Taylor Kurosaki, formerly one of the original members of the Crash Bandicoot team at Naughty Dog, joins the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Game Director, Dan Tanguay, from Vicarious Visions to talk about the notorious Stormy Ascent level. The previously unreleased Crash Bandicoot level, Stormy Ascent, is now coming to life in the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.

How did this level come to be?

Taylor Kurosaki: Early in production of the original Crash Bandicoot game, everyone at Naughty Dog often wore multiple hats. However, by year two we were somewhat specialized and I went from artist to game designer. I ended up designing and laying out ¾ of the levels in the original Crash Bandicoot. And Stormy Ascent was one of mine.

Dan Tanguay: The team here at Vicarious Visions knew the fans really wanted Stormy Ascent, and so did we! One of the best players on the design team had beat the first game and wanted a new challenge. So, we told him to try the original Stormy Ascent. It took him 60 lives to get through it – needless to say it was much more challenging than he had expected. However, he still fell in love with it and we decided to bring it life.

Tell us about making Stormy Ascent

Taylor: I was new to games and game design back then; I didnÂ’t have a great understanding of a difficulty curve. This level was so close to the end of the game and, you guessed it, it ended up being insanely difficult. As in, so difficult that it was hard for me, and IÂ’m the guy who knew exactly how far Crash could jump, how late a player could take-off, and so on.

Dan: This is the “sister level” to Slippery Climb in the original Crash Bandicoot. It features the same assets but new challenges. It’s also roughly four times longer than any other level in the original game. Getting through it is a feat of both skill and endurance! Taylor’s right, it’s considered to be not only one of the most difficult levels in the original Crash Bandicoot, but probably in the entire N. Sane Trilogy.

It was challenging to first master the level so that we could accurately remaster it. In particular, the timing of the level was challenging to get right. The hazards and platforms steadily increase in speed as you go along!

It never actually shipped, right?

Taylor: Yes. It was one of the last levels I finished during production, and as we prepared to deliver our Gold Master to Sony for manufacturing, the decision was made to cut it. It was playable, but just too damn difficult, and we ran out of time to make it easier. It remained on the disc as it was less risky just leaving it rather than trying to remove it. It was basically hidden, but it was there.

Dan: Fans found it though, using Gameshark.

Taylor: I think itÂ’s cool when fans find hidden things in games, this was no exception. I was glad it somewhat found the light of day, and I think itÂ’s an awesome level.

In 2017, games like Dark Souls and Bloodborne are all the rage. People like games that are difficult! We were so ahead of the curve! Now Stormy Ascent is alive as part of the Vicarious Visions-developed Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Go forth and enjoy!

Download Stormy Ascent for the crash bandicoot N. Sane trilogy for free through August 19th

 https://blog.us.playstati .. -sane-trilogy/

Every time I've seen a mod for this game to improve it's looks to make it "closer to E3" it's always been that lame ass mod that changes colors. Forgot the name of it since it's basura IMO.

Here's a real mod. Lot of work went into this that's for sure.

Main Changes:
- high quality meshes with a lot of details, most of them are created from scratch, good optimalization is preserved
- very high quality detailed textures with great sharpness and performance, without any unnecessary VRAM losses (no unnecessary big textures for small stuff)
- very high quality accurate normal maps, almost all is baked from high poly meshes, these normals combined with detail normalmaps, giving amazing look with almost any performance hit!
- specially customized materials for all reworked stuff

Reworked:
- Stone Walls (Village Stone Walls, Interior Stone Walls, Rich Bricks, Rich Brick Plasters, Rounded Mixed Bricks, Poor Messy Stonewalls, Poor Messy Bricks, Regular Rough Stonewalls, Buildings Stone Edges and more)
- Poor Wood (Wood Walls, Structures, Planks, Doors, Objects and more)
- Rocks (+ added some experimental 4K Rocks)
- Vegatation (Spruces, Ivy, Toadstools)
- Roofs (Ceramic, Thatched, Metal)
- Wood Logs
- Wooden Objects (Crates, Stools, Buckets, some Tables and more)
- Improved Water (Seas, Rivers, Lakes, Streams, Puddles, Wells, Fountains)
- Misc Stuff (Sacks, Braziers, Bear Furs, Harbour Anchors, Books, Scrools and more)
- Ground Textures (Checkered Floors [+ experimental Displacement in Circle near Passiflora])
- Various Textures (Grain, Hay, Moss and more)
- Toussaint stuff (Rocks, Wood Logs, Sacks, Ceramic Roofs and more)
- And more!
+ optional E3 Novigrad Walls

Main discussion thread over at  CDProjektRed. To download the mod head on over to  NexusMods.

GOAT soundtrack?

looks decent.

Season 1 GOAT Telltale game IMO

The bodysuit Cammy has been wearing for 24 years apparently doesnÂ’t comply with the networkÂ’s standards and practices.


When video game developer Capcom revealed Cammy as one of the playable characters in Street Fighter V, a bit of a firestorm flared up as some gamers went to far as to call the British martial artist “shockingly ugly,” particularly when judged against her appearance in previous installments of the franchise. Now Cammy is stirring up controversy again, but this time it’s not that some people think the character design is too ugly, but too sexually provocative.

During last weekendÂ’s Evo 2017 e-sports tournament in Las Vegas, Japanese competitor Ryota Inoue (who competes under the mononym Kazunoko) advanced, on the strength of his Cammy play, to the Street Fighter V finals, where he found himself paired against American player Du Dang, also known as NuckleDu.

Like many fighting games, Street Fighter V allows players to pick from multiple costumes for each character. For his first match against NuckleDu, Kazunoko selected CammyÂ’s default outfit: a form-fitting green bodysuit cut high on the hips, which has been the characterÂ’s signature outfit since her debut in Super Street Fighter II way back in 1993.

Kazunoko took the first match handily in two rounds. For their second match, both competitors chose to continue playing as the same characters, but Kazunoko was now playing as Cammy in her Capcom Pro Tour costume, which swaps her bodysuit for a short-hemmed, but comparatively modest, formal dress, as seen when the video below starts.

ThereÂ’s no superstition among pro gamers about using the same costume twice in a row being bad luck, nor do Street Fighter VÂ’s outfits affect the gameplay in any way. So if Kazunoko didnÂ’t change CammyÂ’s costume to gain some sort of psychological or technical advantage, why did he bother?

Just before the second match starts, at the 7:06 mark of the above video, a tournament official can be seen speaking with Kazunoko. The gamer looks puzzled as the official fiddles with his controller before giving a nod of acquiescence and holding up a hand in the “OK” gesture. According to competitive gaming website Compete, the discussion took place because cable sports network ESPN, which was broadcasting Evo 2017’s Street Fighter V finals, was uncomfortable showing Cammy in her default outfit, and so “The request was made per broadcast standards.”

While CammyÂ’s standard bodysuit does indeed show a lot of skin, critics of ESPNÂ’s request assert that the same could be said of the clothing worn by real-world female athletes in certain sports. However, since Cammy is a purely digital construction whose movement isnÂ’t restricted or slowed by additional fabric, one could also argue that thereÂ’s no performance-based reason the character canÂ’t cover up.

As e-sports continue to grow, theyÂ’re attracting the attention of entities outside the traditional linked circles of video game developers and fans. With that greater exposure comes increased investment and revenue, helping events like Evo grow to scales far beyond what would have been possible in the past, but connecting to more mainstream strata of media and its users means a new set of attitudes and values to mesh with, and this may not be the last time ESPN, or another organization of its ilk, takes issue with something many hard-core gamers have grown accustomed to seeing over the course of 20-plus years.

the match:


 http://en.rocketnews24.co .. ast-standards/
 http://compete.kotaku.com .. hon-1797020615

The game comes out Friday July 21st. Released today is the app called



The app lets you talk to friends, look at ranks and other random stuff. The Splatfest was fun, so hopefully with the expanded options it continues. Post up thoughts and impressions of the game. Reviews have released today, July 18th.

North America:  https://www.playstation.c .. -registration/

European:  http://beta.software.eu.p .. /en-gb/ps4beta

Downloading now

 https://itunes.apple.com/ .. 234806557?mt=8

Cant log in yet though

Dude has 1100 health (highest in game I believe) and 1050 stam

And they gave em a parry too?




Capcom just running out of ideas for V skills


It really does sound like he's saying "White power" in Vtrigger

I'm guessing it's "wipeout"

Hudson returns after working with Microsoft.




Taken from  IGN.

Anyone else hyped for this beta?!!

I might stay up all night Wednesday if anyone tryna run anything on X1. Tried to get out of work but that sh*t ain't happening.

For digital preorders make sure go to install the Destiny 2 Beta from the store it won't automatically install.