If you’re against the current politically motivated endeavors by Disney to turn Star Wars into a vehicle of inculcation for impressionable young minds, you’re probably shivering and shaking from the giddiness that came with the news about Star Wars: The Last Jedi bombing in China and being pulled from all the major theater chains. It’s a pretty obvious wake-up call to the Disney studio heads that the Western propaganda doesn’t stick to walls made in China.
And speaking of China… Tencent decided to secure their investment into Bluehole Studios’ PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds by arresting a bunch of cheat distributors throughout mainland China. Tencent will continue to make arrests to whittle down cheat distribution software and make possibly make PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds look more palatable to casuals when it launches in the mainland later into 2018. Oh yeah, and Quantic Dream co-founder, David Cage, ended up getting seared by Social Justice Warriors for being racist and sexist. The snake is eating itself. These stories and more in this January 20th, 2018 edition of the Weekly Recap.
David Cage Gets Caged
What goes around comes around. That’s the law of SocJus, and the heavy schlong of progressive justice fell heavy across the face of David Cage when former employees accused Quantic Dream of being a toxic nightmare, filled to the brim with sexism and racism. And speaking of racism… the good folks at Roblox revealed that they can’t take a joke because they obviously do not know the way. Yes, the Roblox community managers ended up banning the use of the Ugandan Knuckles meme because they said it was racist. And the PC version of Dragon Ball FighterZ has some nasty ‘ole Denuvo DRM tucked away inside of it, ruining what good vibes PC gamers had going for Arc System Works upcoming fighter.
Tencent Arrests PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Cheaters
All the Westerners complaining about the Chinese hackers now have a remedy in the form of… Tencent. The mega-publisher announced that they are now arresting hackers disrupting PUBG Corporation’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. A new digital distribution platform known as Robot Cache is on the way, which allows gamers to buy and resell games through a blockchain network, and devs get to keep 95% of the proceeds. A spiritual successor to Theme Hospital called Two Point Hospital is on the way for PC gamers later into 2018. And Scribblenauts is making a return, this time appearing on the Nintendo Switch for the very first time in the form of Scribblenauts Showdown.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Fails In China
Chinese moviegoers aren’t having any of Disney’s social justice. They completely despise the ugly stars, the trite story, and the long runtime. Due to the Chinese hating the movie so much, they’ve pulled Star Wars: The Last Jedi out of theaters over in China. YouTube has decided to screw over 99% of their own content creators by cutting off their funding, saying that they’re doing it for their own good, so now in order to gain eligibility for becoming a partner you need at least 4,000 hours of watch time on your channel and have at least 1,000 subscribers. There’s a new Alien game in the works courtesy of FoxtNext… but it’s an online FPS. And Pretend Race Cars has officially shut down for now to avoid any perceived conflicts of interest.
Nintendo Tries To Sell Cardboard To Kids For $70
It’s no joke, Nintendo is creating a new thing this April called Nintendo Labo that features cardboard cutouts for $70. It works in conjunction with the Nintendo Switch, where gamers build stuff with the cardboard and then play the games on their Switch. Epic Games have claimed that Fortnite has helped kill any remaining interest in Paragon, so it might not be receiving too much support in the future. After the controversy of joining up with Gearbox Publishing and having the price inexplicably raised, We Happy Few has not been delayed all the way to the summer for PS4, Xbox One and PC. Speaking of delays, NIS America has indefinitely delayed Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana for PC due to a memory leak issue and some major FPS issues. And Dontnod has revealed that Vampyr was designed to be an AA title instead of an AAA title because they wanted to give gamers more gameplay choice as opposed to relying on cinematics and set-pieces.
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