Month: January 2021

January 2021 is the start of this year’s winter anime season, which means a ton of brand-new anime debuted across all the different streaming services. There are plenty of shows to enjoy but seven series in particular have managed to keep us watching beyond their respective premieres.

Keep in mind, we’re not saying that these seven are definitely the best anime to air this season. There are still plenty of weeks left in the winter season and any of these shows could take an unfavorable turn (or any we don’t list here may recapture our attention if they have a turn for the better). But, for now, these seven anime are the ones we’re enjoying the most, and we think that you will too. We’re always open to hearing recommendations though, so let us know what you’re currently watching–and why we should also be watching it–in the comments below.

Wonder Egg Priority

An original story, Wonder Egg Priority is one of the most gripping anime we’ve seen in ages. Beautiful to look at but covering topics that are often difficult to watch, this anime deals with the trauma of suicide and posits the question: How far would you go to save someone who took their own life? This is a show that comes with a load of trigger warnings–be aware that Wonder Egg Priority portrays bullying, self-cutting, fat-shaming, survivor’s guilt, and group suicide, and that’s only within the first three episodes. As an original story, there’s no way of knowing what else is in store, all we know is that we’re going to see it all the way through, as this may end up being the best anime of the season.

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Welcome to our Saturday deal page, where you’ll find all sorts of savings, on snacks! That seems to be the name of the game today, as Amazon has tons of snacks, including Doritos, on sale for up to 30% off. If you’re not looking for something tasty to eat, we’ve also got some nice new laptops on for a slight discount, as well as several great CPUs, perfect for anyone looking to build their first PC.

Daily Deals for January 30th 2021

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Just Released: New Alienware RTX 30 Series Laptops for Preorder

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A new lawsuit filed by five gamers in California federal court accuses Valve of abusing its power to keep PC game prices high.

As reported by THR, this lawsuit claims that Valve does not maintain its dominance over the PC market by offering better prices on Steam than other platforms, but does so by abusing its power to require developers to enter what is known as a ‘Most Favored Nations’ clause.

“Valve Corporation’s Steam platform is the dominant platform for game developers to distribute and sell PC games in the United States,” states the complaint being handled by attorneys at Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease. “But the Steam platform does not maintain its dominance through better pricing than by rival platforms. Instead, Valve abuses the Steam platform’s market power by requiring game developers to enter into a ‘Most Favored Nations’ provision contained in the Steam Distribution Agreement whereby the game developers agree that the price of a PC game on the Steam platform will be the same price the game developers sell their PC games on other platforms.”

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The lawsuit also alleges that, because Valve requires developers to enter this ‘Most Favored Nations’ clause, it “hinders innovation by creating an artificial barrier to entry for platforms” and keeps prices high on other digital storefronts like the Epic Games Store and the Microsoft Store.

“The Steam MFN also hinders innovation by creating an artificial barrier to entry for platforms,” adds the complaint. “When a market, such as this one, is highly concentrated, a new entrant can benefit consumers by undercutting the incumbent’s prices. The ability to provide PC games to consumers at lower prices is one way a firm or new entrant could gain market share. If this market functioned properly—that is, if the Steam MFN did not exist and platforms were able to compete on price—platforms competing with Steam would be able to provide the same (or higher) margins to game developers while simultaneously providing lower prices to consumers.”

CD Projekt S.A., CD Projekt, Inc., Ubisoft Entertainment S.A., Ubisoft, Inc., Ubisoft L.A., Inc., kChamp Games, Inc., Rust, LLC, and Devolver Digital, Inc. are also included as defendants on the lawsuit, with the plaintiffs accusing these companies of agreeing with the Steam platform to the Steam MFN.

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This new class action lawsuit follows Valve, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Focus Home, Koch Media, and ZeniMax being fined $9.4 million by the European Commission over the practice of “geo-blocking.”

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A full playthrough and thirty minutes of multiplayer have surfaced for the cancelled Xbox Live Arcade remaster of the N64 classic GoldenEye 007.

YouTuber Graslu00 shared the GoldenEye 007 XBLA (2007) – Longplay, which is running at 4K/60 FPS on the Xenia emulator, and it gives fans a glimpse of what Rare’s remaster would have looked like had rights issues not gotten in the way.

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This isn’t the first time we’ve seen footage of this cancelled project that appeared to be mostly finished, as a smaller look of gameplay surfaced in 2016 that showed upgraded visuals, the ability to switch back and forth between older and remastered graphics, and more.

A modern re-imagining/remake of GoldenEye 007 was released for the Wii in 2010 by Activision and, in our review, we said “What could have ended up a game that cruised on autopilot and simply relied on a name to sell it has turned out to be one of the best first-person shooters on Wii. GoldenEye has a fantastic single-player campaign that feels both fresh and familiar, and the multiplayer attention – something most GoldenEye Nintendo 64 fans hold near and dear to their hearts – is incredible and something rarely seen on the Nintendo console.”

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On the YouTube video, Graslu00 notes that they were told that this version will possibly be released in some form to the public in 2021.

While we may not be getting a proper GoldenEye remaster anytime soon, Hitman developer IO Interactive is working on a new James Bond game that will “let players step in to the shoes of the world’s favorite Secret Agent to earn their 00 status in the very first Bond origin story.”

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