分也积累了大量的内容，国服的初始版本会包含哪些剧本？能否预估一下大致要花多长时间才能跟日版保持剧本同步？ 铃木裕人：我们在故事方面的准备非常充分，上线的时候主线故事会包含从开头到「穷极一切之人篇」的全部内容，就体量而言差不多有 60 个小时的游戏时间。至于后续的故事更新频率，大概会以半年为单位进行追加，就体感而言这个节奏还是挺快的，对于玩家来说可能会觉得中间完全没有多余的空闲时间。 —— 「大陆的霸者」在故事方面是以反派角色为核心进行制作的，这个独特的叙事视角和原作都会有所差异，也是当前市面上比较少见的。我想请问一下在设计过程中有遇到过哪些挑战或者是困难，你们是怎么克服的？ …

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 Japanese Switch Online players just got an important piece of Zelda history



The Japan-only Nintendo Switch Online version of The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls, | Image: Nintendo


The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls is Link’s Awakening’s secret predecessor While here in the US the Nintendo Switch Online service got three new Mario games this week (yes, Alleyway is a Mario game), the update for Japan included a bonus classic you may not have heard of. Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (officially translated as The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls) was a Japanese Game Boy release, co-developed by the familiar tag-team of Nintendo R&D1 and Intelligent Systems, responsible for much of the Game Boy’s lineup. And while The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls may not be a household name, if you’re a fan of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (and who isn’t?) you should take the time to play it.
“Link’s Awakening’s development story is retold time and time again, but what’s almost always left out is that it’s built directly on top of [...] Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru,” Nintendo Life’s Jon Cartwright details in this excellent video. That is really apparent when you see the game in motion. From the engine to the font to the transition from top-down to side-scrolling, The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls should look familiar.
Something else should look familiar to those of you who have played Link’s Awakening. Prince Richard, the weird guy with the frogs living in Pothole Field, who asks you to help him find his five Golden Leaves? That character is actually from The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls, and even the music that plays in his villa is a variation on that game’s theme. Here’s a description from Marc Normandin’s fun RetroXP newsletter:
Prince Richard is actually not the protagonist of For the Frog the Bell Tolls, but is instead the best friend of him. The protagonist is the Prince of Sable, named and controlled by you. The adventure begins with the two princes (oh no) finding out that a princess is in trouble and must be saved, leading to the two trying to race the other to the finish line.

Another familiar face for the Smash Bros. fans out there is the aforementioned Prince Sable, who shows up as an Assist Trophy, using his frog and snake powers. Oh right, about those, again from Normandin:
Prince Sable can transform into a frog or a snake, and eventually, can do so basically at will. A witch turns Prince Richard and his men — who arrived to save Princess Tiramisu from Delarin first — into frogs, and then later on, turns the Prince of Sable into a frog as well.




If you don’t live in Japan or don’t read Japanese, don’t worry! An English fan translation was created in 2011, which can be applied to a copy of the ROM . (Or, if you prefer, here is an updated version that changes the tit

le from For the Frog the Bell Tolls to Nintendo’s now “official” translation The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls.) As far as how to apply patches to ROM files, or how to dump a cartridge to obtain a ROM file, I will leave that up to you and your ability to search the internet. From there, you just need to find a suitable emulator — and these days even iPhones are in on the game.

https://www.polygon.com/nintendo/24157710/nintendo-switch-online-zelda-links-awakening-the-frog-for-whom-the-bell-tolls

 The new collectible Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook cover, revealed



Image: Wylie Beckert/Wizards of the Coast



Your local brick-and-mortar game store is the first place you can get the alternate art cover When the revised 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons becomes available on Sept. 17, the world will finally get a taste of the seminal role-playing game’s upgraded mechanics. But D&D’s most dedicated fans will likely have a head start. The Player’s Handbook (2024), including a version with a special alternate art cover, hits brick-and-mortar shelves first on Sept. 3.
Polygon can now reveal the collectible’s cover art for the very first time.


Image: Wylie Beckert/Wizards of the Coast


Illustrated by Wylie Beckert, the alt art cover of the Player’s Handbook (2024) features a party comprised of D&D’s four iconic classes — the fighter, the wizard, the cleric, and the rogue — all gathered around a friendly gold dragon, sharing tea. This gentle scene stands in stark contrast to the mainline Player’s Handbook (2024), which will have a bright, bold cover by Tyler Jacobsen with similar characters posed in the moments before striking a blow.



Image: Wylie Beckert/Wizards of the Coast




Image: Wylie Beckert/Wizards of the Coast



“We liked the idea of making the alt cover something that has a sweeter, calmer version of that,” said Wizards’ head of art, Josh Herman, in a video interview with Polygon. “Something that’s not so aggressive, [with] combat [and] fighting right away. That’s certainly a [...] huge pillar of D&D, but sometimes a lot of what D&D is, is just storytelling.”



Image: Wylie Beckert/Wizards of the Coast




Image: Wylie Beckert/Wizards of the Coast



“I kind of wanted a coffee table book,” Herman continued, “but a book where I would sit and relax in that sort of hygge way, where you can relax and just cozy up and read something.”


Image: Wylie Beckert/Wizards of the Coast


Fans will likely recognize Beckert’s style from the alternate art cover of Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, which was released in 2020. The artist, who works in ink and watercolors as well as with oils and powdered graphite, was Herman’s first choice for the project. He praised both the softness of her textures as well as the motion in her composition. You can see it first in the momentum of the smoke over Tasha’s cauldron, and in the movement of her arms.
On the Player’s Handbook (2024), Beckert’s prowess and style are expressed through the sinewy curves of the dragon that surrounds the party, almost protectively, before terminating in a cheeky ampersand symbol with the end of its tail. A light source, centered on the dragon’s magical breath, also calls back subtly to the very first Pla

yer’s Handbook, with art by David Trampier that featured a fire-lit golden idol with giant red gems for eyes.
“I think what that old cover does so well,” Herman said, “is it shows people on an adventure. It shows people doing a thing in the middle of an adventure. This is the contrast of that. This is almost your downtime [between adventures]. This is relaxing. We’re at camp, and I’m recovering my spell slots. I’m just relaxing and chilling.”


Image: Wizards of the Coast


Beckert’s art is only one piece of the final cover treatment. The alternate art on each of the three core rulebooks, including the Player’s Handbook (2024), Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024), and Monster Manual (2025), will also include a special gold filigree border designed by Simen Meyer, a sign painter who created the alternate art covers for Candlekeep Mysteries and Keys from the Golden Vault. That, along with the 50th-anniversary logo on the back, should make these books stand out in any collection.
“I genuinely love the idea that a local game store is the first place you can get your hands on something,” Herman said. “And I especially love it that you can do it with the alt cover, too.”
The Player’s Handbook (2024) will be available for pre-order beginning June 18 before arriving at local game shops on Sept. 3. Fans should expect Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024) a bit later on in November, with Monster Manual (2025) arriving in February next year.


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 Los Angeles Chargers win the NFL release schedule meme wars with a maniacal Sims video



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Featuring Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce The Los Angeles Chargers have chosen to begin their announcement of the NFL schedule in the most incredible way: Putting a bunch of other teams’ fans in a swimming pool and removing the ladder — in The Sims 2, of course.
You may remember the Chargers’ schedule release video from last year, when the social media team made the schedule into an anime, complete with references to One Piece, Naruto, and Attack on Titan. Largely, schedule release videos have been extremely boring — it’s literally just the 17-game schedule for the upcoming season, put into video format. NFL teams are trying to inject pop culture into the mix, like when the Detroit Lions put their schedule in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and schedule release season is turning into a meme war. The Chargers are one team that routinely excels, and the Sims 2 video makes this year no different.


should we REALLY make our schedule release video in the sims?

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yes yes yesyes pic.twitter.com/MXzfAPyhe8— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) May 16, 2024




There are so many incredible Easter eggs throughout the whole video. It’s got Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce; New York Jets quarterback and famed conspiracy theorist Aaron Rodgers recoiling from a cellphone tower; Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker in the kitchen following a misogynistic, homophobic commencement speech; and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens watching himself getting drafted (also featuring the box of stolen Pittsburgh Penguins Jaromir Jágr bobbleheads). That’s literally not even the half of it, so you’re going to want to watch and analyze for yourself.
It’s the clear frontrunner for release videos this year, but several other NFL teams had fun referencing pop culture. The Atlanta Falcons turned their schedule release video into ATL Streets Vol. ’24, a play on NFL Street from 2004. The Jacksonville Jaguars went with a reference to X-Men ’97, while the Seattle Seahawks did a fun comic book style announcement.
But has anyone lived up to the Chargers social media team’s schedule release legacy? My guess is no.

https://www.polygon.com/24158120/los-angeles-chargers-the-sims-schedule-release-meme

 EA’s college football video game returns in July after an 11-year hiatus



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Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X We finally know when we’re going back to school: EA Sports College Football 25 is scheduled to launch July 19, publisher Electronic Arts announced Thursday.
EA also officially released the game’s cover artwork, which had leaked online last week, confirming that College Football 25 will feature three current players on the box: Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers, Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter, and Michigan Wolverines running back Donovan Edwards.
This is the first time that active college athletes will grace the cover of an EA Sports game, EA said in a news release. And thanks to the new post-2021 landscape in college sports, where athletes can be compensated for the use of their name, image, and likeness, the game publisher is paying each of this year’s cover stars for the appearance. (Edwards, Ewers, and Hunter have each published sponsored Instagram posts in partnership with the official EA Sports College Football account.)
Developed, as before, by Madden NFL studio EA Tiburon, the game will be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. The lack of a Windows PC version is notable, since EA has been releasing Madden on PC since 2018. But it’s unlikely to dampen the anticipation and enthusiasm around College Football 25 all that much, considering how long fans have been waiting for this beloved video game franchise to return.


Image: EA Tiburon/Electronic Arts
The cover for the Deluxe Edition of College Football 25.


It’s been more than a decade since EA shelved the series, then known as NCAA Football, amid a flurry of class-action lawsuits alleging that EA, the NCAA, and the Collegiate Licensing Company (an organization representing the schools that appeared in the game) profited from their use of collegiate athletes’ likenesses without paying them. This arrangement existed due to long-standing NCAA bylaws that characterized the players as “student-athletes” — as opposed to professionals — and forbade them from receiving any compensation for the use of their names, images, or likenesses (NIL). In separate litigation, former college athletes alleged that this practice violated antitrust law.
EA, the NCAA, and the CLC agreed in 2014 to settlements totaling $60 million for the use of athlete likenesses in video games, which resulted in payouts to thousands of former players who had “appeared” in EA’s college football and college basketball games. The antitrust litigation eventually ended up at the Supreme Court, which ruled unanimously in 2021 in NCAA v. Alston that the NCAA’s limits on compensation for athletes were illegal, while leaving in place policies that prevent them from being paid salaries. Sho

rtly afterward, the NCAA announced an interim NIL policy, opening the floodgates for collegiate athletes to be able to sign endorsement deals with companies such as EA.
While EA’s video game franchise no longer carries the NCAA name — the publisher rebranded it to EA Sports College Football when it announced the series’ return in 2021 — it appears that College Football 25 will include all the pomp and pageantry from college football, and the authenticity that people were accustomed to. EA said in its news release that the game will feature 134 colleges and universities from the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision, meaning that players will be able to enjoy their favorite school’s uniforms, mascots, and stadiums as they did in EA’s previous games. And now that NIL deals are possible, College Football 25’s cover stars are among more than 10,000 collegiate athletes who have agreed to appear in the game. EA is giving each one a minimum fee of $600, plus a copy of the game.
More details on College Football 25 will be unveiled Friday, alongside a full trailer.

https://www.polygon.com/24157717/college-football-25-release-date-ps5-xbox-series-x-ea-sports