Videogame News Thread [Archive] - Page 20

Captain of Fun

03-03-2012, 11:37 PM

From eventhubs.com

Citing an unnamed source, so take this with a grain of salt, but GamesBeat is reporting (http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/03/inside-source-reports-darkstalkers-4-is-in-the-works-exclusive/) that Darkstalkers 4 is in the works with Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono at the helm.

Apparently, their source for this information shared details about Resident Evil 6 before it was announced — which ended up holding water. This same source shared details about Darkstalkers 4, including: • The game will use a modified version of the Street Fighter X Tekken engine.

• The title has been in the works since last year.

• Principal development of SFxT was complete towards the end of 2011, which is when Ono is said to have shifted his focus to Darkstalkers 4.

A few weeks back, Capcom also renewed their Darkstalkers trademark (http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/feb/15/capcom-registers-new-darkstalkers-trademark-japan-and-europe/), although the last time the company took this action in 2004, it was to prepare Darkstalkers Chronicle on the PSP.

This is still an unconfirmed rumor at this point, so you might want to temper your excitement, but this is potentially good news for Darkstalkers fans.

Killer Instinct can suck a dick. I want me some Darkstalkers.

Kalyx triaD

03-03-2012, 11:58 PM

This is likely. I thought SFxT was on the SF4 engine, didn't think they started from scratch as far as the system goes. I guess the SF4 models and certain animations were the only crossovers.

Funky Fly

03-04-2012, 12:30 PM

Not necessarily. The sfxt engine could simply be a new version of the same engine. Like if I were going to make an AKI wrestling game, I'd modify No Mercy and work from there as opposed to fucking with the original and still having to create a ton of modules that would otherwise already exist and only require minor modification

Cool King

03-05-2012, 12:15 PM

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lclamh0vtO1qb3p2zo1_500.jpg

Cool King

03-05-2012, 12:15 PM

RoXer

03-05-2012, 03:00 PM

Emperor Smeat

03-05-2012, 07:02 PM

Based on a recent rumor from the UK, the Hlao Reach engine is being used to help develop Bungie's next game which is meant for release on a next-gen console.

This rumor comes from UK publication PSM3, which makes the following statement:

“Built on the foundations of the Halo: Reach engine, it’ll be super-powered to take advantage of the next wave of hardware.”

While Bungie separated from Microsoft after Halo Reach was released and joined as a developer for Activision, the studio did keep rights to their Reach and other Halo-based engines for future game development.

EGM also thinks the next-gen game could be a potential Halo game but Bungie themselves have stated their involvement with the Halo universe officially ends at the end of March.

It is also rumored the engine itself is being used for a game called Destiny which was hinted to be currently in development by Bungie.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/reach.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-bungie-using-halo-reach-engine-to-build-next-gen-game/

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Daily Recap:
1) Art Style: CUBELLO (WiiWare), Mario's Picross (3DS VC), and Radar Mission (3DS VC) are this month's game rewards for Club Nintendo members.
https://club.nintendo.com/rewards.do

2) Valve confirms Counter-Strike Global Offensive will have a Summer 2012 release date and has at least 7 maps confirmed so far to be included with the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/counter-strike-global-offensive-coming-this-summer-new-screenshots/

3) Rumored image of the prototype of Valve's Steam Box console have been leaked.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-curious-about-valve%E2%80%99s-steam-box-could-be-it

4) According to recent sources, the bosses for UK retailer GAME are leaning towards shutting down the company due to the lack of confidence the company can survive long enough with mounting financial losses and lack of major titles as the key factors.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/real-risk-of-bosses-pulling-the-plug-on-u-k-retailer-game/

Kalyx triaD

03-05-2012, 07:08 PM

What idiot at EGM thought their next game was a Halo game after everything that's been said? Jesus.

Captain of Fun

03-05-2012, 07:26 PM

Reach was the only Halo game that I truly had a lot of fun with, so this is good news for me.

03-05-2012, 08:17 PM

Is GAME the UK equivalent of Gamestop?

Emperor Smeat

03-05-2012, 08:31 PM

Them and Gamestation are the equivalent of Gamestop and pre-buyout EB Games here.

Drakul

03-06-2012, 02:17 AM

I thought Smelly Meatball lived in the US.

Emperor Smeat

03-06-2012, 02:28 AM

I do.

Normally don't post news not involving the US/Canada area unless its something big or an on going story like with GAME. Also remember what UK's version of Gamestop because of Kotaku in the past having news and sales charts from the UK.

Drakul

03-06-2012, 03:15 AM

I ask because you said GAME and Gamestation were the equivilent of Gamestop and EB here. The "here" making me think you might be in the UK.

Kane Knight

03-06-2012, 08:55 AM

"Here" was supposed to reference the US equivalents.

Drakul

03-06-2012, 09:29 AM

I see. I had it completely the other way.

Emperor Smeat

03-06-2012, 06:55 PM

Valve announces some good news and some bad news in regards to the upcoming Counter Strike Global Offensive game.

The good news is the game is still on track for a Summer 2012 release date and the feedback has lead to a lot of tweaks and changes in the game. The game is still set for 7 maps to be included at launch with all being based on classic CS maps.

More good news was revealed for PC owners of the game as Valve announces the PC version will be given top priority in terms of both frequent and amount of post-launch updates to the game. This was due to the strong feedback from PC beta users.

Now for the bad news, similar to every other Valve game released on consoles, updates will be a lot less frequent while Valve hasn't gotten as much feedback from console beta users. The initial goal of PC-PS3 cross-platform play was also dropped due to the feedback and difficulties experienced during the beta.

“The beta has proved we want to update not just the beta, but the game itself post-launch frequently on the PC,” Valve’s Chet Faliszek told Joystiq. ”To do that we need to separate the platforms so one doesn’t hamstring the other. So for that, we have removed the idea of cross-platform play – essentially make all platforms stronger by not mixing them.”

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Counter-Strike-Global-offensive-4-600x337.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/cross-platform-play-removed-from-counter-strike-global-offensive/

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Daily Recap:
1) Epic Mickey 2 official debut will occur on March 27 with Disney having Warren Spector provide all the details and footage for the new game.
http://kotaku.com/5891011/epic-mickey-2-rumors-likely-to-become-facts-this-month

2) Take Two is rumored to have brought in the Mafia series developers, 2K Czech, to help Rockstar with the development of Grand Theft Auto V.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-mafia-ii-developer-helping-with-grand-theft-auto-v-mafia-iii-underway/

3) The demo for Dragon's Dogma will allow characters and stats to be exported from the demo version of the game to the retail version although the demo only limits the choices between 2 characters.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dragon%E2%80%99s-dogma-announces-demo-exportable-characters

Kane Knight

03-06-2012, 10:35 PM

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MovieBob usually does non-gaming stuff, but since this touches on the douchebag coach who was dogging his own teammate....

Drakul

03-07-2012, 10:19 AM

Play.com leak a couple Vita games, including a new GTA.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17fpj8ikr7xnvjpg/original.jpg

Source (http://kotaku.com/5891238/new-grand-theft-auto-final-fantasy-games-could-be-headed-to-vita).

Ermaximus

03-07-2012, 10:57 AM

http://xboxamerica.com/?r=stw-20584

If you could help a brother out. Optional of course. If you live in the UK, just lie and say you're from Canada like everyone else does there.

DaveBrawl

03-07-2012, 06:38 PM

What are we supposed to be doing Ermax?

Emperor Smeat

03-07-2012, 07:03 PM

As part of Final Fantasy's 25th anniversary this year, Square-Enix teases a new Final Fantasy game might be on the way.

Besides Theatrhythm Final Fantasy which was released last month for the 3DS, the company also announced next month a special commemorative set of Final Fantasy themed playing cards will go on sale in Japan.

The company also could be teasing a new game in development as the anniversary section for the official Final Fantasy website was updated. The biggest rumor right now is the company is considering remaking Final Fantasy VII with the twist of it arriving on the 3DS.

Previously Sony owned the exclusive rights to Final Fantasy VII due to their role as a publisher of the game and partially providing the funding needed to move the game away from the N64 and onto the PS1 at the time.

If the remake does arrive for the 3DS, then it would be another game in the series for the DS/3DS line which Nintendo has provided the funding and publishing rights.

However a different rumor could be pointing to a remake of Final Fantasy V for the 3DS if it is true.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/rc_25th.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/mysterious-ff-teaser-site-hinting-new-game

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Daily Recap:
1) The rumored Vita games shown in Drakul's post have been debunked after it was revealed the image for GTA Vice City Nights was actually just a shopped image from 4chan while only Monster Hunter has been confirmed but not announced if its just a remake of the PSP game.
http://www.gamedemption.com/debunked-grand-theft-auto-vice-city-nights-not-coming-to-vita-and-more/

2) GAME announces starting today all pre-owned games will be having massive firesale discounts as a last-ditch attempt by the company to generate a short term boost of cash.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/game-and-gamestation-firesale

3) Peter Molyneux's announces he is leaving Lionhead Studios once Fable: The Journey is finished. He will keep an advisor role with Lionhead Studios should they need his input for future Fable games.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/peter-molyneux-exiting-lionhead-studios-following-completion-of-fable-the-journey/4022/

Captain of Fun

03-07-2012, 09:34 PM

Can't imagine the absolute rage that would happen, if an FFVII remake was a DS exclusive.

Kalyx triaD

03-07-2012, 09:49 PM

Well, it has been a common thing in the few years.

#BROKEN Hasney

03-08-2012, 02:02 AM

V makes most sense as they did III and IV on the DS in fancy 3Dness. I hope it is, purely because it would mean a 3D VI remake is closer and I would squee.

OssMan

03-08-2012, 02:08 AM

more shitty remakes please

Kalyx triaD

03-08-2012, 02:45 AM

All of the DS remakes were good, actually.

Ermaximus

03-08-2012, 09:32 AM

What are we supposed to be doing Ermax?

Click the link, join the site, done?

It's just a stat site that ranks you based on your xbox gamerscore in your state and in North America.

Cool King

03-08-2012, 10:26 AM

So I've just tried out Mari0 and I have to say, it's not as great as the trailer made it out to be. :-\

The lever editor was good though, I liked that. Also, Mario always walked and ran backwards. :wtf:

DaveBrawl

03-08-2012, 06:29 PM

Click the link, join the site, done?

It's just a stat site that ranks you based on your xbox gamerscore in your state and in North America.

Oh, I was already a member, I thought you needed help doing something else.

Emperor Smeat

03-08-2012, 06:43 PM

The next Xbox and PS4 could be a lot more expensive than people expect due to Epic Games wanting "bleeding edge" technology as the top priority for both consoles.

Epic Games believes the potential losses and costs for these consoles can easily be subsidize by the software.

The console gaming experience is about delivering something that’s way out past the bleeding edge and subsidizing it through the software royalty model – just like Apple does with the phones. It’s not that much different.”

The studio also hinted if it doesn't occur, Apple will be getting a lot more support from the company.

[quote]“Don’t worry. We are absolutely every day [pushing platform holders],” Epic’s VP Mark Rein told CVG. ”This is why we did Samaritan and why we’re doing a really high-end demo in the room here. We really are pushing these guys, because if they don’t, Apple will go right past them.”

It was also implied they would prefer if the console market shifted a bit more towards Apple's iPad style than keeping the traditional long life cycle.

Epic Games previously was very influential in the development of the Xbox 360 with their main contributions being the advantage in RAM and better GPU than what the PS3 contained. The studio is also rumored to be once again providing some suggestions towards the development of the next Xbox.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/unreal-engine.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/epic-games-pushing-platform-holders-to-make-next-gen-consoles-on-the-bleeding-edge/

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Daily Recap:
1) Ninja Gaiden 3 will be having an online pass with the standard reason of locking out multiplayer for used copy owners.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/ninja-gaiden-3-requires-online-pass/

2) Valve will not be making a new console and instead admits the leaked pictures was an in-house box meant to test out the upcoming Steam user interface for television screens.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/valve-is-not-making-a-steam-console-at-least-not-any-time-soon/4027/

3) Sega will no longer be making Marvel movie-based games after Disney terminates its contract due to them being unhappy with the results from the recent movie-based games produced by Sega.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/disney-tells-sega-they-can%E2%80%99t-make-marvel-games-anymore

LoDownM

03-08-2012, 06:55 PM

A new console every year or two sounds like a perfect model for another video game crash.

Captain of Fun

03-08-2012, 07:04 PM

Epic can go choke on a big fat black cock.

Kane Knight

03-08-2012, 10:17 PM

Dunno if it was mentioned in the Mass Erect 3 thread, but it's been confirmed that the totally not-on-disc DLC is actually on the disc. It's very likely Bioware lied to us about it (though it's possible there's another explanation, albeit unlikely).

Also, what Captain of Fun said.

Captain of Fun

03-09-2012, 01:25 AM

Yeah, same shit is happening with Street Fighter X Tekken. 12 characters and 2 sets of alternate costumes for each character.

Though in this case, I don't recall if Capcom ever stated whether there would be on disc dlc or not.

Capcom's official statement:

Capcom has confirmed that 12 new fan-favorite characters will be available as Downloadable Content (DLC) on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC versions of Street Fighter X Tekken later this year. The playable characters will make their debut on the PS Vita system when the game is released this fall, with the console and PC versions receiving them as DLC soon after. The character information and files were intentionally included on retail versions of the PS3 and Xbox 360 game to save hard drive space and to ensure for a smooth transition when the DLC is available, allowing players who choose not to purchase the content the ability to play against players that did. More specifics regarding pricing, dates and other additional exciting DLC plans for Street Fighter X Tekken will be shared at a later date. As a reminder, the retail version of the game will be the only disc-based version consumers will need to own and all future upgrades will come from post-launch DLC. The new characters fighting their way onto Street Fighter X Tekken are... from the Street Fighter side... Blanka, Cody, Dudley, Elena, Guy and Sakura will be playable and from Tekken... Alisa Bosconovitch, Bryan Fury, Christie Monteiro, Jack, Lars Alexandersson and Lei Wulong will all be available.

By including these 12 characters on the disc, the idea was to ensure easy compatibility between players who do and do not choose to download the characters when they arrive as DLC. For example, not buying costumes in the Street Fighter IV series means you will not see the costumes when playing another person who did buy them; on-disc characters avoid this issue and allow everyone to participate in the update without additional patches or hiccups. The update also saves on file size - instead of a massive download, there will be a much smaller unlock that brings the new content to the surface.

There's no way to know for sure if this is bullshit or not, so whatever.

Funky Fly

03-09-2012, 03:44 AM

It's bullshit. They released costume catalogue dlc for ssf4 that allowed you to see dlc costumes when playing online with people who have bought the costumes.

#BROKEN Hasney

03-09-2012, 05:44 AM

MCV "exclusive source" says next Xbox will have solid state retail games and no disc drive. Probably a good way to get more storage space without paying Sony for Blu-ray.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/exclusive-no-disc-drive-for-next-xbox/092534

Kane Knight

03-09-2012, 09:09 AM

There's no way to know for sure if this is bullshit or not, so whatever.

As Funky pointed out, it's really easy to put up a free patch or whatever for multiplayer compatibility.

Still, it's not as bad as SRtT (for sheer volume) or Bioware (who insisted this was stuff being worked on after the disc was finalised), so....

Probably a good way to get more storage space without paying Sony for Blu-ray.

Oh dear. Please tell me you're not one of those morons.

#BROKEN Hasney

03-09-2012, 09:27 AM

Depends. I'm not one of those morons who believe that Microsoft would refuse to give money to Sony because it's Sony, but I am one of those morons who heard that it was prohibitively expensive to license the technology for blu-ray.

I've just Googled it and read that in 2010 that it dropped from $20 a license to $9.50 for blu-ray hardware, so it might be more feasible these days.

Kane Knight

03-09-2012, 09:32 AM

You mean...They had the audacity to ask a comparable amount for Blu-Ray licensing in the past when compared to DVD technology?

That makes sense. I mean, Microsoft didn't pay DVD licensing fees last gen....

#BROKEN Hasney

03-09-2012, 09:41 AM

It was $15-20 when they released the original XBox, but some of that cost was MPEG-2 licensing as well, which was disabled unless you bought their dongle remote control. There is a huge possibility I've read all this ages ago and not comprehended it right.

If it is true though, as long as it's a fast medium and doesn't bump game prices up, I'm all for a solid state medium.

Kane Knight

03-09-2012, 09:45 AM

It will jack the price up, but okay.

Emperor Smeat

03-09-2012, 03:27 PM

So would it mean all the next Xbox games are only downloadable titles or use SD-like cards?

Probably going to hurt them at least in the short term if the next console is digital-only considering how poor internet speeds are on average in the US and that is their main stronghold. Could also piss off retailers or at least the non-big ones which hurt the PSP Go when it tried to remove retailers for selling games.

Edit: Nevermind, missed the line about the games being on a card in the article. Probably also means no chance of backwards compatibility unless its done like the PS3 and Vita where you have to rebuy your games in a digital form although at least it won't have the same problem the Xbox 360 had with bad disc drives and the RRoD.

Kane Knight

03-09-2012, 04:06 PM

RROD was a completely different problem.

Also, backwards compatibility has been a pretty big deal for the last couple gens. removing it would be damaging in the short term, I think, since Sony's unlikely to abandon the BD format and even the Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-U will have BC.

Plus, pretty sure the cards would be prohibitively expensive.

Droford

03-09-2012, 05:09 PM

A blank 64 gb SD card costs $60

Thats what you would need to replace a blu ray disc with, storage wise anyway.

Current game discs are maxed out at 10gb, a 16 gb card costs $18.

Im guessing though that their format will be proprietary to hold back piracy for a while. If you cant buy blank cards and you cant buy the hardware to read/write them yourself, it would be pretty hard for the average gamer to do much, at first anyway...

Kane Knight

03-09-2012, 06:27 PM

Current game discs are maxed out at 10gb, a 16 gb card costs $18.

Current game discs are maxed at 9ish, with the 360 only having 7.something useable. More games are going to end up multi-disc, and game devs are chomping at the bit for more storage space.

Would twice the storage space satisfy them? A look at some of the popular games on Steam would indicate no, or at least not for long. A decent chunk of big games run at 10+ GB.

With proprietary cards, price goes up some, too. Even mass produced. You can have two tiers of cards, but then it becomes an issue of who eats the added costs for more expensive cards.

Emperor Smeat

03-09-2012, 06:38 PM

The boss of Ubisoft Toronto, Jade Raymond, announces the company is set to unveil the studio's first project which has been labeled as a "Triple A" title.

It appears the game will most likely be a new Splinter Cell game and not a brand new IP or series based on what was hinted in the announcement.

“We are about to announce our first big triple-A being developed by the studio,” she told CVG. “I’ve got to say I think it’s going better than I could’ve imagined. I’m really amazed at the team we’ve put together and what we’ve been able to accomplish and I think Ubisoft is pretty excited too. Soon we’ll find out what everyone else thinks!”

Back in 2010, the studio announced it was working on its first title, an installment in the “Splinter Cell” franchise, which Raymond confirms the studio is ”100% focused” on. Furthermore, Raymond denies any involvement with a new IP at this time, saying, “We’re not actually working on a big new IP yet within the studio. It’s one of the mandates, and we’re definitely starting up some things in that direction, but we’re not working on a big new IP yet. Right now we’re 100% focused on Splinter Cell.”

Ubisoft created the Toronto studio in 2009 and promoted the producer of the Assassin's Creed series as the boss for the studio. While the studio's is currently helping out Ubisoft Montreal with the new Rainbow Six game, this "Triple A" project would be the first full title they are developing on their own.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/splinter-cell-conviction_0.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ubisoft-could-be-debuting-new-splinter-cell-game-soon

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Daily Recap:
1) UK retailer GAME will be heading to bankruptcy as the company's bosses have stated they will file for administration if things don't drastically improve in the next 2 weeks.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/game-has-two-weeks-to-turn-its-fortunes-around/

2) Nintendo announces NES classic Punch-Out! is now available on the 3DS eshop with a price of $4.99 with Game Gear titles confirmed to be arriving on March 15.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/punch-out-makes-its-way-eshop

3) Capcom's recent issues in regards to spelling once again appear as the company managed to misspell their own name (Capcpom) during the trailer for the upcoming Steel Battalion game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/capcpom-misspells-their-own-name

4) Irrational Games reveals a new enemy boss for Bioshock Infinite and it ends up being robotic George Washington carrying a Gatling gun.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/new-bioshock-enemy-death-dealing-president

Kane Knight

03-09-2012, 11:24 PM

You mean they're not Capcpom?

Captain of Fun

03-10-2012, 02:38 AM

I hope they keep the Conviction style gameplay for the new Splinter Cell. I know some hardcore fans didn't like it, because it was more mainstream gameplay (i.e. dumbed down), but I thought it was a lot of fun. Must have spent hours playing through deniable ops missions. It's just one of those games that made you feel like a total badass.

One thing I would change, is that enemies need to get a little nervous when you start taking out their comrades. It's kind of silly when an enemy is yelling out that sam is a pussy and going to die, when a dozen of his friends are lying dead around him. It was even more noticable since I played it right after Arkham Asylum which actually does have enemies who get scared.

Captain of Fun

03-10-2012, 11:18 AM

http://www.gamepur.com/news/7338-ultimate-marvel-vs-capcom-3x-coming-ps3-and-xbox-360-july-2012.html

LOL

Kalyx triaD

03-10-2012, 12:07 PM

You got to be kidding me. Wow.

Captain of Fun

03-10-2012, 12:37 PM

At only 15 dollars, I could definitely see this being a fake.

Kalyx triaD

03-10-2012, 12:38 PM

People are tripping over UMvC3X, even though it seems like it'll be what they wanted UMvC3 to be - a DLC expansion.

Whatever man, I wanna see those fucking characters. I take it this time there will be fan faves across the board.

If this is true.

KaosDarksol

03-10-2012, 02:51 PM

Megaman should have been in the game from the beginning and it is fake but wouldn't put it past capcom anyways

Kane Knight

03-10-2012, 05:12 PM

At only 15 dollars, I could definitely see this being a fake.

Yeah, no way would Capcpom charge less than 40 dollars for one of their expansions.

ClockShot

03-10-2012, 07:12 PM

Screw school, video games are going to start teaching us about American history. First Assassin's Creed 3, now Bioshock Infinite.

Drakul

03-11-2012, 01:42 AM

http://www.gamepur.com/news/7338-ultimate-marvel-vs-capcom-3x-coming-ps3-and-xbox-360-july-2012.html

LOL

Seth Killian and that other guy say it's fake.

Kalyx triaD

03-11-2012, 09:53 AM

Yeah, seems to have been debunked. Would have been interesting.

Cool King

03-12-2012, 04:30 PM

Crytek to announce 'spectacular' console/PC project in April

'It's the best of this kind of project we've ever done,' teases Crysis dev

Crysis dev Crytek is set to announce a "spectacular" console/PC game next month, the studio's told CVG.

Speaking in a GDC interview last week, Crytek's GM of games, Nick Button-Brown teased that the soon-to-be-announced game will be unveiled in April and is "the best of that kind of project we've ever done."

The confession came after the developer decided to focus on free-to-play and its first mobile game at the San Francisco event.

"There are so many things I can't talk about," Button-Brown told CVG, stressing that the studio's still dedicated to triple-A development.

"A big part of our business is big budget console and PC games. We are doing all these other things, but they're on top of that and we're doing them because they're interesting.

"We still want to deliver the highest quality that we can, wherever we go," he added. "You know about Homefront, you know about Ryse. We are working on another project... [laughs] all three of which are looking really good."

Pressed for more detail, the games GM continued: "The other project looks absolutely fantastic - I mean, genuinely the best of that kind of project we've ever done.

"It looks spectacular, the team are doing really, really well and it's just really nice to see the team really enthusiastic about what they're doing. They're really happy.

"We're going to carry on doing those games. We like doing mobile games, we like doing free-to-play, but we also like blowing things up in a visually stunning style."

Last month an EA job ad confirmed it's working on a new title with Crytek, following its role as publisher of the first two Crysis games.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/339584/crytek-to-announce-spectacular-consolepc-project-in-april/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS

So, any speculations?

I'm hearing people speculate that it could be the long awaited TimeSplitters 4, but I don't think Crytek would hype up a TimeSplitters game like that. Keeping it a secret and claiming that it's the "best kind of project they've ever done", but I'm hoping I'm wrong with that.

I've been waiting on TimeSplitters 4 for years now.

The Rogerer

03-12-2012, 04:44 PM

It won't be TimeSplitters 4

#BROKEN Hasney

03-12-2012, 04:49 PM

Meaning it won't blow people away when they announce it. You think TS4 and almost anything is a step down from that.

Cool King

03-12-2012, 05:16 PM

Yeah, I won't be surprised if it's some kind of COD style FPS war game. I'm sort of expecting it to be anyway.

If it is something like that, it'll just be a massive disappointment to me. :-\

LoDownM

03-12-2012, 05:35 PM

If it's Crysis 3 or Timesplitters 4, I'll be happy.

Drakul

03-12-2012, 06:06 PM

Haze 2 :shifty:

Emperor Smeat

03-12-2012, 07:09 PM

Microsoft announces small changes are on its way in regards to Gamerscores as Xbox Live Arcade titles will be getting an increase from the standard 200 points possible to now a 400 points possible per arcade title.

No changes are expected to be done to retail games which will keep the 1000 points as a max and to DLC games which will still keep their own points and kept together with their retail counter-part.

Starting next month (April 2012) all new Xbox LIVE Arcade games will have the option to increase from 200 to 400 Gamerscore points, with the addition of up to 30 Achievements. Even better, this Gamerscore increase will be required in all new Xbox LIVE Arcade games starting in June 2012.

It is very unlikely the new changes will carry over to older titles but have been confirmed to be the new standard for all XBLA titles after March.

The move is being done to please Gamerscore chasers who have felt either arcade titles provided way too few points or kept demanding for more increases.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/xboxlive.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/microsoft-confirms-change-in-gamerscore-for-xbla-releases/

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Daily Recap:
1) Ubisoft might be changing its mind on completly ending the Desmond story with Asassin's Creed III as the studio announces they are planning on keeping Desmond around for future main AC games.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/assassins-creed-desmond-deserves-a-conclusion/

2) Double Fine's Kickstarter fundraiser for their upcoming classic point-and-click PC adventure game has raised $2.8 million in funds with 1 day left in the fundraiser.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/double-fines-kickstarter-campaign-closing-3-million-mark

3) The Mojang-Bethesda lawsuit over the use of the term "Scrolls" has been settled with Bethesda gaining complete rights to the term "Scrolls" although Mojang will be allowed to use the name for their upcoming game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/mojang-vbethesda-scrolls-lawsuit-has-been-settled

4) A court has dismissed the majority of the fraud claims in a lawsuit by former Infinity Ward bosses against Activision with the remainder of the lawsuit still expected to go on trial on May 7.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/fraud-charge-against-activision-dismissed/

Kalyx triaD

03-12-2012, 08:31 PM

'Gamerscore Inflation'

03-13-2012, 07:57 AM

1) Ubisoft might be changing its mind on completly ending the Desmond story with Asassin's Creed III as the studio announces they are planning on keeping Desmond around for future main AC games.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/assassins-creed-desmond-deserves-a-conclusion/

Nolan North must be thrilled with the news

Kane Knight

03-13-2012, 08:08 AM

1) Ubisoft might be changing its mind on completly ending the Desmond story with Asassin's Creed III as the studio announces they are planning on keeping Desmond around for future main AC games.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

#BROKEN Hasney

03-13-2012, 11:07 AM

Don't turn on your XBox if you care about achievements, they're being wiped.

HEAVENS.

http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-live-profiles-losing-all-their-achievements-yipes--223755.phtml

Drakul

03-13-2012, 01:51 PM

Why?! I should probably read the article.

That at least explains why mine went from 20000 to 10.

03-13-2012, 01:54 PM

Mine is 35G. I unlocked 1 in ME3 before I realized it. Hope it either gets added or lets me do it again. I will absolutely die if I miss out on "Mail Slot".

Drakul

03-13-2012, 01:56 PM

Kotaku says that MS says it should be fixed and, if it's not, try redownloading your profile.
I'll be trying that when I'm online later tonight.

03-13-2012, 01:57 PM

I'll try it now. brb ttfn

03-13-2012, 03:01 PM

Back to normal, although I think I lost Mail Slot forever. The in game counter shows 10/10 kills completed, but I don't have the achievement. If I was going for 1000 I would be very upset.

Funky Fly

03-13-2012, 03:18 PM

Try and get 10 more. See if it will reset and reunlock.

RoXer

03-13-2012, 04:43 PM

On a new save though

03-13-2012, 04:58 PM

It's okay. My year long hiatus from the 360 curbed my need for achievements.

Emperor Smeat

03-13-2012, 07:05 PM

According to Ono, the two part set for the Versus series involving Street Fighter and Tekken will be taking a lot longer than originally expected.

Either Capcom was assuming the entire set would be finished by a certain date or at least assumed Namco's turn with Tekken X Street Fighter would take about the same amount of time Capcom needed for SFxT.

Instead the project might have added more years from its original estimate based on Ono's request for a status report from Namco which contained absolutely nothing. It was later revealed Namco did not have any basic design documents nor any idea of how they want their version of the game to be made.

There’s a reason for this. Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono told GamesMaster in its April issue that Namco Bandai is “way behind schedule” on the project. Actually, the company has yet to make “a single design document”.

“It might take a really long time to come out because they haven’t made a single design document yet, so they’re way behind schedule. But we definitely trust them, so whenever that game gets out the door we think they’ll have a really good thing.

“Just to reiterate that point, they really haven’t made any progress on the game at all. It might be 2018 before the game comes out for all we know, and in the mean time, we want people to enjoy Street Fighter X Tekken. Hopefully we can make it past the Mayan end-of-the-world apocalypse at the end of 2012 and then maybe they can get around to making the game.”

While Capcom was aware of no details regarding Namco's project and knew Namco wanted to wait until after SFxT was released, Ono's request for a status report was the first time Capcom wanted any real details regarding Namco's project.

http://gamingeverything.com/16722/ono-says-namco-is-way-behind-schedule-on-tekken-x-street-fighter-jokes-about-2018-release-date/

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Daily Recap:
1) UK retailer GAME announces the company is up for sale to potential buyers with current rumors stating Gamestop will be the eventual buyer of GAME.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/game-sale

2) Previous Wii-exclusive rail shooters of Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles and Darkside Chronicles will be getting an HD remake for the PS3 with each game set to arrive on PSN this June.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/resident-evil-chronicles-hd-announced-for-playstation-3/

3) According to Remedy, the Alan Wake franchise has sold over 2 million copies combined between the original game on the Xbox 360 and PC as well as the recent American Nightmares game on Xbox Live Arcade.
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/250016/remedy-alan-wake-franchise-has-sold-over-2-million-units/

Kalyx triaD

03-13-2012, 08:14 PM

Ono was joking, it is part of the kayfabe between him and Harada. TxSF revealed some assets months ago (Chun-Li stance and Shoryuken animation tests).

That source kinda missed the punchline big time.

Emperor Smeat

03-14-2012, 06:43 PM

The current CEO of Epic Games and creator of the first Unreal Engine, Tim Sweeney, hints or implies there might be one last major console generation before the mobile market claims dominance over the video game industry.

He implied the console market has around 6-8 more years left of its dominance or around 1-2 more generations of consoles before mobile devices can both match and surpass anything capable on a console.

The big difference between a console and a tablet is the console can consume 100 or 200 watts of power, while the tablet consumes one or two or three or four watts. That's really the limiting factor of performance there. Just on the grounds of the laws of physics, you'd have to think it is three to four hardware generations, or six to eight years before the current highest end desktop or console performance you can achieve becomes achievable on tablets. To me, that really defines the role of consoles in the world. They define the highest and most impressive graphics experience anywhere in the industry. They focus on delivering teraflops of computing performance in a way that a portable device or an economical computer really couldn't, despite sheer focus on that one aspect.

He feels the future of the industry might be following Apple's way once the mobile market claims dominance. This would mean a lot more quicker advancements and "generations" replacing the slower life cycles of consoles.

Apple is by far the leading phone provider in terms of profits or any other objective measure of how well they are doing. A company in that position could just rest on their laurels and keep making more and more profit from each new phone. Apple doesn't take that approach. Rather, they push the technology forward as fast, or faster than possible to go from lower resolution displays.

He also feels web browsers in devices will become a new standard in gaming and touted how even the Unreal Engine 3 was able to be modified to work on current web browsers.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17gfgv8f2oapgjpg/original.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5893209/creator-of-unreal-engine-says-consoles-have-a-good-six-to-eight-years-left-in-them-yet

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Daily Recap:
1) Nintendo announces they are giving away free Augmented Reality cards for the upcoming Kid Icarus Uprising game on the 3DS to all Club Nintendo members who apply for the cards.
http://kidicarus.nintendo.com/uprising/explore-the-game/arcards.html#giveaway

2) Sega teases Skies of Arcadia and Shenmue 1 will be the next set of Dreamcast games to be getting the downloadable HD treatment for XBLA and PSN although no actual date was announced for either game.
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=141231

3) The current developers for the upcoming South Park RPG game, Obsidian, announced they have laid off between 20-30 employees with the biggest cuts results in an unannounced project being cancelled and a few from the current South Park RPG team.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/report-obsidian-hit-with-layoffs-unannounced-project-canceled/4033/

ClockShot

03-14-2012, 07:27 PM

There's a free Kid Icarus card in this month's Game Informer, too.

Captain of Fun

03-14-2012, 07:37 PM

Always wanted to try Skies of Arcadia. I've heard things.

Kane Knight

03-14-2012, 07:40 PM

Always wanted to try Skies of Arcadia. I've heard things.

It's a damn good game. Hope it's Legends, though.

LoDownM

03-14-2012, 08:01 PM

One of the best RPGs I've ever played. Might actually buy a PSN game for once.

03-14-2012, 08:08 PM

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Funky Fly

03-14-2012, 08:16 PM

Looks interesting. No pausing during combat is the one thing that will either make or break this game.

Kalyx triaD

03-15-2012, 12:59 AM

http://media.dcentertainment.com/sites/default/files/LB2_X360_Screen004_Wave2.5.jpg

Kalyx triaD

03-15-2012, 03:14 PM

03-15-2012, 03:23 PM

Why was the Joker talking. Aren't they suppose to mumble and stuff. Did Lego's do this before.

Kane Knight

03-15-2012, 03:39 PM

My Legos talked to me all the time.

Kalyx triaD

03-15-2012, 03:42 PM

Voice acting is one of the new things they're trying, along with a huge world hub of Gotham City. Good to hear Clancy Brown as Lex again.

Kane Knight

03-15-2012, 03:56 PM

I really liked the voiceless versions of the Lego games, but I'm not adverse to trying this. Of course, I never played the first Batman title, so I might want to do that.

Extreme Angle

03-15-2012, 04:47 PM

Finished my first character for those who care... :)

Emperor Smeat

03-15-2012, 06:58 PM

After months of phishing attacks on the Xbox 360 involving FIFA 12's Ultimate Team mode, EA finally releases a patch to fix the problem on their side of the attacks.

The fixes are part of a larger patch which will update and fix in other bugs of the game.

Logging in to Ultimate Team mode now requires a security question to be answered if its being accessed from a different console or once every 30 days if accessed from a web browser.

Users can now also lock their accounts anytime they want to prevent unwanted access when they are not playing the game as well.

Microsoft has been patching their side of the issue since the release of FIFA 12 but this will be the first time EA has actually done something to combat the problem. Previously EA stated their game wasn't responsible for the problems nor had any fixes besides asking people to be more careful with their credit accounts.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/fifa12.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/ea-releases-fifa-12-patch%E2%80%94anti-scam-features-disconnection-update/

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Daily Recap:
1) Update on Obisidian's layoffs as a current rumor states Microsoft was responsible for cancelling and pulling funding for the unannounced project meant for the next Xbox console which ended up causing the layoffs.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-obsidians-cancelled-project-was-killed-by-microsoft/

2) Possibly influenced by Activision's Call of Duty Elite model, EA announces they are considering adding their own subscription-based model for future games in the Battlefield series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/ea-considering-subscription-models-for-future-battlefield-titles/

3) Before the decision to include multiplayer into Mass Effect 3, Bioware was originally considering making a FPS game involving the Mass Effect brand.
http://kotaku.com/5893424/there-was-going-to-be-a-mass-effect-first-person-shooter/gallery/1

Bonus News: CBS, owners of Gamespot, has bought out Giant Bomb and other companies in the Whiskey Media brand. According to Giantbomb, they won't be merged in with Gamespot but will be having some Gamespot employees working for them.
http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion/30/wm-has-been-sold/539505/

Swiss Ultimate

03-15-2012, 07:10 PM

Finished my first character for those who care... :)

What's the story behind this?

Extreme Angle

03-16-2012, 06:06 AM

What's the story behind this?

Studying Games Design :p

RoXer

03-16-2012, 06:00 PM

My wired headset doesn't work on my awesome new silver controller :(

Emperor Smeat

03-16-2012, 07:34 PM

Bethesda rumored to be making an MMO style Elder Scrolls game and could have been a key reason behind the lawsuit against Mojang's game called Scrolls.

The game is set as a prequel to the series and is expected to be called Elder Scrolls Online.

In terms of storyline, it will occur during the "Second Era" or roughly hundreds of years before the earliest game in the series and about a millennium before Skyrim. There will also be three playable factions with each faction represented by an animal (lion, dragon, bird of prey).

The game is set to arrive this May although no other details were given.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Skyrim-DLC.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-elder-scrolls-mmo-to-be-revealed-in-may/

____________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) Blaze Europe confirms a new Neo-Geo handheld will be arriving later this year although current rumors place the price around over $600 or $700.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/hey-remember-that-weird-handheld-neo-geo-thing-it-actually-exists/4038/

2) Racket and Clank HD Collection has been confirmed for a May release for Europe and a Fall 2012 release date for the US/Canada. The set includes the original game R&C game, R&C Going Commando, and R&C Up Your Arsenal.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/ratchet-and-clank-hd-collection-announced/

3) Dynasty Warriors Vs for the Nintendo 3DS will include unlockable costumes mimicking Link from Skyward Sword and Samus from Metroid Other M.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dynasty-warriors-vs-will-have-costumes-skyward-sword-and-metroid-other-m

4) Details regarding Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be arriving soon based on hints revealed by Tetsuya Nomura, the director of the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ffxiii-versus-info-coming-soonmaybe

DaveBrawl

03-16-2012, 08:29 PM

Finished my first character for those who care... :)

It looks great. Excellent work.

03-16-2012, 09:56 PM

My wired headset doesn't work on my awesome new silver controller :(

a god damn shame

Drakul

03-18-2012, 01:41 PM

If anyone in the UK is interested, the Videogame BAFTAS is on Challenge tonight at 11pm.

Drakul

03-18-2012, 02:17 PM

Also, some guy has lodged an official complaint with the Better Business Bureau and Federal Trade Commission because he didn't like the ending of Mass Effect 3.

Between going that far over a games ending and everyone crying over DLC in ME3 and SFxT, I'm starting to go off my fellow gamers.

The way I see on-disc DLC, they keep the price of the game at a reasonable level while everything else in life is increasing in price.

By selling the game for £40/$60, the game is at a managable price but, with production (and life in general) getting more expensive, this is less of a profit, realitively speaking.
So, rather than hiking up the price of the game instore and damaging sales, they keep it at a price we will accept.
The DLC then lets them make an actual profit in a way that's optional and more managable because it's spread out of a few months.

If the alternative to locked on-disc DLC was paying an extra £30/40 or an extra $40/50 for every single thing unlocked, would people prefer that?
As I see it, that's the legal* options. £40/$60 for the game and a few extra £/$ for locked DLC every other week or £80/$100 instore for everything included.

*specifically put in the word "legal" so Hasney wouldn't suggest his prefered method, which is besides the point.

Kalyx triaD

03-18-2012, 02:53 PM

I am similarly unamused by gamers who think they're being ripped off in their videogame purchases.

RoXer

03-18-2012, 04:02 PM

GOOZEX - An item you requested is in the mail: Deadly Premonition‏

#BROKEN Hasney

03-18-2012, 04:10 PM

Man, you're in for such a delightful trip, once you get last the HDified Dreamcat level graphics. :heart:

Kane Knight

03-18-2012, 04:41 PM

Also, some guy has lodged an official complaint with the Better Business Bureau and Federal Trade Commission because he didn't like the ending of Mass Effect 3.

I mentioned this in the ME thread. It's not just because he didn't like the ending, but because he feels that Bioware's claims on what the endign would be constitutes false advertising. They did promote a product wholly different from the end result. That kind of fits the bill.

I like the fact that actually going through proper channels gets more controversy than the death threats Devs get. I also wonder how many of those were Fangerl.

The way I see on-disc DLC, they keep the price of the game at a reasonable level while everything else in life is increasing in price.

Which is why Compact Discs are now 50 dollars, DVDs are now 70...

Seriously, though, not everything rises in price. A lot do, but so what? They don't need to subsidise the costs with DLC. Have you seen how much more money they made in 2011 than 2010? Have yuo seentheir projections for 2012? The games industry as a whole is gonna like double over the course of three years!

So, rather than hiking up the price of the game instore and damaging sales, they keep it at a price we will accept.

At least, temporarily.

The DLC then lets them make an actual profit in a way that's optional and more managable because it's spread out of a few months.

Ignoring the fact that most of the on-disc DLC is sold as day 1, then yes, it's spread out over months.

If the alternative to locked on-disc DLC was paying an extra £30/40 or an extra $40/50 for every single thing unlocked, would people prefer that?
As I see it, that's the legal* options. £40/$60 for the game and a few extra £/$ for locked DLC every other week or £80/$100 instore for everything included.

Keeping in mind these are not the two options, because the market would not stand for one of them.

Honestly, if they're going to hit us with 40 bucks of DLC, something they would NEVER charge us for on-disc if they were being transparent, they should lower the initial price point. Otherwise, they've been making BILLIONS, so the argument that they need to do this to keep up is just plain false.

Also, why don't games like Skyrim need to do it? There's hundreds of hours of content on those games, with fewer iterations in between. Why aren't companies like Bethesda and Obsidian in the toilet? Rockstar? C'mon, man, it doesn't pass the smell test.

But yeah, it really pisses me off when consumers go to consumer advocacy groups or want things at a reasonable price like consumers. Why can't they just be wallets with legs?

Wanting honesty, transparency, and fairness are so selfish. y u so intitld, gamurz?

Kane Knight

03-19-2012, 09:50 AM

Emperor Smeat

03-19-2012, 07:12 PM

In a discussion concerning the Dragon Age series, Bioware revealed their plans for the future along with the news of an unannounced Dragon Age II expansion pack ending up becoming cancelled.

Mark Darrah from Bioware mentioned future games in the series will focus a lot based on the results gained from both fan opinions and feedback from the first two games. Besides the official forums and social media sites, Bioware will also have its first public forum for future games starting at PAX East next month.

“You’ve most certainly heard the rumors floating around, and unfortunately I can’t really comment on them. However, what I can say is that we’ve been thinking a lot about Dragon Age – what it means, and where it could go. This past year, we’ve spent a lot of time both going back to the ‘BioWare vault’ of games and re-examining them, and looking at some new possibilities that today’s industry allows.

“With that, the next thing for the Dragon Age team members and I to do is hear from you, and not just on the forums, or Facebook, or Twitter. We’ll be attending a number of conventions and gatherings, including PAX East in April. The most valuable thing we can get out of those meetings is to hear from you on those same topics – what does Dragon Age mean to you, and where would you like to see it go? We’re excited to hear what you have to say!”

Originally there were plans for an expansion DLC pack for Dragon Age II called "Exalted March" which would have ended Hawke's storyline from the main game. The project was eventually cancelled by EA and Bioware in favor of working on Mass Effect 3 and other projects at the time.

The DLC pack wouldn't have Hawke as a playable character but Bioware still has plans in the future to end his story although most likely now as part of a potential Dragon Age III game.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dragonage2.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/bioware-cancels-unannounced-dragon-age-ii-expansion/

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Daily Recap:
1) Ubisoft announces the 3DS version of Rayman Origins has been delayed from a March 22 release date to now a June 8 date for Europe while the US/Canada still has no release date given.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rayman-origins-3ds-has-been-delayed

2) According to Firaxis Games, the PC version of XCOM: Enemy Support will have both mod and mouse support along with the potential for the map maker being similar in style to Civilization V.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/pc-version-xcom-enemy-unknown-sport-mod-and-mouse-support

3) EA releases their annual list of games having server shutdowns this year with the majority being games released in 2010 and the first Online Pass enabled game, Burnout Revenge, also listed for the shutdowns.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/ea-pulls-online-support-for-more-games/

Iop

03-20-2012, 11:15 AM

I wonder if Dragon Age III is going to be even crappier. Dragon Age 1 was good, 2 was bad so 3...?

Kane Knight

03-20-2012, 11:34 AM

Dragon Age 2 was dumbed down for the console cards. Dragon Age 3 will be dumbed down for the iOS tarts.

Iop

03-20-2012, 11:47 AM

Dragon Age 2 was dumbed down for the console cards. Dragon Age 3 will be dumbed down for the iOS tarts.

Hey guys I got the first exclusive screen of Dragon Age 3 in action

http://i44.tinypic.com/33mvja8.jpg

:shifty:

Iop

03-20-2012, 11:48 AM

Its been optimized for Windows 8 btw

Kane Knight

03-20-2012, 11:53 AM

OMG Bioware how could u do this!

LoDownM

03-20-2012, 01:09 PM

It won't matter if Dragon Age 3 is the best video game ever made, Iop still won't like it because it won't have enough gore. Or 3D sex scenes.

03-20-2012, 01:15 PM

I am looking forward to DA3. I hope it's just like 2, without recycling the same map 40 or so times.

Iop

03-20-2012, 03:30 PM

OMG

Microsoft working on Xbox Helmet and glasses.
http://asia.cnet.com/crave/is-microsoft-working-on-gaming-helmets-and-eyewear-62213956.htm

http://cdn.asia.cnet.com/i/r/2012/crave/gd/62213956/microsoft_600x325.jpg

Funky Fly

03-20-2012, 03:31 PM

Fucking EA. They lead the charge on this online pass bullshit and they're one of the only ones pulling online support from games.

Kane Knight

03-20-2012, 03:55 PM

It won't matter if Dragon Age 3 is the best video game ever made, Iop still won't like it because it won't have enough gore. Or 3D sex scenes.

Or threeways.

Fucking EA. They lead the charge on this online pass bullshit and they're one of the only ones pulling online support from games.

Especially bad since they said that EA passes would support servers.

Did you see the suggestion from EA's CEO about charging for bullets?

Kane Knight

03-20-2012, 06:35 PM

Oh crap, this is impacting single player content, too. Apparently, the Saboteur will be impacted. Though I think the only thing that came with that was a patch so you could see bewbs, so I won't miss that. But that means in the future, we could see other similar shutdowns.

Swiss Ultimate

03-20-2012, 06:46 PM

So am I too late to start playing Dragon Age 1?

Kane Knight

03-20-2012, 07:03 PM

Nah, but I'm not sure why you'd want to.

Emperor Smeat

03-20-2012, 07:11 PM

Congress is considering a bill that would potentially treat video games similar to tobacco and alcohol products.

The bill is aimed at adding warning labels to all ESRB-rated game and was written by Joe Baca, D-California, who has been pushing the idea around since 2009. The original 2009 and 2011 versions only targeted games rated higher than "E" but the 2012 expands to include all games regardless of its rating.

The warnings would not actually detail what questionable content is in a particular game like the ESRB does but would be pushed as an actual health warning label.

If he was a predictable legislator, he would be doing this again in 2013, but California Democrat Joe Baca has thrown us a curveball. Yesterday, he introduced the newest version of his "Violence in Video Games Labeling Act."

He wants this label..."WARNING: Exposure to violent video games has been linked to aggressive behavior."... on every video game.

His official reasoning for the new attempt this year is due to him believing the industry has failed to curb the growth of violent games and only using research that states violent video games promote violent behavior.

"The video game industry has a responsibility to parents, families, and to consumers – to inform them of the potentially damaging content that is often found in their products," said Rep. Baca. "They have repeatedly failed to live up to this responsibility. Meanwhile research continues to show that playing violent video games is a casual risk factor for a host of detrimental effects in both the short- and long-term, including increasing the likelihood of physically aggressive behavior. American families deserve to know the truth about these potentially dangerous products."

The current bill is labeled H.R. 4204 and was issued yesterday in the House of Representatives.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17h1xfrjkoxygjpg/original.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5894977/congressman-really-really-really-wants-to-slap-cigarette+style-warning-labels-on-video-games

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Daily Recap:
1) According to Kevin Levine, one level of the upcoming Bioshock Infinite game contains about three times more dialog than the original game had overall.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/one-bioshock-infinite-level-contains-three-times-more-dialogue-than-the-entire-first-game/

2) Crystal Dynamics is currently rumored to be rebooting the original Soul Reaver with the potential of reviving the series as well in the future.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-crystal-dynamics-bring-revive-soul-reaver-franchise

3) The God of War series could be expanding to include the PS Vita and iOS devices according to recent plans by the series developer Sony Santa Monica.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/sony-santa-monica-says-god-of-war-could-come-to-vita-ios/

Swiss Ultimate

03-20-2012, 07:11 PM

I kind of like the DA2 demo...I need some cinematic styled RPGs to play until Bioware comes out with new DLC and I have to get my Mass Effect 3 (disc one) repaired. The wife and kids are visiting my in-laws at the same time I go back to work as well.

Kane Knight

03-20-2012, 07:13 PM

Swiss Ultimate

03-20-2012, 07:13 PM

@Meatball

Reality need not apply when politics are involved.

Swiss Ultimate

03-20-2012, 07:15 PM

I love research continues to show that playing violent video games is a casual risk factor for a host of detrimental effects in both the short- and long-term, including increasing the likelihood of physically aggressive behavior.

The use of such vague/broad terminology and the complete lack of citation is just fantastic.

03-20-2012, 07:24 PM

DAO and DA2 play pretty different, though.

Yup. Hated 1 but loved 2.

Kane Knight

03-20-2012, 07:40 PM

I love

The use of such vague/broad terminology and the complete lack of citation is just fantastic.

Well, what did you expect?

Yup. Hated 1 but loved 2.

I hated DAO and didn't like the demo for two.

Swiss Ultimate

03-20-2012, 07:52 PM

I might enjoy both, I'm not that hard to please when I'm smoking angel dust.

Kane Knight

03-20-2012, 07:57 PM

Play Kingdoms of Ammityville.

FearedSanctity

03-21-2012, 03:37 PM

Just gonna throw this in here since pretty much everyone reads this thread anyway.

Since the last dash update ruined my 360s disc drive, my dad loaned me his 360. Thing is, his is flashed or modded or whatever. I don't know for sure and neither does he since he just bought it off Craigslist a few years ago for the hell of it. Things were fine for a while but now attempting to play any games that have come out since around October 2011 causes the system to hit me with the "system must be updated" box or whatever. I would just update and hope for the best, but given this isn't my Xbox I'm not about to fuck anything up. Now I don't take this 360 online so I'm not worried about getting flagged or anything, I just wanted to know if I could safely use the system update on recent games like ME3 without any ill effects on the 360s ability to play games offline? Any help would be appreciated

Kalyx triaD

03-21-2012, 03:43 PM

I'm not too sure but I wouldn't do it.

FearedSanctity

03-21-2012, 03:46 PM

Yeah I've been putting it off because I didn't think it'd take me this long to get my 360 fixed. Started doing it with WWE 12 a few months ago so I just shelved the game, but now I REALLY wanna play ME3 so I'm trying to get it figured out asap

#BROKEN Hasney

03-21-2012, 03:56 PM

Emperor Smeat

03-21-2012, 04:02 PM

FearedSanctity

03-21-2012, 04:05 PM

Update is fine, but it might flash the box back to stock and not play modded games anymore.

For the newer games, you'd have to re-nod it with LT 3.0 anyway and some newer games need a specific DVD burner in your PC to work. The flashing of TE XBox to a modded state is easy, getting working discs of newer games is difficult as hell now.

Don't think I'm too worried about it flashing back to stock as my dad doesn't ever use it anyway. Just not trying to brick what isn't mine. Out of curiosity though, if it does flash back to stock, would it be able to go online? Or is that still something to avoid?

#BROKEN Hasney

03-21-2012, 04:10 PM

You'd be flagged, but to be completely honest with you all that does is ban that specific 360 from Live. Your account, if you have one, will be fine.

FearedSanctity

03-21-2012, 04:17 PM

Awesome, thanks man

Kane Knight

03-21-2012, 04:46 PM

Even though you don't play the games offline, I think if you try to download the game patches or updates, it can still send out a flag to Microsoft.

I think them and Nintendo include system checkers in the updates who's purpose is to remove the hacked firmware (or at least I know Nintendo does). No clue on what Sony includes with their weekly updates.

I thought they just console banned, like with hardware mods. And like Hasney said.

Sony is still pretty convinced their system is unhackable. Not sure what they do.

Verbose Minch

03-21-2012, 05:13 PM

I thought they just console banned, like with hardware mods. And like Hasney said.

Sony is still pretty convinced their system is unhackable. Not sure what they do.

If they find out you're hacking they probably just give away all your personal information.

Emperor Smeat

03-21-2012, 07:31 PM

Warren Spector reveals new details about the upcoming Epic Mickey 2 with drop-in/out co-op and a lot more musical parts to be included.

In regards to camera issues that plagued the first game, Spector explained this was a top priority for the sequel with the largest team assigned for improving the camera controls.

The game will allow drop-in/out co-out with the second player controlling Oswald and the CPU taking control when a player drops out of the game.

Voice acting will be a new feature with both Mickey and Oswald to be fully voiced in the game and a historic first for Oswald who never had a voice in his cartoons.

The voice acting will be tied into random musicals encountered in the game which was also revealed as a new feature.

"I'm such a geek about musicals," said Spector at the recent Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, where he was honored with a lifetime achievement award. "I love the co-op and next-gen stuff, but for me, when a character breaks into song, which they do on a regular basis in this game, it's magic."

The game will be titled as Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and is still on track for a release on the Wii, PS3. and Xbox 360.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/epic-mickey.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/disney-epic-mickey-2-exists-is-a-musical/4044/

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Daily Recap:
1) Based on a teaser website, a new game in the Uncharted series could be made official tomorrow and might take place in Scandinavia.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/teaser-site-pointing-to-uncharted-reveal-tomorrow/

2) According to Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed 4 could act as a "prequel" to Assassin's Creed 3's American setting. This could confirm earlier reports of the company deciding against ending the Desmond storyline for future games.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/ubisoft-assassins-creed-4-could-take-place-before-assassins-creed-3/

3) Telltale confirms The Walking Dead: The Game will be arriving soon with the trailer revealed recently and the news of the game following the same 5-part episodic style as recent Telltale games.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/telltale-has-revealed-official-walking-dead-trailer

Kane Knight

03-21-2012, 08:25 PM

Oh good. Desmond again!

Emperor Smeat

03-22-2012, 06:45 PM

Microsoft's next promotion for Xbox Live will be called "Arcade Next" and similar to previous promotions on Xbox Live, this one will have 1 game released per week and a 400 MS point discount for buying all the games.

The promotion starts on April 18 with Trials Evolution and ends with the Xbox version of Mincecraft on May 9. These games will also be the first Xbox Live Arcade titles to support the new 400 gamerscore and 30 achievements as the new standard for XBLA games.

* Trials Evolution (1200 Microsoft Points / $15) -- April 18
* Bloodforge (1200 Microsoft Points / $15) -- April 25
* Fable Heroes (800 Microsoft Points / $10) -- May 2
* Minecraft: Xbox Edition (1600 Microsoft Points / $20) -- May 9

Kinect controls for Minecraft will not be available when the game is released but will arrive as a post-launch patch.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/13/134743/2119854-trialsevo2.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/minecraft-trials-evolution-fable-heroes-and-bloodforge-have-dates-prices/4047/

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Daily Recap:
1) Rockstar announces multiplayer factions or "crews" created in Max Payne 3 will be transferable to Grand Theft Auto V's multiplayer modes.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/max-payne-3-multiplayer-crews-will-work-gta-v

2) According to Famitsu, Bayonetta will be a guest character for the upcoming fighting game Anarchy Reigns.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/bayonetta-joins-the-cast-of-anarchy-reigns/

3) From Software will be porting Dark Souls to the PC with more details expected on April 18 based on a recent app released by the company and news from PC PowerPlay magazine.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dark-souls-coming-pc-all-official

Emperor Smeat

03-23-2012, 07:13 PM

According to Capcom, the survival horror genre is no longer strong enough to stand on its own for both the future of the Resident Evil series and the gaming industry as a whole.

In an interview with Gamasutra, Masachika Kawata, the executive producer for Resident Evil Revelations on the 3DS, says the market for the creepy and slower paced games no longer sells well enough in North America with concerns of the genre beginning to reach niche status. His main reasoning involved comparing the sales of recent horror and horror-like games with the higher selling quick-paced shooters that currently dominate the market.

Each Resident Evil game since Resident Evil 4 has been moving more toward action, Kawata said, and the series should continue to do so:

Especially for the North American market, I think the series needs to head in that [action-oriented] direction. [Resident Evil's primary games] need to be an extension of the changes made in Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5.

RE4 started in that direction, and RE5 kept going in that direction. And I think that especially for the North American market, we need to keep going in that direction, and take that a step further. And that's exactly one of the reasons that Revelations is the way it is.

He did mention that the Resident Evil series won't completely ditch its horror roots but instead will now be considered as an additional gameplay feature instead of the main focus with older RE games. Resident Evil Revelations and Operation Racoon City are being used to test out this new mesh in gameplay styles.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17hcadbhkipm6jpg/original.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5895875/survival-horror-just-isnt-popular-enough-in-america-says-resident-evil-producer

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Daily Recap:
1) Gamestop announces it stop accepting trade-ins for Gamecube related products on April 2nd but they will still sell the remaining GC related stuff until supplies run out.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/gamestop-no-longer-accepting-gamecube-stuff

2) Sony could be ditching the ModNation racing franchise with the news of the LittleBigPlanet series having a kart racing game to be released on the PS3 before the end of this year.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/littlebigplanetkarting-confirmed-ps3-later-year

3) Amazon.com is currently holding a clearance sale on over 1500 video games and accessories ranging from current systems to as far back as the NES era
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_hi_2?rh=n%3A468642%2Cn%3A!2334095011%2Cn%3A!2334157011%2Cn%3A2811049011&bbn=2811049011&ie=UTF8&qid=1332531759

4) Ubisoft realizes the best way to combat consumer frustration with DRM restrictions is to make a game that contains enough value for the user so that the need to restrict a game with DRM wouldn't be needed.
http://kotaku.com/5895976/ubisoft-hopes-value-can-make-drm-go-away-in-the-future

Pintint

03-23-2012, 08:27 PM

:n:

That's retarded, there's plenty of action games on the market, we need some more real horror games.
But I guess the money is on the generic shooters these days...

Kalyx triaD

03-23-2012, 08:43 PM

Nobody to blame but us really.

Kane Knight

03-23-2012, 09:36 PM

Nobody to blame but us really.

I blame Hasney.

Verbose Minch

03-23-2012, 10:00 PM

I blame Hasney.

I blame the jews

#BROKEN Hasney

03-24-2012, 01:38 AM

I blame me too. I gave Capcom money for RE5. :(

Kane Knight

03-24-2012, 08:56 AM

I blame me too. I gave Capcom money for RE5. :(

You...Sick...Bastard.

03-24-2012, 09:41 AM

I blame me too. I gave Capcom money for RE5. :(

Giving them money for the greatest co-op game this gen, maybe even of all time, is nothing to be ashamed about. You should actually feel proud and honored. :y:

Kalyx triaD

03-24-2012, 11:17 AM

I don't know about greatest co-op but it was pretty cool.

Fignuts

03-24-2012, 11:32 AM

This generation, my favorite co-op experience has been New Super Mario Brothers Wii. Though at times we were anything but cooperative. But that was a part of the fun.

Red Dead was another fun one.

Haven't played Portal 2, but I'm sure the co-op in that is a blast. Only drawback would be that after you play through once, there would be little reason to do it again, since you already know the solutions to the puzzles.

Emperor Smeat

03-26-2012, 06:56 PM

A bunch of Epic Mickey news was revealed during the weekend with the possibility of the original game heading to the Xbox 360 and PS3, the Wii version of Epic Mickey 2 is the lead platform, and a new Mickey game announced for the 3DS.

In an interview with Game Informer, Warren Spector hinted if he gets Disney's permission, the first Epic Mickey game could be ported over to the Xbox 360 and PS3. It would arrive before the release of Epic Mickey 2 and get people who didn't play the Wii version to be interested in the Epic Mickey series.

Warren Spector also confirms the Wii will be the lead platform for the development of Epic Mickey 2 with the Xbox 360 and PS3 getting upscaled HD versions of the game. Junction Point will work on the Wii version while Blitz Games will handle the HD versions.

Epic Mickey 2 will also have a collectable Nunchuck controller for the Wii version and confirmed to have PS Move support for the PS3 version. The Xbox 360 version will not support Kinect controls.

Finally, Nintendo Power confirms the Nintendo 3DS will be getting an Epic Mickey game titled as "Epic Mickey Power of Illusion" and will be arriving this Fall on the same time as Epic Mickey 2's release.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/epicmickey3DS_610.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/nintendo-power-confirms-epic-mickey-power-illusion-3ds
http://kotaku.com/5896369/epic-mickey-2-needs-the-power-of-two-development-studios
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ps3-and-xbox-360-ports-original-epic-mickey-could-be-possibility

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Daily Recap:
1) Denis Dyack teases Silicon Knights is currently working on their "most fan requested" game with the news of the game only arriving on a next generation console and most likely will be Eternal Darkness 2.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/denis-dyack-excited-about-developing-%E2%80%9Cmost-requested%E2%80%9D-ip

2) Robert Bowling announces he has resigned as the lead creative strategist for the Call of Duty series and will also be leaving both Activision and Infinity Ward.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/robert-bowling-unexpectedly-announces-he-is-exiting-activision/4051/

3) Microsoft is rumored to be making one more model of the Xbox 360 which will be called "Xbox Lite" before officially shifting their focus from the Xbox 360 to the next Xbox console. The Lite model is expected to arrive in 2013 for the price of $100.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-microsoft-to-release-xbox-lite-before-next-gen-console/

4) According to recent trademarks filed, Namco-Bandi could be bringing former Japan-only Tales of Xillia to both the US and European markets.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/namco-bandai-registers-tales-of-xillia-trademark-for-us/

Kane Knight

03-26-2012, 09:32 PM

Stargate Actor Joe Flanigan may have leaked Army of Four on his Twitter. He said he's signed on for Ao4 by EA.

Destor's probably the only other one who cares.

Emperor Smeat

03-27-2012, 06:39 PM

Less than a year after the massive hacking attack which lead to PSN being rebuilt, Sony announces they have taken down 2 digital PSP games from the PSN network. It was discovered both games were being used to launch hacking attacks on the service.

The games taken down were Hot Shots Tennis and Motorstorm: Arctic Edge with the official reason for the removal due to "stability improvement." The real reason was due to hackers using those games to once again attack the PSN network with the main source involving the exploit the PS Vita has when running in PSP mode which allows homebrew programs to run on the PSN network.

No date was given by Sony when either game would be returning to the PSN Store and servers.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/7/72807/1425367-960628_20090602_790screen001.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/hot-shots-tennis-and-motorstorm-arctic-edge-suspended-from-playstation-network-because-of-hacking-issues/4053/

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Daily Recap:
1) Sega announces Phantasy Star Online 2 will be getting the Free-To-Play treatment for the PC and PS Vita with an iOS and Android version arriving in the future.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/phantasy-star-online-goes-free-to-play-coming-to-ios-and-android/

2) Capcom trying to win the title of "worst DLC provider" as they announce the cliff-hanging ending to Asura's Wrath is not the real ending and instead will be available as a DLC pack for the price of $7.
http://www.giantbomb.com/asuras-wrath/61-32688/morally-bankrupt-dlc-asuras-wrath-real-ending-for-7/35-541193/

3) Microsoft is giving away the digital versions of Halo Reach, Fable III, Kinect Sports, The Gunslinger, and Toy Soldiers for free to any non-Gold Xbox 360 user who purchases a 6-month Gold plan.
http://www.gamerzines.com/xbox/news-xbox/five-free-games-xbox-live-gold-subscription.html

Fignuts

03-27-2012, 07:41 PM

Jesus christ, Capcom.

Kane Knight

03-27-2012, 08:00 PM

Remind me not to buy anything from Capcom ever again.

RoXer

03-28-2012, 12:04 PM

I'm enjoying MLB: The Show's Diamond Dynasty mode a lot more than I thought I would.

Iop

03-28-2012, 01:04 PM

cool a portable xbox

http://cdn.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/portable-xbox-360.jpg

Drakul

03-28-2012, 01:20 PM

So, I picked up a few old games from Game and a charity shop the other day for very cheap and I've a couple of questions.

Firstly, Jurrasic Park: Operation Genesis. Got it for the PS2, eager to play it for the first time in years and it wont work. It's a purple disc and I've found that they never work. It seems to be a common thing, judging by what Google brings back.
Any solutions?

I also got Theme Park World (Sim Theme Park in the US) for the PS2 and the disc doesn't work either. I held it up to the light and the disc looks semi-clear. If I hold it up to the light, I can see everything on the other side. Pirate copy? Worn out? Is that why it wont work?

I got Turok Evolution for Xbox and I'm curious how I reload and how I cycle through weapons. The manual says nothing about either.
I can cycle through the tomahawk, bow, techbow & pistol but, when using the "unlock all weapons" cheat, I can't seem to access all weapons so I wondered if there was a menu I could access to see the other weapons.

Finally, I got Rollercoaster Tycoon Deluxe 2 for PC. The games cool but any idea how to start a park from scratch? All I can do is "missions" like taking over an already built park and going for a target profit.
I've read you can start fresh using scenario editor or something. Any other way?
I don't fancy browsing through 300+ items in scenario editor to decide what types of ice cream shop to have,

Kalyx triaD

03-28-2012, 01:37 PM

Toruk Evolution is pretty much the worst shooter ever made.

Drakul

03-28-2012, 01:39 PM

I've read that on Gamefaqs. I've only played the first level or two but I wouldn't say it was the worst. Sure, it's no Timesplitters 3 or Perfect Dark but "worst" might be harsh. Or does it get really bad later on?

I do dislike the way you have to recollect each gun in each level though.

Still, it was £1.99 in a charity shop that raises money for the British Heart Foundation so it's not a big deal if it's not great.

Fignuts

03-28-2012, 01:46 PM

There are waaaaaaay worse shooters out there than Turok: Evolution.

Funky Fly

03-28-2012, 02:12 PM

Kalyx triaD

03-28-2012, 02:31 PM

It's really bad, on a technical and interface level.

Fignuts

03-28-2012, 02:36 PM

Yeah, that game was just mediocre. Bad shooters don't really even get mentioned anymore since there are so many big name shooters dominating the market. Even good-but-not-great shooters like Singularity and FEAR are not exactly uncommon.

We're talking about the PS2 Turok, not the current gen one.

Evo is horrid, no doubt, but there is still far worse out there.

Emperor Smeat

03-28-2012, 07:22 PM

A bunch of PS4 rumors were supposedly leaked with the big ones being a late 2013 release date, codename of "Orbis", and requires a constant internet connection.

The project is rumored to be codenamed "Orbis" which could end up as part of the final name similar to Vita ending up being added as a new name to the Playstation family. It could also hint at continued connectivity between the handheld and the system due to Orbis meaning "Circle of" and Vita meaning "Life" in Latin.

Rumored specs involve AMD providing both the CPU and GPU with GPU a "Southern Islands" brand and the CPU being an x64 processor.

The PS4's GPU in particular, we're told, will be capable of displaying Orbis games at a resolution of up to 4096x2160, which is far in excess of the needs of most current HDTV sets. It'll also be capable of playing 3D games in 1080p (the PS3 could only safely manage 3D at 720p).

According to unnamed sources, Sony already started to send out development kits during this month's GDC conference with the goal to have the games ready for next year.

Now for the potentially bad news, it appears Sony won't bother at all with backwards compatibility for PS3 games (software or hardware). Also rumored is the next Playstation could be leaning towards not allowing used games to be played similar to rumors of the next Xbox.

Here's how our main source says it's currently shaping up: new games for the system will be available one of two ways, either on a Blu-Ray disc or as a PSN download (yes, even full retail titles). If you buy the disc, it must be locked to a single PSN account, after which you can play the game, save the whole thing to your HDD, or peg it as "downloaded" in your account history and be free to download it at a later date.

Another potentially bad piece of news appears to be the demands for a constant internet connection to use the system and used games could be restricted to a trial/demo-like mode or require an "Online Pass" payment just to play the game. The Pass would become a standardized feature and no longer up to publishers to implement.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17hsuo9tvfunijpg/original.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5896996/the-next-playstation-is-called-orbis-sources-say-here-are-the-details

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Daily Recap:
1) The idea of Kickstarter becoming a haven for funding games won't be a reality after recent gaming fundraisers reveal the public's interest in funding these projects is slowly drying up with the latest big project, Auditorium 2: Duet, barely reaching its fundraiser goal.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/on-kickstarter-there-are-no-guarantees/4055/

2) According to 2K, Borderlands 2 will have playable demos available during next month's PAX East convention with Spec Ops: The Line, XCOM:Enenmy Unknown, and Civilization V: Gods and Kings confirmed to be shown as well.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/borderlands-2-playable-at-pax-east/

3) Atlus announces they are giving a permament discount for all of their digital PSP games currently avaliable on the PSN Store with price cuts ranging from a small $5 cut to larger $20 price cuts.
http://xbigygames.com/atlus-slashes-prices-on-psn-store/

Verbose Minch

03-28-2012, 10:06 PM

I hope this PS4 rumor is just as real as the Valvebox rumor!

Kane Knight

03-28-2012, 10:17 PM

I hope it's ten times as real!

:shifty:

What Would Kevin Do?

03-28-2012, 10:24 PM

I hope this PS4 rumor is just as real as the Valvebox rumor!

Yeah... I don't know what Sony is smoking, but dear god.

Kane Knight

03-28-2012, 10:46 PM

Yeah... I don't know what Sony is smoking, but dear god.

I'm note concerned with what the rumour mill is smoking.

dronepool

03-28-2012, 10:59 PM

If those rumors are real, Sony just lost a bunch of potential customers.

FearedSanctity

03-28-2012, 11:09 PM

Unless Microsoft plans something similar, anyway

Kane Knight

03-28-2012, 11:14 PM

Unless Microsoft plans something similar, anyway

Which other completely asinine rumours state they are.

Verbose Minch

03-28-2012, 11:35 PM

I hope it's ten times as real!

:shifty:

Oh it's real, it's damn real.

I meant to edit my post because it's sounds stupid. Definitely should have worded it 'true' rather than 'real'.

Kane Knight

03-29-2012, 12:05 AM

I was mostly just playing with the X times 0 thing.

Drakul

03-29-2012, 12:58 AM

Anyone that has a Kinect and wants 40G, two props, glasses and a shirt for your Avatar. There is a new social app on the 360 called Voice Studio.

You just have to read out the on screen phrases aloud to help improve the voice recognition of Kinect. You get awards and achievements for doing it.

It takes longer to upload the data than it takes to talk through the phrases, though.

Emperor Smeat

03-29-2012, 06:52 PM

More bad news for THQ as the company announces more layoffs and the rumors of the MMO Warhammer game being cancelled ends up becoming true.

THQ officially confirms the Warhammer 40,000 MMO game called "Dark Millennium" has been cancelled with the main reasoning being THQ unable to find another company to help finance the game. The game was originally meant to play a huge role as a revenue stream for 2013 but now won't be possible and makes THQ's future look a lot bleaker now.

As a result THQ has laid off employees from several studios who were working on the game with 79 employees laid off from Vigil Games and another 39 from Relic Entertainment.

THQ will also downgrade the project from an MMO to just a regular game with the focus on the single player adventure instead of completely scrapping the project. The game will include an online multiplayer but without any of the features the MMO was originally planned to contain.

The news is the second time this year THQ had to lay off and cancel projects with 240 employees previously laid off in February. As well as the CEO of the company taking a 50% pay cut due to the terrible $55 million loss from the third quarter report.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/warhammer-40k-mmo-is-no-longer-a-warhammer-40k-mmo-layoffs-hit-relic-and-vigil/4060/

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Daily Recap:
1) PS3 exclusive Journey became the all-time fastest selling downloadable PSN game in the US.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/journey-becomes-the-fastest-selling-u-s-psn-game-ever/

2) Gearbox announces the Wii U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines will be the definitive version to buy with the tablet controller providing a lot more content and gameplay possible than the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will have.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/gearbox-aliens-colonial-marines-wii-u-has-so-much-to-offer/

3) The boss of Silicon Knights, Denis Dyack, believes used games will end up "dooming" the industry with his main reasoning being used games are the reason why game prices have risen and new games losing long term revenue.
http://kotaku.com/5897199/denis-dyack-claims-used-game-sales-will-doom-the-entire-industry

Kane Knight

03-29-2012, 07:52 PM

3) The boss of Silicon Knights, Denis Dyack, believes used games will end up "dooming" the industry with his main reasoning being used games are the reason why game prices have risen and new games loosing long term revenue.
http://kotaku.com/5897199/denis-dyack-claims-used-game-sales-will-doom-the-entire-industry

Losing.

Also, new games aren't losing revenue, long term or otherwise.

also, that's delicious, given the state of THQ, who has tried to combat used sales of late. I know they blame EVERYTHING on UDraw and casual games, but they would have had to have manufactured like a billion UDraws to get where they are.

Though it's moot to me. The only THQ series I cared about was SR, and it looks like Volition is douching things up too.

Emperor Smeat

03-29-2012, 08:48 PM

The uDraw fiasco could have actually been prevented had THQ not abruptly cut support from the existing uDraw user base on the Wii (1-2 million in size). If they had supplemented the launch with some more Wii uDraw games, they could have recovered some of the losses but instead had nothing for the holiday season.

Kane Knight

03-29-2012, 11:15 PM

The titles they did release sold like ass, and they had like 1.5 million units sitting unsold.

I'm not sure this is a better solution you're on.

Funky Fly

03-30-2012, 04:59 AM

How about just giving gamers what they want at a reasonable price without bullshit strings attached?

Wait, what the fuck have I been smoking? That never works.

Kane Knight

03-30-2012, 08:17 AM

How about just giving gamers what they want at a reasonable price without bullshit strings attached?

Wait, what the fuck have I been smoking? That never works.

Stop being entitled.

Funky Fly

03-30-2012, 05:00 PM

Tell that to THQ

Kane Knight

03-30-2012, 06:19 PM

Tell that to THQ

Why? Only gamers are entitled! Corporations are SUPPOSED to make money! And even though Saints Row the Third was their best-selling, non-licensed title to date doesn't mean they didn't want/need/deserve more money on top of that!

And so what if my code wasn't recognised for like 15 minutes before finally going through, and there were connectivity issues because of that? Punishing the customer for the wrongs perpetuated by pirates and used consumers is totally fair and within their rights! I hope they lock out used games next generation, because I'm fifteen and don't have to worry about money for another three years, and probably even longer!

And if you don't like it, don't buy it!

...Oh.

Emperor Smeat

03-30-2012, 06:47 PM

Sega announces due to recent financial hardships by both them and Sammy (parent company), they are restructuring the entire company with layoffs and game project cancellations in progress.

The main issue is the company itself is bleeding out cash while Sammy is unable to offset the losses due to themselves also having financial problems.

The good news is the situation is not as severe as THQ's ongoing problems and the projects not cancelled are still on track for their release dates.

The Japanese branch of the company will not be affected with the changes only affecting both the US and European branches.

“The Consumer Business centred on Sega Corporation is expected to post operating loss in the year ending March 2012, due to the challenging economic climate and significant changes in the home video game software market environment in the U.S. and Europe.”

“Given this circumstance, the companies determined that in order to actualise earnings recovery of the Consumer Business in the following period and after and return to a growth path, it is essential to streamline organisations in the field of home video game software in the U.S. and European markets, while shifting to a structure that corresponds to change in environment, including strengthening development in the field of digital content.”

In terms of actual games, none of the bigger or AAA labeled titles will be affected but the company will cancel a lot of their smaller and "riskier" projects. It also means they will take less risks with newer IPs which is the opposite of what they were doing for most of this generation.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/sonic10nov6003.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/sega-cutting-jobs-and-cancelling-titles-as-part-of-streamlining-process/

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Daily Recap:
1) A long lost Easter egg has been discovered in Goldeneye 007 for the N64 and it involves the game containing an actual emulator and 10 games for the ZX Spectrum system primarily sold in the UK. A fan-made patch will actually activate the games making them playable on a ROM version.
http://kotaku.com/5897828/long-lost-emulation-easter-egg-discovered-in-goldeneye

2) Before Warner Bros rejected the idea after buying out Midway Games, there were plans by Midway to reboot their Rampage series as a Kinect title based on recently leaked concept images.
http://kotaku.com/5897533/looks-like-there-mightve-been-a-rampage-reboot-for-kinect-in-development

3) EA announces they will not be making a UEFA Euro 2012 game this year and instead will offer the tournament as a DLC pack for FIFA 12 on April 18 for the price of 1800 MS Points ($22.50).
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/ea-announces-uefa-euro-2012-expansion-for-fifa-12/

4) Microsoft is investigating recent claims of hackers being able to access credit card information stored on used Xbox 360 consoles who had their hard drives previously reformatted.
http://kotaku.com/5897876/microsoft-investigating-claim-that-used-xbox-360s-contain-credit-card-info

Bonus: Fan-made HD remake of Sonic 2 has been released as a free download on the PC.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sonic-2-hd-alpha-released-free

Kane Knight

03-30-2012, 07:31 PM

Rampage would be a fun Kinect game.

Drakul

03-31-2012, 02:25 AM

I wanted a Rampage Kinect game as soon as I saw that concept video showing a Rampage style game when Kinect was first revealed.

I love Rampage. Though I never touched the Wii game. I hope they decide to just go for it, even if it is just an XBLA game.

I'd rather they went back to the style of the PS1 games with Scummlabs being a science lab and not a drinks company or whatever they were on the Wii version.

I'd love another "Newscast" intro as well. Always found them funny, as a kid.

#BROKEN Hasney

03-31-2012, 06:18 AM

Ridge Racer Unbounded is great. Nice mix between Burnout, Split/Second and Ridge Racer. Just bring your own custom soundtrack, damn dubstep.

Also seems fucking hard so far... In a good way.

Autobahn

04-01-2012, 04:07 AM

The first NES cartridge to be released in 18 years...
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rznYifPHxDg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
is an April Fools joke.

Shame, i'd legitimately buy one for the nerd nostalgia value.

Kane Knight

04-01-2012, 09:27 AM

There was an NES cartridge released a couple years ago...There's an SNES or Genesis one coming out soon.

Kalyx triaD

04-01-2012, 01:56 PM

Just so you guys know, there really is a Quest Button on google maps right now that plays that 'game'.

Verbose Minch

04-01-2012, 02:43 PM

Laughed pretty hard when the Dragon Warrior Monsters music came on.

Emperor Smeat

04-02-2012, 07:30 PM

A bunch of rumors for all three upcoming next generation consoles with people thinking the Wii U has less power than the 3DS, the next Xbox to require a constant internet connection, and Sony in a race to be out before Microsoft.

Based on a potentially bogus claim of an upcoming financial report from Rockstar, the Wii U could be having a November 18 release date. Also rumored from another source is the Wii U somehow went backwards in overall power with the system being a lot weaker than the PS3, Xbox 360, and 3DS.

Sony is rumored to be rushing through the final stages of their next Playstation console with the company's goal to prevent Microsoft from having another head start.

The consoles specifications were apparently nailed down last year and players will be able to use the PlayStation Vita as a controller.

“Sony is completely in the belief that they have the jump on Microsoft this time,” said the source. “You should be watching the timing of next year’s E3 keynotes, and who’s going to go first.”

Microsoft is currently rumored to have their next Xbox contain similar features the next Sony Playstation might have by requiring a constant internet connection in order to use the console. Also rumored are the use of Blu-Ray discs for games and 2 GPUs to help generate a 4-6 core processor system it would use.

According to the info, the new Xbox will use the Blu-ray format and carry two GPUs that will act independent of one another. They are reported to be the equivalent to the AMD 7000 series and are described as being ”like two PCs taped together,” the sources claim.

The console will run using four or six CPU cores, one will be dedicated to Kinect – which will be built in – and another will be used for the operating system. Finally the sources claim that the next Xbox will require an always-on Internet connection to run in order to prevent piracy.

Finally, developers are pushing very hard for both Microsoft and Sony to scrap their patch approval process which normally takes 2 weeks on average in order to allow "on the fly" patching for games. The upside is it will allow patches to arrive as fast as they do for PC games but the main downside is no guarantees the companies will not rush out patches that could cause even more problems.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nextxbox.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-sony-confident-of-launching-next-gen-console-before-microsoft/
http://kotaku.com/5898476/were-not-buying-fast+spreading-wii-u-launch-date-rumor
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/developers-want-next-gen-xbox-and-playstation-to-allow-on-the-fly-updates/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/more-next-xbox-rumors-blu-ray-2-gpus-and-an-always-on-internet-requirement/

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Daily Recap:
1) April's Club Nintendo game rewards are the Wiiware titles of "You, Me, and the Cubes" and "Excite Bike World Rally" to go along with Metal Torrent from DSiware.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/club-nintendo-game-rewards-april

2) UK ratailer GAME has been saved sort of as OpCapita's Baker Acquisitions Unlimited has purchased about 50% of the company for a rumored 1 Euro price but will also take on the 85 million Euros debt currently held by GAME.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/game-finds-a-buyer-avoids-outright-closure/4063/

3) Based on leaked assets found within the disc of Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City, developer Slant Six was working on a Star Wars Battlefront III game before it was cancelled.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-it-looks-there-was-new-battlefront-game

4) Bungie officially completes the handover of the Halo franchise to 343 Industries with the final stat tally showing over 235,000 in game years and over 20 billion multiplayer matches played since 2004.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/bungie-releases-impressive-halo-online-stat-infographic/

Kalyx triaD

04-02-2012, 07:37 PM

Great job Bungie.

Verbose Minch

04-02-2012, 07:44 PM

I don't believe any of those rumors for a second.

Kane Knight

04-02-2012, 10:19 PM

I don't believe any of those rumors for a second.

Considering how ridiculous they're getting, nobody should.

RoXer

04-02-2012, 11:19 PM

Porn company, Brazzers, to support the Fighting Game Community
Posted on April 02, 2012 by OG http://www.original-gamer.com/og/images/brazzers.png

Joe "LI Joe" Ciaramelli, a fighting game veteran, has been able to bring together the Fighting Game Community and the porn industry in an unprecedented way. In recent months, Joe had stated how he wanted to have Brazzers - a porn production company specializing in online HD video - as his sponsor. Today, in a special stream on his Twitch channel (http://www.twitch.tv/thisislijoe), Joe spoke with Rob Steele (https://twitter.com/#%21/iamrobsteele), Brazzer's Director of Special Events, and Steele announced that Brazzers will begin supporting the Fighting Game Community and will sponsor LI Joe at events.
While no specifics where given on when and where, it appears that Brazzers will have its own fighting game event as well as possible sponsorships of players. Hopefully we'll hear more in the future from Brazzers regarding their support of the Fighting Game Community as I'm sure many fans of fighting games and porn are incredibly excited for the future.

Kalyx triaD

04-02-2012, 11:27 PM

Fucking wow.

Verbose Minch

04-03-2012, 12:12 AM

Considering how ridiculous they're getting, nobody should.

BREAKING NEWS FROM KOTAKU

THE XBOX NOW HAS THE CODENAME OF 'SONY IS A GIGANTIC FAGGOT'. IT WILL HAVE HALF THE POWER OF THE ATARI 2600 CONSOLE AND BE USING A STICK IN MUD AS A CONTROLLER

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST FOLKS

FearedSanctity

04-03-2012, 12:21 AM

Only believable rumor from the post above is Sony rushing to be out before the next Xbox. They saw first hand what a good head start can do for you

Fignuts

04-03-2012, 12:48 AM

I might enter a tournament, if it means meeting Brazzers girls.

Kalyx triaD

04-03-2012, 12:54 AM

So you can lose on two fronts?

Kalyx triaD

04-03-2012, 12:55 AM

I kid, I kid.

Emperor Smeat

04-03-2012, 06:55 PM

In a meeting with the Better Business Bureau, Capcom states they see no difference between content which is locked on purpose on the disc and providing the same content in a traditional DLC way.

They feel it actually benefits the consumer more if the content or at least the majority of the content is already on the disc to make future DLC downloads a lot quicker and save space on their hard drives.

Their official statement to the Better Business Bureau:

At Capcom, we value our customers and make every effort to resolve customer complaints. We are sorry to hear that [censored] was so disappointed with the Street Fighter x Tekken game (”SFxT”), and would like to respond to his complaints.

SFxT has an enormous amount of content, fully developed and available for play and enjoyment immediately on-disc. Given the 38 characters available for full play, as well as multiple play modes, SFxT provides great value for all players from day one. While Capcom is sorry that some of its fans are not happy about the chosen method of delivery for the DLC, we believe that this method will provide more flexible and efficient gameplay throughout the game’s lifecycle. There is effectively no distinction between the DLC being ”locked” behind the disc and available for unlocking at a later date, or being available through a full download at a later date, other than delivery mechanism.

We hope that this addresses [censored]‘ concerns.

They made no mentions in regards to their pricing policies which also was a major complaint against Capcom for SFxT and other games released by them in recent years.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/rec.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/capcom-doesnt-believe-there-difference-between-content-locked-disc-and-providing-it-normal-way-

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Daily Recap:
1) Microsoft unveils chrome red, chrome blue, and chrome white will be the next set of colors for Xbox 360 controllers expected to arrive in mid-May and at the price of $55 each.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/microsoft-reveals-special-edition-xbox-360-chrome-controllers/

2) A sequel to Castlevania: Lord of Shadows could be revealed soon based on a teaser tweet made by the producer of the first game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-producer-does-more-teasing-of-sequel/

3) Rumors of Sony shutting down Zipper Interactive, SOCOM series and MAG, end up being true as Unit 13 for the PS Vita ends up being the last game made by Zipper Interactive.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/zipper-interactive-shuttered-by-sony/4062/

Kalyx triaD

04-03-2012, 07:26 PM

People don't really think there will be some overt regulation on DLC pricing? Jesus.

Kalyx triaD

04-03-2012, 07:28 PM

Between this and the Mass Effect 3 bullshit, gamers been showing their ass lately.

Kane Knight

04-03-2012, 09:07 PM

If it's on-disc and you're calling it DLC, you're lying.

Kalyx triaD

04-03-2012, 09:15 PM

Sure.

Fignuts

04-03-2012, 09:24 PM

Disc Locked Content

04-03-2012, 11:28 PM

04-03-2012, 11:28 PM

Fignuts

04-04-2012, 12:29 AM

what is this I don't even

Blitz

04-04-2012, 12:33 AM

Harmmonix announces Rock Band Blitz for the PSN and XBLA. Essentially, it's the return of Amplitude/Frequency. Comes with 25 songs, and is compatible with the library of Rock Band songs. I am incredibly psyched for this.

<param name="movie" value="http://www.g4tv.com/lv3/57996" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.g4tv.com/lv3/57996" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="VideoPlayer" width="480" height="382" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div style="margin:0;text-align:center;width:480px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#FF9B00;"><a href="http://www.g4tv.com/games/ps3/index" style="color:#FF9B00;" target="_blank">PS3 Games</a> - <a href="http://www.g4tv.com/e3-2012/" style="color:#FF9B00;" target="_blank">E3 2012</a> - <a href="http://www.g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/65996/rock-band-blitz" style="color:#FF9B00;" target="_blank">Rock Band Blitz</a></div>

Also, classy name :shifty:

Kalyx triaD

04-04-2012, 01:10 AM

Yeah, instant buy for me.

ClockShot

04-04-2012, 08:31 AM

SOCOM holds a special place in my gaming heart. Probably the first game most of us played for our first online console experience.

It went downhill after combined assault. And hasn't gotten any better since. Smart decision to end it.

Kane Knight

04-04-2012, 08:55 AM

Did they end it?

ClockShot

04-04-2012, 11:23 AM

Zipper got closed down, yes. SOCOM 4 was the last game made. Slant 6 made SOCOM Confrontation, the infamous online only game. And even that wasn't great.

Dunno if the rights are up for sale.

FearedSanctity

04-04-2012, 11:33 AM

Wouldn't think they are. If Sony has the ability to close the studio it's safe to assume they also own the rights to the studio's games. Which basically means give it a year or two and there'll be a new SOCOM by a new developer

Emperor Smeat

04-04-2012, 06:19 PM

Might be the third time the series has been rebooted but Double Dragon once again will be having a reboot made to the series.

WayForward studios announces they are working on a reboot of Double Dragon and it will be a downloadable title for Xbox Live Arcade and PSN. Majecso will be the publisher and is currently helping with the funding of the project.

The game will be called "Double Dragon Neon" and currently has a Summer 2012 release date. Based on screens shown off so far, the visuals create a 1980s Vice City feel to the game.

The gameplay evidently doesn't stray too far from the original design, mixing straight-up beat-'em-up combat with weapons-based maneuvers. The plot will once again seeing the perpetually kidnapped Marion kidnapped by yet another thug, whose name is actually Skullmageddon.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/39/2167606-tba_double_dragon_neon_20120403044230141_640w.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/double-dragon-is-getting-rebooted-again/4071/

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Daily Recap:
1) EA has won the award for worst company in the US for 2012 after beating out Bank of America in the finals from the fan voting tournament.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/everybody-hates-ea-apparently/4070/

2) Based on a recent survey, Sony is very likely to be debuting their own "Smash Bros" game soon and it would be called Playstation All-Star Battle Royale.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-is-this-another-hint-at-a-sony-all-stars-fighting-game-coming/

3) Nintendo is currently rumored to be making their own "Forza/Gran Turismo" game as a potential new series with Lucid Games as the developer (ex-Bizarre staff who also worked on the Project Gotham Racing series). The game is rumroed to be titled as "Concept Grand Prix" and have its debut during this year's E3 convention.
http://www.dualpixels.com/profiles/blogs/rumor-nintendo-s-answer-to-gran-turismo-and-forza-in-development-?xg_source=activity

Kane Knight

04-04-2012, 11:01 PM

I could go for a new Double Dragon if it's good.

Isn't the Playstation all-Star rumour one we've seen before, by roughly the same name?

Emperor Smeat

04-04-2012, 11:06 PM

The rumor occurred before but I think this is the first time the potential name was hinted at. I think it might have been the same source as well (Playstation blog).

OssMan

04-04-2012, 11:13 PM

Waiting for Rock Band Ossman.

Kane Knight

04-04-2012, 11:56 PM

The rumor occurred before but I think this is the first time the potential name was hinted at. I think it might have been the same source as well (Playstation blog).

Ah. coulda sworn I saw that name bandied aboot before.

Fignuts

04-05-2012, 02:42 AM

That DD screen shot looks like wii shovelware garbage.

I'd bet money that Streets of Rage or any of the Konami beat-em-ups will be a far better purchase than this.

Drakul

04-05-2012, 02:45 AM

2) Based on a recent survey, Sony is very likely to be debuting their own "Smash Bros" game soon and it would be called Playstation All-Star Battle Royale.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-is-this-another-hint-at-a-sony-all-stars-fighting-game-coming/

I'm not sure how they can have a Smash Bros style game. I had a PS1 & 2 and I'm struggling to think of more than a couple Sony characters. Most of the characters are "normal" characters like Nathan Drake and very few are "whimsical" like Sackboy or that kid from Ape Escape.

So, unless the PS3 has had an explosion of colourful characters that I've never heard of, I'm not sure it'll be able to compete with SB in terms of roster quality and other "fan services".

I'm willing to bet that Sony will try and pass the game off like it's a whole new idea that's never ever been done before. They do that with pretty much everything.

Fignuts

04-05-2012, 02:51 AM

Yeah, not to mention sony's characters aren't anywhere near as iconic and endearing as Nintendo's.

Drakul

04-05-2012, 03:11 AM

I guess they could have Sir Fortesque from Medieval. If Crash was still exclusive and as big as he used to be, he could have been in it.

They don't really have anything else, though. I can't think of any "landmark" stages they could use or any peices of Music that would be good to hear, like the Crash Bandicoot theme or the Ape Escape theme.

LoDownM

04-05-2012, 04:02 AM

Unless they use characters from third party exclusives from all three Playstations, roster is gonna suck.

James Diesel

04-05-2012, 06:44 AM

Waiting for Rock Band Ossman.

Waiting for FreeCreditReport.com Rock Band

Extreme Angle

04-05-2012, 08:36 AM

Kane Knight

04-05-2012, 09:03 AM

I'm not sure how they can have a Smash Bros style game. I had a PS1 & 2 and I'm struggling to think of more than a couple Sony characters. Most of the characters are "normal" characters like Nathan Drake and very few are "whimsical" like Sackboy or that kid from Ape Escape.

So, unless the PS3 has had an explosion of colourful characters that I've never heard of, I'm not sure it'll be able to compete with SB in terms of roster quality and other "fan services".

I'm willing to bet that Sony will try and pass the game off like it's a whole new idea that's never ever been done before. They do that with pretty much everything.

I'm betting it has a more "adult" tone.

Drakul

04-05-2012, 10:16 AM

I remember a rumour on Kotaku saying Sweet Tooth from Twisted Metal would be in. So, that should tell us what vibe they're going for.

The appeal of SB was seeing these colourful characters from your childhood all togethor in what would eventually become a sort of "celebration" of Nintendo with nostalgic characters, stages and music.
Sony can go with an adult tone if they want but it wont be able to replicate what Nintendo could do with SB because they don't have the childhood history that Nintendo or a similar company like Disney or SEGA would have. Plus, as we've already said, they don't exactly have a huge list of memorable characters.
The ones I remember and like are the colourful ones. Crash, Spyro, Fortesque, Sackboy and Ape Escape kid. I don't know any others and Crash and Spyro aren't exclusive anymore and Crash is pretty washed up.

I guess Jak and Daxter could be put into the roster.

Drakul

04-05-2012, 10:17 AM

Just noticed I misread your post. I thought you said they ARE going for an adult tone. Now I see you're saying you think they might.
My previous post might not be as relevant then.

Kane Knight

04-05-2012, 11:48 AM

Just noticed I misread your post. I thought you said they ARE going for an adult tone. Now I see you're saying you think they might.
My previous post might not be as relevant then.

Indeed.

I mean, would it really shock you to see Sony miss the point? :p

Emperor Smeat

04-05-2012, 07:11 PM

During the MIT Business in Gaming conference, the CEO from Take Two, Strauss Zelnick, doesn't believe THQ will last beyond this year with his projection being around 6 months.

He compared THQ's current financial strategy to the one current used by Take Two as a way to explain why THQ was "floundering" while Take Two was more successful this year.

His main argument was in regards to THQ's poor handling with licensed properties stating they had too much money and resources tied into these properties.

If the games improved, the fees would rise during the next time contracts had to be renewed. If those same games bombed in sales, THQ wouldn't be able to recover development costs for those games. Both would lead to less revenue margins in the long run.

Since Take Two barely has any licensed properties, they have less money being spent on non-gaming stuff which in return frees up the money for development of other games.

"THQ's strategy was licensed properties, first and foremost. License stuff from other people, whether it's UFC or WWE or a motion picture property, and make a game around that," Zelnick said, noting Take-Two hasn't had the best year either, but it has had a good five-year run. "And our approach, since we took over the company, is 100 percent owned intellectual property."

Zelnick stated licensed properties -- something he has avoided in his career -- leaves publishers at the mercy of license holder. Even if a publisher does a great job on a property, it will have to renegotiate the license in a few years and the margins will decrease because it is being charged more money for a brand it built up in the space. Zelnick noted that THQ did partially change its strategy a few years back regarding owned intellectual strategy, but it's hard to do that overnight.

"Strategy didn't work and the execution was bad. To put it another way: the food was no good and the portions were small." Zelnick closed his comparison of the two companies by saying, "THQ won't be around in six months."

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http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/05/thq-wont-be-around-in-six-months-says-take-two-ceo-zelnick/

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Daily Recap:
1) The new CEO of Sony proclaims changes and a new strategy for Sony will be occurring very soon after next year's annual fiscal report is made public. The report is predicted to show a $2.7 billion loss for the year and the fourth mega-loss year in a row.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/05/sony-to-reveal-new-strategy/

2) One of the original co-creators for the Sonic franchise, Hirokazu Yasuhara, was recently hired as an employee by Nintendo for one of its American-based studios which deals primarily with handheld and downloadable games.
http://kotaku.com/5899233/sonics-co+creator-joins-nintendo

3) Ubisoft says fan suggestions for an Assassin's Creed game in Japan, Egypt, or during World War II are "very boring" but did hint India could be a future setting for the series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/ubisoft-world-war-2-egypt-and-japan-would-be-the-worst-settings-for-assassins-creed/