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The Star Of Star Fox On Switch 2 Is Its Multiplayer

The Star Of Star Fox On Switch 2 Is Its Multiplayer https://ift.tt/GSqdNsh I have never played the original Star Fox, nor any of its myriad remasters and remakes. Steve Watts, our All-Things Nintendo™ editor, was unfortunately, at the last minute, unable to attend our appointment to go hands-on with the game. As such, the responsibility of writing up preview impressions for the upcoming title fell to me, someone whose familiarity with its world and characters starts and ends with Super Smash Bros. After playing about an hour of this latest iteration of the game, and then testing out the Nintendo 64 edition via Switch Online after the fact, I was surprised by what impressed me and where I found the remake to be lacking. The first thing we jumped into was the game's opening mission on Fox McCloud's home planet of Corneria. Mechanically, Star Fox operates identically to 1997's Star Fox 64. The opening portion of the mission has you flying forward like a typical rail shoot...
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Former PlayStation Boss Says Gaming Faces "Existential Threat"

Former PlayStation Boss Says Gaming Faces "Existential Threat" https://ift.tt/Zbqosvl

According to former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, non-endemic companies like Netflix or Google are one of the biggest threats to the video game business today.

Layden spoke at a keynote on stage with GamesIndustry.biz head Christopher Dring at the website's Investment Submit last week. Listing his top three concerns for the industry in the years ahead, he claimed that "consolidation can be an enemy of creativity," and that "rising costs in gaming are an existential threat to all of us." He then referred to non-endemic companies like Netflix, Google, Apple, and Amazon as "barbarians at the gate."

Layden sees what happened to other entertainment spaces, like music and TV, as cautionary tales. The music industry was permanently altered by iTunes, for example. Netflix aided in destroying home video rental and changed consumers' relationship to the cinema. He is hopeful that gaming will disrupt itself, rather than being changed by outside forces. He said, "Where it doesn’t take a Google or an Amazon to completely flip the table. We should be smart enough to see these changes coming and prepare ourselves for that eventuality."

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