Video Game News Round-Up

Ahoy Captain Cats here and today is another round of video game round-up!

It looks like the Corona Virus has won another round in the gaming industry. In a statement over the weekend the Game Developers Conference or GDC for short has announced that they will postpone the event which was going to happen in March of this year. It is also stated that they will try to hold the event sometime in the summer. To read the full statement you can click to the link here.

Good news for Hideo Kojima as he will receive the BAFTA Fellowship. According to BAFTA press release the Fellowship is the highest accolade to people who contributed to film, games or TV. Kojima has been working over 20 years in gaming and created such classic games such as Metal Gear, Policenauts, Death Stranding, and the cyberpunk classic Snatcher.

Last week with little to none fanfare Larian Studios drop the official opening cinematic for their upcoming game Baldur’s Gate 3. The Trailer set up what is going to happen in the third installment in this legendary game series and it looks fantastic.

Lastly, sad news to report that game producer Kazuhisa Hashimoto passed away. In case you don’t know who he is, Hashimoto was responsible for the famous “Konami Code” in Konami games. Konami released a statement:

“We are saddened to hear about the passing of Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a deeply talented producer who first introduced the world to the “Konami Code.” – Konami

Kazuhisa Hashimoto was 61 and from all of us here we send our condolences to his family.

There you go that’s your video game news round-up.