Videogame News Thread

[Kalyx triaD]

This update was in the oven for a while. Not sure if I will play it, though.

And BTW, how many FPS games are out there?

[Drakul]

Mirrors Edge 2 isn't canceled according to Sent U A Message on the UK 360 dashboard. According to them, EA have said it's just "On Hold". So we could see it eventually.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Just specced up my new gaming PC for April. Building it myself, highlights are core-i5 760, 16gb RAM, 2 (two) 1gb GTX 560 TI's in SLI and a stereoscopic 3D monitor. Can't wait.

[Funky Fly]

You are getting a new 360 at some point, yeah? Who am I supposed to play Street Fighter with at 6am?

[Fignuts]

This update was in the oven for a while. Not sure if I will play it, though.

And BTW, how many FPS games are out there?

What does that have to do with anything?

Anyway, I feel like since Street Fighter 4 reinvigorated the fighting game market, we've seen more fighters coming out, which is good, but now it's starting to reach the oversaturation of the 90's.

[Kalyx triaD]

I don't agree that that's why fighting games died for a bit. 2D fighters died because the community became exclusive, not too mention the death of arcades in general. 3D fighters flourished on consoles because they made bigger strides for features and accessibility. So DoA, Tekkens, SoulCaliburs, and such went on for successful console releases. KoF never really stopped releasing games on console, but KoF was always a niche game (to this day). Capcom just didn't give a shit about making SF, Darkstalkers, Rival Schools, anything for a good while. They had to have their arm twisted to even make SF4, and a small project in TvC motivated them for MvC3.

Many new fighting games are due to 1) Capcom getting their balls back and making waves with SF4, and 2) Many smaller devs bringing their projects to the limelight (indy development is going on in all genres anyway). We were going to see a new Tekken, Virtua Fighter, KoF, and SoulCalibur regardless of what Capcom was doing. They never stopped. And the digital platforms, XBLA and PSN made porting older fighters easy. And it's great that new fighters are making it on as well, with Arcana Heart 3 coming to PSN.

That's not oversaturation, it's just healthy. I mentioned shooters because if anything that's an overblown market, and nobody seems to give a shit. Some companies feel like they need to have a shooter just because. It's not like these companies are releasing fighting games to meet fiscal quotas (in many cases projections are always kept low).

Personally I don't there's enough fighting games from enough people. I wanna see new IPs from new studios. It's something I watch with vested interest.

SO I MIGHT BE BIASED

[Extreme Angle]

Just specced up my new gaming PC for April. Building it myself, highlights are core-i5 760, 16gb RAM, 2 (two) 1gb GTX 560 TI's in SLI and a stereoscopic 3D monitor. Can't wait.

Total cost?
Looking to upgrade mine sometime.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Total cost?
Looking to upgrade mine sometime.

About £1,400

I am going overkill on it though, you Woild save £300 by only having 1 GFX card and 8gb RAM and another £300 by not taking the 3D monitor and glasses. It would still be a beast too.

[Boomer]

As an SLI user, it is usually not even worth it. Tons of games don't even support it.

[G]

You Don't Know Jack is really awesome. It's almost a good filler for 1 vs 100. Too bad nobody here will have it for the PS3.

[Boomer]

You Don't Know Jack is really awesome. It's almost a good filler for 1 vs 100. Too bad nobody here will have it for the PS3.

Glad you like it. I've been happy with the positive press for the game; hoping that it translates into some more regular releases.

[D Mac]

Back to the Future downloadable game on PS3 is pretty cool.

[BigDaddyCool]

And BTW, how many FPS games are out there?

Just because the FPS genre is over saturated does mean that it is ok to over saturate the fighting game genre. I don't really give a rats ass about either so I'm not biased.

[Funky Fly]

Fighting genre isn't over saturated. If anything, it's quite the niche market. The games coming out these days are pretty different from each other and tend to have "easy to learn/hard to master" complex systems to them.

The 90s went overboard. Street Fighter spawned 34786234764685 clones and that was fine. Some of them were damn good. The 3D era had a lot of cool ideas with kinda crappy execution, but there were also gems in there. Plus there were a lot of original ideas.

I'd love to see Fighter Maker on this gen of consoles. Keep the graphics at slightly better than PS2 level and you should have plenty of processing power to develop a full blown custom fighting engine. Plus they could do it Rock Band Network style and have the best creations get upped, voted on and sold to everyone at maybe $5 - $10 a pop.

[BigDaddyCool]

Funky, I was arguing that the fighting genre is or isn't. I was simply stating that just because fps might be (also not arguing if it is or isn't), that doesn't justify the fighting game genre doing as such, if it is.

[Funky Fly]

I'm just saying I wanna see Fighter Maker now.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to the Scott Pilgrim series creator, Scott Pilgrim vs the World could have been a completely different game had Ubisoft accepted Telltale Games idea for creating the game.

Telltale Games wanted something similar to the books by making the game more into an adventure game although it wasn't mentioned if the game would be episodic in content like the recent games from the studio.

Ubisoft rejected that idea and the request from Telltale Games to develop the game since they wanted the game to be more of a beat-em-up with homages to certain games of the past. Ubisoft also pushed for the 16-bit style feel to the graphics but also ended up not including online multiplayer when the game was initially released.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/02/xlarge_scott_pilgrim_telltale.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5766446/the-scott-pilgrim-video-game-could-have-been-a-big-adventure

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Time to celebrate as Legend of Zelda celebrates its 25th year anniversary today in Japan (US/Canada didn't get the game until August 22, 1987). Zelda was originally released on the Famicom Disk System and later ported to the NES for global release.

Not counting the packed-in games with the NES, when Zelda's NES gold cart was released, it became the very 1st million seller for the system.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'd love to see Fighter Maker on this gen of consoles. Keep the graphics at slightly better than PS2 level and you should have plenty of processing power to develop a full blown custom fighting engine. Plus they could do it Rock Band Network style and have the best creations get upped, voted on and sold to everyone at maybe $5 - $10 a pop.

Who did that series? Natsume? Whoever it was needs to get to work.

And make RPG Maker 3 for that matter.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[BigDaddyCool]

So, are any good games coming out soon?

[G]

Bulletstorm and Killzone 3 are the "hot new titles" releasing tomorrow.

[BigDaddyCool]

I have seen this bullet storm. I don't care. God... I wish I could stop worrying and just enjoy more games. But I am so fucking picky.

[Fignuts]

hmmmmm Might pick up killzone rather than mvc 3. Or 20 chalupas.

Leaning towards 20 chalupas.

[G]

Or 60 Beefy Crunch Burritos

[Fignuts]

Might get a bunch of sushi to go. Eat half, keep the rest in the fridge for tomorrow.

[BigDaddyCool]

Ewww. Does fish keep all that well?

[Fignuts]

Yeah, I mean it's probably not a good idea to save it for a week, but I have eaten sushi that was saved from the day before on many occasions. Doesn't taste any different, and doesn't make me sick at all, so there ya go.

[Fignuts]

Maybe if you saved cooked fish, but sushi is raw to begin with, so no harm done, as long as you keep it refridgerated

[BigDaddyCool]

Yeah, I was kinda thinking thT as I posted it but i only like tuna and shellfish. So I was thinking of cooked sushi.

[Fignuts]

Well I've also saved tempura, and that was fine too.

Again, this is like the day after, and it's been kept refridgerated, so I'm not endorsing everyone to go out and save some sushi for the summer.

[D Mac]

Dragon Age 2 demo is up on XBL Marketplace.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, DLed that unit, but had to leave before I could play it. Going home with MvC3 today, so I doubt I'll get around to it soon.

[Kalyx triaD]

That Hard Corps game takes forever to download. Do downloads not continue during Netflix anymore?

[Fignuts]

I don't remember if they ever did. I always thought using anything involving an online connection disturbs the download.

Also, I played the demo of HC and fucking loved it. If there is even a small part of you that enjoys contra, you need to get this.

[Kalyx triaD]

UUUUGGGGHHHHHH

[Funky Fly]

Def getting that DA2 demooooooooooo. All you fuckers need to go get it.

[Extreme Angle]

DA2 demo is amazing

[LoDownM]

I hope there is a PS3 version of the demo on Thursday, I want a sneak peak at the epicness.

[Emperor Smeat]

Rumored prices for the NGP 2 models range anywhere between $250-$280 for the Standard Model (no 3G or extra features) and $280-$350 for the 3G Model.

The 3G model does require a subscription which will make it even more expensive once all the costs are added.

If true then Sony will be loosing a lot more money than when they released the PSP based on the specs for the NGP. It also gives them room to phase out the cheaper model in the future if sales are low or a better model comes out.

http://www.pspgweber.com/822/next-generation-portable-standard-and-3g-model-price.html

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3DS release now at 4 days away for Japan and pre-orders in the UK/Europe have it as the #1 all-time pre-ordered system for both handhelds and console records.

Original plans were to release the system in June but leaks forced Nintendo to push the US and European launches 2 months earlier. It is also why Nintendo proclaims the launch window being 3 months long instead of the traditional 2 weeks to 1 month long.

[Kalyx triaD]

I wouldn't spend $300+ on any handheld. No way in hell.

Will the non-3G model be able to go online?

[Fignuts]

Uprising is fucking incredible.

[LoDownM]

Dragon Age 2 is going to be amazing, but no surprise there.

[Funky Fly]

lol Fucking Hell, Sony is just ridiculous with their hardware this generation. $300 plus subscription for a handheld? I put that down for the 360 because I know the online is worth it and there will be tons of support from developers as far as games and patches. PSP was the crappy port platform for the longest time.

Also, when are they gonna start rolling out the racist commercials for this one?

[Kalyx triaD]

I miss that little nigga Marcus.

[Emperor Smeat]

I wouldn't spend $300+ on any handheld. No way in hell.

Will the non-3G model be able to go online?

I believe it will but you wouldn't get the 3G speeds and it would depend on how the developer coded the multiplayer since I would bet the goal would be to eventually only have games run in 3G speeds for the future.

Its similar to when the PS2 would allow both 56k and broadband for online but games later were designed more for broadband speeds (Xbox only allowed broadband and Gamecube allowed both on the rare occasion it had).

[D Mac]

Yep, Dragon Age 2 demo was awesome. I haven't even beat Origins.

[Extreme Angle]

Fortress Craft coming to Xbox live indie...
Just a huge minecraft clone lol

[Kalyx triaD]

Shamelessness aside, why not port the real thing over? Does the developer have a stance either way? Are they owned by a publisher?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Shamelessness aside, why not port the real thing over? Does the developer have a stance either way? Are they owned by a publisher?

They might port it eventually. There's no publisher, just some dude who's made over $1 million selling an alpha 'pre-order' of his game.

They're woking on an iOS version now, where the real cash cow is.

[D Mac]

I hope there is a PS3 version of the demo on Thursday, I want a sneak peak at the epicness.

It's up right now.

[LoDownM]

I know, as you can see by my post 6 hours later.

[D Mac]

All you said is it's going to be amazing. You didn't say you had the demo. :p

[D Mac]

I guess getting Gamefly again was a mistake. I have 17 games on my Q and none of them were shipped. Even a couple that said high availability. :mad:

[FearedSanctity]

Yeah they're def slacking again. Sometimes they're all over it, and sometimes they don't seem to care

[D Mac]

So I went through and put 45 fucking games on my Q. If none of those are shipped by tomorrow I'm canceling.

[D Mac]

LOL I checked Blockbuster online and they have a fucking THREE MONTH WAIT on all new release games by mail. :n:

[Emperor Smeat]

In an interview with Famitsu, the development team behind the Nintendo 3DS gives some info on how the development process to the 3DS occurred over time.

The original plan was for the DS successor to have 2 screens since backwards compatibility was their main goal and then start to add new features.

Around 2008, the team decided to test out 3D to see how it would look on a screen with the goal being glasses-less 3D. They did this by hooking a 3D tv to a Wii and used Mario Kart Wii. Everyone liked it soo much that it was implemented in the 3DS.

Late into the planning and development, Miyamoto requested gyrosensors as a way to add a new type of gameplay for games not 3D-dependent. He wanted some form of motion controls on a handheld ever since the Wii was released and as another new type of gameplay.

The gyrosensor ended up becoming a backup plan for games not 3D-dependent but wanted to stand out in the 3DS library.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2011/02/3ds_03.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5768054/3d-wasnt-originally-planned-for-the-3ds

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Microsoft announces Gears of War 3 release date pushed back from a March/April 2011 date to now September 20 and as a global release.

The delay was not due to development problems but a marketing decision by Microsoft and also gives Epic Games more time to have the beta trial for the game.

[Fignuts]

Oh my fucking god, stage 3 in Uprising.

Fuck's sake.

[Emperor Smeat]

Kotaku has a new gameplay preview on the upcoming Dexus Ex Revolution game and this time there was less on-rails or set piece battles.

Not every character in the game has the same implants or even any implants that Jensen has. Some characters actually will dislike the character due to having the implants from conversations.

Looks like the factory stage has a timed hostage rescue mission based on the preview build which means not much exploration allowed until after freeing the hostages. The hostages are not the real goal but a side mission in the factory level.

Also shown are decisions given to the player which can impact the gameplay since a stealth decision will give players non-lethal or silenced weapons while other choices provide different routes and weapons.

Upgrades and inventory stuff are done by the use of experience trees (pay for better stats) and Resident Evil 4 style inventory system for holding everything you want (limited grid/slot system).

It also appears that levels have many different ways to complete to add to replay ability since there are multiple routes, tactics, and choices possible at certain parts of a level.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2011/02/deus_ex_human_revolution_2.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5769270/hands+on-with-the-new-deus-ex-and-the-next-stage-in-human-revolution

[Emperor Smeat]

Age of Empires Online switches developers about mid-way in development.

According to Microsoft, the actual plan involved the developers switching since the original studio, Robot Entertainment, was only meant to do the initial structure/foundation and give them some experience before handing the project to Gas Powered Games to create the actual content and gameplay.

Nothing huge is expected to change with the game from the switch while Robot Entertainment is set to work on a new and original IP for Microsoft.

Robot Entertainment is the studio Microsoft created using the remaining employees from Ensemble Studios after that studio was dissolved.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/02/xlarge_gasempire.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5770528/age-of-empires-online-switches-developers-in-mid+game

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Sony announced a $150 Full Deployment edition to arrive with SOCOM 4 that includes the game, a PlayStation Eye camera, a Move controller, a navigation controller, and the Sharp Shooter peripheral.

It probably means sales for the Move's Sharp Shooter "zapper" must have been much lower than Sony hoped although the $49.99 price tag didn't help either.

[Cool King]

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[Kalyx triaD]

Asian people are so talented.

[OssMan]

Does anyone have an account at backloggery.com :( Have been waiting to register for like 6 months.

[Emperor Smeat]

1st day sales results in Japan for the 3DS put it as #1 system seller of all-time with 400,000 sold or basically the entire Day 1 stock with the second shipment arriving today. It also managed to sell out in about 7 minutes once all the times and math was added up.

To put it in perspective, it beat the former #1 system (Wii) by 30,000 and the DS's opening by almost 200,000 units (230,000). The PSP only got 200,000 after 2 days and the PS3 reached about 83,000 in Day 1.

[Fignuts]

Only asians can play the piano.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Playing the Dreamcast collection and forgot how awesomely funky Space Channel 5 is.

Also, Crazy Taxi is buggy as fuck. Really don't remember it being that bad on the DC. Could have replaced the music with something less generic as well :(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

LG have won an injunction against Sony about technology used in the blu-ray player in the PS3. There will be no new PS3's shipped to Europe for 10 days.

Sony are appealing, bit LG can also ask for the ban to be extended.

[Emperor Smeat]

The artists behind Metroid Prime series show off more of the canceled concept art from the first game in the series.

The art showed designs for a potential Mother Brain and other characters that were not in the final release of the game. Crocomire was pretty close to being included in the game due to the numerous concept art dealing with the character.

As well as some settings that were removed or changed once the game was released on the Gamecube.

Different types of suits that were not used in any of the Prime games also are shown such as the Galactic Federation super suit.

http://betacache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/02/federationtrooper.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5772706/metroid-primes-coolest-concepts-from-the-cutting-room-floor

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Serious Sam 3: BFE to have a 16-player online Co-Op mode for Story/Campaign Mode.

The 16-player mode is set to be included with the PS3 and Xbox 360 and not just on PC like most large multiplayer modes tend to.

[Drakul]

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/20308849" width="800" height="400" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/20308849">"Emotion Capture" - Directing Milo</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6120374">John Dower</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

The game was said to be cancelled but given how much work is shown in this video, I'm not so sure.

[Kalyx triaD]

We'll see it in some form or another.

[LoDownM]

Why does microsoft have to be dumb and make it so you have to be on live to watch .avi's and such on your 360...

[Kalyx triaD]

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[BigDaddyCool]

Do they get naked?

[Emperor Smeat]

EA and Grasshopper Manufacture set June 7, 2011 as the release date for Shinji Mikami and Suda 51's collaboration game called Shadows of the Dammed.

More info about the game was also revealed including a new take on the light-dark style gameplay and a health recovery system based on drinking alcohol.

RPG-like elements in the game revolve around upgrading weapons with a gem-based system and a storyline influenced by Quentin Tarantino Grindhouse film.

The game is still set to arrive on PS3 and Xbox 360 with no news on a possible PC version or pre-release demo.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/03/xlarge_sotd_river.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5773804/go-to-hell-with-shadows-of-the-damned-this-summer

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Sega confirms that Sonic 4: Episode 2 will be arriving after stating that they just started working on it ("early development" phase).

Sega also stated they figured out how many episodes to make based on sales and feedback of the first episode and that there will be some changes for Episode 2 based on complaints of the first game as well.

[FearedSanctity]

Quick question guys. My dad has a modded 360. I was wondering if it'd be safe if I brought my HD and plugged it into his 360, instead of having to bring everything over every time. He has no internet connected to it, so there's no worry of being caught while playing. I just wanted to be sure that any games and stuff I played offline at his place wouldn't be tracked back to my 360 via the HD

[Kalyx triaD]

lol What?

[LoDownM]

Quick question guys. My dad has a modded 360. I was wondering if it'd be safe if I brought my HD and plugged it into his 360, instead of having to bring everything over every time. He has no internet connected to it, so there's no worry of being caught while playing. I just wanted to be sure that any games and stuff I played offline at his place wouldn't be tracked back to my 360 via the HD

You'll be fine as long as you don't play any games that aren't out yet.

[FearedSanctity]

Alright, thanks. Just wasn't sure if any info or anything, saying the game was a copy or the console was modded, would be saved onto my HD that'd come back to bite me in the ass when I brought it back to my 360.

[Extreme Angle]

You'll be fine as long as you don't play any games that aren't out yet.

I put my friends 120gb HD into my Banned Flashed 360, during a LAN party.
Corrupted all his saves...
We put Smackdown vs Raw 2011 in, had to use a boot disk, then it asked for an update, wouldn't play without it, then it all went corrupt when he pressed yes.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I put my friends 120gb HD into my Banned Flashed 360, during a LAN party.
Corrupted all his saves...
We put Smackdown vs Raw 2011 in, had to use a boot disk, then it asked for an update, wouldn't play without it, then it all went corrupt when he pressed yes.

That only happens if the 360 is banned from Live. If it's never been on the net, it should be fine.

[LoDownM]

That only happens if the 360 is banned from Live. If it's never been on the net, it should be fine.

This. Have had a friend put his profile/saves from his non-flashed 360 into mine and another friends flashed ones many times and he's never had any problems.

[Boomer]

Everybody should not forget to spend five bucks on Pacman CE DX this week.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Nintendo are about to do their GDC keynote speech. I'll let you know if anything good turns up in the first hour as I may be switching it up to Apple's speech after that.

[RoXer]

Everybody should not forget to spend five bucks on Pacman CE DX this week.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Awesome story about Iwata being introduced to Miyamoto for the first time 25 years ago and Iwata arrogantly believing he was better than anyone else programming games and that would be proven by sales.

Then got spanked, of course.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

"Flance".

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Iwata talking about multiplayer games, even saying that Call of Duty and XBox Live are leading the way and that's what "social" gaming should be, not through Facebook. Wonder if he's building to a new Nintendo online strategy.

[OssMan]

"link"

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://gdc2011.nintendo.com

It is a developer conference though, so don't expect announcements, although there may be a surprise or two.

Kirby was originally called Tinkle Popo when translated to English :'(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Reggie's gonna talk why WiiWare and downloadable DSi was shit and why 3DS will do better. Also some games.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Netflix on 3DS in the summer. Will link with Wii so you can start watching on one and the other can pick up where it left off and stream to both devices at once with one account.

3D movie trailers coming for US, Green Lantern the first film.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Nintendo are going to select content and have their own channel for 3D content, including music videos.

The 3D cameras will also record video.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

AT&T hot spots free to use for 3DS owners. Promising lots of demos as well.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Nintendo eShop will have the existing DSi store, Virtual Console (which has GB, GBC, Game Gear and TG16 games, but no GBA) and 3D Classics. Old games remastered in 3D.

Hoping GBA games come on the remastered channel then.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Mario 3DS announced, by the team of Mario Galaxy :heart:

Logo has a tail, reveal why at 3DS (Full Mario 3 remake? :) )

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Ocarina of Time is June!

Skyward Sword being shown off now.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Talking about concerns with the industry. One was craftsmanship, basically talking about how people don't go back and redo parts of games to male sure it's as polished as possible.

He's got a point. Even the worst Nintendo game is polished as hell.

[FearedSanctity]

Wii does have a lot of games, but a good chunk of it is the same game. Meanwhile, PS3 and 360 games can vary relatively largely from each other

[FearedSanctity]

Did he just say quantity is what matters to Sony and Microsoft, just after showing a chart that his company's systems have double the amount of Sony and Microsoft combined?


http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/nint-gdc11-keynote-0100.jpg

[#BROKEN Hasney]

He was talking about Nintendo as a game developer, not in terms of Wii as a platform.

Bigging up MS and Sony's premium gaming as well as Nintendo's own, saying that mobile gaming being so cheap might hurt consumers perception of value and grab Angry Birds more than Call of Duty of Mario.

Now saying the first 20 mins of the game are the most important. Fuck yes they are, hate games you have to plough through to get good.

[FearedSanctity]

Got ya, so fucking hard to understand this guy sometimes that it's easy to miss some things completely

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Did he just say quantity is what matters to Sony and Microsoft, just after showing a chart that his company's systems have double the amount of Sony and Microsoft combined?


http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/nint-gdc11-keynote-0100.jpg

No, he was talking about how difficult it is for new games to be noticed on all 4 systems as it is, but mobile platforms have 10's of thousands already and 94% of those downloaded games are free, so where's the business model?

He was going for a united front from Nintendo, MS and Sony against the cheap, crap mobile and social network gaming out there now.

[FearedSanctity]

Wow, misunderstood him completely then.

I still think Nintendo should have it's own front against the majority of crap games they OK for Wii before they care about other platforms crap games

[#BROKEN Hasney]

During his GDC 2011 panel, Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki said "I think Sega will let me make it," referring to the long-awaited Shenmue 3. However, it's not a guarantee. He couched the discussion by saying it's contingent on budget issues -- by the way, Suzuki said that Shenmue cost $47 million to make, not the patently ridiculous $70 million Sega quoted -- and that he basically could only be sure that 200 people (the people in the room) would buy it.

So it probably won't amount to anything. But Yu Suzuki just sustained our hopes of continued Shenmue regardless.

!!!!!

That's good enough for me.

[Emperor Smeat]

Wow, misunderstood him completely then.

I still think Nintendo should have it's own front against the majority of crap games they OK for Wii before they care about other platforms crap games

Its no different than any other time a system is the leader during a generation. Sony never cared when the PS2 had its massive lead and market share (over 10,000 games last time it was tracked).

The biggest difference is the Wii's casual audience is talked a lot more than the PS2's audience and the involvement of both Sony and Nintendo with the audience.

[Emperor Smeat]

DICE and EA continue trashing Activision and Call of Duty series. They also managed to indirectly insult gamers who play those games even though that same group also buys other shooters and EA games.

“We want to make a game for grown-ups. We don’t want to make a children’s game, a twitch, infantry-focused on-drugs sugar-rush experience. This needs to be an adult game with mature features and depth. It’s supposed to be a sport. It should be: ‘I can trust this game.’”

Last game DICE worked on was the multiplayer portion of Medal of Honor reboot which got mixed reviews ranging from decent/good to shallow and very litle depth in terms of features, maps, and modes.

A "leaked" Battlefield 3 gameplay trailer showed off some of the Quick-Time Events (QTE) and graphically looked great on the PC (lead development system).

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/dice-producer-takes-swipe-at-rivals-570418_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/84400/dice-producer-takes-swipe-at-rivals/

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Nintendo confirms no chance at them sneaking in Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword before June/July even though the game is mostly done.

Rumors were of the game doing something similar to Mario Galaxy 2 and launching in May but Nintendo said the next time new info is given will be during E3 and the game is still set for a late 2011 release date.

[Icess]

May have been acknowledged already, but IGN says that over 70% of people that started Heavy Rain finished it. If true, that number is ridiculous, as I guarantee the usual number is around 25%. I'm kinda hoping that this helps aid a resurgence in GOOD adventure games, especially because I'm still dying to see the next Dreamfall game.

[G]

Heavy Rain was a fantastic game.

[Extreme Angle]

Bought Pac-Man DX. Such an awesome game, love that you can change the style of pacman to Pac-Mania style :D. Ghost lines are huge

[BigDaddyCool]

If you don't think dinosaurs are awesome, fuck you:

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[Cool King]

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3698/375957-reptar003_large.gif

[Xero]

FYI: Steam is selling Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut, Call of Juarez, Far Cry 2 and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 in a package for $12.

[Emperor Smeat]

Valve recently teamed up with Intel to provide a stronger security and anti-phishing system for Steam.

Once completed, Steam Guard will be a hardware-based security system instead of the more common and traditional software-based system.

No more would fake email messages work to steal passwords since any changes to an account has to be done on the computer (or authorized machine).

Steam Guard will be optional to use in case some users don't want to be "locked" into one machine or are more comfortable in the old system.

Steam Guard is a security technology that locks account modification to a single computer. Users will still be able to access Steam and play games they've already purchased from anywhere, but any major changes to the account must be done through the authorized machine.

The service takes advantage of Intel's new Identity Protection Technology, integrated into the second generation of its Core and Core vPro processors. The technology generates a random number every thirty seconds, and Steam Guard will verify that number. If you aren't at that computer, you aren't gaining access.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/03/valve-steam-square-logo_01.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5775573/steam-secures-player-accounts-with-random-intel-technology
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Don't expect any major changes or a new engine for Modern Warfare 3 after Infinity Ward said any plans on updating or making a new engine won't happen. It also means any major bugs or problems with the engine won't be fixed either as a result.

IW has been using the same engine (although modified per game) ever since Call of Duty 2.

[D Mac]

Don't expect any major changes or a new engine for Modern Warfare 3 after Infinity Ward said any plans on updating or making a new engine won't happen. It also means any major bugs or problems with the engine won't be fixed either as a result.

IW has been using the same engine (although modified per game) ever since Call of Duty 2.

Heh, the cheaters are delighted to hear that news.

[LoDownM]

Crysis 2 multiplayer looks like a CoD clone, but man is the game pretty.

[BigDaddyCool]

They need to make a Charlie Sheen video game. A game that is all about winning.

[Fignuts]

I can't wait for the next splinter cell. Been playing conviction a lot lately. Fuck all the haters. The old games were getting stale. The new gameplay is awesome.

Only thing that bothers me is that even if you take out a dozen guys, the one guy left will still be taunting you and act cocky. This wouldn't have been much of a bother, but I played this after arkham asylum, so it was more noticable to me.

Even so, deniable ops is a blast, and I wish they would release another dlc pack for it.

[G]

Conviction is a great game. If they had it on PS3 I would get it again.

[Emperor Smeat]

Hyperdimension Neptunia on the PS3 by NIS could potentially change the way party-based RPGs are played and it involves spending real money.

Traditionally RPGs either let you form your initial party from a pool of characters or let you recruit new characters either by force or as an option. This game lets you recruit characters in your party as long as you actually pay to use them.

You still unlock characters in the traditional storyline way but until you purchase the activation packs on the PSN store ($1.99), they remain "locked" for the entire game.

Unlike most DLC, the difference in this style is how the characters are actually advertised in ads or back of the box but purposely locked compared to adding stuff not on the disk or hiding it with a key. Same goes for certain missions, weapons, and clothing.

Square-Enix has already tested out doing something like this in the future with some WiiWare games but so far haven't done it in a big retail game.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/03/pay2play_01.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5776688/a-role+playing-game-that-makes-you-pay-for-your-party-members

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A lot of news from Epic games concerning Gears of War 3 with the beta starting April 18 (Bulletstorm owners) or April 25 (pre-order owners) and finishes May 15.

Also announced was 3 versions of the game will be released as Standard, Limited, and Epic. If past collection sets are any indication, Limited should be around $70-$120 and Epic around $90-$150.

Finally, Epic also brags how their Easter Eggs in the game will be much harder to find taking "Months If Not Years" to find.

[Kalyx triaD]

lol Premium party members, get the fuck outta here. Imagine something like this on a Tactics game.

[Emperor Smeat]

343 Stduios hints that a Halo Wars sequel might arrive in the future and could even be a Kinect-enabled game.

Last year Microsoft tried to shut down the leaderboards for the game due to lack of support compared to their other games but found out that the community is still strong enough for RTS games on the console.

That said, there are no plans to take this game in either direction. "It was a huge success," 343's Frank O'Connor told CVG, citing Halo Wars' status as the top selling RTS on this generation of consoles (an admittedly small field.)

But "is the will to do a sequel there? Who knows. We could do something that works on Kinect, for example," O'Connor said. "There's no will against it but we're not working on it right now."

Halo Wars ended up becoming the number #1 selling console RTS game this generation and possibly all-time with roughly 2.11 million sales since release.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/05/halowars.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5777471/halo-wars-still-a-worthy-franchise-says-new-halo-studio

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Nintendo reveals the Master Quest will be included in the Ocarina of Time 3DS game. Previously, the 2nd quest was only available in Japan or on the Zelda collection set disc but this makes the first time ever it will be on the same game cart in the US/Canada and Europe.

[G]

I'm gonna guess that 76% of people who bought Halo Wars had no idea it was a RTS

[Drakul]

Nintendo reveals the Master Quest will be included in the Ocarina of Time 3DS game. Previously, the 2nd quest was only available in Japan or on the Zelda collection set disc but this makes the first time ever it will be on the same game cart in the US/Canada and Europe.

It's been out in Europe multiple times. It came with Wind Waker if you preordered and it was on the Zelda Collection disc, like they said. Both of which were available in Europe and I have both.

[Emperor Smeat]

Was the Master Quest originally included in the Ocarina of Time cart when it was released on the N64 in Europe?

I should have been a bit more clear meaning this will be the first time the MQ is together with the original like it was in Japan and not as an "extra" or pre-order bonus.

[Drakul]

No it wasn't on the cart with the original OoT. The only times it was on the same "media" as OoT was when it shared a disc with it for the WW preorder bonus disc and in the Zelda Collection.

[Xero]

It wasn't even on a cart in Japan. It was released as a expansion for the disk expansion thing they released only in Japan.

[Emperor Smeat]

Crap I forgot all about that N64 Disk Drive (N64DD) thingy they had for the system in Japan.

[Xero]

No it wasn't on the cart with the original OoT. The only times it was on the same "media" as OoT was when it shared a disc with it for the WW preorder bonus disc and in the Zelda Collection.

Was the Zelda Collection different in Europe? I have both games (one for pre-ordering Wind Waker and one for subscribing to Nintendo Power) and the Zelda Collection only has regular OoT, MM, LoZ and LoZ2. The pre-order bonus only has OoT and Master Quest.

[Drakul]

The WW bonus disc had OoT and OoT:MQ

The Zelda Collection had LoZ, LoZ2, OoT, OoT:MQ & MM.

[Extreme Angle]

My WW bonus disk had 2 classic Zelda games aswell...

[D Mac]

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/115/1153806/The_Darkness_II_first_look_1_1299287533.jpg

Screenshot of The Darkness 2. Can't fucking wait for this.

[Big Fat Mike]

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/115/1153806/The_Darkness_II_first_look_1_1299287533.jpg

Screenshot of The Darkness 2. Can't fucking wait for this.

But wasn't the first one...you know, horrible?

[Emperor Smeat]

Red Lynx announces that the "sequel" or successor to Trials HD will arrive on the Wii and be called Moto Heroz. The studio is being backed in both money and help from Nintendo so no chance at this game arriving on the PS3 or Xbox 360 (similar to Trials HD not on the Wii or PS3).

Some gameplay features announced are roughly 75 levels, side scrolling perspective for races, and the Wiimote used in the classic NES position with motion controls mainly for flipping crashed cars.

Red Lynx's goal for multiplayer is to do something barely seen or done on consoles and handhelds:
The idea Red Lynx had been incubating is the game's unusual online system. The game's developers are creating about 50 levels that they can upload to players, a few at a time in some sort of rotation. Each is about 20KB in size, Ilvessuo told me, and will be transmitted simultaneously to all owners of the game as an immediate score-based challenge. Red Lynx will run the challenges for 12-24 hours, then pull the levels and upload different ones. The studio's goal is to give gamers a new reason to play the game each day. If Wii players like it, Red Lynx will create more levels and keep rotating them in and out.

The game is expected to arrive on WiiWare late Spring 2011 to early Summer 2011 (May-August/September 2011 range).

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http://kotaku.com/#!5778800/the-trials-hd-people-believe-they-can-bring-online-innovation-to-get-this-the-wii


(:lol: people already demanding this game come to XBLA and not the Wii or along with the Wii version even though Nintendo is financing the entire project)

[LoDownM]

God damn it, my 360 red ringed, even tho it hadn't even been used in almost 14 hours.

[Icess]

I suppose that's news....

[LoDownM]

This is like the 100,000 reply thread for the vg forum, bite me.

[Icess]

Overreact much?

[Miotch]

God damn it, my 360 red ringed, even tho it hadn't even been used in almost 14 hours.
Mine too, bro. Mine too.

[G]

Since Kalyx doesn't frequent here anymore, someone should start up a new VG News thread and have it stickied.

[Fignuts]

But wasn't the first one...you know, horrible?

Not at all. Was actually one of the better early 360 games.

[G]

Kinda want to play it now. Is it scary? I want a scary game

[Icess]

It's ok in that department. A solid game overall, but FEAR and Dead Space are much scarier. The gameplay of the Darkness is novel, and the story is intriguing. I'd put it on par with Prey (another title that doesn't get enough love)

[G]

Fucking couldn't stand Dead Space. Literally had to force my way through the first 7 chapters before stopping. Every level felt the same. DS2 seems to have fixed that, with multiple types of environments.

[Icess]

Manhunt and Condemmed might be as scary as well (US versions only)

[G]

I need PS3 games. Is that on the PS3

[Fignuts]

Condemned is terrifying.

[Icess]

Siren:Blood Curse is tits. I think that's PS3 exclusive.

[G]

yeah i've already played that. good game

[D Mac]

Yeah Condemned and Condemned 2 played in low light will make you nervous.

[D Mac]

Read on IGN that the latest GTA 5 rumor is that it will be in Los Santos.

[Fignuts]

God damn it, my 360 red ringed, even tho it hadn't even been used in almost 14 hours.

Mine too, bro. Mine too.

Oh god, it's contagious. I just got it too.

[Xero]

Read on IGN that the latest GTA 5 rumor is that it will be in Los Santos.

Dunno how I feel about that. I'd rather see something like a Mexican city or Chicago than another retread. I had no problem with them revisiting Liberty City, because it's basically what GTA's built off of. But I don't really want to see the same location again until the next gen (which would technically be after the next one, really).

Though if they time warped another location into the 80s or even before, that could be cool.

[BigDaddyCool]

They should do it into the future. With gangs and shit and really crappy robots.

[DaveBrawl]

Want to show off your Xbox 360 Avatar in real life? Well now you can. You can get a huge (up to 4 ft x 6 1/2 ft) poster, like the one on the left or a fully detailed 3-D replica.

Xbox.com has more details.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5220/5489629915_561f67c9d2_m.jpg

Avatar fatheads? That can only be awesome.

[Xero]

They should do it into the future. With gangs and shit and really crappy robots.

Yeah, but I could also see Rockstar doing another franchise for that, kind of like Red Dead Redemption being their Old West franchise.

Would love a Futurama-esq GTA-style game.

[Emperor Smeat]

An Indie studio created by a few former members of the Halo franchise announce a new game called Fallen Frontier.

The game by Moonshot Games was revealed to be a 2-D shooter in the style of Bionic Commando and Shadow Complex with a sci-fi setting and theme for gameplay. Also revealed was co-op multiplayer mode to go along with the standard solo/campaign mode.

The game will officially be playable as a demo at the upcoming PAX East 2011. It is expected at the convention that the platforms and potential release date will be announced.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/ex-halo-guys-make-new-2d-shooter-138150_expanded.jpeg


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http://kotaku.com/#!5779304/ex+halo-guys-show-off-new-2d-shooter

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Expect the dance game genre to decline again with today's announcement by Activision of their current development with a new game called Dance Hero.

Activision is still clinging to the "Hero" series and this new game could bridge the gap for the next Guitar or DJ Hero should it arrive next year.

[Xero]

I thought Guitar Hero was scrapped entirely as a franchise.

[Fignuts]

Fallen Frontier looks dull and boring.

Especially after playing hardcorps.

[Emperor Smeat]

I thought Guitar Hero was scrapped entirely as a franchise.

It depends since they only officially scrapped the 2011 GH/DJ Hero game but might attempt one last game next year.

They want to take a year off to figure out their long term plans and decided to at least capitalize in the current dance genre craze for now.

[D Mac]

Psycho by Puddle of Mudd is available for Guitar Hero: Warriors or Rock!

Maybe I'm the one, maybe I'm the one, who is, the schizophrenic psycho YEAH!

[G]

shut the fuck up

[Reavant]

anyone who isnt frequenting the mk thread needs to at least watch this video



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[BigDaddyCool]

anyone who isnt frequenting the mk thread needs to at least watch this video



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lol at the head being ripped off by a taxi cab.

[Extreme Angle]

That does look awesome... Fairplay.

[Fignuts]

Is that trailer the first reveal of Jade? Can't remember her being mentioned before.

[G]

nah because i remember people saying "wow i thought she was black"

[D Mac]

Shut the fuck up

[G]

nice one

[D Mac]

We aim to please

[LoDownM]

Gaming gods hate me, first my 360 red rings, and now PSN is down all day, thanks for the boredom gaming gods! :mad:

[G]

i love how i have the day off today, and psn is down all fucking day.

[Ermaximus]

I want Jet Force Gemini on XBLA, or on a retro disc or something. Fuck you Microsoft for being cocks with your RARE games.

[Emperor Smeat]

The producer/director behind the Mario Kart series explains how and why the Blue Shell was put in the game. It turns out the Blue Shell had 2 purposes with one being a hidden purpose.

Gameplay-wise, the shell is meant to keep every race fun for everyone playing. The idea was to keep people playing and not give up due to 1-2 people dominating every race.

Technical-wise, it was meant to keep the N64 processor from overloading with everyone on the screen. The shell in this case was meant to knock people off the track to ease the CPU workload.

The team had the idea to get rid of the Blue Shell for the Wii version of Mario Kart but by then it became too famous and well-known part of the series to just get rid of.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2011/03/blueshell.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5780082/the-maker-of-mario-kart-justifies-the-blue-shell

[Fignuts]

So I won't be on LIVE for the foreseeable future. Warranty ran out, and I need to conserve my money, for the next couple of months. Maybe if I get a decent tax return I'll be back. But for now, Fignuts is exclusive to the PS3.

[G]

welcome to the winners side

[Fignuts]

I notice the winner's side doesn't have Super Meat Boy. This does not seem like much of a victory.

[G]

i'm trying to make the best of my situation. thanks for keeping it real

[FearedSanctity]

Stevie Richards pitches first perfect game in MLB2k11, but wins nothing because the contest doesn't start until April 1st

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/09/pro-wrestler-pitches-first-known-perfect-mlb-2k11-game-wins-not/#continued

[RoXer]

I notice the winner's side doesn't have Super Meat Boy. This does not seem like much of a victory.

Now it just became the whiner's side

[D Mac]

i love how i have the day off today, and psn is down all fucking day.

haha

[LoDownM]

Like Live has never been down all day for maintenance.

[Emperor Smeat]

PSN went down due to Sony adding in Cloud Computing for game saves. Only PSN Plus members get access to it but no word if it will eventually extend to all PSN members.

150 MB in space and 1000 game saves allowed per account right now.

[dronepool]

PSN went down due to Sony adding in Cloud Computing for game saves. Only PSN Plus members get access to it but no word if it will eventually extend to all PSN members.

150 MB in space and 1000 game saves allowed per account right now.

That feature plus the bonus stuff makes it tempting now.

[OssMan]

Don't understand

[Funky Fly]

Did they at least give you a head's up that it went down? If they did, quit complaining.

[Emperor Smeat]

Microsoft preparing to respond harshly to the recent XBLA points exploit costing the company $1.2 million before it was shut down.

Unlike other point generator schemes, this one managed to generate numbers of cards based on previously used cards and not by a random generator. Also unlike other exploits that require some time to get multiple codes and limits on point values, this exploit allowed multiple codes that only needed a button click to generate each time.

Microsoft estimates about 1/2 million unsold cards for XBLA are potentially useless right now until Microsoft resets the activation on them.

Microsoft is considering a variety of punishments ranging from simple point and purchase deductions to banning and potential bricking of consoles for the bigger offenders (someone managed to steal roughly $15,000 worth in points and spent them all).

The exploit only was online for 4 hours and Microsoft confirms the numbers not generated during that time won't be reset in case they were legitimate purchases.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/03/points.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5780686/microsoft-invalidates-stolen-point-codes-considers-punishment-for-exploiters

[Funky Fly]

Wow.

[Drakul]

Why do people even do this stuff? Do they honestly think stuff like this goes by unnoticed?

[Funky Fly]

Well, there's probably a bunch of guys that got the stuff duped and are now gonna mod the consoles and never use them online, which is relatively safe, I suppose. Probably a fairly big bunch of people gonna get banned/bricked in the next wave because they're too stupid to see that MS can see what you're doing online..

[Lara Emily]

But wasn't the first one...you know, horrible?

I enjoyed it great story some fun gameplay creepy visuals

[FearedSanctity]

Yeah, The Darkness has easily been one of my favorite games of the current gen. Not perfect, but an awesome story and just really fun to play

[Emperor Smeat]

Valve announces there will be some sort of content to explain the gap in story between Portal 1 and Portal 2. They didn't announce what it is but it could range anywhere between pre-DLC like Case Zero was for Dead Rising 2, a mini-game of some sort, or just a simple storyline press release.

Valve says while Portal 1 occurred after the first Half-Life but before HL 2, Portal 2occurs during Half Life 2 but didn't specify if it was during the main game or the episodes set.

Also announced was Portal's overall story does not actually connect with the Half-Life series storyline but almost as a sidestory with minimal references to events in HL.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/galleries/2011-03-11/portal-2/portal-2_1299884983.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/84655/additional-portal-2-story-information-coming-prior-to-release/

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EA drops support for updating NBA Jam rosters for consoles after initially promising the updates would follow the same schedule as the rest of the EA roster update games (Jam would have followed NBA Live/Elite schedule).

The BS reason was because they had to include online and HD for the Xbox 360/PS3 meant it was impossible for them to include a roster update schedule. App Store unofficial reason was they were too lazy since the game was a cheap port.

[Xero]

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[Emperor Smeat]

Electronic Arts might have another financial problem on their hands after UFC bought out Strikeforce today. UFC's exclusive deal with THQ lasting till 2018 could end up killing EA's promised MMA game sequel while giving THQ access to Strikeforce fighters for its next game.

EA's original plans were to put their new MMA series on an alternating schedule with Fight Night series to provide another yearly source of revenue for the company.

Even though THQ announced their UFC series is now on a 2 year schedule, it isn't expected that UFC will beak its current deal with THQ to fill in the non-THQ years. THQ would demand less payments on license fees and preference in the UFC brand in any new deal.

This news combined with horrible NBA Jam sales, potential end for the NBA Live/Elite series, and expected weak Madden 12 sales will ruin EA's revenue from its sports division.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2011/03/img_247902_ufc-undisputed-2010-review-01.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5781350/ufc-takeover-of-strikeforce-could-ko-ea-sports-mma-after-one-round

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Microsoft testing out their network and Xbox Live with a new program called Xbox Labs until March 27. Any Xbox user can join the program and in return Microsoft is giving away free avatar goodies.

The tests are bandwidth intensive and the required stages are 30 minutes done in a row, 1 hour cumulative, and 6 hours cumulative without doing anything else on the system.

[Emperor Smeat]

Huge rumor involving Microsoft potentially terminating their relationship with Rare could occur within next year if Rare's next game called Kinect Sports 2 fails to reach sales expectations. Poor sales, public reception, and money spent with little return are some of the reasons for Microsoft to consider this a move.

The rumor originates from last month but somewhat confirmed due to the only major title Rare will work on in 2011 is Kinect Sports 2. Kinect Sports 1 sold about 2.8 million copies but the majority of those were bundled with the accessory (same for Kinect Adventures).

Kinect Sports 2 will be the real test for Microsoft to determine if Rare can still sell games without needing bundles or pre-Kinect hype. They might be expecting something similar to Wii Sports Resort generating about 1/3 the sales of Wii Sports.

Should Microsoft get rid of Rare, their internal studios would most likely take over the Kinect series.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2011/03/feeling.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5781578/hope-youre-ready-for-more-kinect-sports

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EA and Activision are leading a group of publishers and developers studios in an attempt to remove NDP from sales discussions. Their issue revolves around the NDP requiring members to pay to access its data and the lack of digital sales tracked by the NDP.

The other problem involves publishers and the Big 3 (Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft) themselves do not provide digital sales to the NDP which ends up not covering or estimating these sales as a result.

[G]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/portals.031411-530px.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/14/custom-made-portal-portals-are-an-interior-decorating-triumph/)
One husband and wife DIY team recently announced on Reddit that they'd unlocked the secret of portal technology* using everyday, off-the-shelf parts. By attaching LED rope light to the backs of two oval mirrors, they succeeded in creating one of the most effective (and easily replicated) displays of video game related wall art we've ever had the pleasure to lay eyes on: Portal (http://www.joystiq.com/game/portal-2) portals that look strikingly authentic.

The Redditors in question, corttana and dahburbb, say that the "spiraling" effect of the lights is actually the unexpected result of curving the light rope they used into an oval shape. When asked by other users, the duo said they plan to building a Companion Cube storage chest to round out their personal Enrichment Center. You can see more photos of it at the source link (http://imgur.com/a/Sfydf).

[OssMan]

It would be cooler if each one was a screen and had a camera on it so when you looked in one it would be like looking out the other.

[Vietnamese Crippler]

Get on that shit then, show them up.

[Drakul]

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Urgh...

[Fignuts]

Well, that looks like dog shit.

[Funky Fly]

Yup.

[D Mac]

That moonsault finisher look pretty cool tho.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Cannot wait for the updated Cthulhu Saves the World. Cthulhu Saves the World: Super Hyper Enhanced Championsh​ip Edition Alpha Diamond DX Plus Alpha FES HD -- Premium Enhanced Game of the Year Collector'​s Edition (without Avatars!).

Here's some of whats new:



Cthulhu's Angels mode: Cthulhu gets women to save the world for him
Director's Commentary mode: look for commentary icons scattered throughout the game
Rebalanced abilities and monsters; Insanity difficulty mode
Unlockable character Bromides
Longer credits!

[D Mac]

IGN:

Ubisoft is to release an all new rhythm action game dubbed Rocksmith, featuring a fully-functioning electric guitar and songs by big names such as David Bowie, Nirvana and The Rolling Stones.

The announcement – as broken by The Hollywood Reporter – comes just over a month after Activision pulled the plug on the Guitar Hero series, and in a climate where the music genre is generally believed to be struggling.

Rocksmith, however, looks to position itself differently to the competition. "Guitar Hero is a party game," said Ubisoft's senior VP of marketing Tony Key, "Rocksmith is a music experience."

Ubisoft is believed to be looking to partner with Gibson and other guitar manufacturers to create an experience that's more geared towards learning how to play the instrument. Harmonix's Rock Band 3, which released last year, took a similar approach with its full-priced, full-sized and fully functioning Fender Stratocaster guitar peripheral, though Rocksmith looks to have trumped it with its ability to support "most" electric guitars thanks to an input jack that's plugged into the console.

"The dream of playing guitar compared to how many follow through -- there's a big gap," Key said in Rocksmith's defence. "We will create a new generation of guitar players."

Rocksmith is looking to launch this September, and is said to feature songs not available on either RockBand or Guitar Hero.

Interesting

[OssMan]

If it is actually gonna teach people how to play guitar then I am not completely against it like I am with Guitar Hero.

I'd just like to point out that Nintendo did it first with the miracle piano btw

[#BROKEN Hasney]

You can now replace PS3 blu-ray drives and re-marry them. Save yourself £200 from Sony.

Only if you never upgrade above 3.55 like some type of chump anyways.

[Funky Fly]

If it is actually gonna teach people how to play guitar then I am not completely against it like I am with Guitar Hero.

I'd just like to point out that Nintendo did it first with the miracle piano btw

Guitar Hero is just for fun. So sick of people bitching about not using real guitars. You don't play Call of Duty and expect to go rip shit up in Afghanistan right after, do you?

[LoDownM]

http://exophase.com/22007/crytek-uk-has-big-surprise-in-store-plans-for-e3-unveil/


With Crytek’s Crysis 2 hitting store shelves next week, the company is ramping up hype for its next project, one that’s in development at its UK arm. Crytek co-founder Avni Yerli tells Develop (http://www.develop-online.net/news/37289/Crytek-UK-project-set-for-E3-revea) that the unveil, which will likely make an E3 apperance, will make the gaming scene “very pleased.”We come to mutual conclusions on projects, and I think at E3 this year – or just after – we are going to make a big announcement that I think people will be happy about.
The sentiment that “people will be happy” certainly seems to indicate that something is receiving the sequel treatment. Could it be a new TimeSplitters? One can hope.
Prior to being acquired by Crytek UK, Free Radical were working on TimeSplitters 4 (http://exophase.com/7766/free-radical-asks-which-platform-would-you-like-to-see-timesplitters-4-on/). Since then, the studio has expressed interest (http://exophase.com/19344/crytek-may-revisit-timesplitters-universe/) in reviving the franchise, though nothing concrete has come to light.
Follow this author on Twitter (http://twitter.com/x3sphere).

[OssMan]

Guitar Hero is just for fun. So sick of people bitching about not using real guitars. You don't play Call of Duty and expect to go rip shit up in Afghanistan right after, do you?
Yeah I know it is for fun, but that doesn't mean that I still don't think it is retarded. Call of Duty is pretty stupid too, but I don't feel as ridiculous holding a controller and pointing a gun around on screen than I do holding a plastic mini guitar with a little thing that you flick on it. Also, I barely know how to shoot a gun and I'm pretty sure I'm never going to get the chance to run around and kill people, so it's fun to simulate that. But I can play guitar. And it isn't that much fun to simulate something that I can already do. I understand that it is more fun for people who can't. But whatever.

[Fignuts]

There are lots of people who can play guitar, and still enjoy guitar hero.

[D Mac]

Assman being an idiot as usual.

[OssMan]

Diesel Mac, you're the one who always complains at people who tell you to "stop having fun" for playing the games you like. Maybe you should stop pretending that the things you like are the only things worth liking and that everything else is worthless. Go ahead and post a mindless response to this.

[D Mac]

lol

[Emperor Smeat]

Recent survey sent by Sony to Ubisoft and other companies might have leaked out the official prices Sony is leaning towards for the NGP.

Based on the survey, the basic or Wifi NGP model will be priced at $250 and the premium or 3G NGP model will be priced at $350. The survey didn't have options for game prices but its assumed anywhere between $50 to $60 due to PSP games being $40 and NGP development costs being about 2-3 times higher.

If Sony sells the lower model for $250, they will lose out on a lot of money due to earlier reports rumored the NGP costing around $400-$500 to make. Also not announced was the pricing for the rumored subscription plan that was expected to subsidize some of the NGP production costs.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/sonys-ngp-portable-to-be-250-and-350-for-3g-model-429053_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/84816/rumor-sonys-ngp-may-be-250-and-350-for-3g-model/

[OssMan]

Did we ever figure out how many of Diesel Mac's posts were longer than two sentences?

[D Mac]

Yes

[Funky Fly]

Recent survey sent by Sony to Ubisoft and other companies might have leaked out the official prices Sony is leaning towards for the NGP.

Based on the survey, the basic or Wifi NGP model will be priced at $250 and the premium or 3G NGP model will be priced at $350. The survey didn't have options for game prices but its assumed anywhere between $50 to $60 due to PSP games being $40 and NGP development costs being about 2-3 times higher.

If Sony sells the lower model for $250, they will lose out on a lot of money due to earlier reports rumored the NGP costing around $400-$500 to make. Also not announced was the pricing for the rumored subscription plan that was expected to subsidize some of the NGP production costs.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/sonys-ngp-portable-to-be-250-and-350-for-3g-model-429053_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/84816/rumor-sonys-ngp-may-be-250-and-350-for-3g-model/

When are they gonna learn that retardedly high processing power levels don't necessarily mean better consoles? Especially for handheld systems. Now they have to basically have the best launch line up ever to get everyone over the "PSP is shit" hump or they're gonna eat it hard.

[OssMan]

Yes
lol

[BigDaddyCool]

Did we ever figure out how many of Diesel Mac's posts were longer than two sentences?

Not many. But you are still an ass, man.

[Extreme Angle]

DMac vs Assman

[D Mac]

Fatality

[Emperor Smeat]

Ubisoft confirms Beyond Good & Evil HD will arrive on PSN at some point this May. Pricing for the game is expected to be $9.99 based on the XBLA price being $10 (800 MS points).

Bonus content for the PSN version will be 2 free avatar pictures for a customer' PSN account as long as the game is bought within the first two weeks of its release.

XBLA already received this game on March 2 as part of a small timed exclusive and the fact PSN still requires developers to pay for bandwidth or storage space.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/beyond-good-and-evil-hd-to-hit-playstation-network-in-may-193734_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/84861/beyond-good-amp-evil-hd-to-hit-playstation-network-in-may/

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Peter Molyneux has slagged off Fable 3 saying 4 will be awesome!!!

And the cycle continues

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/196680-header.jpg

[BigDaddyCool]

Peter Molyneux has slagged off Fable 3 saying 4 will be awesome!!!

And the cycle continues

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/196680-header.jpg

I also read that he apologized for over hyping features that he made up on the spot to excite bored reporters.

[LoDownM]

Great, more hand holding and even less of an ending.

[BigDaddyCool]

The more I think about the moral choice system in fable, the more it starts to hack me off.

[BigDaddyCool]

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[Emperor Smeat]

River City Ransom 2 confirmed to be in development with a release in Japan this summer and potential news of a worldwide release at a later date.

The game is in early development but the studio behind the project, Miracle Kidz, hasn't announced which console(s) the game will arrive on. As of right now its not an exclusive or else it would have been confirmed in the initial press release.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_29332_1_1300474166.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/After-a-21-year-wait-River-City-Ransom-is-getting-a-sequel

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Square-Enix announces that the Xbox 360 exclusive game has been officially halted and canclled. No actual reason by Square-Enix was given for the cause of the cancellation.

The game was set as a Third Person shooter and a mid to late 2011 release date before the cancellation was confirmed.

[Xero]

So will RCR2 be 3D or stay close to the original?

All for retro games. :y:

[Emperor Smeat]

The website for the game showed off NES style sprites for characters.

Its safe to assume the sequel is going to follow the retro NES style for gameplay and not the modern "retro" or SNES/Cell-shaded like a few River City remakes were.

[Drakul]

The world of Milo was shown off in a talk at GDC by Lionhead. It's a new engine they built, I believe. If Milo really is cancelled, they'll use this in other 360 games, I'm sure. Looks good.

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[Extreme Angle]

Monday Night Combat is free on Steam this weekend...

[Kalyx triaD]

The best version of Tetris was on the official site all along. (http://www.tetrisfriends.com/)

Sign up and send me a friend request (KalyxtriaD). The whole suite puts the last few console releases to shame, and it's all free and ready to stream. You have to watch ads between games but whatever.

[Fignuts]

No

[alvarado52]

No

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Was playing Tekken 6 last night and started feeling it a bit.

Still not as good as VF5 and it's more pattern recognition on defines than anything special, but it's fun not playing at a high level.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Hacked PS3's can now use Kinnect as a controller.

Pointless, but kinda cool.

[Fignuts]

Got rid of like 90% of my videogame collection. Kept saying "oh I'll get to all those backlog games, and I'll go through the games I've beaten again, and play it a different way."

Was never gonna happen.

[Emperor Smeat]

Instead of the usual announcement of the person or someone from the winning Super Bowl team for the cover of Madden, this year EA is holding a mini-tournament to find their next player for the cover.

Every team is represented by a player except if Seattle wins, then the fans (The 12th Man) would be on the cover. If the fans win, it would also be the only time non-players have been on the cover since the switch from John Madden to NFL players.

The fan voting takes place on ESPN Sportsnation website and ends April 27. EA is even holding bracket predictions that let you predict the whole bracket and join groups like the NCAA tournament on ESPN Fantasy games.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2011/03/maddenbracketrevised4.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5783817/maddens-cover-competition-has-32-candidates-and-the-fans-are-one

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Concept art, videos, and other stuff related to a canceled Perfect Dark sequel game called Perfect Dark Core was released today. It turns out the project was in development once PD 1 was finished and only was canceled in 2009. The game would have let you pick between a male character or Joanna Dark but like Duke Nukem Forever, Rare had no clue on how what their final vision for the project would be.

The game was changed multiple times with the original change occurring when Rare canceled the Gamecube project, another when PD Zero was lackluster, and the final change somehow included a lot of mech-combat and scripted action scenes with no relation to anything in the Perfect Dark series.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-21-cancelled-perfect-dark-core-new-details

[RoXer]

Instead of the usual announcement of the person or someone from the winning Super Bowl team for the cover of Madden, this year EA is holding a mini-tournament to find their next player for the cover.

Every team is represented by a player except if Seattle wins, then the fans (The 12th Man) would be on the cover. If the fans win, it would also be the only time non-players have been on the cover since the switch from John Madden to NFL players.

The fan voting takes place on ESPN Sportsnation website and ends April 27. EA is even holding bracket predictions that let you predict the whole bracket and join groups like the NCAA tournament on ESPN Fantasy games.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2011/03/maddenbracketrevised4.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5783817/maddens-cover-competition-has-32-candidates-and-the-fans-are-one


:|


Concept art, videos, and other stuff related to a canceled Perfect Dark sequel game called Perfect Dark Core was released today. It turns out the project was in development once PD 1 was finished and only was canceled in 2009. The game would have let you pick between a male character or Joanna Dark but like Duke Nukem Forever, Rare had no clue on how what their final vision for the project would be.

The game was changed multiple times with the original change occurring when Rare canceled the Gamecube project, another when PD Zero was lackluster, and the final change somehow included a lot of mech-combat and scripted action scenes with no relation to anything in the Perfect Dark series.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-21-cancelled-perfect-dark-core-new-details

:|:|:|:|:|

[OssMan]

Please let Jordan Gross win that Madden thing

[Miotch]

I sure do hope The 12th Man from Seattle gets the cover...

[Drakul]

Early 90's DMA tour:
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[#BROKEN Hasney]

This is apparently on the Valve Employment Application Form:

The cake is a ?
A) Lie
B) Hat
C) Update for TF2
D) New type of special infected?

[G]

Did we already discuss this? What would happen?



http://i.imgur.com/yYHn5.png

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Hopefully the Internet would somehow purge those fucking meme faces and make the internet a more humorous and less morale draining.

[G]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgbinlBeoY1qf8yek.gif

[BigDaddyCool]

Hopefully the Internet would somehow purge those fucking meme faces and make the internet a more humorous and less morale draining.

what was the point of putting the portal on the desk?

[OssMan]

Did we already discuss this? What would happen?



http://i.imgur.com/yYHn5.png

it would come out of the desk

if you put it 1/3 of the way in, then that 1/3 will be coming out

once you put the whole thing in you're left with the single desk again

[Emperor Smeat]

Didn't think it was possible but Activision found a way to be shittier in selecting a video game cover than EA when it announced its own Cover Tournament to find the character to be on the next Call of Duty game.

Most of the names are generic (ex. US Army Guy Backlit) and while Activision is allowing people to predict and "vote", its not a true fan voting system like EA's bracket using ESPN Sportsnation.

Activision's version of the fans spot in this bracket would be "asshole xbox live players".

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2011/03/covervote2.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5784280/call-of-dutys-cover-competition-has-32-candidates-and-the-fans-are-one