Videogame News Thread

[Mooияakeя™]

I had nowhere else to post this.

Surely someone on here will know what this means this too. lol.

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[Funky Fly]

It means you're posting a shitty meme with no context in our news thread.

[Emperor Smeat]

A couple of EA related news with the first being Syndicate will not have an Online Pass and a few details were revealed from the company's earnings confrence for the third quarter.

Synidcate will not be given an online pass due to the game being designed around cooperative play for both gameplay and online structure which has made EA unwilling to harm potential sales or reception by using the pass. EA also explained they only own publishing rights to the game and left the decision up to Starbreeze who decided against it. No actual funding was given by EA during the actual development of the game.

The majority of details given by EA during its phone conference mainly dealt with The Old Republic MMO game such as 300,000 users have dropped out of the game from a base of 2 million users. Their mobile division was able to become a $100 million per year revenue provider, the social games division will be ramped up and include 5 new games this year, and they are expecting at least $100 million in revenue to be generated from this year's FIFA Ultimate Team program.


* Origin now has 9.3 million users.
* The Old Republic sold two million copies across retail, digital.
* TOR has 1.7 million active users, with 300,000 users having “opted out” (read: quit) or not started at all.
* A “majority” of the 1.7 million active users of TOR are paying subscribers.
* EA was reluctant to discuss the outlook of TOR, saying it had avoided the worst outcomes, the game was profitable, but that “there could be a wide range of outcomes.”
* There will be a “major update, larger than the first [one]” for TOR sometime in March.
* Pre-orders for Mass Effect 3 are currently ahead of where Mass Effect 2 during the same period.
* Battlefield 3 sold more than 11 million copies, and more downloadable content is coming.
* EA claims to have had 11% of the first-person-shooter “market” prior to Battlefield 3. Now, it claims to have 23%.
* Mobile games are a $100 million-per-year business for EA.
* The company expects to generate more than $100 million from FIFA Ultimate Team in the next year.
* A major social game, based on an unknown but existing EA property, has been delayed a few months.
* There will be five new Facebook games based on EA properties within the next year.
* When asked about copying in social games, Riccitiello said this: “Fast iteration and mimicry is something we have to guard against.”

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http://www.joystickdivision.com/2012/02/ea_pulls_the_breaks_on_syndica.php
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/tidbits-from-todays-electronic-arts-earnings-call/3958/

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Daily Recap:
1) According to Sony's financial report for the third quarter (Sept-Nov), the company lost $2.9 billion with the Consumer Products and Services division (contains the Playstation division) accounting for about $1.5 billion in losses.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/sony-announces-2-9-billion-loss/

2) Ubisoft reveals some new details for the Rayman 3 HD remake with remastered audio, 15-20 hours of gameplay, and 9 mini-games confirmed to go with a digital release of March 21 for PSN and XBLA.
http://kotaku.com/5881427/ubisoft-trailer-shows-off-rayman-3-hoodlum-havoc-in-hd-remake

3) Based on a ratings leak by ESRB, Game Gear games will be arriving in the near future for the Nintendo 3DS eshop Virtual Console. Shinobi and Sonic Triple Trouble could be the intial games released based on the leak.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/game-gear-titles-rated-for-3ds/

[Kane Knight]

It means you're posting a shitty meme with no context in our news thread.

Is there any other kind?

Origin now has 9.3 million users. .3 are actually voluntary users.

[ClockShot]

300k already dropped out of Old Republic. I'm surprised.

[Kalyx triaD]

Damn. Where'd that number come from?

[Kane Knight]

300k already dropped out of Old Republic. I'm surprised.

That few?

[Drakul]

Some patent and resume digging by French site HardGamers has uncovered the very real possibility that Electronic Arts is bringing back from the dead one of its most treasured old properties: Populous.

Managing to access what looks to be an internal wiki for EA's marketing team (specifically projects involving its EA Partners program), they've uncovered mentions of a number of projects, most of them known, but two of them new.

One has the working title Outernauts, and is listed as the second joint venture between Resistance developer Insomniac and EA (the first being Overstrike).

The other is just called Populous. Populous of course being the world-altering God Game that got Fable creator Peter Molyneux his big break, which EA inherited when it bought Molyneux's old Bullfrog studio back in the 1990s.

With the marketing material in question having since been taken down, note that at this stage the information is unconfirmed.

Source (http://kotaku.com/5881869/is-there-a-new-populous-game-in-development-and-is-insomniac-working-on-a-game-called-outernauts).

I'm really hoping they do make a new Populous and I'm hoping it's like a mix of Populous: The Beginning and From Dust. Obviously, people are joking that it'll be like Syndicate and XCOM and be turned into an FPS.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ubisoft will be transitioning and upgrading its servers on February 7 which will end up having a bad side effect of making a few of their DRM-enabled games become unplayable until the company creates a patch.

Also confirmed is all online multiplayer games regardless of their DRM status will also be unplayable due to the complete switch although the majority will only be down for at least a day.

The issue appears to affect mostly recent PC/Mac games they have released but no news was given if it affects older titles or if those were fixed in preparation for the switch.

“Ubisoft will be transitioning the hosting of many of its online services from a third-party data center to a new facility,” said the company. “During the transition, some Ubisoft services and online games will not be available. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience. This move ultimately will help us improve the maintenance of our infrastructure and deliver better uptime and greatly improved services for our customers.”

The biggest issue comes with Ubisoft not promising when the patches or fixes to update the DRM games will arrive. As well as the amount of time it will take to update all the servers due to Ubisoft themselves unsure of how long it will take.

The list of recent games confirmed to be unplayable:
* Assassin’s Creed -- Mac
* Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 -- PC
* Might & Magic: Heroes VI -- PC
* Splinter Cell: Conviction -- Mac
* The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom -- PC
* The Settlers -- Mac

The list of games confirmed to be playable:
* Anno 2070 -- PC
* Assassin’s Creed: Revelations -- OnLive, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
* Driver: San Francisco -- OnLive, PC, PS3, 360
* The Settlers Online -- Web-based

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/some-ubisoft-games-not-playable-on-my-birthday/3962/

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Daily Recap:
1) Microsoft adds XBLA game Bastion as this week's "Deal of the Day" with the deal lasting from today till Feburary 6th at the 600 MS points price (50% off).
http://www.screwattack.com/news/deal-day-bastion-half-price-until-monday

2) Valve teases a secret project is currently in development for Team Fortress 2 while hinting it won't involve hats nor maps for content.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/valve-teases-secret-team-fortress-2-project/

3) Eat Sleep Play's Twisted Metal reboot game will be delayed in Europe till at least March now after Sony's European branch requested edits and censorship to be made to the game's cutscenes.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/twisted-metal-delayed-censorship-europe

4) The sequel to the mobile version of Snake was revealed as a free PC game download created as part of this year's Global Games Jam expo. The game itself is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up (shmup), involves a snake with a hand for a butt, and the main boss being the "Butt King" (a butt with a crown on top).
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sequel-snake-has-you-fighting-ass-king-ass-hand

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Anybody get the Simpsons Arcade game yet?

[Kalyx triaD]

The trial. Probably all I need.

[Drakul]

Yeah, I've only got the trial. I'm in no rush to buy the full game. Got MGS HDC yesterday and I have SFxT next month which will last me most of the year, I'm sure.

Speaking of MGS HDC, I have an MGS3 question and it's not worth making a thread for. I had MGS3 for the PS2 when it first released but never got far enough to know one way or another.
I remember reading in a magazine that, as you play the game, Snakes beard grows and that you could shave it. Is that true?

It's a miniscule detail but I was curious.

[Kalyx triaD]

Don't remember the beard thing.

[Drakul]

The launch trailer for MGS HDC showed Snake in the jungle with a beard more grown in than the one he starts with. That's what reminded me of that supposed feature in the first place.

Unless it's Peace Walker. I've never played that game, so playing it later today in the collection will be a first.

I read the MGS 3 beard thing from the same magazine that said that THQ were going to make sharing CAWs in HCTP easy by turning your finished CAW into a numerical password that you could write down and give to someone else, they'd put the code into their game and get your CAW.

Even though that never happened, I always thought it sounded like a good idea.

[The Rogerer]

Unlike Microsoft who made a demand of every single Xbox 360 game must be in HD, Nintendo won't be making the same rigid demand for the Wii U. The main reason was to give developers a lot more choices in developing the games with the extra power being used to beef up performance or other non-graphical parts of their games.Surely this just means nothing more than the game supporting an output resolution of 1280x720, which puts no demand on anybody. Nintendo will expect games are standardised to the resolution of the WiiU screen, which is exactly the same thing.

[Funky Fly]

Surely this just means nothing more than the game supporting an output resolution of 1280x720, which puts no demand on anybody. Nintendo will expect games are standardised to the resolution of the WiiU screen, which is exactly the same thing.

Are you, stupid? Puts no demand on anybody? How about it puts a lot of demand on the console to be able to pump out graphics in HD? There's a reason the PS3 and the 360 are system spec juggernauts compared to the Wii: it's not in HD, so it doesn't need that kind of power to support shovelware graphics. And now that fine detail is considerably easier to see in HD, the guys handling the graphical side of the games have to put a lot more of that fine detail into crafting the models so they don't look like shit on a 50 inch flat panel screen pumping out visuals in 1080p. That is both time consuming and expensive. Do you think a world as expansive and graphically detailed as Red Dead Redemption took the same amount of effort, time and money to make as pretty much anything on the Wii? If you have a Wii, go grab a component cable for it, plug it into a 46"1080p LCD tv and see how "amazing" it looks. It looks a little shit. There's only so much a component cable can do to smooth out the jaggies and textures; Wii games just look bad on HD tvs.

[Emperor Smeat]

Its more of Microsoft won't accept a game published on their console unless its in HD (720) and even indie titles have to abide by the rules. Nintendo hinted they won't make the same restriction because if a developer wants to use the extra power for processing or adding in a ton of enemies at lower details, then they can. It was mostly done to get a lot more indie and smaller companies games for the Wii U network.

Sort of similar to Nintendo saying with the 3DS, a developer can make games not use 3D to get the extra power for graphics. Initially they are asking for all retail games to use 3D as a selling point for the system since its barely a year old, after that then they don't care if a developer makes a 3DS without any 3D effect. DS was the same with all launch games using the touchpad and then eventually branched off to having games barely using the pad for gaameplay.

[Kane Knight]

Are you, stupid?

Troll.

[Funky Fly]

Now wait a second. This makes me a hypocrite, not a troll. And I resent the insinuation. http://www.tpwwforums.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

[Kane Knight]

Now wait a second. This makes me a hypocrite, not a troll. And I resent the insinuation. http://www.tpwwforums.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

Sorry, but you called me a troll for mocking stupid people saying ridiculous things. I guess it's only trolling when you agree with the people being stupid. My bad.

[Funky Fly]

lol trolled :D

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Some marketing exec has decided that PSN will be SEN (Sony Entertainment Network) from 7th Feb.

Can see some marketing exec thinking this will make us forget about the downtime while "increasing synergy across the Sony brand to make me forget about my worthlessness as a human being".

[The Rogerer]

Are you, stupid? Puts no demand on anybody? How about it puts a lot of demand on the console to be able to pump out graphics in HD? There's a reason the PS3 and the 360 are system spec juggernauts compared to the Wii: it's not in HD, so it doesn't need that kind of power to support shovelware graphics. And now that fine detail is considerably easier to see in HD, the guys handling the graphical side of the games have to put a lot more of that fine detail into crafting the models so they don't look like shit on a 50 inch flat panel screen pumping out visuals in 1080p. That is both time consuming and expensive. Do you think a world as expansive and graphically detailed as Red Dead Redemption took the same amount of effort, time and money to make as pretty much anything on the Wii? If you have a Wii, go grab a component cable for it, plug it into a 46"1080p LCD tv and see how "amazing" it looks. It looks a little shit. There's only so much a component cable can do to smooth out the jaggies and textures; Wii games just look bad on HD tvs.If they look like shit at 720p, they'll look like shit at 480p, except they'll look even shitter because they'll have extra TV scaling involved.

The difference in processing power between a Wii and a PS3/360 is a different thing. Also, the thing about the way MS forces 720p to increase available power isn't true. Halo 3, for example, renders at 640p and that image is simply upscaled and output at 720p - that process of upscaling is not demanding. That's the point I was trying to make - outputing at 720p doesn't put pressure on anyone because the hardware was built to output at it.

What resolution will the WiiU screen be?

[Kane Knight]

lol trolled :D

Apparently you agree with yourself. :p

Some marketing exec has decided that PSN will be SEN (Sony Entertainment Network) from 7th Feb.

Can see some marketing exec thinking this will make us forget about the downtime while "increasing synergy across the Sony brand to make me forget about my worthlessness as a human being".

On the other hand, they're shifting away from their iconic brand.

Though either way, it will make that exec feel less worthless for a few moments.

[Emperor Smeat]

Naughty Dog reveals some new details about The Last of Us for the PS3 with the promise of multiplayer being added and more details involving the story.

In terms of the story, the game starts out with the main character, Joel, and his daughter escaping a military safe zone. The military controls all the safe zones and executes anyone infected as their first priority. The infection, similar to Resident Evil, mainly occurs in urban or highly dense areas with any area not controlled by the military seen as a hazardous zone.

Naughty Dog also hinted the story is set up to prevent sequels or cliffhanger endings but did not rule out the potential of the game becoming a series.

The gameplay itself is a bit heavy on the escort style but while Joel is the main playable character for the game, it was teased in previous announcements the daughter can be playable in certain segments of the game.

In terms of multiplayer, the studio confirms the game will have some sort of online multiplayer but as of right now they are just tossing and working on ideas. The main focus is on working the single player portion of the game with the multiplayer to be added in last.

Finally when asked about an online mode Bruce Straley, the game’s Director, revealed that the game is, ”going to have some sort of online component.”

“We’re working on a bunch of ideas, but we haven’t nailed anything down. We definitely know it’s going to be awesome,” he added.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/the-last-of-us.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/the-last-of-us-character-story-details-and-online-mode-teased/
Screens => http://www.screwattack.com/news/first-game-screenshots-last-us-released

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Daily Recap:
1) Update to the unreleased Resident Evil Game Boy Color game as the suppossed collector of the prototype has uploaded the ROM onto the internet and confirmed to very unplayable overall.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/update-unreleased-re-1-gameboy-color-might-leak-pc

2) A new class or set of classes are rumored to be the "secret" project Valve is working on for the next Team Fortress 2 update.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/could-big-tf2-secret-be-new-classes

3) A new game in the Jax and Daxter series was being considered as the next project for Naughty Dog with the new game having an Uncharted-like feel but eventually was scrapped in favor of The Last of Us.
http://kotaku.com/5882600/before--the-last-of-us-naughty-dog-looked-at-making-a-new-jak--daxter

4) According to Kotaku's impressions with the upcoming public demo, Resiednt Evil Racoon City might be plagued with the same dumb AI on a worse level than RE5 had which somewhat ruins playing the game alone.
http://kotaku.com/5882704/warning-playing-the-next-resident-evil-alone-might-bum-you-out

[Kane Knight]

http://altdevblogaday.com/2012/02/02/i-feel-used/

Volition dev supporting the rumoured "ban used games" policy on the next Microsoft console.

Aaaand I'm done with Volition.

[Iop]

OMG XBOX 720 PROTYPE LEAKED?


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http://pop.com.br/arquivos/0/030/03022012/476259_alienscolonial1trailerINjpg.jpg

[Kalyx triaD]

...What?

[Emperor Smeat]

A potential sequel for Psychonauts could become a reality after earlier today Notch and Mojong studio, developers of Minecraft, offered to help fund a potential sequel if Double Fine agreed.

While they don't have enough money to fund the whole game, they would be offering enough to help jump start the development while Double Fine searches for a larger publisher to help fund the rest.

The biggest issue besides funding is Double Fine can't just start working on the game right away due to the company breaking down into smaller development teams a few years ago as part of the company's restructuring plans. The plans allowed for more smaller games to be made at once with the main focus on XBLA and Kinect type games. It would take some time to reorganize the whole company back into one large team to actually work on the potential sequel.

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/images/9/2012/02/dbcf3c2d810664eb7a8558260ba3daf9.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5882961/minecrafts-creator-wants-to-put-up-money-to-make-psychonauts-2-a-reality
http://kotaku.com/5883179/psychonauts-creator-says-notch+funded-sequel-could-happen

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Daily Recap:
1) The next Medal of Honor game will be revealed on March 6 during this year's GDC expo according to a statement sent by EA.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/next-medal-of-honor-to-be-revealed-at-gdc/

2) Following in the footsteps of South Park getting an RPG game, Family Guy will also be getting an RPG game which will be browser-based and follow the free-to-play model.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/family-guy-online-rpg-announced

3) According to a few rumors and potential job openings, the third game in the Star Wars Battlefront series might be in development with Sparks Unlimited as the developer for the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-star-wars-battlefront-iii-in-development/

[Captain of Fun]

3) According to a few rumors and potential job openings, the third game in the Star Wars Battlefront series might be in development with Sparks Unlimited as the developer for the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-star-wars-battlefront-iii-in-development/


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[Captain of Fun]

Wonder if they are going to finish the version that free radical started. It was almost finished, so it seems like the practical route.

I hope so because the idea of a space battle and ground battle going on at the same time, and being able to traverse between both in real time is fucking orgasmic.

[Kalyx triaD]

That leaked SWBF 3 footage was fucking sex.

[Emperor Smeat]

Activision reveals more details about the upcoming Battleship game with the game having first person shooting levels and the game itself is a very loose interpretation on both the upcoming movie and the classic board game from Hasbro.

Universal Pictures and Double Helix are helping out developing the game with Double Helix doing most of the actual development.

In terms of storyline, the upcoming movie is more futuristic and sci-fi based while the game itself will barely follow the movie's own story. The game will have a completely different character be controlled who apparently isn't on the same ship the movie follows.

The game will apparently follow a storyline wholly separate from the one that features Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, and Alexander Skarsgaard fighting aliens (and also Liam Neeson collecting yet another paycheck.) Instead, you'll play as Cole Mathis, some manner of demolitions expert who is not on a battleship, yet is somehow capable of commanding a number of battleships while fighting off the aforementioned ocean aliens.

The game will split its battles into first-person shooter sequences and tactical "Battle Command" sequences, where you tactically position ships into tactical situations to tactically defeat the alien enemies, presumably while using tactics.

The game will be released initially for the Xbox 360 and PS3 on April in Europe and May in the US. A completely different version of the game will then arrive on the Wii, DS, and 3DS at a later unannounced date with Magic Pockets as the developer.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/39/2124320-3317battleship___storm_the_beach.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/battleship-will-also-be-a-first-person-shooter-now/3971/

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Daily Recap:
1) David Jaffe unofficially leaves Eat Sleep Play studio after a huge disagreement occurred over the future direction of the studio but will not officially leave until after Twisted Metal is released.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/david-jaffe-leaving-eat-sleep-play-after-twisted-metal/3968/

2) Sony could be considering having a tablet controller for the unannounced PS4 console based on some patents recently revealed with some inspiration possible from Nintendo's own Wii U tablet.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/wii-u-inspiring-sony

3) True Crime: Hong Kong has been renamed to "Sleeping Dogs" by Square-Enix and will have a August 2012 release date for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/update-true-crime-hong-kong-now-called-sleeping-dogs-releasing-this-year/

[ClockShot]

Jaffe's out? Damn. I'd like to know the dirt on what went down there.

[Emperor Smeat]

Basically involved the future direction of the company since both sides want to go more "casual" to help out with development and costs. The company is favoring going heavy on mobile games while Jaffe wants more browser-based games and keeping the big budget games.

The company itself is shrinking a bit by around 20% once the whole thing is done (laid off and people leaving with Jaffe).

I think the future of Twisted Metal also was a small reason considering Jaffe is done with the series while Sony or the company might look into more games or DLC content.

[Kane Knight]

Jaffe's pretty prone to tantrums. Colour me not shocked.

[Kane Knight]

Speaking of Jaffe, he claims that if you buy Twisted Metal, your girlfriend will blow you.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115708-David-Jaffe-Promises-Twisted-Metal-Has-a-Happy-Ending-UPDATED

[Emperor Smeat]

Double Fine and Tim Scaffer held a public online fundraiser with the goal to generate around $400,000 within a month as part of their plan to fund a classic Point-and-Click adventure game as their next project.

While the genre itself is no where near as strong as it was during the late 1980s and early 90s, Schaffer wanted to relive part of his past development with a brand new adventure game in the classic point-and-click style.

The goal was to set the development of the game to around 6-8 months and a release date of late 2012 for Steam. Knowing that they wouldn't be able to bring in a big publisher to help fund the game, they decided to hold a public fundraiser on Kickstarter. The initial goal was about $400,000 in 33 days.

The end result ended up having the goal surpassed within a day as the initial amount was raised within hours and the first day shattering the all-time record on Kickstarter for both amount ($600,000+) and contributors (16,000+). As of the time the report was updated, over $1 million was raised so far.

It is also assumed the large amounts in both funds and backers is related to the news days earlier of Notch and Mojong willing to help fund the development of Psychonauts 2. This could have convinced people to help support that game's development by over-donating so the leftover funds are used to help develop Psychonauts 2.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/about_team.jpeg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/double-fine-raises-1-million-for-new-adventure-game/3973/

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Daily Recap:
1) Microsoft announces Kinect Star Wars will be released on April 3rd and confirms the dancing mini-game will be included.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/kinect-stars-wars-slices-its-way-towards-april-release-date

2) Killzone 1 has been delayed indefinitely after missing its original release on the PSN Store as a "PS2 Classic" title with no official reason given. Rumors are stating both Sony and Guerrilla Games instead will be giving the game an HD treatment (either alone or as a set) to help justify a higher price tag than the usual $10 for PS2 games on PSN.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/original-killzone-for-playstation-3-delayed-indefinitely/

3) Square-Enix is holding a special sale on Xbox Live's marketplace which lasts from now until next week with the majority of the content being DLC for Deus Ex Human Revolutions and the Tomb Raider series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/square-enix-xbox-live-sale/

[ClockShot]

Sweet. Been meaning to do a 2nd run through of Deus Ex.

[Immortal Moose]

The new Humble Bundle is out http://www.humblebundle.com/

[Emperor Smeat]

DOTA 2 could end up being delayed from its original release as Blizzard has sued Valve over the rights to the series with a court date set in the near future.

Blizzard is claiming Valve's use of the name and the MOBA style (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) is in violation to their exclusive association used in the Warcraft series.

"Valve seeks to appropriate the more than seven years of goodwill that Blizzard has developed in the mark DOTA and in its Warcraft III computer game, and take for itself a name that has come to signify the product of years of time and energy expended by Blizzard and by fans of Warcraft III.”

While Blizzard themselves did not create the original DOTA game, it was created from the Warcraft community using mod tools from Blizzard's Warcraft II game. The MOBA style was also created as a result for use in MMO and RTS type games. Blizzard is trying to claim ownership for both DOTA and MOBA as a result of both being done using their game as the basis.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/Copy-of-Defense_of_the_Ancients__6_63__by_kunkka_2.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/blizzard-suing-valve-over-dota-2

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Daily Recap:
1) According to Epic Games, they have managed to get the Unreal 4 engine running on next gen systems but also think the market needs to shrink in terms of platforms available.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/unreal-engine-4-running-on-systems-that-epic-cant-name-yet/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/epic-there-are-too-many-platforms/

2) Rocksteady Games debunks rumors of the studio working on a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game using the Arkham style by stating they are only working on Batman games and they have no plans in the future to work on a new series.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/BatFreak/news/?a=54462

3) Microsoft could be joining Sony who could be joining Nintendo in having plans for a tablet controller after a rumor from Xbox World magazine states Microsoft is currently experimenting with a tablet controller for use in their next Xbox console.
http://gamingeverything.com/15108/rumor-360-successor-features-tablet-like-controller-with-hd-screen-touch-enabled/

[Kane Knight]

The new Humble Bundle is out http://www.humblebundle.com/

Any of those games good?

Also, BOO to the whole tablet controller thing.

Unless it's optional. I don't want to have tablet gaming a mainstay of my console gaming.

Of course, there's a good chance it's false, so here's hoping.

[Immortal Moose]

Any of those games good?


I enjoyed Anomaly and Osmos and World of Goo and Toki Tori were alright, but I didn't really care for Edge.

[Emperor Smeat]

Epic Games reveals a some of their plans concerning the Unreal 4 engine during this year's DICE convention with the main part being the engine will debut this year.

The first game to use the new engine will arrive later this year although the studio did not mention if it will be another tech demo (ala Samaritan last year) or an actual fully developed game. The earliest the current project could be shown would be at GDC (Game Developer's Conference) in March but most likely would be debuted at this year's E3 convention.

"People are going to be shocked later this year when they see Unreal Engine 4 and how much more profound an effect it will have."

Epic Games also hinted both the tech used in the Samaritan demo and the upcoming Unreal 4 engine is meant mainly for the next generation of consoles due to them having no plans to modify the engine to work on current consoles. The main reason being the Samaritan demo alone is roughly 10 times more powerful than the GPU in the Xbox 360.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/epicunrealengine4.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/we-can-expect-see-unreal-4-engine-action-later-year
http://kotaku.com/5884423/unreals-next-engine-will-need-a-console-at-least-ten-times-more-powerful-than-the-xbox-360
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Daily Recap:
1) Update to Double Fine's online donations on Kickstarter as the total has reached over $1.6 million with 3 weeks still left in the fundraiser.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/16-million-and-counting/3981/

2) Valve updates their findings regarding last November's hacking of Steam with the confirmation of personal info was indeed accessed but only on the server holding transactions done between 2004 to 2008.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/user-info-might-have-been-compromised-during-steam-hacking

3) Rockstar announces LA Noire might be getting a sequel but wouldn't be occurring any time soon nor would Team Bondi be working on the potential game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rockstar-says-an-l-a-noire-sequel-is-possible/

4) In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Shigeru Miyamoto was asked what his favorite and least favorite characters in the Mario Kart universe were with Mario being his favorite and Toad being the one he dislikes the most.
http://mynintendonews.com/2012/02/13/miyamoto-loves-mario-but-hes-not-so-keen-on-poor-toad/

[ClockShot]

Rockstar should sit back and wait and see if the tv show of the same name minus the e airing on TNT in the near takes off or not.

[Emperor Smeat]

Based on a rumored leaked list, Ubisoft's 2012 game lineup might have been revealed with at least the guarantees of another Assassin's Creed and Just Dance arriving this year.

Also leaked was which games Ubisoft will be providing for the potential Fall 2012 launch of the Wii U with no ports of older games listed.

A new Prince of Persia designed for the Wii and 3DS appears to be one of a couple of surprises in the rumored list.

* Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows)
* Far Cry 3 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows)
* I Am Alive (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows)
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online (Microsoft Windows, Wii U)
* Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Retribution (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows)
* Prince of Persia (Wii, 3DS)
* Assassin's Creed 3 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, Microsoft Windows)
* Just Dance Final Party (Wii, Xbox 360, Playstation Move)

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/brother_in_arms_furious4-4ee4d1842f917.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-ubisoft-2012-lineup-has-hit-internets

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Daily Recap:
1) Monolith Productions announces the first DLC pack for Gotham City Impostors will be given away for free as a gift with an expected release date during next month.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/gotham-city-impostors-first-batch-dlc-will-be-available-free

2) Metal Gear Online servers will be shutting down for good on June 12 with the shop closing on March 12, new user sign-ups on April 24, and all the shop's content to be given away for free after April.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/metal-gear-online-shutting-down-in-june/

3) Team Ninja states they would be interested in making a crossover fighting game involving Sega's Virtua Fighter series if given the chance by both Tecmo and Sega.
http://mynintendonews.com/2012/02/14/team-ninja-head-interested-in-a-dead-or-alive-x-virtua-fighter-crossover/

[Kane Knight]

Final Party?

[Captain of Fun]

Fuck yeah, new splinter cell.

[Immortal Moose]

Ooh Far Cry 3

[Emperor Smeat]

A couple of Assassin's Creed related news tonight with the date for Assassin's Creed 3 revealed and another DLC pack set for AC: Revelations.

Ubisoft reveals Assassin's Creed III will have a release date of October 30, 2012 with plans to provide the biggest hype and marketing launch in series history.

Very little details were revealed but a third assassin will debut with his or her story tying up the rest of the current storyline arch. Enzio and Altair will not be in the game but Desmond is expected to be involved a lot more as a playable character.

Ubisoft also mentioned the next DLC pack for Assassin's Creed: Revelations will be a single-player only pack focusing a lot more on Desmond his first person puzzles. A special edition of the game called the "Ottoman Edition", rumored to be arriving later this year, was leaked by a few retailers before being pulled down.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/assassins-creed-logo1.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/assassins-creed-iii-coming-october-30/3985/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/assassins-creed-revelations-getting-single-player-dlc-ottoman-edition-incoming/

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Daily Recap:
1) The Origin version of Battlefield 3 will be given away to those who pre-order Mass Effect 3 regardless of which platform the game is pre-ordered for.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/deal-day-get-battlefield-3-free-mass-effect-3-pre-order

2) Project Draco for Kinect has been renamed to Crimson Dragoon and will also include online multiplayer modes which will be revealed at a later date.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/project-draco-gets-name-online-features

3) THQ reveals the pre-order bonuses for Darksiders II with a different pre-order depending on where the pre-order is made. Gamestop's "Death Riders" offers side-quests, Best Buy's "Angel of Death" offers extra items, while Amazon's "Deadly despair" offers speed boosts to Death and his horse.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/darksiders-ii-pre-order-deals-announced/

[Blitz]

http://www.destructoid.com/jordan-mechner-is-remaking-karateka-for-xbla-and-psn-221862.phtml

One of the most startling games of the 80's was Karateka, a martial arts action title by Jordan Mechner. At the time of its release, the fluid animations and dramatic elements were a huge leap from where most videogames were and laid the groundwork for the game Mechner is best known for, Prince of Persia.

Now, Mechner has announced that he's returning to feudal Japan to remake Karateka for modern consoles, with plans for the title to release this year on the download services. This marks the first time that the designer has taken an active role in development since Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which is bound to get people salivating a little bit.

Karateka was a great game back in 1984, but it's also a pretty dull one by modern standards. It's not the sort of thing that, even when I'm at my most nostalgic, I think would be a fun way to spend an afternoon. Hopefully Mechner still has it in him to spice that up.

Played Karateka endlessly in grade school :'(

[Emperor Smeat]

Double Fine revealed some new details about the classic point-and-click adventure game who's funds were generated on the Kickstarter website.

The game itself will not carry any DRM restrictions and is set for release on the PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, and certain Android devices. The game's budget will also be increased to create a larger game than originally planned with voice acting and more languages supported for in-game text.

Anyone who donated $15 or more to the project will receive a beta invite which will occur on Steam and revealed at a later date.

Notch from Mojong also updated his status of potentially helping with the funding of a Psychonauts sequel by stating he will meet with Tim Schaffer during this year's GDC convention. He also wanted expectations to be adjusted for the potential sequel to prevent too an overboard in hype in case the project doesn't get done for his and Double Fine's sake.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/21875_1.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/minecraft-creator-notch-still-interested-in-funding-psychonauts-2/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/double-fine-adventure-will-be-drm-free

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Daily Recap:
1) Based on recent patent findings, Nintendo was planning to add in 3D capabilities to the Wii U tablet before recently deciding to drop the idea in favor of keeping the HD visuals for the tablet.
http://kotaku.com/5885584/nintendo-flirted-with-3d-hd-displays-for-wii-u-controller

2) Journey was revealed to be the first title available for Sony's upcoming "Spring Fever" promotion on PSN with the game costing $14.99 and has a release date of March 13.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/thatgamecompanys-journey-kicks-off-psn-spring-fever-next-month/3990/

3) According to Ubisoft's recent earnings call to investors, Just Dance has shipped 13 million copies so far, 6 games are being expected for the Wii U's launch, and the Assassin's Creed franchise generates around $200 million in yearly sales.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/tidbits-from-todays-stabby-ubisoft-earnings-call/3988/

[Drakul]

I bought Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box on a whim yesterday for £15. I bought it because I got my 360 for vanilla Burnout Paradise and thought I'd rebuy it as Ultimate so I got all the DLC because that's what I had heard the Ultimate Box was.

Got it home and turned it on and it only has bikes and some party mode, every other DLC isn't there, I still need to buy it. Why call it "Ultimate Box" and talk about it having everything when it doesn't actually have everything?

I wanted to drive the DeLoreon :(.

I probably could have just rebought the vanilla version for £10 cheaper if I knew all this.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The best thing is that a lot of the content in Ultimate Box is free.

It could be worse, you could have bought the PC version... You can't even buy things in the store in that anymore.

[Drakul]

I've seen nothing that's free exclusively for the Ultimate Box. As far as I'm aware, all I got was the basic game, the Party mode, bikes and some other small tiny thing called "Cagney" which I'm guessing is a car or something.

I see they put a police car on the box art but Cops & Robbers isn't included. Neither are the Toy cars, even though there is what looks to be a colourful little truck in the background of the cover, in a slightly different style to the other cars. It looks a little "squished" like the toys.

I bought the film cars for the DeLoreon but in no rush for the rest of the DLC.

As far as I know, everything I got with the game is free anyway except for Party mode. There was an update called Burnout Paradise 1.9 that was about 1.2GBs but I thought everyone got that. It's small things like extra jumps.

[Kane Knight]

The best thing is that a lot of the content in Ultimate Box is free.

It could be worse, you could have bought the PC version... You can't even buy things in the store in that anymore.

I thought Ultimate was the name for the PC version only.

I've seen nothing that's free exclusively for the Ultimate Box. As far as I'm aware, all I got was the basic game, the Party mode, bikes and some other small tiny thing called "Cagney" which I'm guessing is a car or something.

I see they put a police car on the box art but Cops & Robbers isn't included. Neither are the Toy cars, even though there is what looks to be a colourful little truck in the background of the cover, in a slightly different style to the other cars. It looks a little "squished" like the toys.

I bought the film cars for the DeLoreon but in no rush for the rest of the DLC.

As far as I know, everything I got with the game is free anyway except for Party mode. There was an update called Burnout Paradise 1.9 that was about 1.2GBs but I thought everyone got that. It's small things like extra jumps.

The bikes were a free update, and so was "Cagney" (Cagney being the name of one of the updates).

So yes, what Has said is true. You are essentially buying the free updates.

I got the complete game + DLC on a PSN deal for less than what you paid, for the record. :cool:

only thing that miffs me is we never got the weather update that we were supposed to get before they stopped updating the game to go work on that shitty arcade game.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Well to be fair, they did make Need For Speed Hot Pursuit before that awful arcade game.

[Kane Knight]

What if I don't want to be fair?

[Emperor Smeat]

While Rocksteady crushed any rumors of them working on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, it appears Activision is working on a new game in the series.

The news was revealed during the currently showing Toy Fair expo in New York which showed Activision having plans to release a Turtles game in 2012.

It appears Activision has acquired rights to the series after Ubisoft dropped their license and THQ disbanded their kids division which held rights to the cartoon series.

Nickelodeon was also revealed to be collaborating with Activision on the game which means the game's source will be from the recent 2003 Turtles series and not the classic 80s or comic book series.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/coming-2012.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/activision-probably-making-that-new-tmnt-game/3992/

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Daily Recap:
1) Hulu Plus arrives as a new service channel on the Wii with a future launch expected for the 3DS. Subscriptions will still be at the $7.99 price point similar to the other platforms.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/hulu-plus-now-available-on-the-wii/

2) Capcom announces Asura’s Wrath will be getting a cross-over DLC pack adding Ryu from the Street Fighter series as a playable character in the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ryu-will-appear-asura%E2%80%99s-wrath-crossover-dlc

3) Arc System Works announces the PSP/PS2/Wii-only Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus game will be getting an arcade release along with a future release set for XBLA and PSN.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/guilty-gear-xx-accent-core-plus-coming-to-xbla-psn/

4) The demo for the SSX reboot game will arrive on Februray 21 for XBLA and PSN with 4 events, 2 tutorials, 1 sky diving lesson, and 1 character included (2 characters if a friend is referred to the demo).
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/ssx-demo-coming-next-week/

[Kane Knight]

2003 Turtles was a good series, wasn't it? Never actually saw it, but I heard good things.

[Kalyx triaD]

Didn't see it myself, only the awesome 2000s/80s crossover movie.

[whiteyford]

2003 Turtles was a good series, wasn't it? Never actually saw it, but I heard good things.

Is that the one where they went into the future?

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Gabe Newell, Valve is switching towards a Nintendo-like approach when it comes to announcing games.

The new policy would only allow games to be revealed once enough of the game has been created as a way to combat negative hype and wild rumors. It would ensure enough actual details can be provided while also providing a potential release date to help both fans and consumers of the game.

While it wasn't specifically mentioned, the move was done due to the problems involving Half-Life 3 taking a lot longer to create and the constant wild rumors about the game.

“Part of the reason that we backed off talking so much about what was happening in the future is that when we’ve done that in the past, you know, with Half-Life 1 it was a year after we originally said it would be, Half-Life 2 basically if you go and read the forum posts apparently took us 50 or 60 years to get done, so we’re trying to be careful not to get people too excited and then have to go and disappoint them,” Newell explained. ”So we’re sort of reacting in the other direction and saying, ‘okay, well let’s have things a little more baked before we start getting people all excited about it.’”

He also admitted the company has a bad habit of hyping up their fans regarding certain games and then taking longer than expected or making it assume the game is close to being done than in reality.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Half-Life.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/newell-valve-wants-games-to-be-more-baked-before-revealing-them/

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Daily Recap:
1) Sony could be considering a Kinect-like device for their future PS4 console based on recent patents hinting at a 3D-capable device which include a lot of features similar to the Kinect.
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2012/02/20/sony-patents-kinect-like-3d-depth-sensing-camera-kinect-for-playstation-consoles/

2) Capcom will be making a new game in the Darkstalker's series based on patent trademarks filed and approved in the EU (European Union). Capcom is also rumored to focus just on the Alpha series for the next set of Street Fighter games with Alpha 4 expected to get the full SF IV treatment.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/darkstalkers-new-trademark-capcom

3) The entire 900+ page Hrule Historia art book containing all the concept art from the Zelda series and released last year has been uploaded to the internet.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/full-scans-hyrule-hystoria-hit-internet

4) A new game in the Crysis series has been hinted to currently be in development based on a job listing posted by EA.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/crytek-working-on-new-game-with-ea-crysis-3-incoming/

[Kalyx triaD]

There will not be a SF Alpha 4.

[Kane Knight]

So how far into a game do they have to be before they talk about it? 10%? 20% 30%? That could still mean a ten year wait.

[RoXer]

Got my collectors edition of MGS. Dunno. Kinda disappointed

[RoXer]

Gee I'm glad they threw in an official MGS handkerchief though.

Seriously, collector's edtions are targetted specifically for fat nerds. Why would you include a small shirt when you know it's not appropriate for your target audience?

[RoXer]

And if any skinny nerd disagrees, I'll eat him

[dronepool]

Didn't see it myself, only the awesome 2000s/80s crossover movie.

The 2000 series was 10x better than the 80's series. The first 4 seasons was great.

[Drakul]

Got my collectors edition of MGS. Dunno. Kinda disappointed

Yeah, I got the standard version of the collection. Metal Gear 1 and 2 aren't so hot. I remember my first Metal Gear was Snakes Revenge which then turned out not to be a "real" Metal Gear game because Hideo didn't make it. It's actually more fun than the "real" Metal Gear 2.

MGS 2 is great, though the skatings missing, and 3 is cool. Not into Peace Walker, though. I did the tutorial and it doesn't feel like a MGS game. Plus, it's team based. I hate team based games. I'd rather go it alone and, if I have a team mate, I'd rather they were sitting next to me on the couch, not online or an AI.

Gee I'm glad they threw in an official MGS handkerchief though.

Seriously, collector's edtions are targetted specifically for fat nerds. Why would you include a small shirt when you know it's not appropriate for your target audience?

I wouldn't say fat nerds. People with more money than sense, yeah. I've bought a few in my time but I've never gone in for that "action figure" stuff that brings the games price up to £100. CDs, DVDs and maybe DLC are cool, for an extra £5 or £10.

I remember getting a handkerchief free with San Andreas. Well, to me it was a handkerchief. I know it's suppose to be some "gangsta" bandit mask or headwear. Bandit masks are stupid when you're not a 5 year old playing "Cowboys" or a criminal living in 1850's America.

That's why I never really liked the story of San Andreas, "gangsta" culture is just awful. Gameplay was great, though.
Next time they have a black protagonist, they should make him a normal guy. Not a twenty-something "gangsta".

[Captain of Fun]

There will not be a SF Alpha 4.


Why not? It's popular among fighting game enthusiasts. Many even name SFA3 as their favorite fighter.

We already know from interviews with Ono and Capcom reps, that there is more street fighter goodness in store for the future. I could honestly see a new alpha before we see SF5.

[Drakul]

There was an interview for SFxT on Gamespot where Ono was asked about SFA3 coming to PSN. He said he'd like to but didn't have the time or budget.

If there's no time or budget to rerelease an exsisting game on the series 25th anniversery, they probably wont make a whole new one.

Especially if they're going to be working on a new Darkstalkers.

[Blitz]

Your first problem there is believing anything Ono says.

[Kalyx triaD]

At best we'll some Alpha games on XBL (Anthology hopefully), but I doubt an Alpha 4 over SF5 or Darkstalkers. On second thought, Ono mentioned (more times than once) of doing a Triple Upper version of Alpha 3 (Double Upper appeared on handheld). That's a good bet, I think.

[G]

Got my collectors edition of MGS. Dunno. Kinda disappointed

i'll buy the steelbook

[RoXer]

i'll buy the steelbook

nah, I'm keeping everything. Unless you think you can fit into this shirt.


I wouldn't say fat nerds. People with more money than sense, yeah. I've bought a few in my time but I've never gone in for that "action figure" stuff that brings the games price up to £100. CDs, DVDs and maybe DLC are cool, for an extra £5 or £10.

I remember getting a handkerchief free with San Andreas. Well, to me it was a handkerchief. I know it's suppose to be some "gangsta" bandit mask or headwear. Bandit masks are stupid when you're not a 5 year old playing "Cowboys" or a criminal living in 1850's America.

That's why I never really liked the story of San Andreas, "gangsta" culture is just awful. Gameplay was great, though.
Next time they have a black protagonist, they should make him a normal guy. Not a twenty-something "gangsta".
It's not a literal handkerchief, it's a small shirt.

[RoXer]

Medium at best (there's no size on it)

[Emperor Smeat]

Remedy could be considering bring over the rest of the Alan Wake series a lot quicker than Microsoft normally allows for first party game ports after the first Alan Wake game quickly became a #1 seller on Steam.

The PC game managed to recoup all of its development costs within 48 hours of going on sale and shows the series itself has as strong of a PC user base as on the Xbox 360.

“We are very happy with the sales and hitting #1 on Steam at launch was nothing short of amazing. We recouped our development and marketing expenses during the first 48 hours. And yes, we’re certainly very excited about PC.”

While its unlikely Microsoft will suddenly change their release policy which favors the Xbox 360 to ensure maximum console sales, they could eventually consider reducing the long waiting period to allow first party PC games to arrive a lot quicker than normal. Microsoft usually holds off on allowing a PC port to be made until around 2 years after the console version was released.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/01_4.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/alan-wake-what-pc-dreams-are-made

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Daily Recap:
1) Tecmo reveals Ninja Gaiden 3 will have dual voice options giving the choice between English or Japanese audio for the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/ninja-gaiden-3-to-feature-dual-voice-options/

2) A recent Xbox 360 dashboard update moves the indie section from tucked away within the marketplace to now a front panel spot to please developers who were complaining ever since last year's redesign update.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/xbox-360-dashboard-update-bumps-indie-games-to-the-marketplace-front-panel/

3) The makers of the upcoming Retro City Rampage have announced a PSN and PS Vita version is in the making to join the growing list of platforms since the game moved away as a Wiiware exclusive late 2010.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/retro-city-rampages-coming-to-ps3-and-vita-too/3995/

[Kane Knight]

http://kotaku.com/5887092/mass-effect-3-dlc-pops-up-early-on-xbox-marketplace-spoils-plot-point

Screw up in DLC potentially reveals plot point. Click the link if you want to know what.

[Emperor Smeat]

A reboot of Strider and Streets of Rage could have been in the makings if it wasn't for both Capcom and Sega shutting down requests by GRIN studio before they went out of business in 2009.

GRIN, makers of the reboot Bionic Commando and Wanted: Weapons of Fate, final project was a game involving Final Fantasy before Square-Enix pulled the plug on the project.

The studio did try one last attempt to stay in business and had tried to contact Capcom for a potential Strider remake project before Capcom eventually dropped support for the remake. GRIN then tried to contact Ubisoft to make a brand new game using the stuff worked on the Strider remake until Ubisoft rejected the offer.

The final attempt by the studio ended up being an idea to remake the Streets of Rage franchise but was denied the chance by Sega who wanted nothing to do with the series at the time.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/24612-125749-Strider12jpg-620x.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/grin-may-have-been-rebooting-two-classic-franchises

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Daily Recap:
1) Nintendo announces The Last Story will be having a North American release date of Summer 2012 with XSEED having the rights to publish the game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/xseed-will-do-what-nintenwont-agrees-to-localize-the-last-story-for-north-america/3997/

2) A new Metal Gear Solid game is currently in development based on recent job postings by Kojima Productions with a PC version confirmed to go along with multiple console releases.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/kojima-productions-hiring-for-the-next-metal-gear-solid/

3) 2K Games announces Borderlands 2 will have a release date of September 18, 2012 with a pre-order bonus called the “Premiere Club” set to be available at both Amazon and Gamestop.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/borderlands-2-release-date-revealed/

[Kane Knight]

Grin's games were all fairly poorly received weren't they? Average at best?

[Emperor Smeat]

I believe they were or at least their recent games for this generation which probably was a big reason for being rejected by 3 companies. The link for the news shows off a video for the early stuff they were working on the Strider reboot. They worked on both the shitty and the good Bionic Commando remake games but the negativity involving the non-Rearmed one hurt them the most.

I know Sega basically wants nothing to do with their Streets of Rage franchise in a similar way to Rare having no desire to make a Killer Instinct 3.

[Drakul]

Rearmed was getting nothing but positive responses, I thought. It was the remake that got negative responses. Which sucks because it was a good game, just with a couple of little flaws.
You not being given enough time to leave radioactive areas before dying was the only real problem for me. Everyone that spoke being so angsty wasn't exactly a plus, though. The good guys were all really angsty but the bad guy wasn't angsty at all, which was weird.

Rearmed 2 might have been mixed in response, I don't know.

[Kane Knight]

Rearmed was getting nothing but positive responses, I thought. It was the remake that got negative responses. Which sucks because it was a good game, just with a couple of little flaws.
You not being given enough time to leave radioactive areas before dying was the only real problem for me. Everyone that spoke being so angsty wasn't exactly a plus, though. The good guys were all really angsty but the bad guy wasn't angsty at all, which was weird.

Rearmed 2 might have been mixed in response, I don't know.

Rearmed has an 80-something% on all platforms on Gameranksings, the lowest being the PC version at 84. Yeah, it was well-received, but it seems Meatball edited his post.

Rearmed 2 was scores in the 60s, BTW.

But yeah, a remake with new graphics is the only game I found that got solid numbers in their recent ventures.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Game Informer, the upcoming issue of the Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) will have the debut of the new Medal of Honor game set for release later this year. Also leaked was DICE has no involvement in developing the multiplayer portion of the game.

Danger Close Games who worked on the single player portion of the reboot Medal of Honor game in 2010 will also be working on the multiplayer portion of the game. The game has the title of Medal of Honor: Warfighter and continues the story of Tier One from the previous game.

The Frostbite 2.0 engine will be used for development of the game. EA will reveal all the actual details of the game during this year's GDC convention.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/MOH.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/there-will-apparently-be-a-new-medal-of-honor-and-it-will-apparently-be-called-warfighter/4002/

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Daily Recap:
1) The NBA Live series will be returning this year after EA Sports confirms NBA Live 13 will have its debut during this year's NBA All-Star weekend event.
http://kotaku.com/5887735/ea-sports-confirms-the-return-of-nba-live

2) Nintendo confirms rumors of Sega Game Gear titles being added first to Japan's 3DS Virtual Console with Sonic Triple Trouble, Shinobi, and Dragon Crystal as the initial launch set.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/more-information-revealed-game-gear-releases-nintendo-3ds

3) Valve is offering beta invitees for Counter Strike Global Offensive with the only requirements being a Steam account and a small survey to be filled out.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/valve-offers-counter-strike-global-offensive-beta-keys-for-filling-out-a-survey/

[Emperor Smeat]

Valve's sale on Steam for this weekend includes both Deus Ex Human Revolution and the Serious Sam series all having a 66% discount till Monday.

In regards to Deus Ex Human Revolution, the regular version itself will have a discount to just $10.19 while each of the three DLC packs have a discount price of around $2 each. The special edition of the game, Augmented Edition, is also on sale to a discounted price of $13.59 this weekend.

All the games in the Serious Sam series are eligible for the weekend discount with the discount pricing different for each game but still 66% off regardless.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/Deus%20Ex_0.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/steam-sales-66-deus-ex-and-serious-sam-content-weekend
Serious Sam games list: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13606

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Daily Recap:
1) UK retailer GAME announces they will not be stocking any Ubisoft PS Vita launch titles nor The Last Story for the Wii with refunds being issued to those who pre-ordered The Last Story.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/last-story-faces-stockout-game-cancels-pre-orders-all

2) Netherrealm studio and Warner Bros reveals the Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition containing all the DLC released so far will be released next week with a $60 price tag.
http://kotaku.com/5888049/dont-worry-mortal-kombat-komplete-edition-owners-will-be-able-to-play-online-against-plain-ol-mortal-kombat-players

3) Issues with the development of The Last Guardian have forced Sony to bring in their Santa Monica studio, God of War makers, and a few other studios to help out Team Ico who are currently working on the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/team-ico-needs-little-help-finishing-last-guardian

4) A new Pokemon game called Pokemon Grey is rumored to be officially revealed during this weekend's Pokemon Smash tv show in Japan.
http://kotaku.com/5888066/pokemon-director-teases-new-game-announcement-this-weekend

[Kalyx triaD]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17elp7gm3ylzhjpg/original.jpg

This is actually a pretty nice interface for playing a real guitar on a game.

[Kane Knight]

What's it from?

[Kalyx triaD]

BandFuse: Rock Legends.

[Kane Knight]

Never heard of it. I would still prefer the GH/RB style scrolling.

Kinda like the way Rocksmith does it.

[Kalyx triaD]

This game again promises to 'teach you' how to play. Might be worth a demo at a Best Buy.

[Kane Knight]

This game again promises to 'teach you' how to play.

You mean like Rocksmith?

One thing Realta doesn't hold back on is the celebrities: The company invited two players from the metal band Five Finger Death Punch to play a few quick songs and talk about how great the game was at the press event, and Slash himself made an appearance, to show off the tabs running on his song "Back from Cali." But when he steps up to play the song through the game (a song, keep in mind, that the rock virtuoso wrote and performs himself), even Slash stumbles to keep up with the tab numbers rolling past, and it takes him a few minutes to get his playing to line up with the song and the non-interactive music video rolling by in the background.

Eh. This one's probably a pass.

[Kalyx triaD]

Ha.

[Kane Knight]

Anyone have the full Voltron XBLA game?

Not sure I want to drop money on it. It seems kinda clunky for a Twin Stick, and the demo doesn't even let you do one of the Voltron scenes. I was hoping to at least experience that in the demo.

[Kalyx triaD]

Pass it. Very poorly put together. Honestly seems like a handheld game, like... a handheld game from a generation ago. Passion's there, though, they just weren't up to task.

[Kane Knight]

Figured as much. A shame. I wanted it to be good, but I was pretty sure the demo told me all I needed to know.

[Kalyx triaD]

Now we wait for the inevitable game based on the sacrilege modern series.

[Kane Knight]

Only seen clips. Looked dumb. Was hoping for that, too.

Still, if they can make a good game out of that series, I could...I don't know, turn the volume down and enjoy it...I guess.

[Kane Knight]

That game would probably suck too, just saying "if."

[Kalyx triaD]

I can't even name a decent game based on an on-going tv show from the last decade.

[Kane Knight]

Not many shows merit games anyway.

Wouldn't it be a funny twist if they did a Voltron game based on the Vehicle Voltron and it was more popular and successful?

[Kalyx triaD]

Fuck it, let's get some of that action. But watch it get developed by the guys who released this silliness.

[Kalyx triaD]

And just so everyone's clear:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CB1n4Cy0Sr0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

This thing was released on core consoles in the year 2012.

[Kane Knight]

Fuck it, let's get some of that action. But watch it get developed by the guys who released this silliness.

And just so everyone's clear:

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CB1n4Cy0Sr0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe>

This thing was released on core consoles in the year 2012.

Quoted both because they tie together sort of.

When I looked at the visuals, I was thinking it looked like a Wii game (at best). Out of curiosity, I looked up the game to see who developed it and looked at their credentials. This was handed to a group who seem to primarily do Wii and DS versions of games. There's also some multiplat and PC titles in there, but in recent history especially, it seems Wii and DS versions of games are their bread and butter.

Which kinda explains this game.

I also checked out a video of a Robeast Battle, and holy crap, that is boring as fuck.

But yeah, the game seems to be kind of a mess. The cartoon shots clash with the game footage, and the Voltron scenes clash with both. I can't believe they have Quicktime events while you watch the cartoon formation sequence. That's stupid on many levels, and probably a good reason they don't let you try the sequence. Combining the worst elements of QTEs and Turn Based combat is annoying as fuck, too.

Plus, it's mostly a twin stick shooter. There should be better controls for a game where the primary elements of the game are "move" and "shoot."

[Kalyx triaD]

I can't help but think giant robot lions shouldn't control like that. That was strike one, the visuals I could forgive. So I went YouTubing for more gameplay and saw more out of place stuff. The kicker was the actual Voltron sequences. I can understand having a hard time finding a way to have five people participate in this case, but the turn based whatever-it-is was ugly.

[Kane Knight]

I could sorta get used to the robot lions control if the rest of the game was solid.

[Kalyx triaD]

The Voltron bits were MAKE or BREAK for me. Probably should have went with a completely on-rails shooter thing. Something like Panzer Dragon on the ground with 5 players. Omit Voltron sections if you can't get it right.

[Kane Knight]

Now I really want other 80s cartoon games, but they'd probably screw 'em up too.

Thundercats would be awesome in many formats.

[Kalyx triaD]

I see a badass beat-em-up with Thundercats. OR a coop dungeon crawler with heavy action gameplay. OR a fighting game made by ArkSys. Perhaps an RTS.

[Kane Knight]

I'd play any of those but the RTS. Not a big RTS fan.

[Kalyx triaD]

Just riffin here.

[Kalyx triaD]

The Thundercats signal could be a team buff or something.

[Kane Knight]

Just riffin here.


You kids and your jiiive talk.

[Kane Knight]

Apparently, instead of Pokémon Grey, we're getting sequels. Black/White 2.

[Kalyx triaD]

Do a core sequel for consoles already.

[Kane Knight]

Do a core sequel for consoles already.

With Nintendo, it'll probably be a full-priced remake of Pokémon Red/Blue (Or Red/Green, if they go that way).

[Kalyx triaD]

Watch me buy three copies anyway, and the MewTwo DLC (if their recent Nintendo Network and 3DS releases are anything to go by).

[Kane Knight]

Watch me buy three copies anyway, and the MewTwo DLC (if their recent Nintendo Network and 3DS releases are anything to go by).

Since my only Nintendo device is a DSI, I haven't been paying attention. Do they actually have DLC along the lines of extra content at this point?

[Kane Knight]

Just wondering. I remember Nintendo folks saying they weren't planning on online passes and DLC stuff for "core" titles, though they were probably lying anyway. But one of the big deals was the fear that Wii-U would switch to facilitating online passes.

[Kane Knight]

Shouldn't say "lying." Should really say "full of shit."

[Emperor Smeat]

Since my only Nintendo device is a DSI, I haven't been paying attention. Do they actually have DLC along the lines of extra content at this point?

They do for the 3DS but not sure if any of it has actually arrived yet like Fire Emblem getting free DLC as its first pack.

The Wii and DS actually had DLC content but it was tied more to a few games (ex. Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Picross 3D) than an actual standard service.

[Kane Knight]

Yeah, they had to jump through hoops to accomodate that too.

I was more concerned with something core. Pokémon, being a Nintendo-owned franchise, is of more concern. Especially since it'd be a perfect place to sell additional content.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I can't even name a decent game based on an on-going tv show from the last decade.

I liked the first three Law and Order PC games. Jerry Orbach does voice over work in them.

I enjoyed a few of the CSI games too even though I hate the series. I wonder how that NCIS game is? It probably sucks.

[Cool King]

A poll to see which Street Fighter Characters will be included in an upcoming Street Fighter version of Monopoly. :y:

http://www.capcom-unity.com/brelston/blog/2012/02/27/monopoly:_street_fighter_collectors_edition_poll

[Cool King]

I voted for Vega (Claw). :cool:

[Kane Knight]

Given't it's Capcom, won't the most popular options be left out?

[Cool King]

To me, I seems pretty pointless to include Ryu and Ken as they're both pretty much the face of Street Fighter, so obviously they would have to be included in the board game.

Adding them in the poll sort of takes away votes from the other characters. :-\

[Immortal Moose]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1219511p1.html
EA has announced that Robert Griffin III will be the cover athlete of NCAA Football 13.

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/121/1219511/ncaa_1330362924.jpg

Griffin, a Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor University, will also be joined by a fellow Heisman winner to be determined by a public vote on Facebook.

The following candidates will be eligible:

Marcus Allen of University of Southern California
Doug Flutie of Boston College
Eddie George of Ohio State University
Desmond Howard of University of Michigan
Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State University
Herschel Walker of University of Georgia
Charlie Ward of Florida State University
Andre Ware University of Houston

Voting will take place on the EA Sports NCAA Football Facebook page beginning on March 12th. NCAA Football 13 will hit stores for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on July 10th.

Not sure if any of you care but there you go. :)

[Emperor Smeat]

A couple of EA news with a big announcement set for GDC, a Simpsons mobile game in the works, and more details on Medal of Honor: Warfighter.

EA teases they have a big announcement planned for March 6 during this year's GDC conference with rumors ranging from either details on the future of the Mass Effect franchise (same day as Mass Effect 3 is released), NBA Live 13 getting an official debut, or Crysis 3 getting its debut.

A new Simpsons game called "The Simpsons: Tapped Out" is in development for mobile devices with iOS devices getting the game first and Android devices in the future. The game will be a free-to-play game and involves the player fixing up the city after Homer accidentally triggers a nuclear incident at the plant. The game will be using doughnuts as in-game currency with the ability to purchase additional doughnuts with real money.

EA announces they are planning for an October release window for Medal of Honor: Warfighter with the multiplayer allowing a wider range of Tier 1 organizations to be playable. The game will have a co-op story campaign separate from the single player campaign. Also confirmed are all the missions in the game are based on real-life events.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/simpsons221_0.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/springfield-will-be-destroyed-again-simpsons-tapped-out
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/eas-big-announcement/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/details-emerge-about-medal-of-honor-warfighter/

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Daily Recap:
1) The pre-order bonus for the Wii game of Xenoblade Chronicles will be an artbook according to Nintendo but is only limited to US pre-orders.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/pre-order-xenoblade-chronicles-get-an-exclusive-bonus/

2) Steve Kordek, the inventor of the modern pinball machine in 1948, passed away yesterday at the age of 100. He is credited with making the 2 flipper style become the standard for pinball machines, the idea of multi-ball mode games, and drop targets inside a pinball table.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/inventor-pinball-has-passed-away

3) Square-Enix squashes rumors of Chrono Bind being a new game in the Chrono series by stating the game has no relation to the series and is just a DLC card pack for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/square-enixs-chrono-bind-isnt-chrono-trigger-related/4005/

4) Sony announces voting for the 2012 edition of the PSN Gamer's Choice Awards will start tomorrow with the winning games having a special discount once the voting is over.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/sony-announces-gamers-choice-awards-2012/

[ClockShot]

100 years old. God bless him.

[Kane Knight]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1219511p1.html


Not sure if any of you care but there you go. :)

Why wouldn't we care, bro? We're all bros here, bro.

[Immortal Moose]

Why wouldn't we care, bro? We're all bros here, bro.

Cool, bro.

[Ermaximus]

Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm is only $39.99 on Amazon.com with free shipping. Go preorder that shit now, or pay $64.19 when it comes out.

[G]

is it pentium 3 compatible

[Emperor Smeat]

Capcom is currently involved in a public relations mess after a reality show they host called "Cross Assault" ended up in the company apologizing to both contestants affected and the public in general.

The show is meant as a weekly series of episodes with each episode consisting of several days to help promote the company's upcoming Street Fighter X Tekken game. The episode in question had its issue occur on Day 1 and by the end of the week became a huge PR mess for Capcom.

The recent episode ended up spiraling out of control when one of the contestants on the Tekken team tried to explain how sexual harassment is a perfectly reasonable experience by stating how the fighting community and gaming in general sees it as a normal thing and not as a bad or serious issue.

Competitive fighting gamer Aris Bakhtanians has prompted some ire with inflammatory comments he made during a recent episode of Capcom's "Cross Assault." "Cross Assault" is a promotional competitive web-TV series that pits a team of Tekken players against a team of Street Fighter players. On the show, Bakhtanians made remarks about the entrenched sexism in the fighting game scene, and how it was fine if things never changed.

Giant Bomb's Patrick Klepek has posted a thorough story on the matter. Included in the story is a transcript of Bakhtanians from one one of the episodes. His response when asked, "Can I get my Street Fighter without sexual harassment?":

You can't. You can't because they're one and the same thing. This is a community that's, you know, 15 or 20 years old, and the sexual harassment is part of a culture, and if you remove that from the fighting game community, it's not the fighting game community—it's StarCraft. There's nothing wrong with StarCraft if you enjoy it, and there's nothing wrong with anything about eSports, but why would you want just one flavor of ice cream, you know? There's eSports for people who like eSports, and there's fighting games for people who like spicy food and like to have fun. There's no reason to turn them into the same thing, you know?

Later, when asked about whether shouting "Rape that bitch!" at a match is acceptable behavior, Bakhtanians replied, "Look, man. What is unacceptable about that? There's nothing unacceptable about that. These are people, we're in America, man, this isn't North Korea. We can say what we want. People get emotional."

The Giant Bomb story also shares some of the reactions and discussion generated during the program, including responses from one of one of the female competitors on the show, Miranda "Super_Yan" Pakozdi. Pakozdi voiced disappointment about the events of the day on Twitter, though she eventually deleted the tweets.

When asked about racial slurs, Bakhtanians said the fighting community knows those are jokes and shouldn't be taken seriously regardless of its context or content. Prior to being allowed as a contestant on the show, he was also known to find no issue in using homophobia terms nor having any tolerance towards actual gay players in the community.

Giant Bomb's article on the same story goes a lot deeper in both the details and reaction to the episode.

http://kotaku.com/5889066/competitive-gamers-inflammatory-comments-spark-sexual-harassment-debate
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/when-passions-flare-lines-are-crossed/4006/

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Daily Recap:
1) The developers of Flower and Journey, thatgamecompany, announce they are branching away from a Sony-exclusive studio to include more platforms for future game projects starting with their next project.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/journey-developer-exploring-other-platforms/

2) Based on recent rumors and job listings by EA, Dead Space 3 is expected to use the Frostbite 2.0 engine for its development and gameplay.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-dead-space-3-to-be-powered-by-frostbite-2-0-engine/

3) Dark Energy Digital, makers of Hydrophobia, announce they are entering "administration" with the studio's future very bleak as they are expecting the studio to close its doors soon.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/hydrophobia-developer-enters-administration

[RoXer]

Ordered a new controller this morning actually. The silver one.

So now my shitty white one will be rarely used/mostly for fps games, my pretty good condition black one will be used for everything else, and my brand new silver one will most likely go untouched

[Kalyx triaD]

Okay.

[RoXer]

http://i.imgur.com/Ital9.png

[RoXer]

The crap she's responding to on her twitter is unreal

[RoXer]

“The sexual harassment is part of the culture. If you remove that from the fighting game community, it’s not the fighting game community… it doesn’t make sense to have that attitude. These things have been established for years... That’s what you’re trying to do to the fighting game community and it’s not right,” Aris continued. “It’s ethically wrong.”

[Captain of Fun]

The Fighting Game Community. Good fucking lord.

This is why in regards to fighting games, I will only post here, and on 2old2play. SRK and Eventhubs are just full of these fucking space cadets.

[RoXer]

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0SLDgPbjp0M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

this guy

I hope he is never at another event or is just constantly flogged at them

[Kalyx triaD]

FGC, stay fucking free.

[Kalyx triaD]

And Marn's a bitch like I always imagined. Never had anything concrete until now. Very shocked at Aris, I liked him and followed his tenure at Tekken tournies. But this shit was out of control.

Like you guys have said, it's not even the actual offense, but the reaction from the FGC.

[Ermaximus]

is it pentium 3 compatible

I'm not sure. Was Wings of Liberty?

[Kane Knight]

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0SLDgPbjp0M" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe>

this guy

I hope he is never at another event or is just constantly flogged at them

I like how she barely does anything in her own defense. Laughing at their harassment and playing along will surely teach 'em not to mess with you, love!

[Kalyx triaD]

She was in a sticky situation, it's really not so easy to do something about it right then and there.

[Kane Knight]

Mmmm...Excuses.

[Kane Knight]

Cue Roxer saying something involving "apologetics"

[RoXer]

It's no fun to make fun of you if you beat me to it :(

[Kane Knight]

Is there any real point in "making fun" of someone who doesn't find it at all problematic?

[RoXer]

Aris "Aris" Bakhtanians Releases Statement on Recent Comments

The man at the center of this week's controversial remarks regarding sexual harassment in the fighting game community speaks out and apologizes.

By Patrick Klepek (http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/patrickklepek/) | Feb. 29, 2012


http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/9/93384/2139987-screen_shot_2012_02_02_at_4.11.48_pm_middle.png (http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/9/93384/2139987-screen_shot_2012_02_02_at_4.11.48_pm.png)

Aris "Aris" Bakhtanians, leader of Team Tekken, was largely silent as events unfolded today.







While reporting yesterday's story (http://www.giantbomb.com/news/when-passions-flare-lines-are-crossed/4006/) about leading members of the fighting game community discussing the issue of sexual harassment in the fighting game scene, I reached out to the parties involved.


Besides Capcom (http://www.giantbomb.com/capcom/65-367/), all silently declined.


The comments took place during Capcom's Cross Assault reality show, a competition acting as a promotion for next week's Street Fighter X Tekken (http://www.giantbomb.com/street-fighter-x-tekken/61-32161/). In the stream, Twitch.tv community manager Jared Rea (http://www.giantbomb.com/jared-rea/72-93661/) brought up the issue of sexually inappropriate language alienating potential fans of the fighting scene, and a debate ensued.


It's best if you just read what happened next (http://www.giantbomb.com/news/when-passions-flare-lines-are-crossed/4006/).


Miranda “Super_Yan” Pakozdi, member of Team Tekken and the female participant at the center of this, chose not to talk to me.


Aris "Aris" Bakhtanians, the male coach of Team Tekken attributed with the questionable commentary, did the same.


A few moments ago, however, Bakhtanians reached out to me over email, and released a brief statement. I asked Bakhtanians if he'd be willing to talk about the situation at length, but he unfortunately declined the opportunity.


His full statement is featured below:I understand that I said some controversial statements on the Cross Assault show, and a lot of people are deeply offended with what was said. When I made these statements, I was very heated as I felt that the culture of a scene I have been a part of for over 15 years was being threatened. I unfortunately used extreme examples in the heat of the moment and feel that my statements don’t actually communicate how I feel. This is similar to what people say when they get into an argument with their girlfriend, and they say things that they deeply regret. I sincerely apologise if I have offended anyone. My statements do not reflect those of Capcom or myself. The last thing I want to do is get them in trouble for giving me and the fighting game community the opportunity to have an amazing show like this.

What I was trying to communicate is that mild hostility has always been a defining characteristic of the fighting game scene. Back when arcades were more prevalent, people didn’t like newcomers, and players needed to fight and pay their dues to get respect. The debate I was in was with a person who supported professional leagues, who have intent to censor the community to make it more accessible. I think the sink or swim mentality is something that defined our culture, and if that succeeds it removes something which has been important to help create some of the best fighting game players of our time. I was unfortunately unable to make this point clearly. Again, I am deeply sorry for offending anyone. This was a combination of the people taking things out of context and my own inability in the heat of the moment to defend myself and the community I have loved for over 15 years.It's unlikely, however, Bakhtanians' statement alone will put this issue to rest.
I've received an enormous amount of feedback since the story ran, and I'm still filtering through the comments from both inside and outside the fighting game community. I'm setting up interviews as we speak. We'll revisit this soon.


http://www.giantbomb.com/news/aris-aris-bakhtanians-releases-statement-on-recent-comments/4007/

[Kane Knight]

Yeah, I'm not really a perv, honest!

Where have I heard that before?

Oh yeah, just about everyone who's ever been caught saying stupid shit.

[RoXer]

I love how one of the very first examples of him being creepy is "can I smell you?". Like this is a chronological laundry list of inappropriateness and that's at the very top.

Like I don't even think hookers would enjoy that. I think if you asked a professional sex worker to merely smell her, she would be weirded out by it. And he opens with it to a girl he doesn't really know.

I imagine at the very least that smelling a prostitute would have to cost an extra premium that I don't think a man like that can afford. Maybe because of these hard economic times he's now relegated to asking normal girls this and is getting zero luck on the dating scene. Poor guy :(

[Funky Fly]

Right, so the guy's an Iop type basement dweller that doesn't like to go outside except he's a loudmouth instead of a pussy?

[Kalyx triaD]

Setting gamers back a good half century, regardless of when gaming started.

[Funky Fly]

Funny thing is that more girls than ever are into this shit. Like hardcore. I know more girls who game than don't, come to think of it.

[Emperor Smeat]

Too bad that apology is basically false considering other places and the community itself managed to dig up a ton of times he's gone on the record or shared his opinions and each time it was what he really felt than being in the "heat of the moment."

Supposedly even Capcom knew of his past record involving stuff like this and still had him on the show due to his status in the competitive fighting community which is why Capcom also is getting criticized badly for the decision. They also waited until Day 2 to actually get involved and apologize while also considering kicking out the female contestant because she quit a match involving Bakhtanians.

[Ermaximus]

That dude is a total cock stain. He's probably never been laid in his life.

[Iop]

Aris "Aris" Bakhtanians Releases Statement on Recent Comments

The man at the center of this week's controversial remarks regarding sexual harassment in the fighting game community speaks out and apologizes.

By Patrick Klepek (http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/patrickklepek/) | Feb. 29, 2012


http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/9/93384/2139987-screen_shot_2012_02_02_at_4.11.48_pm_middle.png (http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/9/93384/2139987-screen_shot_2012_02_02_at_4.11.48_pm.png)

Aris "Aris" Bakhtanians, leader of Team Tekken, was largely silent as events unfolded today.







While reporting yesterday's story (http://www.giantbomb.com/news/when-passions-flare-lines-are-crossed/4006/) about leading members of the fighting game community discussing the issue of sexual harassment in the fighting game scene, I reached out to the parties involved.


Besides Capcom (http://www.giantbomb.com/capcom/65-367/), all silently declined.


The comments took place during Capcom's Cross Assault reality show, a competition acting as a promotion for next week's Street Fighter X Tekken (http://www.giantbomb.com/street-fighter-x-tekken/61-32161/). In the stream, Twitch.tv community manager Jared Rea (http://www.giantbomb.com/jared-rea/72-93661/) brought up the issue of sexually inappropriate language alienating potential fans of the fighting scene, and a debate ensued.


It's best if you just read what happened next (http://www.giantbomb.com/news/when-passions-flare-lines-are-crossed/4006/).


Miranda “Super_Yan” Pakozdi, member of Team Tekken and the female participant at the center of this, chose not to talk to me.


Aris "Aris" Bakhtanians, the male coach of Team Tekken attributed with the questionable commentary, did the same.


A few moments ago, however, Bakhtanians reached out to me over email, and released a brief statement. I asked Bakhtanians if he'd be willing to talk about the situation at length, but he unfortunately declined the opportunity.


His full statement is featured below:
I understand that I said some controversial statements on the Cross Assault show, and a lot of people are deeply offended with what was said. When I made these statements, I was very heated as I felt that the culture of a scene I have been a part of for over 15 years was being threatened. I unfortunately used extreme examples in the heat of the moment and feel that my statements don’t actually communicate how I feel. This is similar to what people say when they get into an argument with their girlfriend, and they say things that they deeply regret. I sincerely apologise if I have offended anyone. My statements do not reflect those of Capcom or myself. The last thing I want to do is get them in trouble for giving me and the fighting game community the opportunity to have an amazing show like this.

What I was trying to communicate is that mild hostility has always been a defining characteristic of the fighting game scene. Back when arcades were more prevalent, people didn’t like newcomers, and players needed to fight and pay their dues to get respect. The debate I was in was with a person who supported professional leagues, who have intent to censor the community to make it more accessible. I think the sink or swim mentality is something that defined our culture, and if that succeeds it removes something which has been important to help create some of the best fighting game players of our time. I was unfortunately unable to make this point clearly. Again, I am deeply sorry for offending anyone. This was a combination of the people taking things out of context and my own inability in the heat of the moment to defend myself and the community I have loved for over 15 years.
It's unlikely, however, Bakhtanians' statement alone will put this issue to rest.
I've received an enormous amount of feedback since the story ran, and I'm still filtering through the comments from both inside and outside the fighting game community. I'm setting up interviews as we speak. We'll revisit this soon.


http://www.giantbomb.com/news/aris-aris-bakhtanians-releases-statement-on-recent-comments/4007/


Wow that guy has a killer beard (I didnt read anything in the thread lol)

[Kalyx triaD]

"lol"?

[Ermaximus]

Wow that guy has a killer beard (I didnt read anything in the thread lol)

tl;dr Iop

[Iop]

I wish I had a beard like that :(

[Kalyx triaD]

Because that would help with your confidence problem?

[Ermaximus]

I don't. I'm quite happy with my goatee that I have. I can't imagine the amount of time that must be spent in maintaining proper grooming for a beard like that. Then again, that fat greasy fuck probably never cleans his beard.

[Kalyx triaD]

I think it's wild that the first thought you'd have about how a guy who looks like that would treat women and act around them, is correct. People tend to subvert visual cues and seeing somebody so transparent and straightforward is odd.

[Iop]

Because that would help with your confidence problem?

Not really a confidence thing but it would just be more "appealing" to women or whatever

[Kalyx triaD]

Think so?

[Ermaximus]

Not really a confidence thing but it would just be more "appealing" to women or whatever

I don't think so sir.

[Kalyx triaD]

Ermax doesn't think so.

[Funky Fly]

Not really a confidence thing but it would just be more "appealing" to women or whatever

Yes, looking like a psychotic woodsman gets all the ladies wet.

[Ermaximus]

Of course it does Funky. All the women want to fuck guys who look like the Brawny paper towel man.

[Iop]

Maybe not ALL women but alot of women.

Its like a woman saying, "Yo I want big boobs" and a guy saying "LOL cuz every man wants a woman with huge boobs?". True not all men do, but the same with women and beards imo. Its better than clean shaven for most women thats for sure.

[Kalyx triaD]

What makes you think you're correct about this?

[Iop]

What makes you think you're correct about this?

Experience, observation, etc. Also biologically/evolutionary, women are attracted to manlier men. A man who is manly appears stronger. Manly features include big muscles, a deep voice, and a beard. These are the features women evolutionary find attractive. Women want man who is more powerful and protective.

Same thing why a man finds attraction for women who are better at giving children. This is why men are attracted to women with bigger hips (easier to give birth) and big boobs (better to feed baby) Again, this is not true for EVERYONE but it id true on a biological/natural level. It comes from evolution to be like this.

Come on, u cant tell me this isnt true...

[Kane Knight]

Setting gamers back a good half century, regardless of when gaming started.

Pffft. This is 6 months, a year at the most.

Too bad that apology is basically false considering other places and the community itself managed to dig up a ton of times he's gone on the record or shared his opinions and each time it was what he really felt than being in the "heat of the moment."

That should be enough for you. It's enough for everyone else.

[quote=Iop;3783992]I wish I had a beard like that :(

That dude has to ask women to sniff them. You really think his beard is an asset?

[Kalyx triaD]

Experience, observation, etc. Also biologically/evolutionary, women are attracted to manlier men. A man who is manly appears stronger. Manly features include big muscles, a deep voice, and a beard.

I love you, Iop.

[DaveBrawl]

Yes, looking like a psychotic woodsman gets all the ladies wet.

Works for me.


...well that and the axe I carry around.

[Emperor Smeat]

Sony currently rumored to be dropping the Cell processor for the PS4 in favor of a "fusion" chip produced by AMD.

According to several sources and earlier rumors, Sony is currently in the process of ditching nVidia who worked on the PS3's GPU chip in favor of AMD for the PS4 GPU chip.

AMD is rumored to be creating a fusion chip which would allow AMD to work on both the CPU and GPU with the company itself only recently working on such chips in Macs and other devices.

The new fusion chip in theory would be a lot more developer friendly than the Cell due to it being closer to the PC-like structure similar to what Microsoft wanted for the Xbox 360 than the overtly complexity the Cell provided.

If Sony were to keep a version of the Cell processor for the PS4, they would have to work on it on their own due to IBM canning their work and development of the chip about 2 years ago in favor of a different approach. Other companies in the Cell association have either dropped out or switched focus away from the Cell.

In terms of compatibility, it would be very unlikely Sony would offer backwards compatibility to disc-based PS3 games. The recent track record also leans towards them not bothering based on the issues with the PS3 having limited compatibility with the PS2 and the lack of PSP compatibility with the PS Vita.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17f0zbrkqs865jpg/original.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5889410/playstation-4-ditching-the-cell-processor-sources-say-which-leads-to-some-wild-theories

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Daily Recap:
1) Blizzard has laid off 600 workers from the company with the majority being unrelated to the current projects in development.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/blizzard-cutting-600-jobs-most-unrelated-to-game-development/4009/

2) Zone of the Enders HD Collection set will be having a late 2012 release date for the Xbox 360 and PS3 according to Konami.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/zone-of-the-enders-hd-releasing-this-fall/

3) Eurogamer has reported UK retailer GAME have added all EA games after SSX and Mario Party 9 to the growing list of games the retailer chain will not be carrying for sale.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/uk-retailer-game-wont-be-stocking-mass-effect-3-other-upcoming-ea-products/4008/

[G]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/acfullimage.jpg

[Kalyx triaD]

Bullshit? Because that looks awesome.

[OssMan]

fuck the stupid zone of the enders HD collection

why can't they make a new one for PS3

Argh!

[Immortal Moose]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/acfullimage.jpg

I think I just came.

Bullshit? Because that looks awesome.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1219745p1.html

[Kalyx triaD]

I will play the game off that pic alone.

[G]

fuckin a right

[Kane Knight]

Bullshit? Because that looks awesome.

But what would he climb?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

New York Skyscrapers like Spiderman.

Isn't it really Assassin's Creed like 4 or 5?

[Kane Knight]

New York Skyscrapers like Spiderman.

Isn't it really Assassin's Creed like 4 or 5?

Ah yes, those 18th century skyscrapers.

But yeah, they're not really counting the side-stories and shit. only the major titles count these days, because trilogies are where it's at or something.

[Immortal Moose]

New York Skyscrapers like Spiderman.

Isn't it really Assassin's Creed like 4 or 5?

AC 5(AC 1, AC 2, AC BH, AC R), but like KK said they don't count Brotherhood or Revelations because trilogies are the shit.

[Funky Fly]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/acfullimage.jpg
Please be real. Red Dead Creedemption there sounds almost too good to be true.
fuck the stupid zone of the enders HD collection

why can't they make a new one for PS3

Argh!

Because these days, that is how developers test the waters for sequels. They rerelease an older game and if it sells well, sequel time.

[Drakul]

Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5889536/game-informer-accidentally-leaks-another-assassins-creed-iii-image) have an article that says Game Informer put up an image for AC3 too early so it's more or less confirmed now.

I've never played an AC game, myself. Am I right in thinking it's about a family line that works its way through a secret history?
So, a bit like Blackadder without the comedy and with more assassinations?

[Funky Fly]

Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5889536/game-informer-accidentally-leaks-another-assassins-creed-iii-image) have an article that says Game Informer put up an image for AC3 too early so it's more or less confirmed now.

I've never played an AC game, myself. Am I right in thinking it's about a family line that works its way through a secret history?
So, a bit like Blackadder without the comedy and with more assassinations?

Hmmm, without spoiling too much, it's about 2 rival factions fighting for objects of extreme power throughout history as told through the genetic memory of Desmond Miles, a descendant of important members of the Assassins, who is being held captive by a Templar company called Abstergo.

[G]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/42243310150594293533068611916306791026782093581204n.jpg

[LuigiD]

Interesting cover. Very different than the others in my opinion.
Huge AC mark. Have played all the games, including the crappy DS ones.

[LoDownM]

People already complaining about it being based in America. And the outfit. And Desmond being Arab/Italian/Native American.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The outfit is shit for the timeline, he should just use it for official duties.

Not as bad as the Ubisoft logo on the box though. That, as always, is the dealbreaker until it's cheap enough to deal with their god-awful DRM.

[LoDownM]

I bet no one would complain if it was a ninja running around 1770's America.

[Funky Fly]

Oh, ninjas were around in 1770s America. You just couldn't see them what with being ninjas and shit.

[LuigiD]

People already complaining about it being based in America. And the outfit. And Desmond being Arab/Italian/Native American.

I liked the Egyptian rumor more than Revolutionary America but I am interested with this too.
I kinda like that they explore characters of different backgrounds to be honest. It is nice to see an Arab and an Italian who don't fall into modern stereotypes. Too much to find out still..we will see.

[LoDownM]

Oh, ninjas were around in 1770s America. You just couldn't see them what with being ninjas and shit.

Sounds like a plot point for a National Treasure movie.

[LuigiD]

http://kotaku.com/5889507/why-a-colonial-assassins-creed-makes-complete-sense-and-sounds-awesome?tag=%20wielding

Pretty good article about the American setting. Highlights some of the complaints such as lack of large cities.

[Emperor Smeat]

The setting will work out fine considering one of the key aspects about the Revolutionary war was all the ambushes done by both the Indians and Americans. Its a good fit and probably means a lot more wilderness and areas to travel than in previous games.

Probably going to deal with the Free Masons or other secret societies which occurred in America at the time.

[G]

Is it wrong that I'm really excited to play an AC game, and even going as far as calling it a day 1 for me?

[LoDownM]

I hope they add more shit into it. Revelations was a let down for me, all that was new was the hookblade imo. I don't count the tower defense shit, shit fucking sucked.

[Kane Knight]

The outfit is shit for the timeline, he should just use it for official duties.

Not as bad as the Ubisoft logo on the box though. That, as always, is the dealbreaker until it's cheap enough to deal with their god-awful DRM.

It's going to be awesome running around like that, blending in with 18th century colonists, when I'm the only dude who looks even remotely like that.

At least in the previous time periods, there were SOME people dressed similarly.

I bet no one would complain if it was a ninja running around 1770's America.

Oh, they'd bitch, just not for historical accuracy. They'd complain it violates the character.

[Iop]

They should make an Assassin's Greed game where u play as a greedy banker who runs around stealing money and things from people.

[Kane Knight]

http://kotaku.com/5889507/why-a-colonial-assassins-creed-makes-complete-sense-and-sounds-awesome?tag=%20wielding

Pretty good article about the American setting. Highlights some of the complaints such as lack of large cities.

Some of these points are dumb.

Look, New York City had plenty of big structures, but who needs big structures when you have trees to hide in...heh.

Truth be told, I'm not exactly a big fan of trying to play it both ways at once. Thing is, a good chunk of New York wasn't built that high at that point. That's the sort of thing that takes a lot of time and either a lot of need or a lot of excess, neither of which New York City would be known for for a few decades.

And part of the reason these games are fun is parkour. hiding in trees isn't quite the same.

Look ma, my history is shit!

Or maybe it's just a slight bigoted notion that Injuns used tomahawks and whites used swords.

Colourful characters.

Okay, I kinda like this one, actually, but they have to walk almost as fine a rope with George Washington as they do with Muslims being portrayed. Amurrrrrricans, one of the big game-buying audiences take their founding fathers seriously (albeit unrealistically).

Ubisoft's only saving grace here is that they're in France, which most Americans can't find on a map. Or spell.

[Kane Knight]

They should make an Assassin's Greed game where u play as a greedy banker who runs around stealing money and things from people.

n then u can fuck lots of hot woman with todays gaming tecknology

[LuigiD]

We still don't know if there will be nature ambushes..we are just assuming at this point. As you stated, there was American cities at the time such as New York and Boston that had plenty of buildings.

[Kane Knight]

We still don't know if there will be nature ambushes..we are just assuming at this point. As you stated, there was American cities at the time such as New York and Boston that had plenty of buildings.

Of course we don't know. I was pointing out that the points put forth were shit, not that they were fact.

Are you next going to tell me "That's just your opinion!" when it was clearly so?

Also, I didn't really point that out. What I pointed out was that there were limited high places in said cities.

[James Diesel]

They should make an Assassin's Greed game where u play as a greedy banker who runs around stealing money and things from people.

You can also steal their cars. And join gangs. And sell drugs. And carry an unseen arsenal of heavy weaponry. And kill pigeons. In fact I think I can draw up some concept art to go with the whole idea!!!!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV_cover.jpg

[Blitz]

We still don't know if there will be nature ambushes..we are just assuming at this point. As you stated, there was American cities at the time such as New York and Boston that had plenty of buildings.
We don't know anything, but when has that ever stopped bitching and conjecturing.

[Kane Knight]

You can also steal their cars. And join gangs. And sell drugs. And carry an unseen arsenal of heavy weaponry. And kill pigeons. In fact I think I can draw up some concept art to go with the whole idea!!!!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV_cover.jpg

That sounds stupid. It'll never sell.

We don't know anything, but when has that ever stopped bitching and conjecturing.

Damn that Kane Knight for responding to speculation....*shakes fist*

[James Diesel]

That sounds stupid. It'll never sell.


Well, we could always dumb down the seriousness and just rip off the original, add a lot more unrealism, hell even add shit to it. But keep it essentially the exact same game.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Saints_Row.JPG

[Blitz]

Damn that Kane Knight for responding to speculation....*shakes fist*
Yeah wasn't referring to you.

[Emperor Smeat]

A potential HD remake of the original game or even a new game in the Baldur’s Gate series could be in development.

Beamdog studio who worked on last year's MDK 2 HD remake teased they are currently working on something involving the Baldur’s Gate franchise.

The official website for the series also teased an announcement could be arriving soon based on a hidden poem found deep within the website's source code.

“Shadowy Figure- Raise Dead : Infinity Engine
For years, I clung to the memory of it. Then the memory of the memory.
And then... it returned. Better than it was before. Pore over the tapestries and works of art hanging from our walls if you wish, Child of Bhaal... perhaps you will find a clue. But patience, ah... patience would reveal it all. As the silver moon waxes and wanes, so too does life."

Earlier it was discovered the series will be having a special re-release on Steam titled as the "Steam Complete Collection" with a release arriving in the near future.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/bgatesite_0.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-baldur%E2%80%99s-gate-may-get-hd-re-release-or-maybe-sequel

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Daily Recap:
1) BioShock Infinite will be having an October 16 release date for the US/Canada while everyone else gets the game on October 19. The PS3 version of the game will include the original Bioshock game on the disc as an extra bonus.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/bioshock-infinite-hitting-retail-in-october/4014/

2) Rumored images from Doom 4 were recently leaked showing off a few potential settings to be in the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-doom-4-art-leaks-internet

3) Concept images for the original design of the Wii U tablet controller reveal Nintendo originally planned for the tablet to include actual analog sticks which were eventually removed in favor of sticks similar to the 3DS sticks.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-original-wii-u-controller-had-%E2%80%98real%E2%80%99-analog-sticks-considered-glasses-free-3d

[DaveBrawl]

I hope they add more shit into it. Revelations was a let down for me, all that was new was the hookblade imo. I don't count the tower defense shit, shit fucking sucked.

Was that just a minigame or was it actually mandatory? I haven't played Revelations yet, I honestly didn't really care for a lot of the stuff they had added to Brotherhood as far as minigames and escort missions so I stopped paying attention to Revelations after I beat that Brotherhood.

[G]

Besides the mandatory time at the beginning, I didn't have to do it any after that. I think they said it could happen if your wanted meter is full, but I immediately cooled it down so I wouldn't have to go through that stupid thing.

[DaveBrawl]

In a way I'd like to get into it in order to expand on the story, but I really disliked the last 2 games especially Brotherhood. The only part of the game I enjoyed was the final boss, rest of it just felt like a chore.

[RoXer]

Ordered a new controller this morning actually. The silver one.

So now my shitty white one will be rarely used/mostly for fps games, my pretty good condition black one will be used for everything else, and my brand new silver one will most likely go untouched

http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/2011/03/29__01_49_19/Xbox-360-Controller-Silver.jpgaed94834-aafd-46ef-ae1c-8f29dc2083edLarge.jpg

It's pretty neat. The dpad twists and the little dial or whatever descends into the controller which makes the dpad a little bit more accurate. I'll put it to the test next week with SFXT

[G]

In a way I'd like to get into it in order to expand on the story, but I really disliked the last 2 games especially Brotherhood. The only part of the game I enjoyed was the final boss, rest of it just felt like a chore.

For me, it was a lot of work to push through the first 4 chapters. I think it was the 5th chapter where the story picked up and it all started coming together. Really enjoyed the 2nd half, which I guess is why I am so pumped over those new AC pics. :y:

[G]

http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/2011/03/29__01_49_19/Xbox-360-Controller-Silver.jpgaed94834-aafd-46ef-ae1c-8f29dc2083edLarge.jpg

It's pretty neat. The dpad twists and the little dial or whatever descends into the controller which makes the dpad a little bit more accurate. I'll put it to the test next week with SFXT

That's how my Gears 3 controller is. Couldn't figure out what it did for a few weeks until I looked online.

[G]

http://www.scorchedmodz.com/assets/images/gears3controller2.jpg

[G]

This was my last system

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/956/956877/resident-evil-5-20090224043809928.jpg


And this is my new one

http://www.1gamersreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/gears3-right-three-quarter-comp-hero.jpg



Maybe deep down I have some sort of attraction to red. :-\

[Drakul]

I can't find a thread about the Amazing Spiderman game. Putting this here.

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9dRU3LOzVgI?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Drakul]

Maybe deep down I have some sort of attraction to red. :-\


Well, it is the best colour.

[Skippord]

I just want you all to know how excited I will be when the new Assassins Creed comes out, and that I will be buying Iop a facial merkin.

[Kane Knight]

I can't find a thread about the Amazing Spiderman game. Putting this here.

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9dRU3LOzVgI?feature=player_embedded" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe>

I like that he needs a handler.

[Ermaximus]

Can't get my new Triton headset to work. :/

[LuigiD]

http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/293112_S/assassins-creed-3-screenshots-leak.jpg

http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/293110_S/assassins-creed-3-screenshots-leak.jpg

[Drakul]

I think AC3 could probably get it's own thread now.

[G]

Don't ask D Mac to do it, might end up in Wrestling Q&A.

[Kane Knight]

I think AC3 could probably get it's own thread now.

I tried. hasney deleted it and called me a bad word.

[Emperor Smeat]

Take the news with a grain of salt but the next issue of the Official Xbox Magazine has been rumored to be teasing the debut of a new Killer Instinct game.

The game is being teased as a reboot game with no other details nor status on if Rare is actually making the game or if a different developer is working on the game similar to what was done with the XBLA version of Perfect Dark.

"A World Exclusive: A Killer Sequel - Must-read Details on Truly Spectacular Reboot". Other information that now seems to be deleted(?) and/or may have leaked is something that was apparently written on a blog via "OXM", "The announcement of a killer sequel, the first must-see details on the return of a franchise really spectacular".

The potential game also could just end up as just either the original KI game or KI Gold being added as an Xbox Live Arcade game.

The next issue of OXM is expected to go on sale on March 21.

http://i.imgur.com/1rVxS.png
http://testyourmight.com/threads/oxm-teases-killer-instinct-reboot-in-next-issue.14528/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/oxm-teases-new-game-next-issue

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Daily Recap:
1) Capcom hints due to both the strong reception and sales from Revelations and Mercenaries on the 3DS, they are interested in making more Resident Evil games for the handheld.
http://ds.ign.com/articles/121/1219750p1.html

2) According to a leak by online retailer Amazon, Sony is planning on releasing a Ratchet & Clank HD Collection set this year which includes all the PS2 games and the 2 spin-off PSP games in the series.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-ratchet-clank-hd-collection-coming

3) The Xbox Marketplace's website accidentally leaks the release date for the upcoming Trials Evolution game with a release date set for April 18.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/trials-evolution-release-date-leaked/

[Drakul]

Whether its KI1 and/or 2 coming to XBLA or a whole new KI, I'm interested.

[Kane Knight]

Whether its KI1 and/or 2 coming to XBLA or a whole new KI, I'm interested.

Wonder if it'll live up to my nostalgia.

[Kalyx triaD]

Don't think it'll live up, better to reboot it. Then again, an XBLA release makes sense to gauge the consumer.

[Captain of Fun]

I don't see Killer Instinct being able to hang with modern fighters from a technical standpoint. At least not without changing much of what makes it Killer Instinct.

It could do well financially due to western popularity, in the same way Mortal Kombat was successful, but I don't see it being taken that seriously by fighting game fans.

[Emperor Smeat]

Considering KI was more related in style and gameplay to Mortal Kombat, if MK could do a good reboot, then KI could easily.

The bigger question involves who would be developing a potential game considering the current Rare has no desire nor remote experience in making a fighting game. Microsoft's other choice is to hire a different studio to work on the game like what was done with Perfect Dark on XBLA.

[Kane Knight]

Don't think it'll live up, better to reboot it. Then again, an XBLA release makes sense to gauge the consumer.

If they do release KI for Ecks Blah, I'll definitely try it. I think I still have muscle memory for all the combos. If there's a new KI, they had better release a demo, because I am NOT buying on faith.

[Captain of Fun]

Considering KI was more related in style and gameplay to Mortal Kombat, if MK could do a good reboot, then KI could easily.

The bigger question involves who would be developing a potential game considering the current Rare has no desire nor remote experience in making a fighting game. Microsoft's other choice is to hire a different studio to work on the game like what was done with Perfect Dark on XBLA.

Oh for sure, KI definitely would appeal more to western audiences than most fighting games. I was just talking about the tournament scene.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I bet after that speculation, it's just Ninja Gaiden.

KI1/2 arcade versions do hold up. If you've got MAME, give it a play.

[Blitz]

I swear I'm the only fighting game fan in the world who could not give a shit about Killer Instinct.

[Kalyx triaD]

Had a cool style, but it has a lot of catching up to do.

[Captain of Fun]

I had it for N64 back in the day, but it's a different time now, and it's not really the type of gameplay fighting game fans are looking for.

Despite all the improvements the recent mortal kombat made, it still had stiff, rigid dial-a-combos. KI has always been similar in that regard.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to release a new one though. As I said, the casual audience would probably eat it up.

[Kane Knight]

Had a cool style, but it has a lot of catching up to do.

You mean a game series whose last release spans back almost twenty years won't be on par with the competition?

[Kane Knight]

As I said, the casual audience would probably eat it up.

But only if it's brown, first person, and has Team Deathmatch.

[Kalyx triaD]

You mean a game series whose last release spans back almost twenty years won't be on par with the competition?

As far as gameplay, which actually changes very little in the genre, yes - they have catching up to do. Sensationalist auto-combos probably won't fly and they will need a new/updated metagame. Being that it was 2D, people are much more educated about how a 2D game should work (controlling space, safe/unsafe attacks, etc) and that wasn't a big deal for KI back then.

KI has style, cool characters, and it found a place between SF and MK back in the day. But it has a lot more comp now, and now's not the time to expect Orchid's double Ds and dial-an-Ultra Combos to carve out a place. They have catching up to do. There are a few fighting games/systems that came out in KI's time that are still very playable today.

[Drakul]

New Forza game has leaked. Forza Horizon is due out in Fall/Autumn this year.

Thinking the new KI, if OXM is refering to KI, will be revealed on Monday.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Won't be buying a new Forza this year, that's way too soon.