Videogame News Thread

[Kane Knight]

Preorder The Amazing Spiderman at Amazon and get Stan Lee as a playable character.
I looked at Amazon and get see anything yet. I preordered anyway so I should still get Stan Lee.

Preorder at Gamestop and you get a Rhino challenge pack. You don't play as Rhino, you just do chalenges around him.

Stan Lee? Meh.

Oh well, just the market leveling out that bullshit 9% gain they got last month when Bloomberg or whoever it was reported that Nexon was going to buy EA.

Actually, no. EA has been in a pretty steady decline. That peak had already "leveled" and then some.

[Emperor Smeat]

New rumored details regarding the recently announced Dead Space 3 was leaked today.

The co-op campaign can be played by a single player with the CPU controlling the other character which sounds a bit similar in style to Resident Evil 5.

According to an IGN source, a second survivor will team up with the now slightly disturbed Clarke to battle enemies and solve puzzles. This second character is described as “a man with a gnarly scar on his face” and is equipped with the RIG that helped Clarke in the first two games. There’s a chance that this new man could be the rumored Shadow Isaac – who haunts Clarke in his mentally unstable state – considering the source mentioned that he has glowing red eyes and doesn’t appear in all cutscenes.

The game’s story will be slightly different when playing co-op in order to accommodate a second player. Certain traumatic events from the single-player campaign won’t be included. Players can share ammo, heal one another and use powers such as telekinesis.

Other details revealed include the ability to crouch and roll to go along with a cover system being implemented into the game.

Enemy variety has been expanded to include humans and more environmental hazards to go along with brand new enemies the game will introduce.

The same source also confirmed the previous rumors involving the game's setting and a "Dark Issac" will also be occurring.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/Dead-Space-2-Artwork-3.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-dead-space-3-contains-drop-in-drop-out-co-op-and-crouch-cover/
_____________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) Another Microsoft patent has been approved where sensors inside a controller would be able to detect who is holding the controller and auto upload their profile for the game being played.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/microsoft-patents-xbox-controller-that-can-measure-hand-pressure/

2) Dragon's Dogma will include an MMO-like boss fight involving the Ur Dragon with the special twist being who ever lands the final blow gets an extra reward separate from everyone else.
http://kotaku.com/5908894/dragons-dogmas-ur+dragon-is-too-tough-for-any-one-gamer

3) Freebie Wednesday:
* All future Starhawk DLC will be free : http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/all-starhawk-dlc-maps-will-be-free/
* Classic arcade game Xevious free to play on browsers : http://www.screwattack.com/news/play-xevious-free-your-browser-thanks-coca-cola-japan
* Classic Wolfenstien 3D free to play on browsers : http://kotaku.com/5908837/classic-fps-wolfenstein-3d-now-available-in-your-browser
* Epic releases free downloadable soundtrack for their 20th anniversary : http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion/30/free-epic-games-20th-anniversary-ost/546308/
* All Uncharted 2 DLC now free : http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/all-uncharted-2-dlc-is-now-free/

[Drakul]

Stan Lee? Meh.

Screenshot:
<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BxNcCUKBt3c?version=3&feature=player_detailpage"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BxNcCUKBt3c?version=3&feature=player_detailpage" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></object>

First Person screenshot:
<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F20C7c76J8s?version=3&feature=player_detailpage"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F20C7c76J8s?version=3&feature=player_detailpage" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></object>

[Kane Knight]

First Person in a Spider-Man game? The fuck?

[Drakul]

I think I read it's part of "web rush" which you can trigger to slow everything down, highlight items of interest etc. I thought it was just when you were on the ground so maybe you can swing around in FP as well.

[Kane Knight]

Uggh. I hate this scourge.

[Fignuts]

Screens of this look pretty good. Cautiously optimistic about this game.

[Emperor Smeat]

Rumor today involving Microsoft finally bringing a web browser for the Xbox 360 hint at it being controlled by Kinect and would be based off of Internet Explorer 9.

The official debut for the web browser is rumored to occur during Microsoft's E3 press conference with some details involving the browser being a modified version of Internet Explorer 9 with priority towards the Kinect. The browser will allow keyboard input but has been designed to take advantage of Kinect features such as voice recognition for Bing searches.

The focus for the browser appears to be related more towards the news of the $99 Xbox 360 model more than a newly added feature for Xbox Live.

Not counting the Bing search bar from the recent dashboard update, Microsoft never was willing to actually implement a web browser besides the occasional hints of it being possible unlike Nintendo and Sony.

The article claims that users won't need to have the Kinect motion-sensing accessory to use the modified browser, but the software's been tuned to work with gestural input. This version of IE will also reportedly use the Bing voice recognition search to initiate searches and deliver webpages.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/KinectBanner.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5909314/rumor-kinect+controlled-web+browsing-coming-to-the-xbox-360-with-internet-explorer
_________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) Retro Studios is rumored to be working on a new Star Fox game for the upcoming Wii U with the official debut to occur at this year's E3.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-retro-might-be-working-new-star-fox-wii-u

2) The big May 10 announcement for Hitman Absolution ended up being the news of the official release date being November 20 while the pre-order sniper mission arrives on May 15.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/hitman-absolution-and-hitman-sniper-challenge-release-dates-announced/

3) The XBLA version of Minecraft becomes the fastest selling game in XBLA history according to Microsoft. The game recouped all development costs after the first day although it was revealed split-screen play does not work with non-HD tv sets.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/minecraft-for-xbox-360-is-profitable-despite-being-a-day-old/4138/
http://kotaku.com/5909259/some-misled-xbox-minecraft-buyers-cant-get-refunds

[ClockShot]

November 20th for Hitman. I'll take it.

[Cool King]

I might give it a go.

But from what I've seen, it's not what it once was, which has made me unsure about buying it. :-\

[Fignuts]

Not going to get my hopes up, but a real starfox game might tip me toward buying a wii U

[Fignuts]

Prototype 2 is just prototype with a few new powers and side quests. Still ridiculously fun though.

Might pick up Witcher 2 tomorrow.

[Drakul]

I don't care about the new Hitman. I loved all the previous ones but the new one is too far removed in many ways.

47 has a new voice actor. 47 now has the super powers to tell where people will walk and stand still and he can see through walls. He also had Dead Eye now, even though IO swear it's not Dead Eye at all and an original feature. He slows down time and marks targets on enemies before returning time to normal and shooting them in quick succession. It's Dead Eye.
The story elements they have revealed suck.

I wont be picking it up.

[alvarado52]

Yeah im with you on that. The strongest point (for me at least) in the Hitman series WAS the fact that you were bare bones in terms of 'gaming' powers...like, you did everything on your own, however you wanted...and you failed, often.

[Drakul]

Yeah. I enjoyed the games for the same reason.

Now, rather than waiting around a corner for that securty guard to pass, players just hit a button, see he's 5 minutes away and run into the unguarded room knowing they have plenty of time to do the job and leave.
Having Dead Eye means there is no risk either. You just activate it, aim and fire. No way to possibley screw up and have to retreat and form a "Plan B".

[Fignuts]

hmmm I don't know. You could say the same thing about Splinter Cell: Conviction.


It wasn't the same type of game as it's predecessors, but it was still an absolute blast to play. I will give this new Hitman a shot for that very reason.

[Drakul]

If I want to play Splinter Cell or Arkham Asylum, I'll go buy Splinter Cell or Arkham Asylum.

Hitman shouldn't be trying to be anything other than Hitman.

[Drakul]

Real time Animal Crossing music (http://tane.us/ac/).

The page takes the time from your PC clock and plays the music that plays in AC at that time. It loops the whole time and automatically changes when the next hour hits.

[Kane Knight]

Not going to get my hopes up, but a real starfox game might tip me toward buying a wii U

[Fignuts]

If I want to play Splinter Cell or Arkham Asylum, I'll go buy Splinter Cell or Arkham Asylum.

Hitman shouldn't be trying to be anything other than Hitman.

I'm just saying, just because it's not the typical hitman formula(which I agree, would be better) doesn't mean it won't be a really fun game.

[Kalyx triaD]

http://i.newsarama.com/images/Nightwing_FINAL_WidePreview.jpg

[LoDownM]

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

[Emperor Smeat]

Supposed new footage of the beta version for Beyond Good and Evil 2 was leaked today with the source stating the footage comes from the 2009 build of the game before Ubisoft temporary cancelled the project.

The footage primarily shows off the game's engine which has been sporadically been tweaked and worked on since 2009. The game was also originally meant for a release for this current generation before the decision by Ubisoft to move all development towards the next generation of systems.

The engine is currently undergoing an overhaul in order to create a more "life-like" system and movement with the primary influence coming from Mirror's Edge.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qy3b5lgvu5A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/leaked-footage-of-the-beyond-good-and-evil-2-engine-in-action/
More previously leaked screens and footage ---> http://www.unseen64.net/2012/05/11/beyond-good-evil-2-ps3-xbox-360-beta-prototype/
____________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) Gamestop is currently rumored to start selling pre-paid Steam voucher cards starting on May 15 with a leaked image showing off what the card looks like.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-gamestop-to-stock-steam-vouchers-starting-next-week

2) Nintendo might be completely phasing out the DSi line soon as one last major price cut was announced to arrive on May 20 with the DSi to drop to $100 and the DSi XL to drop to $130. Walmart has already enacted the price cuts while other retailers are expected to wait another week.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/dsi-dsi-xl-price-drops-on-may-20-6376062

3) Bethesda announces the release date for Dishonored is set for an October 9th date for North America and October 12th for Europe.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dishonored-slated-october-release

4) EA has started to shut down servers for Battlefield 3 with all the official free servers gradually starting to shut down ever since the rental option for servers took effect. EA is requiring owners of paid servers to pay the $30 per month fee while some users have reported several server owners have started to jack up ticket prices to play on a single map or round.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-pulling-free-official-servers-favor-paid-servers

[alvarado52]

This whole EA server thing is pretty evil.

[Kane Knight]

This whole EA server thing is pretty EA.

[RoXer]

Blizzard and Valve Sort Out Their Legal Dispute Over DOTA Trademark

The two publishers come to a mutually beneficial agreement that allows all of the DOTAs to come out as scheduled.

By Alex Navarro (http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/alex/) | May 11, 2012

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3661/2000090-logo_blizzarddota_610x345_middle.jpg (http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3661/2000090-logo_blizzarddota_610x345.jpg)



Marking the end of one of the shortest legal battles (more of a skirmish, really) in video game industry history, Blizzard (http://www.giantbomb.com/blizzard-entertainment/65-1088/) and Valve (http://www.giantbomb.com/valve-corporation/65-1374/) today came to a mutual agreement over the trademark rights for DOTA (http://www.giantbomb.com/blizzard-all-stars/61-36739/). DOTA is, of course, the popular Warcraft III (http://www.giantbomb.com/warcraft-iii-reign-of-chaos/61-12567/) mod that somehow became a commercial sequel in development at Valve, even though Blizzard had decided to make its own official update of the mod for Starcraft II (http://www.giantbomb.com/starcraft-ii-wings-of-liberty/61-20674/) and...you know what? Never mind. It's way too long and convoluted to try and explain in a news blurb.


The point is, the fight over the trademark is now over with. Valve and Blizzard sent out a joint press release today letting everyone know that everything was hunky dory between the two publishers. As per the settlement, Valve gets to keep the DOTA name for whatever commercial uses it might like--such as the eventual release of DOTA 2 (http://www.giantbomb.com/dota-2/61-32887/)--and Blizzard fans are A-OK to use the name for any noncommercial projects without fear of legal reprisal. As for the upcoming official DOTA update from Blizzard, that has been renamed Blizzard All-Stars. Because apparently that was the best name they could come up with on short notice.


Blizzard had previously claimed that the DOTA trademark had too much history with Blizzard to be trademarked by another company. They stated in their original complaint that the name DOTA had "become firmly associated in the mind of consumers with Blizzard."


Ultimately, it seems the two parties were able to find common ground they could both work within, and now everybody's happy. While it would have been great for the two companies to figure this stuff out without involving the legal system, that just isn't really how business is done nowadays. At least this one ended quickly, and on a friendly enough note.

[Emperor Smeat]

Rockstar is giving away another classic game from their collection with the Steam version of Midnight Club II being the game they picked.

All that is required is to join up on Rockstar's official Steam group by May 15 to be eligible. Codes then get sent out starting on May 20th and will continue until May 28th.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/get-free-copy-midnight-club-ii-steam

[Fignuts]

Kind of surprised we didn't get an Avengers game, given that the solo movies all got one. Not disappointed, since said games were all crap.

[Kane Knight]

Kind of surprised we didn't get an Avengers game, given that the solo movies all got one. Not disappointed, since said games were all crap.

THQ was working on one. It was an FPS.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ubisoft is actually working on one right now based off of the recent movie but won't come out until at least 1-2 years from now.

They decided at the very last minute to get the rights to make the game although stuff like that has happened a few times in the past such as Goldeneye for the N64 not coming out until 2 years after the film and I think EA's Lord of the Rings games for something more recent.

[Kane Knight]

But will it be a first person shooter?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Movie tie-in games usually suck anyways. I'm glad they are taking the time to try to make the game good instead of just putting an Avengers label on anything they can.

[DaveBrawl]

The Captain America game was pretty fun I thought.

I didn't play the others though.

[Kalyx triaD]

All kinda shit.

[Kane Knight]

The Captain America game was pretty fun I thought.

I didn't play the others though.

With a 60 at Metacritic and 63 at Gamerankings (360 version, didn't check the others), it seems almost universally hated. Now, I wouldn't let ratings stop me from enjoying a game, but it always turns my head when a game gets that low a score.

[LoDownM]

What was the last "good" movie tie in game? Spider Man 2?

[Verbose Minch]

What was the last "good" movie tie in game? Spider Man 2?

Wolverine's last game was really fun. Same with Toy Story 3.

[Kane Knight]

Wolverine's last game was really fun. Same with Toy Story 3.

It's funny, I think most of the praise for the Wolverine game was greater than that for the movie.

[Kalyx triaD]

That game was brutal and hype.

[Emperor Smeat]

The legal case involving the rights to the DOTA name between Valve and Blizzard has been decided as the courts sided with Valve over the ownership of the name.

Blizzard did gain rights to use the DOTA style for their upcoming game but have been forced to rename their game from DOTA to now All-Stars.

Blizzard tried to use the same tactic done against Mojang during the "Scrolls" case but this time a court did not accept Blizzard's claim of "DOTA" being seen as an identity and trademark of the Blizzard style in terms of consumer perspective.

DOTA is, of course, the popular Warcraft III mod that somehow became a commercial sequel in development at Valve, even though Blizzard had decided to make its own official update of the mod for Starcraft II ...

... As per the settlement, Valve gets to keep the DOTA name for whatever commercial uses it might like--such as the eventual release of DOTA 2--and Blizzard fans are A-OK to use the name for any noncommercial projects without fear of legal reprisal. As for the upcoming official DOTA update from Blizzard, that has been renamed Blizzard All-Stars. Because apparently that was the best name they could come up with on short notice.

Blizzard had previously claimed that the DOTA trademark had too much history with Blizzard to be trademarked by another company. They stated in their original complaint that the name DOTA had "become firmly associated in the mind of consumers with Blizzard."

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/dotaheaderimg530pxheaderimg.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/blizzard-and-valve-sort-out-their-legal-dispute-over-dota-trademark/4143/
______________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) The reboot of Tomb Raider has been delayed from its original Fall 2012 release date to now an early 2013 release date (Jan. to March) with the official reason being Crystal Dynamics needs more time to work and polish the game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/tomb-raider-reboot-falls-to-2013/4144/

2) Gamestop announces they are discontinuing selling PSP merchandise starting this week and affecting 25% of all their stores nationwide.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/gamestop-phasing-out-psp

3) Jade Raymond, head of Ubisoft Toronto, states gaming needs to "grow up" in the sense of being more diverse with games and not falling into the idea of every game being similar to a Micheal Bay-esque film.
http://kotaku.com/5910064/splinter-cell-studio-head-wants-games-to-grow-up

[DaveBrawl]

With a 60 at Metacritic and 63 at Gamerankings (360 version, didn't check the others), it seems almost universally hated. Now, I wouldn't let ratings stop me from enjoying a game, but it always turns my head when a game gets that low a score.

It's that low? I thought it was in the 70s when I checked it last fall which to me sounds about right. It wasn't anything special, but it was fun for what it was. Same with the Green Lantern game, it got a little repetitive at times, but it wasn't as bad as most made it out to be in my opinion.

Although I did find it odd that there was no difference in the 3 difficulty levels in the GL game. I played it through on all 3 and you didn't really get any more XP or receive more damage or anything on hard than you did on easy. You didn't really die that often either.

[Fignuts]

Damn, was looking forward to the new Tomb Raider.

[Emperor Smeat]

Partially due to the less than expected sales of Street Fighter X Tekken and as a way to ensure future games don't get hurt in terms of sales potential, Capcom announces they are considering reevaluating their entire on-disc DLC policy.

“We have been listening to your comments and as such have begun the process of re-evaluating how such additional game content is delivered in the future,” said Capcom senior VP of planning and business development Christian Svensson in its forums.

None of the changes will be made immediately or even potentially affect the rest of the games planned for this year like Dragon's Dogma which has been confirmed to contain on-disc DLC. The company instead will use the rest of this year to look into ways of pleasing and lessening the growing amount of complaints from the company's fanbase.

In regards to Dragon's Dogma, the decision to add DLC into the disc was made right at the start of development with the standard excuse of it being done to make downloading more convenient for users. Resident Evil 6 already has Day 1 DLC planned but it won't be until E3 before it becomes clear if its on-disc or as a separate package.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/11/111398/2202850-sftk_2012_05_09_20_08_42_69.png
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/capcom-re-evaluating-companys-on-disc-dlc-policy/4147/
____________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) The RPG game of South Park: The Stick of Truth has been delayed till next year due to THQ's financial mess since they are publishing the game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/thq-delays-south-park-the-stick-of-truth-drops-devils-third-altogether/4149/

2) EA borrows more from the Call of Duty model as Battlefield 3 will now offer a premium "Elite" service for those who subscribe with special in-game goodies to be available to members only.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-battlefield-premium-being-developed-combat-cod-elite

3) Sales for Street Fighter X Tekken have fallen a lot shorter than Capcom expected with the official blame being placed on too many fighting games recently released instead of their own mistakes in regards to DLC or themselves over-releasing games.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/street-fighter-x-tekken-sales-fall-short-capcom-blames-cannibalism/

[Kalyx triaD]

Great, now we can download the DLC for a fee anyway. Nothing changes, except for some complications come DLC launch.

[Verbose Minch]

3) Sales for Street Fighter X Tekken have fallen a lot shorter than Capcom expected with the official blame being placed on too many fighting games recently released instead of their own mistakes in regards to DLC or themselves over-releasing games.

I love Capcom's excuses.

[Drakul]

My favourite is still "We can't do couch co-op online because it's not possible on the 360." despite MK9 doing exactly that. Anyway, that became "We wanted to do couch co-op online but Microsoft wouldn't allow it" which became "We never said it was going to be on the 360 version" which became "We wanted to, guys, we just didn't have time...no, that doesn't mean we'll put it in later".

We're grow ups, though you wouldn't know judging by some people online, and I'd much rather they had just been honest and said "We made a deal with Sony to do A, B & C exclusively. So no A, B or C for the 360. Sorry."

[Drakul]

Sonic 4: Episode 2 is out now. I've only got the demo and I've already found something that could be "game breaking". Hold X and Sonic & Tails do a tag team spin dash. This turns the game into God mode as you plow through enemies and go so fast that you pretty much just sail over pits and up even totally vertical ramps.

[Kane Knight]

Great, now we can download the DLC for a fee anyway. Nothing changes, except for some complications come DLC launch.

lol

[Emperor Smeat]

New details in regards to the upcoming Tony Hawk HD set was revealed with the game expanding to include stuff from Tony Hawk 3.

Originally the plans were to only to use the first two games in the series as the source for the HD remake but Activision recently approved parts of Tony Hawk 3 to be added to the game.

Only levels from Tony Hawk 3 and supposedly the ability to revert will be added to the HD remake from the game. The levels will not be available once the game is released but instead as part of a post-launch DLC pack.

Activision answered that question today by announcing that Tony Hawk HD will get Tony Hawk 3 levels after all... as DLC. Initially, DLC wasn't even something that had been announced for the game, but now it appears that following the game's launch, a selection of levels from Tony Hawk 3 will get the HD treatment.

Similar to how the levels for Tony Hawk 1 and 2 were selected for the remake, Activision will allow voting to be done for Tony Hawk 3 tracks on the official Facebook page for the game.

No status on the soundtrack was revealed but Activision did hint weeks ago they are working on trying to get some of the classic songs descended for the game.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tonyhawk.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/tony-hawk-hd-getting-tony-hawk-3-levels-after-all-updated-x2/4154/
_____________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) THQ announces Darksiders II will arrive on August 14 with the company's entire well-being for the year resting on the sales for this game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/darksiders-ii-gets-release-date

2) Rumor Wednesday:
* Bad Company 3 and Mirror's Edge 2 rumored to be worked on soon - http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/battlefield-bad-company-3-and-mirrors-edge-2-appear-on-resumes/
* Saints Row 4 rumored to be in development for current gen consoles - http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/saints-row-4-listed-on-resume-for-xbox-360-playstation-3-and-pc/
* Deus Ex 4 rumored to be in development soon and for next gen consoles - http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-eidos-hiring-staff-for-deus-ex-4-for-new-platforms/
* Supposed partial list of vehicles for Grand Theft Auto V found buried within Max Payne 3's disc - http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-list-of-potential-gta-v-vehicles-found-on-max-payne-3-disc/

[Kane Knight]

They announced SR4 before SRTT was even out. Of COURSE it's in development.

[ClockShot]

THQ's fate rest in the hands of Darksiders 2, huh.

Kinda wanna go buy it just so I can say "I tried to keep them afloat".

[Kalyx triaD]

Gonna be all over that Tony Hawk HD. I was thinking that I'd like for Revert to come back and BOOM. Insta-Buy.

[Drakul]

So, apparantly, Max Payne 3 contains files from GTA V. The files being an uncomplete list of cars. We know the list is incomplete because it only lists one plane when the trailer showed three.

We know it's GTA because it features a lot of names GTA uses for cars and Max Payne 3 wouldn't use those names because it's another universe.

I've not read the whole list but it does seem to have some vehicles that sound quite exciting. Not because of the vehicle itself but because those particular vehicles make it sound as if the game could have certain features or locations.


As of now, there are:
48 Cars
5 Bikes
10 Heli's
1 Plane
25 Boats
9 Train models

Cars
apc
bobsleigh
benson
biff
bobcat
boxville
buccaneer
burrito
brzbus
casco
cadge
car_brzhatchplc
car_brzsedanplc
car_brzhatchjnk
car_brzsedanjnk
carga
cavalcade
cognoscenti
cs2000
chavos
dukes
dune
feroci
forklift
futo
furzen
fxt
gant
hauler
minivan
infernus
patriot
phantom
prairie
police
rancher
rhino
schafter
seinove
skimobile
taxi
vanpony
willard
winky
trash
railmu
flatty
snowplough

Bikes
enduro
jz125
z75
faggio2
spike

Helicopters
autogiro
bchopper
annihilator
bentham
maverick
hind
napalm
scamp
heli_vcpf
heli_tfe

Planes
cuban800

Boats
squalo
bassboy
chika
fisher
fishboat_a
fishboat_b
fishboat_c
fishboat_d,
marquis
reefer
tropic
gunboat
sabs_boat
small_gb2
dinghy
p_mi_botfsh
whaler
woody
woody2
sporto
tinny
tug
contbo
smug
edsboat

Trains
cablecar
chairlift
subway_lo
subway_hi
train_carg
trainf_carg
trainr_carg
train_int
lighty

[#BROKEN Hasney]

THQ's fate rest in the hands of Darksiders 2, huh.

Kinda wanna go buy it just so I can say "I tried to keep them afloat".

It's got the opposite effect on me.

[Fignuts]

Really hope the next Deus Ex has a new game+ this time around.

In fact, all rpg's should have new game+.

[Kane Knight]

THQ's fate rest in the hands of Darksiders 2, huh.

Kinda wanna go buy it just so I can say "I tried to keep them afloat".

It's got the opposite effect on me.

[Funky Fly]

It's got the opposite effect on me.

Yeah, same. I was hoping they'd pull through with UFC 3, but since the online is broken when they expect me to pay $3 to make my create a guy have stats better than like 70, when the average real fighter's stats are like 83, they can go fuck themselves.

[PrettyCool]

Really hope the next Deus Ex has a new game+ this time around.

In fact, all rpg's should have new game+.

New game plus? Scott Steiner : HEH?

[Emperor Smeat]

Part of the lawsuit involving Activision and the former bosses of Infinity Ward was settled today as Activision settles the part of the lawsuit involving EA.

EA was brought into the lawsuit after it was discovered they were actively trying to get the former bosses and employees to break away from Infinity Ward after the release of Modern Warfare 2. The main issue involved unpaid bonus money and trying to gain rights of the franchise away from Activision.

Electronic Arts was implicated after it was discovered Infinity Ward leadership Jason West and Vince Zampella had met with the publisher prior to leaving Activision and Infinity Ward. Soon after their termination, West and Zampella formed Respawn Entertainment and signed a deal with EA for a still unannounced shooter.

The terms of the settlement were not revealed while the remaining lawsuit against the former bosses is still scheduled to occur once the court hears the case on May 29.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/InfinityWard.gif
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/activision-electronic-arts-settle-over-infinity-ward-lawsuit/4155/
____________________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) Telltale Games announce they have sold over a million copies of the first episode from the Walking Dead series.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/the-walking-dead-sells-a-million-episodes/4156/

2) Epic Games is making one last push to ensure the next Xbox and PS4 will be very expensive in order to ensure the Unreal 4 engine gets top priority for the next generation.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/epic-pushing-sony-and-microsoft-to-make-next-gen-consoles-more-powerful/

3) Bioware is asking for fan input towards the development of Dragon Age 3 as a way to improve on the complaints from Dragon Age 2 and to prevent another Mass Effect 3 fiasco.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/bioware-asking-for-fans-help-with-dragon-age-3/

[ClockShot]

I want my fucking sword back the Antivan Crows stole from me at the end of Awakening.

[Drakul]

If anyone in the UK is interested in the Stan Lee bonus for The Amazing Spiderman, it's GAME that has that bonus inthe UK, not Amazon.

You have to scroll a bit further down to get it, after you search the GAME site. They have a preorder with and without it, for some reason.

[Fignuts]

Fuck epic games with a rusty knife.

[LoDownM]

I'm convinced Epic Games wants to secretly kill the game industry.

[Kane Knight]

I'm convinced Epic Games wants to secretly kill the game industry.

I'm convinced their CEO is trying to be Michael Patcher.

[Emperor Smeat]

Epic Games released the first screen shots from their Unreal 4 Engine with the emphasis on the vast upgrade in power and graphics possible in comparison to the Unreal 3 engine.

It is also part of the huge push the company wants console and mobile makers to consider when developing the next generation of devices with Epic hoping at least the next Xbox and PS4 go all out with the tech for the console market.

According to Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, last year's Samaritan demo was only meant as both a teaser for the next engine and what a maxed out Unreal 3 engine was capable. The true possibility of the Unreal 4 engine wasn't shown off in the tech demo.

As early as last March, Epic was making the case for more power with a demo screened at the 2011 GDC. Called Samaritan and built in Unreal Engine 3 with a new set of specialized plug-ins, the video showcased the rendering power of current high-end hardware, displaying an impressive array of effects, like realistic clothing, lifelike lighting, and highly detailed facial expressions. It took three high-end graphics cards to handle the demand, but it grabbed people's attention. "We used it as an opportunity to make a point to the developers," Sweeney says. "‘We want 10 times more power; here's what we can do with it.

And that was merely for a souped-up version of Unreal 3. For Unreal 4, yet another quantum leap in hardware has to happen. Creating a game that operates on a level of fidelity comparable to human vision, Sweeney says, will require hardware at least 2,000 times as powerful as today's highest-end graphics processors. That kind of super-hi-def experience may be only two or three console generations away, but it hinges on manufacturers moving toward the power levels Sweeney is looking for today. He needs the next generation of consoles to be good.

The first game to use the Unreal 4 engine is expected to be released later this year by Epic Games at the earliest with more details probably being revealed during next month's E3 expo.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17mx07uexkr6rjpg/original.jpg
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17mx07we4pjnrjpg/original.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5911115/unreal-engine-4-will-make-the-next-generation-of-games-look-utterly-mind+blowing
More screens: http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/more-unreal-engine-4-screenshots-released/
_________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) Brothers in Arms: Furious Four future is in huge doubt after rumors of a trademark dispute involving Ubisoft and Gearbox has jeopardized the status of the project.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-has-brothers-in-arms-furious-4-gone-mia/

2) Pre-loading has been recently added to PSN which works in the exact same way Valve's Steam allows games to be pre-loaded before becoming officially available to buy.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/playstation-network-gets-pre-load-option-for-upcoming-games/

3) EA attempting a new plan to lure developers and games away from Steam by offering developers who have their projects funded on Kickstarter up to 3 months of free distribution on Origin with no fees owed to EA.
http://kotaku.com/5911567/ea-offers-crowdfunded-games-three-months-of-free-distribution-on-origin

[Kalyx triaD]

http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2012/05/5826991451.jpg

[Drakul]

Photos of the pad make it look really big. It's only when you see someone holding it that you see it's a lot smaller than it looks.

[Kane Knight]

I'm more concerned with how it feels when you hold it. Both in terms of size and comfort. I mean, I don't expect it to be 90 lbs, but how will it feel when I've been playing for five, ten or thirty minutes?

Tablets are at least simplstic. When you add a lot of buttons, you have to hold it a certain way to access them.

[Emperor Smeat]

Doesn't seem like its changed at all in terms of actual size but if its anything like the E3 model, then the general feeling would still be the tablet is very comfortable to hold and use. Everyone who's held it always mentions the hand grips and pictures being very deceptive to the tablet's actual size.

Kotaku is saying the only things changed was a new button being added and start/select being moved to a new spot.

[El Fangel]

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

Reading this makes me draw the conclusion they plan for a RDR sequel. I really hope so.

[Kane Knight]

Doesn't seem like its changed at all in terms of actual size but if its anything like the E3 model, then the general feeling would still be the tablet is very comfortable to hold and use. Everyone who's held it always mentions the hand grips and pictures being very deceptive to the tablet's actual size.

Kotaku is saying the only things changed was a new button being added and start/select being moved to a new spot.

That's good to know. Still not sure I'm BUYING one, but I won't dismiss it offhand if it's comfortable.

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

Reading this makes me draw the conclusion they plan for a RDR sequel. I really hope so.

I figured they'd make a new one anyway. Red Dead Revelations: Marston's Revengeance.

[Fignuts]

Hate that Revengeance is a word.

[El Fangel]

It sounds so odd.

[Drakul]

I remember hearing a while back that they had wanted to make RDR a full on series like GTA. So, that obviously means we'll get sequels.

It'll probably be like GTA with a new protagonist each time. I don't think we'll get Marstons "early years" or anything.

[El Fangel]

That actually would be pretty entertaining as they established his lifestyle back then. If they did a prequel 5-10 years prior, it could be pretty sweet.

[Kane Knight]

I remember hearing a while back that they had wanted to make RDR a full on series like GTA. So, that obviously means we'll get sequels.

It'll probably be like GTA with a new protagonist each time. I don't think we'll get Marstons "early years" or anything.

While I don't want Marston's early years, it'd be nice if we got one set a bit further back. Redemption was at the very end of the West (One of the major themes, of course, but still) and it'd be interesting to see a full-on Western.

[Drakul]

People wanted a Cowboys & Indians style of setting before RDR was released. Forums often had people saying they wanted to come across Native tribes and so on.

If R* listen to fans, they might do something with that.

[Drakul]

Make a Red Dead game where you play as a Native American, fighting the white man.

Red Dead Reservation.

[D Mac]

Cowboys and Aliens :shifty:

[Drakul]

Would have been a more entertaining DLC than Cowboys & Zombies.

[PrettyCool]

Red Dead Redemption 2 : Bonnie's "wild ride" :naughty:

[Kane Knight]

People wanted a Cowboys & Indians style of setting before RDR was released. Forums often had people saying they wanted to come across Native tribes and so on.

If R* listen to fans, they might do something with that.

But there was totally an indian tribe, so it counts!

Make a Red Dead game where you play as a Native American, fighting the white man.

Red Dead Reservation.

And the sequel, Red Dead Relocation?

Would have been a more entertaining DLC than Cowboys & Zombies.

Fuck you, man!

[Tommy Gunn]

Really happy Rockstar refuse to streamline their games into yearly iterations, quality over quantity.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

There's going to be a Payday: The Heist and L4D crossover.

I'm not sure what to think about that. Could be great though.

[Kalyx triaD]

Rockstar had that stance for a long time, announcing it a few years ago after GTA4 came out. I guess they wanted to reiterate it after Max Payne was released. It's an honorable stance. But really, nobody really does it but Activision(?).

[Kalyx triaD]

Pre-Order DLC packs have come to Lego Batman 2:

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17nbyg5le2db5jpg/original.jpg
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17nbyg5lf7p7ejpg/original.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

Some good and bad news in regards to Gearbox's upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines game.

The good news is a new trailer was released for the game and Gearbox confirms the game is in the last stage of development.

The bad news is the game has been delayed from its original late 2012 release date to now a February 12, 2013 date with the Wii U version being delayed a bit longer. Gearbox was hoping to have the game ready by the time the Wii U launched but will not be able to in the end.

It appears Sega might have been the ones to make the official decision to delay the game based on the press release sent and Gearbox mentioning they will just polish the game for those extra months.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9lF_ON58_7Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/and-now-aliens-colonial-marines-wont-be-coming-out-this-year-either/4163/
______________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) Microsoft has added a new disclaimer to the XBLA version of Minecraft about the lack of non-HD tv support for split screen mode while also offering refunds for anyone who can't play the co-op split screen.
http://kotaku.com/5912095/microsoft-does-the-right-thing-offers-full-refunds-to-select-minecraft-gamers

2) Square Enix is planning on releasing two more Just Cause games with Just Cause 3 debut expected to arrive by E3 and Just Cause 4 teased for the future based on recent domain names purchased by the company.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/square-enix-registers-just-cause-4-domains/

3) Concept art for the next game in the Tales series hints at a potential futuristic and city setting which would be different than the usual rural-type setting previous Tales games had.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/next-tales-game-gets-futuristic-concept-art/

[LoDownM]

Forgot to put that the first one is about Minecraft Smelly.

[Immortal Moose]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1F6Gas3DYBM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Fignuts]

FUCK yes @ Just Cause 3 & 4. For the love of god though, put in cheat codes this time. This type of game begs for them.

New 007 looks sexy. Wonder what the other 5 movies will be. Dr. No, surely.

[Drakul]

New 007 looks sexy. Wonder what the other 5 movies will be. Dr. No, surely.

They'll put Goldeneye in. If that's not the last mission, whatever the next James Bond film is will be it.

Bought Sonic 4 Episode 2 and kind of wishing I hadn't. Dunno, the tag moves are a bit dull and you get told when to use them and which move to use so there is no need to "experiment". Or you could just tag-team barrel roll through the level.
The bonus stage being accessable at the end of every level is a bit dull too. It would have been better if it was only accessable at the end of the frst act of each zone. Though they don't put enough zones in the game for that.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The details of Bungie's contract with Activision have been made public as part of the legal action with the former IW heads.

They're going to make 4 "sci-fantasy" action shooters under the code-named "Destiny". The first should drop fall 2013 and be 360 (or it's successor) exclusive for one year. Follow-ups will then be on Sony, MS and PC in 2015, 2017, and 2019.

Then you have 4 DLC expansions code-named "Comet" coming out in the falls of 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. Activision are allowed to take over all these projects if Bungie cannot meet their requirements, but they cannot make spin-offs or sequels until all of Bungie's work on the franchise is complete.

Finally, 5% of their team are allowed to work on a new Marathon game with that team allowed to grow once they reach a certain level of operating income.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/activision-bungie-contract-reveals-four-game-plan-code-named-de/

Not mentioned in the Joystiq article is the promise of large cash bonuses if a game gets a metacritic ranking of 90 or above.

I was hoping to see something fresh out of Bungie personally that wasn't a sci-fi (or sci-fantasy, I guess) shooter, but stick to what you know seems to be the credo here.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

38 Studios is fucked.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/ri-governor-confirms-38-studios-layoffs/

Not sure if they or EA own the copyright on Kingdoms of Amular, but if it's the former, don't expect a sequel anytime soon.

[Kane Knight]

38 Studios is fucked.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/ri-governor-confirms-38-studios-layoffs/

Not sure if they or EA own the copyright on Kingdoms of Amular, but if it's the former, don't expect a sequel anytime soon.

Which is funny, because they just launched the trailer for their MMO.

[Kane Knight]

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying "talk about your shitty timing."

[PrettyCool]

FUCK yes @ Just Cause 3 & 4. For the love of god though, put in cheat codes this time. This type of game begs for them.

New 007 looks sexy. Wonder what the other 5 movies will be. Dr. No, surely.

Just cuz u cant play games well, doesnt mean they need to add cheats in them.

[Kane Knight]

Just cuz u cant play games well, doesnt mean they need to add cheats in them.

The retard gimmick is a little old, son. Maybe you should stop.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Pretty much. This Governor Lincoln Chafee fellow has said he's done letting the state give them "easy money", confirms layoffs, doesn't confirm if the current staff are being paid or not and then says the MMO will be out June 2013.

Basically, they owe $49 million to the state, they paid off $1.125mil this month and the next payment is due November 1st of $2.6 million. Then a wonderfully crippling $12.6 million in 2013.

The Rhode Island administration says they'll do everything it can to stop the company failing short of giving it more cash. But since they're ambiguous about staff being paid or not, the cynical bastard in me assumes they're not.

Turbine and Avalanche studios are holding recruitment events in the area to try and get some of their staff with the former having 50 openings on their current MMO project.

If their MMO comes out June 2013, I'm assuming it will be out regardless of what state it's in to try and rake in some of the cash to keep them afloat

[ClockShot]

38 Studios is fucked.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/ri-governor-confirms-38-studios-layoffs/

Not sure if they or EA own the copyright on Kingdoms of Amular, but if it's the former, don't expect a sequel anytime soon.

I wonder if Schilling can ask ESPN for a raise?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

XCom the shooter has been delayed until fiscal year 2014. XCom the traditional strategy game by Fraxis is out the day after my birthday, October 9th 2012.

It's like they knew exactly what I wanted :'(

[Emperor Smeat]

According to recent rumors and leaks, Konami is planning on making two new Castlevania games with one set in the classic 2D style for the 3DS and a sequel to Lord of Shadows for every other platform.

The 3DS Castlevania game is rumored to have the title of "Mirror of Faith" with no other details besides the game expected to follow in similar style to previous games on the GBA and DS. Also hinted was the possibility of the producer from Lord of Shadow, David Cox, taking over the project instead of Koji Igarashi who has been the producer for the portable branch of the series.

There were initial plans for Mirror of Faith to also have a Wii U version before it was canceled which would have used the tablet's cameras to activate AR features and motion controls for the game.

The sequel to Castlevania Lord of Shadow is also rumored to be in development with the Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, and Wii U expected to be the platforms for the game. Almost no actual details were leaked in regards to this project nor any confirmation if Hideo Kojima is helping with the development like the original game.

The official debut for both games have been rumored to occur at this year's E3 and be one of the main games featured for Konami's press conference.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x186_Featured_Banner/blog_header_photos/28/blog_header_158734.jpg
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-21-castlevania-mirror-of-faith-coming-to-3ds-report
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-22-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-2-to-launch-on-wii-u-ps3-vita-and-xbox-360
_______________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) Bioware announces layoffs are being done to a significant amount of staff involved with the Star Wars The Old Republic MMO game. The unofficial reason is due to the growing decline of the user base and declining revenues generated since the game's launch.
http://kotaku.com/5912361/layoffs-hit-star-wars-the-old-republic-developers-at-bioware-austin

2) The reboot of Devil May Cry has an official release date of January 13, 2013 according to Capcom.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/today-in-useful-release-info-xcom-enemy-unknown-and-devil-may-cry-have-launch-dates/4166/

3) Hideo Kojima confirms footage from the E3 demo for Metal Gear Rising: Revengence will be shown off well before E3 officially starts.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/new-metal-gear-rising-footage-to-be-shown-before-e3/

[PrettyCool]

The retard gimmick is a little old, son. Maybe you should stop.

Ur mom is getting old, maybe she should stop starring in gangbangs.

[Cool King]

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/556859_10150928002012147_414834415_n.jpg

[Drakul]

<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-GHX8dvuFUQ?version=3&feature=player_detailpage"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-GHX8dvuFUQ?version=3&feature=player_detailpage" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></object>

[Kane Knight]

Ur mom is getting old, maybe she should stop starring in gangbangs.

As long as guys are still paying her, she can do what she wants.

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/556859_10150928002012147_414834415_n.jpg

WANT

[Cool King]

Here is some information on the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector's Set.

This Zangief-sized offering contains games, music, art, video... just about every medium you can think of, all dedicated to this classic series and its devoted fans. For $149.99 (on either Xbox 360 or PS3), you get:

Games

-Street Fighter X Tekken (including all character and Swap Costume DLC)

-Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (with all costume DLC)

-Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

-Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition

Video

-New documentary Blu-ray that highlights the lifelong love affair fans have had with Street Fighter, and how their dedication has affected the game.

-Street Fighter IV, Super SFIV anime movies

-All episodes of the Street Fighter animated series (DELICIOUS!)

-Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

Light-up Ryu statue

-Brand new statue with light up base. Eight inches tall and frozen in mid Shoryuken.

11 disc soundtrack

-Game music from the past 25 years, including remixes and fan-created music.

64 page hardcover art book

-Containing pieces from fans all over the world.

Ryu's belt

-Full size martial arts black belt for the aspiring World Warrior. Includes Ryu's "Furinkazan" in kanji.

Certificate of Authenticity

-Like any good collector's set, this comes with a lovely piece of paper telling you how limited and special it is. They're all individually numbered, so get one before they disappear! Arrives on September 18.

[Cool King]

Also....

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/U9fq-j5McYE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Cool King]

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/556859_10150928002012147_414834415_n.jpg

http://fast1.onesite.com/capcom-unity.com/user/brelston/street_fighter_x_tekken_tgs_2011/large/eca8839e23f35553e4d4b3e0a5ff2d72.jpg?v=229200

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Should have gotten some kind of Alpha Anthology out for this too.

[Funky Fly]

Huh. 95% sure I'll end up getting that SF collector's set. Just as well, since I traded in SFxT a couple of weeks ago and they probably won't have the jumping issue fixed till the time when all the 12 dlc characters are out.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

It's not just the jumping issue, game is totally locking up now if any fireball collides with Rolento's knife. That won't be fixed for at least 2 weeks.

It's pretty hilarious.

[Funky Fly]

wow

[Kalyx triaD]

They fixed the jumping issue last week.

That set is godlike. Don't know if I'll bite, though...

[Drakul]

wow

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rvVDAmB9EB4?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
The game also freezes when certain things interrupt other moves.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

"going in more deeper".

Thankfully he took time off his English major to investigate further.

[Fignuts]

Damn it capcom. It's probably my favorite fighting game this gen but they've driven everyone on my friends list away with their bullshit. Going to have to check in with 2old2play.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'd be online more often with you and Khuntry but offline games dominate here (and now we have a Wii). SFxT is pretty big here, maybe the only fighting game that gets everybody involved competitively.

Trying to get online more often for SFxT, SoulCalibur V, and Battlefield 3.

[Blitz]

Probably should've checked this before I posted that set in the SFxT thread.

Anyways, didn't even know it was in development, but the Shadow of the Colossus film will be helmed by Josh Trank (Chronicle)

[Emperor Smeat]

Ubisoft could be planning on making an Assassin's Creed MMO game based on rumors of their Ubisoft Massive studio currently working on a brand new next-gen MMO project.

The studio posted job offers looking for people with experience in making open-world MMO type games with a strong emphasis on player vs player combat.

While it wasn't explicitly stated to be related to an Assassin's Creed game, Ubisoft has mentioned in the past they want the series to be an annual one and are always looking at new ideas and ways to continue the series.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ac3.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/ubisoft-massive-working-on-next-gen-mmo-could-it-be-assassins-creed-online/
_______________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) According to Take-Two's financial outline for the current fiscal year, Grand Theft Auto V is expected to arrive before April 2013.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/take-two-implies-that-gta-v-will-release-before-april-2013/

2) Gamestop announces they are starting their own annual expo set as a 1 day event this year on August 29 at San Antonio, Texas.
http://kotaku.com/5912632/gamestop-inviting-gamers-to-one+day-exposition-in-texas

3) A judge for the ITC (International Trade Commission) recommended the sales ban for the Xbox 360 to be upheld globally with the ITC itself to announce a decision on August 23 and President Obama having the choice of upholding the decision or vetoing it within 60 days later for the US.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/itc-judge-recommends-xbox-360-ban-in-u-s-thanks-to-motorola-patent-violation/

[Kalyx triaD]

Annualized games. Yeah.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rvVDAmB9EB4?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
The game also freezes when certain things interrupt other moves.

Is it just with Rolento?

[Blitz]

An Assassin's Creed MMO might be something that could finally get me interested in the genre.

[Kalyx triaD]

Is it just with Rolento?

So far, yes. But who knows what else slipped through.

[Kalyx triaD]

They finally have Thor's hammer for XB's Avatars. I'm very happy about that.

[Fignuts]

Honestly, if the glitch will stop people from picking Rolento, I'm all for it. If only there was a Raven glitch.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Or get more people to pick Rolento so they can be "hilarious" trolls.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

38 Studios staff haven't been paid since May 1st and their health care ends today.

Might shut down this week.

[Drakul]

1) According to Take-Two's financial outline for the current fiscal year, Grand Theft Auto V is expected to arrive before April 2013.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/take-two-implies-that-gta-v-will-release-before-april-2013/

A few signs point to the game being released in October this year. Firstly, all GTA games seem to get released in October. GTA IV being the exception because of delays but it was originally scheduled for October.

As well as that, Bioshock Infinite was said to be pushed back to make way for GTA in October. Take Two (who own 2K games) wouldn't want to release two massively popular games in the same month, would they?

[Kane Knight]

<script src="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/embed/5754"></script>

[Big Vic]

At work some guy was stretching and made the Goron noise from Zelda: OoT.....had to think for a moment to decide wether I should make a comment to him or not.

I chose to write about it on TPWW instead.

[Emperor Smeat]

Newly revealed "odd" details regarding Activision's contract with Bungie were discovered as part of the larger contract leak which occurred recently.

Besides Easter Eggs which have to be revealed to Activision, Bungie is only allowed to target the T rating for their Destiny project and can't officially release any games that are not from the Destiny series until 2018.

Another odd revelation was a clause preventing Valve, Gearbox, or Epic Games from helping out in any way with the Destiny series be it as actual development help or distribution.

While Bungie owns the IP series, another clause actually limits their ownership until 2022 with only Activision determining when the games can be officially published and released. Once 2022 arrives, Bungie has the option to find a new publisher or publish the games themselves if they reject all attempts to extend the contract with Activision.

The biggest benefit for Bungie is full access of Activision's marketing power and the automatic promotion of the Destiny series to be seen as equal to the Call of Duty series in terms of funding for development and pre-release hype.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bungie.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/weird-details-discovered-in-bungie-activision-destiny-contract/
________________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) There are some conflicting reports to the extend of the shutdowns but as of now 38 Studios and Big Huge Games have shut down with everyone laid off.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/report-38-studios-lays-off-entire-staff/4172/

2) CD Projekt RED, developer of The Witcher series, teases a huge announcement will arrive next week with the strong possibility of The Witcher 3 getting an official debut.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/witcher-2-dev-teases-major-announcement-next-week/

3) Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto was recently awarded the "The Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities " award for his contributions in the video game industry and the iconic status achieved by his creations.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/shigeru-miyamoto-given-prince-asturias-award

[Kane Knight]

So...Just posting it here rather than making a whole thread.

Is Bloodforge a clinic in how NOT to do a vidyea game?

[LoDownM]

38 Studios staff haven't been paid since May 1st and their health care ends today.

Might shut down this week.

They laid off theirs and all of Big Hugh Games employee's yesterday. And if they do close down, which seems highly likely, the people of Rhode Island will basically own the rights to the Amular series until the state government sells it off.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Bunch of employees at 38 studios thought the company had sold their homes, but have just been told that they're liable for the mortgages on them.

Wow, that;s fucked.

http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/5/25/3043282/38-studios-downfall-leads-to-second-mortgages-for-some-employees

[Emperor Smeat]

Based on recent patent leaks, Sony could be toying around with the idea of possible implementing a new advertising system which would automatically pause whatever game or service is being used in order for an ad to pop up and play on the screen.

The user would have no control over when the ads would appear nor any way to stop them until it finishes. The only warning will be another pop up warning the player their game will be interrupted soon for a paid advertisement to be shown.

The patent, discovered by webforum NeoGAF, was filed back in July 2011 under the moniker "Advertisement Scheme for use with interactive content." This scheme will warn players that their game is about to be interrupted momentarily with paid content, such as Sony's example of a soda commercial, before gameplay stops for a quick commercial. Once it's over, gameplay resumes.

It will also be possible for players to "rewind" a portion of the interactive content after the commercial.

Sony did something similar with Wipeout HD but with the ad playing during a loading screen. The problem was the ad couldn't be cancelled and the race wouldn't start until the ad was done which basically extended the loading of the game every time a new race was done.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Sony-advert-patent.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5913268/sony-interested-in-interrupting-your-gaming-with-commercials
______________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) Hideo Kojima announces his studio is currently working on a new Zone of the Enders project with a concept art piece revealed and a placeholder title as "Enders Project."
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/kojima-teases-new-zone-of-the-enders-game/

2) Atlus indefinitely extends the North American servers for Demon Souls after original plans were to shut down the servers at the end of May.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/demons-souls-continue-haunting-you-%E2%80%9Cforeseeable-future%E2%80%9D

3) US and European versions of Anarchy Reigns from Platinum Games has been delayed by Sega from its July 2012 date to now a TBD date.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/anarchy-reigns-delayed-in-the-u-s-and-europe/

[OssMan]

wasn't it revealed that the zone of the enders game was going to be on the fucking 3DS

[ClockShot]

More fallout from the 38 Studios meltdown.

Employees who were laid off who sold their homes to the company so they can relocate from wherever to Rhode Island, got calls from their bank saying the house was still in their name and that the mortgage is due. There's talk that 38 Studios didn't buy the houses at all.

Laid off, you MAY have 2 houses in your name, and the mortgage is due. If this turns out to be true, I'll bet Schilling will be hit with one biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig lawsuit.

[Kane Knight]

SM, that's a pretty specific reading into the current situation on that patent.

[Emperor Smeat]

Most sources I use for the daily news seem to be implying towards that type of idea being used. Had to search if Sony ever tried something similar and it appears to be an expanded version of what was done with Wipeout HD.

The patent itself has the chart of what would occur if it was actually done as well.

[Kane Knight]

The patent is about all the concrete news there is. Saying "sony is considering" anything is rumour at best, and even that, it takes a LOT of liberty with it.

[Kane Knight]

And your own link, for example, mentions nothing of that.

[RoXer]

So what do you want from him?

[RoXer]

Do you want a retraction? A public flogging? Want me to ban him from the forum for a month?

[alvarado52]

STONE HIM!

[Kane Knight]

Do you want a retraction? A public flogging? Want me to ban him from the forum for a month?

TPWW: Where a simple "your facts are wrong" turns into a big affair.

[alvarado52]

RACK HIM!

[ClockShot]

HE'S A WITCH. BURN 'EM!

Sorry, couldn't resist.


<IFRAME height=315 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zrzMhU_4m-g" frameBorder=0 width=560 allowfullscreen></IFRAME>

[#BROKEN Hasney]

About the new Smash Bros. This was deleted half an hour later

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

[Kalyx triaD]

Betting Mega Man and Isaac.

[RoXer]

source?

[RoXer]

gunna have to prepare the iron maiden otherwise

[Kalyx triaD]

Hasney wouldn't fuck around with info like that.

[RoXer]

I'm sure he wouldn't, he knows the consequences

[Kalyx triaD]

Meanwhile, the Smash Boards (http://www.smashboards.com/misc.php?do=news&id=322759) has some rumors on the WiiU's power.

[Funky Fly]

Betting Mega Man and Isaac.

Nah, Geno would be a perfect addition. Obscure enough for the current crop of kids, but a nice "oh shit, they put him in? :eek:" for the older gen. Plus he comes from Super Mario RPG, which means he'll definitely have recognizable attacks, but because he was in a turn-based RPG they'll have the freedom to tweak his moves without losing the general "feel" of the character from game to game.

Geno and Isaac is my guess. Capcom seems intent on trolling the fans hard with this Mega Man business. I bet if they do put him in it will be the Captain N version. Then again, Sakurai has been known to tell some tall tales (no clones?), so maybe none of them are in.

[Drakul]

I saw the character thing this morning but I didn't know if it was worth sharing. I think it'll be Geno and Isaac.

I'm liking that the price of the Wii U is said to be under £300. What do the specs mean in plain English? Am I going to be seeing graphics from a Pixar film or similar to FF7: Advent Children? Will it be possible to have Hyrules map size put Red Dead Redemptions map to shame?

[Drakul]

Thinking they might put in Waluigi to partner with Wario in SSB.

I read somewhere today that Sakurai said this Smash Bros would go in a different direction or something. People are wondering what that might mean.
3D fighting area? Focus on tag matches?

It'll never happen but how cool would it be if they had Smash Bros be a launch title and, through out the life span of the Wii U, new characters would be added by you purchasing and meeting certain requirements in a game?
You buy The next Zelda game for Wii U, 2 years after Smash Bros has launched. You defeat the new arch enemy and get a message after the credits "Congratulations! *arch enemy name* has been added to Smash Bros!"

It's doable. Just have compatible games house the character data on the disc and, when the requirements are met, the game scans for a Smash save and unlocks the character by downloading it to the Wii U, like 360 games do with avatar awards.
It would keep the game fresh. Plus I'm sure a few people may be persuaded to pick up a new game if they knew it would unlock a character and/or stage for Smash Bros.

[Kane Knight]

Mmmm...Roxer strawmanning.

[Emperor Smeat]

I saw the character thing this morning but I didn't know if it was worth sharing. I think it'll be Geno and Isaac.

I'm liking that the price of the Wii U is said to be under £300. What do the specs mean in plain English? Am I going to be seeing graphics from a Pixar film or similar to FF7: Advent Children? Will it be possible to have Hyrules map size put Red Dead Redemptions map to shame?

Assuming those specs are real, something able to use the Unreal 4 Engine or at least be able to have a modified one like how the Xbox 360 and PS3 were able to have modified Unreal 3 engines.

In terms of RAM alone, its about 4x more than the Xbox 360 and the OS alone might have more than the Xbox 360's dedicated combined. PS3 has less dedicated than the Xbox 360 due to the way it splits its RAM. Graphics-wise, no upscaling needed to reach 720 or even 1080 since it supports 1080 by default (ex. Halo Reach was around the 600s range before it got upscaled to 720).

If that Valve rumor is true, then Steam integration similar to the PS3 and would confirm earlier rumors of Nintendo getting Valve (or EA) helping them out with the Nintendo Network.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Downloaded HBO GO and then it said I needed to update it. Why not just have the updated version as the original download? 0.o

[Kalyx triaD]

Less complications on the developer end.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

XBLA always downloads the most up to date version. Don't know what's up with those app thingies.

[Funky Fly]

The formatting on the youtube and crackle apps could use a tiny bit of work. Daily motion kinda sucks outright. Netflix is decent, but a rogue gust of wind will kill my connection to it. And yeah, every app pretty much needs a giant update as soon as I d/l it. Seems like they're worried about releasing a patch that breaks more than it fixes, so they make you d/l the original just in case.

[Emperor Smeat]

Daily Recap:
1)THQ to split its stock to prevent being delisted on NASDAQ next month (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-05-26-thq-plans-reverse-stock-split)
2)Sony holding an "Ultimate Editions" sale for digital PS3 games on PSN this week (http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/sony-brining-ps3-ultimate-editions-to-psn)
3)Konami releases screens for the Zone of the Enders HD set (not the new game in development) (http://www.screwattack.com/news/konami-presents-some-zone-enders-hd-screenshots) </marquee>
_________________________________________________________________

A sequel to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was in development by 38 Studios before its finical problems crippled the company and their subsidiary studio of Big Huge Games.

The sequel would have been developed by Big Huge Games studio. Very few details were revealed but Big Head Games would have been the developers, the game itself was in pre-production stage, and the basis for new features were to be based on complaints generated by reviews from the first game.

Joystiq’s sources say that “elements tested for the sequel were higher graphics quality across the board, no loading screens between zones, expanded and improved combat animations, fewer branching quests and greater effect on the world by players.”

As of now 38 Studios still owns rights to the cancelled project and series but is expected to hand over the rights to the government of Rhode Island as part of its bankruptcy requirements. EA is rumored to be ready to purchase the series once the government of RI opens up bidding for the property.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Kingdoms_of_Amalur_01.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/kingdoms-of-amalur-recoking-2-was-in-development/

[ClockShot]

Ugh. That ticker is fucking with my eyes.

[Extreme Angle]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ySGw09JkYog" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Sepholio]

So pissed about 38 studios going down. I thought KoA: Reckoning was a GREAT game. One of the funnest I've played in awhile.

[Emperor Smeat]

The fallout from 38 Studios collapse continues to get ugly as recently the founder of the company, Curt Schilling places the main blame of the studio's demise on the governor of Rhode Island and the loss of a private investor.

According to Schilling, the studio had initially secured a $35 million deal with a undisclosed private investor who was ready to help fund the sequel to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning but later backed out once the governor of Rhode Island publicly stated the studio was fighting to stay afloat.

38 Studios was extremely upset at the statement being made public since it ruined all future investment in the company and caused several of their existing investors and EA to halt their support of the company.

Schilling was also upset at the current governor renegading on the contract signed by the previous governor to get 38 Studios to operate in Rhode Island. The issue involved the ability to temporary defer on tax payments owed and keep earning tax credits by hiring people in the state to work at 38 Studios.

The government of Rhode Island was mainly upset at the lack of hiring as part of the deal with most of the employees and hired workers being transferees from the Massachusetts branch. As well as questions regarding how most of the original $75 million loan was spent with some of the spending ending up being unaccounted for in status reports.


EDIT: Some supposed details from a variety of places state 38 Studios was spending a huge chunk of the loaned money on a different project (Copernicus) instead of Kingdoms of Amalur without telling the state which is why the money was "missing" from status reports. EA also flat out refused to publish and fund a sequel well before the public announcement by the governor was made. EA also seems to have very little interest in buying the IP once its available for sale.

http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/curt-schilling.jpg
http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/29/curt-schillings-dings-rhode-island-governor-for-damaging-remarks-on-38-studios/
_________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) The rumored new subscription tiers for Playstation Plus are now rumored to be splitting the monthly free games as exclusives for certain tiers.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumor-playstation-plus-tiers-appear-alongside-gaikai-and-vita-cloud

2) EA's version of "CoD Elite" type services for Battlefield 3 has been rumored to be priced at $60 and expected to arrive by the end of June.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-battlefield-premium-to-cost-60-aftermath-dlc-revealed/

3) Nintendo reveals the Castlevania game for the 3DS is actually a sequel for Lord of Shadows called "Castlevania: Lord of Shadows - Mirror of Faith" and will star Trevor Belmont as the playable character.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-sequel-confirmed-for-3ds-trevor-belmont-returns/

[#BROKEN Hasney]

David "Dickmunch" Cage finally said something I agree with. Heavy Rain was lacking in most areas.

The only one he doesn't touch on is the writing, which was god awful too. But he wrote it... Cunt.

[ClockShot]

I hope that Lord of Shadows sequel makes it's way to the PS3 and 360. Makes no sense to go from a platform to a handheld.

[Emperor Smeat]

It is considering the 3DS one isn't a direct sequel but more of a prequel to Lord of Shadows 2 on consoles in terms of story. Its also supposed to be in the same 2D style the GBA and DS Castlevania games were.

Supposed scans from an upcoming Nintendo Power issue: http://www.screwattack.com/news/castlevania-3ds-fully-named-castlevania-lords-shadow-mirror-fate

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The Epic/Silicon Knights saga is finally over with Epic laying a $4.5mil smackdown on them after the judge sided with them on all counts.

[Drakul]

<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e-LE0ycgkBQ?version=3&feature=player_detailpage"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e-LE0ycgkBQ?version=3&feature=player_detailpage" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></object>

[Emperor Smeat]

Update to the rumors of Battlefield 3 getting its own "Call of Duty Elite" type service as a supposed spec sheet detailing all the content provided by the service was leaked today.

EA will make an official announcement on June 4th on the official Battlefield website with an expected actual release date to occur later in the month.

According to the sheet, Premium users will have early access to 5 more DLC packs planned, exclusive in-game access to weapons and bonuses, the ability to reset their leaderboard stats, preference in server queues for matches in any match they are waiting for, and a bunch of other benefits.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/gePVg.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/battlefield-3-premium-fact-sheet-leaked-to-internet/
_______________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) Sony was rumored to be favoring removing disc support for the PS4 before dropping the idea due to concerns over risks and bandwidth limits from internet service providers.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/sony-considered-online-only-console-after-ps3/4178/

2) Doom 3 joins the small list of current gen games getting a remake as Bethseda announces they are making a "BFG" edition of the game which will contain new features, content, and fixes to the original game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/bethesda-announces-doom-3-bfg-edition

3) CD Projekt Red, developer of the Witcher series, announce their next game will be based on the pen-and-paper table RPG game of Cyberpunk with at least just a PC version guaranteed.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/witcher-developers-making-game-based-on-pen-and-paper-rpg-cyberpunk/4180/

[Kane Knight]

Sony are morons. No shock.

So pissed about 38 studios going down. I thought KoA: Reckoning was a GREAT game. One of the funnest I've played in awhile.

It really is awesome. I find it weird EA doesn't want KoA, since they were reportedly pleased with Rectuming's sales.

[Sepholio]

Someone will pick Amalur up. They would be fools not to. I surmise a new studio with a big chunk of the 38 studios/Big Huge Games staff will be up and running in a few months.

As long as Activision doesn't get it, I'm cool.

[Kane Knight]

With all the bad press here, I'm not sure they would be fools not to.

Okay, I love the game, I love the fact that we finally have a fantasy world that's not an MMO and not smeared in dark, gritty shit, and I like the guys they got behind it.

But with this shitstorm, I don't think anyone's gonna see the forest for the controversy.

[Extreme Angle]

HUMBLE BUNDLE https://www.humblebundle.com/

[Kalyx triaD]

Midway/NetherRealm studios is making a DC Comics fighting game. Because MKvsDC was such a good idea. Hilarity may ensue, but we'll see.

[Kalyx triaD]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hMkTQSbE6Bc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Funky Fly]

Every time they've tried to make a fighter that wasn't Mortal Kombat, they've failed pretty hard. Hell, half the time they make MK games, they fail.

[Kane Knight]

Hilarity may ensue, but I'm going to completely obsess over this for months to come anyway.

[Kalyx triaD]

Somebody educate KK about how I feel about NetherRealm studios. He's doing that 'ignore history, make ass of himself' thing again.

[RoXer]

HUMBLE BUNDLE https://www.humblebundle.com/

Best one yet

[Emperor Smeat]

The classic Spy Hunter is getting another reboot attempt with a release planned for later this year.

The game is being developed for the 3DS and PS Vita by Warner Bros Interactive and developers TT Fusion who previously worked on the handheld Lego series of games.

The premise of the game is more or less what it sounds like: you're a spy and a hunter. As the Agent, your mission is to stop bad guys and protect civilians. Your method of doing so is a super vehicle that you race around in, destroying enemies' vehicles.

Your car, this time, is the G-6155 Interceptor, which is designed to "seamlessly transform from supercar to off-road assault vehicle to speed boat, allowing players to go where they like within the game's branching mission tracks." Players earn the ability to upgrade the Interceptor's various weapons and gadgets over the course of play.

No other details were announced but its expected to occur at this year's E3.

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MeZG5pvdgug?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><!-- <embed id="mymovie" width="640" height="360" flashvars='mapp=giant_bomb&██████████████&config={"progressive_low":"http://media.giantbomb.com/video/tr_ridgeracer_031312_700.mp4","progressive_high":"http://media.giantbomb.com/video/tr_ridgeracer_031312_1500.mp4","progressive_hd":"http://media.giantbomb.com/video/tr_ridgeracer_031312_3500.mp4","playlist":[{"provider":"http","url":"http://media.giantbomb.com/video/tr_ridgeracer_031312_3500.mp4"}],"netConnectionUrl":"rtmp://video.giantbomb.com/cfx/st/","streaming_low":"mp4:video/tr_ridgeracer_031312_700","streaming_high":"mp4:video/tr_ridgeracer_031312_1500","streaming_hd":"mp4:video/tr_ridgeracer_031312_3500","adcall":"http://ocp.cbs.com/pacific/Request.jsp?/gan/giantbomb;xml=vast2;partner=giantbomb;brand=4;site=1018;format=MPEG4;ord=999999?","playerId":"fp_57022526","clip":{}}' wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" scale="noScale" salign="lt" allowFullScreen="true" quality="high" name="mymovie" style="" src="http://jason.dev.gamespot.com/giant/pharos.swf?ver=009_4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"/></embed> -->
http://kotaku.com/5914387/spy-hunter-reboot-bringing-super-spy-racing-to-handhelds-this-fall
________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) Major Nelson announces this weekend will be Free Gold weekend for all Xbox 360 users with the special occasion due to new services Microsoft is adding from June 1st to June 3rd.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/xbox-live-gold-is-free-for-everyone-this-weekend-even-you/

2) The lawsuit between Activision and the former bosses of Infinity Ward has been settled with the only details known so far is that Activision has paid a monetary amount to the former bosses as part of the deal.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/call-of-duty-trial-isnt-happening-parties-settle-updated/4184/

3) Apple's CEO says the company has managed to evolve gaming past the traditional forms and see no reason to branch away from their iOS services to make a console. The rumors of Apple considering a console are due to the supposed meeting they had with Valve and the rumored "Valvebox" console.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/apple-ceo-tim-cook-not-interested-in-lame-unevolved-consoles/

[Kane Knight]

Somebody educate KK about how I feel about NetherRealm studios. He's doing that 'ignore history, make ass of himself' thing again.

Says the guy already obsessing in the thread on it.

Yup. I'm so ignoring history.

3) Apple's CEO says the company has managed to evolve gaming past the traditional forms and see no reason to branch away from their iOS services to make a console. The rumors of Apple considering a console are due to the supposed meeting they had with Valve and the rumored "Valvebox" console.

Probably for the best anyway. It'd be 2000 USD and you'd have to replace it every year.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Just bought a used copy of KOA: Reckoning.

[Immortal Moose]

Skyrim's upcoming DLC: Dawnguard
<!--[if IE]><object width="545" height="349" id="viddlerOuter-cac2f6b5" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/player/cac2f6b5/0/"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&openURL=13029504&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f&view_secret=13029504"><object id="viddlerInner-cac2f6b5"><video id="viddlerVideo-cac2f6b5" src="//www.viddler.com/file/cac2f6b5/html5mobile?openURL=13029504" type="video/mp4" width="545" height="307" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/cac2f6b5/" controls="controls" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> <!--> <object width="545" height="349" id="viddlerOuter-cac2f6b5" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="//www.viddler.com/player/cac2f6b5/0/"> <param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/player/cac2f6b5/0/"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&openURL=13029504&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f&view_secret=13029504"><object id="viddlerInner-cac2f6b5"> <video id="viddlerVideo-cac2f6b5" src="//www.viddler.com/file/cac2f6b5/html5mobile?openURL=13029504" type="video/mp4" width="545" height="307" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/cac2f6b5/" controls="controls" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video> </object></object> <!--<![endif]-->

[Immortal Moose]

HUMBLE BUNDLE https://www.humblebundle.com/

It's worth it for Psychonauts alone.

[Kane Knight]

Just bought a used copy of KOA: Reckoning.

You're totally going to miss out on the house of valor quests!

...Which take like ten minutes and are so major I missed them on my first TWO playthroughs....

[Kalyx triaD]

What is 'obsessing' to you exactly?

[Blitz]

Midway/NetherRealm studios is making a DC Comics fighting game. Because MKvsDC was such a good idea. Hilarity may ensue, but we'll see.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hMkTQSbE6Bc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
GOD Kalyx stop obsessing so much jeez. It's kinda sad.

[Kalyx triaD]

Wait til you see the meticulously dedicated essay I wrote in the official thread. Scary obsession there, too. I need help!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I believe it is pronounced "DC Kalyx Likes Penis Comics"

[Kalyx triaD]

That reminds me, the comic news boys may wanna hear about this.

[Fignuts]

No we don't particularly care about another shitty dc fighter.

[Kalyx triaD]

They'd probably just like a DC game. MKvDC sold 2mil. People clearly don't care for a good fighting game when certain characters are in it.

[Drakul]

I'm not a huge comic fan or anything but DC characters bore me. I can't think of any I actually like. Marvel characters, I can get behind.

I guess it's a coke/pepsi kinda thing. I'd go for Pepsi everytime.

[Blitz]

They'd probably just like a DC game. MKvDC sold 2mil. People clearly don't care for a good fighting game when certain characters are in it.
Kalyx for God's sake, let it go. We get it. You're obsessed.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I guess it's a coke/pepsi kinda thing. I'd go for Pepsi everytime.

It better be Max, or you're dead to me.

[Drakul]

Whatever Pepsi can I see first.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I'll allow it.

Max is the only cola-based beverage I enjoy that doesn't have alcohol in it.

[Drakul]

What about Dr. Pepper?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

That's a "fruit flavoured" beverage.

I have no idea what fruits it is allegedly masquerading as.

[Drakul]

It's supposed to be fruit?!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Yup. Probably the same type of "fruit" that goes into Red Bull.

[Blitz]

WOULD YOU GUYS STOP OBSESSING OVER DRINKS GOD

[Drakul]

Would you stop obsessing over people obsessing? God!

[Drakul]

Sonic Adventure 2 is getting Avatar items added to the Avatar store on the 5th of June. The actual game will probably be officially revealed at E3.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I'll obsess all over your face Blitz.

[Kane Knight]

They'd probably just like a DC game. MKvDC sold 2mil. People clearly don't care for a good fighting game when certain characters are in it. Now if you'll excuse me, I have more fashion critiques to make about a game I've already decided to hate.

I'm not a huge comic fan or anything but DC characters bore me. I can't think of any I actually like. Marvel characters, I can get behind.

Most people seem to be this way, really. Doesn't seem like people care outside of like, Batman, Superman, and maybe Green Lantern and Wonder Woman.

But Coke for life. Fuck Pepsi!

:shifty:

[Ermaximus]

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/news/ACM_collectors_official.jpg

So damned nice. All those pre-order extras. Fuuuck.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/news/ACM_GameStop_content.jpg

[Kalyx triaD]

That fucking wins.

[Drakul]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17ogm9ivvt5lojpg/original.jpg

Hitman HD Collection.

[ClockShot]

2 was awesome, contracts sucked, blood money is so easy I can do it blindfolded.

[Emperor Smeat]

Former executive and strategy planner for the Call of Duty, Robert Bowling, announces his recently formed studio's first game will be called "Human Element" with a planned 2015 release for next gen consoles and tablet devices.

Robotoki studio's project is a zombie shooter game that appears to be influenced by both Treyarch's Call of Duty zombie mode and Valve's Left 4 Dead series.

Aside from fighting against the “zombie” part of the zombie apocalypse, Human Element establishes its gameplay with a character creation system that commits you to a specific survival goal: “Survive Alone,” “Survive with a Partner,” or “Survive with a Young Child.” Your character class will also fall into “Action,” “Intelligence,” and “Stealth” categories, which Bowling says will predetermine how you can approach certain survival challenges.

More details will arrive as part of Game Informer's 4-page exclusive on the project with their next upcoming issue.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/004.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/former-call-of-duty-exec-reveals-human-element-for-next-gen-consoles-2015/
______________________________________________________________
Daily Recap:
1) People Can Fly studio, developers of Bulletstorm, was confirmed to be the developers for Gears of War 4.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/yes-people-can-fly-is-working-on-gears-of-war/4185/

2) Valve announces DOTA 2 will follow the Team Fortress 2 model as a free-to-play game once its released with all purchases made during the beta phase carrying over to the full retail release of the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dota-2-will-be-free-play

3) Club Nintendo game rewards for June are Donkey Kong (3DS VC), Brain Age Express: Sudoku (DSiWare), Kirby Super Star (Wii VC), and Maboshi's Arcade (Wiiware).
https://club.nintendo.com/

[BigDaddyCool]

quit obsessing over video games, dorks.

[Kane Knight]

Stop obsessing over my comment, BDC. That's Roxer's job.

[BigDaddyCool]

I was talking to blitz, eat my bears.

[Kane Knight]

I will not eat your bears.

Also, blitz is just playing the role of Roxer lite. Suck it, bitch.

[BigDaddyCool]

Lego LotR looks tight!

[Kane Knight]

Fool!

[Extreme Angle]

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

I fucking love Cry Engine

[Sepholio]

CryEngine 3 is the shiznite.

[Cool King]

I would post this in the WWE '13 thread but I'm avoiding the spoilers for it, so I'll ask it here.

With WWE '12, when creating an entrance on Advanced Creation, how do you save your chosen entrance segment with all your chosen camera angles and so on?

I've never had this problem before, but it's just when it comes to creating the last part of an entrance I'm working on, my character is in the ring, does his pose and I choose the camera angles I want and make the name plate appear, but when I'm done and I select to save what I've got, it just resets itself and the entrance segment that I've chosen just goes back to the default camera angles and lighting.

I've tried everything but nothing seems to save what I've done, which is highly frustrating.

I've always hated the Create An Entrance when it comes to choosing the camera angles. You select a camera angle you're happy with and then about two seconds into your chosen camera angle, it automatically changes to another one (Which is usally a crap one) so it renders your chosen angle pointless. Also the guessing of when a camera angle is going to change so you can try to change it before then is annoying too. A bar at the top of the screen is really not the way to do the camera angles.

Hopefully, in WWE '13, the camera angles have names and remain at that angle until you select another one yourself. None of this automatically changing crap. Also, get some new angles in the game. The majority of the camera angles are just terrible.

[Drakul]

I don't want to bump the RDR thread for just one small question, so I'll ask here.

Has R* done something to remove multiplayer characters? I dug the game out for the first time since before DNF released and went straight to private multiplayer just to get use to the controls again.

My character had always been Marshal Johnson (along with riding a white horse and having "Sheriff" as my title). When I loaded up MP this time I wasn't Johnson but some generic sheriff.
I looked through the characters and couldn't find Johnson anyway. Any idea what's happened?

[Kalyx triaD]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/post/9/2012/06/prototype_640x360.jpg

[Cool King]

If anyone wants something to read....

Sexual harassment in the world of video gaming

By James Fletcher
BBC World Service

The world of video gaming has a problem with sexual harassment. The number of women gamers is growing fast - in the US they now make up 42% of the total - but it remains a macho environment, where women are often exposed to abusive language.

(The language in this report reflects that reality.)

"Get back in the kitchen and take your goddamn hands off a video game controller."

The male voices are aggressive, even angry. Their put-downs are laced with strong swearing and sexual insults.

"Stupid bitch," says one. "Fat whore," adds another.

"I hope your boyfriend beats you. Nah, you can't get a boyfriend."

The tirade of abuse ends and Jenny Haniver laughs.

"Get back in the kitchen?" she says. "I'm not in the kitchen because I'm here kicking your ass on video games, that's what I'm good at."

We're sitting in her living room in Wisconsin, listening to audio recordings she makes when she goes online to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It's a combat-based video game, where players can talk to each other via headsets.

The recordings end up on Haniver's website, Not in the Kitchen Any More. She plays in the evening after college and says most nights she'll have to deal with harassment of some kind. Some of it just puerile, but some is graphic and threatening.

"This enemy player backed out of the middle of the match and sent me a voice message," Haniver says, remembering her worst experience. He said he hoped she would be raped and she and her family killed.

Amazingly, this is not uncommon.

Another website, Fat, Ugly or Slutty, posts examples of harassment from all games - mostly pictures of in-game messages that women receive from other gamers.

"[There's] a plethora of stupidity when it comes to what women receive in online games," says Grace, one of the site's co-founders.

"There are some people who can't even look at Fat, Ugly or Slutty because it reminds them too much of their lives, it upsets them too much," she says. "A lot of people have just walked away from online play entirely."

Several high profile incidents this year have intensified the focus on how women are treated.

In February, video game writer Jennifer Hepler was quoted in a post on the online forum Reddit, suggesting that games would be better if gamers had the option to skip the combat sections. This attracted vicious attacks in online forums and on Twitter, many of them focused on her gender.

Around the same time, a gaming competition called Cross Assault gained widespread notoriety after a male player called Aris Bakhtanians made offensive comments about fellow player Miranda Pakozdi, including guessing her bra size, talking about her body parts, and sniffing her.

All this happened face-to-face at the competition, but was broadcast on an internet video stream. The stream included a discussion in which Bakhtanians claimed that "sexual harassment is part of the culture" of their gaming community, known as the fighting game community.

Bakhtanians also defended the casual use of the word "rape" and phrases like "rape that bitch" as expressions for defeating another character.

"There's nothing unacceptable about that," he claimed. "We're in America, man. This isn't North Korea, we can say what we want."

Pakozdi eventually quit the competition, and a video of excerpts from the internet stream went viral, quickly gaining 200,000 hits on YouTube. Bakhtanians released a statement saying he'd made a mistake and apologising to Pakozdi.

The Cross Assault incident sparked an intense debate.

"Just watching it happen made me a little angry, it was hard for me to watch," says Emily Chow, a member of the fighting game community in Toronto, Canada.

After Cross Assault she blogged about her own experiences of harassment.

"I feel like I should start taking a stronger stand against people who do act this way," she says.

Vince Hui, another Toronto player, says harassment is "a little bit of an epidemic" within the video game community. "In a lot of ways we need to learn to grow up a little bit," he says.

But not everyone felt that Cross Assault was cause for change. Jonathan Quamina, an avid gamer, expressed his support for Bakhtanians, telling him not to apologise.

"As a female you can't get upset if something is said that is obscene if you're hanging out in a room full of guys," he says.

"It's like going to a strip club as a female and getting upset that the chicks are all naked. For me it goes back to freedom of speech. We're a harmless bunch of people. This is just guys being stupid guys."

There's also been pressure this year for gaming companies to do more to combat harassment.

Recently, an online video series called Extra Credits launched a campaign targeting Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming platform, describing it as "the service most often referenced when harassment in our community comes up".

On the Fat, Ugly or Slutty website, the majority of submissions also come from Xbox Live. Grace from the site says that although gamers can report harassment, there's a widespread perception this achieves nothing.

"I feel a little sad," she says. "For some of the ones that I feel are really blatantly harassing it seems to me that maybe there should be something harsher for it, but maybe not everybody agrees and maybe not even Microsoft agrees."

Looking through the Xbox-related posts on Fat, Ugly or Slutty, it's not hard to find examples that confirm Grace's concerns.

"You are a dumb slut, you stupid whore, I would rape you..." was one example reported to Microsoft - and was sent from an account that is still active.

I found several other similar messages, confirmed that they had been reported, and sent them to Microsoft, requesting an interview to ask why these accounts were still active and what action had been taken. Microsoft turned the request down.

But Extra Credits appears to have had some success. In mid-May, the campaigners were invited to a meeting with Microsoft.

In a statement provided after the meeting, Microsoft said that "bullying and harassment are not welcome on Xbox LIVE" but admitted that "more can be done to create a safe and supportive play environment".

Microsoft says it is working on "near and long-term improvements to Xbox Live" and "our commitment to solving this problem is strong".

James Portnow, from Extra Credits, says: "It looks like they're really making some attempts to move forward with better enforcement. Of course in this industry I don't believe anything until it's out in front of the consumer."

For gamers like Jenny Haniver, any improvements will be welcome.

"I have met so many cool people through Xbox Live, the vast majority of the community is kind and welcoming. It's the absolute minority of people who are jerks, they're just a really loud minority."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18280000

[adamndest]

You're all ruining your minds!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Fuck off troll.

[Kane Knight]

If anyone wants something to read....



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18280000

This is pretty standard. It's impossible to bring this up in the gaming community and get a mature discussion.

[Fignuts]

The fighting game community's excuse of it being "part of the culture" is flat out embarrassing.

[Kane Knight]

I can't decide if it's better or worse than the default response for the overall gaming community.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Epic have taken a lot of the staff from Big Huge Games and formed Epic Baltimore.

So at least those staff can pay off their second mortgages if that actually carried over.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Pretty impressed.

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oVUFv8QwmUY?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Funky Fly]

If anyone wants something to read....



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18280000

Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous. It's mostly 13 yo boys and Fred Durst types (25+yo 13yo boy-like man-children) who don't know how to talk to women that pull this shit. Everyone I know irl who does that shit is pretty bad with the ladies in general. The question is which group of fucks is the sadder of the 2?

[Kane Knight]

Pretty impressed.

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oVUFv8QwmUY?feature=player_embedded" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe>

Still don't get why so many groups promote their FPS with third person videos. Though I guess showing off a floating gun for 2 minutes would get boring.

Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous. It's mostly 13 yo boys and Fred Durst types (25+yo 13yo boy-like man-children) who don't know how to talk to women that pull this shit. Everyone I know irl who does that shit is pretty bad with the ladies in general. The question is which group of fucks is the sadder of the 2?

So...most gamers?

[Swiss Ultimate]

They just want people to know that the "graphics" are in-game and not cut-scenes or created from whole cloth with no relation to the actual game.

[Kane Knight]

They just want people to know that the "graphics" are in-game and not cut-scenes or created from whole cloth with no relation to the actual game.

Not really my point, but yes.

[Purgatory]

The same thing was done with Brink, though. An insane looking, hype inducing trailer. When the game actually released, it was nothing like they promised.

In all honesty, I think much more was expected than what the creators could actually do with it. Thus, the 'Hype Machine' killed it.

Shootmania looks pretty straight forward. A game of 'Tag' with guns.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The bug-filled launch didn't exactly help matters.

But this is supposed to be an "E-SPORT". Sit back and watch people play Shootmania....

No thanks.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

There's only one valid reason to watch somebody play a video game. To see the game in action to decide if you want to buy it.

Watching a tournament and claiming it is a sport is insane.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

THQ have shut down THQ San Diego and made everybody redundant.

Hoping to have that buried in the E3 news.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Included from today on PS+

US:Virtua Fighter 5 – June 5th
inFAMOUS 2 – June 5th
Little Big Planet 2 – June 5th
Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One – June 5th
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – June 5th
Just Cause 2 – June 5th
Saints Row 2 – June 5th
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light – June 5th
Hard Corp: Uprising – June 5th
Choplifter HD – June 5th
Zombie Apocalypse Never Die Alone – June 5th
Sideway NY – June 5th

Europe: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD, Renegade Ops, Chime Super Deluxe, Outland and Darksiders. Plus Infamous 2, LBP 2

[Extreme Angle]

The same thing was done with Brink, though. An insane looking, hype inducing trailer. When the game actually released, it was nothing like they promised.

In all honesty, I think much more was expected than what the creators could actually do with it. Thus, the 'Hype Machine' killed it.

Shootmania looks pretty straight forward. A game of 'Tag' with guns.

Brink was actually really good, it was just broken at launch which ultimately killed it...
Shame really. Still play it from time to time.

[Kane Knight]

The same thing was done with Brink, though. An insane looking, hype inducing trailer. When the game actually released, it was nothing like they promised.

I can't wait for all that epic footage to boil down to fifteen minutes of pressing "forward."

THQ have shut down THQ San Diego and made everybody redundant.

Hoping to have that buried in the E3 news.

They do the WWE games, right? I mean, on top of the UFC ones.

[Emperor Smeat]

I think just the arcady side games or at least only WWE All-Stars. I also looked up and they might have been the same studio that worked on the TNA wrestling games and some Midway Games before Midway shut down.

A different THQ studio works with Yukes on the main WWE series I believe.

[Kalyx triaD]

THQ won't be doing any UFC game now. WWE might be their primary money maker, I maybe wrong.

[Purgatory]

I can't wait for all that epic footage to boil down to fifteen minutes of pressing "forward."



They do the WWE games, right? I mean, on top of the UFC ones.

WWE All Stars.

[Purgatory]

The bug-filled launch didn't exactly help matters.

But this is supposed to be an "E-SPORT". Sit back and watch people play Shootmania....

No thanks.

:rofl: E-Sport??! "C'mon kids!! Why go outside and play real sports, when you can play SHOOOOOTMAAAANIAAAAAAAAA...From the comfort of your own couch." Big booming voice, fanfare, the works. I see this already.

:nono: