"Spring. Fleeting but a perfect touring season…" Stuart stated as his boss read through the report the tour manager had prepared.
"Decided it was best we avoided Winter altogether. It can be a really tortuous ti for a tour and trust , getting late to a stage because you were stuck in paralyzing ditch, is not, funny." the tour manager shivered at an old mory as Owen, Gwen and Kyle chuckled.
"Anyway…" Stuart brushed the mory away with a wave of his hands.
"Aussie festivals might be nice and all since it'll be sumr over there but, you don't have a private jet and booking planes back and forth, won't be worth it I feel like." he added with a thoughtful gaze.
"So, essentially, March to May then. That's great." Kyle responded with an appreciative smile and Stuart, alongside Gwen and Owen whom were seated around the office's couch, gave a brief nod of acknowledgent.
"We've also had talks with various industry bigshots and they've been very welcoming of our tour locations and the dates." the tour manager gestured as Owen pitched with an audible muse of anticipation;
"USA, England, Australia, Japan…"
"… and obviously our Great White North, Land of Maple Syrup." the assistant added humorously and everyone chuckled again.
"There'll also be a slew of festivals during that period and although, avoiding the SXSW festival this year was necessary, both it and Coachella are fair gas for you to perform on their stage next year." Gwen spoke this ti and Stuart nodded in agreent.
Contemplating over their words for a few seconds, Kyle then nodded decisively;
"The fleeting season of spring it is."
No sooner had Kyle said that though, Oliver, Miguel and Camille, all of whom had headed out together to get so refreshnts for the team, walked into the office, practically beaming!
Before they could inquire though, Oliver calmly dropped the bombshell;
"Kyle. It is my greatest pleasure, to inform you, that you've been invited to perform at, and headline, next year's NFL's Super Bowl Halfti show."
At first, Kyle, Owen, Gwen and Stuart were utterly shocked to hear the news.
But in the next second after that, they practically erupted into cheers of joy like little kids, receiving their most requested birthday presents from their parents!
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"Hey, hey. You're going to be okay! J-just, just please, hold on. I- I can redirect the exosuit's ergenc"
In response to her son's frantic words, a tilessly beautiful woman in her late forties, warmly smiled as she gently cut him off.
"Oh Nathan. I'm so proud of the young man you've beco." she caressed her son's face with her bloodied hands.
"And your father and grandfather would be too…" she faintly added with tears brimming on her eyelids.
"I wish we had more ti sweetie. So many things to say, so many questions to ask, so little ti…" she quietly continued as her son's tears dripped down and onto her own cheeks.
"I love you, Nathan." his mother, Caitlyn North, a genius scientist, slowly closed her eyes with a contented smile as Nathan shook his head in futile denial, his lips quivering sadly and his face, contorting into an indescribable world of emotional hurt.
"Keep saving the world, one person at a ti…" she whispered in finality, her bloodied, caressing hands lifelessly dropping to the floor.
And then her breathing ceased…
Terribly battered, beaten and bruised by Professor Overclock in a fierce showdown that ultimately resulted in his victory, Tech Wiz, knelt before his dead mother, unable to save her.
He had arrived a second too late to confront his ntor and also his brave mother's forr assistant, only to watch him drive a cybernetic claw through her abdon.
And so he cried his heart out in harrowing pain as the in-ga's cinematic panned out and faded to black.
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Chat had never seen their cool, nuke-loving Anita ever cry or get emotional over sothing in the past two years since she began streaming.
But for the very first ti in their lives, they watched her bawl her eyes out in a sobbing ss as she experienced the rendered in-ga cinematic.
For the past 24 hours, Anita had been streaming the ga non-stop in an on-the-spur of the mont marathon, minutes after she had received the ga earlier in the morning, yesterday.
Her loyal followers too, asides from seeing a bubblier side to their favorite strear, had so many holy-shit and WTF monts alongside Anita as they experienced the ga for the very first ti together.
At the sa ti, her view count, from its originally asly view count of a thousand viewers yesterday morning, had broken past a hundred thousand concurrent viewers as at the mont.
Yet, the lady wasn't even in the right state to appreciate her new viewers or celebrate her new milestone as a strear as she kept sobbing.
[Tech Wiz], was a brilliant ga that was clearly made by devs who truly cared about the gars and wanted for them to have an amazing experience that stuck with them, long after the credits were over.
The performance and gaplay was flawless, the traversal and combat chanics constantly felt fresh throughout the entire playthrough, the plethora of side quests and side activities to do were varied and engaging without feeling like it was simply tacked on to pad the ga out.
And the soundtrack… it was bar none, spectacular.
In fact, simply recalling the banger of a song that played in the opening sequence of the ga constantly gave them a lingering sense of euphoria.
But not even they could've expected the ga to deliver on such a compelling tale on what it was like to be a selfless hero who couldn't always save everyone no matter how hard he tried.
Hollywood superhero movies in more recent mories would even be put to sha with just how rich and well-executed the plot of the videoga was.
Soon enough Anita gathered herself and then watched as the last few cinematics of the ga played.
And finally, when the credits rolled, she couldn't help but clap in genuine appreciation, admiration and respect for every dev who worked on a ga she deed a masterpiece.
Surprisingly though, the end credits only lasted for a few asly minutes before it started nearing its end, further reminding both Anita and her viewers that SpawnPoint Studios, really was a small studio in comparison to industry giants.
But when she and chat noticed whom the composer for all of the ga's magnificent soundtrack was, they practically lost their shit till the credits finally ended and they were back in-ga!
And as if that hadn't been enough, no sooner had the player-controlled Tech Wiz spawned into fra while flexing his shoulders, Anita and her viewers were treated to an in-ga achievent for completing the ga's main story;
[You're Extraordinary!]
Once again, the strear and her viewers, lost their shit as the shaft of light from the early morning sun, peeked through her blinds, its rays gentle and warm.
It was 7:00am on the 5th of August, 2021.
And by 9:00am prompt, both [Tech Wiz] and [A Pirate's Odyssey] would be available for gars to finally, finally lay their hands on.
* * *
Asides Anita, the only strear SpawnPoint Studios had sent a copy of [Tech Wiz] to a day before its official release, they had also sent the ga to various videoga dia companies as per industry standards.
Soon, reviews were out and almost every critic score on a popular yet reputable gaming site called taReviews were in the high 80s to 90s, with so critics even giving the ga a perfect score.
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Wife Reviews – [100]
We can't stop thinking about this ga! If we're not playing it, we want to be! The story is emotional, resonant, and surprisingly deep, one that fans of the comic book will fall in love with. The retractable grappling hook, the grav boots, the wingsuit, the jet boosters, the plethora of in-ga exosuits–– they're all brilliant for traversal! The combat is also a thing of marvel with its hidden layers of combos and creative uses of gadgets which literally, has us looking forward to every combat encounter!
Dual Play – [87]
How SpawnPoint Studios have drawn out such a compelling narrative stacked against an impressive gaplay of an open-world superhero ga is an absolute benchmark and a new standard for single player AAA gas in the industry. The fluidity of combat and its deceptively deep and diverse chanics, alongside one of the best traversal techniques I've seen in videogas till date, makes [Tech Wiz], hands down one of, if not the best, superhero videoga in years!
Press Start – [95]
SpawnPoint Studios have not just given us the most subli superhero blockbuster videoga till date but also one of the most compelling superhero stories in all of dia till date. And then there's the gaplay, the compelling storyline, the soundtrack (My god the soundtrack!). Literally, [Tech Wiz] is a masterpiece and a thunderous triumph of AAA single-player gas that bleeds and excels at cinematic splendor from its every, digital, pore.
Let's Play – [90]
One of the best things about this ga (and wow there's a whole lot!), is how the map guides you to explore without you as a player, ever even realizing it. There's also no boring collectathon here or padded side activities. Rather, due to stumbling upon the plethora of extrely, well-written side quests, well-designed side activities, varying types of cris and multiple little secrets while slowly unlocking portions of the map as you traverse from one borough to the next, gives you a complete sense of imrsion in its spectacularly stylized and artistically recreated version of New York!
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As more and favorably high critic scores continued dropping for [Tech Wiz], GaSoft Studios, just like SpawnPoint Studios had done, also gave out review copies of [A Pirate's Odyssey] a day earlier to its release date.
And just like [Tech Wiz], they too got very high taReview critic scores in the 80s and 90s, albeit none ever got a perfect review score.
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IGM – [91]
[A Pirate's Odyssey] is the ultimate pirate ga. Fantastic naval battles, engaging skirmishes on the vibrantly realistic Caribbean seas, an epic tale of adventure for the illusive Davy Jones' treasure–– what more could you ask for?!
Ga Inforr – [87]
Despite having a few glaring flaws and issues, GaSoft Studios delivered on their promise of fulfilling every gars fantasy of sailing the perilous high seas with a healthy balance of RPG gaplay chanics. Naval combat is spot-on exquisite, off-sea exploration is well-executed and the story is good enough to keep you engaged till the credits roll.
WeHappyGars – [93]
The elent of being an outlaw of the sea, the drama and adventure of an epic odyssey, the combat that matches the bravado and flamboyance of your magnificent ship and the player-created and customizable pirate captain, the Swash in this ga, is definitely bucklin'!
Play Sense – [82]
Very fun ga. Delivers… mostly… on everything players hoped for in a Pirate RPG, although so of the typical busy-bodying of GaSoft's grindy formula, once again plagues what could've otherwise being a great ga.
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Interestingly, whereas [Tech Wiz] had very few, low taReview scores, all of them generally being in the high 60s in fact, [A Pirate's Odyssey], had so terribly low taReview scores that were practically in the low 40s and 30s.
This hinted at sothing quite fishy behind the scenes of the most anticipated Pirate RPG of 2021.
Unsurprisingly though, the major populace of excited gars were not aware of this just yet, but, they would be finding out, soon enough.
The ti was now 9:00am.
Gars, would finally, be able to give their verdicts on just how good… or possibly bad, the two most anticipated gas of the year were.
Could Have Been (From SING 2) by Halsey.
Thank you for reading o(〃'▽'〃)o .
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