Gaming
Gran Turismo 6’s Servers will Shut Down in March 2018
If you haven’t yet decided whether or not you should leave Gran Turismo 6, I have some bad news. Through an update on their blog, Polyphony has announced that the servers for Gran Turismo 6 will be shutting down by March 28, 2018 at 12:00 UTC.
Prior to this, on 31 January 2018, they will also end the distribution of downloadable content that can be used in-game. This also includes the fact that game modes and online services such as the Community, Open Lobby, Quick Match, and Seasonal Events are now going away.
Don’t worry though, the rest of the game will continue to be accessible and the offline portions of it will remain intact. It seems like Polyphony wants to focus on their future titles, including Gran Turismo: Sport. Naturally, the older games are going to be taking the hit as they are left behind.
With the end of the online services, the distribution of the GT6 Track Path Editor, currently available on Google Play and the iOS App Store will also end as of 28 March 2018. Once the servers are shut down, it will no longer be possible to transfer track data to Gran Turismo 6.
This only makes me wonder what will happen once the servers for Gran Turismo: Sport shut down. As the game continues to have constant connectivity problems we begin to see the first hints of what’s to come once those servers are shut down.
I mean, once these servers become no longer available for the players the game will essentially be a paperweight with a few game modes attached to it. And this is a problem considering that a hefty portion of the game is actually online only.
This is one of the biggest issues with Always-Online games. And it seems like this is going to keep being the subject of discussion for a while.
The devilish launch of Diablo 4 is days away (less for Ultimate Edition buyers). Blizzard has promised the ultimate reward for the first 1000 players to accomplish level 100 on Hardcore Mode: a statue of in-game antagonist Lillith.
Think you can cheat death?
Reach level 100 on hardcore mode and tweet #Diablo4Hardcore with proof to have your username immortalized on a statue of Lilith.
Offer limited to first 1000, restrictions apply: https://t.co/TLWxZwG0aQ
Get started June 1st. pic.twitter.com/pvVLZNPgx8
— Diablo (@Diablo) May 26, 2023
Diablo 4’s Hardcore Mode is a character-creation-only difficulty adjuster. It automatically deletes characters when they die, making things infinitely harder regardless of World Tier. But 100? That’s several playthroughs on increasingly difficult World Tiers with new adversaries in harsher setups and about 150 hours of flawlessly rapid gameplay.
Honoring the dying.
Being remembered with those brave souls lost on the journey is the ultimate gamer boast. Do you dare?
Bloober Team’s survival horror game Layers of Fear is terrifying. The Trophy List on Exophase just appeared, and players will have to go crazy to obtain Platinum.
With a Silver Trophy like “a new way” requiring players to “live through the third conversation” (and a few of Bronzes for surviving the previous two) and another called “face your fears” appearing when you “see your enemy and fail”, we might chase this one with the lights on.
Do you like Layers of Fear’s whole trophy list? Do you want the Plat?
The PlayStation Showcase, which divided fans and prompted our full-throated Reaction, was a ratings winner. Gamesight’s number crunchers found that PlayStation fans were drawn in by the appeal alone, even though many of the titles we wanted to see didn’t show up.
🎮🔎 @PlayStation Showcase 2023: Viewership Analysis on @Twitch and @YouTube
Our team took a deep dive into the PlayStation Showcase performance on Twitch from 2019 through 2023, the first year without #E3.
Here's what we discovered:
1️⃣ The 2023 Showcase had the second-highest… pic.twitter.com/YVJbRiUTjc— Gamesight (@gamesight) May 26, 2023
It’s possible certain Showcase games were withheld. Summer Game Fest may bring something? Watched the big spectacle live?
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