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Telltale Games removed from Online Stores as Studio closes down

If you haven’t bought any Telltale games (Which you haven’t since their sales numbers were atrocious), now might be the time. With Telltale closing down, the company is selling off their assets which include physical goods, trademarks, copyrights, software, and source code. This means other studios will be able to purchase the rights and potentially continue the game stories. On Steam, Telltale has removed their older games such The Tales of Monkey Island, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park. The Walking Dead: The Final Season and their more recent titles are still available but the date on which they’ll be removed is undetermined. Telltale is working with Skybound Entertainment to finish The Walking Dead: The Final Season. 

In addition to the liquidation of their assets, Telltale can only provide their former employees’ health benefits until November 30th. This will leave their 250 former employees and contractors without health benefits after their layoff. Telltale has been facing lawsuits from former employees for the sudden layoffs. 

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GameDailyBiz

Nintendo sues Couple for $12 Million for Rom Site

Nintendo has a long history with ROMs (Read only Memory) which allowed people to play Nintendo games on Emulators or Nintendo handhelds without paying. There are dedicated websites such as GBAtemp or LoveROMS which provide people a hub to download ROMS. As of 2018, Nintendo has been cracking hard on websites and forcing them to shut down. Today, Nintendo won a lawsuit against Jacob Mathias and Cristian Mathias, and their Arizona-based company, Mathias Designs L.L.C for $12 million.

Whether the Mathias’ will have to pay for the full amount remains to be seen. The huge fine may be more a warning against the other ROM sites. If you check out loveroms.com, you’ll see a final message from Jacob and Cristian.

Our website, LoveROMS.com/LoveRetro.co, previously offered and performed unauthorized copies of Nintendo games, in violation of Nintendo’s copyrights and trademarks. LoveROMS.com/LoveRetro.co acknowledges that it caused harm to Nintendo, its partners, and customers by offering infringing copies of Nintendo games and has agreed to cease all such activities. To access legitimate Nintendo games online, please visit http://www.nintendo.com for information about the Nintendo Game Store.

This looks like the end of ROM dedicated website by Nintendo. While many users are angry with Nintendo’s approach, it is still a business. Whether you bought the game or didn’t, Nintendo doesn’t want people distributing ROMS to the public.

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GBAtemp – Original lawsuit

TorrentFreak

 

New Nintendo Switch scheduled for 2019

According to Wall Street Journal Japan, Nintendo is expected to launch an upgraded Nintendo Switch Console in 2019. Although the details are unclear on specs, the WSJ Japan expects a bigger, brighter screen. The Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017. Nintendo was relying on the sales of additional peripherals such as the Labo. However, slower sales this year may have pushed Nintendo to release the “Switch 2” earlier than expected. Are you going to get the second Nintendo Switch?

Wall Street Journal Japan (Paywall)

Eurogamer

Spyro Reignited Trilogy Details and release date

After the amazing success of the Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy, Activision is now remastering the Spyro trilogy (Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage, Spyro: Year of the Dragon) from the PlayStation. Known as Spyro Reignited Trilogy, the game is for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The release date is September 21st. The game was originally created by Insomniac Games (Ratchet & Clank, Jax, Infamous, Spider-man). Developer Toys for Bob is handling remastering duties for the Spyro trilogy. They are known for their work on Skylanders.

Similar to the Crash Trilogy, the game is being remade from the ground up. The game will feature all new assets, lighting, controls, and some characters will have “creatively re-imagined with additional flair.” The game will also have improved control. Although the PlayStation 1 Spyro games are classics, the controls can be improved. The soundtrack will also be a re-imagined version of composer Stewart Copeland’s soundtrack.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy will cost $39.99.

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IGN