Hello, everyone at Shacknews. I have returned from this year's Game Developers Conference, a little older, a little wiser, and a lot more tired. Let's jump into the weekend with a fresh round of news, memes, and entertainment. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading.
In case you missed it at Shacknews:
- Shack Together 007 - Console Codenames, Dragon's Dogma 2 Review and Impressions, feat. Bill Lavoy
- World of Goo 2 slips and slide with stunning liquid physics
- Call of the Wild: The Angler's South Africa reserve makes a great game better
- Baladins presents a whimsical race against time
- Dragon's Dogma 2 reached over 150,000 concurrent players in its first hour on Steam
- Larian Studios isn't planning Baldur's Gate 3 DLC or a sequel
- Final Fantasy 16's The Rising Tide DLC will be launching in April 2024
- GTA 6 release date may reportedly slip to 2026
- Shack Chat: What is your favorite in-game character creator?
And, because it's the weekend, go find yourself something to play!
- Weekend Console Download Deals for Mar. 22: Get Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on sale
- Weekend PC Download Deals for Mar. 22: GOG.com Spring Sale begins
Around the Gaming Horn
Here's some rapid-fire news to wrap up your week.
Free content comes to Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, including new missions, equipment from the original film, and more: https://t.co/ehm8NwuN1S pic.twitter.com/ifmFdIbmcA
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) March 22, 2024
If you're busting ghosts in VR, Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord now has a fresh new content update.
The Undying has returned to Hitman: World of Assassination!
And we're ready for Dustborn to arrive in August.
And now... Other Stuff From The Internet!!!
Today in Bubbletron
Be sure to play Bubbletron today!
*Burgess Meredith quack*
Colin Ferrell is ready to make you sleep with the fishes if you cross him in this new Gotham.
Greetings, traveler
"How intriguing...you're a stranger in this world as well, aren't you?"#SuperMarioRPG #Geno #Culex pic.twitter.com/s6Ht1tzDh2
— ⚔🌟Nutty, the Queer Starry Bard🌟⚔ (@nintendonut1) March 21, 2024
Otherworldly visitors take all sorts of different forms.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
I haven't gone back to the Beetlejuice cartoon in years to see if it holds up, but I do know this: It has one of the coolest television intros i've ever seen. pic.twitter.com/5ixptBl6N3
— Miguel (@thatdaffyduck) March 22, 2024
Let's hit the older folks in their nostalgia center. Fresh off yesterday's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice teaser, let's remember the kick-ass intro to the Saturday morning cartoon.
Nothing but the Hotfix
Randomizers, we love them! Let's look at the latest episode of Random Number Generation and enjoy this randomizer run for the original Legend of Zelda and Earthbound.
GDQ's Hotfix shows air every week and you can catch them all at the Games Done Quick Twitch account.
Under the learning tree with Masahiro Sakurai
Masahiro Sakurai started a YouTube channel! Let's learn from his decades of experience together by looking at one of his latest videos. This week, Sakurai discusses creating effects and making them the right size in proportion with your characters.
This week in Shaqnews
On this day in 1992, @Shaq put up a MONSTER triple-double performance for @LSUBasketball 🗣️#MarchMadness
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) March 19, 2024
(via @MarchMadnessMBB) pic.twitter.com/9wYv9lQSmn
As the NCAA Tournament continues this weekend, look back at what a force Shaq used to be as a kid.
IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!
I believe that's breaking and entering. YEAH!
Tonight in video game music
Enjoy this metal medley of the Nintendo DS' greatest tracks.
That's it for the fourth Friday Evening Reading for March! Be sure to keep the spirit of the classic Evening Reading alive by jumping into the comments about whatever you see here or whatever randomness you'd like to discuss. Join the conversation and dive into the Shacknews Chatty comment thread below. If you want to go new school and find different ways to leave your feedback or talk about whatever, join us in the Official Shacknews Community Discord. I'll see you all next week!
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