Gaming news too small for its own thread

[Family Fry]

I just wanted to mention that Itch.io have a bundle that features 742 games (another 200 being added later) from independent creators minimum donation of $5 with all proceeds being donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund split 50/50.

All games are PC DRM free.

https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality

Some highlights.
Minit
Oxenfree
A Short Hike
Night in the Woods
Tonight We Riot
Semblance
A Mortician’s Tale
Super Hexagon
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, And The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Babysitter Bloodbath

There are shed loads of games in this bundle with more being added as well, something for everyone.

[Deuteros]

As of now, it has raised $1,285,643.51.

Impressive! I thought only Humble Bundle had that kind of pull.

[Family Fry]

Yeah it’s getting quite a lot of attention because of the number of games in the bundle and the overall value of it, lots of people sharing and buying/gifting which is all good.

[kryss]

Over 2 million now.

[Family Fry]

Bundle is now over $3 million, they added more games so the total is now up to 1266 items.

[fishbowlhead]

Sega's "revolutionary announcement" is a service that will allow arcades to stream games to home users. Interesting concept, and arcades themselves will be a server rather som datacenter in the middle of nowhere. I don't think the whole concept will escape the trappings of other streaming services, and I really hope this isn't spelling the beginning of the end for Sega's own physical arcades.

Arcade owners: what do we get out of it Sega? Oh nothing? Turns power off when they go home.

[CMcK]

Arcade owners: what do we get out of it Sega? Oh nothing? Turns power off when they go home.

Surely there will be some kind of revenue share arrangement with the operators?

[cutmymilk]

Why can't they offer it remotely? Or even just port the games to console ffs. It used to be a huge selling point (reason I loved the Saturn) and could work today. Imagine a digital arcade you walk around. They could sell you more machines and allow you to place them where you want and change the carpet. It wouldn't take away from traditional arcades - it's not like Daytona ports stopped people playing it at the seaside.

[Neon Ignition]

Do the games have to be designed with it in mind or can an arcade literally stream anything?
If it only works with new machines then it's a bit pointless for the most part but if I can find a way to play Sega Race TV then HOOK IT TO MY VEINS!

[briareos_kerensky]

I imagine games have to either run trhough an emulator server so that they can be streamed or built from the ground up with taht functionality, like Stadia does. Details are kinda scarce, Sega call it "Fog (or Edge) Computing", and all articles around the interwebs don't really offer much of an insight, even those on Japanese blogs. I guess Ars Tecnica's is as good as any other: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/...-data-centers/

[Neon Ignition]

Trailer for Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

[CMcK]

Trailer for Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

Day One Instabuy for me. Unless it’s only on Switch.

Sony missed a trick not having that at the PS5 showcase.

[Tobal]

Sega's really dishing out the franchises after Mania showed them others are willing to do the hard work...

Monster Boy/World
Panzer Dragoon 1
Streets of Rage 4
Virtual Racing 'HD' and the switch AGES releases.

Looking forward to Kid Chameleon 2/Remake

[Team Andromeda]

Trailer for Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

One of my fav games on the old Master System. Looks ace, can't wait

[hudson]

No need for that music though. The full game better not have that style in it.