Videogame News Thread

[Extreme Angle]

Saints Row 2 is awesome, though the first is better IMO

[BigDaddyCool]

<table class="tborder" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody id="collapseobj_usercp_reputation" style=""><tr><td class="alt2">http://tpww.net/forums/images/reputation/reputation_pos.gif</td> <td class="alt1Active" id="p32023558159" width="50%"> Videogame News... (http://tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?p=3202355#post3202355) </td> <td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap">08-16-2010 02:22 PM</td> <td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"> Verbose Minch (http://tpww.net/forums/member.php?u=8159) </td> <td class="alt2" width="50%">Get Mass Effect 2, if you've beat the first.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Yeah I beat Mass Erect, and I've been meaning to get #2.

[Verbose Minch]

<table class="tborder" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody id="collapseobj_usercp_reputation" style=""><tr><td class="alt2">http://tpww.net/forums/images/reputation/reputation_pos.gif</td> <td class="alt1Active" id="p32023558159" width="50%"> Videogame News... (http://tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?p=3202355#post3202355) </td> <td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap">08-16-2010 02:22 PM</td> <td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"> Verbose Minch (http://tpww.net/forums/member.php?u=8159) </td> <td class="alt2" width="50%">Get Mass Effect 2, if you've beat the first.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Yeah I beat Mass Erect, and I've been meaning to get #2.

Do it then, bro. You'll definitely get your money's worth out of Mass Effect 2, given the different story options and such.

[BigDaddyCool]

Well I have a lot of options right now, so which ever seems the best for the cheapest.

[Verbose Minch]

Mass Effect 2 is only like 30 bucks now, at least in Canuckistan.

[BigDaddyCool]

I will check out vintage stock to get it used. I have been having good luck with them.

[Verbose Minch]

I will check out vintage stock to get it used. I have been having good luck with them.

Well, I wish you well. Just thought of this now. If you buy Mass Effect, but it new. It comes with the ''Cerberus Network'', which you otherwise have to pay for. You get some free DLC and such with it, it's pretty cool.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The Cerberus Network is $10 though, so if you can get a second hand one for more than $10 off the new price, get the second hand one.

[Emperor Smeat]

THQ developing Red Faction: Battlegrounds as a PSN/XBLA downloadable game. Unlike the previous Red Faction games, this one is set to be vehicle-combat based with a top-down perspective.

http://kotaku.com/5613734/red-faction-gets-a-vehicle-combat-game
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Ghost Recon Predator coming to PSP and one of its gameplay features involves RC cars similar to Call of Duty Black Ops. Expected to have 3 player local co-op but no online multiplayer.

http://kotaku.com/5614165/ghost-recon-predator-shows-its-screenshots-its-rc-car
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold to allow DS-Wii connectivity by allowing DS owners of teh game to play to control " character in the Wii version of the game.

http://kotaku.com/5613620/new-batman-game-lets-you-use-your-ds-on-the-wii

[Kane Knight]

Well, I wish you well. Just thought of this now. If you buy Mass Effect, but it new. It comes with the ''Cerberus Network'', which you otherwise have to pay for. You get some free DLC and such with it, it's pretty cool.

Cerberus Network is a joke tho, innit? There's no much DLC that isn't pay.

[alvarado52]

There has only been like 3 paid DLC released so far: a costume pack, a character (Kasumi), and a mission (Overlord).

Cerberus so far has released a mission (Firewalker DLC), a character, and numerous gun packs.

So i'd say Cerberus has released some real quality stuff.

[Kane Knight]

I haven't played the game in ages, btu a buddy of mine booted it up a few days back and said a chunk of what you just called Cereberus DLC was not.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm merely indicating what I was going on.

Wikipedia lists 6 paid DLCs and one upcoming, though it does list a couple of free DLCs I was unaware of (Including the Firewalker).

I'd boot up the game, but I'm not sure I can be arsed to really check it out.

[Verbose Minch]

There have been more paid DLC packs: There's Kasumi, the costumes, Overlord, and I believe 3 different gun packs.

Cerberus has Zaeed, a gun pack, Firewalker, and something else, I believe.

[G]

The Cerberus Network is $10 though, so if you can get a second hand one for more than $10 off the new price, get the second hand one.


*$15

[Verbose Minch]

Thought it was $15?

It's 1200 points, I think.

In regards to what KK said, I think getting the Cerberus pack is worth it, especially if you buy it new. A new game is like 5 bucks more, plus you get a full character mission. I mean, the Zaeed character would be 1200 points without it, so assuming you're going to download all the DLC, it's already paid itself off.

[Drakul]

Just bought Worms 3D (Xbox) for £1.99 online. I had it for the Ps2 when it first came out but, for some reason, my Ps2 hated certains games and the music would just jump and skip and, a lot of the time, the game just died on the loading screen. It wouldn't even read some discs at all.

Anyway, I looked online and it's compatible with the 360 so I can finally play it without random freezing. Although I bought Munch's Oddysee a few weeks ago because it was "compatible" and that was a let down. Yeah, it "worked" but the speech was completely inauidible which makes an Oddworld game unplayable.

The game arrived today and I tried it out. In under five minutes, while I was choosing the voices my worms would use, the game freaked out and froze. I'm done trying original Xbox games on my 360. What is with this game though? Every time I try and play it on any platform, it refuses to work.

I tried playing again and the controls don't feel as tight as they did on the Ps2 version.

You know what might be cool? A new Hogs of War.

[G]

ME2 is coming out for the PS3 in Jan

[Kalyx triaD]

Here comes another case of PS3 fanboys enjoying an XB360 exclusive they dumped on months before. It's so fun seeing that.

[Snowden]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/111/1113397p1.html

Dragon age 2 drops on March 8th, pretty stoked.

[Emperor Smeat]

THQ releasing a drawing Tablet accessory for use with their upcoming drawing-type game. If it becomes successful, Nintendo might consider releasing Mario Paint for the Virtual Console.

http://kotaku.com/5614696/wii-getting-tablet-peripheral?skyline=true&s=i
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Kane & Lynch Dog Days getting trashed in reviews. Most complaints comes from the short game time (4-6 hours to complete) and the blandness of combat with cover.
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Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One multiplayer to support up to 4 players online and split-screen. Won't arrive until next year and only for PS3.

http://kotaku.com/5615054/multiplayer-online-ratchet--clank-game-hits-in-2011

[BigDaddyCool]

Lol, it is always funny to see kalyx calling anyone a fan boy.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Lol, it is always funny to see kalyx calling anyone a fan boy.

It's funnier to see him do a SammyG, but with a quicker return :-\

[Fignuts]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/111/1113397p1.html

Dragon age 2 drops on March 8th, pretty stoked.

Fuuuuuuuck still havn't started the first one. And from what I've heard, multiple playthroughs give you very different experiences.

[BigDaddyCool]

It's funnier to see him do a SammyG, but with a quicker return :-\

Oh?

[Snowden]

Fuuuuuuuck still havn't started the first one. And from what I've heard, multiple playthroughs give you very different experiences.

Playing through it now for the first time. I can see where multiple play throughs would totally change things, as your origin story plays a big part in how you're perceived throughout the rest of the game, and playing good versus evil makes the game world VERY different.

Problem is though, game is 60 hours long...dunno if I wanna do that twice.

[Kalyx triaD]

Glad to see BDC fills his ignore quota regularly.

[Funky Fly]

Fuuuuuuuck still havn't started the first one. And from what I've heard, multiple playthroughs give you very different experiences.
It does indeed. Totally fucking worth it tho. Better still that it has an expansion and a ton of DLC. Definitely get "Warden's Keep", "Return to Ostagar" and "The Stone Prisoner". Not only do they give you lots of really helpful shit for the main game (including an extra character), they are just really awesome quests in general. This is my favourite game of ALL FUCKING TIME.
Playing through it now for the first time. I can see where multiple play throughs would totally change things, as your origin story plays a big part in how you're perceived throughout the rest of the game, and playing good versus evil makes the game world VERY different.

Problem is though, game is 60 hours long...dunno if I wanna do that twice.

You will want to, once you get through it. Plus, it's 60 hours if you rush through the game. It's more like 90 if you explore and do all of the extra side quests and shit.

[Drakul]

Microsoft's 360 avatars are looking a little on the portly side, because come the release of Kinect in November, they're in for a little redesign.

Why? It's because of Kinect. Rare, the developers behind the avatars, say the motion-sensing camera has been causing problems for users when playing a game where their actions were replicated on-screen by an avatar.

It's not a technical issue with the camera; instead, it's apparently an issue with player perception, because the avatar's pudgy little cartoon proportions aren't like those of our more elongated selves. So people's hand-eye coordination in certain games "broke".

Nick Burton, senior programmer at Rare, says the new avatars will be a little more realistic.
Source (http://kotaku.com/5615465/360-avatars-being-redesigned).

Knew it was coming.

We'll get official details at E3, I'm sure. Speaking of E3, I saw a German video of Natal. The Breakout game had new avatars. They looked more "realistic" than the current Avatars but not as "realistic" as the avatars from Home.
My first thought was maybe a revamping of Avatars announced at E3? It's more likely to be models just loaded into the breakout game, I guess.

[Funky Fly]

Seriously fucking hope that this redesign doesn't break all of out avatar items. I love that fucking Earthworm Jim suit.

[Drakul]

I can't see them redoing all those Avatar items for the new look. I think everything we currently have will be useless. Unless these new Avatars only come with Kinect.

[Funky Fly]

They'd fucking better for the ones that cost money at the very least.

[Fignuts]

Son of a bitch, I'd better not lose my breakdancing boba fett.

[Funky Fly]

My breakdancing Earthworm Jim was there first. :mad:

[Fignuts]

Boba Fett is way better.

[Funky Fly]

Oh hell no. I think I might have to acquire a massive amount of money, use it to acquire the licensing rights for EWJ and the original Star Wars trilogy and then pay Capcom to do EWJ vs Star Wars and then whoop your ass as EWJ. :mad:

[Funky Fly]

Orrrrrrr, you could bust out some SSF4 right now and take a huge beating.

[Extreme Angle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqxPB-BCLRM
Dragon Age 2 Trailer, I have a feeling you play as the darkspawn kid

[BigDaddyCool]

Speaking of boba fett, the bases in Monday Night Combat look like his helmet.

[Snowden]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqxPB-BCLRM
Dragon Age 2 Trailer, I have a feeling you play as the darkspawn kid

:drool:

I love that Flemeth is narrating.

[Kalyx triaD]

XBL Top Games (Week of Aug. 9th)

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles

1.) Modern Warfare 2 (A million people can be wrong)
2.) Halo 3 (This is so dead next month)
3.) Call of Duty: WaW
4.) Call of Duty 4 (Still truckin on)
5.) Red Dead Redemption
6.) FIFA 10
7.) Mafia II Playable Demo
8.) GTA IV (Really?)
9.) Battlefield Bad Co. 2
10.) Madden NFL 11
11.) Monday Night Combat
12.) Left 4 Dead 2
13.) Halo 3: ODST
14.) Forza Motorsport 3
15.) Madden NFL 11 demo
16.) Trials HD
17.) LIMBO
18.) Madden NFL 10 (LOL)
19.) Fallout 3
20.) Borderlands

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions Purchased)

1.) Monday Night Combat
2.) LIMBO
3.) Castlevania Harmony of Despair
4.) Trials HD
5.) Hydro Thunder Hurricane
6.) Deadliest Warrior
7.) Castle Crashers
8.) RISK: FACTIONS
9.) UNO
10.) Blacklight: Tango Down
11.) Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
12.) Game Room *
13.) Toy Soldiers
14.) DeathSpank
15.) Magic: The Gathering
16.) Battlefield 1943 (With Blacklight up there?)
17.) Worms 2- Armageddon
18.) Marvel vs. Capcom 2
19.) Hasbro Family Game Night **
20.) Peggle

*Combined sales of all Game Room titles.
**Combined sales of all Hasbro Family Game Night titles.

Top Indie Games (Full Versions Purchased)

1.) I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
2.) So Many Girls So Little Time
3.) The Impossible Game
4.) Baby Maker Extreme
5.) Avatar Ninja!
6.) Avatar Paintball
7.) Try Not To Fart
8.) Avatar Racedrome
9.) (Some Game With Sweet Japanese Characters in the Title)
10.) Flight Adventure
11.) Zombie Estate
12.) Avatar Onslaught
13.) Avatar Drop
14.) Miner Dig Deep
15.) Avatar Showdown
16.) The No Button Game
17.) Super Avatar World
18.) Breath of Death VII
19.) Avatar Bumper Cars
20.) RC Helicopter Sim

[BigDaddyCool]

Monday Night Combat a fun game and serious contender for best live/rookie game of the year.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

What do you mean "With Blacklight up there?". Blacklight is utter unadulterated shit.

[alvarado52]

i think he means its ridiculous that Blacklight is so far up.

[Kalyx triaD]

Pretty sure I was clear about how terrible Blacklight is. Jesus that game is hyperbad. (http://tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=100193&highlight=Blacklight)

Don't even know how you came to that conclusion, Has. You people try to hard.

[Kalyx triaD]

Microsoft is treating the launch of its Windows Phone 7 operating system, backed by Xbox Live, as a portable gaming console. Though Microsoft is relying on third-party manufacturers to make the hardware, the operating system and Xbox Live enabled games are not being put on the back burner.

The philosophy carries through from the top down, including an internal first-party division of Microsoft Games Studio dedicated to mobile games and a minimum hardware spec sheet for phone manufacturers that will ensure all games and applications will run the same.

"We want to give our hardware partners a chance to differentiate themselves, and a lot of people like to have choice in their handset…but we want to make sure when people build apps or games for the phone that it's going to behave the same on every phone," said Brian Seitz, senior marketing manager for Windows Phone 7.

"It helps having a constant hardware platform that is a minimum guaranteed hardware set when you're developing games with XNA," added Kevin Unangst, senior director of PC and mobile gaming at Microsoft.

Those minimum hardware specs include a powerful processor, 256 MB of RAM, 802.11 b/g wireless, a 4 point multi-touch screen and a sensory array (A-GPS, accelerometer, compass, proximity and light). WVGA screens will be used at launch with the option of HVGA coming later.

Unangst continued, "We're looking at this like: Call it like a console launch. It's really like our portable console launch in that there's a constant hardware set, we're specifically choosing the content we want, and it's about bringing all of those service features over."

[Kalyx triaD]

There was a lot of skepticism floating around the Internet regarding the Windows Phone 7 Series and how much resources Microsoft would dedicate to making it a viable game platform. This week, Microsoft took great strides towards answering the critics. First, it announced a launch lineup that includes 60 games -- with more likely to be added. Then it gave members of the press a tour of how Xbox Live carries over to the phone, what features are being included, and how the gaming actually works. I sat in on one of these demos and came away thoroughly impressed.

The games you'll see on the Windows Phone 7 are comparable, and many times identical, to what you see on the Xbox Live Arcade. And in some ways, they exceed XBLA in terms of features. There will be plenty of standard games as well, such as Uno, but unfortunately only turn-based multiplayer gaming will be available at launch.

Games like iloMilo, a puzzler where you must direct ilo and Milo to meet each other, and Rocket Riot are titles that look and play about the same on both XBLA and the phone, save for the change to touch controls. Others are being brought on specifically to showcase the touch features. I got to try Max and the Magic Marker, a WiiWare game that will come to the mobile device at launch. If you haven't played it, think of Crayon Physics Deluxe on the PC, a game where you draw on the screen to solve puzzles.

Most impressive, however, was Crackdown: Project Sunburst. This is a tower defense game that imports Bing maps into the game to dynamically build levels. Freaks come pouring down the streets and it's up to you to build defenses against them, all in real places around the world.

The games I played all looked gorgeous and handled comparably to any decent iPhone game. For any hardcore gamer, it's the Xbox Live features that will likely make them want one of these phones.

Microsoft-sanctioned Xbox Live games on the phone will carry achievement points (200 per game), as well as leaderboards and other standards of the service. You won't have to pay extra to play these games online. Unlike the Xbox 360 with Xbox Live Gold and Silver accounts, there is no concept of a tiered service or any fees.

Every game will have its own free demo, much the same way as it works on Xbox 360 with Xbox Live Arcade or Indie games. Simply download the free trial and if you want to play more all you have to do is hit a button to unlock the license. "You shouldn't have to go download a bunch of free demos that you download and then have to delete," explained Kevin Unangst, senior director of PC and mobile gaming at Microsoft.

The company won't hold an iron grip over the Marketplace, however. Indies that don't utilize the Xbox Live tools and aren't officially promoted by Microsoft can still be made. "It's an open marketplace," said Unangst. "They can give them away, or sell them for whatever they want." Games that carry achievements and other Xbox Live features will have specific, tiered price tags similar to the Xbox Live Arcade. What those prices are has not yet been announced.

Though Windows Phone 7 games have the advantage of iPhone games in terms of demos, selling downloadable add-ons won't be possible at launch Unangst explained, "For the initial release of the phone, you're going to see that sort of thing through updates to the games themselves rather than standalone title content, but that is the sort of thing I would expect to see moving ahead."

Microsoft is hoping to leverage its Xbox Live heritage in ways other than gaming as well. Halo Waypoint, a portal for all things Halo currently available on Xbox Live, will be coming to the Windows Phone 7 as well.

Avatar applications will also be a big marketing point for Microsoft. Called gadgets, these are common apps you can find on any phone with an Avatar twist. All of them feature your Xbox Live Avatar in some neat way. The flashlight app puts your Avatar on the screen holding a light. The level uses the accelerometer to tell you if something is flat, but also puts the Avatar up on the screen swaying back and forth as you tilt the phone.

The coolest gadget I saw was the coin toss. Here the coin has a 2D outline of your Avatars face on it for "heads". And if you look close enough, you can see your Gamerscore etched into the coin as well. (OMG!!)

I'd be pretty excited about picking up a Windows Phone 7 capable device later this year if I wasn't already locked into a contract with my iPhone. One thing is certain here: Apple will soon have some serious competition in the gaming space.

[Emperor Smeat]

So basically Microsoft wants to make their version of the "iPod Touch/iPhone" similar to Apple and recently Sony (based on their rumored plans).

At the same time, everyone is doubting Microsoft Game Studios ability to make games seeing as they dropped support from PC to focus on Xbox while dropping studios during middle Xbox 360 years and lagging support of Games for Windows brand.

[Kalyx triaD]

Don't get how smart phones got to this point but whatever.

[LoDownM]

NHL 11 demo is out. Love the changes made between this year and last, presentation is much better imo.

[Emperor Smeat]

PSP2 rumored to have multi-touch controls but instead of being located on the front like the Nintendo DS, it would be located on the back. Most likely won't have a 2nd analog stick/numb regardless if there is touch pad or not but it could rise in price to an Apple product range.

http://kotaku.com/5616590/psp-successor-has-touch-controls
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Beyond Good & Evil 2 might pull a Duke Nukem Forever for development time since Ubisoft won't just toss money around to fund the game like the 1st one while also making sure the game is good enough to not be another flop. They want the game to have something unique similar to how Splinter Cell and Assassin's Creed had new things unlike other games.

[Funky Fly]

PSP2 rumored to have multi-touch controls but instead of being located on the front like the Nintendo DS, it would be located on the back. Most likely won't have a 2nd analog stick/numb regardless if there is touch pad or not but it could rise in price to an Apple product range.

http://kotaku.com/5616590/psp-successor-has-touch-controls
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Beyond Good & Evil 2 might pull a Duke Nukem Forever for development time since Ubisoft won't just toss money around to fund the game like the 1st one while also making sure the game is good enough to not be another flop. They want the game to have something unique similar to how Splinter Cell and Assassin's Creed had new things unlike other games.

They should just put it on XBLA/PSN in 3 Episodes or something. BG&E was a pretty good game, despite commercial failure. Demos really help with things like this.

[Emperor Smeat]

Looks like the Nintendo 3DS d-pad that was shown at E3 and in pictures might not be the final version of the pad. Nintendo went to Capcom to ask if they could port Street Fighter to the handheld while also getting input from Capcom on redesigning the pad to make fighters better on the handheld.

Capcom wants something similar to the SNES d-pad when Street Fighter II came out for the system.

[Funky Fly]

SNES D-pad is perfect. Nintendo should listen.

[Kane Knight]

It's 1200 points, I think.

In regards to what KK said, I think getting the Cerberus pack is worth it, especially if you buy it new. A new game is like 5 bucks more, plus you get a full character mission. I mean, the Zaeed character would be 1200 points without it, so assuming you're going to download all the DLC, it's already paid itself off.

Five dollars more than what, exactly?

It's funnier to see him do a SammyG, but with a quicker return :-\

What, shout something stupid every five minutes to try and be a "brah?"

http://www.cnbc.com/id/38786847

Potential weak sales of Madden may signal a really bad time for the games industry.

And yeah, any time a "top" franchise like this gets discounted after a week, something's up.

For Funky Fly and anyone else who likes the Musou series, Samurai Warriors 3 is being reported as announced for the PS3, according to Magicbox. This is supposedly separate from the prior rumour.

I know that doesn't directly benefit Fucky, but a PS3 version almost certainly means a 360 version, as the PS3 version has been the lead platform for all or most of Koei's Multiplat titles of late. DW6 and E, DWG and 2, and I think Fisting Northstar.

[Funky Fly]

For the most part, I ignore that type of game, but every now and then I find a real (mostly shitty, but still a guilty pleasure of a) gem.

Devil Kings, SW1, 99 Nights. Looking forward to that Fist of the Northstar one, unless it's out here already and I've been missing out.

[Kane Knight]

FOTNS has a European release date but not a US one. Doesn't mean it's not coming out here....Just that it doesn't have a release date yet.

SW2 was way better than one, except a couple of the voice options. Keiji Maeda became a surfer dude. Oh, and no Kunoichi. In fact, it's one of the major reasons I was looking forward to 3. Especially since it didn't get the revision the DW series did.

[Funky Fly]

Have they fixed how the combat feels weird and light? If I'm gonna be hacking up like 15 guys at the same time, really I should feel like I'm laying a severe beatdown and not wading through paper.

[Kane Knight]

I think it's better, but it's still the same core gameplay. So what you decide is light might just be a part of it. Sumo and Spearmen his "harder," too, making it harder to just wade through people. I'm not gonna pretend they changed it all up, but it's different.

[LoDownM]

http://team-xecuter.com/new-xbox-360-250gb-hacked/

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://team-xecuter.com/new-xbox-360-250gb-hacked/

Pretty much par the course for new 360 firmwares. They can't change the makeup of it too much without breaking games.

[G]

Five dollars more than what, exactly?



Pretty sure he's talking about GS's standard $54.99 used & $59.99 new pricing.

[Kane Knight]

Which seems moot if we're talking to BDC about what he should buy.

[Emperor Smeat]

Time to add the Nintendo DS to the long list of systems Plants vs Zombies will have appeared on. Game won't arrive until January 2011 while Xbox 360 version is set to be released next month.
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed sequel going to use the same development plan as the first game where the Wii version will act as a separate story to the Ps3/Xbox 360 version while having exclusive Jedi powers. Also confirmed is 4 player multiplayer in a 2D fighting style.

http://kotaku.com/5619049/the-force-unleashed-iis-wii-version-adds-more-jedi-powers
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UK's Secretary of State for Defense wants the upcoming Medal of Honor game to be banned in Britain because he is against playing as the Taliban, killing British soldiers, and other complaints. When told that there is no British in the game, he still refused to change his stance.

http://kotaku.com/5619395/british-politician-defends-his-call-for-medal-of-honor-ban

[Funky Fly]

Time to add the Nintendo DS to the long list of systems Plants vs Zombies will have appeared on. Game won't arrive until January 2011 while Xbox 360 version is set to be released next month.
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed sequel going to use the same development plan as the first game where the Wii version will act as a separate story to the Ps3/Xbox 360 version while having exclusive Jedi powers. Also confirmed is 4 player multiplayer in a 2D fighting style.

http://kotaku.com/5619049/the-force-unleashed-iis-wii-version-adds-more-jedi-powers
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UK's Secretary of State for Defense wants the upcoming Medal of Honor game to be banned in Britain because he is against playing as the Taliban, killing British soldiers, and other complaints. When told that there is no British in the game, he still refused to change his stance.

http://kotaku.com/5619395/british-politician-defends-his-call-for-medal-of-honor-ban

1. Meh. Tower defence is boring to me.

2. The Wii couldn't handle the size and scope of a game like that anyway.

3. Ahahahahahahaha. Why not ban Rambo 3 while we're at it? John Rambo aids the people who eventually become the Taliban in that movie.

[Kalyx triaD]

When told that there is no British in the game, he still refused to change his stance.

When told that there is no British in the game, he still refused to change his stance.

When told that there is no British in the game, he still refused to change his stance.

I hate earth, where men like this gain power.

[Emperor Smeat]

Looks like Sony is going to join THQ, Ubisoft, and E.A. with the $10 Online Pass idea. Earliest game that would be considered for the pass would be MLB 11 The Show.

http://kotaku.com/5619834/sony-considers-online-pass-for-mlb-the-show

Activision is still considering the idea but probably won't join until a year later since the Call of Duty developers and Blizzard are against the idea.

[Kalyx triaD]

Can't believe Sony's a follower in this case.

[G]

They all will eventually

[Kalyx triaD]

Eh.

[Xero]

Wait until they start realizing that not everyone wants online and they start doing it to certain modes, or certain levels/maps.

Want access to the key that allows you to finish the game? Well TOUGH FUCKING SHIT if you bought it used!

[Kalyx triaD]

Unlikely, but it would still only affect a market they have no stake in.

[Xero]

I disagree. If you lock out the used game market, it potentially locks out some console and hardware buyers. The console makers will realistically start feeling it.

Used games is a HUGE business, so you can't say it wouldn't effect them.

[Emperor Smeat]

Wait until they start realizing that not everyone wants online and they start doing it to certain modes, or certain levels/maps.

Want access to the key that allows you to finish the game? Well TOUGH FUCKING SHIT if you bought it used!

Capcom has already done this exact thing before with Resident Evil 5 (pay to unlock multiplayer mode) and Mega Man 9/10 (pay to unlock Hard Mode and other stuff).

I don't follow the PSP news as much but from what I've heard Sony has already done the pay for modes plan with 2 or 3 PSP games with SOCOM the only one I can remember.

[alvarado52]

As a former video game store employee, i will tell you that we sold many many consoles just based on the fact that they could buy some games for it at a discount price.

[Xero]

Capcom has already done this exact thing before with Resident Evil 5 (pay to unlock multiplayer mode) and Mega Man 9/10 (pay to unlock Hard Mode and other stuff).

I don't follow the PSP news as much but from what I've heard Sony has already done the pay for modes plan with 2 or 3 PSP games with SOCOM the only one I can remember.


True...

I'd like to see the numbers of stuff like hard mode versus the game itself. I thought they dropped the hard mode shit in Mega Man 10 because it didn't sell well?

[Kalyx triaD]

I disagree. If you lock out the used game market, it potentially locks out some console and hardware buyers. The console makers will realistically start feeling it.

Nobody's being locked out of anything.

At best there will be a blow to DLC sales as 2nd hand buyers who would have purchased DLC will no longer factor. Everything else is easy as pie PR spin.

[Funky Fly]

Remember when Gears of War's Cliff Blezinski was talking about people having to pay for a game's ending and basically got laughed out of the building? Who's laughing now?

[Kalyx triaD]

Me. At his overrated ass.

[Funky Fly]

I'm sure he's crying into his giant pile of money over it.

[Kalyx triaD]

"Hey 'Dude Huge', fix your fucking sticky cover."

[Kalyx triaD]

THQ's Cory Ledesma has delivered a blunt message to consumers buying used copies of his company's games: they're cheating the publisher out of money.

"I don't think we really care whether used game buyers are upset because new game buyers get everything", THQ's creative director for wrestling titles told Gamasutra. "So if used game buyers are upset they don't get the online feature set I don't really have much sympathy for them". (Aye, but he forgets what type of over entitled lot he's dealing with)

"That's a little blunt but we hope it doesn't disappoint people. We hope people understand that when the game's bought used we get cheated".

Little risky going after the consumer with this argument. Target GameStop all you want for making the industry so dependent on used game sales, but Average Joe buying the things just wants a cheaper game. Who knows, maybe - heaven forbid - he can't afford $50-60 for a video game!

Maybe Average Joe has bigger issues than game purchases. Nobody ever needs to buy a game, and if you actually have to brainstorm buying a videogame or a necessity; you need to reevaluate your priorities. And that's coming from somebody who breathes this shit.

[D Mac]

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[Funky Fly]

Maybe Average Joe has bigger issues than game purchases. Nobody ever needs to buy a game, and if you actually have to brainstorm buying a videogame or a necessity; you need to reevaluate your priorities. And that's coming from somebody who breathes this shit.

Maybe so, but times are tough and charging more than your customers are happy to pay hurts sales too.

Besides, Smackdown, of all franchises, really have no place to be doing this, seeing as the changes are so minimal most years (less so than you'd even think going by what you can see on a hacked Xbox)

[Kalyx triaD]

Maybe so, but times are tough and charging more than your customers are happy to pay hurts sales too.

Games are still $60 last I checked. If Gamestop wants to increase the used reduction rates than they should help out Average Joe. The 2nd hand market is a market between retailers and those who are out to get a used game for whatever reason. The dialogue then, is between said retailers and used game purchasers.

Fresh buyers aren't getting charged a cent extra.

[Funky Fly]

Like I said in some other thread, the prices jumped to $70 in Canada last year. Heard rumblings of a further jump.

Some titles still come out at $60 to try to beat out competition that's coming out at a similar time (Split/Second was $60, while Blur was $70).

[Funky Fly]

Oi, when did metacritic get its new layout? I HATE IT.

Loved that side bar of recent and upcoming games.

[Kane Knight]

Unlikely, but it would still only affect a market they have no stake in.

Well, unless people who buy used also buy new, and impacting one market really impacts those people.

Nobody's being locked out of anything.

Sure they are.

It's not entitlement to expect that features not be removed. Further, the only issue isn't games v necessities. when you have your own money, you'll understand.

But most importantly, it's worth noting that used games stimulate the sales of new games because they inject cash back into the cycle. These companies are hoping to get money either way, but it doesn't necessarily work that way.

[BigDaddyCool]

But most importantly, it's worth noting that used games stimulate the sales of new games because they inject cash back into the cycle. These companies are hoping to get money either way, but it doesn't necessarily work that way.

Not just that, but it helps sells new copies of a series. For example, I got Ass Creed 1 and 2 used and I'm looking forward to Ass Creed 3, so much so that I might buy it new.

[BigDaddyCool]

Anyhow, everyone get mnc.

[Emperor Smeat]

Valkyria Chronicles might get a 3rd game in the series since SEGA registered the website for the potential game but no other details on if it stays on PSP or goes to PS3. The 1st VC game was for PS3 while its sequel went to the PSP.

http://kotaku.com/5620258/there-could-be-another-valkyria-game
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Mortal Kombat team discusses their plans post-Mortal Kombat development to include more spin-off games similar to Shaolin Monks while Warner Bros might start making Mortal Combat cartoons or at least comics. Unlikely the old Midway team will work on older Midway arcade titles that are not Mortal Kombat.

http://kotaku.com/5620295/whats-next-for-mortal-kombat-netherrealm-studios?skyline=true&s=i
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Steam sale on games ends up saving a small developer company from bankruptcy. Valve accepted the request by Introversion to hold a big promotion for the company's games with the end result of enough income was generated to save the company for the time being.

http://kotaku.com/5620259/steam-sale-saves-developer

[Funky Fly]

Valkyria Chronicles might get a 3rd game in the series since SEGA registered the website for the potential game but no other details on if it stays on PSP or goes to PS3. The 1st VC game was for PS3 while its sequel went to the PSP.

http://kotaku.com/5620258/there-could-be-another-valkyria-game
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Mortal Kombat team discusses their plans post-Mortal Kombat development to include more spin-off games similar to Shaolin Monks while Warner Bros might start making Mortal Combat cartoons or at least comics. Unlikely the old Midway team will work on older Midway arcade titles that are not Mortal Kombat.

http://kotaku.com/5620295/whats-next-for-mortal-kombat-netherrealm-studios?skyline=true&s=i
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Steam sale on games ends up saving a small developer company from bankruptcy. Valve accepted the request by Introversion to hold a big promotion for the company's games with the end result of enough income was generated to save the company for the time being.

http://kotaku.com/5620259/steam-sale-saves-developer

I hate it when game series are split up on platforms like that. If you're really into the series and the next game is on a console you don't have (especially a downgrade like that), it's a reall kick in the junk. I can understand a PS2 series being continued on the PS3 (God of War), but why do this? It's the same thing with Phantasy Star Universe on ps3 and 360 being followed upon the psp with Portable1 and 2.

They really need to give up on the MK cartoons. Every one of them was horrendous.

Also, Smelly Meatball, could you separate these out to separate posts, if it's not too much trouble?

[Emperor Smeat]

Nah it wouldn't be too much trouble to separate the news.

I figured it would be easier to read and follow if I grouped the news that didn't already have threads into a single post instead of having 5-6 separate posts in a single thread.

[Funky Fly]

Easier to read definitely. Replying means making sure to word things so they don't sound like I'm talking about one thing when I mean the other.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, stop being difficult.

[Boomer]

I bought that Introversion pack. Awesome. Haven't gotten to it yet, just like every other fucking game I've bought in the past 3 months.

[Ermaximus]

Does anyone know what's in the Tron: Evolution Collector's Edition? It's $129.99, but I can't find the contents anywhere online and Gamestop doesn't even know yet and that hardly ever happens.

[OssMan]

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[Drakul]

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[Drakul]

Yeah, it's a fan made video and not a real game but I wish it was.

[G]

oh wow does that look good

[Emperor Smeat]

Valve adding the Holy Hand Grenade to Team Fortress 2 in celebration of Worms Reloaded being available for sale. Unfortunately no killer rabbits will be available nor does the grenade do much since its more for show than massive explosions.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/08/500x_soldierworms.jpg

http://kotaku.com/5621412/theres-a-little-worms-in-team-fortress-2

[Kane Knight]

Shank seems decent. Anyone buy it?

Got any further insight into it?

[Extreme Angle]

And you thought they'd save this one for the sequel! BioWare has announced "Witch Hunt," a new Dragon Age: Origins add-on that concludes the storyline and investigates the true motives of Morrigan, the sardonic witch known for delivering sick burns via verbal insult or fireball incantation. This will be of particular interest if you spent time, err, investigating Morrigan during the main quest.

As BioWare puts it dramatically, "Her plans and her whereabouts have remained a mystery... until now."

Well, until September 7, when you'll download Witch Hunt for $7 (or 560 MS/BioWare points) on PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. The content will allow you to create a new, high-powered character or import your hero from Dragon Age: Origins and the Awakening expansion. "But whether you seek answers, revenge, or reconciliation with your lost love," BioWare warns, "you may find more than you bargained for."

That's always nice when it comes to DLC, isn't it?
:drool:

[Emperor Smeat]

For those who like robot boobies, SEGA giving away a free boob code as a pre-order gift for their upcoming game called Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Force. The code allows customizable boob sizes for the main characters in the game.

Game is supposed to come out this December in Japan for the Xbox 360.

http://kotaku.com/5622313/sega-offers-larger-robot-chest-code

[Fignuts]

Wow.

[Funky Fly]

Don't forget shit like the sixxaxis control of tits in Ninja Gaiden Sigma. Japs love their digititties.

[D Mac]

My brand new PS3 Slim has been shipped! WOOOOOOOO

[Funky Fly]

What happen with your old PS3?

[D Mac]

Yellow light of death. 150 bucks got me a new slim from Sony.

[D Mac]

Lost all my saved games tho.

[Funky Fly]

You couldn't keep your old HDD?

[D Mac]

Yeah but every time you put a HDD into another PS3 it formats it. There are no workarounds for this.

[Funky Fly]

Gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[D Mac]

You can back up your shit to an external but only from the working PS3. If it suddenly crashes like mine did you're screwed.

[Funky Fly]

Fuckity fuck. :n:

When my original 360 red ringed, I kept the hdd and everything is still there. The only issue is that all DLC and arcade titles I had on the old system don't work unless I'm signed in to Live. Then again, I'm signed in 99% of the time I'm using my 360, so no big there.

[D Mac]

You can transfer your DLC licenses to the new 360. But you can do this only once a year.

[Funky Fly]

Oh, "per year"? Gonna transfer all that shit right now then. Thought it was once period.

[Kalyx triaD]

Badass Mega Man Online Trailer:

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[Kalyx triaD]

Indy action-game for iPhone:

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[Funky Fly]

Badass Mega Man Online Trailer:

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cool. Be nice if they had some gameplay mixed it

[Fignuts]

Wait what? wtf is megaman online, and why havn't I heard anything about it? Better fucking not be a jap only thing.

[Drakul]

I think it's Korea online, isn't it? Like the WWE online game.

I'd rather hear more about Megaman Universe.

[Kane Knight]

You can transfer your DLC licenses to the new 360. But you can do this only once a year.

Some of my DLC didn't transfer and I'm still fighting MS over it.

[Kane Knight]

Yeah but every time you put a HDD into another PS3 it formats it. There are no workarounds for this.
I thought you could clone the data from a PC.

[OssMan]

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[G]

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[D Mac]

I thought you could clone the data from a PC.

I searched all around the net and couldn't find anything about that. I'll search again.

[Emperor Smeat]

Capcom going all out with a Vegas feel for the collector's edition of Dead Rising 2 for $89.99.

It won't be like most collector's editions where there are as many copies as the regular edition but a real limited edition similar to Metroid Prime Trilogy.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/08/500x_highstakes.jpg

http://kotaku.com/5623806/capcom-ups-the-ante-with-the-dead-rising-2-high-stakes-edition

[Funky Fly]

wow. That's a nice change of pace.

[Ermaximus]

Capcom going all out with a Vegas feel for the collector's edition of Dead Rising 2 for $89.99.

It won't be like most collector's editions where there are as many copies as the regular edition but a real limited edition similar to Metroid Prime Trilogy.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/08/500x_highstakes.jpg

http://kotaku.com/5623806/capcom-ups-the-ante-with-the-dead-rising-2-high-stakes-edition

Must be the European version of the Collector's Edition as the American one looks like this. That or it's an exclusive version or something.

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/images/bonus/270646_ceLG.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

It is the U.S. version but exclusive to Capcom's online store which explains the very limited numbers they are making. It's similar to the Modern Warfare and Halo series having multiple sets.

The only bad news about the separate collector's editions and pre-orders is the DLC code isn't the same for all editions. You only get the chainsaw costume for free with the Very Limited version while the normal collector's edition doesn't have it.

[Kane Knight]

It's a shame the only thing I want in that really is the DLC. not worth the 90 dollar price tag.

[Drakul]

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[Xero]

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[Swiss Ultimate]

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First time I played Mega Man I was 21 years old and surprisingly good at it. I remember the guy who bought the Mega Man compilation was freaking out and I would just hop on and breeze through the levels.

[OssMan]

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Been playing Secret of Mana co-op with my friend since the beginning of the summer. Other than this song, the only highlights have been trying to think of somebody whose jersey number matches the amount of damage we deal with our hits and this one fucking character we named JWALL.

[Drakul]

Xbox membership going up.

Xbox Live Gold subscribers might want to renew before November 1, when the price of a yearly subscription to the service jumps $10 in North America.

According to a post on Major Nelson's blog, after eight years' of Xbox Live at the $50 a year price point, the service is finally seeing a price hike. Starting on November 1, a year Gold subscription to Xbox Live will run $59.99, versus the current price of $49.99. One month subscriptions will jump from $7.99 to $9.99, while three month subs will rise from $19.99 to $24.99.

Other regions will be seeing increases as well. In the UK the price of one month will jump from 4.99 GPB to 5.99 GPB. The price of a month in Canada rises a dollar to $9.99. Finally, a year subscription in Mexico rises from 499 to 599 pesos.

Microsoft is running a special deal right now for North American U.S. customers, allowing them to lock in a year at $39.99, $20 less than the new rate. For details, visit the deal website.

Jesse Divnich with industry analyst EEDAR sent out a statement accompanying the news, insuring consumers that $60 is still "an incredible value."

"When originally launched in 2002, a Gold subscription cost the same as an AAA video game, $49.99. When taking into account for inflation ($50 in 2002 is roughly $60 in 2010) and the additional services available to Gold subscribers in 2010, such as ESPN, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Last.fm and Video Kinect, a $10 price increase still represents an incredible value to consumers"

Whether or not $60 a year is an incredible value is ultimately up to consumers. What say you, consumers?

Source (http://kotaku.com/5625516/xbox-live-price-increase-coming-november-1).

[D Mac]

Yeah got the email. Gay.

[Kalyx triaD]

w/e

[G]

can't believe some people actually pay retail for live

[BigDaddyCool]

can't believe some people actually pay retail for live

How much do you pay, and how do we not pay retail? Or are you just full of shit?

[Kane Knight]

Amazon, newegg, buy.com, and dell frequently discount them. I paid like 32 bucks for my last live card. I'm paid up through like 2012. And the world ends before my subscription does.

[Funky Fly]

How do you check how long your live subscription is good till again?

[Emperor Smeat]

This one is for the NXE dashboard

1) Click on the Home button on the controller
2) Go to the Account Management blade (last one on the right).
3) Then click on Memberships (1st one on the list)
4) Click on your gold membership account and it will give a date.

[Kalyx triaD]

Capcom should buy SNK / Playmore and then make Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2.

Ono: Hahaha, what you're asking is impossible. ;D

:(

[Emperor Smeat]

Toys-R-Us unveiled Epic Mickey Collector's Edition for the Wii.

For $69.99, the package comes with the game, 1 decal for the Wiimote, 2 decals for the Wii itself, a bonus dvd with a "making of" and extra stuff, and a miniature Mickey statue of him holding the brush weapon.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/08/500x_ptru1-8624927dt.jpg

http://kotaku.com/5624953/toys-r-us-outs-epic-mickey-collectors-edition

[D Mac]

Amazon, newegg, buy.com, and dell frequently discount them. I paid like 32 bucks for my last live card. I'm paid up through like 2012. And the world ends before my subscription does.

Yeah I'll probably go thru Amazon when mine is up.

[Kane Knight]

Yeah I'll probably go thru Amazon when mine is up.

I'm wondering if the discounts will be the same.

I'm also wondering how this impacts sales of Gold. I mean, I doubt it's gonna come close to killing it, but are we all so thoroughly their bitchest it won't make a dent in MS' wallet?

Possibly.

[BigDaddyCool]

Amazon, newegg, buy.com, and dell frequently discount them. I paid like 32 bucks for my last live card. I'm paid up through like 2012. And the world ends before my subscription does.

Really, I'll keep that in mind next year.

[D Mac]

Got Dead Rising 2, Case Zero. Gonna play it after work tonight.

[Emperor Smeat]

Microsoft set to release updated version of the Xbox 360 controller on November 9 with a new color scheme for the buttons and a "customizable" d-pad to make fighting games easier to play than on the older controller.

The only catch is the new controller will only be available with Play & Charge kits and priced at $64.99.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/08/500x_dpad.jpg

http://kotaku.com/5626526/microsoft-reveals-new-360-controller-with-transforming-d+pad?skyline=true&s=i

[Kalyx triaD]

Awesome/God dammit

[alvarado52]

snatching one of those up, no doubt

[Emperor Smeat]

Looks like Microsoft is never going to do a public beta for Xbox hardware ever again. Beta testers for Kinect already trying to sell the hardware on Ebay with $1200 being one of the higher bids so far.

http://kotaku.com/5626953/welp-someone-done-tried-to-sell-their-kinect-beta-already

[Kalyx triaD]

Final commentary regarding the 10$ used game extras thing:

I had a different reaction to the "fightin' words" of THQ's Cory Ledesma than most. I have a different reaction to lots of things, probably. But this in particular.

The idea that THQ is somehow "disrespecting customers" with this kind of rhetoric misunderstands the situation as completely as it is possible to do so. In a literal way, when you purchase a game used, you are not a customer of theirs. If I am purchasing games in order to reward their creators, and to ensure that more of these ingenious contraptions are produced, I honestly can't figure out how buying a used game was any better than piracy. From the perspective of a developer, they are almost certainly synonymous.

It's exceedingly rare that I purchase a game from Gamestop these days. I got tired of being harangued for trying to buy products there, or being told that they didn't have a product when they did, or going across the street to Best Buy or Target or Fred Meyer and finding fifty copies of the game I was trying to buy heaped up like some heathen altar to commerce. There's more, besides. At some point in the last few years, I became incredibly uncomfortable with the used games market.

I don't think Online Codes that gate access to multiplayer are a particularly good idea, just watching the kinds of threads it generates - but that's exactly what Xbox Live does, for every game on the platform. Sony's considering codes as well, but they're getting it coming and going: they've committed themselves to a dedicated server infrastructure for first party titles, and multiplayer is "free," so a used copy of a Resistance or an Uncharted 2 is a worst case scenario. I prefer an approach along the lines of the Flashback Pack for the second Gears of War - something fun and extra, that feels like a reward. More treat than trick.

I traded in games for a long time, there's probably comics somewhere in the archive about it - you can imagine how quickly my cohort and I consume these things. It was sort of like Free Money, and we should have understood from the outset that no such thing exists. You meet one person who creates games for a living, just one, and it becomes very difficult to maintain this virtuous fiction.

Well said, even if its been said here before by Kalyx the hypocrite.

[alvarado52]

Its a no brainer really. The developer only sees the revenue when purchased new. Maybe if they somehow negotiated some sort of percentage for used, they may relax on the 'code' thing.

I kinda think it will swing that way eventually, because it appears every company is adopting some sort of restriction for used games that come with a new via 'online code'.

Its gonna get to the point where people wont buy used because it will cost equal or more compared to a new game, and Gamestop or other game stores gain about 80% of their earned rev selling used.

[Kalyx triaD]

Whether people buy used games are up to how Gamestop handles it. I still think they should lower used game prices to undercut the codes and support their customers (and get massive PR cooz).

[Verbose Minch]

Well said, even if its been said here before by Kalyx the hypocrite.

At least you're finally admitting you're a hypocrite.

[alvarado52]

Their only choice is to lower the price

[Kalyx triaD]

At least you're finally admitting you're a hypocrite.

Like my admittance would sway a man like yourself.

[Kalyx triaD]

Their only choice is to lower the price

Unless those stock used game covers with the bad character art costs way more to print then we give it credit for.

[Emperor Smeat]

Would not matter how low Gamestop or other stores drop used prices since developers and publishers have stated their intent of used games are a type of piracy even though this generation they are able to make some lost money back from DLC, avatar stuff, and collector's editions.

[Kalyx triaD]

Would not matter how low Gamestop or other stores drop used prices since developers and publishers have stated their intent of used games are a type of piracy even though this generation they are able to make some lost money back from DLC, avatar stuff, and collector's editions.

They're not in the business of making some money back; "DLC, avatar stuff, and collector's editions" are money on top of projected returns. And even if something was designed to recoup revenue, they really shouldn't have to. It's not like a used game market was their idea to begin with.

[thecc]

Their only choice is to lower the price Gamestop lowered the price on a lot of used EA sports games.

[Funky Fly]

As much as consumers are "bastards" for buying used, developers should "not make middle-of-the-road games" if they really want to take a bite out of the used market. I buy used if it's an old title, a rare title that appears in the used section, a title that won't drop in price for whatever reason (eg KoF 12, GH 5) or if it's a title that's kinda interesting, but not worthy of $70.

[Kalyx triaD]

Perhaps a 'DVD memory used' quota that determines price.

Or is that too much regulation?

[Emperor Smeat]

Perhaps a 'DVD memory used' quota that determines price.

Or is that too much regulation?

PS3 games would become the most expensive to buy since majority of its games need to have the game data written twice to make up for the slow disc speeds on the PS3.

Could also become a problem where a developer squeezes in unnecessary data just to reach the next tier in order to charge more.

[Kalyx triaD]

A system would reveal the clowns in the industry, I think.

Like, I think we'd be able to spot shenanigans like the ones you mentioned.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

It would also be retarded. Companies just wouldn't compress certain assets and claim it's for quality.

[Kalyx triaD]

Like now?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Well, no.

Some damn fine games weigh in at under 4 gigs of used disc space. Doesn't mean any less work has gone into it.

I would gladly spend more on the under 4gb Burnout Paradise than the stupidly boring and large FF13, for instance.

[G]

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[Fignuts]

Nice.

[G]

Thinking of whether or not to buy the Overlord DLC. Read nothing but good reviews.

[Fignuts]

You should. It's worth it.

[G]

Okay, bought it. Will report back later.

[G]

Def worth the $7. Felt like an actual mission and not some tacked on crap like the Hammerhead missions. Recommend to everyone.

[Emperor Smeat]

Telltale Games new Back to The Future game managed to get the rights to the original actors to voice their game characters and also secured rights for Marty McFly to look like his actor in the films. The game set to be released after the 25th Anniversary Trilogy DVD release.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/09/500x_bttf.jpg

http://kotaku.com/5627836/new-back-to-the-future-games-nab-original-film-talent

[Kalyx triaD]

Great Scott.

[G]

That's heavy

[Xero]

So they were building the game without Marty and the DeLorean?

[Emperor Smeat]

So they were building the game without Marty and the DeLorean?

If they didn't get the rights then it would have been a possibility similar to Minority Report game which didn't get permission from Tom Cruise or the current GoldenEye game for the Wii can't use Brosnan as Bond.

[Kalyx triaD]

As of noon today all GameStop stores located on military bases will no longer be advertising or selling copies of Electronic Arts' upcoming military shooter Medal of Honor because an aspect of the game includes playable Taliban characters, sources tell Kotaku.

Confirmed by calls to several GameStops located on military bases, the decision was made "out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform," according to the letter sent to all GameStop employees this morning and obtained by Kotaku.

Kotaku has contacted GameStop for official comment and will update this story when they reply.

"GameStop has agreed out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform we will not carry Medal of Honor in any of our AAFES based stores...," the email reads. "As such, GameStop agreed to have all marketing material pulled by noon today and to stop taking reservations. Customers who enter our AAFES stores and wish to reserve Medal of Honor can and should be directed to the nearest GameStop location off base.

"GameStop fully supports AAFES in this endeavor and is sensitive to the fact that in multiplayer mode one side will assume the role of Taliban fighter."

The stores on bases contacted by Kotaku all confirmed that they no longer will be selling the game and referred us to GameStops in town to pick up the title when it comes out.

Electronic Arts declined to comment further for this story, saying they've made their opinion on the matter clear already.

This shit is getting stupid.

[BigDaddyCool]

Why is that stupid? How is respecting the military stupid?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Meh, EA knew this is the reaction they'd get and are hoping it will help sales. The marketing guys are probably masturbating over the 'mindshare' they've gotten.

[Xero]

You'd think they'd be upset over the concept in the first place. It's a series that encourages bloodshed. Doesn't matter who you're playing as. It really is just stupid.

[Kalyx triaD]

How many times were 'bad guy' skins used before, though? Soccer mom, pussy shit.

Six Days all over again.

[BigDaddyCool]

It's just a video game you guys.

[Xero]

That's exactly the point...

[BigDaddyCool]

Yeah, but you aren't seeing my point.

[Xero]

I do see your point. My point is that the entire concept of the games is disrespectful to the military. It glorifies war.

I'm not against the games, I'm just not seeing the logic in banning it when the other games get through.

[BigDaddyCool]

You still aren't seeing my point.

[Xero]

What's your point? That you don't have one and are arguing for the sake of arguing?

[Kalyx triaD]

Xero meet BDC.

[BigDaddyCool]

That's right. My point is Kalyx is a dork and you are a fat nerd.

[Kalyx triaD]

Loving this Ignore thing.

[BigDaddyCool]

Except when it makes you look like an ass because you repeat the news someone else already posted. I am referring of course to the Monday Night Combat thread.

[BigDaddyCool]

Anyhow, back to my real point. I don't see what your problem is with game stops on military bases not selling certain games. It isn't like the game is completely unavailable. And if you are mad because it is a marketing ploy, we I guess you might as well bitch and moan about the entire marketing industry because they all pull that kind of shit all the time. But I ask that you don't because my friend works in marketing and it is her birthday.

[alvarado52]

:lol:

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[Kalyx triaD]

Gonna create impossible stages.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, classic megaman is always fucking awesome. Too bad we didn't get to see ryu in action though.

Also, marked out for the megas shout out at the end. Are they doing the whole soundtrack? Guys are my favorite videogame based band.

[Xero]

So is Mega Man Universe a Mega Man game with user-created content and levels?

Because if so, that's fucking huge.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah, that's the idea. And I think you can mix and match character parts.

[Xero]

Yeah, that's huge. I was just thinking about how Nintendo doesn't capitalize on this with the Mario series. The SMW level hacking community is huge, and they have one for NSMBWii. Maybe they'll finally jump on it.

But I'm more than happy with something like that for Mega Man.

[BigDaddyCool]

Hacking is gay, you fat nerds.

[Xero]

I'm gonna hack your Wii and make it say "BDC IS A HUGE GAY" in big pink and mauve letters.

[BigDaddyCool]

That will be lovely and I nice change of pace from it saying "EAT SHIT AND DIE, DICKHOLE" in big brown letters with a font that looks like it was drawn with shit.

[Kane Knight]

Really, I'll keep that in mind next year.
Just don't subscribe past 2012 since you won't need it.

[Xero]

http://chzbobshouseofvideogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/f5f9ef56-4f39-450d-b403-29660ae3bc36.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

Easter egg discovered in Wave Race: Blue Storm for the Gamecube where the announcer and pit crew voices start to ridicule you during a race. The turbo sound changes into a little girl saying "meow, meow" when used.

* Go to Options and Audio Settings.
* There's a waveform display at the bottom that changes if you press the Z Button-tap Z until the waveform looks like vertically rising fog.
* On the D-Pad, press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, X, Z. You'll hear an audio cue if you did it right.
* Back out to the front end.
* Start a race. Pick the first guy.
* The pit crew voice will now be some dude who basically insults you the entire time. Also, the turbo becomes a little girl's voice saying "meow meow"

http://kotaku.com/5628976/nintendos-verbally-abusive-wave-race-easter-egg-finally-unearthed

[G]

That would have been awesome 9 years ago. :-\

[Fignuts]

lol most useless news ever, I'd say.

[Kane Knight]

Microsoft set to release updated version of the Xbox 360 controller on November 9 with a new color scheme for the buttons and a "customizable" d-pad to make fighting games easier to play than on the older controller.

The only catch is the new controller will only be available with Play & Charge kits and priced at $64.99.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/08/500x_dpad.jpg

http://kotaku.com/5626526/microsoft-reveals-new-360-controller-with-transforming-d+pad?skyline=true&s=i

Hot.

Final commentary regarding the 10$ used game extras thing:



Well said, even if its been said here before by Kalyx the hypocrite.

Glad it's final. Now you can shut up about it. Having the Penny Arcade guys agree with you, which is more on personal reasons than ethical doesn't make you any more correct.

I love PA, but they're missing a lot and justifying it. Like Kalyx the Hypocrite would.

One more point on this, that people with a brain might read, is that you and PA both took a very strict look at the term customer. Part of the problem is that the customer base for a media is larger than that. It includes people lost and people they wish to gain. This is an attempt to expand the customer base by the very literal auspie definition Kalyx Tarded and Gabe and Tycho use for the argument.

But trading in used games was never free cash. There's no such thing as a free lunch, and there's no such thing as free games. Since these games pump money back into the gaming "economy," even for the purposes of other games by the same company, you need to factor in those "customers."

I wonder if they buy all their cars and houses new, too. Same argument, different media. I know people try and justify that disconnect, but let's be honest: Knowing a contractor doesn't make you buy new houses instead of old ones. Knowing an engineer doesn't make you buy new cars.

At least you're finally admitting you're a hypocrite.

Too bad he's trying to be ironic.

Well, no.

Some damn fine games weigh in at under 4 gigs of used disc space. Doesn't mean any less work has gone into it.

I would gladly spend more on the under 4gb Burnout Paradise than the stupidly boring and large FF13, for instance.

I love BP enough I bought it and some of its content twice. Granted, the second time was at a reduced price, but neither time was it "used," so they saw my money.

If they didn't get the rights then it would have been a possibility similar to Minority Report game which didn't get permission from Tom Cruise or the current GoldenEye game for the Wii can't use Brosnan as Bond.

Except there's a difference between not using the character and not using the likeness of the actor. You can use Marty McFly from Back to the Future, James Bond from James Bond, and Die Hard from Die Hard without the permission of the actors....You just can't make them look like the actors.

Except when it makes you look like an ass because you repeat the news someone else already posted. I am referring of course to the Monday Night Combat thread.

Which is hilarious, because he's entering a thread made by someone on ignore to post news posted by someone else on ignore, and most of the comments are from people he has on ignore.

[Kane Knight]

Easter egg discovered in Wave Race: Blue Storm for the Gamecube where the announcer and pit crew voices start to ridicule you during a race. The turbo sound changes into a little girl saying "meow, meow" when used.



http://kotaku.com/5628976/nintendos-verbally-abusive-wave-race-easter-egg-finally-unearthed
Maybe they can find that invinc3ibility code for H:TR now.

[Kalyx triaD]

Well damn.

[Kalyx triaD]

It's been awhile since we've heard anything on the Devil May Cry front, and while Capcom isn't ready to announce anything just yet, Keiji Inafune is willing to drop a few hints.

In an interview with 3D Jeugos, Inafune admits that the series doesn't do particularly well in Western markets. With that in mind, it's likely that the games will be given a "Western touch" to make them more attractive to American and European players.

While it's not a confirmation that the game is in development, it's an interesting comment based on what we've previously heard. Rumors have been floating around for some time that Cambridge, England-based Ninja Theory has been working with Capcom on the upcoming sequel. The developer, who had worked on the PlayStation 3-exclusive Heavenly Sword, will ship Enslaved later this year.

Maybe Ninja Theory really is working on the game...

Faggot shit.

[Drakul]

Turns out the Telltale game is just poker. Disappointed. $4.99 for PC and Mac.

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Megaman Universe gameplay trailer. Looking good.

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[Extreme Angle]

So is it an Arcade game?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Poker with Strong Bad and Max > Halo Reach/CoD Black Ops.

Pre-Ordered.

[Funky Fly]

How do poker games get full discs these days? Poker is a minigame at best in 432634568523 games and an arcade/psn title at worst.

[Emperor Smeat]

Original Xbox game Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is getting an HD remake set for Spring 2011 release date. The game is currently set just for the PS3 with no word on Xbox 360 version even though the Oddworld series was exclusive to the original Xbox.

The irony about the game is how the original Xbox game is not compatible with the Xbox 360.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/09/500x_odd1.jpg

http://kotaku.com/5629346/oddworld-strangers-wrath-is-back

[BigDaddyCool]

Irony like how sonic is for nintendo now?

[Xero]

Original Xbox game Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is getting an HD remake set for Spring 2011 release date. The game is currently set just for the PS3 with no word on Xbox 360 version even though the Oddworld series was exclusive to the original Xbox.

The irony about the game is how the original Xbox game is not compatible with the Xbox 360.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/09/500x_odd1.jpg

http://kotaku.com/5629346/oddworld-strangers-wrath-is-back
So is this the only resurrection of the series? Or are they doing something with Abe?

Can't say I was ever really interested in Stranger's Wrath.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to some reports, the original developers of the Xbox series of Oddworld were supposed to make 5 games in the series for the Xbox starting with . They decided to drop from the video game industry after a fallout with either Microsoft or EA over the direction of the series.

Microsoft bought the series to be exclusive to the Xbox but only published Abe's Odyssey and EA wanted their game to be heavy in 1st person shooter while the previous Oddworld games were more heavy in puzzles and action.

The remake that is being made is meant to either restart the series that never got finished or expand it beyond just the original Xbox. The remake will be the exact same game but in HD and some type of Move support and extras.

[D Mac]

How do poker games get full discs these days? Poker is a minigame at best in 432634568523 games and an arcade/psn title at worst.

World Series of Poker games were pretty good. Dunno why they stopped making them.

[Funky Fly]

World Series of Poker games were pretty good. Dunno why they stopped making them.

There's more than 1? Like, what I'm saying is why would you make more than 1? Other than graphics, GUI and music, what exactly would be different about 1 game in the series compared to another? The rules of poker don't change and it's not a game dominated by action, so what gives?

Not being an ass, I seriously would like to know what changes because I never got into the whole poker thing.

[Kane Knight]

So what does a sequel to WSoP look like? Roster updates? Create a Gambler? High Def tells?

[Emperor Smeat]

Wii version of Star Wars Force Unleashed 2 multiplayer video shown at PAX 10. The multiplayer fighting mode is heavily influenced by Super Smash Bros in appearance and play style.

The mode is exclusive for the Wii and allows up to 4 players to play but only playable in offline and not online as well.

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http://kotaku.com/5630380/new-star-wars-multiplayer-might-remind-you-of-super-smash-bros

[Funky Fly]

Looks more like that shitty Ninja Turtles game than Smash Bros.

[OssMan]

Been playing XenoGears, lots of reading.

[Fignuts]

Been playing XenoGears, lots of reading.

Yeah, getting sick of all the reading in Dragon Age. Shit is ridiculous.

[D Mac]

If I wanted to read I'd go to school.

[Kalyx triaD]

PSN is not an acceptable substitute for Xbox Live, though it's often said to be, because in order to appear reasonable it is sometimes necessary to say things which are untrue. The only way to say something like that with a straight face is if you don't have experience with both, or if you don't play a lot of online games with friends.

K... O!

[Emperor Smeat]

Lead designer and important person in the development behind the Company of Heroes series killed in a car crash last Friday. Last game developed by him was Company of Heroes Online which was released only a couple of days ago (US release date).

According to the people in the other car who caused the accident, the driver decided during the middle of driving to take off her sweater while the passenger side held onto the wheel. Either she bumped the person holding the wheel or the passenger lost grip of the wheel to cause the crash.

http://kotaku.com/5630790/company-of-heroes-developer-killed-in-car-accident

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/426208_crash04.html

[#BROKEN Hasney]

If I wanted to read I'd go to school.

Never breed.

[Kane Knight]

K... O!
Wasn't long ago that Kalyx was bashing "M$" And was one of those folks that Tycho was talking about.

Funny how that works.

[D Mac]

Never breed.

You do know it was a joke right.

[Kane Knight]

To be fair, you probably shouldn't breed.

[OssMan]

lol

[Emperor Smeat]

Next month marks the 25th year anniversary since Super Mario was released in the US. As part of the celebration, Nintendo releases the logo design and will use it for anything Mario related later this year.

Last time this logo was used was for the GBA Micro when Mario was celebrating 20 years.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/09/500x_supermario_01.jpg

http://kotaku.com/5631445/super-mario-bros-gets-25th-anniversary-logo

[Kalyx triaD]

Square Enix has revealed the follow-up to its portable Final Fantasy fighting game, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, in the latest issue of Japanese magazine Weekly Shonen Jump.

That game is the somewhat clumsily titled Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy, a PlayStation Portable release planned for release sometime in 2011, the magazine reveals. (The logo looks like Dissidia [duodecim] 012: Final Fantasy, so just a touch awkward, but regardless of the full title, it'll be fun to say out loud.)

Fans of the original PSP game will likely be excited by the roster additions in Dissidia Duodecim. Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII and Kain from Final Fantasy IV appear to be confirmed, going by the new issue of Jump.

Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy may be making an appearance at next week's Tokyo Game Show, so we'll see if the sequel to 2008's Dissidia: Final Fantasy is still like doing your taxes on the moon.

Still a PSP series, dammit!

[Kalyx triaD]

"According to Game Nyarth, latest patents for console by Sega:

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So... is the latest VF5 revision finally coming to PS3/Xbox 360? i guess this is the most close hint (it can be a whole new game anyway)."

This is possibly great news for anyone waiting for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown to come home.

Looks like the latest VF will be coming home after all. With talk of the majorly updated engine, I'll wanna enter the fray and see what the big deal is.

[Funky Fly]

It's still VF. You know what that means.

[Kalyx triaD]

Maybe I'll experience a breakthrough.

[Funky Fly]

Only thing that'll break is your controller when you throw it in anger.

[Kalyx triaD]

Killing what extremely little hype I had for this game. Bad omen.

[Funky Fly]

Rent, don't buy. SSF4 was a game with major changes from SF4, and I'm pretty sure if a guy hated SF4 he won't like SSF4 any more. Same with this shit.

[D Mac]

Only thing that'll break is your controller when you throw it in anger.

I almost did that with SSF4. So furiating that game.

[Kalyx triaD]

Surely there's some value we're missing. I just need a week or two with it to be sure. Maybe my past conclusions were overly harsh due to playing Tekken so much. I'm much more open to alternate gameplay now.

I promise.

[RoXer]

I'm still waiting to play you in VF5, Kalyx