The News Grandmaster 4000

a_new_duck · October 30, 2017, 4:18pm

This could very well be the very last game I ever froth over.

Felix · October 30, 2017, 4:27pm

I do love that sony still does this stuff

Victor · October 30, 2017, 4:47pm

Essentially Top Spin 5, no solid release date other than “next year”.

yarusenai · October 30, 2017, 4:53pm

was really hoping to hear what fromsoft has been working on. dang

Felix · October 30, 2017, 4:54pm

this though fuck yeah

Dracko · October 30, 2017, 4:55pm

Drem · October 30, 2017, 5:36pm

Sounds like a lot of stuff got shown at Paris Games Week from Sony. Not-Top Spin, Not-Motorstorm, Not-Tenchu, Not-Batman, Not-Shadow of the Colossus, and more. Any other publishers expected to announce stuff?

Blade_Wolf_Chaos · October 30, 2017, 6:29pm

Raziel · October 30, 2017, 7:55pm

I must admit, have a boner for this because of the setting alone.

Only hope it’s not terribly gaikokujin bullshit and gameplay isn’t asscreed grocery list.

still waiting for someone to make a game set in late 19th century Russia.

Felix · October 30, 2017, 7:56pm

I have a feeling that between this and slighty mad’s upcoming fast and the furious game there’s going to be a mini resurgence in arcade racers toward the end of this gen

Felix · October 30, 2017, 8:32pm

was already pretty sure this would finally get me to sign up for plus and now I know I’m even doing it for the beta:

Mikey · October 30, 2017, 10:36pm

OneSecondBefore · October 31, 2017, 3:56am

Oh god, Spelunky 2… I was hoping I wouldn’t have to get a PS4, but if that thing stays exclusive I’m going to have no choice.

BustedAstromech · October 31, 2017, 5:19am

Trailer end is, “Coming First to PS4 and Steam”. Probably Xbox port 2-6 months later; given the game and the publisher’s history I’m very confident there’s a Switch port in the works unless Spelunky does something too crazy with hardware.

OneSecondBefore · October 31, 2017, 5:29am

Glad to hear it! I missed that bit about Steam in the trailer. Phew.

SUPERSONNICK · October 31, 2017, 6:06am

first time i will tip my toes into mohu territory, have already put in an exclusive request for coop’ing with my fanatic expert buddy here.

parker · October 31, 2017, 1:44pm

BustedAstromech · October 31, 2017, 10:33pm

@hobo alert

Polygon:

James Mielke (interviewer): [To Maruyama:] One last question for you that came to mind, and maybe Mizuguchi-san can help me. Regarding our mutual friend, [Warp founder] Kenji Eno, there was a famous incident in the mid-‘90s where Eno went onstage for a PlayStation festival in Japan where he was going to announce his new game. So he went to this event and all the Sony executives assumed he was going to announce his new game. Instead he played this CG video where the PlayStation logo transformed into the Sega Saturn logo. And that’s where he announced that he was developing all of his future games for the Sega Saturn.

Obviously this was a controversial event and many of these execs were looking at Eno with daggers in their eyes after this event. But Eno told me there was one senior executive at Sony — I’m assuming at PlayStation specifically — who told the other executives to “leave Eno alone.” He had protected Eno from any collateral damage as a result of his stunt. I am wondering if that executive was you, or if you have any recollection of that event.

Shigeo Maruyama (former SCE chairman): Yeah, that was me.

JM: That’s a beautiful thing. Obviously, Eno’s not around to ask anymore [Editor’s note: Eno passed away in February 2013], and that’s always something I’ve wondered about, because when he told me that I thought it was a beautiful gesture. … Can you offer some insight into the initial shock of what Eno did and why you chose to shield him from the fallout afterwards?

SM: I don’t know how things are done in America, but in professional wrestling in Japan there’s always someone that comes running into the ring and makes a lot of noise. Eno was the guy that stormed into the PlayStation ring. That guy’s purpose is to create excitement, to make things interesting. I was grateful for him to stir things up and make things exciting for us. [Laughs]

TM: I just remembered Eno’s words about Maruyama-san. I was pretty close to him, as well, and, towards the end of his life, when we would go drinking and reminiscing about that event, he’d say something like, “Yeah, I probably went too far. I don’t regret what I did but I feel sorry for what I put Maruyama-san through.” That’s what he’d say. “Maru-san is really something.” I just remembered that he’d say that a lot. He felt really bad for the trouble he caused you.

SM: Not at all. I welcomed it. [Laughs] But Kutaragi was pissed.

HOBO · November 1, 2017, 12:15am

At the Select Button Meetup during the panel about how good my posts are and how I plan to make more posts in the future you’re all gonna be so shocked when the SB logo on the screen behind me morphs into a NeoGAF logo.

I’ll cancel these plans if I end up with 3,000 blood potions before the 9th though.

I am the guy who runs into the ring making a lot of noise.

nettle · November 1, 2017, 12:51am

sorry, i know a better way to spend 3000 blood potions