Time is Running Out for Deadman's Cross - 3³ Gaming NEWSday

Welcome to 3³ Gaming NEWSday!  In this revamped edition of NEWSday, I will present a piece of gaming news and my thoughts about it.  So, let's begin!

As a Square Enix game fan, I try to stay up-to-date with news concerning Square Enix games.  Unfortunately, I found out this little tidbit a bit later than I would have liked.  It seems that the Vita game Deadman's Cross is losing its Vita support at the end of the month.  I really like the game, and it sucks that it will be a mobile-only game after September 30, 2015.  I don't know which is worse though; not finishing the story of the game, or not earning every PSN trophy the game has.  Anyway, here is the official announcement:

Thank you for playing Deadman's Cross (PlayStation Vita cersion). 

After careful consideration, service for the PlayStation Vita version of Deadman's Cross will come to an end on Sept. 30, 2015.  As the Deadman's Cross dev team and staff, we would like to express our deepest gratitude for your patronage of our game. 

The smartphone version of Deadman's Cross continues to enjoy popularity, and service will continue for that version.  Since it is possible to transfer the save data from your PlayStation Vita version over to the smartphone version, it is out hope that you will continue to enjoy Deadman's Cross, this time on a smartphone. 

We are preparing bonuses for players who transfer their data to the smartphone version and continue to play, so see the "Notice of Migration to Smartphone Version Campaign" for details.  

The end-of-service schedule for the PlayStation Vita version is as follows:  

• Halt of any new purchases of Deadman's Coins - Aug. 31, 2015 at the time of maintenance
• End of Service
• Sept. 30, 2015 12:00 a.m. (PDT)
• Sept. 30, 2015 3:00 a.m. (EDT)
• Sept. 30, 2015 7:00 a.m. (GMT)
• Sept. 30, 2015 4:00 p.m. (JST)

Once again we thank you for your patronage, and though there is but a short time remaining until the end of service, we hope you will continue to enjoy the PlayStation Vita version of Deadman's Cross. 

The Deadman's Cross Team

After reading this announcement, it really lit a fire under me to try and finish this game before the service ends.  As much as I want to finish the story, its the PSN trophy list that I am worried about.  I don't have it completed!   At the time of reading the announcement, I had 9 of the 14 trophies earned.  Since then I have brought that amount up to 12 of the 14 trophies.  The two trophies I still need are probably the most difficult to earn.

The 1% - You earned a total of 1,000,000 hardware.

I Am a Generous God - Completed 1000 hunts. A virtual rekilling machine.

The problem here is that I have no way of knowing how close (or far) I am from earning these trophies.  The game doesn't show the amount of hunts or how much I have earned in terms of hardware.  All I know is that I have around 100,000 hardware, and usually stay at around that amount because I like to feed my horde the deadmen I capture.

Oh well, I have just over three weeks to finish the list.  I will try my best to get the trophies, and I know that if I don't, it will be a great effort.  I also know that it will be yet another game that will prevent me from getting back to a respectable completion percentage.

So, how is that for the startup of 3³ Gaming NEWSday?  I hope you enjoyed reading it, and that it makes you want to come back for more on Thursday when I post a ThursD.I.D.  Well, until then, I hope you see no Game Over screens!

Michael, aka me3lingual

Better (Extremely) Late than Never

Well, it has been about 18 months since my last blog post.  I guess I should apologize for my tardiness.  I'm sorry.  I know I should have given some kind of reason why I stopped writing posts, but I just could not find the strength to put my fingers to the keyboard.  Oh well.  It can only go up from here.

To start, some family things have happened, and now I no longer live in the house I was in the process of buying.  Without going into too much detail, my family chose sides, I chose the wrong side, and now I'm basically on my own.  It's not all bad, though.  The people I live with are very nice and caring, and I take care of a kid that loves video games almost as much as I do.  I still work for the newspaper, and next week will be the 9th Anniversary of my employment there.

My real life family may be smaller, but the family of video game characters I have has gotten a lot larger.  I still try and play every day, but there are times when I choose not to play games.  Gaming isn't as big a priority as it used to be.  There are other things now that I do with as much energy as when I would play.

Well, that's enough of the 18-month update.  I should now talk about the future.  I want to keep the same setup as before.  One news post, one review post, and one blog post each week.  However, I don't really write news articles anymore.  I will try my best to at least write something, though.  I am also thinking about having people come in and collaborate with me on the blog.  As for what/when these things might happen, I am not sure.  I'm going to take it slow right now, and ease myself back into the process of writing again.  I don't know how long it will take, but eventually I will restore this blog back to its former glory.

So, I guess that's it.  I'm off to go play something.  If you see me online, feel free to give me a hello.  I'm me3lingual, me4lingual, and me5lingual on PSN.  Maybe some others in the future.  Well, until next time, I hope you see no Game Over screens in whatever it is you play!

Michael, aka me3lingual