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Kane Knight

07-22-2011, 07:24 PM

Yes, commenting on something twice is a "crusade."

Though given Kal's obsessive behaviour, it's cute when he gets all hypocritical like that.

Emperor Smeat

07-22-2011, 07:54 PM

Mircost and Twisted Pixel team up in a promotion for the Kinect title called The Gunslinger by offering a bunch of free goodies for those who buy the game.

As part of the promotion, the game will be sold at a discount price of $39.99 instead of the usual price of $49.99 for Kinect titles.

In terms of free stuff, Microsoft and Twisted Pixel will be giving away the launch DLC pack for the game called "The Wavy Tube Man Chronicles" regardless if the game was pre-ordered or not. The upcoming Xbox Live Arcade title called Fruit Ninja Kinect will also be given away as part of the bundle for the deal.

Also included in the deal is 2 free token codes for avatar items only for a limited time though.

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http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Buy-The-Gunstringer-and-get-a-toy-chest-full-of-bonus-content
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) After years of debating and negotiating, Australia will finally have an R18+ rating for games by the end of the year. The move will allow each territory the choice to make mature rated games legal for sale or not while also ending the required banning or censorship/editing of mature rated games.

2) As part of a push by Sony to keep as many of the free PSN+ users once the month ends, the company is offering those who renew to a 12 month plan a free gift between two choices. The choices are either an extra 3 months to make it a 15 month plan or Rally Online Arcade game for free on PSN.

3) Capcom has announced a new collaboration in the VS series and this time its not a game but instead a marketing partnership with the Hello Kitty company. Capcom will allow Hello Kitty characters to be dressed up in Street Fighter costumes to be used in a wide variety of merchandise products.

Xero

07-22-2011, 09:55 PM

Just a random thought. I'd love to see someone adapt, say, Mario 3 to a movie. Basically recreate the iconic moments and levels in movie form. You have actual, Muppet-like enemies (Goombas, Koopa Troopers, etc) and just essentially go through the game in an hour an a half, with obvious added dialog. It'd basically be an action movie.

Drakul

07-23-2011, 11:56 AM

I was reading last week that they had plans to do something like that for the SMB movie. The original script took place is what we recognise as the Mushroom Kingdom with hills and grass and sunshine.
Bowser was going to be a giant turtle-like reptile, he would have his Doomship/Airship etc. It was all very faithful to the games but they couldn't afford it so had to do rewrite after rewrite until they had a doable script.

Edit: Here (http://www.smbmovie.com/SMBArchive/preproduction/script.htm) are the scripts. There is one that's close to the games, one that is inspired by Ghostbusters, one inspired by Die-Hard (:wtf:) and one inspired by Mad Max.

Xero

07-23-2011, 12:59 PM

Damn.

Why couldn't Nintendo afford that? :foc:

Drakul

07-23-2011, 02:46 PM

It was the early 90's. Effects would have been very expensive. I can never say or type that without thinking of Mr Dink from Doug.

They could always pull a "Marvel" and open their own studio. CG Mario movies would be great. Charles Martinet does 98% of the Mario cast and those 5 minute shorts Mario Tennis/Golf had as intros were always fun to watch.

Redstar

07-24-2011, 12:48 PM

It was all very faithful to the games but they couldn't afford it so had to do rewrite after rewrite until they had a doable script.
Actually, it had very little to do with budget (at least at first). As mentioned on the site, the director of the fantasy production left the project, which left it flailing for nearly a year. No one, Harold Ramis included, wanted to take on the project.

Finally, directors Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel expressed interest, but they had an entirely new concept. So, the original production was scrapped and their vision was given a chance.

Unfortunately, by that point they had already spent $10 million or so on the fantasy production, which took a fair chunk out of the sci-fi production's budget.

OssMan

07-24-2011, 01:00 PM

Redstar was on the production team for the movie and signed up so he could save their dignity

Redstar

07-24-2011, 01:23 PM

Redstar was on the production team for the movie and signed up so he could save their dignity
I wish I was on the production team! I actually only just run the site with the early scripts that Drakul linked to.

Drakul

07-24-2011, 01:49 PM

I can only say what I heard and I heard the fantasy script was too SFX heavy and they had to find one that would be affordable.

It's probably explained on the site but how did you get a hold of the scripts in the first place?

Redstar

07-24-2011, 03:34 PM

I can only say what I heard and I heard the fantasy script was too SFX heavy and they had to find one that would be affordable.
Having personally spoken to the original writers of the fantasy script I can assure you that that isn't the case.

It's probably explained on the site but how did you get a hold of the scripts in the first place?
We found most of the scripts via script resellers or auction sites, while all the Parker Bennett & Terry Runté materials were given to us by Parker himself. (We're actually going to update the site with an interview we conducted with him next weekend. Lots of tidbits about the development of the concept)

RoXer

07-24-2011, 07:16 PM

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RoXer

07-25-2011, 04:24 PM

Xero

07-25-2011, 04:35 PM

:rofl:

RoXer

07-25-2011, 06:03 PM

Emperor Smeat

07-25-2011, 07:45 PM

Nintendo is considering remaking Majora's Mask for the 3DS in a similar way to what they did to Ocarina of Time for the handheld.

Eiji Aonuma said the reason OoT got a remake was due to the high demand from the fans and because OoT has sold very well so far, if the fans demand for Majora's Mask to be remade then Nintendo would start on the project.

"It's been 13 years since Ocarina of Time was originally released, and one of the big things that we made this remake possible was that there was an outpour of emotions from people who said they would like to see this game done," said Aonuma. "We said we could do it in 3D, so we did. I think certainly if there was a similar output of emotion and clamor from fans for a remake of Majora's Mask, it wouldn't be an utter impossibility."

Aonuma did hint Majora's Mask wouldn't just be a simple graphical and 3D-effect update like OoT but the 3-Day system would be reworked to take advantage of handheld gaming. He mentioned there wouldn't be a need to rush to complete parts of the game and fit into the traditional short time play nature of handhelds.

"Thinking on it now, having a handheld Majora’s Mask where you could kind of just set things down on your own time – close it, set it aside and come back to it later – might be a game play element some fans will actually take to and might really appreciate. Especially considering how you really had to rush through the original game, in a sense."

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/9/93384/1847045-moon2c_super.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Nintendo-producer-says-a-Majoras-Mask-remake-is-being-considered
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/eiji-aonuma-mulls-really-great-idea-majoras-mask-remake/3518/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) David Jaffe in a Q&A during Comic-Com reveals the reason for no open beta in the upcoming Twisted Metal game was due to him wanting a closed beta for better results. Also discussed was the M-rating for the game was done on purpose unlike the previous games being T-rated and no collector's edition for the game is being planned.

2) EA hints Madden 12 will have very outdated rosters and the roster update will occur later than usual. The reasons given were due to the massive amount of moves teams will be doing this year and the shorter than normal time gap from rosters being locked till game is released.

07-25-2011, 07:57 PM

i had to google david jaffe to see what game you were talking about

Emperor Smeat

07-26-2011, 07:53 PM

Double Dragon II is joining the list of games this generation getting a remake or reboot as Korean studio Barunson Interactive announced today the NES and arcade classic is getting a remake similar in style to TMNT Turtles In Time.

The game is being titled as Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons although the final name could be rumored to drop the "II" from the title.

Confirmed so far are 4 playable characters, single and 2 player co-op modes, a 1v1 fight mode, a survival mode, 3D environments for gameplay, and the remake is mostly a port from the original arcade game.

Online multiplayer co-op has neither been confirmed nor denied at the moment.

The game is set to arrive this September for Xbox Live Arcade at the cost of 1200 MS points ($15) with a rumored PSN version expected later at a $14.99 price.

http://www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/2011/double-dragon-2-wander-2.jpg
http://www.co-optimus.com/article/6488/3d-double-dragon-ii-remake-coming-to-xbla-as-wander-of-the-dragons.html

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Level-5, developer of the Professor Layton series, announced it has opened up a new US studio to help localize games quicker and to create brand new series for western markets.

2) Valve's fiancial report for the 1st half of 2011 reveals Steam has so far generated $468 million in revenue which is 42% higher than last year. Portal 2 ended up being the #1 money maker for the company and Steam overall with 1.1 million copies sold and $56.4 million earned in revenue.

3) GamePro magazine is in the process of revamping their magazine division with the decision to drop their monthly publication in favor of a new quartly publication. The plan will include a lot more content and editiorials, at least 50 more pages than previous issues, and a price increase to $9.99.

Kalyx triaD

07-26-2011, 08:59 PM

Wonder how Double Dragon holds up, assuming they stick to the core gameplay (which I'm doubting). We need more beat em ups anyway. Something simple and fun about them.

07-26-2011, 10:19 PM

getting a remake similar in style to TMNT Turtles In Time.

nooooooooo that was a horrible remake

ClockShot

07-27-2011, 04:57 PM

I wonder where Level-5 opened up shop here in the states?

Emperor Smeat

07-27-2011, 05:06 PM

They opened the US studio in Santa Monica, California.

The good news is for the first project, the US studio is letting fans determine which game gets localized first out of a large list of Japan-only Level-5 games.

#BROKEN Hasney

07-27-2011, 05:22 PM

Phoenix Vs. Layton, easily.

Emperor Smeat

07-27-2011, 07:58 PM

EA's relationship with Valve takes another hit as another EA game has been pulled from Steam.

Dragon Age II has been pulled with no official reason given by either side but rumored reports are saying it might be due to EA's refusal to allow Steam the ability to sell the DLC packs for the game.

EA is trying the same tactic they did with Crysis 2 in having DLC packs available for sale on Origin but not on Steam while also making demands that their games on Steam have full access to stuff not on Steam servers.

Valve is upset EA continues to violate their terms of service with Steam and does not want to keep repatching Steam every time EA wants to add a new game or feel like changing the previous agreement. They are also upset how EA continues its refusal of sharing any DLC revenue while demanding Valve allows all stuff from Origin and restricting what Steam is allowed to do.

Valve previously patched Steam to allow Mass Effect 2 and other games (mainly Free-To-Play) access to DLC content not on Steam servers and it appears Valve doesn't want to go through the hassle of patching Steam again just to please EA every time.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/legacy2.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5825088/dragon-age-ii-disappears-from-steam
http://www.giantbomb.com/dragon-age-ii/61-30995/daii-gets-pulled-from-steam/35-508152/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) EA announces the Madden 12 demo will arrive on August 8 for XBLA and PSN and feature last season's NFC title game of Chicago Bears vs Green Bay Packers. EA also confirmed the new CBA will not take effect with this year's Madden Franchise mode and they still plan for a roster update to be ready when the game is released.

2) After previously dropping and patching out the DRM requiring a constant internet connection, Ubisoft reveals Driver: San Francisco on the PC will have the same type of DRM returning. The game will also be the 1st Ubisoft game on consoles to use the Uplay Passport for online modes.

3) Konami delays Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater on the 3DS from the original Fall 2011 release date to now a TBA 2012 date. The company did not give a reason for the delay but stressed the Japanese version is still on schedule for a Fall 2011 release.

Emperor Smeat

07-28-2011, 01:31 AM

THQ has killed off the Red Faction series and no longer is willing to even consider working on future games for the series.

Poor sales of the recent games and lack of consumer interest in the series was given as the reason for THQ to pull the plug.

Brian Farrell, the THQ chief executive, told investors that "we do not intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful way."
http://kotaku.com/5825435/adios-red-faction

LuigiD

07-28-2011, 01:46 AM

I am surprised Red Faction has lasted this long to be honest..

#BROKEN Hasney

07-28-2011, 03:40 AM

Lol, EA.

While I'm not blind to say that Valve are saints, I'm glad they're doing this and I hope EA takes a hit.

I was looking at pre-ordering The Old Republic, but Origin is the single most expensive place to buy it, they claimed that their digital copies were limited (by what? The digital delivery unicorns? Fuck off) AND they wanted an extra £5 for the honor of pre-ordering. Not a £5 deposit, an extra £5.

If you want EA PC games, grab them from here: http://www.cdkeyhouse.com . They're usually better than half price.

Kalyx triaD

07-28-2011, 01:04 PM

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Kalyx triaD

07-28-2011, 05:36 PM

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Fignuts

07-28-2011, 06:45 PM

I would say that's definitely a joke pic, but after watching a documentary on WoW addicts, chances are it's not.

Fignuts

07-28-2011, 06:47 PM

Emperor Smeat

07-28-2011, 07:27 PM

Capcom's fiscal report for the last quarter has shown the company's profits declined by 57% in comparison to the same quarter last year and overall revenue for this year is down by 23%.

In terms of actual profits, the company earned just $4.3 million for the quarter.

While the company is happy with the current sales of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, they are blaming the lack of new games as the main cause of the decline.

Even with the 80% increase in profits from their mobile division compared to last year, it wasn't enough to prevent a drop.

While it wasn't mentioned in the report, the company earlier had strong plans to boost the end of the quarter's revenues based on the Prototype paid demo for Mega Man Legends 3 game. The delay and eventual cancellation of that game prevented the expected boost Capcom was expecting.

Capcom is still expecting Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Street Fighter X Tekken, and the two new Resident Evil games will provide the majority of sales and boost for their next quarter.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_29332_1_1261422556.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Capcom-sees-a-drop-in-profit
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/87379/capcom-profits-43m-in-the-june-2011-quarter/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) In an update to yesterday's EA-Valve news, EA is now completely blaming Valve for the mess involving Dragon Age II's regarding its DLC not avaliable on Steam. EA said "We hope to work out an agreement to keep our games on Steam," even though in reality neither side is willing to discuss a way to end the situation with the biggest issue being EA wanting Origin to replace Steam.

2) Insomniac details the Resistance 3 beta will start on August 4 for early access invites (SOCOM 4), followed by European PS+ users on August 10, and then US/Canada PS+ users on August 23. The beta will have 2 maps and only Deathmath and Chain Reaction for game modes as well as level 20 cap for experience.

3) Nintendo announces some Mario related 3DS news with the next Mario Kart officially named as "Mario Kart 7" and will arrive this December for the 3DS. Super Mario 3DS now has the official name of "Super Mario 3D Land" and will arrive this November for the 3DS.

LoDownM

07-28-2011, 08:51 PM

Xero

07-28-2011, 10:34 PM

I don't even understand the whole WoW sensation. I played DCU and that is basically the same thing with superheroes. I couldn't even play it for a month. It was just sooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring. It's just the same thing over and over and over and over again. Blah.

I don't understand the Black Ops sensation. I played (insert new shoorter here) and that is basically the same thing with (insert zombies, etc here). I couldn't even play it for a month. It was sooooooooooooooooo boring. It's just the same thing over and over and over again. Blah.

I don't understand the Mortal Kombat sensation. I played Marvel vs. Capcom and that is basically the same thing with super heroes. I couldn't even play it for a month. It was sooooooooooooooooo boring. It's just the same thing over and over and over again. Blah.

D Mac

07-29-2011, 05:14 AM

I don't understand the Xero sensation.

07-29-2011, 06:10 AM

I dont underatan sensational sherri.

Xero

07-29-2011, 08:16 AM

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Extreme Angle

07-29-2011, 11:54 AM

#BROKEN Hasney

07-29-2011, 01:58 PM

Austin, TX – In a move likely to shock absolutely no one, Devolver Digital CFO and massage parlor enthusiast Fork Parker has revealed that plans for his company’s digital download game service, codenamed “Krundle”, have been abandoned.

“I think we could have revolutionized how I make a shitload of money,” said CFO Fork Parker. “But the reality is Steam is an amazing digital platform. That’s where we want to distribute our top-tier titles like Serious Sam 3: BFE to generate the kind of revenue it takes to buy things like velvet-covered jet skis. Holy crap, did I just invent those?”

The proposed service was set to radically change the digital distribution marketplace with features not seen in any other online offering:

Unconventional preorder incentives like in-game nachos and undetonated Cold War era munitions

Free-to-Play-for-Fifty-Bucks games wherein the consumer is free to play the game once it is purchased for $50

Complimentary Portuguese adult films with purchases of $200 or more
While breakthrough concepts found in the now aborted download service may never see the light of day, Devolver Digital pledges to move the industry forward and keep bringing genuinely unique games to the hungry masses.

“I guess consumers could also sign-up for EA’s Origin service if they are into 10-year-old train simulators,” claimed Fork. “But you can be sure those sons of bitches will never deliver in-game nachos.”

More nonsense can we found at http://twitter.com/devolverdigital on the internets.

Emperor Smeat

07-29-2011, 07:52 PM

The fallout from the disappointing financial report from Nintendo continues as the company's president, Iwata, takes full blame for the situation and will be taking a 50% pay cut to go along with reduced bonuses regardless if Nintendo rebounds later in the year.

Also announced was Miyamoto along with other high executives will be taking a 20-30% pay cut while the former president of Nintendo has lost over $300 million in stock wealth due to the news.

Iwata announced the company's drastic cut in price for the 3DS was to prevent another "Gamecube'' situation where he felt the company waited too long to react to the initial decline with the Gamecube until it was too late.

Besides the price cut for the 3DS and the Ambassador Program for free games, the company also announced it is reworking the Virtual Console for the 3DS to allow LAN and potentially online multiplayer starting with the NES games on the service. This is a reverse of initial philosophy of having the games be played in their classic or original state with the Wii.

The price drop has upset some retailers in Japan who have announced they are refusing to sell their current stock or order any new stock until the price cut takes effect on August 11.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/sternwata.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5825872/nintendo-president-takes-blame-for-3ds-getting-50-percent-pay-cut
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/NES-Games-on-3DS-to-Have-2-Player-Action

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Level-5 is considering expanding the Professor Layton series beyond handhelds by potentially inlcuiding the Wii U with the main interest occurring due to the stylus on the Wii U controller. The studio didn't mention if the games will only be HD ports from the DS games or include new games in the series.

2) EA announces it has no interest in 3D technology for their games with the main concern of their audience is not concerned for 3D at the moment. This news contradicts earlier announcements of the company supporting the 3D on the 3DS as a new way to play.

3) In a report from Japan, the PS Vita will not be using a custom CPU chip made by Sony as initially expected but instead from Sony's main rival Samsung. The CPU is expected to be a 45 nm chip and is also expected to be used by Samsung in their cellphones as a way to give them an edge over the Vita and other cellphones.

Kane Knight

07-31-2011, 11:33 AM

It's nice to see some people will still go down with the ship. An American CEO would take a multi-million dollar "golden parachute" and walk off scot-free, likely starting a new company while his old one burned.

EA's decision seems to be profit-driven.

Fignuts

07-31-2011, 03:26 PM

Same could be said for multiple genres and game series. Some people like it, you don't, whats so hard to understand about it?

I don't understand the Black Ops sensation. I played (insert new shoorter here) and that is basically the same thing with (insert zombies, etc here). I couldn't even play it for a month. It was sooooooooooooooooo boring. It's just the same thing over and over and over again. Blah.

I don't understand the Mortal Kombat sensation. I played Marvel vs. Capcom and that is basically the same thing with super heroes. I couldn't even play it for a month. It was sooooooooooooooooo boring. It's just the same thing over and over and over again. Blah.

Mortal Kombat and Black Ops don't destroy people's lives, and make them lose complete touch with reality.

LoDownM

07-31-2011, 06:44 PM

Oh really? So that guy that died playing Halo 12 hours a day, every day, certainly didn't have his life ruined or anything. Right? There is people like that for every genre, just because it isn't focused on like it is with MMO's, doesn't mean it's just MMO's.

Kane Knight

07-31-2011, 08:18 PM

Kane Knight

07-31-2011, 08:19 PM

But seriously, it's Fignuts. Assume ridiculousness, say something absurd in response, and move on.

Drakul

08-01-2011, 02:39 AM

Rumor: Mirror’s Edge 2 Running On Battlefield 3’s Engine

You know how Battlefield 3 looks absolutely stunning? That's because it's on a new engine, Frostbite 2. And if rumours are to be believed, so too is Mirror's Edge 2.

While EA's Frank Gibeau first hinted at a new ME project back at E3, even coyly playing along with speculation it may be on Battlefield 3's engine, Britain's Official PlayStation Magazine is out-and-out claiming that "the Frostbite 2 engine will pave the way for Mirror's Edge to make a free-running return."

Just to keep your feet on the ground, remember, there's been absolutely zero confirmation that Mirror's Edge 2 is even in development, let alone what engine it's using.

We've contacted EA for comment, and will update if we hear back.

Source (http://kotaku.com/5826419/rumor-mirrors-edge-2-running-on-battlefield-3s-engine).

Kane Knight

08-01-2011, 08:31 AM

Meh.

Emperor Smeat

08-01-2011, 08:06 PM

The once cancelled True Crime: Hong Kong game will be reappearing as Square-Enix announced they have bought rights to the True Crime: Hong Kong game and will resume development and funding for the game.

Square-Enix will be re-branding the game itself and will have the original development team for the game, United Front Stduios, work in collaboration with their own London studio for development. The company did not reveal what they will be changing but they did mention how the majority of the stuff shown previously will most likely stay for the final game.

While Activision sold off the rights to the TC Hong Kong game, they still own the rights to the franchise and is expected to see how well consumers react to the new game before deciding on the series fate. The original reason Activision dropped the TC Hong Kong game was due to too much money spent during development and they felt the series wasn't able to reach Grand Theft Auto levels in sales and reception.

The game should still be expected at least for the PS3 and Xbox 360 with the original PC version unknown or any additional consoles added.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/2164/1399326-truecrime_screenshot02_1600_super.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/rise-from-your-grave-true-crime-hong-kong/3541/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Suda 51's next project titled Lollipop Chainsaw is announced to be having a 2012 release date for US/Canada and Europe. Warner Bros Interactive also announced they are publishing the game for both markets.

2) The creator of the Grandia series, Takeshi Miyaji, died during the weekend at the age of 45 with the cause of death yet to be determined. Along with Grandia, he also worked on the GunGriffon game and the Lunar series.

3) The Witcher II for the Xbox 360 has been delayed and now has an early 2012 for the new release date. No exact reason was given for the delay but CD Projekt RED has stated they will use the extra time to polish the game up more.

Drakul

08-02-2011, 03:17 AM

Extreme Angle

08-02-2011, 04:44 AM

That's pretty epic...

Extreme Angle

08-02-2011, 01:32 PM

Borderlands 2 Confirmed apaz...

Gonzo

08-02-2011, 05:44 PM

That video is pretty fucking awesome.

Emperor Smeat

08-02-2011, 07:45 PM

EA reveals their new EA Sports Season Ticket subscription plan officially starts today and Madden 12 will be the first game to use the service.

At the cost of $25, EA is allowing members early access to DLC at a 20% discount along with free access to all web content for their sports games. Gamestop was confirmed as the exclusive retailer to sell the Season Ticket pass in stores.

Madden 12 was revealed to allow members to download and play the game early on August 27 while non-members have to wait until the official release date of August 30 for the game.

As of now the plan will only be available on PSN and XBLA (2,000 MS Points).

The pass covers Madden NFL 12, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, NCAA Football 12, FIFA 12, and NHL 12, providing players with early download access to the titles ahead of retail stores (you'll still have to make a trip out to the store on launch day, if you don't want a solely digital copy), a 20% discount on all downloadable content, and special free "web perks," which are as yet unspecified, save for FIFA, which will be getting Creation Center packs, with additional assets to build custom teams and tournaments.

The plan does not give a discount for the EA Online Pass nor a discount for sports games DLC released earlier in the year but under the '12 series (ex. NCAA 12). The accounts are also non-transferable unlike EA Accounts and the discounts only apply to the console the Season Ticket pass was purchased on.

The plan does not include the rumored persistent career-mode EA was rumored to be working on earlier. That plan is expected to be a separate subscription plan and won't arrive until 2012 at the earliest.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/ea-announces-sports-season-ticket-305631_expanded.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/ea-sports-announces-that-you-can-totally-give-them-25-bucks-if-you-feel-like-it/3547/
http://kotaku.com/5826844/heres-what-you-get++and-what-you-dont++with-ea-sports-new-premium-subscription
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) The UK branch of the Official Playstation Magazine teases an official announcement for TimeSplitters 4 will be arriving soon. The magazine hints Crytek sent them some info while confirming the monkeys will be returning.

2) Nintendo continues its apology to 3DS owners as the president of company, Iwata, sends out an apologitic letter to current 3ds owners. In the letter, he explians the reason for the price drop while also ensuring the compnay will work much harder to ensure both the support and library for the handheld improves quickly.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/read-satoru-iwatas-apologetic-letter-to-existing-3ds-owners/3546/

3) EA announces the special edition of Need for Speed: The Run will come with 5 exclusive challanges and 3 cars (Lamborghini Aventador, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and the all-new Porsche 911 Carrera S).

Droford

08-02-2011, 09:52 PM

That video is pretty fucking awesome.

Its a scam apparently (http://notch.tumblr.com/)

alvarado52

08-03-2011, 01:06 AM

Kalyx youre a video game snob. Never accept invites.

Drakul

08-03-2011, 02:59 AM

Its a scam apparently (http://notch.tumblr.com/)

Not necessarily (http://kotaku.com/5827192/euclideon-creator-swears-infinite-detail-is-not-a-hoax).

Kane Knight

08-03-2011, 08:52 AM

The online pass thing is gay, but so are madden fans. I don't mean they're gay in the bad sense, just that they love to chug massive amounts of cock.

As it's Madden (And other franchises, but mostly Madden), I expect the cock chuggers will send the message to EA that this is a good thing.

Its a scam apparently (http://notch.tumblr.com/)

Probably should have read what Notch said more carefully. Though that would involve attempting to understand something.

Kane Knight

08-03-2011, 08:57 AM

Not necessarily (http://kotaku.com/5827192/euclideon-creator-swears-infinite-detail-is-not-a-hoax).

The funny thign is, Notch's own justification for why it's a scam actually does a decent job at indicating why this may be quite possible, quite soon.

Even his newer justification for why he thinks it's a scam largely falls short.

OMG, they didn't invent the technology completely by themselves? Fuck, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have been scamming console users for ages!

But Notch's had has been firmly up his ass since Minecraft became one of the big fetishes of the gaming community, so I'm not surpised to see "My assumptions are okay, their assumptions ARE A SCAM!!!!"

Kalyx triaD

08-03-2011, 08:07 PM

Kalyx youre a video game snob. Never accept invites.

Explanation in the appropriate thread. :(

Emperor Smeat

08-03-2011, 08:10 PM

Even though Capcom dropped the plan to charge for the cancelled Prototype paid demo for Mega Man Legends 3, the company is still goinh through with the idea of charging consumers for demos as part of a new plan to raise money for the company.

The company is starting the new plan in Japan and for the time being only for upcomming 3DS games but could expand the plan to other consoles and regions in the near future.

The first game to use the new paid demo plan will be Nazo Waku Yakata and similar to Dead Rising 2, the "prequel" or intial chapter of the game will be sold seperatly to people who want to play part of the game early.

Similar to the original plans for the Prototype demo, Capcom is charging 200 Yen ($2.50) for the demo of the game.

It appears the main reason Capcom is going through with the new plan was due to the high demand of consumers willing to pay for the Prototype demo for Mega Man Legends 3 and the strong sales of the Case Zero "paid demo" from Dead Rising 2.

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/207828-header.jpg
http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-to-sell-a-3ds-demo-in-japan-207828.phtml
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Based on a recent patent filing, Blizzard is rumored to be working on another expansion pack for World of Warcraft. The expansion could be named "Mists of Pandaria" based on the filing and would be turning an April Fool's joke into an actual game regarding the Pandarians in WoW.

2) In a meeting with investors, Nintendo reveals it is reworking their plans for the Wii U with the biggest concerns revolving on having a strong launch for the system and a flow of games to prevent another "3DS" situation. Also revealed was the initial price for both the system and controller is being rethought with the current push towards a lower price for both as a way to gain consumer trust back again and to prevent another early price drop due to weak sales if it was at a more expensive price.

3) The voice actor for GlaDOS from the Portal series leaked in a tweet Valve currently is working on another project in the Portal series and also a brand new game that will feature her voice.

Droford

08-03-2011, 08:18 PM

Not necessarily (http://kotaku.com/5827192/euclideon-creator-swears-infinite-detail-is-not-a-hoax).

My favorite part:

"No! No, this isn't a hoax," Bruce Dell laughs, in response to our first, obvious question. "If this was a hoax then we've convinced the Australian government it was a hoax. We've convinced our board of directors and investors it's a hoax!
"We have a government grant – so no, it is not a hoax! We have real time demonstrations."

Good to know the Australian Government wastes their money just as well as the American Government.

I dont know why you'd ask the guy trying to pitch a hoax if what he was pitching was a hoax. Would you honestly expect him to say "Oh yeah, its a hoax.."??

Kane Knight

08-04-2011, 11:38 AM

Good to know the Australian Government wastes their money just as well as the American Government.

AL GUMMIT IS BAD! WAAAARGARBL!

It looks like Nintendo's going to have to develop a " loss leader" philosophy. Kind of funny, since they usually sell inferior products based on margins that are either profitable or neutral.

But then, what can they do here? They made a colossal fuck up with their shiny 3D tech at PSP prices, and are staring down another colossal fuckup, so I guess....

Kane Knight

08-04-2011, 11:39 AM

Hmmm...By Notch's own logic, Minecraft is a scam.

LoDownM

08-04-2011, 12:19 PM

Hey, take your bickering back to the discussion forum!

Drakul

08-04-2011, 01:22 PM

RoXer

08-04-2011, 02:50 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/streetcleaningsim/review.html

RoXer

08-04-2011, 02:50 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/streetcleaningsim/players.html?tag=scoresummary%3Buser-score

RoXer

08-04-2011, 02:52 PM

If you play only one Street Cleaning Simulator this year, make it the one that shares its name with the genre!

FearedSanctity

08-04-2011, 02:54 PM

Critic Score: 1.5
User Score: 9.4

Emperor Smeat

08-04-2011, 07:43 PM

EA could be forced to end their standoff with Valve and Steam and even give Steam some of the once exclusive Origin PC games (ex. Battlefield 3) due to the early estimates of a NCAA players lawsuit reaching a potential $1 billion in damages.

The lawsuit could alter how EA handles the NCAA football franchise with options ranging from excluding schools that had members in the class action lawsuit to unlicensed teams meant to represent certain schools and conferences.

EA is also currently investing heavily into their career modes for coaches and players (ex. Path to Glory, Coaching Carousel) due to those modes not requiring real-world stats and results since those modes are controlled by the user. This would be the backup plan if EA indeed looses the lawsuit and has to pay a large settlement fee.

EA is attempting to counter by claiming NCAA athletes likeness and appearances would count as fair use or protected under the First Amendment as a way to not pay for certain athletes. They are also using the case Jim Brown lost when he tried to sue to get money for his likeness in video games but want it applied in a much broader scale to cover an entire league or system.

A cocktail-napkin calculation about what's at stake in former NCAA players' lawsuit against EA Sports arrived at a potential cash-and-prizes value of $1 billion. But as apocalyptic as that total sounds, Electronic Arts doesn't sound too worried.

...

Kidding aside, I'm not sure how to take Rovell's figuring, which gained a lot of traction largely because he is the nation's biggest name covering sports business. The pricetag assumes a few things, not least is that the players prevail in this class action suit. They very well could, but their case against EA Sports depends upon a finding, under Indiana state law, that EA knowingly, willfully or intentionally violated players' rights to publicity.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/ea-announces-sports-season-ticket-305631_expanded.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5827506/eas-disaster-plans-dont-include-billion+dollar-lawsuits-giant-meteors
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Sony confirms the PS Vita will only be released in Japan this Fall with US/Canada and Europe not getting the handheld until early 2012. Sony also made fun of the 3DS by saying the PS Vita won't need an early price drop since they packed it full of features.

2) Team Bondi reveals due to Rockstar refusing to fund any more of their projects, the studio is current looking into being merged or bought out by another publisher. As of now the studio is in discussion with KMM studio (Mad Max, Happy Feet, etc) with the main reason due to a large amount of former Bondi employees work at that company.

3) The Rambo series is coming back to video games as a studio in the UK, Reef Entertainment, announced they have bought the rights to the series and are currently in development of the first game. The studio plans on making a new series of Rambo games with the first scheduled in 2012 for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.

Kane Knight

08-04-2011, 07:53 PM

Hey, take your bickering back to the discussion forum!

Don't make me start posting articles in here!

Emperor Smeat

08-05-2011, 07:32 PM

Sony debuts a new program for PSN called PlayStation Network PLAY which is set to start on August 23 and run until September 13.

Similar to Microsoft's summer deals, Sony is setting aside 1 game per week to be given special status with each game set at a $15 price tag. As additional incentives, Sony is giving Playstation Plus members a 20% discount on every title while everyone who buys all four titles gets PayDay: The Heist for free on PSN.

Sony is also giving away 1 free piece of DLC per game in the program as a way to counter the lack of exclusives in comparison to Microsoft's yearly sale.

Street Fighter III Third Strike Online Edition starts the program on August 23, followed by Death Spank "The Baconing" on August 30, then BloodRayne: Betrayal on September 6, and Renegade Ops finishes the program on September 13.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/39/1855877-5989137098_542c0b02cb_z_super.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/sony-launches-its-own-summer-of-arcade-equivalent-psn-play/3561/
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Runic Games announces Tourchlight 2 will not be arriving on Xbox Live Arcade due to the game going over the memory limit for the console and instead will just be released for the PC and MacOS. The company did state a retail disc version could be possible but only until the PC version is finished.

2) According to the Playstation Blog, Twisted Metal has been delayed from its original Fall 2011 release to a new date of early 2012. The series creator had been concerned the game would have been over shawdowed this Fall and pleaded with Sony to push the game back to a less packed 2012 date.

3) The next project from Notch called "Scrolls" could be cancelled after Bethesda's parent company threatened to sue if he continued using the name as the title for the project. ZeniMax Media is arguing Notch is trying to deceive and confuse consumers due to his game's name sounding too similar to their Elder Scrolls series.

Kane Knight

08-05-2011, 07:35 PM

It could be canceled because it's called "Scrolls?"

That's almost as retarded as Notch's fanbase.

Emperor Smeat

08-05-2011, 07:46 PM

According to Notch and the news from ZeniMax Media's legal team, the company already paid the fees needed to their lawyers and have a court ready to hear the case should he keep going on with the project.

The bigger news was regardless of if a case does or doesn't occur, the company already wants Notch to repay them for "damages" and other legal fees they have already spent preparing to sue him.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/bethesdas-parent-company-tells-notch-scrolls-is-off-limits/3560/

Kalyx triaD

08-08-2011, 10:51 AM

Drakul

08-08-2011, 11:13 AM

Posted that over in the 100,000 replies thread.

Kalyx triaD

08-08-2011, 11:15 AM

Ah.

Drakul

08-08-2011, 11:25 AM

I wouldn't say "no" to a Kenan & Kel or Fresh Prince version, actually.

Kalyx triaD

08-08-2011, 11:32 AM

I thought it was pretty cool.

Drakul

08-08-2011, 11:44 AM

It is cool but I never watched SBTB so it's not as cool for me as it would be for a fan of the show.

Emperor Smeat

08-08-2011, 07:39 PM

New details on the upcomming Borderlands 2 was officially revealed with the release of Game Informer magazine this month.

Some new changes for the game in comparision to the first game are better animations for non-playable characters, better models for guns to make them appear unqiue instead of too many guns sharing the same appearance, and a more refined skill tree with emphasis on abilities and depth.

* Each manufacturer will have their own visual styling/theme. The purpose of this is to be able to easily identify a weapon's manufacturer and quality by simple looking at it. No manufacturers will have the same looking gun.

* NPC's will be fully animated and move around their locations, interacting with objects within their locations

* Gearbox wants to make 4 seating standard on each vehicle

*Class mods and Artifacts will be returning

*BL2's skill tree will maintain the 3 Branch system and have more defined abilities rather than simple stat boosts. It is unknown how many skills will occupy each branch.

*2 Gunzerker Skills were mentioned. One, increases the fire rate of any weapon the longer the trigger is held down. A second, while Dual-wielding, increases accuracy with same class weapons, or doubles damage for different class weapons.

The game is set for release on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 with an TBA release date for now due to the game being in early development.

http://i.imgur.com/v1DNw.jpg
http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/2584/article/new-borderlands-2-details/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Nintendo is rumored to be adding another 4 games to their "Nintendo Selects" budget line around mid to late August. The rumored titles are Super Paper Mario, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!!, and Super Mario Galaxy 1.

2) Metroid celebrated its Japanese 25th anniversary over the weekend with fans and people in the indutsry creating tributes for the series. Nintendo confirmed it will not be holding a tribute this year but is rumored to potentially hold one for the US 25th anniversary due to the games traditionally selling better in the West than in Japan.

3) New details concerning Minecraft for XBLA was revealed over the weekend with confirmation of the Xbox 360 version will follow the same development cycle as the PC version. The game will be released and sold in beta form but no mods would be allowed and Xbox Live online structure means slower updates than normally done on the PC version.

LoDownM

08-08-2011, 10:25 PM

Guess I got in the Call of Duty Elite beta, but not in "yet."

Kane Knight

08-08-2011, 10:29 PM

I'm going to be amused when we seem Minecraft on XBLA doing exactly what the fucking lying cunts at Valve said couldn't be done on XBLA.

Yeah yeah, I know, sTFU KK, stop hating on two of nerddom's biggest crushes....

D Mac

08-09-2011, 01:08 AM

sTFU KK

Kane Knight

08-09-2011, 09:28 AM

Awww...You do love me.

Emperor Smeat

08-09-2011, 08:45 PM

Starting this holiday season, Gamefly announces it will be giving all of their subbscribers free access to around 100 PC games in their digital services with no restrictions on how long or how many games can be played or downloaded.

For now, the company will only be including Windows-based games as part of the new service but did state their goal in the near future is to add Mac-based games for the free service. The majority of the initial batch of free games will be older titles currently in stock but the company stressed newer games will be also included for the free plan.

The company is planning to integrate their social components with the online PC games and Shack News services into 1 centralized service.

Also announced was if a subscriber decides to end their account with Gamefly, the games will no longer be playable similar to the model used for the free Playstation Plus members.

http://fourplayercoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/gamefly.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Wahh-Gamefly-offers-100-free-PC-games-3
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1) Team Bondi's merger with KMN began today as the studio sold off a majority of its assets and IP to the new parent company. The studio made the announcement of a merger being needed to keep Team Bondi from closing down after Rockstar cut off all funding and ties with the studio after L.A. Noire.

2) Capcom announces Street Fighter III Third Strike will not have any DRM for the PSN version unlike other Capcom games on the service. The official reason was to ensure offline modes worked for tournament play and the custome rules being possible.

3) One of Sony's main distrbution centers in the UK has been destroyed and set ablaze by rioters tonight by rioters in London. While the plant's destruction will impact the delivery of Sony gaming products in the UK, the company itself says they have other centers ready to pick up the slack for the short term.

RoXer

08-10-2011, 04:05 PM

Kalyx triaD

08-10-2011, 04:13 PM

Fucking wow.

Emperor Smeat

08-10-2011, 08:43 PM

As part of the recent attempt to overhaul the entire company, THQ announces it has laid off 200 jobs, closed another 2 studios, and killed off another 2 game series.

THQ's main Australian studio called THQ Brisbane and a developer studio also located in Australia called Blue Tongue were both shut down. Along with some other moves, the total number of people laid off was around 200 this time.

Following the recent news of Red Faction being done as a series, THQ announced both the MX vs ATV and the de Blob series have both been killed off with no intention of reviving either series in the future.

THQ initially started the restructuring last year due to very poor fiscal year and the weak sales of UFC resulting in that series moving from an annual to 2-year schedule.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/08/mx_vs_atv_alive.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5829346/thq-cuts-200-jobs-mx-vs-atv-series-de-blob-studio-and-more

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Nintendo of America announces it will port all the big unreleased Wii RPGs from Japan as long as interest in the games actually shows up in sales with Europe being the test. The European branch already has the games completed for release while the US branch has already filed copyrights for most of the big Japan-only RPGs.

2) Capcom announces the Mega Man series is not dead with the company even though the recent outlook of the series has weakened a lot internally. The company's PR has stated the recent games cancelled in the series were a tough and unpopular choice but something the company felt needed to be done at the time.

Kane Knight

08-11-2011, 08:50 AM

Emperor Smeat

08-11-2011, 02:55 PM

The first one sold well on the Wii with about 840,000 copies according to VGChartz's estimate but the 2nd one bombed badly with about 110,000 copies spread between Wii, DS, Xbox 360, and PS3.

I think THQ admitted the big mistake was focusing the development and advertising on the Xbox 360 and PS3 and ignoring the Wii which ended up being a huge blunder. They assumed the game would automatically sell better on the HD consoles (PS3 version included the Move) and for a while there was some confusion if the game would even appear on the Wii based on how they were hying and advertising the game.

Emperor Smeat

08-11-2011, 07:13 PM

In a move similar to the recent news of Blizzard's Diablo III allowing items to be officially traded, Valve announces it is in the process of creating a trading service for Steam that will allow item-based trading.

Unlike Diablo III allowing cash for items, Valve's plan will not allow cash to be used and only items ranging from Team Fortress 2 hats to actual retail games to other in-game collectibles.

The service is being called "Steam Trading beta" and will only allow trades to be done with people on a friend's list. As of now only Team Fortress 2 items use the service but Portal 2 is expected to be included soon.

Also revealed are games received as gifts in Steam can be traded away while potentially the service could expand to any game in a person's collection. However, Valve is restricting potential game trading to only games that were never played or never registered to prevent issues with DRM and other security features.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/39/1859050-trading_beta_super.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/valve-launches-steam-trading-beta/3574/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) OnLive expects to make its UK debut next month following the Eurogamer Expo with the rest of Europe being done between the rest of the year to most of 2012. The company also announced their UK and eventual European services will be integrated with the US services to create a centralized service for OnLive.

2) Ubisoft announces the Assassin's Creed Revelations beta for the time being will be exclusive to the PS3 but hints they could expand it later to include the Xbox 360. The beta will focus on the multiplayer aspect of the upcoming game with 9 characters and 3 maps included for play testing.

3) Today is the last day to register for the 3DS Ambassador program to get the 20 eShop games for free for those who bought the system before the official price drop begins. Starting tomorrow 10 games will be available with the final 10 GBA games released by the end of the year.

Kane Knight

08-12-2011, 08:22 AM

Extreme Angle

08-12-2011, 04:05 PM

GET HYPE!

OXM UK is gettin' hype with their tease for a Triple-A title that will be revealed in their upcoming issue, set to hit stands on September 30.

This game will be a reboot. The magazine teases that this game is "one of the best games ever made reborn on Xbox 360."

OXM UK editor Jon Hicks told CVG: "I've been discussing it with the publisher ever since the reveal was pushed back, and I'm delighted that it's finally ready to be seen. Unfortunately we aren't doing the official reveal any more, as our on-sale dates don't match up, but we will have exclusive access to the game and the studio making it."

What do you think it is?

hmm...

Kane Knight

08-12-2011, 04:26 PM

Triple A Title? HD reboot? One of the best games ever made?

Gotta be Barbie Horse Adventures.

Emperor Smeat

08-12-2011, 05:00 PM

Supposedly its a remake of Syndicate from the PC based on a rumor from about a week ago although people have been assuming the game would be next after X-Comm remake was revealed.

#BROKEN Hasney

08-12-2011, 05:02 PM

Supposedly its a remake of Syndicate from the PC based on a rumor from about a week ago although people have been assuming the game would be next after X-Comm remake was revealed.

Which would be one of the biggest anti-climaxes of all time, especially when they make it an FPS like that rumour.

LoDownM

08-12-2011, 05:31 PM

"Obviously gonna be a FF7 Remake!" -FF fanboy. Actually I wouldn't be entirely against that, but doubt that's what its going to be.

Emperor Smeat

08-12-2011, 07:52 PM

A new Counter-Strike is currently in development after Valve announced today they are co-working on the new CS project with Hidden Path Entertainment. Hidden Path Entertainment previously worked on Counter Strike Source and is using their experience co-developing the new title.

The game is currently being titled as Counter Strike: Global Operations and will feature a lot of new content such as leaderboards, more mods and characters, new maps along with updated remakes of classic maps, and a 5-on-5 mode using a modified Source Engine.

Unlike previous CS games, CS: GO is being developed as a download-only title with Xbox Live Arcade, PSN, and Steam as the confirmed platforms for the game. The game was also given a release date of early 2012 with the first public showing occurring at Eurogamer Expo 2011 and PAM Prime later this year.

[quote[In a press release, Valve said that "CS: GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.). In addition, CS: GO will introduce new gameplay modes, matchmaking, leader boards, and more." [/quote]

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_29332_1_1313172799.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Valve-announces-new-Counter-Strike-game

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Microsoft admits a glitch involving their Xbox Rewards Program ended up giving away thousands of free points to Rewards members before Microsoft found out and fixed the glitch. The glitch occured during normal MS Points payments but instead of paying out the correct amounts, the glitch caused payments to be sent multiple times although Microsoft has stated the free points will not be taken back.

2) Update on the Ambassador Program for the 3DS reveals the free NES games will intially be exact replicas from their Wii VC versions but with a limited manual. An update later in the year will bring full manuals and wireless multiplayer for certain NES games while the future GBA set will have everything except replacing save states with the in-game save systems.

3) Hideo Kojima confirms the Metal Gear Solid HD set will have more games than just the intially assumed Metal Gear Solid 2, MGS 3, and MGS Peace Walker. The original Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2 games are being included in the set while Japan was confirmed to be missing Peace Walker from the set.

RoXer

08-14-2011, 03:23 PM

http://i.imgur.com/GeWQh.png (http://i.imgur.com/GeWQh.png)

Kalyx triaD

08-14-2011, 08:46 PM

If anyone still has one of the World Tour engine Guitar Heroes (WT, M, SH, VH), can you please verify whether tracks made and uploaded in GHTunes still exist (or if GHTunes itself still exist). And beyond that, if my tracks are still up (GT Kalyx triaD 360). Re-purchasing GH:M soon and I just wanna know if anything's still up. Thanks.

Drakul

08-15-2011, 07:31 AM

Rather than bump a Street Fighter thread, I thought I'd post this here:

Facts about Street Fighter (http://streetfightermiscellany.com/sfm/sfm1.html).

There are a lot of them. I didn't know the WWF had such an impression on SF. I knew about Hugo being based on Andre etc but there are others, like suggested SFII characters looking like Kamala etc.

Kane Knight

08-15-2011, 03:03 PM

Which would be one of the biggest anti-climaxes of all time, especially when they make it an FPS like that rumour.

EVERYTHING is better in First Person. WTF is wrong with you?

Emperor Smeat

08-15-2011, 07:48 PM

Valve releases a teaser trailer today for their upcoming DOTA 2 game with the official debut and details on the game expected during Gamescom 2011 as part of the promotion and contest they are holding during the event.

Screens for the game was leaked around the same time and were confirmed to be actual gameplay screens but from an older build of the game. The sources involved with the leak revealed the current build screens have not been leaked and are with Valve for the upcoming expo in Germany.

Yes, these are screenshots of DOTA 2 but we do not know how old they are, and as we said already, the current UI will be way improved. So, take this for the general models, actual surfaces and atmosphere but we'd recommend to wait until GamesCom (yes, only 2 days now!) to actually make any decisions on the game!

The game is expected for a release later this year on both the PC and Mac.

<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-cSFPIwMEq4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://kotaku.com/5831095/this-is-definitely-the-real-dota-2-trailer
Leaked screen shots : http://kotaku.com/5830919/dota-2-experts-believe-these-are-leaked-dota-2-screenshots

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Konami announces the Metal Gear Solid HD collection will have its own collector's edition only available online at the price of $120. The CE edition is being titled as "Metal Gear Solid Ultimate HD Collection" and will only have 4000 copies made.

2) It turns out the celebration cake for Catherine on the PS3 was a bit of a lie as the reported 200,000 value shown on the cake wasn't confirmed by the NPD in the US. In reality the game only sold 78,000 copies in the first week while Atlus confirmed they only shipped 200,000 copies to retailers although it still broke best 1st week record in company history.

5) Microsoft preparing to drop the Xbox 360 from Japan and potenitally the Xbox brand itself after recent reports show the company is unhappy with the slow sales and recpeption of the brand. While the Xbox 360 outsold the original Xbox in Japan, Microsoft felt the money invested for Japan hasn't been worth the results in the long run.

RoXer

08-15-2011, 08:05 PM

1) Konami announces the Metal Gear Solid HD collection will have its own collector's edition only available online at the price of $120. The CE edition is being titled as "Metal Gear Solid Ultimate HD Collection" and will only have 4000 copies made.

MIGHT get that. Depends what else is on it.

Emperor Smeat

08-15-2011, 08:10 PM

http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Only-4000-to-get-new-MGS-Ultimate-Collection

-PSN code to download Metal Gear Solid 1
-Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty
-Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
-Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
-Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
-5 x Art Cards

Only real difference from the regular set might be a different case and the art cards.

RoXer

08-15-2011, 08:20 PM

no soundtrack?

ClockShot

08-15-2011, 08:46 PM

Microsoft preparing to drop the Xbox 360 from Japan and potenitally the Xbox brand itself after recent reports show the company is unhappy with the slow sales and recpeption of the brand. While the Xbox 360 outsold the original Xbox in Japan, Microsoft felt the money invested for Japan hasn't been worth the results in the long run.

Sony and Nintendo got Japan locked down. Surprised Gates waited this long to pull out.

Kalyx triaD

08-15-2011, 08:59 PM

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/208866-early-bioshock-infinite-cosplay-is-prety/6045085147_a72fbbc049_b-620x.jpghttp://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/208866-early-bioshock-infinite-cosplay-is-prety/6046098253_2c47d0079e_z-620x.jpg

Drakul

08-16-2011, 06:37 AM

Extreme Angle

08-16-2011, 06:38 AM

Kane Knight

08-16-2011, 08:47 AM

Sony and Nintendo got Japan locked down. Surprised Gates waited this long to pull out.

It not really being Gates' call anymore aside, Americans never know when to pull out.

Was Catherine marketed like, at all? I saw a bit of hype on game sites, but no real ads. And since I don't get cable anymore, I'd obviously miss TV spots.

LoDownM

08-16-2011, 12:05 PM

I think I might've seen one ad for it on adult swim.

RoXer

08-16-2011, 12:35 PM

Kane Knight

08-16-2011, 01:05 PM

Captain of Fun

08-16-2011, 03:09 PM

Watching it is so depressing though, because you know that with much smaller player count, and maps, the action won't look anything like that on consoles.

Oh well, time to get a new PC I suppose.

Kalyx triaD

08-16-2011, 07:31 PM

That Battlefield 3 footage gives me PC envy.

Emperor Smeat

08-16-2011, 07:35 PM

While Battlefield 3 was the main focus from EA at Gamerscom, EA and Bioware revealed some info regarding its other games currently in development.

The FIFA Street series is returning with a new game currently in development by EA Canada having a stronger focus on tricks and a few gameplay features from the regular FIFA series. A modified version of the upcoming FIFA 12 engine is being used to improve the passing and dribbling for the game. Also revealed was at least 35 locations to choose from, a 5v5 mode, and a 6v6 mode.

Bioware revealed Dragon Age Legends is variable now for Google+ and the upcoming Warhammer Wrath of Heroes will be getting the Free-To-Play treatment on PC.

New info on SSX reveals the Xbox 360 version will have a heavy emphasis on online gameplay with Ridernet tied heavily into the mode similar to the recent Need For Speed Hot Pursiut using the autolog for friends lists and online modes.

There are some other nifty new features as well. The multiplayer modes have two main parts: Explore and Global Events. In Explore, players can drop into sweet mountain ranges built by NASA date and Google Earth, and each time a personal best is made the game uploads a ghost of that run for friends to see. Players can also win mad cash and move up the leader board by taking down friends' ghosts, or if their ghost is good enough players can even win while away from their consoles. The Global Events mode can handle up to 100,000 live players at once with fully customizable events to go head-to-head against people from around in real-time.

FIFA Street was revealed to have an early 2012 release date for PS3 and Xbox 360, Wrath of Heroes is currently starting its beta testing phase, and SSX is still on track for an early 2012 release on Xbox 360 and PS3.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_52004_1_1313526647.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/New-SSX-features-Ridernet
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Just-Announced-FIFA-Street-is-back
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/EA-press-conference-summary-Gamescom-2011

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Based on a new patent filing from Nintendo, the Wii U controller is having some new changes such as internal flash memory and a magnetic sensor. The sensor itself appears to be strong enough to both track body movements and become the rumored Vitality Sensor the company was unable to do on the Wii.

2) Highlights from Sony's conference at Gamercom 2011 reveal a $50 price drop on all models of the PS3 will start immediately while a new PSP model for Europe will drop all Wifi abilities in return for a €99 price. Also announced was a game in the Resistance series is heading to the Vita and a new DLC expansion pack for InFamous 2 involves Vampires.

3) Based on a teaser picture and tweet from Hideo Koijma, a new Zone of the Enders game could be heading to the Nintendo 3DS. Rumors based on the picture tweeted by Kojima hint the game could be a potential sequel to the Japanese version of ZOE 2.
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Hideo-tweets-and-the-Internet-listens

OssMan

08-16-2011, 08:20 PM

Even though Zone of the Enders on PS3 would be probably one of the greatest gaming experiences of all time, they are putting it on 3DS. Wonderful

Kane Knight

08-16-2011, 09:11 PM

Watching it is so depressing though, because you know that with much smaller player count, and maps, the action won't look anything like that on consoles.

Oh well, time to get a new PC I suppose.

I won't be getting it anyway, it just looked badass.

Captain of Fun

08-16-2011, 09:35 PM

Even though Zone of the Enders on PS3 would be probably one of the greatest gaming experiences of all time, they are putting it on 3DS. Wonderful

My sentiments exactly. ZOE 2 is still one of my favorite PS2 games.

OssMan

08-16-2011, 09:46 PM

ZOE 2 is one of my favorite games ever. Actually I like the first one more.

LoDownM

08-16-2011, 09:58 PM

I beat both and don't remember anything about them except the mech's name was Jehuty. And Im pretty sure the main reason I bought the first one was for the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo that came with it.

RoXer

08-17-2011, 01:44 AM

http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=52617

Captain of Fun

08-17-2011, 01:52 AM

http://www.landoverbaptist.net/kjv-check.jpg

RoXer

08-17-2011, 01:53 AM

not a real website btw. it's like the onion

Kane Knight

08-17-2011, 12:37 PM

I beat both and don't remember anything about them except the mech's name was Jehuty. And Im pretty sure the main reason I bought the first one was for the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo that came with it.

Like 80% of the purchasers.

LoDownM

08-17-2011, 01:14 PM

Extreme Angle

08-17-2011, 01:39 PM

Notch has challenged Bethesda to a game of Quake 3.
If Mojang win they can keep the name 'Scrolls' if they lose they'll change it. :lol:

Emperor Smeat

08-17-2011, 07:32 PM

Konami announces the previously PS3-exclusive Silent Hill HD collection will also be arriving on the Xbox 360 and will have a simultaneous release alongside with the PS3 set.

As with previous reports, the collection will include an HD remake of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 to go along with new voice over dialogue to replace the original dialogue.

While the HD set doesn't have an official release date as of yet, the collection is still rumored for a late 2011 release.

Also revealed was a new Silent Hill games is coming to the PS Vita and is being called Silent Hill Book of Memories. In a first for the series, the game will have online co-op multiplayer to go along with customizable characters and a top-down gameplay perspective. This game is set to arrive after Silent Hill Downpour is released.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_68319_1_1313592347.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Silent-Hill-HD-Collection-heads-to-Xbox-360

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Nintendo announces a new smaller and slimmer model of the Wii will be arriving later this year in Europe aimed at just the casual or Wii-only customers but will drop Gamecube compatibility due to the smaller size. The bundle is rumored to have a 99 Euros price tag and will come with all the games in the current regular model bundle.

2) The upcomming Warhammer Wrath of Heroes joins the upcoming Rage in locking out non-online multiplayer modes with the news of a 5-player co-op mode will be arriving for free for people who bought the game new and a fee for used owners. The mode will arrive about a month after retail release and isn't being considered as DLC by Bioware.

3) Based on box art leaks for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the game will require a 3GB mandatory install for the PS3 while the Xbox 360 only requires 66MB of free space for non-installed games.

Captain of Fun

08-18-2011, 12:45 AM

3G? Holy shit, I think that's bigger than the DC Universe install. Was going to get it on tuesday, but now, I don't know. I have an older PS3, and there is not much room on the HD.

Kane Knight

08-18-2011, 08:25 AM

I'm glad companies don't bundle demo's with games, or rather, I'm glad that concept didn't take off. Because I think Capcom did the same thing once with the Devil May Cry demo, but I can't for the life of me remember what the game was that came with the demo.

And Before Assman comes in here with his panties in a bunch, I liked Zone of the Enders.

He does that a lot, doesn't he?

Likewise, bundling demos is really annoying and I'm glad it didn't take off.

Notch has challenged Bethesda to a game of Quake 3.
If Mojang win they can keep the name 'Scrolls' if they lose they'll change it. :lol:

But since Bethesda are noobs, they will go for a court case.

RoXer

08-18-2011, 01:40 PM

Emperor Smeat

08-18-2011, 07:29 PM

Kotaku's hands-on demo and impressions with the Lollipop Chainsaw game at Gamescom reveals some new gameplay details and info with the majority occurring in the school section of the game.

Overall impression shows the game being a comedic and cheerful take on the zombie-based genre with the cell-shading and art style being a huge reason.

The game start with the main character named Juliet Starling having her birthday occur on the same day as a zombie outbreak at school. Her main stockpile of weapons include the choice between using her legs to attack, pom-poms, and a chainsaw.

Gameplay-wise, the game is full of comic style gore with zombies exploding into colorful glitter when killed and dialogue containing insults given to the player and to zombies.

The game also has quests to help save classmates who haven't turned into zombies with different rewards and outcomes. The only main ally revealed from the start is her boyfriend's head attached to the chainsaw that gives out clues and tips.

Juliet has a few allies at San Romero. Her boyfriend, Nick, is always by her side. He's the disembodied head that Juliet hangs on her hip. He's capable of helping Juliet in still unexplained ways. The game's loading screen teased an action called "Nick's Roulette," which requires a "Nick Ticket" to employ apparently, but reps for the developer didn't go into detail on Nick's role in the game.

Lollipop Chainsaw's heroine can also choose to save her fellow classmates—the ones that haven't been turned into zombies yet—for various rewards. Save a student from a zombie attack and they may shower her with coins and stars. The former collectible was not detailed during our demo, but the game's stars are used to fill up Juliet's Star Meter, which powers a devastating, candy colored super attack.

Boss fights reveal how the zombie outbreak started and occured with each boss having a specific role in the story.

The game is still schedule for a TBA date in 2012 on PS3 and Xbox 360.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/08/lpc-screen-11_cc_01_00001.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5832104/eyes+on-with-lollipop-chainsaw-and-juliet-the-overly-chipper-zombie-slayer

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Namco semi-rebooting the Ridge Racer series after announcing the developers of the FlatOut series, Bugbear, are currently developing the next game in the series Ridge Racer Unbounded. The game is set to mesh the Ridge Racer style with the FlatOut and Burnout gameplay style although Namco also announced the reboot would only occur for this game as the next official Ridge Racer game will revert back to the traditional style.

2) At Gamescom, Blizzard explains their "Titan" project does not have anything to do with anything related to the Starcraft series and is not a Starcraft MMO as rumors have stated. Their current priority for Starcraft II is to work on the expansion packs although a MMO project could start once all their current projects are done.

3) Chris Lewis, one of the Vice Presidents from Microsoft, hints Microsoft will continue support of the Xbox 360 once the next Xbox console is released similar to rumors of Nintendo doing the same with the Wii and Sony with their systems. He also admitted the company learned from the mistake of killing off the original Xbox too quickly while revealing Kinect would become the main reason for the continued support.

D Mac

08-19-2011, 01:58 PM

NFL Sunday Ticket is coming to the Playstation 3. No need to have DirectTV at all, but it will cost a whopping $340 bucks for the season.

Too rich for my blood.

RoXer

08-19-2011, 02:08 PM

fuck thaaaat

RoXer

08-19-2011, 02:09 PM

Unless I can get on someone's account like with Netflix

Kane Knight

08-19-2011, 02:54 PM

NFL Sunday Ticket is coming to the Playstation 3. No need to have DirectTV at all, but it will cost a whopping $340 bucks for the season.

Too rich for my blood.

People actually pay that? Fuck.

Emperor Smeat

08-19-2011, 07:50 PM

Ubisoft shows off new gameplay details and footage with the emphasis on the new changes in appearance resulting in a lack of clutter on the screen or HUD in comparison with recent games in the Ghost Recon series and the previous demo shown at E3 this year.

Gone were the screen-filling, often distracting augmented reality icons that both helped set the upcoming third-person shooter apart from others of its ilk and make it a bit of an eyesore.

Ubisoft also made several changes to the game since E3 with the targeting halo giving out certain information to the player being removed or redone as a different aspect of the gameplay. The development team did state that most of the obvious changes were done for aesthetic reasons and not a complete reworking of the interface of the game.

Roman Campos Oriola, lead game designer, confirmed that following E3 the team decided to tone down the augmented visuals of the game. They did it partly because they felt the abundance of information was cutting down on how players went through the game and partly because they seemed to recognize that the game was a bit cluttered.

Gameplay-wise, all the choices and decision-making shown at E3 and earlier announcements are still in the game but with less initial on-screen markers for both enemy targets and objectives except for those done specifically by the player.

All the text and the targeting halo shown in the image were removed based on the gameplay impressions from Kotaku.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/08/ghost_recon.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5832529/ghost-recon-future-soldier-simplifies-with-polished-play

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Sony announces it will never bring cross-chat to the PS3 regardless of how many times PS3 owners demand or request it as a new feature. Sony's official response was the feature never was implemented in the operaing system for the PS3 and the problems with how RAM works on the system but did announce the Vita will have some form of cross-chat.

2) Gamestop announces they are in the process of creating a streaming/digital service for console and PC games with the intial testing and beta occuring before the end of the year. The service would be cloud-based and is in co-development with their recently purchased Spawn Labs company.

3) EA and Bioware announce their MMO Star Wars Old Republic game will intentonally have low shipments and copies avaliable at release as a way to prevent the servers from overloading with too many people trying to access the game at once. The plan will also affect digital copies as both companies will restrict the amount of users who can activate the game regardless of when the game was bought until they are convinced the servers can handle full-loads.

ClockShot

08-19-2011, 09:13 PM

I reserved my copy of Old Republic a couple weeks ago.

I BETTER GET ONE!!!!!

Just kidding.

FearedSanctity

08-20-2011, 06:33 AM

NFL Sunday Ticket is coming to the Playstation 3. No need to have DirectTV at all, but it will cost a whopping $340 bucks for the season.

Too rich for my blood.

Yep, same price as regular Sunday Ticket with DirecTV. Expensive as fuck, but I'm so tired of watching shitty streams only to have them constantly go down. I'll pay so long as they also offer the payment option for the PS3 like they do normally

Drakul

08-20-2011, 08:10 AM

Leaked/unrelease gameplay trailer for "I Am Alive" (skip to 0:31 for the actual trailer. Everything before that is some guys YouTube intro.) :
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Extreme Angle

08-20-2011, 09:18 AM

Expected more tbh

#BROKEN Hasney

08-20-2011, 09:58 AM

Expected more tbh

You expected more? From Ubisoft? Really?

Kane Knight

08-20-2011, 11:16 AM

You expected more? From Ubisoft? Really?

Have you seen what they can do with Post-Its?

Extreme Angle

08-20-2011, 11:27 AM

You expected more? From Ubisoft? Really?

The first trailer look amazing... From what I remember

D Mac

08-21-2011, 03:06 PM

Have you guys played that Bodycount demo? Game sucks IMO

Kane Knight

08-21-2011, 03:34 PM

Have you guys played that Bodycount demo? Game sucks IMO

What is it?

D Mac

08-21-2011, 03:38 PM

Some shitty FPS.

LoDownM

08-21-2011, 04:03 PM

New Driver: SF multiplayer demo was fun, didn't get a full 6 people tho.

Kalyx triaD

08-21-2011, 04:05 PM

I'll check that out.

LoDownM

08-21-2011, 04:10 PM

I like the car switching. Because I'm terrible at driving games lol. Now I don't have to give a shit and just switch cars.

Kane Knight

08-21-2011, 06:24 PM

Some shitty FPS.

Shooter of the month?

#BROKEN Hasney

08-21-2011, 06:26 PM

New Driver: SF multiplayer demo was fun, didn't get a full 6 people tho.

Did you play the single player demo? Trying to see if it has a different engine because the single player had the worst handling since that Yaris game.

LoDownM

08-21-2011, 06:52 PM

No I didn't. I never intended to try the single player even if I ended up buying it when its out.

Kane Knight

08-21-2011, 10:06 PM

Did you play the single player demo? Trying to see if it has a different engine because the single player had the worst handling since that Yaris game.

Please don't ever mention that game again.

Kalyx triaD

08-21-2011, 10:46 PM

That's new.

Extreme Angle

08-22-2011, 05:00 AM

Notch has made a game in 48 hours for some competition.
It's pretty good considering how long it took...
http://s3.amazonaws.com/ld48/index.html

Kane Knight

08-22-2011, 08:30 AM

A first person shooter set in a post apocalyptic world.

Oh wow, where do I sign up?

Emperor Smeat

08-22-2011, 07:46 PM

EA and Bioware reveal Dragon Age III will be created by using the "best parts" of Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II instead of being a purely new game.

Bioware is using fan feedback for the current project along with stuff that upset fans with the previous games as the main priority in developing the new game.

Bioware also stated gameplay features and stuff that were disliked by fans of the games would be scrapped from Dragon Age III with the focus making the game being the best in the series. The exact features being scrapped or meshed together was not revealed during the interview though.

Dr. Ray made an attempt to assuage the fears of any players who may have been alienated by Dragon Age 2 by explaining that BioWare's current plan is to combine the best pieces of both previous titles into one drastically improved sequel.

“What we need to do as developers is take that feedback from both sets of fans to heart and see about marrying that in future games in the Dragon Age franchise. I think that the team has actually got a great plan. I think the team is going to have some things that are going to surprise both sets of fans, both core fans and new fans with a marriage of these… the best from both games, Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2. And we look forward more to talking about that in the future.”

The studio also felt a lot of the negatives fans had with Dragon Age II and Origins were the result of over-hyped expectations than parts of the game actually being bad but they will still make the changes needed.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/dragon-age-3-will-be-assembled-from-the-best-parts-of-dragon-age-origins-and-dragon-age-2/3603/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) The creative director of Airtight Games, Kim Swift, reveals the company will officially debut her first project with the company weekend at the PAX convention. She was one of the co-creators of the Portal series along with help working on the Left for Dead series before leaving Valve at the end of 2009.

2) According to recent rumors from the Official Xbox Magazine, Fable IV is set to be released in 2013 and will go back to traditional controls and will not be using Kinect like the current spin-off project. Gearbox Software is also rumored to be rebooting the Duke Nukem franchise after the remake of Duke Nukem 3D is released later this year.

3) Nintendo announces Metroid II and Super Mario Land 2 from the original Gameboy will arrive on the 3DS Virtual Console before the end of this year. These games will not be part of the Ambassador program as Nintendo previously announced only NES and Game Boy Advance games would be selected for the program.

08-22-2011, 07:52 PM

Could that mean a different look and voice for Duke?

ClockShot

08-22-2011, 08:33 PM

Take the deep storyline from Dragon Age: Origns + the combat system of Dragon Age 2 = my vision of Dragon Age 3.

LoDownM

08-22-2011, 10:14 PM

Nah. They just need to take the updated graphics from DA2 and the conversation wheel from DA2/ME and put it in the gameplay and with story equal to DA: O for DA3.

Kane Knight

08-22-2011, 10:33 PM

Take the deep storyline from Dragon Age: Origns + the combat system of Dragon Age 2 = my vision of Dragon Age 3.

PROBABLY not what they mean.

RoXer

08-23-2011, 02:37 PM

http://i.imgur.com/TvZcR.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/TvZcR.jpg)

RoXer

08-23-2011, 02:41 PM

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-jerry-rice-and-nitus-dog-football/17-4720/

Kalyx triaD

08-23-2011, 03:21 PM

...

Kane Knight

08-23-2011, 04:42 PM

http://i.imgur.com/TvZcR.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/TvZcR.jpg)
lolwot

#BROKEN Hasney

08-23-2011, 05:19 PM

Deadly Premonition Remake, 0 AND 2 coming.

I'm so happy I could cry :'(

Emperor Smeat

08-23-2011, 08:47 PM

Nintendo announces it has a huge surprise ready to be revealed two days before a little bit before the Tokyo Game Show starts on September 15 with the main focus being on what the company is calling an "Extremely Big Title."

Currently Nintendo is holding a 3DS focused event on September 13 but did not reveal if the big announcement is specifically for a 3DS game. Last time Nintendo held a pre-TGS event, it was for the confirmation of the debut of the 3DS. In terms of games, Nintendo traditionally doesn't show off mega-titles at TGS and prefers to use E3 for those debuts.

The news was strong enough to cause a big enough spike to occur in Nintendo related stocks with the impressions from investors that the news will be something huge.

Rumors for the actual game involve either a Pokemon type MMO or at least the previously hinted Monster Hunter game Capcom said they wanted to make for the 3DS.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/nintendo-to-announce-ldquoextremely-big-titlerdquo-ahead-of-tgs-748395_expanded.png
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/87657/nintendo-to-announce-extremely-big-title-ahead-of-tgs/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) John Carmack from id Software confirms the upcomming Doom 4 will run at the standard 30 frames per second for multiplayer but the studio is pushing the single player campaign to run at 60 fps. The decision was done to increase the action in the single player with more effects and monsters possible instead of just a uniform 30 fps for both modes similar to most games in the shooter genre.

2) Namco Bandi announces Dark Souls will not have any DLC content or "expansion" style packs as the studio is focusing on making the gameplay last around 50-60 hours on its own. The company also revealed the main reason was due to the sheer size of the game being 3 times larger than Demon Souls meant the game itself had enough content to offset the need for extra DLC or stuff cut like in other games.

3) Sonic CD set to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade after Major Nelson leaked in his official blog all the titles set to be shown at upcomming events later this year.

LoDownM

08-23-2011, 10:05 PM

Bodycount demo wasn't that bad, it's like playing a freddiew video, but that novelty wears off fast.

NHL 12 and Warhammer 40k Space Marine demos tho, awesome.

Kane Knight

08-23-2011, 10:36 PM

There are rumours of a new 3DS being announced. If that's really their solution to current problems, Nintendo needs to die in a fire.

Captain of Fun

08-23-2011, 11:51 PM

Always wanted to try Sonic CD.

LuigiD

08-23-2011, 11:53 PM

Was reading that they might release a 3DS but tone down the 3D..whatever the fuck that means. Would seem like a bizarre move considering that i the gimmick for the system..

Drakul

08-24-2011, 01:41 AM

I read the same thing. I'll wait until after TGS to get my 3DS now. I'm not going to fork over for a 3DS and then find out they announce the 3DSi at TGS a week later.

Kane Knight

08-24-2011, 08:31 AM

Was reading that they might release a 3DS but tone down the 3D..whatever the fuck that means. Would seem like a bizarre move considering that i the gimmick for the system..

The rumour as posted on the Escapist mentions no 3D or a 2D focus and a second analogue stick.

So yeah, maybe they've figured out that the gimmick is a bad idea. Don't know how they're working a second analogue stick into things, though. That either means a bigger handheld or a crowded scenario.

Even without the 3D, it's still an upgraded DS, and that has some benefit.

The problem will be games. Kind of like it already is.

Kane Knight

08-24-2011, 09:10 AM

Another negative Nintendo Rumour:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112551-Rumor-Cheap-Components-Hurting-Wii-U-Development

If I keep this up, Assman will have a hissyfit.

LuigiD

08-24-2011, 09:31 AM

Kane Knight

08-24-2011, 10:07 AM

Ouch.
If the WiiU is going through that trouble..what a shit storm. Kinda goes with what a lost of testers were saying about the remote. That it wasn't responding properly.
I hope its something positive and not something negative. Funny since stock skyrocketed yesterday after the announcement.

Well yeah, they're expecting a major announcement. And a new DS, or a Pokémon MMO might still jack the stock some more. Of course, failure of the WiiU will be an issue as well.

#BROKEN Hasney

08-24-2011, 11:13 AM

http://www.destructoid.com/deadly-premonition-special-edition-sequel-and-prequel--209666.phtml

It is a beautiful occasion. There must be cake.

Kane Knight

08-24-2011, 12:52 PM

http://www.destructoid.com/deadly-premonition-special-edition-sequel-and-prequel--209666.phtml

It is a beautiful occasion. There must be cake.

I still think you have to be taking the piss.

#BROKEN Hasney

08-24-2011, 02:10 PM

I'm really not, Zach. Behind the janky, Dreamcast-era controls lies so much charm. In the sandbox sections, everyone has a schedule to follow bringing the town to life and as you drive along, your character talks to his split personality about 80's movies. It's so delightfully odd, but not in the overt Suda sort of way like No More Heroes, just in the characters. The raincoat killer can't see and you have to hold your breath and every clue you find leads to a cutscene.

I wont spoil it for anyone, but the scene before the final boss is amazing and probably the most emotional one I've seen. It is easily my favourite game this generation. I just totally love it.

Kane Knight

08-24-2011, 02:15 PM

I think you mean Squeegee.

08-24-2011, 04:57 PM

Still looking for a cheap copy of Red Seeds Profile :(

Captain of Fun

08-24-2011, 05:28 PM

Emperor Smeat

08-24-2011, 07:28 PM

EA's Origin digital service contains spyware-like elements after some "digging" in the EULA service terms reveals EA is requiring all users to consent to any data EA wants and EA will be selling the data to third party companies.

The terms include a clause automatically triggering consent to be given once the Origin application is installed and unlike other digital services, the stuff EA is requesting includes non-Origin related information.

While Valve usually informs users what info the company asks for part of its annual status report such as O.S. used and games played, EA's service doesn't specify exactly what will be searched but does state the entire computer of a user will be searched for info.

The terms also hint the only way to opt-out is to completely uninstall the service and lose out on access to any Origin-only or games bought on the service.

Once again reminding us all that we really ought to be reading these terms of service that we so often blindly agree to, intrepid users of Origin have discovered within EA's End User License Agreement for the service that, by installing the software on the system and using it, you are giving EA full license to track a number of different things on your computer, including, but not limited to personal information, computer information, application usage, software, software usage, and peripheral hardware usage. The reason for all of this is for the usual "marketing purposes" and "to improve our products and services" nonsense, but the EULA also states that EA will happily sell your information to any third parties it sees fit.

It's fair to point out that Valve's Steam service also does some of the things listed here when you use it. However, the trick is that Steam allows users to opt out of any and all such practices. Origin has no such opt-out feature, and in fact states that you cannot use the service at all unless you agree to their terms.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_52004_1_1314216117.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/eas-origin-service-is-basically-spyware-according-to-origins-eula/3616/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Sony announces it will be rebooting and overhauling the entire Playstation Home program with the main goal to replace the current setup into a more game-like Hub. The majority of non-gaming actitivies are set to be removed while dropping its current status as a hub for other games.

2) Sega reveals Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown will be a download-only title for PSN and XBLA and is set to be released in the summer of 2012. The game is based on last year's arcade version in Japan and will have updated tweaks and balances for the console ports.

3) Warner Bros confirms the Mortal Kombat HD Arcade Kollection will have a August 30 release date for PSN and August 31 date for XBLA and PC. The collection is being sold for $9.99 (800 MS points) and will include onlone play, leaderboards, and achievements/trophies.

Kane Knight

08-24-2011, 08:05 PM

Millions will bitch and moan about Origin, then installed Battlefield anyway.

#BROKEN Hasney

08-25-2011, 12:39 AM

Emperor Smeat

08-25-2011, 07:53 PM

Turn 10 announced there will not be any Porsche brand cars in Forza 4 even though Forza 3 was allowed to use the models without the brand name due to EA refusing to allow the studio any access to the brand including models.

Turn 10 had originally planned to use up to 35 cars out of the game's total roster to be from the Porsche brand in the upcoming Forza 4.

According to the car maker, EA owns the digital rights to the brand and can create sub-agreements to license out the brand but it appears EA is refusing any video game to use Porsche as a way to both strengthen their own series of racing games and provide a boost to their non-Need for Speed racing game series such as their Shift series.

But this time around, no dice. "In the end, however, EA couldn't see their way towards collaborating again," said Dan Greenawalt, Turn 10 Creative Director

"We've asked our contacts at EA to reconsider their position frequently and regularly over the last 18 months," he added. "We also reached out to various influential people in gaming to lobby on our behalf, and on your behalf, but that was to no avail."

As Greenawalt explained, Turn 10 has the exclusive right to Ferraris on the Xbox and PC, but works with other companies as not to prevent players from being able to drive the cars.

EA tried to get Turn 10 to allow them complete access to the Ferrari brand owned by Turn 10 for their Need for Speed series but the studio rejected the requests from EA after realizing EA was unwilling to return the favor with the Porsche brand. EA had tried to get access to the brand for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit but were unable to get an agreement in time nor does it look any likely an agreement will be reached for their upcoming Need for Speed game either.

As of now both companies appear to be closer to ending their friendly agreement with each other with EA being viewed as the main reason for the potential split.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/39/1870020-forza2_screenshots_middle.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5834273/why-arent-there-porsches-in-forza-4
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/in-case-youre-wondering-why-there-are-no-porsches-in-forza-4-its-because-of-ea/3621/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Sega clarifies rumors of Sonic CD arriving on Xbox Live Arcade by announcing the game itself will not be exclusive to XBLA but also be appearing on PSN, PC, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows 7 phones. The company did state no handheld version will be done neither will it be arriving on WiiWare due to size of the game's file.

2) Star Wars Kinect game and the special edition Xbox 360 has been delayed indefinitely according to Microsoft with the main issue being the game needs a lot more time for development and fixing. The game was originally set to be released this winter but problems during development forced LucasArts to inform Microsoft the need to delay the title.

3) Uber Entertainment announces the sequel to Monday Night Combat being titled as Super Monday Night Combat will be getting the free-to-play treatment on the PC with only microtransactions costing money. The company also announced unlike other shooters using a similar model, there won't be any unfair advantages to those who don't want to spend any money nor any restrictions to force people to eventually pay.

ClockShot

08-25-2011, 08:26 PM

Ouch. And that Star Wars Xbox is nice. I'll bet alot of pre-orders are going to get cancelled for that now.

Kane Knight

08-25-2011, 08:44 PM

It did look pretty nice. If I needed a new XBox, I might have considered that.

Of course, now it's moot.

Captain of Fun

08-25-2011, 11:59 PM

Ugh. Wish they would stop making this crappy kinect game that will undoubtedly bomb horribly, and just finish Battlefront 3.

I don't get it. Unless I'm mistaken, Battlefront is the best selling Star Wars series behind Force Unleashed. Why aren't they pursuing this?

Kalyx triaD

08-26-2011, 01:01 AM

I don't think Pandemic is working on the Kinect game, though Free Radical were last working on Battlefront 3. The leaked footage was epic.

Captain of Fun

08-26-2011, 05:48 AM

Yes. Dunno why Lucasarts or whoever actually owns the product doesn't just give it to another developer to finish. It's practically finished from what I've heard.

D Mac

08-26-2011, 07:26 AM

Dammit I was looking forward to Kinect Star Wars. :(

Tom Guycott

08-26-2011, 08:28 AM

It not really being Gates' call anymore aside, Americans never know when to pull out.

Was Catherine marketed like, at all? I saw a bit of hype on game sites, but no real ads. And since I don't get cable anymore, I'd obviously miss TV spots.

The answer is no. And I work at a GS. Aside from our in store hype machine that consisted of a few delicious posters for Catherine, and a segment on the big TV talking up the game (all in store, mind you), and our crew being a bunch of geeks who dig this type of title... no.

But a game like <S>TEAM FORTRESS</S> BRINK got all the press in the world. And none of it revealing the fact that it was basically Team Fortress. A lot of disappointed buyers, there.

Tom Guycott

08-26-2011, 08:35 AM

Ouch. And that Star Wars Xbox is nice. I'll bet alot of pre-orders are going to get cancelled for that now.

Yep. You'd think they'd just nix the Kinnect and Star Wars game for the time being. They'll STILL make a tidy profit of the Artoo-sounding system. But, that won't happen.

Well, that's more Gears 3 systems sold.

Tom Guycott

08-26-2011, 08:41 AM

http://i.imgur.com/TvZcR.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/TvZcR.jpg)

It was originally going to be Michael Vick, but at the last minute, they realized how big a PR fiasco that would have been. :shifty:

Kane Knight

08-26-2011, 09:26 AM

Yes. Dunno why Lucasarts or whoever actually owns the product doesn't just give it to another developer to finish. It's practically finished from what I've heard.

You're assuming Lucasarts cares.

But a game like <s>TEAM FORTRESS</s> BRINK got all the press in the world. And none of it revealing the fact that it was basically Team Fortress. A lot of disappointed buyers, there.

It's an FPS. Of course it's going to get hype.

Kane Knight

08-26-2011, 09:34 AM

http://cdn-www.i-am-bored.com/media/gamerat30.jpg

Drakul

08-26-2011, 01:09 PM

Captain of Fun

08-26-2011, 03:33 PM

You're assuming Lucasarts cares.

If you're talking about the fans, then no, I'm not that naive.

But I assume they care about money. As I said, it's one of their top sellers, so not trying to finish it up seems odd to me.

Tommy Gunn

08-26-2011, 06:23 PM

It's a shame Lucas Arts stopped making graphic adventures, but then, that is an argument for 10 years ago.

My only hope for them is to either outsource more games to Telltale, or keep doing HD remakes of their classic point and click games.

Emperor Smeat

08-26-2011, 07:28 PM

Airtight Games debuts the first game at PAX from Kim Swift, co-creator of Portal and worked on left 4 Dead series, being titled as Quantum Conundrum.

The new title certainly seems to draw a bit of influence from Swift's Portal days, albeit with a new, original art style and an all-new tool: a glove that allows you to shift into multiple different dimensions to solve puzzles contained in each level. The game puts you in the role of a youngster sent off to spend some time with their crazy inventor uncle, Professor Fitz Quadwrangle. Unsurprisingly, your visit is interrupted by something going terribly wrong, and you're forced to navigate his labyrinthine mansion using the glove and its dimension-shifting capabilities.

Each dimension affects how the gameplay of a puzzle works with the one shown in the demo changing the gravity to be 10 times lighter than normal as an extra twist for solving the puzzle.

Square-Enix was announced to be the publisher of the game with a release date expected around early 2012 for PC, PSN, and Xbox Live Arcade.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/kim-swift-introduces-the-world-to-a-quantum-conundrum/3623/
Screens: http://kotaku.com/5834832/another-puzzling-look-at-quantum-conundrum

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) According to CNET, Sony is considering and planning to unite all their various digital distribution services from every Sony branch under a brand new and unfied system being called the Sony Entertainment Network (SEN).

2) After recent backlash to the spyware-like terms involving Origin services, EA announces it has revised the EULA terms with the major removal being the ability to sell the information to data companies. EA also clarified and revised what information they would be searching for and now is mostly related to data used for Origin.

3) According to the new voice actor for the upcoming Silent Hill 2 HD remake, the main reason new voice actors were hired was due to the original voice actor for the James character demanded both extra royalties to be applied since the release of the original SH 2 game to go along with extra royalties to produce the new lines in the remake.

Kane Knight

08-26-2011, 08:45 PM

Wow. EA listened to nerdrage?

Funky Fly

08-26-2011, 09:48 PM

Wow. EA listened to nerdrage?

They did because they have to. It's that or their new untested, unproven system that is going directly against fucking Steam tanks and costs then millions. It's a little easier to be a dick when you're the only show in town with the NFL license, for example.

Kane Knight

08-26-2011, 10:11 PM

They did because they have to. It's that or their new untested, unproven system that is going directly against fucking Steam tanks and costs then millions. It's a little easier to be a dick when you're the only show in town with the NFL license, for example.

Except it's still going against Steam, and the only reason to use it in the first place is that it's compulsory for at least one game and probably more in the future.

Oh, and their games aren't on Steam, so it's that or physical copies, but really. Who would want to get off their bloated ass and buy a game in a store when you can pay the exact same price for a digital copy you don't even own?

Verbose Minch

08-26-2011, 10:40 PM

Except it's still going against Steam, and the only reason to use it in the first place is that it's compulsory for at least one game and probably more in the future.

Oh, and their games aren't on Steam, so it's that or physical copies, but really. Who would want to get off their bloated ass and buy a game in a store when you can pay the exact same price for a digital copy you don't even own?

On Steam, you do own the games. I don't know about Origin.

Valve stated a long time ago that in the rare occurrence that they go under, they would release a patch to make all your games able to be played without Steam anymore.

Kane Knight

08-27-2011, 08:39 AM

On Steam, you do own the games. I don't know about Origin.

Valve stated a long time ago that in the rare occurrence that they go under, they would release a patch to make all your games able to be played without Steam anymore.

You don't own your games.

And I always trust the word of a monopoly.

Funky Fly

08-27-2011, 01:21 PM

Except it's still going against Steam, and the only reason to use it in the first place is that it's compulsory for at least one game and probably more in the future.

Oh, and their games aren't on Steam, so it's that or physical copies, but really. Who would want to get off their bloated ass and buy a game in a store when you can pay the exact same price for a digital copy you don't even own?

People who think physical media is archaic? Gamers who never leave their parents' basements?

Their games aren't on Steam, but that's their doing. They're taking a huge gamble and after recently seeing exactly what nerdrage can accomplish (HAXXXXXXXXX :mad: ), I think they're hedging their bets.

#BROKEN Hasney

08-27-2011, 01:31 PM

Guess who's back, back on LIve.

Hasney's back. Tell a friend.

Funky Fly

08-27-2011, 01:45 PM

Go get your practice in at SSFIV. I have some thorough beatings to deliver to you.

#BROKEN Hasney

08-27-2011, 01:52 PM

Nah, I have it on PC. I'm not rebuying it again. BUT I may devour SF3, dunno.

Kane Knight

08-27-2011, 05:28 PM

People who think physical media is archaic? Gamers who never leave their parents' basements?

Their games aren't on Steam, but that's their doing. They're taking a huge gamble and after recently seeing exactly what nerdrage can accomplish (HAXXXXXXXXX :mad: ), I think they're hedging their bets.

You always struck me as a Nintendo apologist. Have you branched out to Steam?

Part of the digital distribution model was supposed to be price, something they really aren't living up to. Yes yes, Steam has sales, not the point. If you think physical media is archaic, you more or less deserve the original Origin terms anyway, since you have traded in your rights of ownership and control for convenience.

You get what you deserve, and a push to digital distribution has led to a loss of control and put fans essentially at the mercy of the developers and distributors to an unprecedented level.

And of course EA did it themselves. That's a fucking retarded point to make, Funk. Nobody would attest otherwise. But then, that changes nothing, especially if Origin is to be made compulsory. Fanboys will not give up Battlefield 3, especially the legions who have built it up as a MW3 killer in their minds.

Fuck, if the past is any sort of indicator, most of the people screaming boycott will buy anyway.

Which is one of the reasons gaming media will become increasingly more restrictive. Along with apologetics like yours.

RoXer

08-27-2011, 05:32 PM

This is like the 90th time Kane Knight has called someone an apologist.

Kane Knight

08-27-2011, 06:48 PM

This is like the 90th time Kane Knight has called someone an apologist.

Your post in itself is of a repetitive nature. Interesting you would choose to do that.

Regardless, it doesn't make it less true. If I called 90 white people white, the numerical value wouldn't diminish the fact.

So...Try harder?

RoXer

08-27-2011, 06:52 PM

I will next time, I apologize.

Kane Knight

08-27-2011, 07:28 PM

What you did there.

I sees it.

Emperor Smeat

08-27-2011, 07:47 PM

Based on a potential leak, Epic Mickey 2 is currently in development after a reader on Destructoid found images and info relating to a potential Epic Mickey project.

From the images leaked, it appears Epic Mickey 2 might include co-op with the 2nd player controlling Oswald and will no longer be a Wii exclusive based on the leaked description involving the potential project.

These materials also say that there will be a focus on split-screen two player co-op, with Player One taking control of Mickey Mouse and Player Two taking control of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Mickey will carry the same paint brush and paint thinner that he did the first time around, which can be used to alter the game world, while Oswald will have the ability to fly around like a helicopter and use electricity to fight off or befriend foes/solve puzzles.

The rumor also points out that Warren Spector and the developer studio of the first game, Junction Point Studios, might not be involved with the sequel. Warren Spector confirmed weeks ago his next project is related to making a Duck Tales comic book and potential game.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_29332_1_1314479906.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Is-Epic-Mickey-2-in-development

Kane Knight

08-27-2011, 07:54 PM

Dear Disney: WHY?

#BROKEN Hasney

08-28-2011, 01:40 AM

While I still prefer the discs to Steam, you're not really giving up anything more either way you go. All the games on PC have a one time use CD key so you've lost your resale rights and everything right there, a lot of games won't even install.

I only really ever buy sale stuff from Steam as http://www.cdkeyhouse.commare a lot cheaper and http://www.greenmangaming.com is digital distribution done better than Steam (fucking trade-ins, man.)

Kane Knight

08-28-2011, 08:08 AM

Needing a CD key and having to be connected to the internet just to play are two different things, though.

#BROKEN Hasney

08-28-2011, 08:18 AM

Kane Knight

08-28-2011, 08:48 AM

Right, but almost every game also needs that too, even if it's once every 3 months like EA's games and games that use Steamworks, or UbiSoft's approach that needs a constant internet connection. Some even need a constant online connection and the CD in the drive, which is just god awful.

Wow, you're really reaching to make excuses. That's not "almost every game." And are we really bringing up Ubisoft's DRM even as they're removing it from the latest entry?

As far as EA's games, prior to Origin, that only applied to online services, did it not? I ask mostly because there's a pretty big difference thurrr.

#BROKEN Hasney

08-28-2011, 10:33 AM

Wow, you're really reaching to make excuses. That's not "almost every game." And are we really bringing up Ubisoft's DRM even as they're removing it from the latest entry?

As far as EA's games, prior to Origin, that only applied to online services, did it not? I ask mostly because there's a pretty big difference thurrr.

Excuses for what? I'm saying that PC gaming is bullshit no matter how you buy your games. Of the games that are coming out in September and the DRM is known about that are getting physical media releases, 3 are Steamworks, so need to be connected at least once every 3 months, F1 2011 requires an internet connection or won't save, FIFA and Tiger both need online (and the EA games that I've had in Need For Speed Hot Pursuit and Shift both required internet to activate CD keys that wouldn't save without them but only a one off) and Ubi's games in Trackmania 2 and Driver both still need an internet connection on every single launch.

That leaves Cell:Emergence and the Game of Thrones game if they both make it into September that are only unknown about requiring an internet connection. I've pretty much got most games installed twice, one cracked and one as is for online play.

RoXer

08-28-2011, 02:38 PM

http://i.imgur.com/9AZlM.jpg

#BROKEN Hasney

08-28-2011, 02:57 PM

Let's just ignore that the guy knows nothing about games for a second, but Wii's and Gamecube's don't have the con of plugging it into a TV and the Wii is the best even though it scored 9/10 and the Computer scored 10/10. Weird.

FearedSanctity

08-28-2011, 05:13 PM

wat?

"Pro
You can play guitar hero on it"

"Con
You have to buy the guitar to play guitar hero"

Xero

08-28-2011, 05:24 PM

Fuck, don't want to lose my DS's style.

Also:

"You can play on the internet"

"You have to pay to get on the internet"

lol

And what does "big ones and small ones" mean for PS2?

Emperor Smeat

08-28-2011, 05:45 PM

I'd assume he means regular ("fat") and slim for the PS2 big and small ones.

According to that scoring system, loosing the stylus on the DS is a bigger con than the PSP being expensive.

D Mac

08-28-2011, 07:11 PM

Fruit Ninja Kinect is fun.

Captain of Fun

08-28-2011, 08:55 PM

Why are we critiquing something written by a 5 year old?

Blitz

08-29-2011, 05:58 PM

Not enough info for an actual thread yet, but this website (http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/newtitle/) is kinda interesting.

#BROKEN Hasney

08-29-2011, 06:06 PM

Ugh. Hopefully it's an RPG instead of a fighting game.

Emperor Smeat

08-29-2011, 08:04 PM

343 Studio reveals at PAX and this year's Halo Fest the next trilogy for the Halo series (Halo 4-7) will be titled as the "Reclaimer Trilogy" and will involve Master Chief based on one of his nicknames from the original game.

According to the Halo Wiki, the "Reclaimer" nickname was one of Master Chief's nicknames in the original Halo game and could hint in him being heavily in the next storyline.

"An individual who, whether by chance or by precedent, has been placed in charge of activating a Halo super-weapon. It has also been demonstrated that it is the role of a Reclaimer to activate Forerunner technology on installations such as The Ark or the Shield Worlds; it is also true that other, undiscovered Forerunner constructs also require a Reclaimer to operate in some fashion lay scattered across the galaxy. The exact qualifications of a Reclaimer are not entirely clear; however, it appears that only a human or Forerunner can be a Reclaimer."

Previously both Bungie and 343 Studios confirmed both The Covenant storyline was finished and they wouldn't be the enemies in the new trilogy.

http://i.screwattack.com/content/images/orig_29332_1_1314556278.jpg
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/New-Halo-trilogy-is-given-a-familiar-name

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Sony announces the HD remake of the PSP God of War set for the PS3 will be available as an early demo on August 30 for Playstaion Plus members and September 6 for non-PS Plus members. No details if the 3Dtv option will be included in the demo even though the retail version will have it as an option.

2) Nintendo reveals some of their Fall 2011 release lineup with Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword (collector's version and regular) on November 30 for the Wii, Professor Layton and the Last Specter on October 17 for the DS, and Tetris: Axis on October 20 for the 3DS.

3) Revealed at PAX, the new Minecraft update will include some tweaks to current weapons such as longer range for bows, a few new enemies such as the Endermen which will keep chasing the player until he/she is dead while also having telephoning abilities, and new side quests from the non-playable characters. Also included in the update is a "Hunger Meter" which now requires food to refill the meter before using the rest to actually heal the player.

LuigiD

08-30-2011, 09:37 AM

08-30-2011, 10:03 AM

my only interest is playing mk1 online, since we have/had the others. it should be fun, since it's so basic and slow. gonna probably play it for a few days then sell it off.

LuigiD

08-30-2011, 10:24 AM

My MK needs are fulfilled by my PS1 copy of Mortal Kombat Trilogy.

RoXer

08-30-2011, 03:23 PM

http://stabyourself.net/nottetris2

RoXer

08-30-2011, 03:26 PM

http://jaimefraina.com/other-stuff/design-documents/is-it-time/

Emperor Smeat

08-30-2011, 07:51 PM

Take-Two and recent impressions from the upcoming NBA 2k12 game reveal how the studio is focusing a lot on presentation and the extra modes to ensure the game stays popular even if there is no NBA season this year.

Control and gameplay-wise, this year's version borrows heavily from 2k11 although with more tweaks and updates to both. The biggest addition is a new in-game play-calling system meant to be much faster and smoother.

The commentary system has been redone to include interrupting lines for play calling to both reduce the problem of lines repeating too many times during a game and help give it more of a "real" feeling to a game.

Indeed, VC has actually programmed it now where the commentators will instantly react to a big play on the court, regardless as to whether a line of color commentary has already begun. After nailing a particularly nasty dunk, all three let out a particularly excitable "OOOHHHHH!" followed by a comment on that specific play, right in the middle of one of Kerr's diatribes about my team's performance last season. He then actually resumed that story once they'd finished praising the dunk.

A new mode meant to expand last year's Jordan Challenges now includes about 30 classic teams to create the league's 15 most memorable matches with the focus on ensuring the lineups are accurate and not generic names or numbers.

Also revealed was depending on the classic matchup, the presentation changes to simulate how the game would look from that period of time.

The presentation of the games in this mode changes significantly as well. If you're playing a match-up between '64-'65 Celtics and Lakers, the in-game camera switches to a black-and-white view, with commentary appropriately filtered through the slightly less intelligible technology of the time. Moving up in decades, the visuals will shift to color, albeit with more washed-out visuals. All the appropriate rulesets of a given era are included, so if you're playing back in the '60s, there is no three-point line, for instance.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/2312/1865983-291196_10150766977480305_221292025304_20050391_5245172_o_super.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/the-passion-of-nba-2k12/3630/

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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Nintendo reveals the 2nd set of NES games for the 3DS Ambassador Program includes Metroid, Zelda II, Mario Open Golf, Yoshi's Egg, and Wrecking Crew to go along with the previously announced NES set (Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda,Balloon Fight, Donkey Kong, and Ice Climber). The company did not reveal at the time what the free GBA games will be but Metroid Fusion or Metroid Zero Mission has been rumored to be one of the games.

2) Treasure announces the Xbox Live Arcade port of Radiant Silvergun now has an official release date of September 15 for the price of 1200 MS points ($15). The game is a port from the Sega Saturn original with the option to play the game in either the classic Saturn or HD-remake graphics.

3) Microsoft confirms the upcoming Xbox Live update for the Xbox 360 will include 3D-capability for users with 3Dtv sets for both upcoming 3D-enabled games, such as Gears 3 and Halo:CE Anniversary, and movies from Netflicks.

Kalyx triaD

08-31-2011, 01:45 AM

This and that about fighting game culture:

Fighting game balance, like the quality of a videogame, is one of those things that people desperately want to assess with some quantifiable form of measurement. Just as some gamers turn to Metacritic the second a game is released to find out how much better or worse it is than some other game, some gamers are quick to cite tier lists to prove that a particular fighting game character is "better" than some other fighting game character or that some games are more balanced overall than others.

That's faulty thinking. At best, tiers can give people a general idea of what characters have been statistically most effective amongst professional or near-professional fighting game competitors. Beyond that, they aren't really good for much. If someone wants to figure out how "good" a fighting game character is, they'd be better off looking at how much damage the character in question can withstand, how powerful their moves are, the various uses of specials, supers, and normals, etc. Even that doesn't compare to the very best way to decide which characters are most effective: personal experience.

But back to the point: you tier-worshiping stat huggers need to reevaluate your thinking.

Hugo (U.S. super bottom tier) vs. Chun-Li (U.S. super top tier)

This whole article started as a comment in Dtoid's Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition review, where I said that 3rd Strike is the most balanced game in the Street Fighter series. As you probably guessed, I was using the word "balance" in a much broader sense than tourney-focused fighting game fans would. Personally, I think that's the only way to talk about balance, especially in a review that's written for both fighting game fans and fighting game virgins alike. Generally, balance refers to how much worth each character has in relation to one another. In terms or variety, design, and play style, I think that 3rd Strike has the most balanced cast in the series, which I think applies to everyone, regardless of your level of experience with the series in particular or fighting games in general.

That's my opinion based on personal experience of watching others play the game and playing it myself since it was first released over ten years ago. If someone else has a different opinion than I do (on this or any topic), I'm more than happy to hear about it. That said, when someone's opinion comes from a source other than their own experience (charts, graphs, the opinions of others, etc), I tend to lose interest really fast.

That's why I'm so sad that many in the fighting game community rely on tier charts or tournament results to tell them what to think. Tier lists aren't the results of scientifically gathered data, and tourney results aren't "clean data." There is little to no causality to be determined from tournament results -- there are too many variables involved. Any facts that someone may try to glean from a tourney result or tier chart are bound to be mired and muddied by (amongst other things) the overall psychology and sociology of fighting game culture. That's why character tiers are so often country-specific. Different cultures lead to different approaches towards games, and different approaches towards a fighting game leads to different characters becoming popular, mastered, and "top tier."

Japanese players Kuroda and Hayao using Q (U.S. bottom tier) to beat American players Ricky Ortiz (Ken, U.S. top tier) and Justin Wong (Chun-Li, U.S. super top tier)

Fighting game fans, have you ever noticed how once someone plays really well with one character, that others in the scene either start playing with that character or a one that is thought to be the antidote to that character, especially in high risk and/or heavy punishment games like MvC2 or 3rd Strike? Did you ever think about how the competitive fighting game community consists of a relatively small group of people who only have each other to talk to and learn from? That's the kind of "inbred" culture that leads to characters' becoming "top tier." It happens with almost every fighting game; the smaller and more insulated the particular fighting game community, the greater the discrepancy between the top and bottom tiers.

This kind of thing happens in sports all the time. For a few years in the baseball world (and forgive me if I'm remembering this wrong, because I could really give a crap about baseball), every big league team was focusing on knuckleballs. One big pitcher struck out some amazing hitters with a series of well timed knuckleballs, then all of a sudden, everyone in sports radio and the baseball enthusiasts press was saying "knuckleballs win games," "they should trade their old guy for a quality knuckleballer," and so forth.

Now, does that mean that knuckleballs are suddenly that amazing, that for all those years that professional baseball had existed, no one noticed that knuckleballs were the best until now? Of course not. It's the relationship between culture and practice that caused knuckleballs to gain this inflated sense of worth. Buying into the idea that anything is that amazing usually leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy. If knuckleballs are considered "the best," batters will be more intimidated by a quality knuckleballer and therefore more likely to mess up against a knuckleballer. If everyone thinks that knuckleballs are so effective, then that's what they're going to practice, making the average pitcher much better at knuckleballing in general. If the best players are using knuckleballs most of the time, then the majority of the best pitches that season will be knuckleballs, no questions asked. That all leads to knuckleballs appearing to be intrinsically better than other pitches, which will continue to keep players, coaches, and fans focused on them, further contributing to the culture-wide infatuation with the pitch, and so on.

Yun (U.S. super top tier) vs. Yun (U.S. super top tier), a common match-up in U.S. tourneys

I hope I don't sound like an anti-knuckleball fanboy, because it's not like that at all. Knuckleballs are sometimes the best option for a situation, given a particular pitcher pitted against a particular batter. This is something that every baseball player knows in their rational mind, but for anyone who's ever followed politics, the economy, the entertainment world, or any culture-wide phenomena, rationality often gives out to insecurity, mob mentality, Emperor's New Clothes-style cowardice, and other psychological factors. Eventually, due to new ideas to the world of Major League Baseball introduced by new blood (coaches, hitters, and pitchers), the knuckleball fad will come to an end, followed by a new fad in the pipeline. Last time I spoke to a baseball-loving person, I think I heard that stealing bases is the "new thing" that everyone's talking about. In a couple of years, it will probably be bunts.

Swap the word "knuckleball" for "Chun-Li/Yun" and "baseball" for "American 3rd Strike players," and you'll hopefully have a good idea about why I don't value tiers and other ways to mathematically calculate fighting game balance. The big difference between baseball and 3rd Strike is that the competitive 3rd Strike scene is too small for people to notice that trends and fads fade in and out as rapidly as they do in American baseball. 3rd Strike is one of the least popular Street Fighter games, coming into being just as the arcade scene was dying out. As such, it has arguably the most "inbred" community out of all Street Fighter titles (at least in America). It's different in Japan, where the 3rd Strike community is much more diverse. Sadly, Americans often ignore the Japanese 3rd Strike scene, which is a shame though also quite strange, seeing as a lot of Japanese players are really good (a seen in some of the videos in this post).

Now, I'm not saying that tiers and balance calculations are totally worthless. It's especially important to find out if a fighting game has infinites or other techniques that completely break the game. When some characters possess abilities that can cause them to almost instantly win a match with minimal strategy, I think it's fair to say that the game is beyond "imbalanced" and has entered the realm of "broken." I think 3rd Strike is balanced because it has enough effective universal "normals" (parry, air parry, super jump, overhead, etc.) to allow every character to theoretically deal with anything that comes their way. The only thing that could ever hold a 3rd Strike player back is their level of skill.

I'm also not saying that tiers and other balance calculations couldn't be better. It would be amazing if someone calculated a tier that cross-correlated data collected online regarding specific characters and the level of experience of the player using them, how often they block, how many combos they successfully complete, and so on. That would do a lot to make tiers and balance analysis more scientifically valid, as well as make guys like David Sirlin (who admirably tried, and arguably failed, to re-balance Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo with HD Remix) a lot happier. Sadly, when it comes to Street Fighter in general, I'm sure that those stats would probably only show us what we already know. Regardless of what Street Fighter game you're playing or any other variables (age, level of experience, play style, etc.), I've learned that the average Street Fighter player always chooses Ken, and the always follows the flow chart as closely as possible. I'm guessing that at a least 50% of all my matches in SSF4, 3rd Strike, and SSF2T:HD have been against Ken, who is constantly throwing out Shoryukens. Screw complaining about Yun and Chun in 3rd Strike, let's retire Ken from the Street Fighter series entirely. Dude needs a vacation anyway.

Italian tournament match featuring Sean (U.S. super bottom tier) and Ken (U.S. top tier), with Sean winning the first two out of three rounds, but... God dammit, Ken...

That's the thing, though. It's common knowledge that a smart competitive player doesn't just stick with Ken because he's proven to be so effective for so many players. A smart player avoids that kind of "inbred" thinking. A smart player constantly checks out what gamers from other countries are doing and never strays too from "the lab," always ready to devise new techniques to counter commonly used moves and strategies. A smart player takes tiers for what their worth, as a look at some trends present amongst the top players surveyed from that particular game, but doesn't live by that information. They aren't going to quit using a character that they feel an affinity for just because that character is "low tier," just like a good actor isn't going to turn down a script they relate to just because its subject matter isn't necessarily known to make money, or like a Jujitsu expert isn't going to drop their style just because kick boxers have been winning a lot of matches lately. Like any artist, a real athlete sticks with the tools they feel they understand the most, and spends their time and energy attempting to utilize those tools to the fullest. Competitive fighting game players should be no different.

As for me, I'm more concerned about the analysis of videogames and gamer culture in general. That's why I'm frustrated with gamers who value tiers, balance charts, and the opinions of "experts" more than their own opinions. When gamers, or any group for that matter, fail en masse to think for themselves, it always leads bad things. Cultural leaders are important, but never are they so important that their perspectives are more important than your own.

Don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for professional-level gamers, but just because they know a game from a competitive perspective doesn't mean they understand what it will be like for you or I to experience the game. Just because Daigo or Justin Wong (or Jim Sterling) might have said that 3rd Strike is unbalanced or that Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is too easy (or that you're favorite game only deserves a 4.5), that doesn't mean their opinion is more important than yours. If anything, you might be more quick to discount Justin Wong's opinion, as he can only see the world of Street Fighter through the eyes of Justin Wong. He can't possibly imagine what it's like to experience Street Fighter through the eyes of mere mortals like us. He hasn't been a mere mortal for most of his Street Fighter-playing life, assuming he ever was one at all.

Hugo (U.S. super bottom tier) vs. Chun-Li (U.S. super top tier), again

OK, tl;dr time -- tiers and balance calculations are fun, and they're better than nothing when it comes to providing us with some frame of reference in terms of what various fighting game characters are worth. The downside is, when taken as gospel, tiers and balance calculations can hold back the growth of certain fighting games, 3rd Strike being one of them. If more gamers, professional or otherwise, made fewer decisions based on what they think they know about a fighting game's preexisting tiers, and more from what they they want to to learn about the game by experiencing it for themselves, the world of fighting games would be a better place.

I hope that happens now that 3rd Strike is online. With new blood comes the potential for new ideas and techniques, gameplay concepts unhindered by static patterns of the past. Of course, that may not happen. 3rd Strike going online may go on to prove what we've always known (and what these videos prove), that Hugo is "top tier" and that it's impossible to win with Chun-Li.

Either way, I can't wait to see how the fight for 3rd Strike's future, as well as the future of all fighting games, will unfold. Just remember that it's you, the players, not charts and stats, that will go on to determine how that future unfolds.

Blitz

08-31-2011, 02:58 AM

Was gonna post that. Good read.

Kane Knight

08-31-2011, 08:24 AM

In short, fighter obsessives are no different than any other fad obsessives

Funky Fly

08-31-2011, 01:45 PM

In short, fighter obsessives are no different than any other fad obsessives

No, they're worse because the fighting game community is so small, but so exclusionary that it's getting harder and harder to enjoy legit good games online because the masses refuse to branch out, learn anything new or accept that certain characters/games are well balanced (ie refusing to accept that they simply suck with said character/game). We're living in the new golden age of fighting games, but I can see the market dying off again in the next 5 - 10 years, simply because of how the community is, not because of developer dickery (the fans didn't kill Guitar Hero, for example).

There are dickhole gamers wherever you go, but none as bad as in the fighting game community.

Kane Knight

08-31-2011, 01:55 PM

You almost sounded like you believed that.

Funky Fly

08-31-2011, 01:57 PM

Go take a gander over at the shoryuken forums and then tell me if you ever want to see another fighting game, let alone play one.

Funky Fly

08-31-2011, 02:01 PM

Guy on SRK Forum: Playing street Fighter with a D-pad is scrubby. You never gonna win, pwnfodder. Arcade stick 4 life, noob.

Same guy getting thrashed online at Street Fighter: You're only winning because you're using a scrubby ass D-pad, cheater.

Kalyx triaD

08-31-2011, 02:26 PM

Go take a gander over at the shoryuken forums and then tell me if you ever want to see another fighting game, let alone play one.

Just take our word for this KK. There is nothing, nothing like the FGC.

Emperor Smeat

08-31-2011, 07:31 PM

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Take-Two involving alleged reports of the company mistreating their Quality Assurance testers with the biggest complaint being the lack of compensation for work done.

The lawsuit also claims the company paid lower than minimum wage while "forcing" the testers to work extra hours without compensating for the extra hours or lost break time. Also alleged is the company refusing to pay all the money that was owed for the contracted work before termination of the testers between a period of November 2006 and April 2007.

As of now the courts are waiting to determine if enough people were involved in the dispute in order to officially hear the case as a class action lawsuit with an early court date of March 2012.

We all know quality assurance testers have one of the toughest jobs around but the lawsuit alleges that Take Two Interactive made testers’ jobs more difficult by: "not receiving at least minimum wage for compensation." Testers were also denied [providing] required meal and rest breaks, and Take Two Interactive failed to provide compensation when those breaks were missed.

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