Videogame News Thread [Archive] - Page 14

Emperor Smeat

06-08-2011, 07:26 PM

EA reveals Mirrors Edge 2 could potentially either use the same Frostbite 2 engine Battlefield 3 is currently using or at least a modified version by the time the game is actually ready for display.

EA Games President Frank Gibeau has all but confirmed that we'll eventually see Mirror's Edge 2 running on Frostbite 2, telling Gametrailers that "you'll see that combination, I'm sure".

"We haven't killed Mirror's Edge," continued Gibeau. We're actively looking at how to bring it back in the right way. We love that franchise. The DICE guys really created something I think special the first time around. You've got to have a big idea to be able to do the next one and that's what we're working on."

Due to EA using Battlefield 3 as their main hype game this Fall and DICE currently busy just working on the game itself, it is very unlikely more info on a possible Mirror's Edge 2 would be released any time this year or before the next E3.

As of now, the game is in limbo status where it hasn't been confirmed to be in real development nor given a cancellation notice even though EA promised the series won't be done with just one game.

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E3 Quick News Round-Up:

1) At the post-E3 Nintendo roundtable, Mario Party 9 announced to be in development for the Wii and Kirby's Mass Attack for the DS.
2) If the lack of new titles or games felt missing at E3 this year, a few studios have confirmed they are bringing a lot more games and info to this year's Tokyo Game Show than usual. Nintendo is expected to fully detail the Wii U console itself after "neglecting" it at E3 in favor of the controller.
3) IBM reveals the same sort of technology that powered the Watson supercomputer is inside the Wii U with the chip size, a modified version of the Watson CPU and the RAM types being similar.
4) If Naughty Dog are correct, Sony is considering making the PS4 into a social and media center as part of the wider push to expand the Playstation brand to other Sony products.
5) Sega officially reveals their M-rated horror title that was rumored and leaked to be in development for the Kinect. The game is called Rise of Nightmares and will arrive this September.

Fignuts

06-08-2011, 08:22 PM

Mirrors Edge 2!

geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Verbose Minch

06-08-2011, 08:25 PM

Too bad my phone isn't supported. :'(

I believe there should be a section where you can suggest future phones for them to work on.

Also, there are a couple emulators for Android (I assume also for iPhone) where it will create a virtual touch d pad/buttons to use. It works really well, and it's pretty cool. If you wanna check it out, download Gameboid. It's a GBA emulator.

Kalyx triaD

06-08-2011, 08:30 PM

8v8 CTF for Mirror's Edge 2 please!

Cool King

06-08-2011, 08:35 PM

"We haven't killed Mirror's Edge," continued Gibeau.

That's all I needed to <s>hear</s> read, really. :heart:

Kalyx triaD

06-08-2011, 08:52 PM

lol They totally did. The last two years was EA getting their balls back.

Kalyx triaD

06-09-2011, 06:03 AM

Me and my R-Tyme crew will be deciding which projects go into production for our initial line-up. We'll then reveal them next year. I can tell you right now one of them is a fighting game. Another may be an action game project Khuntry is working on. My Twitter and R-Tyme's facebook page will have details/updates over time. Thanks and thanks.

Drakul

06-09-2011, 06:13 AM

XBLIG?

Kalyx triaD

06-09-2011, 06:21 AM

That, but ideally I want [the titles I have in mind] for XBLA/PSN.

Drakul

06-09-2011, 06:27 AM

It's cool to go for IG but there's no way you'll get it on XBLA with out some serious money, I'd assume.

Kalyx triaD

06-09-2011, 06:48 AM

We could try to get a publisher behind us that would make things easier, but I have strong feelings against this. Idea's not even on the table, 'over my dead body' and all that. But the full realized vision of these games, even conservative versions of them, are kinda ambitious. For the most part I consider XNA releases to be betas/proof of concepts.

There used to be a system for getting a game upgraded from IG to XBLA, with leaderboard support, achievements, and more. It disappeared (or was moved) when XNA was rebooted and Microsoft re-prioritized indy games in general. Probably dropped. Bummer.

Drakul

06-09-2011, 06:58 AM

Getting a publisher to back you is near impossible nowadays. They don't take ideas from "no bodys". You have to have qualifications in certain areas and probably actually be working for them before they even look at it.

In the 80's in the UK, you could send your ideas to publishers and get them made into games but not now.

Your best bet to get on XBLA is to enter the Doritos contest they seem to do each year.

LuigiD

06-09-2011, 11:11 AM

A few years ago I did some language translation for a small group of guys who had worked for some bigger video game companies and wanted to go rogue. They were working on some projects. Nearly impossible to get support from anyone. Taking into account that the people who were part of this group had come from well established companies and had many years of experience.

Fignuts

06-09-2011, 02:39 PM

Just saw a gameplay video/interview on g4 about the new Star Wars kinect game.

It is NOT on rails and it looks fun as hell.

D Mac

06-09-2011, 02:47 PM

YEAH

OssMan

06-09-2011, 06:51 PM

It seems Xenoblade is coming out in North America. http://www.destructoid.com/voice-actor-confirms-north-american-release-for-xenoblade-200120.phtml

Emperor Smeat

06-09-2011, 09:08 PM

According to a few sources at the E3, Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick was kicked out of EA's Battlefield 3 booth after he supposedly wanted to check out the competition for Modern Warfare 3.

Supposedly the incident occurred while EA was holding a closed door demonstration of the game and Kotick or a representative for him asked if it was possible for a private screening of the game which EA's rep in the booth refused. Kotick was also rumored to have been escorted away from the closed screening when EA found out he was at the booth.

EA's rep for the booth has confirmed the incident took place while Activision is denying Kotick was at the EA booth or made the request.

Battlefield 3 is still set for an October 25 US release and October 28 European release date while Modern Warfare 3 is set for a worldwide date of November 8.

http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_256537_thumb_wide940.jpg
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/306431/news/bobby-kotick-wanted-to-play-battlefield-3-at-e3-ea-said-no/
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E3 Quick News Round-Up:

1) After some confusion regarding Fable: The Journey, Peter Molyneux stresses the game itself is not on rails even though it uses Kinect as a control option and the demo appeared to be a guided experience.
2) Ubisoft reveals Assassin's Creed: Revelations will have a November 15 release date for this year.
3) Sega confirms they are still working on Sonic 4: Episode 2 even though they had no footage or details of the game during their time at E3.
4) If the European branch of Sony is correct, PS Vita should be region free just like how the PSP and PS3 were the same.
5) Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge (WiiU) will use an optional control scheme to go along with regular controls similar to the DS Ninja Gaiden game in terms of the touch screen being used to throw stars, attack with the sword, and move Ryu.

DaveBrawl

06-09-2011, 09:50 PM

Extreme Angle

06-10-2011, 03:59 AM

Emperor Smeat

06-10-2011, 08:02 PM

The lack of Alan Wake news at E3 was explained by Remedy Studios who explained that the project itself hasn't been approved by Microsoft. Original leaks had the game being set as a downloadable title being called Alan Wake: Night Springs.

Apparently Microsoft was unaware the project was being worked on and only learned of the project being in development after leaks about the game started to hit the internet. By the time Microsoft knew of the project, it was too late for them to add it as part of their E3 press conference due no press package being completed for the game at the time.

While Microsoft owns the IP, Remedy Studios has been working on the XBLA game for a while and wanted to get as much of the game done before requesting funding from Microsoft and having Microsoft started to make changes to the project.

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http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/The-new-Alane-Wake-project-has-yet-to-sign-with-Microsoft

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Spanish police arrest 3 members belonging to the splinter group of Anonymous that was behind the PSN attacks after they hacked into government websites and databases.
2) Rage has been delayed with the new release date of October 4 by id Software as a way to push it out of the same launch window of Gears 3 and before the Modern Warfare 3 launch.
3) Sony hints that after receiving developer feedback on using Vita for connectivity on the PS3, they will also try to mimic a lot of stuff from the recently unveiled Wii U controller. Specifically, the idea of the screen having its own stuff separate from the tv (ex. maps, menus, etc).

Emperor Smeat

06-11-2011, 07:38 PM

As part of Microsoft's strategy for both the Kinect and prolonging the Xbox 360's life, Microsoft revealed the next step of the plan is for mandatory support for the Kinect in the future for all first-party Xbox 360 games.

Microsoft admitted it would be much easier for them to do it than making another demand for Xbox 360 games to third-party studios. They already have the demands of every Xbox 360 must have a gamerscore, Xbox Live, and HD abilities.

As of now, Microsoft appears to be leaning on voice commands as the main thing to use for Kinect rather than its other features. They feel this enhances their games a lot more than the other aspects of Kinect and would be more favorable and marketable to Xbox 360 users and potential new users.

EA is also considering pushing Kinect as a huge feature for their multi-platform games and could be moving away from heavy PS3 support to go back to heavy Xbox 360 support like in the begining of the generation.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/06/kinectfirstparty.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5810998/eventually-all-microsoft-games-will-employ-kinect

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Epic Games the latest video game company to suffer a hacking attack after Code Masters was attacked a few days ago and Sony over the past few months. The attack occurred on Epic Games forums with several e-mail addresses and passwords stolen including the master/admin one for the forum.
2) In response to a 2nd hacking attempt on Nintendo's severs, Nintendo of Europe has closed down its Club Nintendo services until it resolves the "phishing" attempt done to them.
3) Another attack to PSN and Sony is expected to be occurring in the near future with the main group boasting at the moment they have access to the PSN database and will be willing to prove Sony wrong about the new PSN being secured. As of now, between 17-19 Sony related websites and services have been attacked since the initial one to PSN.

Emperor Smeat

06-13-2011, 07:49 PM

According to demos and reactions at E3 for Ninja Gaiden 3, the game is very heavy into quick-time events going so far as being found in regular moves and attacks.

The QTE's are primarily used for killing off foes and making the blood flow non-stop but also appear in a lot of context-sensitive situations and traditional combos/specials.

The other new feature from the demo is Ryu Hayabusa's mutilated arm plays a big role in certain killing attacks and action but has a limit to the amount of carnage possible. The arm can be recharged at any time so it is possible to create countless spamming of the moves although the demo version might have had no limits or counters to the amount of times it can be done.

Another major change from previous games in the current series is instead of constant free flowing action, there appears to be a lot more "scripted" moments and kills making the game feel more similar to the God of War series than the previous Ninja Gaiden games.

Tecmo has mentioned in the past that they wanted to take the series into a new direction and the 3rd game in the series would be seen as a "reboot" in a certain sense.

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Another video game company falls victim to the reengage hacking group with Bethesda's Brink game website getting hacked over the weekend. The group has said they will release company related info they took but not customer data.
2) Capcom confirms Dead Rising 2: Off the Record will be priced at a discount of $40 similar to SSFIV being a "discount" title. This game is essentially Dead Rising 2 but with Frank West instead of the previous main character.
3) Crytek announces they will be porting their engine over to the Wii U and says they already have the engine working. This news comes right after Epic Games confirmed they are also porting the Unreal Engine 3 and will provide games for the system.

Drakul

06-14-2011, 03:52 AM

Not news but not something I thought someone could do at E3:
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#BROKEN Hasney

06-14-2011, 03:31 PM

Microsoft is going to announce its next console within 12 months, likely at E3 2012, according to "a high-ranking industry source at Crytek" who spoke with VideoGamer. This source believes that Microsoft will launch its system before Sony gets its new console out.

Most interesting of all, Crytek UK (formerly Free Radical Design) is building TimeSplitters 4 with CryEngine 3 for the next line of consoles. "Crytek is using Microsoft's DirectX 11 as the current basis for next-generation development," writes VideoGamer. Guess that's why TS4 has been such a no-show?

TS4!!!!!!!!!

Oh, something about a new XBox too. "Neat" I guess.

BigDaddyCool

06-14-2011, 03:36 PM

Minecraft's servers have been hacked by lulzsec, if ya'lls care.

Funky Fly

06-14-2011, 03:36 PM

Here's hoping this coming generation addresses hardware failure rates. Blowing dust of a cartridge is a minor inconvenience. Having to send in a console for repair and either deal with atrocious customer service or pay out the ass for shipping/cost of the fix is ridiculous.

BigDaddyCool

06-14-2011, 03:49 PM

BigDaddyCool

06-14-2011, 03:51 PM

lulzsec also attacked Eve Online, which is a game. What a bunch of jerks.

#BROKEN Hasney

06-14-2011, 03:54 PM

The MS console is probably going to be rushed out to compete with Nintendo and beat Sony. Sega reckon the U will be out by spring/summer next year and this new XBox will probably be Winter 2012.

LoDownM

06-14-2011, 04:35 PM

God I hope not... But Microsoft probably has it in their head "First out = Winners!!!!"

Vietnamese Crippler

06-14-2011, 04:59 PM

So, if that's the case, the next Xbox will be out January 2012?

LoDownM

06-14-2011, 06:08 PM

I don't believe Crytek's supposed "release" for Wii U. And it's Microsoft, I wouldn't be surprised if that actually happened.

Emperor Smeat

06-14-2011, 06:19 PM

With all the news of Sony probably not going all out on a PS4 like they did with the PS3, I wouldn't be surprised if MS went all out on their next console since they still have a huge chunk of the original $18 billion they set aside for the Xbox brand when they first announced the original Xbox.

Sony can't do the same since they can't keep tossing around money while their divisions keep declining profits-wise and already decided to do another "eating" the losses this time with Vita to compete with Nintendo and Apple.

I don't believe Crytek's supposed "release" for Wii U. And it's Microsoft, I wouldn't be surprised if that actually happened.

If Crytek are right about already have a working version of the engine for the Wii U and a previous poll done by Free Radical while ago showed there was some serious interest on putting a TS4 version on a Nintendo console (Wii at the time).

What Would Kevin Do?

06-14-2011, 07:00 PM

With all the news of Sony probably not going all out on a PS4 like they did with the PS3, I wouldn't be surprised if MS went all out on their next console since they still have a huge chunk of the original $18 billion they set aside for the Xbox brand when they first announced the original Xbox.

Sony can't do the same since they can't keep tossing around money while their divisions keep declining profits-wise and already decided to do another "eating" the losses this time with Vita to compete with Nintendo and Apple.

If Crytek are right about already have a working version of the engine for the Wii U and a previous poll done by Free Radical while ago showed there was some serious interest on putting a TS4 version on a Nintendo console (Wii at the time).

There's a rumor that TS4 is being developed for the next gen speficially, Microsoft's new system, and probably PS4.

http://www.destructoid.com/rumor-timesplitters-4-to-appear-on-next-gen-consoles-203756.phtml

Also, apparently Hasney posts on Destructoid.

Kalyx triaD

06-14-2011, 07:06 PM

Hasney's been linking to his Dtoid posts for a while now.

FearedSanctity

06-14-2011, 07:15 PM

I think Sony can afford to wait until 2013 for the PS4. This time they just need to be sure they've got a decent launch lineup with some good exclusives. Gimme a new MAG, Resistance and LBP at launch and I'm sold

What Would Kevin Do?

06-14-2011, 07:18 PM

Hasney's been linking to his Dtoid posts for a while now.

Hi-C

News to me. I don't pay much attention to things in the VG forum though. I just happened to see it on dtoid.

Emperor Smeat

06-14-2011, 08:12 PM

Bungie launches their Bungie App today and also stated it was the start of a bigger project as the studio continues its transfer away from the Halo series with Microsoft and 343 Studios to their new project with Activision.

Even though neither Bungie nor Activision revealed anything about the current project called Destiny at E3, Bungie did confirm the game is still on schedule and in development.

Bungie's app as of now only keeps track of stats in Halo Reach but the studio revealed it will be expanded more over time and is part of their current attempt to expand into the mobile market for both games and apps. Bungie plans to treat their new app the same as they do with their Bungie.Net website with constant news, updates, and special stuff every once in a while.

Bungie's other current project called Bungie Aerospace is expected to be revealed in detail during this year's Bungie Day festival during June 23 to July 7.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/bungie-launches-ios-app-for-halo-reach-signals-start-of-something-big/3373/
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) EA reveals it will be opening its own retail stores for their EA Sports games following Apple, Microsoft, and others who have opened up their own dedicated stores.

2) THQ shuts down HomeFront's developer Kaos Studios as part of their recent layoff and reorganization plans. THQ is moving the series to their THQ Montreal studio after also closing down their THQ UK studio.

3) Valve expands the Steam store to include Free-To-Play games with five titles set to launch when the newest addition to the store is ready. The five games are Spiral Knights from Sega, Champions Online from Cryptic, Global Agenda from Hi-Rez Studio, Forsaken World from Perfect World, and Alliance of Valiant Arms from NHN.

Drakul

06-15-2011, 12:44 PM

This an XBL Indie game but it looks more like a proper XBLA game.

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Emperor Smeat

06-15-2011, 01:54 PM

Sony could be in huge trouble with the Japanese government and possibly the US government/FBI after the Japanese report showed Sony knew even earlier than originally revealed that their databases were hacked and information was stolen.

Sony's original stance was they had no clue when their servers had been hacked and if any information was compromised.

Sony even considered just ignoring telling PSN users their email and passwords were taken if the attack didn't also go after the actual credit card and other sensitive personal info on the servers.

The report, submitted to the Japanese government and obtained under a freedom of information request, says that SCE was able to confirm internally on April 25 (American time) that a "fairly large amount of data" had been exposed to hackers. A press release issued the next day, however, only stated that Sony could not "rule out the possibility" that personal information had been compromised.

It's also claimed that PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai gave incorrect information in a statement issued on May 1, in which he said Sony didn't learn about the extent of the attack until April 26 (American time), a full day later than the company confirmed matters internally.

The official document also says that Sony delayed informing the public of the extent of the breach so as not to "bewilder" its customers, a spokesperson saying "We hadn't figured out (at that time) what kind of data had been leaked. If only passwords and IDs (were breached), they cannot be considered personal information, and so we didn't want to bewilder our customers."

http://kotaku.com/5812053/report-sony-knew-the-psn-leak-was-huge-it-just-waited-to-tell-you

Fignuts

06-15-2011, 02:04 PM

oh snap

Emperor Smeat

06-15-2011, 07:10 PM

In a move that might have fueled the potential EA-Valve digital distribution war, Crysis 2 and other recent games published or developed by EA were taken off of Steam today.

This move contradicts EA earlier statements saying they would not be removing their games from Steam but work as a partnership of sorts along with their own Origin service.

EA also later updated reports of the removal by trying to blame Valve for the sudden removal of the games but EA also showed they have no intention of reuploading the games at the moment.

"It’s unfortunate that Steam has removed Crysis 2 from their service. This was not an EA decision or the result of any action by EA.

Steam has imposed a set of business terms for developers hoping to sell content on that service – many of which are not imposed by other online game services. Unfortunately, Crytek has an agreement with another download service which violates the new rules from Steam and resulted in its expulsion of Crysis 2 from Steam.

Crysis 2 continues to be available on several other download services including GameStop, Amazon, Origin.com and more."

Older games published by EA such as Need For Speed and Crysis 1 are still on Steam but the future of those games could be in doubt should EA decided on a complete withdrawal from Steam.

Valve and Crytek haven't responded to the removal but it is assumed Crytek's games were removed without their knowledge or permission.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/crysis-2-and-others-disappear-from-steam-eas-relationship-with-steam-unknown-updated/3382/

Xero

06-15-2011, 09:16 PM

Sucks for them. I won't even touch EA's shitty download service. Honestly, I pretty much only buy through Steam.

What about games that have been purchased already, though? Can you not redownload them?

Emperor Smeat

06-15-2011, 09:24 PM

If you bought the game and/or DLC before it was taken down then like any other digital distribution service, it is still re-downloadable.

The stuff itself is still on Steam's servers but they can't activate the links for new buyers similar to when a company closes down and Steam no longer is allowed to sell the game for legal reasons.

Any future patches or DLC for the games wouldn't be downloadable using Steam though.

Kalyx triaD

06-16-2011, 07:39 AM

Forgot how sweet installing games were. Quite Xbox, quick loading times. Did MvC3 just now, will do Reach and Battlefield tonight.

Drakul

06-16-2011, 08:45 AM

I always install my games before I even play them once. Right now, I have MvC3, Duke Nukem and, I think, Portal 2 on there.

Emperor Smeat

06-16-2011, 08:03 PM

A Spanish retailer website reveals Devil May Cry series from the PS2 is preparing to be joining the recent wave of PS2/PSP games remade as HD Remakes or Collection sets.

The HD set is being done as the 10th year anniversary of the series and will include the first 3 games in the series with only updated graphics being confirmed.

No bonuses or gameplay changes are expected to be done similar to all the other HD remakes and collections with the exception of the Metal Gear Solid set.

Based on the source, the set should arrive this November and as of now only for the PS3 but neither the source no Capcom confirmed if it indeed is an exclusive or if the Xbox 360 will get the set at a later date.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/06/dmcpack.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5812491/devil-may-cry-series-getting-hd-re+releases

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Bioware becomes the newest gaming company to get hacked as an attack on their serves resulted in around 18,000 accounts info being stolen. The attack occurred on Bioware's community server for their Neverwinter Nights forum.

2) After firing their external Public Relations firm and denying they are not blacklisting reviewers who give bad scores to Duke Nukem Forever, Eurogamer has confirmed 2K Studios indeed is blacklisting companies with themselves being on the list.

3) Microsoft officially releases the Kinect SDK or dev kits for sale to capitalize on the "hacking" stuff being done by people using the non-gaming features of Kinect. The only catch is as of now the kits are not for commercial usage but Microsoft is planning on removing the restriction in the near future.

06-16-2011, 08:34 PM

oh god, homefront 2 is coming

http://playstationlifestyle.net/2011/06/14/homefront-2-emerges-from-the-ashes-of-its-predecessor/

Kalyx triaD

06-16-2011, 09:18 PM

HD DMC3? Cool.

Funky Fly

06-16-2011, 09:39 PM

Def gonna grab that DMC collection when it hits 360.

Sony's gonna have to do some major damage control. Weeks after the hacking and bad news is still coming out. :nono:

Kalyx triaD

06-16-2011, 09:42 PM

I don't think 360 will get lucky on this one. DMC1-3 were PS exclusives, it wouldn't be much to HD-up those PS button icons. Making 360 button icons for the re-releases seems unlikely, especially since Capcom's been penny pinching lately. It's a good thought, though.

Emperor Smeat

06-16-2011, 09:56 PM

A few of the planned or already released HD remakes/sets have been placed on brands the originals were not done on.

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath got only a PS3 release even though it was on the Xbox original before and the Metal Gear Solid set including the Xbox 360 when the originals were PS2 exclusive.

The biggest difference though is those games are expected to have some changes while most of the HD remakes are just quickly made upscale games like the God of War PSP set for PS3 or the Tomb Raider set.

Drakul

06-17-2011, 03:02 AM

Speaking of HD collections. The reason MGS1 isn't on the MGS HD collection is because it'll take too much work to bring it to up to the standard of the other games graphically and they'd have to change details to make sense with the rest of the series. So, it's too much work, apparantly.

#BROKEN Hasney

06-17-2011, 03:07 AM

People purchase PS1 games on PSN all the time and even 80's arcade games on 360. Konami are just being stubborn, I'm sure barely anyone would complain if the game was there in it's original (or Twin Snakes) form along with the 3 other games.

Kalyx triaD

06-17-2011, 03:11 AM

I was thinking they could use Twin Snakes since it still looks good. Then again there's Nintendo references in there, could be a problem.

Drakul

06-17-2011, 03:13 AM

I always meant to buy Twin Snakes and I never did. Would have been good to get it on the collections.
Surely removing an object from a games code, to remove the Nntendo stuff, wouldn't be that big a problem time and money wise, right?

#BROKEN Hasney

06-17-2011, 03:20 AM

Twin Snakes is well worth buying and blowing the dust off your Wii for. Fantastic game.

#BROKEN Hasney

06-17-2011, 03:27 AM

2.
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Buy new (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Gear-Solid-Twin-Snakes/dp/B003BV4H1I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1308295272&sr=8-2): £299.99

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
PEGI Rating: Ages 16 and Over
PC & Video Games: See all 11 items (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_seeall_2?rh=k%3Atwin+snakes%2Ci%3Avideogames&keywords=twin+snakes&ie=UTF8&qid=1308295272)

OK, it's not that good.

Kalyx triaD

06-17-2011, 03:34 AM

Fuck that.

Drakul

06-17-2011, 04:27 AM

It's £25 from CeX. Plus, I need a new GC controller and maybe a memory card if I can't find my other 2. So it'll come to, maybe, about £40.

I'll probably get round to it eventually.

#BROKEN Hasney

06-17-2011, 04:29 AM

http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-faqs-guides-tutorials-only/60921-guide-softmod-any-wii.html

:shifty:

Emperor Smeat

06-17-2011, 10:35 AM

Nintendo confirms Zelda will not be getting a collection set to celebrate its 25th anniversary. They are still planning on celebrating the anniversary year long with other stuff but no actual collection set will be made.

Yes, as insane as that may sound, while the idea of throwing a bunch of old Zelda games on a Wii disc and selling them to rabid fans seems completely logical, both Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto cock-blocked the proposal.

Why? Because they did it for Mario last year, and didn't want to do the same thing two years in a row. Re-releasing Ocarina of Time for money on the 3DS probably played a part as well.
http://kotaku.com/5812859/nintendo-has-crushed-your-dreams-of-a-zelda-25th-anniversary-compilation?comment=40162816#comments

:( I was actually looking more forward to this being done than the Mario one once Nintendo hinted they wanted to do a special set for Zelda's anniversary. That one and Skyward Swords were going to be the main titles I wanted to pick up this Fall.

Emperor Smeat

06-17-2011, 07:30 PM

Based on a source very close to Sony, the company is currently working on a new revision for the PS3 but unlike the PS3 Slim, this revision is focused completely on security.

Taking inspiration from the PSN hacking and Microsoft's own new disc format, Sony is in the process of redesigning the disc format for the PS3 using the BD driver and not the motherboard in a similar way to Microsoft's recent disc update beta process.

This would allow Sony to put the security changes on the discs themselves and use a firmware update to make them readable on all PS3s.

Presumably this would at least prevent these newer consoles from running copied games with an additional layer of authentication. It’s likely that there will be some kind of watermark on genuine PlayStation 3 discs that the drive is looking for. All of these measures are in response to the acquisition of the PS3 root encryption key earlier this year (2011) by hacker GeoHot which allows unlicensed code to be run on the PlayStation without restriction.

Also leaked for the firmware update will be an update to allow newer PS3 BD drivers the ability to play 3D enabled stuff on discs in one step instead of the previous 3 steps needed. Loss-less audio for 3D will not be returning with the firmware update though.

Sony is expected to unveil the new version of the PS3 along with a potential price cut this year during the Tokyo Game Show.

http://admintell.napco.com/ee/images/uploads/hometch/ps3slimred.jpg
http://www.gamertell.com/technologytell/article/rumor-new-ps3-revision-coming-new-copy-protection-along-with-bd-j-for-bd-3d/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Sega joins the growing list of video game companies who have been hacked with their Sega Pass servers being shut down due to hacks occurring yesterday. Sega did reveal that some accounts had their info stolen but confirmed that no info related to credit cards or payment stuff was taken.

2) The creator of Minecraft reveals that the studio currently working on the port of the game for the Xbox 360 is 4J Studios. The same studio handled last year's port of the N64 Perfect Dark game to Xbox Live Arcade.

3) EA continues to be douchebags to Valve and Steam with today saying they were happy that Valve had a "change of heart" and returned Alice: Madness Returns back for sale on Steam. EA started their war against Valve yesterday after several current EA related games were pulled from Steam with EA blaming Valve even though older EA games were still on Steam.

06-17-2011, 09:26 PM

it's interesting how when we were young and didn't know jack shit about the "real world" of video game politics, like what ea is doing with valve, but today when we are grown and mature with the internet at our fingertips, it's like the entire industry is completely different than how we remember it.

Emperor Smeat

06-18-2011, 08:16 PM

Kotaku held a post-Ocarina of Time 3DS development interview with Nintendo regarding the Zelda series with Nintendo revealing why no 25th anniversary set for the series, the idea of Navi being annoying, and other stuff.

Nintendo believes the best way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Zelda series is to celebrate the music of the series with traveling concerts in both the US and Canada. The reason is due to how much of an influence music plays in the series especially since Ocarina of Time.

The idea of Link jumping automatically is due to Miyamoto stressing he doesn't want Link to play any way similar to Mario in a game. He wants Zelda games to be focused on combat/action and already has another series and charcter dedicated to platforming.

Why did Link have to go back to being a kid? He just saved Hyrule. Surely he should be allowed to stay grown up.

Mr. Aonuma: Through the guidance of Zelda, Link was able to become a young man without maturing mentally. So Zelda returned Link to his child form once more. I think she wanted him to live a life in which he grew up normally. Also, if Link didn't return to being a child for us, we wouldn't have the story of Majora's Mask, so this is a part of the story that I really want to remain the way it is.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/06/zelda_qa.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5813181/is-navi-annoying-and-other-questions-we-asked-the-creators-of-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time

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1) Microsoft's Xbox Live becomes the latest to be attacked with LulzSec claiming they have taken and displayed some of the account info they stole.

2) Namco reveals that while Sony paid for exclusive HD port of the Wii's Tales of Vesperia game in Japan, they will not be putting the game on the PS3 for other regions. The reason given was due to Microsoft won the rights to the game for both US and Europe markets.

3) Crytek denies rumors of the studio already having access to the next Xbox dev kits but the studio did not deny the rumor of them currently working on a TimeSplitters 4 game. They did reveal the rumors of them working on an engine using DX 11 is true but only for Crysis 2.

Kalyx triaD

06-18-2011, 08:21 PM

LulzSec will be made an example of pretty soon, I think.

Emperor Smeat

06-18-2011, 08:33 PM

There is a rumor of some blog recently leaked the names of most if not all the members of LulzSec but hasn't been confirmed yet by the group. Also the CIA is rumored to have joined the FBI in tracking down all the members of the group.

Kalyx triaD

06-18-2011, 08:48 PM

Rumors probably started by LulzSec.

Extreme Angle

06-20-2011, 11:24 AM

#BROKEN Hasney

06-20-2011, 12:34 PM

Sega joins the growing list of video game companies who have been hacked with their Sega Pass servers being shut down due to hacks occurring yesterday. Sega did reveal that some accounts had their info stolen but confirmed that no info related to credit cards or payment stuff was taken.

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/204161-header.jpg

Drakul

06-20-2011, 12:44 PM

Yeah, I was looking for a video of that earlier. I can't find one, though.

#BROKEN Hasney

06-20-2011, 01:22 PM

Can't believe they'd hack a CDX/Multi-Mega though. That's just sacrilegious.

Emperor Smeat

06-20-2011, 07:54 PM

Duke Nukem 3D joins the list of older games getting the HD/remake treatment as a Danish studio named Interceptor Entertainment is currently working with Gearbox on the remake of the original game.

The studio is using the Unreal 3 engine as the basis for the remake and announced the game itself will contain new dialogue lines to go along with the original dialogue spoken in the game.

Online multiplayer was confirmed to support up to 16 people with the majority of maps being classic DN 3D maps and a bunch of characters to available to choose.

Unlike DN Forever, the game will have an early demo released later this summer and is primarily focused on the multiplayer with 4 characters, 7 weapons, and 2 maps.

The game itself will be available later this year and as a downloadable title but no actual release date or systems were announced.

http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_257853_thumb_wide940.jpg
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/308197/news/duke-nukem-is-back-again/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) In an update to Sega getting hacked last week, 1.3 million accounts were confirmed to have been stolen while Sega confirms it is reworking its Sega Pass system for better security when it relaunches.

2) Max Payne 3 appears to have an official release date after Amazon sent notices to pre-order consumers saying the game will be released or arrive on December 1st of this year. Rockstar has yet to confirm the date but other retailers have changed their expected release date for the game.

3) Early sales for Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D for the 3DS have the game sold out at a lot of retailers in both Japan and the US. Nintendo stated this was done on purpose after Spirit Tracks was over-shipped but had low sales and to test how strong of a demand there is for the current game before doing more shipments.

Emperor Smeat

06-21-2011, 08:04 PM

During an interview with GamePro, Yoshinori Ono says one of his plans for the future of the Street Fighter franchise is to make a game that is completely customizable beyond just a create-a-character found in other fighters.

"What I'd love to do someday, if possible, is taking these characters -- like Ryu, Chun-Li, Abel, and Juri -- and having a game where users could customize them to a high degree," Ono said. "I'm not talking about their costumes or something like that, but actually customizing what moves they use -- the timing of them, their strengths, their weaknesses -- so that my Ryu could be completely different from your Ryu. In addition to our skill sets being different, our characters themselves would be different."

The customization would be based on certain rules or requirements but would give the player complete freedom in designing anything within the requirements.

His idea could have been inspired by the cancelled Mega Man Universe project that attempted to have a creatable characters and environments. Even though the project focused on Mega Man stuff, it did show off characters and stuff involving other Capcom properties.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/yoshinori-ono-wants-street-fighter-to-be-more-customisable-590710_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/86899/yoshinori-ono-wants-street-fighter-to-be-more-customisable/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) The free Zelda soundtrack offered as a bonus for buying and registering Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D on Club Nintendo ends tonight at midnight Pacific Time. The set itself won't be shipped until around July 14.

2) New hacking attack expected to hit PSN in the near future and is also expected to be much bigger than the first PSN attack. A group called "Unknown" promised the attack is only meant for Sony itself while PSN accounts will be left alone unlike during LulzSec's attack.

3) Ubisoft is planning to have Ghost Recon Future Solider beta to occur around a vague "Q1 2012" date or at least between January - March 2012. The beta is exclusive to Xbox 360 users and Splinter Cell Conviction pre-order owners will still have their spot available in the beta.

Kalyx triaD

06-22-2011, 02:11 AM

City of Heroes is relaunched as City of Heroes: Freedom, now free-2-play as per the trend. Here's everything you need to know. (http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/freedom/player_choices.html)

Emperor Smeat

06-22-2011, 08:21 PM

Conflicting reports and rumors are showing Square-Enix is in the process of porting Dragon Quest X to the Wii U after the company sent out a vague hint of them adding "support" of the game to the Wii U.

This support was revealed to be company's current priority of making sure the game works on the Wii U with hints of some sort of special support to take advantage of the Wii U controller.

The issue occurs due to the vagueness of the testing making it appear as if the testing is treating the game as 2 separate games and not just a Wii game running on Wii U similar to what Nintendo did with Twilight Princess.

They still stressed that the Wii will still get Dragon Quest X on schedule around early to mid-2012 in Japan after originally revealing the game was pushed out of the late 2011 release date.

Other reports and rumors have the game arriving during the launch window of the Wii U and a future 3DS version in development.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/06/dqx.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/dragon-quest-x-could-maybe-possibly-include-wii-u-support-too/3409/
http://kotaku.com/5814359/report-dragon-quest-x-to-surface-on-wii-u

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Microsoft planning on using Kinect for a potentially new advertising section to the 360's dashboard that will incorporate interactive ads using Kinect, the ability to instantly tweet games to your Twitter account, and something similar to a store locator for finding games on sale.

2) Miyamoto confirms that the next Zelda game is currently in development for the Wii U and the HD demo of Twilight Princess on the Wii U at E3 was to showcase what the next Zelda could look like and see the level of interest from the crowd to another Zelda.

3) After weeks of Xbox 360 users having access to Beyond Good & Evil HD remake, Ubisoft announced PS3 users will have access to the game on June 28 for the price of $9.99.

Emperor Smeat

06-23-2011, 08:04 PM

The next game in the Smash Bros series might take much longer than expected as Project Sora said in an interview that the studio was completely caught off-guard when Nintendo announced a new game in the series at E3.

According to the original plans by both Nintendo and the studio, the next game in the series was meant to be only on the 3DS but the sudden announcement at E3 of a Wii U version caused a lot of the early planning and initial development to be scrapped.

"With this I don't have the time for that. I won't be able to look at every aspect of the game and balance out all the characters by myself this time. I'm trying to think about how this is going to work out, but probably I'll have to discuss it with my future development team. The future of this project really depends on the people I can get involved with it."

Sakurai also said that the original plan was to get a team together to work only work on a Smash Bros 3DS game after Kid Icarus was completed but this plan changed, after Iwata had shown him the Wii U.

"If we went solely for the Wii U, the HD graphics would really bump up the visual effects, but then we'd be stuck in another arms race. If we made this [Wii U] game another extension over previous [3DS] one, we'd have to cut out the new things we could possibly do on the 3DS hardware and compete with ourselves again over the size of the character roster and the amount of gameplay... It wouldn't be a fruitful competition."

Currently the studio has no plans to work on the game any time soon due to their current priority to Kid Icarus on the 3DS and a couple other projects. The studio itself also isn't large enough to work on 2 top tier titles at the same time and would need more help due to the problem of having to create separate assets for both games.

Nintendo is rumored to be involving another studio they own to help Project Sora once development actually starts.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_29332_1_1307591963.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Super-Smash-Bros-Wii-U3DS-development-hasnt-even-started-yet
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) After some digging around on Steam, a few people discovered the PC versions of Final Fantasy VII and VIII are currently on Steam and have been there for months but disabled for sale. Also discovered from the files were Square-Enix attempt on tweaking the game to run on current PCs with graphical and gameplay enhancements but for unknown reasons ended up dropping work on the project.

2) Epic Games could be reconsidering supporting the PS3 after Bulletstorm barely managed to 1/4of the Xbox 360's version while the game combined barely reached 1 million sold. This would make the 2nd big title from Epic Games to "fail" or bust on the PS3 in comparison to the Xbox 360 and PC.

3) Based on some leaks, Sony is planning to continue the current tradition of re-releasing games as sets with the Uncharted series, Resistance series, and Ratchet & Clank bundles are all planned for a 2011 release date. Each of the sets will contain something related to an upcoming game in the series while only the Uncharted bundled was confirmed to be $39.99.

06-23-2011, 11:06 PM

Team Fortress 2 is going F2P on PC. Now that I just got a beefy (to me) video card, and have been doing a lot of gaming on my PC lately, I am def gonna check this out.

RoXer

06-23-2011, 11:09 PM

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RoXer

06-23-2011, 11:10 PM

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06-23-2011, 11:30 PM

you do make a valid point

RoXer

06-23-2011, 11:38 PM

Had my old crappy laptop with a busted ass screen forever so I never played this on my own pc. Then when I bought my new pc in Jan I was like "sweet can't wait to play everything". But never did. I was also holding out for a mega 360 update but that will never happen.

fucking sweet

Emperor Smeat

06-25-2011, 02:51 PM

After about 8 years of service, Star Wars Galaxies is set to officially go offline on December 15 after Sony Online Entertainment, Bioware, and LucasArts confirmed the end of the MMO game.

The servers are going to be gradually freed up for the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO game with the last set of servers to go completely offline in December.

As part of making sure nothing goes wrong during the process, the ability to auto subscribe to the game will be shut off on October 15 while the trading card game will be discontinued and unable to activate on September 15.

Sony Online Entertainment does have a final "thank you" gift set up for later this year involving a massive final quest being hyped up as a “galaxy-ending in-game event."

While the game wasn't as popular as other big name MMOs like World of Warcraft, declining revenues and sales with the need to release a brand new game in the Star Wars series ended up being the main factors in the decision to shut down the MMO.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_9501_1_1309015385.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Star-Wars-Galaxies-Bids-Farwell
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Splash Damage and Bethesda announce that Brink's first DLC pack called "Agents of Change" will be free for the first 2 weeks once the pack is released in early July.

2) The complete disc set of games for the Bit.Trip.Saga was announced to be arriving on September 13 with bonuses included for the 3DS and Wii versions. The series originally was only a WiiWare exclusive except for the first game also being on PC.

3) US Supreme Court expected to decide on the current case originating from California on the debate of violent games needing to be censored or considered as free speech this Monday. The issue revolves around the vagueness of California law that doesn't define what a violent game is but also only targets video games and not other forms of entertainment.

Drakul

06-26-2011, 03:23 AM

Anyone that's interested, the Wii now has a "Kirby TV" channel. It's free to download from the Wii shop.
The channel has 50+ episodes of the Kirby: Right Back At Ya! cartoon to view for free. They have 4 up already with more going up every so often.

You can only watch certain episides between certain dates but, if you miss an episode, you can find keys by watching the other episodes and use that key to watch an episode you missed.

Kalyx triaD

06-26-2011, 04:19 AM

Might as well have a Nintendo TV channel that shows all the Nintendo cartoon shows. Hell, produce new stuff. This is a good idea so watch it never happen.

RoXer

06-26-2011, 09:13 PM

http://i.imgur.com/zhDQx.jpg

Kalyx triaD

06-26-2011, 09:15 PM

Seems reasonable...

James Diesel

06-27-2011, 08:10 AM

Jesus, can a train simulator really pull in that much money?

Kalyx triaD

06-27-2011, 12:31 PM

There was this long standing case, California vs Violent Videogames. Games pwned Cali. Go google it. Have a nice day.

parkmania

06-27-2011, 02:50 PM

The United States Supreme Court today struck down a California law forbidding the sale of violent video games to minors in a 7-2 decision that was based on free speech considerations. Justice Antonin Scalia, who was writing for five justices in the majority, stated: “Like the protected books, plays and movies that preceded them, video games communicate ideas — and even social messages — through many familiar literary devices (such as characters, dialogue, plot and music) and through features distinctive to the medium (such as the player’s interaction with the virtual world).wrote. That suffices to confer First Amendment protection.”

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund had joined the case by filing an amicus curiae brief that called attention to the similarities of the California video game law and attempts to censor comic books in the 1950s (see “CBLDF Joins Video Game Case”). The California law would have imposed fines of $1000 on stores that sold violent video games to anyone under 18. It defined violent video games very broadly as any game “in which the range of options available to a player includes killing, maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting the image of a human being” in a way that was “patently offensive,” or appealed to a minor’s deviant or morbid interest or could be construed as lacking “serious literary, artistic, or scientific value” (see “Oral Arguments on Video Games”).

According to the New York Times, Scalia cited Grimm’s Fairy Tales in his decision, noting the folktales are “grim indeed” and recounting the plots of Snow White, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel, while pointing out that High School reading lists and Saturday morning cartoons are also filled with examples of violent behavior.

But the 7-2 decision is not as rock solid as it might appear. Two justices, Samuel A. Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts declined to sign on to the majority opinion, although they did vote with the majority. In a separate opinion Alito noted that the California law was too vague, but that a more carefully crafted piece of legislation could pass Constitutional scrutiny. Alito based his argument on his conclusion that video games are very different from other media and therefore are not necessarily entitled to the same Constitutional protections.

Justice Clarence Thomas voted in the minority because he does not feel that the Constitution provides any free speech rights to minors. The other dissenter, Justice Stephen Breyer found sufficient grounds in studies of the effects of playing violent video games on the behavior of children and adolescents to justify the California law.

Emperor Smeat

06-27-2011, 08:04 PM

After seeing the success both in terms of sales and reception to the remake of GoldenEye on the Wii, Activision could potentially be thinking of having another "remake" or game made in the series.

New domain names registered to Activision recently show the company locked in the rights to the name of "GoldenEye Reloaded" which could hint at the company thinking of continuing that line of games from the James Bond series.

Rumors are ranging anywhere from the domain name being linked to a future Wii U game, a HD re-release of the Wii's GoldenEye game to the Wii U, or even the N64 classic being ported to unknown download services.

The game or series is unlikely to appear on a non-Nintendo system unless if the potentially new game ends up similar to EA's unrelated GoldenEye game due to Nintendo both being unwilling to share the game's IP with Microsoft or Sony and them owning most of the first choice rights to the series.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/06/goldeneye.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5815913/is-goldeneye-reloaded-just-a-fancy-word-for-rereleased

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Uncharted 3 beta size has been confirmed to be 1.7 GB and will be downloaded all at once instead of other PS3 betas using PSN that require additional "update" downloads to finish the large file size.

2) Sony is expanding the idea of games from the PSP library to the PS3 by now including games not part of a series or set as new bundles. These bundles will be called Dual Packs and contain 2 games unrelated to each other at the cost of $15 per set.

3) Microsoft reveals both the list and dates for this year's "Summer of Arcade" on the Xbox 360. This year's special deal involves buying all 5 games and getting Crimson Alliance for free when its released on September 7.

July 20 - Bastion (1200 Microsoft Points)
July 27 - From Dust (1200 Microsoft Points)
August 3 - Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (1200 Microsoft Points)
August 10 - Fruit Ninja Kinect (800 Microsoft Points)
August 17 - Toy Soldiers: Cold War (1200 Microsoft Points)

Kalyx triaD

06-27-2011, 08:09 PM

Fignuts

06-28-2011, 02:37 AM

Those Final Fantasy fighting games or whatever they are, are all I care about on PSP. Hope they port those.

Drakul

06-28-2011, 03:35 AM

July 20 - Bastion (1200 Microsoft Points)
July 27 - From Dust (1200 Microsoft Points)
August 3 - Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (1200 Microsoft Points)
August 10 - Fruit Ninja Kinect (800 Microsoft Points)
August 17 - Toy Soldiers: Cold War (1200 Microsoft Points)

The only two I'm intrested in is From Dust and Fruit Ninja Kinect.

From Dust looks like the game I've been waiting for since Populous on the PS1 back in 1998 and Fruit Ninja looks like good, simple fun.

#BROKEN Hasney

06-28-2011, 05:19 AM

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/204729-fable.jpg

"It's hard to be completely honest without offending people; but I know, when I read in the middle of a review that said the quality just wasn't good enough, I actually agree with those reviews. I think Lionhead can't afford to rest on its laurels of its fans and produce low-quality stuff."

"We have lots of excuses, as you always do have excuses; but I don't think that's good enough. For consumers, it's very simple: there's a bright light here, and there's an even brighter light there. They're going to go towards the even brighter light -- and why shouldn't they? You just can't sit on your hands and say, 'Well, we know how to do it. It's Fable, so that's the way we do it.' You just can't do that."

Great work as always Peter. All Fable games suck after they've been out for a year, but the next one will ROCK YOUR WORLD.

The Rogerer

06-28-2011, 08:05 AM

I think it shows that he doesn't play other games.

Kalyx triaD

06-28-2011, 08:41 AM

While I've found F3 underwhelming, I've enjoyed the series as a whole.

Ermaximus

06-28-2011, 03:16 PM

Fallout 4 will be in San Francisco. Expect a lot of gay companions.

06-28-2011, 05:43 PM

WoW is now F2P up to level 20. Now I might play it to see what the fuss is about

LoDownM

06-28-2011, 07:32 PM

Level 20 isn't enough to find out how boring it is these days.

Emperor Smeat

06-28-2011, 07:47 PM

The fallout from the PSN hacking attack now has some official results with roughly 90% of PSN users have returned back to PSN, Sony posting its worst financial loss in 16 years, and the calling for the current CEO to step down.

While 90% of PSN users have returned, Sony did not state if the stat meant 90% of the accounts have been reactivated or if 90% of the actual user base returned. Sony has about 70+ million PSN accounts but only 50+ million actual users.

The financial mess of the hacking attack along with the recent earthquake and poor showing from other divisions in the company resulted in the 3rd year in a row the entire company generating a loss. The losses also ended up being the worst losses for the company as a whole in the last 16 years, even topping the $3+ billion lost in 2006/2007.

The push to remove Howard Stringer as CEO of Sony revolves mostly around the slow response to both the shareholders and customers which in turn negatively hurt the company's stock and image. Sony's stock has dropped roughly 30% since the incident with shareholders giving Stringer a vote of "no confidence."

Stringer's job has been in jeopardy the past few years with former Playstation boss, Kaz Hirai seen as the favorite to replace him. Even though Hirai tenure with the Playstation division usually results in big annual losses, the company still feels his presence and dealing with the media would be much better than Stringer.

Stringer recently blamed the PSN hacking attack due to hackers not wanting Sony to be allowed to ""Protect its IP" instead of the actual reasons being the removal of features and the arrogance of the company to both hackers, users, and customers.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/26/10180-psn%20icon_middle.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/most-psn-users-have-come-back-but-financial-consequences-for-sony-leadership/3434/
http://kotaku.com/5816092/sony-says-it-was-hacked-because-it-tried-to-protect-its-ip

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Pac-Man's creator Toru Iwatani stated in an interview that he feels the games of today do not have that same special feeling of games in the past that remain special decades after they were released.

"When you look at games coming out today, it's doubtful that any of us will be talking about them in ten years' time," Iwatani told Game Career Guide.
...
"I think more thought needs to go toward how games present themselves to the user, to how they can be made more fun," Iwatani said.

2) The newest game in the Tribes series called Tribes Ascend will be a free-to-play game with only load-outs and weapons being part of the paid section of the game.

3) Valve's attempt to "relaunch" Team Fortress 2 with the free to play scheme appears to be working out very well as the game officially replaces Counter Strike as the most played game on Steam in terms of total players, servers, and players per day (peak).

BigDaddyCool

06-28-2011, 08:24 PM

Video games are the only art form you can suck at enjoying. You can't be bad at looking at a picture or listening to music or reading a book (unless you simply can't read).

Xero

06-28-2011, 08:34 PM

Video games are the only art form you can suck at enjoying. You can't be bad at looking at a picture or listening to music or reading a book (unless you simply can't read).

Or you're blind, or deaf.

BigDaddyCool

06-28-2011, 09:24 PM

Or you're blind, or deaf.

well those don't require skill

What Would Kevin Do?

06-28-2011, 11:34 PM

Stringer recently blamed the PSN hacking attack due to hackers not wanting Sony to be allowed to ""Protect its IP" instead of the actual reasons being the removal of features and the arrogance of the company to both hackers, users, and customers.
.

Oh shut the fuck up. Not you, but whoever wrote this article. I mean, come on. Yes, it's Sony's fault all this happened because they removed features. Wait, didn't they remove Linux because it was getting hacked? Hmmmm. I'd call that protecting its IP. I'm sorry, I just hate how some people try to justify the hackers' actions.

Emperor Smeat

06-29-2011, 07:46 PM

Based on an internal memo sent around EA Sports studios, EA is looking to open up a new studio for their EA Sports line while also showing some concern about the losses of key members from the Madden franchise.

EA is planning on opening a new studio in Austin, Texas but are still looking for a good spot that would be both convenient and large enough to develop their games. This new studio's main task would involve the recently planned idea of "persistent" experiences to EA Sports games in regard to both online-related and career mode related stuff.

Also revealed in the memo is the need to focus on a new outlook for the Madden series due to the loss of a few key contributors to the series. The goal is to make a stronger push to keep the remaining staff members critical to the series while offering a lot more promotions to newer people.

The idea behind this move is to both ensure no more critical people leave to competing companies and bring in new perspectives for their Madden series and potentially the other sports series in the EA Sports line.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/06/ea_sports_retail.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5816815/internal-memo-addresses-madden-losses-lays-out-ea-sports-expansion-plans
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Once Xbox 360 exclusive title Limbo will be heading to PSN in the near future based on a leak involving a South Korean ratings board showing the title as part of the upcoming games for the PS3.

2) As a follow-up to yesterday's Sony story, Sony is now one step closer to replacing Stringer as CEO after Hirai was promoted today to Chairman of Sony. The move comes just a day after shareholders made a strong push to replace Stringer due to a 30% drop in stocks and negative image the company gained in recent weeks.

3) Blizzard reveals they are currently working on a new MMO game called Titan that according to them will be "ambitious, awesome, and casual" in comparison to their work on WoW and the upcoming Diablo III game. The game is expected to arrive within the next 1-2 years but not until the current the expansion packs for WoW and work on Diablo III are done.

Extreme Angle

06-30-2011, 05:13 PM

This new steam sale is going to take all of my money...

#BROKEN Hasney

06-30-2011, 05:17 PM

Pretty much.

Right now I'd grab Recatter, Stubbs, Freedom Force and the two Bit.Trip games.

Tempted by Test Drive Unlimited 2 as well.

06-30-2011, 05:20 PM

It's a shame I have a video card that'll play all these awesome games, but a processor that won't.

Xero

06-30-2011, 06:24 PM

Holy shitballs at this sale already.

If I didn't already have the GTAs before 4 on PC through Steam I would so get the Rockstar collection.

Also, no excuse not to get the BTTF game now.

NoJabbaNoBogRoll

06-30-2011, 07:47 PM

When the Steam store is slightly less overloaded with users, I will try to browse the entire selection.

Emperor Smeat

06-30-2011, 08:22 PM

Only days after the Supreme Court struck down the California case involving the idea of violent games needing censorship or being seen as free speech, the US Senate is currently debating and could potentially pass a new bill that will make video game streaming illegal.

The bill focuses more on people streaming game footage than actually streaming or uploading files to pirate a game and its vagueness treats video game streaming the same as streaming a movie that is shown in theaters.

Also considered illegal would be uploading your own playthroughs and walkthroughs for a game similar to a Lets Play or streaming playing games for charity.

The US Senate has put forth a new bill ( S. 978 ), which if passed could potentially label people who stream video game content (or other copy righted material) onto Youtube or other sites like Blip or Justin.tv as criminals.

Under the "Anti-Streaming" bill, those who are caught streaming copyrighted material (films, music, games etc) in a "performance" that becomes popular and makes over $2,500 can either face some rather hefty fines or even up to five years in prison!

What constitutes as a "performance?" Well, Let's Plays and Live Streams would likely fall into that category. I say likely because the wording of the bill is incredibly vague and could probably mean just about anything, which is why many in the video reviews community are scared that their content could also potentially lead to criminal charges.

The move is part of a larger push to make streaming of copyrighted material illegal with earlier in the year the FBI going after and shutting down numerous tv and movie streaming websites.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_29332_1_1309464026.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Streaming-gaming-content-could-make-you-a-criminal
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Ubisoft will be pulling TMNT: Turtles in Time Remake completely from PSN and at a later date from XBLA after the company revealed their license for the PSN version of the game ends after June 30 with the XBLA version expiring at a later unannounced date. To squeeze any last chance sales, Ubisoft has the game 50% off on the XBLA Marketplace.

2) Capcom announces Dead Rising 2: Off the Record now has a release date of October 11 in the US/Canada and October 14 for Europe. The game is still set for a $40 price tag.

3) Nintendo of America kills off any hopes of Xenoblade, Last Story, and Pandroa's Tower coming to the US after refusing to publish the game in America. The news comes days after Operation Rainfall began its drive of convincing NoA to bring the Japan-only game to the US by the use of petitions and requests.

#BROKEN Hasney

07-01-2011, 01:10 AM

It's a shame I have a video card that'll play all these awesome games, but a processor that won't.

I was in the same boat last month. If you've got an AMD motherboard from about 2005 on, check for BIOS updates. I got a quad core Athlon 2 working fine in my mobo.

When the Steam store is slightly less overloaded with users, I will try to browse the entire selection.

I was linked to http://steamgamesales.com . Makes browsing much easier.

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

Extreme Angle

07-01-2011, 04:11 AM

Bought Borderlands, tempting by a collection pack, sucks i'm off to a festival next week and can't spend any money :(

Drakul

07-01-2011, 10:49 AM

So Crysis 1 is coming to the 360.

The rating board of Korea let slip and EA Korea confirmed it.

I doubt it's Korea only.

Emperor Smeat

07-01-2011, 04:54 PM

In a somewhat surprising announcement, Media Molecule announced during a gaming convention in Spain that it is planning on ending the LittleBigPlanet series once the Vita version of the game is completed.

The official response is the studio wants to break away from the series to create some new IPs but didn't explain if the reason was due to them getting "bored" making the games or didn't want to expand the physics and gameplay with future games in the series.

This also continues the tradition of Media Molecule only working on a series for a specific console and not wanting to expand the series to a new console (or handheld) besides a port.

The announcement also appears to have been done without Sony knowing beforehand and could leave Sony with needing to find a new studio to work on the series if they decide on more games in the future for the series.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_29332_1_1309538489.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Could-this-be-the-end-of-Little-Big-Planet

Fignuts

07-01-2011, 06:44 PM

Good for them.

RoXer

07-03-2011, 12:50 AM

RoXer

07-03-2011, 12:55 AM

Kane Knight

07-03-2011, 10:22 AM

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Emperor Smeat

07-04-2011, 04:53 PM

Microsoft along with law enforcement have started to investigate how an early non-beta playable copy of Gears of War 3 surfaced on the Internet, specifically Youtube, after it was found that the videos were showing off unapproved gameplay footage of the single player.

Microsoft also confirmed that the footage is indeed legit although they did state "This content is not from a final build" and didn't not explicitly say how recent the stolen build of the game was.

The stuff was also confirmed to have been possibly taken from a development kit instead of the traditional way of leaks occurring after discs are printed.

The leak is assumed to have come from inside Epic Games studio with either an actual programmer for the game or one of the on-site beta testers providing the leaked content.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/gearsmontage.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5817846/early-gears-of-war-3-code-hits-internet-cops-investigating

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Naughty Dog hints that their next project after Uncharted 3 is finished could be a new Jax and Daxter game and would be for the PS3.

2) EA reveals it is planning to reveal some huge announcements at their Summer Showcase event along with having playable demos of Madden 12, Battlefield 3, and The Sims 3 Pets.

3) Based on rumors from Tawain, the PS4 could be making a surprise debut at E3 2012 along with the next Xbox console and if the company manufacturing the new console is to be believed, the PS4 will also have Kinect-like abilities. Also rumored were production for the console is expected to start in late 2011 with a release date of late 2012.

Kane Knight

07-04-2011, 07:33 PM

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/111442-OnLive-Founder-Claims-Impossible-Wireless-Breakthrough

Can Perlman really deliver the "impossible? It'd be fucking awesome if he could.

Emperor Smeat

07-05-2011, 05:46 PM

Rockstar preparing to drop both financial and working support with Team Bondi after recent news revealed the company was furious with how badly Team Bondi mismanaged the company's money involving the L.A. Noire project.

Rockstar has already refused to both publish and finance the next project currently in development by Team Bondi with the final break-up expected to occur pretty soon.

The biggest reason for Rockstar's decision was due to the increasing "fighting" and resentment between Rockstar and Team Bondi's founder. The main issues ended up being Team Bondi refusal to make any changes Rockstar felt were needed and the studio's habit of firing and hiring too many people multiple times during development.

"Rockstar also made a huge contribution to the development. Their producers were increasingly influential over the last two years of the game's development, and overruled many of the insane decisions made by Team Bondi management. At a lower level, Rockstar also pitched in with programmers, animators, artists, QA, etc. Part of the conflict between Team Bondi and Rockstar was due to Rockstar's frustration with Team Bondi's direction, and eventually Team Bondi's management in turn resented Rockstar for taking lots of creative control. It's also worth pointing out that Rockstar used to be very keen on making Team Bondi something like 'Rockstar Sydney' – the more they worked with Team Bondi management, the more they came to understand that this was a terrible idea."

The decision to pull their support from the studio also comes after recent news of Rockstar being completely blamed for the poor working conditions and the large list of contributing names missing from the credits list of L.A. Noire.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_29332_1_1305841736.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Are-Team-Bondi-and-Rockstar-Games-parting-ways

Emperor Smeat

07-06-2011, 05:09 PM

Sony confirms it will have its own Pass-system similar to other companies and will be called PSN Pass.

Sony also mentioned that unlike other Pass-systems, each PSN Pass is game-specific and not a general online-only restriction. No actual details on what would be restricted for non-online multiplayer games was given by the company.

So far only PS3 games were announced to be getting the PSN Pass with a very big chance PS Vita will also be getting the same service at a later date.

No pricing or other details regarding PSN Pass was revealed although the company did mention it will start once Resistance 3 is released. Non-PSN Pass countries will be locked out of content until Sony updates or brings the Pass to those areas.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/sony-pass-spotted-on-resistance-3-ps3-bundle-085920_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/87099/update-psn-pass-spotted-on-resistance-3-ps3-bundle/

Kane Knight

07-07-2011, 08:47 AM

Told ya so....

Ermaximus

07-07-2011, 11:06 AM

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/07/ff7lbp74.jpg

Ha ha ha, that took WAY too long. Would love it if they put TF2 costumes in LBP2.

Kane Knight

07-07-2011, 11:10 AM

SackGHEY.

D Mac

07-07-2011, 11:58 AM

Kalyx triaD

07-07-2011, 12:49 PM

Just signed up with OnLive. Gonna screw with it for a spill.

Kalyx triaD

07-07-2011, 12:50 PM

Gotta admit, interface is super-slick.

RoXer

07-07-2011, 12:56 PM

Shoulda used G's friend link or whatever so he gets a free something or whatever

Kalyx triaD

07-07-2011, 01:08 PM

Didn't know.

Kane Knight

07-07-2011, 03:06 PM

Why do you hate G, Kal?

Kalyx triaD

07-07-2011, 03:25 PM

It's the fucking letter. Why did it have to be G? sgand forever.

Emperor Smeat

07-07-2011, 05:16 PM

Namco Bandi is suing Projekt Red's parent company Optimus SA over an issue regarding publishing rights for the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher II in Europe.

While the US could still have the Xbox 360 version released on time, the European version of the game might be delayed for a while.

The issue revolves around Namco not being informed of THQ being awarded of publishing rights in Europe for the Xbox 360 version when Namco and Bandi currently hold the PC and Xbox 360 rights of the game.

According to Namco, they were never informed that THQ was bidding and won rights to the game which prevented Namco or Atari from bidding. Namco also assumed their rights to the PC version and Atari's US rights would have carried over to Europe.

Namco also owns the European branch of Atari while allowing the US branch to be a separate publisher instead of Namco publishing both the PC and Xbox 360 in the US.

Naturally, Optimus and CD Projekt Red believe both are in the clear.

"Namco's claims are unfounded," reads the statement.

As a consequence of the lawsuit, Namco Bandai is withholding payments of 1,225,000 Euros (roughly $1.75 million dollars).

"In the opinion of the [Optimus] management board, Namco consequently claim the desire to continue cooperation in the distribution [of] CDP RED products after the recent release of games released on PC, due to the expected potential sales of this title for console Xbox 360," concluded the company. (Also, I blame Google Translate for the awkward phrasing.)

Both the Soul Calibur publisher and THQ have not yet responded to requests for comment.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/1792/1824652-2011_05_21_00001_super.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/namco-bandai-files-suit-against-the-witcher-2-developer-cd-projekt-red/3460/

Funky Fly

07-07-2011, 05:19 PM

I don't want it quite as much if THQ gets a hold of it. If it isn't UFC or Saint's Row, they have no idea how to make games not suck.

07-07-2011, 05:22 PM

Just signed up with OnLive. Gonna screw with it for a spill.

Get on tonight and we can spectate each other or play something. You can demo every game for 30 min. 360 controllers and mics work with it.

Gotta admit, interface is super-slick.

It is nice. They did an update last night, which one of the things made the log in screen much nicer.

Shoulda used G's friend link or whatever so he gets a free something or whatever

You don't get anything :(

Kalyx triaD

07-07-2011, 05:53 PM

Has 'online multiplayer' lag. I can imagine some games that would be perfect for this, though.

alvarado52

07-07-2011, 09:19 PM

I don't want it quite as much if THQ gets a hold of it. If it isn't UFC or Saint's Row, they have no idea how to make games not suck.

Darksiders was solid...though it barrowed from many other games...and i may be biased because im a huge fan of Joe Mad's style.

CSL

07-08-2011, 01:49 PM

Games collector ‘Ahans76’ has turned an innocent pastime into something bordering a dangerous obsession.

If his games collection (pictured below) looks to be a little on the large side that’s because it features every single PlayStation 2 game ever released in North America. Oh, and they’re all unplayed first editions in factory-sealed condition too.

It all began innocently enough when Ahans76's mum bought a PlayStation 2 console from a catalogue. 'Ridge Racer 5' was his first game for the system and, yes, it still holds a special place in his heart and his gargantuan library. Well, it’s in there somewhere, we're assured.

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ukvideogames__5/ukvideogames-557972639-1310043671.jpg?ymXI0SFDjdcKbxDW

The rest is 19 years of history, a collection that exceeds 1850 PS2 games and an investment that's likely to be somewhere in the region of £40,000. Some games have been harder to find than others too. Ahans76’s lengthy search for a sealed copy of ‘Moto GP’ only ended when an innocent eBay trader in the UK let it go for a fiver - a fraction of the amount he was prepared to pay. The majority of the rest of his games were bought at the regular retail price or thereabouts, though.

With all the effort and cash dedicated to fulfilling his quest it’s surprising to learn that Ahans76 has the time or energy left to actually play any of the games he owns. Nevertheless, he lists ‘Final Fantasy XI’, ‘Dragon Quest 8’ and the ‘Uncharted’ series for PS3 as his absolute favourites.

Ahans76's journey won’t end once he has every single PlayStation 2 game - a few new ones are still released every year. He’s currently trying to complete the Neo Geo and PlayStation Portable catalogues. Perhaps it’s a blessing that he seems to have overlooked the Wii, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS. So far, that is...

#BROKEN Hasney

07-08-2011, 03:26 PM

Guy I knew had every single European released Mega Drive game, but not all sealed. I thought that was bad enough.

07-08-2011, 05:12 PM

Start watching around 7:15. Best viewed in full screen. :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

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Emperor Smeat

07-08-2011, 05:50 PM

Very bad news concerning the status of Mega Man Legends 3 on the 3DS as Capcom dropped the game and all related news on the game from their website.

The same thing occurred with Mega Man Universe before Capcom officially pulled the plug on the project.

The project itself was on very shaky grounds due to the creator of Mega Man having to plead with the company to even have the project be given a "prototype" status due to Capcom's bosses not wanting to spend any time on a new MML game.

Once Inafune left the company, Capcom began to start the delays and eventual removal of the promised June demo from the 3DS eShop.

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=162752

Kane Knight

07-08-2011, 05:55 PM

Defense Grid :y:

07-08-2011, 07:06 PM

Defense Grid :y:

Love this game so much :heart:

Kane Knight

07-08-2011, 07:52 PM

Love this game so much :heart:

Is Onalsaught a new game? I have The Awakening, and it rocked.

I still need to tackle some of the DLC maps.missions.

07-08-2011, 07:59 PM

Onslaught is the first level in the Borderlands DLC. I have the DG: Gold which came with the Borderlands and Resurgence packs.

#BROKEN Hasney

07-08-2011, 08:18 PM

Dammit Capcom. I wanted a new MML so badly and all the stuff that came out was looking awesome and I could taste it. Was so bummed when the prototype was delayed and now... God.

Kane Knight

07-08-2011, 08:42 PM

Onslaught is the first level in the Borderlands DLC. I have the DG: Gold which came with the Borderlands and Resurgence packs.

Ah. Sweet.

Drakul

07-09-2011, 03:16 AM

Kane Knight

07-09-2011, 09:19 AM

I knew that would happen and I've been saying it all along. I knew they were phasing Megaman out.

No MM in MvC3, MMU gets cancelled, now MML3.

I don't think we'll see MM at all for a while now.

It sucks MML3 got cancelled because I love the MML series.

Seems to be that this was written on the wind a while back. Still, quite unCapcom-like to not milk a dead cow.

Kalyx triaD

07-09-2011, 09:32 AM

Me and Khuntry were just talking about MML's impending cancellation a few hours before we seen this post. We had a laugh, but one of those sad laughs.

RoXer

07-09-2011, 08:32 PM

http://imgur.com/a/iSiTC

Emperor Smeat

07-09-2011, 08:37 PM

Bungie officially ends its involvement with the Halo universe as the latest update on Bungie.net contained the final message by the studio in relations to the Halo series.

Halo is yours now. In many ways, it always has been. Its new caretakers will strive, just as we did, to be worthy stewards but you have the package. Hold these characters and stories and worlds to the same unflinching standards you did while we were at the helm, but allow them all to blossom and change and grow in the ways that they must.

Bungie also confirmed they will be changing and reworking their main website as they complete their shift away from Microsoft and the Halo series to their new relationship with Activision and work on a new series' universe.

Microsoft celebrated their last involvement with Bungie Day by having special discounts on avatars and other items with the money being sent to charity.

Microsoft has been grooming 343 Studios to take over the Halo franchise ever since ODST was announced with the first big project being the remake of Halo 1.

In addition to the armor unlock, Bungie Day saw the sale of memorabilia and Xbox Live Avatar items, with the proceeds going to charity. On Aug. 2 the studio will fully hand over all administration of Halo to its owner, Microsoft, releasing one last Halo ViDoc entitled "O Brave New Worlds." Then it will begin working on its next project.

"We'll be undergoing a metamorphosis of our own. Very soon Bungie.net will change, culminating with the launch of our next universe at some unknown time in the future," Bungie wrote in its latest weekly update.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/halo_sunset3.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5819698/bungie-says-halo-is-now-yours-as-prepares-to-hand-off-to-microsoft

Kalyx triaD

07-09-2011, 10:28 PM

Great job, Bungie.

D Mac

07-10-2011, 01:09 PM

In related news, Halo sucks.

07-10-2011, 01:29 PM

Before Reach, I would agree. However, the co op in that was incredible. Me and a buddy went through the whole thing in a day. And that was 2 of us. Imagine having 4.

RoXer

07-10-2011, 03:25 PM

Kalyx released his beta finally

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Emperor Smeat

07-10-2011, 04:17 PM

Supposedly Donkey Kong turned 30 years old yesterday but the problem is nobody knows exactly which date the anniversary of the series occurs on. Not even Nintendo (specifically Nintendo of America) was aware of the anniversary possibly occurring yesterday.

http://kotaku.com/5819769/donkey-kong-turned-30-yesterday++or-did-he

Kane Knight

07-10-2011, 04:42 PM

In related news, Halo sucks.

Halo? More like GAYlo, MIRITE?

Before Reach,

Reach? Moar liek ReachAROUND, MIRITE?

Kalyx released his beta finally

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-J7aLS2CFPU" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe>

Beta? Moar liek GAYta...Okay, I'll stop now.

The only thing I really liked about Halo was the espansive Universe. While I'm not a direct fan of ANY of it, it was still cool and far more developed than 90% of source material for games today. Mass Effect is cooler, but Halo really does deserve some props for being more than just a series of generic space shooters featuring gay space marines.

That fighting game is...Wrong. There's soemthing about the production value that makes it feel completely date. Like 90s date. I know it probably has more polygons and shit than a mid-90s game, but it has the same sort of vibe. The women look 2D, as well, something we figured out how to NOT do ages ago.

Kalyx triaD

07-10-2011, 06:54 PM

D Mac who likes MK over Street Fighter says Halo sucks. Moving on.

D Mac

07-11-2011, 05:13 AM

Yeah moving on because mk IS better then Street Faggots.

Verbose Minch

07-11-2011, 05:16 AM

D Mac who likes MK over Street Fighter says Halo sucks. Moving on.

http://i56.tinypic.com/dlt0l1.jpg

D Mac

07-11-2011, 05:24 AM

YEAH :shifty:

Kane Knight

07-11-2011, 08:16 AM

Yeah moving on because mk IS better then Street Faggots.

There's only one solution. You two must fight each other using techniques from your respective franchises.

FIGHT!

James Diesel

07-11-2011, 11:43 AM

Well, MK is clearly the winner in this battle

Kalyx triaD

07-11-2011, 11:53 AM

Fireball spam.

*sips tea*

James Diesel

07-11-2011, 12:28 PM

Back, Back, Forward B. A bunch of feets you'll see.

*leaves without paying*

D Mac

07-11-2011, 12:30 PM

Lol Street Faggots.

D Mac

07-11-2011, 12:31 PM

I'm so creative.

Kalyx triaD

07-11-2011, 03:00 PM

D Mac

07-11-2011, 03:56 PM

Yes I know it's saddening to see my greatness and know that you're just Kalyx Triad.

Just be the best Kalyx Triad you can be!

Kalyx triaD

07-11-2011, 04:01 PM

Kalyx triaD vs D Mac: Fate of Two Worms

D Mac

07-11-2011, 04:03 PM

I'm teasing of course. :p

Kalyx triaD

07-11-2011, 04:13 PM

I don't kid, I kill.

Fignuts

07-11-2011, 06:03 PM

oh for fuck's sake

Kane Knight

07-11-2011, 07:39 PM

D Mac doesn't get mad, he gets even. Usually through sodomy.

Emperor Smeat

07-11-2011, 07:49 PM

Capcom reveals a collection set is planned to celebrate Resident Evil's 15 Year anniversary for the PS3 in Japan.

All of the games are getting upscaled to PS3 resolutions but also only use PS1/PS2 as the source instead from versions with better quality.

-Resident Evil Directors Cut (PSX)

-Resident Evil 2 (PSX)

-Resident Evil 3 Last Escape (PSX)

-Resident Evil Revival Selection (PS3)

-Resident Evil Code: Veronica soundtrack

-Resident Evil 4 soundtrack

-15th anniversary items: Pins & Stickers (STARS & Umbrella)

-Spacer for PS3′s Resident Evil 5 or Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition

-Spacer for PS3′s Resident Evil 5 or Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition
The set is said to be going on sale sometime in September and will come with a price tag of ¥7,800, which is roughly $97 American.

The set will not include Resident Evil 0 due to Nintendo owning rights to the game, any rail-style games, or spin-off games such as the Survivor series due to Capcom shutting off the servers for the series. Also not included is Resident Evil 4 which is getting a separate HD upscaled version set for release later this year.

As of now, Capcom did not give any news if the anniversary collection will be available on other systems or if the collection will be released in other regions. If other systems do get the set, it is expected to be different for each system.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_29332_1_1310160219.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Capcom-Japan-to-release-Resident-Evil-box-set-in-honor-of-the-series-15th-Anniversary

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) The tension between EA and Valve continues as EA updated all of their upcoming digital download games list and each game on the list has Steam left off with Battlefield 3 to be the recent to drop Steam. At the moment, the tension is high enough that neither company is willing to have talks or negotiations to end the situation.

2) Uncharted 3's developer Naughty Dog is very worried that their game's multiplayer could be completely overshadowed in terms of actual players and potential sales due to Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 being released around the same time.

3) Based on some early reports involving the upcoming Windows 8 O.S., Microsoft is planning to allow Xbox 360 games to be playable on a PC without the need for an actual Xbox 360 to be plugged into the PC.

Kane Knight

07-11-2011, 08:23 PM

1) The tension between EA and Valve continues as EA updated all of their upcoming digital download games list and each game has Steam left with Battlefield 3 to be the recent to drop Steam as an option. At the moment, the tension high enough that neither company is willing to have talks or negotiations to end the situation.

Once more in English?

Xbox games on PC would be awesome, though.

07-11-2011, 09:01 PM

Then you'll have the crying over how mouse and keyboard players will start ruling in cod. Will be a lot easier to pirate the stuff too.

Verbose Minch

07-12-2011, 03:08 AM

Then you'll have the crying over how mouse and keyboard players will start ruling in cod. Will be a lot easier to pirate the stuff too.

I read before that they'll be kept separate.

Funky Fly

07-12-2011, 03:33 AM

I doubt it's going to make all that much difference. If you're playing on xbox live, you probably have a pc. Just go grab your mouse and run shit too.

#BROKEN Hasney

07-12-2011, 04:22 AM

Even by Windows 8, no way this will emulated the 360 architecture on a PC without a hardware add-on, unless it dynamically re-compiles. Even then, it would be a stretch.

Kane Knight

07-12-2011, 08:47 AM

Then you'll have the crying over how mouse and keyboard players will start ruling in cod. Will be a lot easier to pirate the stuff too.

That would require that 360 games are now played with M+K or they will be crossing the PC versions and the 360 versions.

Not that I care either way, because a bunch of COD faggots crying about anything kind of amuses me....

Kalyx triaD

07-12-2011, 09:23 AM

http://marvel.com/games/play/59/captain_america_shield_of_justice

Emperor Smeat

07-12-2011, 07:25 PM

EA officially purchases PopCap studio and Jeff Green for an initial price $750 million with the potential of becoming $1.3 billion if certain milestones and criteria is reached.

The purchase gives EA access to the Bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies IPs along with a huge preexisting network of both games and platforms covering a wide variety of services and consumers. It also reunites the company with their former employee who became the director of social media for PopCap studio.

"EA and PopCap are a compelling combination," said EA CEO John Riccitiello. "PopCap's great studio talent and powerful IP add to EA's momentum and accelerate our drive towards a $1 billion digital business. EA's global studio and publishing network will help PopCap rapidly expand their business to more digital devices, more countries, and more channels."

"We picked EA because they have recast their culture around making great digital games," said David Roberts, CEO of PopCap. "By working with EA, we'll scale our games and services to deliver more social, mobile, casual fun to an even bigger, global audience."

The move is seen as part of EA's stronger push into more of the casual and mobile markets to go along with their current focus on console gaming.

The zombies at PopCap decided to give EA a new greetings card welcoming them as the new bosses and owners of the company.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/zombiea.jpg

http://kotaku.com/5820553/electronic-arts-buys-maker-of-bejeweled-and-plants-vs-zombies
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Blizzard announces starting on Season 3, StarCraft II will now have a new region linking setup to increase the pool of players possible for online matches. Europe will no longer be linked to North America while North America now links up with Latin America and Korea expands to include Taiwan.

2) Even though Bioshock's producer, Ken Levine, appeared in the Wii U press conference at E3 along with other developers, Levine stressed that his studio currently isn't involved in any Wii U projects nor has any slated for the near future.

3) Based on a memo from Gamestop, Sony might be removing another feature from the PS3 with the next reversion of the console to only allow HDMI cables to display HD signals while it was unclear if the Component Out connector will be removed or deactivated. The new models will not come with any HD-capable cables and Gamestop is preparing on increase the amount of HDMI cables available in stock before the new model goes on sale.

Kane Knight

07-12-2011, 08:51 PM

So does this mean I'm going to have to sign up to another three EA accounts just to play PVZ?

LoDownM

07-13-2011, 02:02 AM

Has Destructoid been acting weird for anyone else the last few days? Half the time I go to it, it doesn't completely load.

Emperor Smeat

07-13-2011, 07:35 PM

2K's boss reveals the real reason why the upcoming XCOM game was changed from a strategy game, like the previous games in the series, to a shooter was due to the company feeling of strategy games no longer being a part of modern gaming.

Before the company had hinted the decision was due to the large gap in years from the previous game and because the reboot was occurring on consoles instead of the more RTS-friendly PC platform. The reboot was also been seen as an attempt to see how popular the XCOM series would be to the current market.

ccording to 2K's boss, the reason for this is simple -- strategy games just aren't relevant enough for these modern times.

"The 90s generation of gamers all love XCOM and we own the IP, so we thought okay, what do we do with it? Every studio we had wanted to do it and each one had its own spin on it," said Christoph Hartmann. "But the problem was that turn-based strategy games were no longer the hottest thing on planet Earth. But this is not just a commercial thing -- strategy games are just not contemporary.

"... That’s what we are trying to do. To renew Xcom but in line with what this generation of gamers want. The team behind it is asking themselves every day: 'Is it true to the values of the franchise?' It’s not a case of cashing in on the name. We just need to renew it because times are changing."

The boss also managed to completely ignore the hype and sales StarCraft II and other big name RTS games still have in the market with even Halo's own RTS game selling about a million copies.

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/205991-header.jpg
http://www.destructoid.com/2k-xcom-changed-because-strategy-games-aren-t-modern-205991.phtml
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Square-Enix hints it could be bringing Final Fantasy XI to the PS Vita but did stress it would only be a straight port of the game. The idea is to use the PS Vita game as an additional cash boost for their struggling and rapidly cash-eating Final Fantasy XIV MMO game.

2) Metacritic recent investigation into bribed review scores has resulted in the tagging of a bunch of review sources as "corrupt" after it was found out those places indeed accepted cash bribes in return for favorable scores on certain games.

3) Sony announces it is spending $20 million over the next 3 years as part of their current strategy to erase the huge advantage Xbox Live Arcade has in terms of the huge numbers of titles and exclusives available.

Ermaximus

07-14-2011, 09:49 AM

What? I can download both RE4 and RE: CVX on my xbox and play them both for 1000 achievement points? Sweet jeebus!

James Diesel

07-14-2011, 10:45 AM

What? I can download both RE4 and RE: CVX on my xbox and play them both for 1000 achievement points? Sweet jeebus!

Explain!!!!!!!!

EDIT: Just looked it up! HOLY SHIT AM I PUMPED!!!!!!

Kalyx triaD

07-14-2011, 12:39 PM

Gamasutra: This is one of the first examples we've seen from Capcom of the new strategy of putting existing IP onto Western studios and creating new IP from within the company. Could you talk about that strategy, what it means, and why it's interesting to you as creators.

Dragon's Dogma producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi: For us, we have the two strategies working simultaneously. There is, as you said, giving our famous franchises to other companies to see what they can do. We're always looking for new challenges for us at Capcom, and one of those is creating new IPs -- new franchises that will resonate with the fans. For us, we wanted to try something new, and that's why we developed this title internally.

We look at the other franchises as our children: we grow them, we raise them, and then we send them out to other companies and see what they can do with them. That gives birth to things like the new DMC, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, and such.

And it's been a fucking mess so far.

LuigiD

07-14-2011, 12:52 PM

Emperor Smeat

07-14-2011, 04:18 PM

And it's been a fucking mess so far.

It looks like Capcom is trying to be like Nintendo with that strategy but the biggest difference is Nintendo is really good at determining which games work the best with a certain studio and design they want for the game.

Namco got Star Fox due to being good at flying games, Sega got F-Zero due to having experience with racers, Rare used to get the platformers, a few studios are good at doing RPGs, and Retro is great at creating a good tech engine for a game.

Kinda absurd. To begin with, I was young during the 90's but I don't remember games like XCOM being all that popular. They were popular but I don't think the most popular. XCOM was very unique and customizable and that is why people loved it. Another shooter..yay? :wtf:

XCOM itself might not have been a huge name but RTS were big in the 1990s. The problem with what the boss said is how he suddenly thinks RTS style games are no longer considered "modern" but didn't give any real reason why.

Kalyx triaD

07-14-2011, 04:21 PM

We need a new F-Zero.

Emperor Smeat

07-14-2011, 04:23 PM

Blame Sega since the team working on the game hasn't been able to convince Sega to green-light the project and Nintendo will only approve it as long as Sega approves.

Emperor Smeat

07-14-2011, 07:23 PM

The division between Team Bondi and Rockstar grows even more after the lead programmer from Team Bondi's L.A. Nore project lashes out in a letter to the IGDA.

The letter both defended Team Bondi's management practices involving the disputed long hours while also lashing out at former employees and Rockstar who are upset at the studio.

Recognising that working on the weekend was inevitable, Team Bondi put in place a scheme to (generously) reward employees for their weekend days spent at work. Additionally, in the last 6 months of the project a scheme was put in place to reward employees for staying back late on weeknights, and this resulted in myself and most of my team getting an additional 4 weeks of leave upon completion of L.A. Noire, on top of the weekend working payment.

... I can't say that no-one ever worked 100 hours per week, but those sorts of hours were not encouraged. In fact, if someone on my team was working that hard I would have done my best to stop them.

The letter also questioned the motives of former employees who have ben verbally attacking the company as either an attempt by those former workers to spread lies or even try to get Rockstar to shut down the studio.

Although the letter does not mention why those employees suddenly banded together to lash out at the company nor why Team Bondi decided to leave out almost 100 names from the credits list of LA Noire.

The letter does admit that some mistakes were made as is normal in any game development but also admitted that the studio works hard on finding and listening on ways to improve to both benefit its employees and future projects.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/11/119297/1679090-la_noire_screenshot_109_super.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/team-bondi-lead-rebuts-attacks-against-the-company/3485/
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Rockstar is rumored to be working on a huge open world project for the Nintendo DS but unlike their last game on the system, this game is going to be 3D-based instead of 2D-based. The same studio that worked on GTA Chinatown Wars is working on the current project.

2) The lead gameplay designer for Mass Effect 2 and 3 leaves both EA and Bioware to join Riot Games as their new lead designer. This news comes only 24 hours after EA announced the creator of the NBA Jam series, Mark Turmell, has left to join Zynga.

3) Ubisoft is rumored to be the next company to join the Online Pass system with their pass being called "Uplay Passport" and will debut with the Driver: San Francisco game.

Kane Knight

07-14-2011, 10:54 PM

More development on the DS? Sweet.

Oh goody. More signups, codes, and hassle for us!

Hopefully, Ubisoft can bring back the "always online" function, too. Man, I loved that.

Emperor Smeat

07-15-2011, 07:20 PM

After realizing the complaints and outrage over their decisions concerning Resident Evil Mercenarines on the 3DS, Capcom is currently accepting suggestions and ideas from the fanbase of the series on how to better improve the Resident Evil series.

Some of the earlier suggestions given before the plea did help make some changes such as a return to the survivor horror theme with Revelations and implementing the long requested ability to move while shooting with Racoon City.

Although Capcom did mention that any suggestions and ideas taken would be used more for future Resident Evil games and not primarily for games currently in development.

From Capcom's official Resident Evil Facebook page:

Let’s chat about upcoming Resident Evil games. We’ve introduced two new game concepts in Mercenaries and Operation Raccoon City, bringing back classics in RE4 and RE:CV, and going back to survival horror in Revelations. As a fan of Resident Evil, what do you think we’re doing right and what should we be working on?

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/capcom-reaching-out-to-fans-for-resident-evil-feedback-735253_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/87196/capcom-reaching-out-to-fans-for-resident-evil-feedback/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) After showing no interest in bringing The Last Story over from Japan, Nintendo of America has been granted the trademarks to a potential US version of the game. The recent news of the European branch finishing all the translations for the game appears to be factoring in Nintendo leaning towards releasing the game in the US and Canada.

2) Some bad news concerning the XBLA version of Tribes Ascend as Hi-Rez studio announced the XBLA version of the game has been delayed with all the focus being put on the PC version. Also revealed is the game will now be released first on the PC instead of simultaneously on PC and XBLA.

3) Microsoft and Sony might be doing another joint-project after it was revealed that Microsoft registered both Sony-Microsoft.com and Microsoft-Sony.com domain names. Rumors are ranging from a new alliance meant to take on Google and/or Apple to a potential co-development of a video game console to something related on the PC market.

Kane Knight

07-15-2011, 10:48 PM

Google is the future. Fear the Google.

RoXer

07-16-2011, 02:56 PM

http://i.imgur.com/5nnR3.jpg

07-16-2011, 02:58 PM

was that next to your sweatin to the oldies in the basement

Xero

07-16-2011, 03:04 PM

lol had that and a few other game VHS tapes.

Definitely had Donkey Kong.

Kalyx triaD

07-17-2011, 03:34 PM

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/14pan1da7.jpg

Kane Knight

07-17-2011, 07:52 PM

:wtf:

Drakul

07-18-2011, 11:32 AM

It was a "photoshop" contest on Kotaku. The theme was "DLC in retro games" so you had stuff like buying a mushroom in Super Mario Bros for 99 cents etc.
This is a 360 dashboard if it was on the NES.

RoXer

07-18-2011, 02:49 PM

Ermaximus

07-18-2011, 03:04 PM

That is fucking amazing RoXer.

Extreme Angle

07-18-2011, 06:55 PM

That is fucking amazing RoXer.

Emperor Smeat

07-18-2011, 08:26 PM

Square-Enix reveals Final Fatasy XIII-2 will arrive around January of 2012 for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

After listening to complaints both from reviewers and customers, the game will be less linear than FF 13 was and will have a lot less prerendered scenes. The goal is for the gameplay to be done mostly in an open-world real time setup.

To help boost the replay value for the sequel some new features and stuff are being added such as more variety for the mini-games and new gameplay experiences with the New Game+ option.

Even though it was not mentioned by Square-Enix but confirmed by those who have played previous builds of the game, Final Fantasy XIII-2 will have a lot of quick-time events to replace some of the prerendered action sequences.

Square-Enix also revealed the game will be playable at this weekend's Comic-Con expo alongside Deus-Ex: Human Revoltuion as the main games the company is showing off.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_29332_1_1311013042.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Final-Fantasy-XIII-2-is-coming-in-January

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Gameloft is currently accused of illegal working practices after the former head of programming reveals how the company would routinely use the 100-hour work week for almost every project and faked deadline dates to get programmers to crunch more without overtime pay. The company even went as far as blaming the former employee as the scapegoat for all the illegal practices committed by the company.

2) Kojima says for the last time he has absolutely no interest in working on another game in the Snatcher series and would have no problem if another studio or company wanted to make a new game. He is willing to go as far as to give away the rights to the IP since he wants nothing to do with the series.

3) Cliff Bleszinski confirms Gears of War 4 will be made after hinting if Gears 3 sells well Epic Games will have no choice but to make another game. He didn't reveal if this means Gears 3 will end in a cliffhanger of if the potential Gears 4 would be a new storyline, spin-off, or prequel.

RoXer

07-18-2011, 10:29 PM

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/cas/2499288638.html

07-18-2011, 10:34 PM

That is fucking amazing RoXer.

Emperor Smeat

07-19-2011, 12:45 AM

Its official, Capcom has killed off the development of Mega Man Legends 3 for the 3DS and also killed off ever releasing the completed "prototype" demo for the game as well.

Before the official announcement Capcom not only had delayed the release of the demo but also stopped work on the project while also removing all references of the game from their website.

Neither the community-driven prototype or a final commercial product will be released, Capcom saying the progress made on the game did not meet "the required criteria" necessary for continued development.

http://kotaku.com/5822462/mega-mans-3ds-game-bites-the-dust
http://www.capcom-unity.com/gregaman/blog/2011/07/18/a_message_from_capcom

Ermaximus

07-19-2011, 09:34 AM

Capcom can fuck right off with that bullshit they are pulling with MvC3. "Oh, buy the Ultimate edition and get 12 new characters and new costumes!"

Fuck that noise.

Emperor Smeat

07-19-2011, 08:26 PM

Activision confirms the rumors of a GoldenEye for the Xbox 360 and PS3 is indeed currently in development and it will be called GoldenEye Reloaded.

The game is a straight port of the Wii version with the only confirmed changes being upscaled graphics and the removal of motion controls. Nothing from the single player or multiplayer is being changed nor any special extras to separate it from the Wii version.

Activision will make the announcement official at Comic-Con this weekend alongside with videos of the remake and the possibility of playable demos.

It appears Nintendo had agreed to allow Activision to make a GoldenEye game for other consoles as long as they had the game first and had enough time to sell it as an exclusive. Also assumed is Nintendo still will not allow the N64 classic to be ported in any way to non-Nintendo systems.

More screens from the game are in the 2nd link.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/goldeneye_reloaded_01.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5822716/goldeneye-007-reloaded-is-real-coming-to-ps3-and-xbox-360
http://www.videogamer.com/ps3/goldeneye_007_reloaded/screenshots.html

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) 2K Games delays The Darkness II from the original October 4 date to now a February 7, 2012 release date. No reasons were given for the delay but the company did mention more info will be available at Comic-Con this weekend.

2) Valve reveals they are currently working on a new system for Steam meant to make streaming and downloading faster. So far only HD trailers have been placed on the new system with the company still tweaking stuff before placing games on the faster servers.

3) Sony buys up another studio after announcing Double Eleven has been signed to work exclusively on PlayStation games with the first project being LittleBigPlanet on the PS Vita. Double Eleven was formed last year by former members of Rockstar's Leeds studio.

Kalyx triaD

07-20-2011, 03:01 AM

Capcom can fuck right off with that bullshit they are pulling with MvC3. "Oh, buy the Ultimate edition and get 12 new characters and new costumes!"

Fuck that noise.

I got SF2T that added four characters and shit else. For 60$.

I think I can dig 40$ pseudo-sequels.

Kane Knight

07-20-2011, 12:46 PM

I got SF2T that added four characters and shit else. For 60$.

I think I can dig 40$ pseudo-sequels.

I'd mock Kalyx here, but for 40 bucks, this one seems fairly reasonable. especially compared to a lot of other capcom offerings of the past.

Funky Fly

07-20-2011, 01:19 PM

It's a similar thing to Super Street Fighter 4.

UMvC3:
- 12 new characters
- 8 new stages
- new costumes (probably DLC tho)
- rebalancing
- presumably new moves
- new gameplay and spectator modes

SSF4:
- 10 new characters
- new costumes
- rebalancing
- new moves
- new gameplay and spectator modes

RoXer

07-20-2011, 03:01 PM

What new spectator mode was in Super? The slightly refined replay system?

Kalyx triaD

07-20-2011, 03:11 PM

It's one line, get off his back. Such a baby.

RoXer

07-20-2011, 03:18 PM

I thought there legitimately may have been something I missed (with so many versions being out, I can't keep up)

Boomer

07-20-2011, 03:41 PM

UMvC3vSSFIV:AE

Kane Knight

07-20-2011, 04:12 PM

What new spectator mode was in Super? The slightly refined replay system?

It's one line, get off his back. Such a baby.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

I thought there legitimately may have been something I missed (with so many versions being out, I can't keep up)

Awww....

Emperor Smeat

07-20-2011, 07:28 PM

Media Molecule in a developer conference today revealed how they had the chance to own the Portal series and how LittleBigPlanet originally could have been a Free-To-Play series.

The company revealed around 2005 they were working on trying to figure out how to make a game based on portals years before Valve released Portal. The game initially was called The Room and was shown in an early concept stage at a Game Developers Conference.

It turns out a studio called DigiPen used that same idea as inspiration and once Media Molecule found out, they started to have meetings with the studio to see if they could combine both projects. In the end, MM decided to abandon their project while DigiPen signed an agreement to work with Valve to eventually create Portal.

"We worked on a project that actually was shown at GDC that year. It's lost, but if you dig through the GDC vaults there's this little game that never saw the light of day but that had a bunch of ideas in it."

"It was these clay cubes that you make things out of, and then put them through portals and do very trippy things," said Healey.

Also revealed that LittleBigPlanet could have been a Free-To-Play game had the studio not wasted the small window of opportunity (and Sony's money) working on videos trying to figure out how they wanted to design the game. Sony ended up being upset at nothing being done and changed the project into a retail release project.

"Phil said all sorts of buzzwords that hadn't really hit yet. He said it should be driven by DLC and that it should be free-to-play, have a social core and premium, paid-for content. From that initial meeting Sony agreed to fund us for six months. But that time was primarily spent making videos to try to explain what this game was going to be, not to Sony, but to ourselves!"

http://static2.videogamer.com/videogamer/media/images/pub/large/portal_2_screen.jpg
http://www.videogamer.com/news/how_lbp_creators_nearly_robbed_the_world_of_portal.html
http://kotaku.com/5823112/what-if-littlebigplanet-had-been-free-to-play

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) In a rare leak, Nintendo might have accidentally confirmed Gamecube games will be downloadable on WiiWare for the Wii U. One of the reps for the company in an interview accidentally leaked out Gamecube games being playable even though the system itself can't play GC discs.

2) In an update to yesterday's GoldenEye Reloaded news, Activision has confirmed the Xox 360 and PS3 will have extra stuff not found in the Wii version. Both consoles will increase the limit to 16 players for online matches and include a single player Mi5 Special Ops mode while only the PS3 will have motion controls as an option.

Kane Knight

07-20-2011, 08:50 PM

Wii U mightbe worth it if I can DL SOAL and Rogue Squadron.

Kane Knight

07-21-2011, 10:38 AM

On a side note, you can now own Harry Potter's Wand for your avatar. Five bucks.

And I thought Lightsabers were a tremendous rip-off.

Kane Knight

07-21-2011, 01:50 PM

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/111796-Kotick-Fingers-DJ-Hero-for-Guitar-Heros-Demise

There you have it, folks, DJ Hero caused the downfall of Guitar Hero. Straight from Bobby "says stupid shit because it's the only way he can get an erection" Kotick.

Kalyx triaD

07-21-2011, 01:55 PM

So the good, fresh game series that was actually fun killed the stale, raped series that was actually tired?

Sounds about right.

Kalyx triaD

07-21-2011, 04:08 PM

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/ledechainsaw.jpg

Emperor Smeat

07-21-2011, 04:25 PM

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/ledechainsaw.jpg

Game sounds like a mix between Shadow of the Dammed and No More Heroes series.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/118/1182835p1.html

It probably won't matter though since all of his games except No More Heroes 1 flopped this generation especially the ones he did for PS3 and Xbox 360. Even last generation I think only Killer 7 did any reasonable sales.

#BROKEN Hasney

07-21-2011, 05:48 PM

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/206684-h3.jpg

Now that's one sexy limited edition console.

Emperor Smeat

07-21-2011, 06:39 PM

Some good and bad news concerning the anticipated Zelda concert shown at E3 2011 which is set to start touring later this year.

The good news is Nintendo announced the tour will be expanding outside of just the US and Canada as Europe and Japan will have their own set of shows. The first stop of the tour is on October 1 in Los Angeles with tickets set at a $35 price tag.

The bad news is Nintendo couldn't reserve other places in the US in time for the rest of the year so the tour will go on hiatus till 2012. No reason was given for the delay but most likely the places Nintendo wanted are already booked for the dates they requested.

Nintendo did announce that because of the delay after the 1st stop, it has given them more time to expand the concert tour to other countries.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/nintendo_symphony.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5823407/hurry-up-and-wait-for-zelda-symphony-concert

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) EA reveals the beta for Star Wars The Old Republic will start in September and will occur as a set of testing instead of an overall non-stop period like most betas are done.

2) Bad news concerning the insurance policy Sony gave out to PSN members as part of the Welcome Back program as one of the insurance companies (Zurich American) involved has already declined supporting the plan. The company is refusing to pay out any claims with the biggest issue revolving around the exceptions which let Sony off the hook and have the insurance company having to pay out or clean up any mess created by Sony.