Today's News:
1) For those interested, today is the last day for online multiplayer support for Nintendo DS and Wii games due to Nintendo ending their online Wi-Fi gaming service after today. Some notable games affected include Mario Kart Wii, the Professor Layton series, and 3rd party games like GoldenEye 007 and Tatsunoko vs Capcom.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ni...-ds/1100-4924/

2) A few new details for Far Cry 4 include the main character's name being Ajay Ghale, the game's plot involving a civil war taking place in the Himalayas, and the box art's purple suit guy isn't the main character nor is he white.
http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-l...y-275125.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...st-antagonist/

3) CD Projekt RED states the Witcher 3 will not contain any platform exclusive content nor will any platform get special treatment in terms of early release dates.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...the-witcher-3/

4) GOG.com is considering having their own Early Access type program although stressed it won't follow Valve's model and not until it can both protect customers better and prevent it from being abused by developers.
http://www.destructoid.com/if-gog-co...l-275093.phtml

Uplay is so fucking terrible it managed to leak the plot details for FC4 accidentally today, someone grabbed a screenshot before it was taken down:

Today's News:
1) Update to Zenimax-Oculus VR legal news as Zenimax has officially filed a lawsuit against Oculus VR in regards to their claims the Ouclus Rift tech being partially based on stolen tech from John Carmack after he left id Software. Oculus VR still claims none of the tech used for the Rift is based on Zenimax tech nor was any of it stolen.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...ulus-rift.aspx

2) According to a translated report from Gamasutra, Dark Souls series creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has been promoted to become the new president of From Software studio.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/da...ent/1100-4926/

3) SALES - Gamestop is currently holding a Spring Sale for PC games with discounts ranging as high as 75% off and the sale itself lasting till June 2nd. For those with a PS Vita and Muramasa Rebirth, both of the game's DLC packs are currently on sale for $2.50 on PSN.
http://www.destructoid.com/gamestop-...g-275173.phtml
http://www.gamestop.com/collection/g...0iXaHirJ70ugsg
http://www.destructoid.com/hot-deal-...n-275143.phtml

4) According to Gamestop, Far Cry 4's Season Pass will cost $30 although at the moment the PC version wasn't included in the platforms getting the Pass.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...etail-listing/

From Software.


What I would give for that outfit to put together a new Armored Core or Tenchu game that would blow all the other ones away. :(

Today's News:
1) SALES - Amazon currently holding a big PC sale with over 1000 games on sale, certain games getting the Flash sale treatment, discounts ranging as high as 75% off, and the sale itself lasting till May 31st.
http://www.destructoid.com/deal-nort...e-275218.phtml

2) Telltale Games announces Episode 4 of The Wolf Among Us will be arriving on May 27th for PC and Mac, May 28th for PS3 (North America only) and Xbox 360, and May 29th for iOS devices. No date was announced yet for the European PS3 version.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ves-next-week/

3) 4A Games announces the Metro series will be getting a collection set called Metro Redux with details including the games being remastered editions, the option to buy each game separately ($25) or together ($50), and be released this summer for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...c-this-summer/

Might grab that Metro collection. Heard a lot of good things.

Just be sure you got a decent PC to be able to run it well- especially Metro Last Light.

Today's News:
1) SALES - Microsoft is currently having a "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" sale on their official online store with certain Xbox 360 and Xbox One games eligible and the sale lasting till May 27th.
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/topic/3...promo-save-60/

2) Sony's boss Kaz Hirai states around half of all PS4 owners are currently subscribed to Playstation Plus or around 3.5 million so far.
http://www.destructoid.com/half-of-p...s-275299.phtml

3) Turn 10 Studios announces they are expanding Forza 5's Season pass to include two additional DLC packs containing 10 cars each and the first extra DLC pack to arrive May 30th.
http://www.destructoid.com/turn-10-i...s-275300.phtml

4) Microsoft's Major Nelson states PC driver support for Xbox One is expected to be released "very soon." Microsoft previously had stated the reason for the long wait was due to them ensuring all PC games that worked with an Xbox 360 controller would also work with an Xbox One controller.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ble-very-soon/

Compared to the amount of time that passed between The Wolf Among Us ep. 1 & 2 and 2 & 3, it seems the wait between 3 & 4 is not a long one at all, which pleases me immensely.

Also, I always laugh when my dumbass tablet's auto-suggest word function comes up with "Blitzer" as an option after every single time I type the word "wolf".

Who's the dumbass?

The Order 1886 delayed until February 2015.


Winter's looking pretty lame right now.

That was the one title that nearly had me purchase a PS4.

Today's News:
1) Based on recent leaks, the next Battlefield game is expected to be called Battlefield Hardline with Visceral Games as its developer and meant for both current and last gen systems. In terms of overall plot, it was leaked to revolve around a "cops vs robbers" theme.
http://www.destructoid.com/details-f...d-275436.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ield-hardline/

2) Bethesda announces The Evil Within has been delayed from its planned August release to now an October release date.
http://www.destructoid.com/oh-the-ho...s-275431.phtml

3) IO Interactive teases they will be officially revealing the next-gen Hitman game currently in development by the end of this week.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-of-this-week/

Goody. A new Hitman game. Absolution was fun, but I hope they go back to open world style gameplay. Wasn't down with that linear stuff.

yeah, I love Absolution myself. It's probably the only Hitman game I've spent any time playing. I haven' really played any stealth-based games since Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Splinter Cell Conviction and Blacklist are both really fun.

Blacklist was insanely fun.

Today's News:
1) Update to the recent Hitman series news as IO Interactive released a teaser concept image for the upcoming Hitman game while Square Enix states another Hitman mobile game is in development.
http://www.destructoid.com/first-con...n-275507.phtml

2) DICE and EA announces microtransactions have been added to Battlefield 4 called Battlepacks with different tiers of packs available and range between $1-$3 each.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...battlefield-4/

3) Valve states both their Steam Machine and Steam Controller have been delayed to a TBA 2015 release date with the official reason due to them needing more time to work on both devices.
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-s-s...5467.phtml#ext
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-back-to-2015/

4) Capcom announces they are currently in the process of moving the PC version of Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition away from the Games For Windows service to Steamworks and should be finished by the end of the week. There is a big catch though with all DLC from the GFWL platform will not carry over and need to be repurchased again on Steam.
http://www.destructoid.com/super-str...n-275460.phtml

lol GFWL continues to amaze me despite its death.

I often don't take to PC F2P games but Battlecry sounds absolutely delicious.

The dude who composed the Shadow of the Colossus OST is the same dude who wrote the music for Gundam Wing.

Fucking mind blown.

Today's News:
1) Some Nintendo related news:

• Nintendo announces an official Gamecube adapter for the Wii U will be available to buy around the same time as Smash Bros Wii U's release.
• Next Pokemon game is currently rumored to be called Delta Emerald based on recent trademark filings in Japan.
• Currently Japan-only but Mario Kart 8 will be getting a free DLC pack containing a playable Mercedes GLA car as part of a recent promotion
  between Nintendo and Mercedes Benz.

http://www.destructoid.com/super-sma...r-275600.phtml
Image of how it will look when connected: https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/...76848382607361
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...n-275570.phtml
http://www.screwattack.com/video/Mar...tions-12838598

2) Remedy Entertainment released a new trailer for upcoming Quantum Break along with the announcement of a 2015 release date for the Xbox One and it will skip E3 in favor of Gamescom for this year's big event.
http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/reme...uan/2300-8935/

3) EA announces they have shut down Mythic Entertainment studio, developer of Warhammer Online, with the official reason related to their current mobile game development plans.
http://www.destructoid.com/electroni...t-275610.phtml

4) Sony states several changes will be made to Playstation Plus with the free monthly game offerings now being 2 games per platform starting in June and the Instant Game Collection games to be updated every first Tuesday of the month starting in July.
http://www.destructoid.com/playstati...d-275593.phtml

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Today's News:
1) Take-Two states 2K Marin studio will be taking over as the main developer for the Bioshock series while also teasing more games for the Red Dead series will be arriving in the future.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-for-take-two/

2) Microsoft announces Games For Gold June offerings will be 5 games with the Xbox 360 getting three games (Dark Souls, Charlie Murder, and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition) and the Xbox One getting two games (Max: The Curse of Brotherhood and Halo: Spartan Assault).
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-assault-more/

3) Telltale Games announces The Walking Dead Season 1, The Walking Dead Season 2, and The Wolf Among Us will be arriving for the PS4 and Xbox One later this year.
http://www.destructoid.com/telltale-...e-275675.phtml

4) Harmonix announces layoffs have recently occurred at the studio with around 37 employees laid off and development for musical FPS game Chroma being set back as a result.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/duri...-gets-set-back

Meh - MS could have done better with their Games for Gold program for Xbox One. Dark Souls and SFIV AE will be fun though.

Whoa, The Walking Dead was the only reason I was keeping me from trading my 360 for xbox one. Looks like I'll be trading it in sooner than I thought.

Mario Kart 8 is fun purified and powered, then snort up your nose.

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Today's News:
1) Some Nintendo related news:

• Nintendo states Mario Kart 8's launch weekend sales were around 1.2 million copies sold making it both the 2nd highest in series history and highest in Wii U history.
• According to Nintendo of Europe, Wii U hardware sales rose by around 666% last week in the UK due to Mario Kart 8 while the game itself was the 2nd best selling game for the week.
• For those interested, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is currently rumored to be getting a Wii U version.
• Rumored lists revealing all the game announcements for Nintendo's E3 Digital Event were supposedly leaked recently. If the lists are to believed, Nintendo will be debuting 4 new franchises with one from Retro Studio along with a special game announcement from both Retro Studio and Platinum Games (not Bayonetta 2).

http://www.destructoid.com/mario-kar...d-275789.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/mario-kar...k-275785.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/new-listi...u-275764.phtml
Rumored E3 lists images -> http://sickr.files.wordpress.com/201...014_leak_1.jpg , http://sickr.files.wordpress.com/201...014_leak_2.jpg

2) Microsoft announces Forza Horizon 2 is currently in development for the the Xbox One and Xbox 360. Playground Games studio is developing the One version while Sumo Digital is developing the 360 version.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/fo...ing/1100-4930/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/...on-2-announced

3) Epic Games announces both Unreal Tournament 3 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R have been patched to continue online multiplayer support after the recent Gamespy server shutdown.
http://www.destructoid.com/unreal-to...n-275791.phtml

4) Naughty Dog states the creative director and game director from The Last of Us are currently in charge of the development for Uncharted 4.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-last-...d-275798.phtml


Note: Will work on getting the TPWW 2014 E3 thread ready somewhere between the end of tonight's WWE Raw episode and tomorrow afternoon.

Please let the Retro Games announcement be that they are taking back Metroid.

Today's News:
1) Update to Watch Dogs launch sales news as the company revealed the game sold around 4 million copies during its first week.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...eek-of-launch/

2) An on-going court case involving EA, the NCAA, and former college athletes was recently decided in favor of the players with EA required to pay a fee of around $950 per player per game their likeness was used or around $40 million overall in total compensation. The NCAA itself is currently suing EA due to claims of contract breaching related to this settlement.
http://www.destructoid.com/sue-thing...n-275807.phtml

3) Several former members of Irrational Games studio revealed they have recently formed a new studio called Day for Night Games with their first project to be called The Black Glove and described as a time traveling type game.
http://www.destructoid.com/former-ir...e-275819.phtml

4) Konami has recently given their approval for a fan-based HD remake of the original Metal Gear game (MSX version, not NES version) to be made.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/kona...msx-metal-gear

If the fan-made HD Metal Gear gets enough public momentum they will also back it themselves. We don't often hear about that kind of goodwill.

That Watch Dogs sales number should be taken with a grain of salt. It is a free game with a lot of Nvidia GPUs at the moment so they may well have sold a few hundred thousand keys to Nvidia for real cheap. Ditto with any game that comes free with any GPU or other PC component.

Having sold that much I guess we can start looking forward to yearly releases of Watch_Dogs :roll:

Today's News:
1) Some Sony related news:

• The free gift offer for those who watch Sony's E3 press conferences at select movie theaters was hinted to be PS4 beta codes for Battlefield Hardline.
• Based on a recent retailer leak, an upcoming PS4 bundle called "Ultimate Player Edition" is expected to arrive later this year, includes the Vita, and is rumored to cost around €579.99 ($790). So far only Europe was teased to be getting the bundle.

http://www.destructoid.com/here-s-on...a-275949.phtml
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...e-appears.aspx

2) Freebies - For those interested, Rebellion studio announces for the next 24 hours they are giving away free PC codes for the Steam version of Sniper Elite V2.
http://www.destructoid.com/download-...m-275947.phtml

3) Oculus VR announces they have hired Valve's former business director among the group of recent hirings which also included Google Glass' former lead system engineer and one of the original members of Microsoft's staff.
http://www.destructoid.com/oculus-hi...r-275948.phtml

What I do with the Crazy 8, is the second I hit a straightaway I fucking unload everything in the direction with the most opponents.

The monster plant is really good during traffic or hazards. That fucker will eat almost anything provided he's not in recovery of his last chomp. Son of a bitch ate a boomerang coming back at me. Crazy.

The boomerang is basically a green shell with a second try tied to it. If you miss the first shot you can angle behind the other guy and ensure he gets hit on the rebound. It's also good for getting a red shell of your ass if you time it right.

Yeah Battle Mode is shit. It's only remotely viable a gametype on the smallest, simplest track (the first track), and even then I wish for an arena map. Kinda crazy they didn't roll with that for whatever reason. If DLC is to be attempted, let it be arena maps for Battle Mode.

Today's News:
1) Some Microsoft related news:

• According to Microsoft, ditching the Kinect should result in at least a 10% boost in power for the Xbox One based on the new Kinect-less set of dev kits.
• Xbox One controller driver support for PC games was recently released. All games that worked with the 360 controller was stated to also work with the One controller.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/kine...ing-peripheral
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/mi...ows/1100-4932/

2) Some CD Projekt news:

• GOG.com will be expanding to including a Steam-like service called GOG Galaxy in the near future.
• The Witcher 3's release date was announced to be on February 25, 2015 for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/cd-p...ing-more-steam
http://www.destructoid.com/the-witch...5-276020.phtml

3) Square Enix announces Hitman: Sniper is currently in development for mobile and tablet devices and will arrive later this year.
http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...r-276006.phtml

Mario Kart 8 is fucking tits.

New tracks are so fun, and they picked some good oldies too.

Can't wait to get some friends, a case of beer, and go nuts.