Not "news" but kinda related to the hockey/wii image.
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Gotta admit, that's a product with moxie.

Dunno where to put this. I didn't want to bump Cloxs "Sims 3 is the Best" thread. The Sims 3 is going to be bigger on the PS3 than it was on the PC according to some Russian Sims site. I'm guessing that'll mean the same for the 360.

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.

Actually, going to go get the video.
This isn't the video I originally saw but it's a better one. We see the avatars through out the video and at 3:03 there is a screen that says "Avatar selection" with the two new models, Boy and Girl. Considering Natal was supposed to be able to know if you are male/female just by looking at you, why are they selecting Avatars?

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Valve have a surpise at E3.

SPECULATE, PUPPETS

Half Life 3 or Episode 3 or whatever it's called that people have been screaming at Valve for.

After 25 years, Rare has a new logo in 4 "styles".

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets...500x_rare1.jpg

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets...500x_rare2.jpg

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Miss the gold R already.

Wii will be getting a new gun-shell:

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/175244-hd.jpg

Hardcore.

Can I get oen shaped like a P90? If I'm going to wave a Wiimote around like a douce pretending to shoot people, I at least want my douchiness to suit my asthetics.

I imagine this would open the door for the return of the Nintendo Zapper.

Well there is a Wii Zapper already

It is very ugly.

Interesting... Also, Hulu is rumored to be getting an app for XBL.

Supposedly its going to cost a "small fee" to use Hulu on Xbox 360 similar to Netflix having its own fee on Xbox 360.

Jordan confirmed on the cover for NBA 2k11 after a week or two of him being rumored to be on the cover.

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/...1275514099.jpg

Should go in the Natal thread but this one's more active.

Source.

Source.

Remember when Michael Jordan would appear in games as "Player"

A Natal Sonic game. Sega wastes no time. At an XBLA price it's probably worth the dev time. In fact if Natal's shovelware were to be regulated to arcade titles it could be better.

I think that door was already opened. Considering I've owned one for a year or two now. Yeah, I know, it's "ugly," but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

There's also a shotgun, a hunting rifle (complete with fake scope), and a lightsaber.

lol yeah. i loved generic substitutes, to boot.

Unless you're talking daily DLC, you're bullshitting again, Pete.

Contra + Blazeblue =:

In a random collaboration, Konami has enlisted Blazeblue/Guilty Gear developers ArkSys (Ark Systems) to create a spiritual sequel to their Contra series called Hard Corps: Uprising. It will feature classic Contra gameplay/difficulty and ArkSys' trademark high quality sprites. I suppose Konami had them create a new IP instead of calling it Contra for the off-chance fans wouldn't dig it. But we know better. This is a new Contra game.

http://xboxlivemedia.ign.com/xboxliv...1275595666.jpg

Look for it on XBLA and PSN, keeping the 2plyr co-op aspect (online). When more info comes around a thread will honor it. Until then, don't you dare touch my spread shot!

EDIT: This game is actually a meta-sequel to Sega Gen's Contra: Hard Corps.

I bet youre gonna pirate that game when it comes out huh.

burn...

Want.

That is all.

Khuntry Divides By Zero, Bitches:

My boy Khuntry just won a weekly Mega Man Zero art contest at Capcom-Unity. Here's the badass pic of Zero that impressed so much:

http://fast1.onesite.com/capcom-unit...3.jpg?v=149400

Khuntry bagged Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works (courtesy of Udon, wonder how he feels about that) and Mega Man Zero Collection for the DS (I know how he feels about that).

I seen the pics a few days ago and I was impressed (as usual with his work). Good to see the judges agreed.

Psh. It's only wrong if someone else does it. :roll:

Pfft, thieves and their 'poor-people justice'.

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Something about hit detection looks so off to me, and yay for odd looking juggles (not really, but at least they're brief). Although I've been to throw my hand in VF5, and I'll be doing that with this latest version, I still can't see what the Hell people mean when they say it's the top 3D fighting series. Not even third place on my list.

Of actual 3D fighters, it's top for me. That doesn't include SF4 which is a 2D fighting game with 3D graphics.

Has it even been confirmed for consoles yet?

Still looks so floaty, like fighting on the moon.

No but I imagine that's a matter of time. Sega needs heavy hitters next year and a few Sonic games ain't enough.

I know, but we never got R even :|

If they really need heavy hitters, there's always Shenmue :shifty:

Shenmue the forgotten franchise. Lots of people want it but if lots of people bought the last release we'd have a third years ago. Like Square-Enix and the long requested FF7 remake (requested for whatever reason), I think Sega will come around to Shenmue 3 eventually.

Kitase said It'll take up to ten years to make a FFVII remake with FFXIII's quality.

I'd wager it'll take about as long as FF12-13, which were not ten year cycles.

inFAMOUS 2 is now a thing, though we knew that for a while now. With no sequel to [Prototype] around to make it look silly (seriously [PT] was pretty good), inFAMOUS 2 could attract gamers to its... what was the point of inFAMOUS anyway?

Anyway expect an E3 showing.

I thought Infamous was a lot more polished than prototype.

It had some decent platforming elements (really cool placement animations, nice locomotion), but [PT] was just more fun.

While I'm unimpressed by Black and Bodycount's philosophy does nothing for me, I like a developer who speaks his mind. Guys like CliffyB and Tomonobu Itagaki may come off as pricks, but they're the type of dudes who are a welcome counter-balance to the Will Wrights and Peter Molyneuxs of the industry. These guys have visions and earn the right for a little shit talk.