This Month On Edge
The things that caught our eye during the production of E310
CONSOLE
The Ataribox bit.ly/ataribox2017 ET:TheExtra-Terrestrial gave our younger selves nightmares for months, you know. And while it was nothing compared to the horrors that were visited on the Atari execs who carried the can for the most famous failure in videogame history, it does mean we’re a little cool on the company’s new Ataribox. Designed both to appeal to old fans while also attracting new ones, the new, HDMI-enabled console has a ribbed plastic design, with a front panel available in glass or classic wood. The company says the system will support ‘current content’ as well as vintage games; quite how that will work for a company whose firstparty software effort consists solely of Rollercoaster Tycoon is anyone’s guess, however.
continue Murder ace
Tokido, one of the Japanese Street Fighter ‘ gods’, finally wins at Evo
In media Rez
Thanks to all who attended our Mizuguchi session at Develop
Grounded
After fifive US trips in three months,m we are truly ready for a nice sit down
SplendidSpl isolation
A modder finishes the VR port of Alien Isolation
quit P$ Plus
A tenner more per year? Better get writing in to Dialogue, hadn’t you
Stop making cents
Is there a company left in games that Tencent
doesn’t own a stake in?
Serf war
You’d think freelancers would take it easy on their editors in Splatoon 2
Ashes to ashes
Servers collapse at the first Pokémon Go Fest
TWEETS
A Toy Story world for Kingdom Hearts 3 makes sense, because KH3 development stops moving whenever someone looks at it.
Imran Khan @imranzomg Senior editor, Game Informer To the individual who tried to log in to the beta over 500 times this weekend, the wait is almost over.
Luke Smith @thislukesmith Game director, Destiny2 The upside of an indie hit has never been higher. The chances of making a living from it have never been lower.
Cliff Harris @cliffski Founder, Positech Games Cancelled a seaside drone flight in Brighton because setting down the thing on the ground caused the local seagulls to try and mate with it.
Rami Ismail @tha_rami Co-founder, Vlambeer