Videogame News Thread [Archive] - Page 13

Emperor Smeat

04-29-2011, 08:24 PM

Ubisoft's record of accidentally leaking game information meant for a later date continues as the newest Assassin's Creed game was leaked today.

The game will be called Assassin's Creed: Revelations and at the moment it is not known if the game will be a spinoff like Brotherhood or continues the Assassin's Creed main story.

Ubisoft made the mistake of uploading the game's Facebook page while in the process of making the page and then took it down once people started to actually comment on the page.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/galleries/2011-04-29/assassins-creed-revelations/assassins-creed-revelations_1304103967.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/85872/assassins-creed-revelations-leaked/

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A leak from 343 Studios confirms Halo 4 will be announced soon and as early as this year's E3. A developer working on the project said the game has been in development since July 2010 and original plans were to have it released before Reach with Reach delayed for another year.

The rumored Halo Combat Evolved remake is still expected for later this year while Halo 4 would be set for a 2012 release.

Kalyx triaD

04-29-2011, 08:28 PM

Just finished Reach yesterday. Hyped to get back to Chief and Cortana.

#BROKEN Hasney

04-30-2011, 01:07 AM

I'm still not sure how Brotherhood could he regarded as a spin-off. The game was vital tothe storyline.

Lara Emily

04-30-2011, 05:56 AM

I'm still not sure how Brotherhood could he regarded as a spin-off. The game was vital tothe storyline.

Was just about to say the same thing, not a spin off at all, more of Assassin's Creed II: Episode 2 really, you know like what they did with Half Life 2

#BROKEN Hasney

04-30-2011, 04:40 PM

Sega finally did something good with one of their Marvel licenses and I don't mean Thor.

http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Hasney/review-virtua-tennis-4-200039.phtml

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/hollywoodh/bfd68808.jpg

There's a Captain America one too.

Emperor Smeat

04-30-2011, 06:51 PM

Was just about to say the same thing, not a spin off at all, more of Assassin's Creed II: Episode 2 really, you know like what they did with Half Life 2

Yeah spin-off was a poor choice of words since the game is more like an "episode"/expansion-like than a true sequel or spin-off.

The next Assassin's Creed could still be a spin-off though because Ubisoft previously was considering branching away from the main story as a potential option because they want the games to come out every year.

Emperor Smeat

04-30-2011, 07:36 PM

Bethesda believes it has fixed the issues from the recent Fallout New Vegas patch (1.3) which froze game saves and made other parts of the game unplayable. The update was only for English versions of the game due to Bethesda still working on other language versions for their patch.

The new patch for the 1.3 update unfreezes game saves while keeping the stuff the previous patch fixed unchanged.

Bethesda noticed the issue with the patch after a few users complained about the save bug and warned everyone to not update the patch. They also warned Microsoft to not make the previous update mandatory hours after it had occurred.

This also isn't the first time Bethesda has had issues with faulty patches involving saves either on the Fallout or Oblivion series due to the engine itself being very buggy especially after changes are made.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/new-vegas-for-360-patch-fixed-841569_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/85878/patch-causing-save-game-woes-for-360-new-vegas-fixed/

D Mac

04-30-2011, 07:45 PM

Fallout is great, it would be fucking perfect without the bugs.

Kalyx triaD

04-30-2011, 07:57 PM

Apparently, RE's Claire Redfield VA (and total MILF) Alyson Court used to do localization work for Capcom and she is in fact the one responsible for the Guns & Roses inspired names in Mega Man X5.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/176652266.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1304208734&Signature=nuQ2H8V%2BlZEwOMFr9pzqqYmuFhc%3D

Sweet child o'mine.

RoXer

04-30-2011, 08:00 PM

http://www.summerfestwindsor.org/main/images/treehouse.jpg

Kalyx triaD

04-30-2011, 08:02 PM

Yes, I know. Loonette. Also Jubilee in X-Men. She still has that doll, btw.

RoXer

04-30-2011, 09:21 PM

Lara Emily

05-01-2011, 01:39 AM

#BROKEN Hasney

05-01-2011, 03:53 AM

What's so Marvel about that picture other than maybe the 4 could be from Fantastic Four?

The top and shorts are called Fantastic 4 tennis outfit.

Lara Emily

05-01-2011, 06:24 AM

The top and shorts are called Fantastic 4 tennis outfit.

Oh I thought that might be it it's just red and yellow? Did you do that, is the default the actual FF colours because that's what threw me off.

Extreme Angle

05-01-2011, 07:40 AM

That left 4 dead looks class... How are they playing with like 7 people?

Emperor Smeat

05-02-2011, 08:10 PM

A recently created Microsoft studio responsible for Kinect-related games announces they are working on a "hardcore" shooter for the Kinect with Microsoft backing the game as a "AAA title."

Microsoft originally created the studio to focus more on "social microtransaction" games but Microsoft switched its focus after negative backlash from its fans and letting Rare focus more on the casual side of Kinect.

The studio also hinted it will not work on just Kinect games but "Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Kinect, and future gaming platforms."

As of now Gears 3 appears to be the only "hardcore" shooter for the system this Fall but Microsoft might announce more details of this new game at E3 this year.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/gears_kinect.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5797784/kinect-getting-its-own-original-core-shooter-thanks-to-new-microsoft-studio

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Quick Round-up of some gaming news:

1) Ubisoft is creating their own film studio so that the company can make films and rely less on outside studios who don't know much about the game they are making as a film.
2) Silicon Knights determined to finish the Too Human triology as their top priority
3) Sony shuts down their SOE services after 12,700 credit card accounts were stolen
4) Square-Enix pushing for Draqon Quest X changes its schedule for the game from a potential late 2011 release to now an early 2012 release and before the next Nintendo is available.

Fignuts

05-02-2011, 08:17 PM

That left 4 dead looks class... How are they playing with like 7 people?

Because PCs are fucking awesome.

Extreme Angle

05-03-2011, 03:28 AM

Because PCs are fucking awesome.

Yeah, but i've never seen more than 4 players on L4D.
Plan on getting the Valve package from steam, £50 for everything :)

Emperor Smeat

05-03-2011, 08:52 PM

THQ posts a $136+ million loss for the 1st quarter of 2011 with all platforms except the Wii and the DS having big drops in sales.

THQ was pleased with Homefront and Smackdown vs Raw 2011 sales but decides instead of focusing more on their strong Wii sales, to move all their focus to the "struggling" Xbox 360/PS3 sales.

As part of helping their "struggling" sales platforms, Udraw is coming to the Xbox 360 and PS3 after seeing good success on the Wii. No news if THQ will continue support of Udraw for the Wii as part of their plan.

THQ's own forecast for the 1st quarter also ended in a decline mainly due to 2010 being a strong year overall in the industry and 2011 starting out slower than expected. THQ also relied a bit too much on PS2 sales last year with this year being dropped by 50%.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/thq-loses-1361m-in-the-year-to-march-2011-udraw-to-x360ps3-587520_expanded.jpg
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/85930/thq-loses-1361m-in-the-year-to-march-2011-udraw-to-x360ps3/

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As part of a final push of the Wii by Nintendo and keeping with tradition, Nintendo announces later in May the start of the budget line of Wii games under the "Wii Select" label.

Games included in the first batch are Zelda Twilight Princess and Super Smash Bros Brawl with a $19.99 price tag. Also revealed is Mario Kart Wii will replace Wii Sports as Wii Sports now being sold on its own.

Extreme Angle

05-04-2011, 04:34 PM

Emperor Smeat

05-04-2011, 08:18 PM

When asked about gaming and his potential future outside of game development, Shigeru Miyamoto reveals he won't completely leave the game industry.

His goal is to become something similar to a professor but training and teaching new young developers the importance of the user in games and other stuff Miyamoto is famous for in gaming.

"When I leave the company, I would like to work with young people and teach them about developing", Miyamoto tells The Guardian. "Though it wouldn't be like [traditional] teaching, more explaining how we think and how we interact with the user. For the development process, practical learning is important."

Miyamoto is mostly in charge of the Mario series as his other gaming properties have had others working with him as the future successors for the series (ex. Zelda).

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/miya25.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5798357/what-will-marios-creator-do-when-hes-done-making-games

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EA announces in their financial report and plans for 2011 involve expanding Battlefield 3 and Mass Effect 3 to handheld and/or mobile devices. This news comes at the same time Mass Effect 3 (confirmed) and Star Wars Old Republic (rumored) gets pushed from a late 2011 release to an early 2012 release date

Also revealed was even though EA profited for the 1st quarter of 2011, their financial year ends in a $244+ million loss.

Vietnamese Crippler

05-04-2011, 10:24 PM

Who here knows a thing or two about pc gaming?

I'm really intrigued to turn to Nvidia's 3D, just wondering what i'd have to buy to make the upgrade, here's my current specs:

ASUS P5K-E Motherboard
Intel Core Quad CPU 2.40GHz Processor
Nvidia Gefore 8800GT Graphics Card
3GB RAM (Keep forgetting to buy the extra 1GB...)
Windows 7 64-bit

I'd imagine you're gonna have to upgrade just about everything.

You may get away with a Core 2 Quad, but I'm sure Core i7/i5 would be the best (along with a new motherboard). Not to mention you'd need a new video card, which one I'm not too sure, though.

More RAM and a 120hz monitor to round things out.

Khuntry

05-05-2011, 12:49 PM

Guardian Heroes Remake (http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/116/1166186p1.html) announced for xbla.

#BROKEN Hasney

05-05-2011, 02:21 PM

Guardian Heroes Remake (http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/116/1166186p1.html) announced for xbla.

Seen that earlier. It is the greatest day in the world.

Kalyx triaD

05-05-2011, 02:46 PM

Wow. Somebody lobbied hard. Some people look at me crazy when I mention that game.

Emperor Smeat

05-05-2011, 07:55 PM

Ubisoft officially reveals details on the next Assassin's Creed game and confirms it will be called Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

The game will follow the gameplay style of Brotherhood with more focus on the mulitplayer than the previous game.

The game also will be the final chapter from the Ezio side of the story with Altair and Desmond playing a role in the game. This time the setting is set in Constantinople during the time of the Ottoman Empire.

Ubisoft also reveals the biggest change to the game revolves around "new weapon and tool that changes the way you'll fight and traverse the world."

The multiplayer portion of the game was revealed to be very customizable and robust in comparison to Brotherhood while Ubisoft is also working on fixing the servers and connection problems Brotherhood had. A new game mode to go along with new maps and characters was also promised for multiplayer.

The game is set for a November 2011 release date on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/3/36790/1775719-untitled_super.png
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/assassins-creed-revelations-brings-ezio-altair-and-desmond-together/3136/

Kalyx triaD

05-05-2011, 08:35 PM

Brotherhood had a surprisingly awesome multiplayer with moments I never experienced before. A lot like Splinter Cell Pandora Tomarrow/Chaos Theory multiplayer.

05-05-2011, 08:46 PM

Brotherhood had a surprisingly awesome multiplayer with moments I never experienced before. A lot like Splinter Cell Pandora Tomarrow/Chaos Theory multiplayer.

Which I would like to experience, once PSN comes up.

Kalyx triaD

05-06-2011, 07:46 PM

There was a big meeting about the future of fighting games at Capcom, but they couldn't offer details on what was said there. The session was called "extremely great." Seth said his old quote still stands, it's an exciting time for fighting game fans, people will have smiles on their faces for a long time.

:)...

Emperor Smeat

05-06-2011, 08:07 PM

The next game in the Burnout series called Burnout Crash! had more of its details "leaked" by the ratings board of Australia. Previously, the same ratings board accidentally revealed the game before EA had a chance to officially announce the game.

From the revelations, the game appears to be taking a more "cartoony" approach to gameplay unlike previous games in the series. The game is done in a top-down perspective and includes new stuff for the challenge mode such as "tornadoes, spacecraft, and lobster monsters."

This is an action game in which players earn points for creating traffic pileups. From a top-down perspective, players initiate crashes by driving 'cartoony' vehicles (e.g., cars, trucks, vans, buses) into busy intersections; multiple crashes trigger score multipliers and rack up large 'bills' of property damage. Each level is accompanied by crashing sounds, small explosions, and vocal encouragement (e.g., 'Cool,' 'Maximum Carnage!'). In some levels, players are instructed to crash into police cars (e.g., 'Crash them before they bust you!'); in other sequences, oversized airplanes, tornados, lobster monsters, and UFOs slide across the screen, destroying any vehicles in their path.

The game is set for a unannounced release date on the Xbox 360 and PS3 with more information expected at E3 2011.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/burnout_crash.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5799511/burnout-crash-finally-adds-lobster-monsters-and-ufos-to-explosive-pileups

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Quick News Round-up:

1) IGN officially purchases UGO Entertainment who owns 1UP and a couple other gaming websites as part of a larger plan to drop their merger with News Corp. and start a new merger with UGO.
2) Unlike EA and THQ, Capcom's financial report reveals the company will make a profit from the fiscal year and its 20% more than their initial expectations.
3) In wake of the PSN mess, Nintendo is sending out emails to its Club Nintendo users giving them the option to cancel their membership for those worried about their online information and as part of the new terms required for the upcoming eShop for the 3DS.
4) Age of Empires Online beta will be switching from a closed beta to an open beta starting this weekend to anyone interested in participating.

Fignuts

05-06-2011, 08:36 PM

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Looks like I am sticking with BO Paradise

Funky Fly

05-07-2011, 04:49 AM

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Looks like I am sticking with BO Paradise

Word.

#BROKEN Hasney

05-07-2011, 04:58 AM

God that sounds bad. Re-playing through Paradise at the moment, got it on PC a little while back.

The Destroyer

05-07-2011, 05:23 AM

The crash stuff in Burnout is fun, but I can't see an entire game based around it being that great.

#BROKEN Hasney

05-07-2011, 05:27 AM

I could if it was a small downloadable which is what this is. The top-down camera makes me not like the sound of it.

Extreme Angle

05-07-2011, 08:50 AM

Joystiq
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/05/assassins-creed-revelations-gi-cover.jpg
NeoGAF user SolidSnakex has posted a breakdown of this month's Game Informer coverage of the just-announced Assassin's Creed: Revelations. First off, let's get the protagonist problem out of the way: In Revelations, you'll play as both 12th century stabber Altair and his 16th century descendant Ezio, now over 50 years old. Ezio will be looking for "seals" which will allow him to access Altair's memories, similar to how Desmond used the Animus to access both Altair's and Ezio's memories. Speaking of Desmond, he's unsurprisingly back in the Animus "where he finds a safe mode called the 'Black Room.'" The gameplay in Desmond's mode is described as "narrative-fueled puzzle sequences," geometric shapes and all.

The lion's share of the game will take place in Constantinople (or, as it's known today, Istanbul) separated into four districts: Constantin, Beyazid, Imperial, and Galata. If you want a change of scenery (fairy chimneys!) some of the game will also take place in Cappadocia. Inside the cities, you'll be able to establish Assassin's Dens, a sort of expanded Borgia Tower mechanic from Brotherhood. Complete various scenarios, take down the regional Templar presence, establish a Den, and then "upgrade the buildings in that region along with adding ziplines across the rooftops."

Ubisoft wants to make your time spent in Constantinople (and Cappadocia!) more valuable, so they've not only done away with traditional side missions in favor of random events (ie: noticing a shop owner being robbed) but have also given Ezio (and Altair?) a new item called the "hookblade" which can be used with the aforementioned ziplines to speed up navigation "by about 30%."

But it wouldn't be a video game if you couldn't use that hookblade to mess dudes up. Lucky for you it can be used to pull said dudes in for a mean combo. More interested in bombs, you say? So is Ezio! He can now make up to 300 bombs using a crafting system. Along with the new toys comes a new level cap and a more narrative-focused multiplayer mode with the ability to customize your character and create guilds.

Lastly, Ubisoft Montreal is using a new facial capture technology called Mocam which Game Informer calls an "intriguing amalgamation of traditional animation, performance capture and the fascinating new style of performance on display in games like LA Noire." And yes, Ubi is doing all that with another one-year turnaround. With the success of Brotherhood, we're certainly giving it the benefit of the doubt.

Of course, you can find more details (and pretty pictures!) in the June issue of Game Informer.

...

Interested to see how the seals work. Guessing this game will show the death of Ezio

The Destroyer

05-07-2011, 09:27 AM

Ubisoft do really want to keep stringing the series out I guess. As long as Revelations is good, I can live with it.

It would just be nice to get AC3 proper at some point this decade.

Emperor Smeat

05-07-2011, 07:52 PM

Valve's boss Gabe Newell clarifies reports about Valve ending its focus on single player games in favor of multiplayer games.

The current goal of the studio is trying to add social features to their games to go along with the tradition of Valve's focus on single player experiences. The studio doe not want to just tack on multiplayer features just for the sake of having multiplayer at the cost of the single player experience.

I think what we’re trying to talk about is the fact that, not that we’re not doing single-player games. Portal 2 was a pretty good example of what we’ve learned over the years in terms of how to create those experiences. It’s more that we think we have to work harder in the future, that entertainment is inherently increased in value by having it be social, by letting you play with your friends, by recognizing that you’re connected with other people.

That’s the thing that we’re trying to say, is that, single-player is great but we also have to recognize that you have friends, and we wanna have that connected as well. So, it’s not about giving up on single-player at all, it’s like saying, we actually think that there’s a bunch of features and capabilities that we need to add into our single-player games to recognize the socially connected gamer.

Portal 2 was the test game by Valve to see if their "social features" could work within Valve's current philosophy of making games and as a stepping stone for bigger features such as more Steam-integration and Cloud-based applications.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/valve-not-killing-single-player-after-all-adding-social-features-250202_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/86007/valve-not-killing-single-player-after-all-adding-social-features/
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National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) officially recognizes video games as art and is willing to fund the development of video games as long as the company itself is a non-profit organization.

The move comes after the NEA renamed its program from "Arts on Television and Radio" into the more generic "Arts in Media" as a way to cater to more forms of art and entertainment. This move also could impact California's debate on the idea of video games as art vs censorship of "violent" games and any potential future Supreme Court case involving this situation.

#BROKEN Hasney

05-08-2011, 02:09 AM

Love the sound of Valves vision. I know a lot of the guys there are fans of Demon Soul's, so I would not be surprised to see some crazy asymmetric multiplayer in a future game.

Fignuts

05-08-2011, 03:00 PM

Luckily, they aren't applying this to the half-life series. I like that they are focusing on multiplayer experiences, but half-life needs to be mainly a single player experience.

D Mac

05-08-2011, 04:26 PM

I thought you were done with video games Figs.

Fignuts

05-09-2011, 05:33 PM

For the most part. Sold like 90% of my games. Still have a few, and if a new Half-Life comes out this century I will probably grab that, but I haven't played very much at all the last few months.

Emperor Smeat

05-09-2011, 07:35 PM

Some interesting stuff and tidbits revealed from Activision's financial report for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.

Activision confirms Bungie will not be making an appearance at this year's E3. Bungie responded by saying they are busy working on a new project with some help from Activision and felt the hype for the game would be counter-productive at this stage in the game's development.

Modern Warfare 3 will debut at E3 to go along with the official revelation in gaming magazines around the same time. The game will make use of the "Call of Duty Online" plan worked on by Beachhead studio. The idea is to integrate the game and community much better while also making it easier for Activision to send map packs and fixes. Last year Activision had plans to make this a pay-to-play service but their studios convinced them to make this a free feature for all users.

Activision also claimed more people play Call of Duty Black Ops online than use Facebook on average every day with Black Ops getting about 58 minutes per day compared to 55 for Facebook. Their stat only counts since the first map pack was released on February 1st and not since the game was released in November of last year.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/calloffacebook.jpg

http://kotaku.com/#!5800161/beachhead-project-is-an-important-part-of-this-years-call-of-duty-game
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/bungie-studios-wont-have-e3-presence/3152/

Kalyx triaD

05-09-2011, 08:44 PM

Damn, hoping Bungie would announce their game at E3.

Who exactly is making Modern Warfare 3 for Activision?

Emperor Smeat

05-09-2011, 08:51 PM

Infinity Ward with the help of the new studios Activision recently bought (Raven Software and Sledgehammer Games) along with Activision themselves. Add in Beachhead studio and its about 4-5 studios working on the game.

The reason is due to lack of manpower at IW and letting those other studios get used to the CoD franchise. Also if rumors are true, they might also be working on the next Nintendo console version of the game (Treyarch probably would be helping with that one).

Treyarch might also be working on the Wii's version of Modern Warfare 2 if Activision follows the same schedule like with MW 1 on the Wii.

05-09-2011, 09:41 PM

I don't understand why they would put MW2 on the Wii with Black Ops already out. It's the basic new hotness and old and busted principle.

Emperor Smeat

05-09-2011, 10:07 PM

Same reason why MW 1 went on the Wii when World at War was out mainly due to Infinity Ward not willing to make a Wii version while Activision wanted more money and knew Treyarch could work with the Wii structure.

The bigger surprise was how Treyarch was able to port a modified version of the MW engine when Infinity Ward said it was impossible and not worth the time.

05-09-2011, 10:14 PM

I wasn't aware World at War was on the Wii. You are forgiven.

Kalyx triaD

05-09-2011, 10:54 PM

Treyarch are stand-up guys. Can't help but feel they can do better things than buffer an annual shooter.

05-09-2011, 10:58 PM

I think IW splitting up is the best thing that could happen for them.

Kalyx triaD

05-09-2011, 11:08 PM

Well they weren't fans of that team, and I don't think Treyarch digs how much marketing gets behind MW versus their CoDs.

I just want them to make another Spider-Man.

Drakul

05-10-2011, 10:54 AM

Rumored by Reuters last night, Microsoft this morning confirmed that they are buying Internet voice talk and video service Skype for $8.5 billion. They also confirmed that the service will "support" devices like the Xbox, Kinect and Windows Phone and that it will be connected to Xbox Live and other Microsoft communities. They will also continue to "support" non-Microsoft platforms, they assured.

Source (http://uk.kotaku.com/5800360/skype-coming-to-kinect-windows-phone-xbox-live).

Kalyx triaD

05-10-2011, 05:05 PM

Will this mean anything for voice chat? I don't know much about Skype.

Drakul

05-10-2011, 05:11 PM

I was thinking it would mean we could talk to people over XBL while they aren't on an Xbox.

Talking to someone on their PC while you are on your 360 or Windows phone.

Kalyx triaD

05-10-2011, 05:41 PM

Acknowledging one (or two) things SoulCalibur has become known for, SC5 director Daishi tweeted some kind of breast chart from the design room.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/xlarge_breastsize.jpg

It would appear they have something against a certain measurement, and many of the females will still be heavy chested.

Note: All head models are identified, no hints at new characters.

#BROKEN Hasney

05-10-2011, 06:41 PM

Beta sign-up to Spy Party. Looks like on of the more intriguing multiplayer games coming out. One players a sniper looking into a party and he's got as many bullets as players. The other players have to blend into the party and complete objectives like bugging the room. Looks damn fun.

http://www.spyparty.com/beta-sign-up/

It's following the Minecraft model though, so expect to pay $15 to get in.

Lara Emily

05-10-2011, 07:28 PM

Oh sweet I was wondering about that game!

Emperor Smeat

05-10-2011, 07:53 PM

The rumored upcoming Alan Wake game expected to arrive around late 2011 to TBA 2012 has been confirmed to not be a sequel nor a DLC chapter or episode.

The game is expected to be either a prequel or a possible "expansion" to the events from the first game but also as a way for people who didn't play Alan Wake to understand the story and characters without needing to play the first game.

Fans of the franchise will be excited to learn that yes, more Wake is coming! But to be absolutely certain to avoid confusion, this next Wake installment will not be Alan Wake 2. And neither will it be DLC.

The rest we're saving for our official announcement when we'll actually show you.

It's something that'll definitely give more to the Wake fans out there, but just as importantly, this installment will also give an opportunity for players who aren't familiar with the franchise to finally jump on board.

We can't wait to show you more, bear with us. Release dates, platforms and pricing are unconfirmed as of yet, but Fall 2011 is probably a good guess.

More info for the game might be shown at E3 2011 but nothing has been confirmed as of now.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/confirmed-more-alan-wake-coming-just-not-a-sequel-or-dlc-687561_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/86049/confirmed-more-alan-wake-coming-not-a-sequel-or-dlc/
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Activision confirms a new Bond game will be arriving later this year and it will not be a movie-game to go along with the new Bond film which is expected to arrive in 2012.

The story is expected to be an original story that won't be related to the upcoming film and Raven Software, who worked on a "stealth" prototype of the game, is working on the new Bond game.

D Mac

05-11-2011, 02:17 AM

I bought Alan Wake about 2 months ago used and still haven't played it.

Drakul

05-11-2011, 08:45 AM

For Kalyx:
<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LJzOWJg6RKw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Really wish someone in the video would react. It's like they just propped up the corpses in the local morgue and played the trailer to them. Not even any clapping at the end.

Kalyx triaD

05-11-2011, 04:26 PM

Looks like the Soul Embrace sword is canon!

Drakul

05-11-2011, 04:45 PM

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Kalyx triaD

05-11-2011, 05:44 PM

Untitled DBZ Game (Let's call it Raging Blast 3... or Tenkaichi 6):

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Either way it seems the Tenkaichi/Raging Blast system returns. And good, because I'm sick of the DBZ games that try to make a legit fighting game out of the franchise. This engine represents DBZ better.

Fignuts

05-11-2011, 05:55 PM

Hooray for mediocrity.

Emperor Smeat

05-11-2011, 08:04 PM

Namco Bandi deciding to go a different route with pre-order bonuses by making the collector's edition of Dark Souls the bonus instead of a generic in-game item or character done by other companies. Dark Souls is considered the spiritual successor of Demon Souls which was available on PS3 last year.

As an extra bonus, the collector's edition will be priced the same as the regular game and not the extra $10-$20 done for most collector's editions as well.

Besides the game itself, the edition comes with "an art book, behind the scenes videos, mini strategy guide, and a download of the game’s soundtrack all in a nice metal case."

The game is still set for an October 2011 release date on the Xbox 360 and PS3.

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Square Enix celebrating Dragon Quest's 25th year anniversary with a collection disc for the Wii in anticipation for Dragon Quest X set to arrive late 2011 to early 2012.

The disc will compile the original three Dragon Quest games: Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest 2 and Dragon Quest 3 for the NES. Besides these titles it will also include the SNES versions of Dragon Quest 1 & 2 and Dragon Quest 3.

Funky Fly

05-11-2011, 08:13 PM

Pretty crap collection. They could easily put 4, 5 and 6 on there, considering that they are nes and snes games.

Fignuts

05-11-2011, 08:22 PM

Hoping for a splinter cell conviction sequel announcement. Fucking love that game.

Emperor Smeat

05-11-2011, 08:23 PM

Pretty crap collection. They could easily put 4, 5 and 6 on there, considering that they are nes and snes games.

I've heard the reason why nothing after DQ 3 is mainly due to how badly the series was handled in the US after the NES games (not translated or came out years later on different systems) and the first 3 games form the original story while the others are a new story or set.

DQ 6 didn't get a US release until this year on the DS and since its still selling well, Square-Enix wouldn't want to hurt its sales. DQ 4 was also on the NES but was the start of another story arch which wouldn't make sense to have it by itself. US never got DQ 5 until the DS version 2 years ago.

Kalyx triaD

05-11-2011, 08:34 PM

If Splinter Cell is announced before Rainbow Six I'll cry. I need my squad-based SWAT fix.

Funky Fly

05-11-2011, 08:50 PM

I've heard the reason why nothing after DQ 3 is mainly due to how badly the series was handled in the US after the NES games (not translated or came out years later on different systems) and the first 3 games form the original story while the others are a new story or set.

DQ 6 didn't get a US release until this year on the DS and since its still selling well, Square-Enix wouldn't want to hurt its sales. DQ 4 was also on the NES but was the start of another story arch which wouldn't make sense to have it by itself. US never got DQ 5 until the DS version 2 years ago.

Even still, I'm guessing it's going to be a full price disc, despite the fact that all of these games are hella old with no touch ups.

D Mac

05-12-2011, 03:44 PM

With Mortal Kombat's recent release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, there's renewed interest in the games that started it all.

Good news, then, that Warner Bros. today announced the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, a compilation of the Mortal Kombat Trilogy from the 1990s. The collection will include Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. The arcade versions of the games will be used in this compilation.

The Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection will be available late this summer on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and PC. It will run you $9.99 (or 800 Microsoft Points).

05-12-2011, 05:38 PM

def gonna get a share of that for $2. thank god it's the arcade ports.

Funky Fly

05-12-2011, 06:28 PM

I thought they were doing an HD remake of that shit. Either way, I'm not too bothered.

Emperor Smeat

05-12-2011, 07:38 PM

The success of making Assassin's Creed into an annual franchise has Ubisoft considering doing the same with a few of their other big franchises. As of now only the Rabbids and Assassin's Creed are the major series that get games each year.

"What is impressive with the release year after year of Assassin's Creed is our ability to deliver every time with a high level of innovation and creativity in a large and very diverse open world," boasted Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot on Ubisoft's fiscal year results call with investors today. "There is no other open world console game that is coming on a yearly basis. This is achieved through great execution by providing more resources and by putting in place a very compelling network of leads and associate studios."

"We are applying the very [same] product template to our other strong franchises to bring them back to Assassin's Creed blockbuster profitable status," said Guillemot.

It is assumed if Ubisoft does expand more series into the annual phase, Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon would defiantly get the special treatment. Ubisoft did mention in another report they want to make their Ghost Recon series into the "Call of Duty" killer.

The next Nintendo console will also play a huge role in this new plan due to Ubisoft mentioning how easy it would be to "port" Xbox 360 and PS3 games with little effort and bring their big series to the console as another source for income.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/ubisoft-to-apply-assassins-creed-development-model-to-other-franchises/3177/

OssMan

05-12-2011, 07:40 PM

Assassin's Creed 2K11

Kalyx triaD

05-12-2011, 07:40 PM

Yeah that MK HD remake sounded like it would drop by now. Strange that news of that faded.

Xero

05-13-2011, 08:55 AM

By 2015 all video games will be apart of a series and we'll have no original titles.

Extreme Angle

05-13-2011, 11:44 AM

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What happens when a large contingency of a series' creative team packs up, and two additional teams are brought on to round out the production? Apparently, you get a lot of loose lips. Details of Modern Warfare 3, in development across Infinity Ward, Raven Software, and newcomer Sledgehammer Games, have been leaked with an unusual amount of specificity to Kotaku less than a month before its presumed big reveal at E3.

A lot of that specificity is wasted on spoilers which, in addition to being generally unwanted for those of us who haven't played the game, are about a Call of Duty title meaning they follow multiple characters through multiple elaborate setpieces. Oh, and there's shooting. MW3 begins right where MW2 left off: with the US trying to prevent a Russian invasion. Your roles include a "Russian Federal Protective Services agent, SAS Operative, tank gunner, and AC-130 gunner" as well as some old friends from previous MW games and some new characters, notably "Frost" and "Sandman."

About those setpieces! Modern Warfare 3 will reportedly include 15 missions that take place across "a dozen cities around the world including New York, Paris and London." If some of that selection sounds familiar, that's because this fall's Battlefield 3 will find itself in "Paris, Tehran and New York." Awkward.

But it's not just Manhattan, it's also Brooklyn, Mogadishu, and more, if the list of 20 multiplayer maps is to be believed. (It's unclear if these include maps from the inevitable DLC map packs.) Spec Ops is back as well, with the mission-based co-operative offerings from Modern Warfare 2 accompanied by a new "Survival" mode or, as you're more likely to know it by, Horde mode. The goal: You and your pals will defend yourselves from increasingly difficult waves of enemies. There are seven "Mission" maps and five "Survival" maps listed.

Previous Modern Warfare installments were so shrouded in secrecy, nearly up until the time of release, that it's hard to imagine how such a massive, seemingly coordinated leak took place. Oh, and one last detail: the release date! Kotaku's report pins MW3 for November 8, just a week after Uncharted 3 and a few days before Skyrim.

Ermaximus

05-13-2011, 12:12 PM

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/571/UP24Jsc=.jpgTurd Burglar 10
Find and steal a piece of poo

Only in Duke Nukem.

Drakul

05-13-2011, 02:43 PM

Could probably have used some spoiler tags.

Ermaximus

05-13-2011, 02:53 PM

Could probably have used some spoiler tags.

I thought about it, but it doesn't really give anything away to the storyline of the game. Unless that's an actual mission or something?

RoXer

05-13-2011, 03:09 PM

MUA2 is really dragging along. Not sure if I'll finish it.

Ermaximus

05-13-2011, 03:37 PM

MUA2 is really dragging along. Not sure if I'll finish it.

I never did. It got boring fast.

DaveBrawl

05-13-2011, 04:02 PM

I played through it a couple times, mainly because my original save file got corrupted 2/3 of the way in on the first time. It's not as good as the first one by any means but I wanted to get all of the achievements.

DaveBrawl

05-13-2011, 07:13 PM

Hackers have broken into the websites for both Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Tomb Raider, making off with the emails of 25,000 customers who had registered for product updates in the process. The resumes of 350 Eidos Montreal employees might have been compromised too, with the hackers accessing the company's web servers.

"Square Enix can confirm a group of hackers gained access to parts of our Eidosmontreal.com website as well as two of our product sites," Square Enix confirmed in a statement. "We immediately took the sites offline to assess how this had happened and what had been accessed, then took further measures to increase the security of these and all of our websites, before allowing the sites to go live again."

Both Eidosmontreal.com and Deusex.com were affected by the hack and Sophos security consultant Graham Cluley warned that these leaks could cause a number of issues. "With the e-mail there is a danger that gamers could be e-mailed by someone pretending to be from the company who gets them to click on a link or run some malicious software," he told BBC News. "The resumes are a blueprint for identity theft. They have everything that scammers want. The only thing missing is credit card information."

So try and stay vigilant, although Square Enix says that there's no evidence that information has been distributed by the hackers.

[Thanks, Nozza]

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http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-8368-Square-Enix-Hacked--Deus-Ex-and-Tomb-Raider-Websites-Attacked.html

OssMan

05-13-2011, 08:24 PM

what is MUA? medal uv aonor? Marvel Uerses Aapcom?

OssMan

05-13-2011, 08:25 PM

Modern UArfare 2

05-13-2011, 08:26 PM

http://www.scifinow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/MUA2.jpg

OssMan

05-13-2011, 08:27 PM

Oh I stole the first one from my friend on Wii, played it once

Emperor Smeat

05-13-2011, 08:33 PM

Sony's big announcement on Gametrailers early in the morning ended up being news of the sequel to Warhawk on the PS3 called Starhawk.

Similar to Warhawk, the game is an air combat style game but this time more variety of in terms of larger maps, more types of playable vehicles such as mechs, and more action.

Unlike Warhawk, the game will be on disc and not as a PSN title as well as having a single player mode to go along with multiplayer.

No release date was given but Sony did say it should be available at some point in 2012.

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http://kotaku.com/5801513/starhawk-is-the-sequel-to-warhawk-there-are-transforming-fighters

05-13-2011, 08:35 PM

I think I can count the number of people who cared about Warhawk on one hand.

Emperor Smeat

05-13-2011, 08:49 PM

Yeah the announcement ended up being a bit disappointing because of how much effort Sony did to make it seem like it would be something bigger (ex. countdown clock, lots of hype of it being a big name game, etc).

Xero

05-14-2011, 11:55 AM

I thought about it, but it doesn't really give anything away to the storyline of the game. Unless that's an actual mission or something?

Monkey See Monkey
Doo

Mission Start

Emperor Smeat

05-14-2011, 08:13 PM

Square Enix announces as a result of a bad fiscal year for the company (loss of almost $198 million) it has cancelled a lot of unannounced games and projects as part of their new plan to "a tightened selection standard regarding title lineup to strengthen the revenue base of the Company’s digital entertainment segment."

None of the titles cancelled were major or Triple A titles but were seen more as potential money wasters than contributors for the company this upcoming year.

Adding in the effect of the recent earthquake in Japan forcing some Final Fantasy servers to be shut down and the loss of monthly subscriptions also were a factor in the decision.

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http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/86128/square-enix-cancels-an-unknown-number-of-unannounced-games/

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Sony announced another set of games will be getting the HD collection/remake treatment on the PS3 and this time it will be the God of War games from the PSP series. Included in the collection will be God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ghost of Sparta.

Also announced by Sony is the newest firmware update for PSN that requires mandatory password changing in order to use PSN once the service itself goes back online in the near future.

Fignuts

05-14-2011, 09:01 PM

Really hope Just Cause 3 wasn't one of those cancelled titles.

05-15-2011, 08:51 AM

Really burned out on GoW. So much that I couldn't finish the 2nd one after playing 3 and 1. Will wait for 4.

RoXer

05-15-2011, 10:43 PM

Extreme Angle

05-16-2011, 07:01 AM

What's that? Looks sexy...

Emperor Smeat

05-16-2011, 08:29 PM

Warner Bros Studios announces a new Batman game is being developed by Monolith and unlike previous Batman games, this one is a first person shooter and an online-only game.

The game called Gotham City Impostors will be taking place within the DC Universe and is set as a team-based game of Jokers vs Batmen.

In the game, Gotham is being over-run by a group of Joker wannabe hoods known as The Jokerz. In retaliation, a group of well-meaning (perhaps slightly stupid) citizens don the cloak and cowl and unite to take back their city as The Bats. Players will create their character and decide if they want to be a vigilante or a villain.

The game is said to have some crazy costume choices, home made gadgets, a large variety of weapons and some clever twist when it comes to multiplayer (which looks like it could be 4 Vs 4).

As of now the multiplayer is 4v4 but the developer has said their main goal is to increase it to a bigger amount with 16 players per match as a priority. Another report said the studio has no plans of adding in bots or non-online multiplayer features and wants to focus the game solely on online multiplayer.

The game does not have an announced release date but will be available on PSN, XBLA, and PC later in the year.

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http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Shoot-up-the-streets-of-Gotham-in-Gotham-City-Impostors

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Square-Enix releases Chrono Trigger today for the Virtual Console on the Wii.

The game originally released on the SNES is now available for 800 Wii Points ($8). This also makes it the 4th time the game has been released on a console (SNES, PS1, DS, and now Wii VC).

Kalyx triaD

05-16-2011, 08:52 PM

Terrible idea for a 'Batman' game. The gameplay is proven, I just don't like the license dressing.

Funky Fly

05-16-2011, 10:04 PM

Yeah, not feeling it. I can see why it exists, I'm just not interested.

Fignuts

05-16-2011, 11:05 PM

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Funky Fly

05-16-2011, 11:24 PM

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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Kalyx triaD

05-17-2011, 05:24 PM

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/gotham_impostors_1600.jpg

Like I said: This may be a good game mechanically speaking, but why is this a Batman game?

#BROKEN Hasney

05-17-2011, 05:43 PM

Hope it takes off. Love to see some Batman Kart Racers.

Emperor Smeat

05-17-2011, 08:14 PM

Lionhead Studios joins a growing list of studios that hates used games but unlike others, they tried to explain that used games are worse than piracy itself.

The studio blames how used game sales on the Xbox and Xbox 360 hurt them more than the problem of piracy on PC. The studio also gave up trying to protect their games on PC by saying pirates will always find to steal/crack a game and decided to switch their focus on the used game market instead.

"Piracy these days on PC is probably less problematic than second-hand sales on the Xbox," commented Fable III lead combat designer Mike West. He added, “"I've been working on PC games for many years and piracy is always a problem. There are a lot of honest people out there as well, and if they like your game they'll buy it.”

The studio also considers PC to be more of a side project with the Xbox 360 as priority when developing games. They even felt every Fable III sale was a "bonus" than due to them working hard on the PC version of the game. Their whole focus for Fable III regarding development, hype, and advertising was on the Xbox 360 version with the PC version seen as a side or after-thought

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Quick News round-up:

1) Sonic Generations will be going to the PC and 3DS to go along with the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions after Sega leaked those platforms in their financial report.
2) Square-Enix trademarks "SE Masterpieces" as a new product brand with rumors ranging it being used for collection sets to HD remakes of previous games.
3) Mass Effect 2 interactive "Genesis" comic from the PS3 is now available on the Xbox 360. The comic is on sale for 320 MS Points.
4) After apologizing for a lot of things, Sony will not apologize for waiting over a week to inform people their Credit Cards were potentially stolen. Sony also tried to deny they knew of the problem for 9 days and did nothing as saying other companies do the same thing with a few even waiting longer to do something.

D Mac

05-17-2011, 08:39 PM

05-17-2011, 08:44 PM

soon they are all going to have codes that lock it to your account, like a mmo

D Mac

05-17-2011, 08:55 PM

Or all video games becoming downloads, where you have to buy and download them to your Hard Drive like Games on Demand, and not being able to play them on any other console. And you couldn't resell them obviously.

Emperor Smeat

05-17-2011, 08:55 PM

Wouldn't be surprised it these assholes found a way to "lock" a disc to a console or some shit. Like when you first play a game a "code" has been recognized and you can't play the game on any other console. I wouldn't put shit like that past them.

That wouldn't be too hard to do since a system like that is already in place with downloadable games being tied to an account. Although biggest difference is the downloadable games can be deleted and re-downloaded or even move with a transfer of the account to a new machine.

The way some studios hate used games would make a disc be a one-time sort of deal for a code regardless of the reason.

Drakul

05-18-2011, 01:22 AM

A good way to stop the second hand market is to make a game that's good enough to keep. I still have Wind Waker, Double Dash and Melee upstairs because they are so good, I'm keeping them forever even though I've not played them in years. Same as I still have Hitman Blood Money, Fable II, Forza 3 and GTAIV despite being "done" with them for ages. They're so good, I'll keep them incase I want to play them sometime in the future.
I'm sure we all have games we like to hold on to incase we want to play them again.

Do a good job and people wont be so quick to trade in. Churn out a game that's average at best, it'll get traded in pretty quickly.

Drakul

05-18-2011, 01:26 AM

2) Square-Enix trademarks "SE Masterpieces" as a new product brand with rumors ranging it being used for collection sets to HD remakes of previous games.

If it's a collection set, it'll include FFVII. If it's an "HD Remake" thing, they'll do FFVII. There is big money to be made whichever they do as long as they do something with FFVII.

Emperor Smeat

05-18-2011, 01:39 AM

Only way FF 7 is ever getting released again is if Sony pays Square-Enix to make a remake/collection since Square has said multiple times it would be costly for them to do it and currently have no interest in just remaking the game.

They put FF 7 on PSN after Sony pleaded with them for a while and they were allowed to just put the old PS1 version up without having to do much work.

The same is true with the past few Dragon Quest games since Nintendo had to fund part of the games just for them to come out on the Nintendo DS and for DQ X to even be made,

Extreme Angle

05-18-2011, 04:27 AM

I still have Hitman Blood Money

I have it upstairs, i've played it once, got through the first level then that was that... Is it really that good?

Drakul

05-18-2011, 04:59 AM

The first level is just a tutorial and has to be pretty linear because of it. It opens up after that and gets better with more ways to go about your missions.

Ermaximus

05-18-2011, 09:18 AM

www.dukenudem.com

It's NSFW, but :rofl:. I love Duke Nukem.

D Mac

05-18-2011, 01:11 PM

IGN:

It appears that the new Xbox LIVE update, which will introduce support for the new XGD3 disk format, might prevent a very small number of Xbox 360 owners from playing retail game discs.

Kotaku were contacted by a reader who received an email from Microsoft informing him that it had detected via Xbox LIVE that his Xbox (a 60GB Pro from 2009) was affected. Microsoft has offered to replace his console with a new Xbox 360S with 250GB hard drive at no expense.

The email has since been verified by Xbox Support via their official Twitter account.

The XGD3 format will allow for additional storage space on a game disc, and will provide additional levels of copy production.

The Xbox LIVE Spring update will be rolled out between May 19 to May 30.

Update: Microsoft has confirmed that a "a very small number" of consoles are affected. This fault manifests itself as a 'disc unreadable' or 'disc unsupported' error on the screen. Microsoft said it is able to detect this issue over Xbox Live and are proactively reaching out to customers that may be impacted to replace their console.

If you receive this error, contact Microsoft at www.xbox.com/support/contact

Extreme Angle

05-18-2011, 02:25 PM

Blonde girl is solid...

Kalyx triaD

05-18-2011, 04:29 PM

D Mac how do you feel about XBLA/PS3 games? Because that's exactly how they work right now. I imagine, eventually, all games will be digital download. But retail stores are still fairly important in the grand scheme of things.

Emperor Smeat

05-18-2011, 08:06 PM

SEGA hints a new F-Zero game might eventually be made but also had to confirm it wouldn't be coming in the near future after a recent interview showed the company is willing to make another game in the series.

Biggest issue right now according to the producer is creating a good enough idea or gameplay feature for both SEGA and Nintendo to approve of the project.

Instead of traditionally having Nintendo come up with an idea and finding a studio to make the game, the F-Zero series has a special status of SEGA getting to determine when the game can be made and all they have to do is tell Nintendo to get the project approved.

"It might happen if someone comes up with a brilliant idea that would make both Nintendo and SEGA happy," said Nobuya Ohashi who is currently working as a producer on Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games.

He added: "If there's a good idea, that will work for both of us, then we might do that."

If a new game in the series were to be made, most likely the choices would be between the 3DS or the upcoming Nintendo system due to Nintendo recently stating the last set of 1st party games for the Wii have already been set and in development.

http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/26347/new-f-zero-might-happen-sega/

Drakul

05-19-2011, 02:55 AM

I read Nintendo didn't want a new F-Zero because they felt the series had gone as far as it could with GX so they ended the series there.

Kalyx triaD

05-19-2011, 03:20 AM

I read that Sega can continue it if they have a decent enough concept.

Fignuts

05-19-2011, 03:47 AM

I read Nintendo didn't want a new F-Zero because they felt the series had gone as far as it could with GX so they ended the series there.

That has definitely stopped nintendo before.

Drakul

05-19-2011, 04:37 PM

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You can also play as the Burger King, as seen in older videos of the game on YouTube.

OssMan

05-19-2011, 07:03 PM

fuCK YES BURGER TIME

OssMan

05-19-2011, 07:05 PM

CSL

05-19-2011, 07:31 PM

Emperor Smeat

05-19-2011, 07:56 PM

According to a trusted source (same source that leaked out the new Batman being a downloadable title), the upcoming Alan Wake game will be a downloadable game for XBLA.

The game will be titled as Alan Wake: Night Spring and is set to be sort of an "expansion" type game while explaining the story to new people (similar to the Mass Effect 2 comic for PS3 users).

Microsoft will not allow any screen shots to be released since they most likely want to officially debut the game at E3.

http://www.xblafans.com/wp-content/uploads//2011/05/20100212023242Alan-wake-0-600x337.jpg
http://www.xblafans.com/rumor-alan-wake-night-springs-will-be-an-xbla-title-13758.html

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The effort Crytek putting for Cyrsis 2 multiplayer seems to have been a bust at this point with the game crashing out of the Top 20 for Xbox Live for both the 2011 year and recent month.

News on the PC platform isn't any better with the peak being about 511 people the last few months. No news on the PS3 version but since it had lower sales than Xbox 360 and PSN recently being down will not be good for Crytek.

Emperor Smeat

05-20-2011, 08:16 PM

An email sent by Activision to its studios working on Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 shows that Activision was monitoring the situation involving potential leaks of the game and knew people were leaking info about the game.

In the email, Activision did not blame anyone or any studio for the leaks but also praised the hard work of the studios in preparing for the official release.

Activision and Infinity Ward ended up acknowledging the leaks as the debut of Modern Warfare 3 but were worried of their official revealing being ruined as a result. Due to how much stuff was already done when the leak occurred, Activision still had enough new stuff to talk about in the official debut for the game.

If anything, Activision is upset at Kotaku for leaking out too much game info and worried for a while the hype of the game could have suffered in the long run.

"I wanted to reach out to you today and address the Call of Duty intellectual property leak that occurred last Friday," started Hirshberg. "Of course, Activision takes very seriously any abuse of our intellectual property – the event is under investigation and we’re confident it will be resolved quickly."

"What I want to tell you about is how we handled the event internally," he continued. "We were lucky in that we were very close to our scheduled reveal date, and therefore, we had a number of assets that had not yet been released, but were ready to go."

"When it came to light that we had suffered a significant security breach, it became clear that a leak of this size had the potential to throw our launch off of its schedule, or worse, blunt its momentum," he wrote. "As a company, we needed to look both backwards and forwards simultaneously. Of course we needed to immediately begin finding the source of the leak. But we also needed to deal with the fact that, like it or not, our launch had just begun."

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/8/87209/1784779-box_codmw3_middle.png
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/what-activision-told-its-employees-today-about-modern-warfare-3s-leak/3228/
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Bioware leaks on Twitter that work on Dragon Age III is currently in process. The game might make an official announcement at E3 2011.
2) After seeing the success of Nintendo's AR stuff, Sony announces it will be adding their own AR tech in upcoming Sony products. Even though Sony says they've been working on the tech since the PS1, its another situation where Sony waits and "copies" after Nintendo does it first.
3) Mega Man Legends 3 Prototype "paid" demo delayed again as Capcom announces the demo will not be launching when eshop launches in June. The whole project itself is in danger of being cancelled due to constant delays and Capcom unwilling to back the project 100%.

Drakul

05-21-2011, 02:30 AM

3) Mega Man Legends 3 Prototype "paid" demo delayed again as Capcom announces the demo will not be launching when eshop launches in June. The whole project itself is in danger of being cancelled due to constant delays and Capcom unwilling to back the project 100%.

Saw it coming.

I really think this is because Inafune left Capcom. Megaman is left out of MvC3, Megaman Universe is cancelled and it's only a matter of time before MML3 is cancelled as well.
I think I remember reading a while ago that Megaman 10 was the last of that series of MM games.

Pretty sure they're trying to put Megaman away.

Kalyx triaD

05-21-2011, 03:18 AM

Well if Capcom wants to be gay about it perhaps they should sell it to Inafune's new company. They won't. But it's gay.

(And for that matter give DMC to Platinum Games since Itsuno lost his fucking mind)

Fignuts

05-21-2011, 03:35 AM

Can understand them not wanting to make anymore disc based games, but I'm pretty sure megaman 9 & 10 were both critical and financial successes. Seems stupid to not at least keep making DLC games, as the franchise still has a fairly large fanbase.

Drakul

05-21-2011, 04:11 AM

I can't find the story about MM10 being the last retro MM but I swear I read that somewhere. I can't remember where exactly. Maybe I'm wrong.

It all still seems suspiciously timed. I can shrug off Megaman not being in MvC3 just after Inafune left but now that everything Megaman related is being killed off, it's odd.

Kalyx triaD

05-21-2011, 04:18 AM

I have a feeling one of the Mega Men will arrive in 'Hyper MvC3'. If MML3 isn't cancelled by next fall, and with much of Volnutt's assets already built in TvC - I imagine Volnutt would be chosen.

IF MML3 isn't cancelled. And IF there will be a Hyper Marvel vs Capcom 3.

Fignuts

05-21-2011, 06:31 AM

Could care less about MM being in MvC 3. I just want more megaman games.

D Mac

05-21-2011, 04:38 PM

The Mortal Kombat movie theme is not shitty. It is the greatest movie theme ever. FAGNUTS :mad:

05-21-2011, 05:07 PM

what movie theme

Kalyx triaD

05-21-2011, 05:11 PM

Techno Syndrome, I presume. Great track.

D Mac

05-21-2011, 05:22 PM

The damn theme got me through Army Basic Training. Every time I would question myself I would just think of it and it got me pumped up.

Kalyx triaD

05-21-2011, 05:53 PM

It's in my 3D fighting game playlist.

05-21-2011, 06:18 PM

oh yeah, duh. i was thinking of a ps3 theme you could install off the mk blu. i was way off

D Mac

05-21-2011, 06:53 PM

G is DUCKING ME

05-21-2011, 06:57 PM

i will play right now you son of a bitch

Emperor Smeat

05-21-2011, 09:54 PM

Nintendo of America almost one time managed to post the Legend of Zelda timeline but when they told Nintendo of Japan of their plan, NOJ told them to stop the project and told them that their timeline was essentially correct.

Supposedly, the timeline has enough "space" to allow new games to enter the series timeline without needing a new story arch and as a way to keep the series active after 25 years using the same basis for the tale.

Mases Hagopian: I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but you're sort of a celebrity in the Zelda Community. Interviews you did 10-15 years ago are still quoted to try to prove the validity of various timeline theories.

Dan Owsen: You know, at one point we had drafted a timeline and wanted to make it available online. We showed it to the guys in Japan and they basically told us that it would be best if we didn't post it. They do have a timeline that has continuity between the games but they wanted to keep it open for how each player views the chronology of the series. There are a lot of connections between the games, but they do have a timeline that has continuity. It's up to the player to place all the pieces together.

Mases Hagopian: So there seems to be a disconnect between you guys (Nintendo of America) and the developers in Japan.

Dan Owsen: I wouldn't call it a disconnect. Just that the developers feel that posting a full narrative would take away from the players' imagination. Part of what makes the series so special is the legend that spans across the series and they wanted to preserve that in the players' vision. It's also why they have never given Link a voice. The story is told as if the player is Link. Giving him a voice would eliminate that attachment.

http://www.zeldainformer.com/2011/05/dan-owsen-on-the-timeline.html

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DiRT 3 joins the growing list of games to put restrictions on online multiplayer using the Online Pass model. The pass is being called "VIP Pass" from Codemasters studio although no price was given for those who would have to pay.

Kalyx triaD

05-22-2011, 09:14 PM

Somebody actually went and made a Rock/Paper/Scissors videogame. (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Avatars-Rock-Paper-Scissors/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258550873) Doesn't have charm, though. A game like that needs to be self aware.

Kalyx triaD

05-23-2011, 12:38 AM

Playing the demo, Dead or Alive 4 is 180% more fun than Virtua Fighter 5. Should add that to our playlist.

Kalyx triaD

05-23-2011, 03:36 AM

In designing Viewtiful Joe, creator Hideki Kamiya was inspired by the first Ninja Turtles movie.[l] (http://twitter.com/#!/PG_kamiya/status/72563178252402688)

D Mac

05-23-2011, 04:04 AM

Kalyx triaD

05-23-2011, 04:04 AM

Haven't noticed them then.

Drakul

05-23-2011, 05:20 AM

Playing the demo, Dead or Alive 4 is 180% more fun than Virtua Fighter 5. Should add that to our playlist.

I had DOA4 breifly and the end boss is rock solid hard. Tried playing online and, with the game being so old, the only people online are the hardcore DOA fans. I think I may have won online once during the whole time I had it. Traded it in a week or two after I bought it.

I don't think I'm cut out for 3D fighters. I was decent with DOA2 as a teen but I've lost any skill I built up playing that back then.

Kalyx triaD

05-23-2011, 01:30 PM

Didn't think too many people would still be online. Offline sessions then with my crew. 4plyr tag action.

Until SFxT anyway. And TTT2.

I've just been feeling 'multiplayer' lately.

Fignuts

05-23-2011, 02:53 PM

When do you ever feel singleplayer?

Kalyx triaD

05-23-2011, 03:13 PM

Hardly ever, I suppose. I've just been off the wagon and played Reach's campaign and Firefight modes and training in MvC3. Now I wanna go from that to playing with a lot of people. FFX-2 is fun, though.

Kalyx triaD

05-23-2011, 04:36 PM

Love the Lego Pirates demo. Forgot that lego games are awesome.

Icess

05-23-2011, 05:42 PM

The Witcher 2 is fantastic

Emperor Smeat

05-23-2011, 08:12 PM

Sony posts its 2nd worst annual financial loss ever in the company's history with the 2011 financial report showing around $3.1 billion loss for the entire company while the Playstation division continues to show more losses. The worst part of the news was Sony had been expecting $927 million overall in profits for the year.

The PSN disaster alone cost $171 million and could rise until PSN is completely restored. The majority of this loss will count against the 2012 report and not this year's report. Third party companies have also said the PSN downtime has cost them a few million with Capcom saying it could impact future PSN titles for 2011.

The only good news is the total loss could have been as high as $4.4 billion but they were able to get an extension on their deferred taxes for now ($1.3 billion as of now).

"Based on information currently available to Sony, our current known costs associated with the unauthorised network access are estimated to be approximately 14 billion yen in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012," the company told investors today.

Furthermore, Sony predicted a net loss for the entire 2011 financial year of ¥260 billion ($3.1 bn / £1.9bn) - compared to expectations in February that the company was on track to record a profit of ¥70 billion, blaming a write-off due to deferred tax assets.

For the full 2011 financial year Sony expects the Japanese earthquake and tsunami to wipe ¥17 billion from operating profits, and a further ¥150 billion from the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.

The worst financial loss for Sony occurred after the HD format wars and the PS3 launch where Sony lost $3 billion alone in those 2 departments. The biggest reason was the PS3 costing them $1 billion to launch and the HD War costing them $2 billion.

It is unlikely the massive loss will make Sony rethink of the pricing for the NGP due to them wanting at all costs to take over Nintendo and Apple's spots in the handheld/mobile markets.

Sony also sort of guaranteed their 2012 report has almost no chance of being good either but did express it should be less of a sting than this year.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/170.jpg
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=128979&page=1
http://kotaku.com/5804525/the-psn-attacks-have-cost-sony-a-ton-of-money

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Quick News Round-up:

1) Sony appears ready to kill off the PSP once and for all after revealing the PSP Remasters series of PSP games being ported to the PS3 starting with Monster Hunter 3 from the PSP.
2) The Penguin is expected to play a big role in the game's story for Batman: Arkham City.
3) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will be getting a limited re-release as part of the 5 year anniversary of the game. The re-release will include stuff from the Collector's Edition of the game to go along with a discount coupon for the upcoming Elder Scrolls V game.

Kalyx triaD

05-23-2011, 08:30 PM

After years of arrogance and demeaning ad campaigns and practices; eat it, Sony. I can't begin to feel sorry.

Blitz

05-24-2011, 01:18 AM

Huh (http://www.destructoid.com/takashi-miike-s-new-film-based-on-ds-courtroom-drama--201845.phtml)

So, this is mighty strange. Japanese director Takashi Miike, famed for intensely violent films like Ichi the Killer and Audition, is going in a very different direction for his next film project. Speaking with The Huffington Post at Cannes, Miike said, "It is a very light comedy that I am filming now, a court drama, based on a video game, the Nintendo game DS."

I don't want to say that Takashi Miike is making a film based on the Ace Attorney series. Not that I can think of any other game on the DS set in a courtroom which is a light comedy or because I think Miike should not do such a thing. In fact, I'm sure such a film would be weird and wonderful. I just don't want to jinx it or get my hopes up.

Funky Fly

05-24-2011, 01:39 PM

After years of arrogance and demeaning ad campaigns and practices; eat it, Sony. I can't begin to feel sorry.

Pretty much since the PSP came out Sony just kinda lost its shit.

Emperor Smeat

05-24-2011, 08:14 PM

Ubisoft reveals its new MMO game currently in development from their Ubisoft Shanghai studio called Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online.

The game will be free to play but also offer the ability for micro-transactions for those who want more from the game at a cost. Ubisoft did not reveal what or how much the DLC stuff will be.

Gameplay-wise, the game will play just like any other Ghost Recon game with the usual 3rd person perspective, tactical shooter with the biggest changes being class-based multiplayer to go along with upgradable weapons and abilities. Ubisoft is planning to add more classes in the future but as of now the closed beta will only be 3 classes.

Another Ubisoft goal is to provide constant content either by special organized events, game updates, and customized stuff based on the community's feedback.

The current plan is for the closed beta to arrive this summer with the actual game coming late 2011 for the PC.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/gro_announce_covering_fire.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5804532/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-goes-free-and-online-only-this-summer

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Sony misses another target date with the PSN restoration as PSN Store misses its initial relaunch date with the excuse being another "maintenance."

Sony did stress that they never had a date set in stone and still are pushing for the vague "before June" as their goal.

#BROKEN Hasney

05-25-2011, 06:43 AM

Terraria is out and is totally awesome. It's a 2D sprite-based Minecraft but with a million more things to do.

Last night we tunneled to hell, managed to get some lenses to summon the Eye of Cthulu and killed him to get some demonite.

Then a meteorite hit, taking out the corruption. All for $10 on Steam!

http://www.terraria.org/

Drakul

05-25-2011, 04:18 PM

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Cool and everything but I wish you played as Rockford from the NES version. The human miner.

Xero

05-25-2011, 06:35 PM

#BROKEN Hasney

05-25-2011, 06:45 PM

Are the worlds randomly generated?

Indeed, in small, medium and large varieties too.

Your character is also persistent between single and multi-player, so all the kit you have carries over.

Emperor Smeat

05-25-2011, 07:46 PM

Ubisoft reveals based on box art for a brief time on Xbox.com that Ghost Recon Future Solider on the Xbox 360 will have Kinect controls and is seen as the better version of the game.

It is assumed Kinect will be incorporated for hand signals to go along with voice in giving commands and head tracking to move the camera.

The game has been in a few delays and now it appears this was due to the last moment addition of Kinect for the Xbox 360 version. Ubisoft was not willing to launch the other versions until the Xbox 360 version was done.

The game still is listed as TBA late 2011 to early 2012 for PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, and PSP.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/ghost_recon_kinect.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5805566/will-ghost-recon-future-soldier-be-better-with-kinect
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Nintendo Power leaks that a new Shinobi game from SEGA is currently in development for the Nintendo 3DS.
2) Twisted Pixel holding a closed beta for Ms. Splosion Man open to any Xbox Live user as long as they fill out an application request form and have a Gold account for Live. The beta will only be available for 1,000 people and lasts from June 6 to June 24. https://connect.microsoft.com/site1241
3) The Witcher 2 is rumored to be arriving on the Xbox 360 and should be announced as a console exclusive during Microsoft's E3 conference.

RoXer

05-25-2011, 08:46 PM

05-25-2011, 09:17 PM

That's a shame, because I was hoping to play The Witcher 2 on PS3.

Kalyx triaD

05-26-2011, 02:31 AM

Drakul

05-26-2011, 03:51 AM

Applied for the Ms. Splosionman Beta.

Extreme Angle

05-26-2011, 04:48 AM

Just bought Terraria

Extreme Angle

05-26-2011, 06:44 AM

And it doesn't work :(, I click play on steam and it just says "installing XNA framework" then stops...

#BROKEN Hasney

05-26-2011, 07:40 AM

Download and install this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=9cfb2d51-5ff4-4491-b0e5-b386f32c0992&displaylang=en

and this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=a88c6dec-aeae-42cd-a108-d35c013c3b97

See if it works then. If not, then grab this: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MBCL8TKC

Extreme Angle

05-26-2011, 10:15 AM

Got it working... Apparently there's this bug which stops it from working... Had to change my audio options to get it to work. Just lost 5 hours to this game, took me ages to get the hang of it, just built a concrete house with a pit room next door for easy access to deep caves :). Building the house took long enough, stupid fucking flying eyes and zombies.

#BROKEN Hasney

05-26-2011, 11:56 AM

Sweet! And I know what you mean. Started playing properly on Monday and logged 14 hours already.

We have a lava moat round our place on an online server!

D Mac

05-26-2011, 03:20 PM

If you're wondering about the new 360 console update, here's the details.

* Reflashes the DVD drives : PLDS DG-16D4S, PBDS VAD6038 and PLDS DG-16D2S, to a new stock firmware : 0272, 04421C, 02510C.
* Table and anti-piracy 2.5 scheme updated.
* Support for the new XGD3 disk format for games, adds 1GB of usable disk space and extra anti-piracy features to new games (This may not be compatible with some older Xbox 360 SKUs, e.g. those with Lite-On drives circa 2009, which require a console replacement). [2]
* Adds a new 1 hour Auto-Off setting in addition to the 6 hour Auto-Off setting previously available.
* Adds PayPal support as a payment option for all Xbox Live users, except Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan, Russia, Poland , South Africa, South Korea and Taiwan[3].
* Avatar Kinect. Allowing players to scan their face in real-time to match with their avatar.
* Adds multi-language voice commands for Kinect. (French and German confirmed.)
* Minor bugfix.

Emperor Smeat

05-26-2011, 07:55 PM

EA has decided to charge for the web-based online parts of Dynasty and Road to Glory mode in the upcoming NCAA Football 12.

This is also seen as the start of a bigger plan by EA to include more micro-transactions in their sports games beyond their current DLC stuff. EA had been planning to start charging for game modes and extras for a while but waited to decide which game to use as their "test."

The one time fee of $3 per mode will be strictly enforced in online leagues due to everyone needing it or else the league can't progress. Also being charged is the Super Sim mode for online leagues that will allow the league to sim games for players who can't play on certain weeks as a way to prevent the entire league schedule from being held up.

EA's is blaming the rising costs of their sports games development along with "competition" as the reasons for the sudden charging of modes and also confirmed this idea was in the making for a long time. EA failed to mention how their current practice of charging for cheats and other stuff in their sports games has generated lots of money.

The worst part of the news is EA took what the community had requested for additions and features and then decided to charge them as extras instead of using it to improve the game for everyone.

This news along with Take-Two potentially dropping its MLB and NHL franchises adds more power to EA's stranglehold on the sports market.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/ncaafb12_ng_scrn_alabama5_bmp_jpgcopy.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5805720/new-features-arent-all-free-in-ncaa-12

Kalyx triaD

05-26-2011, 09:58 PM

lol

Kalyx triaD

05-26-2011, 10:03 PM

Oh damn.

<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ONs8UvZswgI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

05-26-2011, 10:04 PM

EA's is blaming the rising costs of their sports games development along with "competition" as the reasons for the sudden charging of modes

i hear nothing but how they don't really do jack shit year after year, so where are these rising costs coming from. and i wasn't aware they had competition :roll:

#BROKEN Hasney

05-27-2011, 02:33 AM

Amazon's deal of the day is WWE All-Stars fightsticks. Pretty much the same as the SF4 sticks just with different artwork and they're now $60.

They've got the pads at $30 if you prefer.

LoDownM

05-27-2011, 02:50 AM

F.E.A.R 3 had the potential to be the best 4 player lan/system link co-op game in ages, but supposedly doesn't have lan/system link :|

#BROKEN Hasney

05-27-2011, 08:11 AM

Zelda Universe has been outed by the ESRB for an "online" platform.

http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/270803_S/Zelda-Universe-Has-Been-Rated-For-Online-By-ESRB.jpg

Khuntry

05-27-2011, 08:47 AM

Interview with Inafune. Talks about his new companies and other stuff. Check it (http://http://www.1up.com/features/finished-keiji-inafune-bold-plan)

OssMan

05-27-2011, 10:47 AM

Zelda Universe has been outed by the ESRB for an "online" platform.

http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/270803_S/Zelda-Universe-Has-Been-Rated-For-Online-By-ESRB.jpg
well there goes my goal of beating every zelda game

way to go video games

Drakul

05-27-2011, 12:12 PM

Zelda Universe is apparantly a website and not an actual game, according to Kotaku.

Drakul

05-27-2011, 01:06 PM

SimCity is a series beloved by millions, and one that's sadly been neglected of late while the Sims franchise went supernova. Now, according to MCV, it's coming back.

Only, you may not like what comes next.

It seems that EA is bringing SimCity back as a Facebook game, hoping to steal a share of the casual market away from the likes of Zynga's CityVille and FarmVille.

It's most likely in development at EA's social specialists, Playfish.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pretend this news story instead started with the line "SimCity 5 Coming To PC In 2012".

Source (http://uk.kotaku.com/5806136/simcity-is-coming-back-but-you-may-not-like-how).

Xero

05-27-2011, 01:19 PM

As long as it's as deep as the other games, I have no problems with it.

Drakul

05-27-2011, 01:34 PM

If it's a FB game, I can't see it being all that deep. The idea of FB games is to be easily accecable, playable in short bursts, simple.
I can't see us having to adjust the education budget or look at the crime or pollution rates.

Xero

05-27-2011, 01:40 PM

Well then there's no point.

Drakul

05-27-2011, 01:43 PM

Facebook games are supposed to be simple to use and enjoyable in quick bursts as well as being sociable.
Simcity as we know it isn't exactly simple and enjoyable in quick bursts, is it?
They'll strip the depth away so everyone can jump right in.

If they have SimCity FB and a proper SimCity 5, I'd be fine with that but it sounds like it will just be a Facebook game and nothing more

Kalyx triaD

05-27-2011, 02:42 PM

I like SimCity enough to play it as a Facebook game. Surely they kept most of it's elements, I think you could fit most of SimCity's mechanics on a browser...

Drakul

05-27-2011, 03:00 PM

It's not a question of fitting it on a browser. Can you really see the same audience that enjoys Bejewled and Farmville willing to put in the time to play SimCity decently?

If they don't strip it down, I can see that audience try it, find it too dull, slow or complex and ditching it.

Kalyx triaD

05-27-2011, 03:20 PM

Maybe it could be one of those things that deeper the more involved you get. Like Tetris.

Doesn't matter, they're probably make building railroads a micro-transaction.

#BROKEN Hasney

05-27-2011, 04:35 PM

Emperor Smeat

05-27-2011, 08:17 PM

First set of details regarding the upcoming Ninja Gaiden 3 was revealed in the recent Playstation Magazine.

Tecmo's plan for the game include allowing more accessibility for newcomers while keeping the game itself hard enough for Ninja Gaiden fans, expanded multiplayer for up to 8 players, and a lot more blood and gore than in previous games.

The PS3 version will have Move support but no news on if Kinect will be a part of the Xbox 360 version.

Runs at 60 FPS.
The drenching blood has returned after being toned down in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.
Difficulty level won't be lowered for the casual market.
Competitive multiplayer and co-op will feature. One or possibly both modes will feature eight players.
There's no more store. Instead, weapons upgrade over time, presumably through use.
Only Ryu currently planned as a playable character. Story to greatly focus on him.
PlayStation Move support is a possibility, but not yet official.

Tecmo also promised more details, screens, and videos of the game to be shown at E3.

The game is still set for a TBA date and as of now only Xbox 360 and PS3 versions were hinted at having the game.

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/202056-header.jpg
http://www.destructoid.com/ninja-gaiden-3-multiplayer-co-op-buckets-of-blood-202056.phtml

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Quick News Round-Up:
1) SEGA is porting House of the Dead Overkill from the Wii to the PS3 and confirms the game will be remade in HD, contain bonus missions, and PS Move support.
2) Problems on Steam's side of The Witcher II has the patch not downloading correctly while the game itself tries to reinstall itself when updating. CD Projekt has confirmed the patch itself is only 20 MB in size and not the 9 GB Steam tries to download.
3) Sony again moves the relaunch of the PSN Store from "before end of May" to now June 1st at the earliest due to the recent "maintenance" announcement by Sony.

Kalyx triaD

05-27-2011, 08:33 PM

8plyr action game wtf!

ClockShot

05-27-2011, 09:14 PM

Ninja Gaiden 3 is gonna feel weird without Itagaki's hands on it.

God damn Sony and their delays.

#BROKEN Hasney

05-28-2011, 12:12 AM

http://simcity.ea.com/play/simcity_classic.php

Drakul

05-28-2011, 05:33 AM

Fan made GTA IV "Google Maps/Street View" (http://www.gta4.net/map/).

Drakul

05-28-2011, 08:27 AM

Character reveal for SSX. Looks like they've dropped the subtitle:
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Emperor Smeat

05-30-2011, 07:37 PM

Based on a series of leaks, Sony's NGP will be officially named the Playstation Vita (Vita means life in Italian) and PS Vita as the short name.

The leaks came due to a new domain for the developer website of the portable recently was registered as "vita.scedev.net" to go along with the previously registered NGP domain. Another source ended up being two blogs which had some ties to sources inside of Sony leaked more stuff about PS Vita but was taken down by Sony and forced to issue an apology.

According to some developers, the portable was never meant to be named NGP nor was that ever its codename because Vita was the actual codename with Sony also leaning it becoming the official name. The reason the NGP was leaked as the name is due to Sony forgetting to give an official name and told the press its name was NGP.

I've talked to several developer sources, all of whom asked to remain anonymous, as E3 is so close. But each confirmed Vita was definitely the codename for the project when Sony was first showing the hardware to developers. One developer said his company has stopped referring to the machine as Vita, preferring NGP or PSP2, but was unclear if Vita had been dropped.

When Sony revealed its next portable in January, it was not supposed to have "NGP" attached, I'm told. Sony was unable to find internal consensus on a final name, so the event grudgingly went ahead with something temporary. At the time, however, it was being referred to internally as Vita.

Also leaked was Uncharted for the NGP will be named Uncharted: Golden Abyss and be hyped as the big title for the launch.

The official specs for the system are still unknown but based on recent reports, Sony has been removing and lowering some of the power for the cheaper model while keeping the regular specs for the more expensive model. The operating system, RAM, and CPU have been rumored to be cut by 50% while the harddrive rumored at 16 GB has been removed for the base model.

Sony's official stance regarding the leaks and the name is to not believe what is being posted on the internet but like every Sony leak that ends up real, the company also didn't deny the leaks were fake.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/galleries/2011-05-30/ps-vita-rumoured-screenshots/ps-vita-rumoured-screenshots_1306750355.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/what-we-know-and-what-ive-heard-about-the-very-real-playstation-vita/3275/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Square-Enix reveals Final Fantasy V and Chrono Trigger will be arriving on the US PSN at some time either in 2011 or 2012. This news comes months after Europe and Japan were confirmed to be getting both on PSN.
2) Sony's official response to Congress about the PSN hacking incident is the company has no clue who hacked them and doesn't believe any credit card info was stolen. This news contradicts previous statements by Sony to everyone saying they knew their credit card database was hacked into and they had some idea of which groups could have hacked them.
3) Nintendo and Sakaguchi confirms The Last Story on the Wii will be arriving in Europe in the near future and rumored to announce the actual date along with the US release at this year's E3.

05-30-2011, 08:09 PM

How do you say that. Veeta or Vita. Both sound incredibly dumb, but so did the Wii at first.

Emperor Smeat

05-30-2011, 08:25 PM

Vee-ta from what most people who speak Italian on gaming websites and forums are saying and not the older Latin version of Vi-ta.

It also appears to be related to cellphones being part of someone's "life" more than the Wii being part of playing games together to get the "we." Then again Sony originally marketed the PSP more as a handheld media device than a gaming handheld and only switched once developers started to bail and the iPhone/iTouch dominated media devices.

Fignuts

05-30-2011, 09:17 PM

Already played Chrono Trigger about 68546546 times, and I can always just emulate the GBA FF V.

Drakul

05-31-2011, 03:17 AM

Random bit of trivia/history:

We all know that our SMB2 isn't actually the "real" SMB2 and is just a "re-skin" of a game called Doki Doki Panic. It turns out that's wrong.

Miyamoto was working on SMB2, which he had already announced/promised publicly. Our SMB2 was what he was working on and it was always going to be SMB2 until Nintendo got the rights to quickly make a game based on an anime.
As SMB2 was the only game close enough to completion at that time, they threw out Mario and stuck in the Doki Doki characters.

The Japanese SMB2 was quickly thrown togethor and put on sale while we got SMB2 as it was intended.

Extreme Angle

05-31-2011, 03:52 AM

Lara Emily

05-31-2011, 04:09 AM

Drakul

05-31-2011, 05:20 AM

Guru Larry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ppHLwZWqlo).

He's a UK based TV presenter who used to have a show on some obscure tv channel I never watched. He was part of "Screwattack Europe" when it was around and still does stuff online.

I don't think it's his style to make up news stories, so I believe him. Though he doesn't give a source for where he found that info out.

Lara Emily

05-31-2011, 08:54 AM

Weird but this literally pops up no where else.

Emperor Smeat

05-31-2011, 07:42 PM

Fallout Online, Earthworm Jim 4, and three other projects by Interplay are closer to being cancelled than becoming a reality as the company announces it is currently facing severe financial problems.

In a filing to the SEC, Interplay posted a $2.9 million debt with just $3,000 in its cash reserves with the worst news being the loss of its credit card deal to help fund the projects. The company itself does not have enough money to pay its employees in advance but will now pay them based on revenue-shares for completed games, if they get completed.

The legal issues surrounding Fallout Online between Interplay and Bethesda contributed significantly to Interplay's financial problems and cost the company more money than was expected to make in revenues.

Interplay was also placed on a high risk of liquidation and bankruptcy with the company possibly selling off most of its assets to continue operating and finishing its projects. The company already has cancelled or dropped most of its projects with only 5 being worked on at the moment

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/10/gamfalloutmmoart530.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Interplay-in-Trouble-Fallout-Online-May-be-Dead
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/31/fallout-onlines-future-in-doubt-as-interplay-crumbles/
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Sony confirms PSN Store will not be up by their most recent deadline of May 31/June 1 and now has "end of the week" (June 3/4) as the new deadline date.
2) Nintendo drops the price of the DS Lite to $99 as part of the final phase of the system's life and to clear out all the remaining stockpiles to make more room for the 3DS.
3) Syphon Filter 4 appears to be currently in development after Sony accidentally posted some info and a logo for the game on its Playstation blog before quickly taken down all the stuff.

Fignuts

06-01-2011, 12:44 AM

Am I the only one who doesn't want to play fallout with other people?

Drakul

06-01-2011, 04:21 PM

I don't really like playing any game online if it means co-oping with random people. If I'm going up against them, great. Otherwise, no.

Random thing on another topic but if you listen to videogame music in Windows Media Player and right click the play button to slow the music down, a lot of VG music still sounds pretty good.

A lot of the character themes from MvC3 work. Viper, Dante and Sentinals, for example, along with the Duke Nukem Forever version of the Duke Nukem theme sound like they'd be used for heel wrestler entrance themes when slowed down.

Captain Americas theme slowed down doesn't sound very "heel wrestler" but it still sounds cool. Sounds slightly "end credits"-like.

Emperor Smeat

06-02-2011, 01:08 AM

Quick News Round-Up:

1) Based on a leaked box art from EA Store that was quickly taken down, Mass Effect 3 will be using Kinect controls to go along with the series regular controls.
2) THQ reveals Darksiders 2 is in development and is set to arrive on the Xbox 360, PC, and PS3. THQ also announced the game will be bigger in size, more openess for exploration, more upgrades, and a new character named Death as the main character of the game.
3) After delaying and rejecting a few Aliens projects, Sega finally confirms Aliens: Colonial Marines will be arriving next year and Gearbox is the studio developing the game. The game is not expected to have any tie-ins to the expected Aliens film also set to arrive in 2012.
4) XBLA exclusive Crimson Alliance announced by developer Certain Affinity with a release date expected during Summer 2011. The game is set as a class-based RPG and allows both local and online co-op play. The studio said its past work on Halo and Call of Duty map packs were influential in the design and gameplay process.

What Would Kevin Do?

06-02-2011, 01:13 AM

PSN is back up entirely in North America... Including the store.

D Mac

06-02-2011, 01:18 AM

Mass Effect 3 using Kinect? Sweet.

OssMan

06-02-2011, 11:02 AM

big memorial day sale at estarland

http://www.estarland.com/Summer11.html

ClockShot

06-02-2011, 06:40 PM

PSN is back up entirely in North America... Including the store.

YAHOO!

Emperor Smeat

06-02-2011, 07:33 PM

Ubisoft reveals a new Rainbow Six game is in development but this time it is a remake or retelling of the original Rainbow Six game. Similar to how GoldenEye for the Wii was a retelling of the N64 game, Ubisoft is doing the same with the new Rainbow Six game.

The game will take place primarily in New York with the villains being home-grown terrorists upset at Wall Street. The story is also revealed to be more in depth than the typical Tom Clancy game and more similar to a cinematic presentation.

Gameplay-wise, the remake will drop most of the gameplay style from Vegas and other Rainbow Six games and return to the classic tactical and stealth shooter of the early games.

The cover system from Vegas will be kept as a way from switching between first and third person perspectives.

Ubisoft did not announce if more of the game will be shown at E3 but at the moment very unlikely. They also didn't announce which systems the game will arrive but based on the on-screen prompts, a PC and Xbox 360 version should be available.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/06/r6_01.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5807528/rainbow-six-will-blow-your-fucking-mind
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A lot of leaks and news so a larger than normal Quick News Round-Up:

1) Konami kicks off the pre-E3 show with their press conference tonight at 5pm Pacific (8pm Atlantic).
2) The Witcher II has been confirmed to be arriving on the Xbox 360 as an exclusive title.
3) Sony once again trashes a Nintendo system this time saying the NGP/Vita has no real competition in both handheld and phone devices and calls the 3DS just as a simple "updated" DS.
4) Team Ninja released some screens for Ninja Gaiden III which could hint the game taking place in London or for part of the story based on some signs in the background. The game is also about 30% done according to the company.
5) No hope for a Sheamue III coming any time soon as the creator of the series has left Sega and revealed his studio is currently working on a new Kinect Fighting game.

OssMan

06-02-2011, 07:45 PM

Konami Zone of the Enders 3 PLEAse

Kalyx triaD

06-02-2011, 08:04 PM

Fuck yeah for new Rainbow Six.

06-02-2011, 08:06 PM

Fuck no for dropping the Vegas gameplay style.

OssMan

06-02-2011, 08:23 PM

zone of the enders HD collection

ugh

06-02-2011, 08:27 PM

estarland is having a big memorial day sale

http://www.estarland.com/Summer11.html

OssMan

06-02-2011, 08:32 PM

i knoW I JUST SAID THAT FAGGOT WFT

06-02-2011, 08:33 PM

oh shit

OssMan

06-02-2011, 08:35 PM

It's straight

Funky Fly

06-03-2011, 01:56 AM

Fuck no for dropping the Vegas gameplay style.

I played the original Rainbow Six on the N64 and didn't like it. What's the Vegas gameplay like?

Kalyx triaD

06-03-2011, 04:30 AM

Extreme Angle

06-03-2011, 04:49 AM

Actually considering the new Lara Croft. Haven't played one since Tomb Raider 2...

Cool King

06-03-2011, 04:55 AM

A female protagonist on board a ship that's taking on water? Sounds familiar.

:p

<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iZceJsTwdcg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

But seriously, the trailer looks great and even though I've never been a fan of the Tomb Raider series and only ever played the first game in 1996, even then, I just fooled around on it, the trailer does leave me interested in the game.

I'm looking forward to seeing some gameplay footage in the future and hearing more about it. :y:

Emperor Smeat

06-03-2011, 08:36 PM

EA announces it is competing against Steam for the PC digital distribution market as it announces its own DD service and puts the upcoming Star Wars Old Republic MMO game as an exclusive for the service. However, at the moment EA has not cut all ties with Steam for their previous PC games.

The service is being named Origin and is EA's attempt to take on Steam in the PC market while also expanding their own presence in the PC market after ignoring PC games for years in favor of console games. The name comes from a past EA purchase of a company called Origin Systems which was a big name developer for PC games in the 1980s and 1990s.

As part of their plan to be Steam's rival, EA announced as of now they have 150 titles ready for launch and will offer exclusive collector/limited edition of PC games similar to console versions having their own special editions. Battlefield 3, FIFA 12, and a few others were revealed in getting the exclusive PC collector's editions.

The store and overall structure of the service mimics a lot from Steam but also provides for mobile service which is something Steam doesn't do for the store. EA will also tie its mobile games into the new service for easier access to the Origin service.

EA is expected to reveal more of the new digital distribution service along with more games and "exclusive" features at E3 this year.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/06/origin-store-will-be-back.jpg
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/03/ea-takes-on-steam-with-origin-the-only-place-to-download-the-ol/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Team ICO HD remake set given a price and release date for Japan and it could be some bad news if Sony keeps the same price structure. ICO and Shadow of the Colossus are not an actual set but can be bundled together with a $50 price per game and $87 price together in Japan.
2) Take Two clears up some potential worries involving X-Comm reboot by announcing the game has a March 6, 2012 release date and the project is progressing well in development.
3) Sony could be going back on their promise to make the NGP/Vita cheap after continuing explaining how they feel customers will be willing to pay the price the company has for the handheld and how all the crammed features make owning a 3DS or mobile device not needed. As of now, only the non-3G model is getting its specs and stuff lowered down.

#BROKEN Hasney

06-04-2011, 02:27 AM

Nintendos next console's controller gimmick has been basically confirmed by Nikki, Japan's trade newspaper.

Of all the dumped so far, it confirms the 6" touchscreen, camera and the fact that it can actually be used as a stand-alone console.

Drakul

06-04-2011, 03:53 AM

Maybe it'll be like that thing Kojima is doing with MGS:PW. You play it on the PS3, transfer the data to your PSP, play it on PSP when you're out and about and then transfer it back to your PS3 when you get home.

Knowing Nintendo, they would likely put something like that in a game. Rare items only found by going outside with your controller or something.

Lara Emily

06-04-2011, 06:29 AM