And also: Bus Games is breaking into another realm, Resident Evil zombies are attacking from all directions, and who wants to buy half a ton of old PlayStations?
Pick-basket
With all due respect to NBA2K, the best basketball game of all time is NBA Jam.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is simply wrong.
The 1993 arcade basketball title, in which they played two-on-two on a full court (?!), Has spawned several sequels, reboots and spin-offs over the years, but really nothing like the original, even if Michael Jordan did not appear in it for reasons Of copyright.
We invested hundreds of hours in this game, and we also probably contributed our share to the billion dollars he made in the arcade halls of that period (he was crowned in 1994 the most successful arcade hall game of all time).
It is said that Shaquille O'Neal even hosted stormy NBA Jam tournaments at home with his teammates at the time, the Orlando Magic.
And why did we suddenly remember the game, after almost three decades?
For two reasons: First of all, make a documentary about the game.
More precisely, a film based on a book from 2019 that describes the success of the game.
The second and more exciting reason:
Someone picked up a mighty Super Nintendo mod for Tournament Edition, the special edition of the game that came out in 1994, with the team stars of the current NBA season - some of whom were not born when the original came out.
LeBron James, Stephen Kerry, Yannis Antecompo, Kevin Durant and many more goodies - all in the face, energetic, gritty and pixelated than ever.
heart warming.
Playstation on the weight
Want to buy 414 kg of old, dusty PlayStation, on weight and with the knife? Self-collection from Texas, for serious people only. Delusional, but completely real: the auction site shopgoodwill, which generally sells used products donated to it and donates the money to charity, Used 2, 3 and 4, old and not necessarily working, for the most part.There is no point in counting how many devices are there, so just name their total weight.
The last time we tested, the maximum bid was about $ 1,500 per package (plus a $ 3 handling fee).
So if anyone in the area has a crane and a container on it, feel free to hop in.
Sometimes you can find treasures there.
Come on, let's make a movie too
Now one can begin to understand why Afik Games, the company behind Fortnite, is expanding its offices: the gaming giant is also squinting in the direction of cinema and is involved in producing a new animated film.
The film, Gilgamesh, is about the protagonist of Mesopotamian mythology, a king (and a half god) whose adventures are depicted in the ancient epic "The Tales of Gilgamesh".
This is a South American production that will use Afik's Unreal engine - a popular graphics engine on which many games are based, and now also a full-length film.
This is the year of the zombie
The Resident Evil series is celebrating 25 years, and Kafcom has held a special event dedicated to the horror game brand that has changed the face of the industry.
What was there?
First of all, Capcom has announced that the eighth title in the main game series, Resident Evil Village, will hit all consoles (including previous generation consoles) and PC on May 7th.
It even featured in its first and exclusive blood for the PlayStation 5 and also in a new and especially creepy trailer.
In addition, the company introduced a completely new game, a multiplayer cop called Resident Evil Re: Verse, which will be given as a gift to anyone who buys Village.
And for dessert, anyone still playing in The Division 2 will be surprised to discover there next month a package of free cosmetic items dedicated to Resident Evil and available for download from February 2nd to 15th.
To the best of our recollection, this is the first collaboration between Capcom and Ubisoft, but it's hard to believe that Rayman will do the opposite way to Raccoon City.
All of these announcements of course join the two series that Netflix is based on Resident Evil (the first live action and the second anime), and a brand new movie that will actually reboot the brand and not continue the plot of previous movies ("The Enemy Inside" in sacred language, for some reason).
These three productions are also expected to be released during the year, so we will already announce 2021 as "Zombie Year".