Chronology of the Games: 2019 edition

Kiril 2019-04-02 20:49:08 UTC #23

Randy Pitchford says a lot of things but he did mention cross platform play being a thing and Epic has that down with Fortnite and Dauntless is moving to the Epic store for the same reason so maybe there is a good under lying reason to go with Epic other than a whole lot of cash for a studio that has had more misses than hits lately.

alms 2019-04-02 20:57:56 UTC #24

It’s not like games on Steam haven’t had cross platform support since, well, long before Fortnite was even a blip on the radar, though.

Baines 2019-04-02 21:43:57 UTC #25

Heck, Portal 2 had crossplatform play between the PC and PS3.

I figure it is a safe bet that Borderlands 3 will not have cross-platform play. Even after Sony said it was “looking into” cross-platform play, various devs have spoken out that Sony is still acting as a stumbling block to such efforts. But even if Sony was legitimately open to the idea, I’ve a feeling that Gearbox wouldn’t come through on it. Pitchford bringing up crossplatform play felt more like a deflection, saying that he (and Epic) were for consumers and didn’t deserve hate mail.

alms 2019-04-03 12:37:17 UTC #26

I wonder how relevant cross-platform support would even be in the context of an FPS, even though Borderlands should still be strictly a co-op, rather than competitive, experience.

Baines 2019-04-03 12:52:18 UTC #27

Though publishers often use the difference between PC and console as the excuse for not implementing cross-platform play in competitive shooters, that isn’t even the real divide.

The divide is the controller choice, which has only eroded over the years. Over the years, various consoles have had the option to support keyboard and mouse. Meanwhile, the number of people on PC that use gamepads (even for an FPS) has increased.

And that’s without even getting into the middle-ground controller options that have appeared over the years. Some swore by the Wii’s IR wand aiming, though I only swore at it. Some swear that Splatoon’s combination of stick and tilt aiming was better than mouse control would have been. Some swore the Steam controller’s touch control emulation of a mouse gave you “mouse-like” aiming while keeping the rest of a gamepad’s feel and functionality.

alms 2019-04-03 20:20:42 UTC #28

Photographs, a new, short-form puzzle game from the same person (people?) behind 10,000,000 and You Must Build a Boat, is out today.

If you own the above games, you’re also getting a 33% off coupon, which stacks with the launch discount, and brings it down to almost half price.

The Walker posted a review today, too:

Bobtree 2019-04-19 13:10:28 UTC #29

Forager has launched on Steam.

Driftland: The Magic Revival has left early access.

MiniMatt 2019-05-18 11:40:02 UTC #30

Oxygen Not Included, was due to be end of May, now delayed to July.

edit: this now confirmed for 30th July - https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/109281-oxygen-not-included-launching-july-30th/

Blackice 2019-05-23 14:02:27 UTC #31

Makers of the wonderful Absolute Drift announce Art of Rally, due sometime later this year.

alms 2019-11-05 22:58:24 UTC #37

The OP has now been turned into a Community Wiki, meaning anyone who wants to contribute, can make relevant changes to the post.

alms 2019-11-05 23:54:26 UTC #38

I did a first pass for all the games that were already listed or linked, added WIT and Tag links where appropriate and binned according to actual release date.

Please check and report any error.

Any help is welcome.

alms 2019-11-17 21:18:09 UTC #39

Pushed an update fixing one omission, adding almost all the games mentioned in the comments, relevant links to many games & more.

alms 2019-11-20 13:13:08 UTC #40

Now out of Early Access:

[RPS WIT}(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/11/12/molek-syntez-review-early-access/) from last week.

alms 2019-12-12 15:08:19 UTC #41

Now available on Steam. FTR, if you own Jamestown, there is an additional discount bringing the price down to 4 Eurobucks around these parts.