Today's News:
1) According to Crystal Dynamics lead designer, Rise of the Tomb Raider will take around 15-20 hours to beat and another 10-20 hours to complete everything to do in the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/set-aside...r-313196.phtml

2) FREEBIES - Sony revealed the list of free games for Playstation Plus's October offerings includes Super Meat Boy (PS4, Vita) and Broken Age (PS4, Vita) among the 6 games available.
http://www.destructoid.com/super-mea...s-313200.phtml

3) Some Nintendo related news:

• Galaxy Trial announced the previously delayed Wii U version of Freedom Planet will be getting released tomorrow for North America and November for Europe.
  http://www.destructoid.com/freedom-p...e-313166.phtml
• Nintendo announced Super Mario Maker has sold around 1 million copies since its launch.
  http://www.destructoid.com/super-mar...e-313154.phtml
• Nintendo also announced Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash will be arriving on November 20th which was originally Star Fox Zero's release date before its delay.
  http://www.destructoid.com/mario-ten...o-313051.phtml

4) Twisted Pixel announced they have recently become an independent studio again after reaching a deal with Microsoft. The studio had been purchased by Microsoft in 2011 to be a 2nd party developer for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
http://www.destructoid.com/twisted-p...t-313190.phtml

5) Criterion Games recently debunked rumors of a Burnout HD Collection set being in development and stated they have no plans of ever doing one.
http://www.destructoid.com/a-burnout...n-313167.phtml

Going to plsy the shit out of freedom planet

Rainbow 6: Siege is multiplayer only?


Might just go cancel my preorder now if that's the case.

never heard of it... is it good/will I like it

If you like classic Sonic games then probably yes. Was originally developed as a Sonic fangame that later became its own thing while keeping the classic Sonic series inspirations for gameplay.

Steam might have a demo available while the Wii U version had a demo as part of a special E3 Nintendo indies promotion. The Wii U promotion also gave a 15% discount for when those games got released later on.

Aww Assassins Creed trying so hard to get my money
fuck you my standards remain

place it it Japan and make the Assassin a woman till then NOPE.

Called it quits after 4 never looked back

It's basically Sonic the Hedgehog made byTreasure i.e. people who made Gunstar Heroes, Mischief Makers, Sin & Punishment, and various other insane games with tons of shit thrown at you with lots of epic boss fights.

i don't understand the tone of this post

are you agreeing with me or making fun of me

i was making fun of them for putting trannies in the game

sweet.. might czech that out

At least the internet is having fun with Tony Hawk

lmao

Today's News:
1) Humble Store announced they will be offering a Loot Crate-like service called Humble Monthly starting next month and offers a random set of digital PC games for $12 per month.
http://www.destructoid.com/humble-mo...s-313411.phtml

2) Square Enix announced they have dropped the tier-based pre-order system for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided after gaining mostly negative feedback from consumers and series fans.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...-feedback.aspx

3) Some Ubisoft related news:

• Ubisoft announced Assassin's Creed Syndicate will include a micro-transaction system although are promising everything can be unlocked by normal playing unlike with Unity.
  http://www.destructoid.com/welp-assa...s-313364.phtml
• Ubisoft also announced the beta for Rainbow Six Siege has been extended till October 4th. Signups will no longer be available after today while invites have to be activated by October 2nd.
  http://www.destructoid.com/rainbow-s...4-313350.phtml

4) As part of the week long Xbox One holiday bundle announcements, Microsoft revealed a Kinect based and Gears of War remake based bundle joining the Xbox One bundles arriving later this year. The Kinect bundle is priced at $500 while the Gears bundle is priced at $350.
http://www.destructoid.com/today-s-x...s-313373.phtml

5) Sony announced they are pulling the PS+ version of DriveClub from Playstation Plus on October 6th.
http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/drivec...ext_month.html

I'm agreeing with you.

I'm mocking the series in general its become kinda sad.

OK, OK, I'll be done with ragging on the game soon, but this is one of the higher rated custom levels in THPS5

http://i.imgur.com/m8RrM9I.jpg

lol.

it is sad but true though. I would have probably at LEAST picked it up on sale or something, but not after all the technical issues they had in development and now post-launch.

Today's News:
1) Three Fields Entertainment, formed by former Criterion Games staff, announced they are planning on making a spiritual successor to the Burnout series within the near future.
http://www.destructoid.com/ex-criter...r-313545.phtml

2) According to Amazon, Rise of the Tomb Raider will have a Season Pass and is priced at $30.
http://www.destructoid.com/rise-of-t...n-313504.phtml

3) According to reports, Microsoft has purchased the Havok engine from Intel for an undisclosed amount with the plan to integrate the physics engine with Direct X12 and their Azure cloud services. Engine itself will still be licensed out to other companies who wish to use it for their games.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...rom-intel.aspx

4) Warner Bros announced the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight will return for sale by the end of the month. The PC version game was originally pulled from Steam and other digital services due to bugs and technical issues plaguing the game.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...ght-on-pc.aspx

5) For those in the UK, a new version of the Consumer Rights Act now in effect gives consumers up to 30 days to request refunds for digital games.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-new-u...s-313486.phtml

I know next to nothing about Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5, but I'm willing to bet it isn't that bad. Everyone seems to have shit on it after they found out it had bad graphics and someone found some glitches, even though almost everybody in "gaming" claims that gameplay is much more important than graphics.

The gameplay is awful. I mean God awful. So they mapped a slam button to the front button, so instead of that fun magnetised grind, you miss by pixels annnnd your combos gone.

The graphics are bad, it's glitchy as fuck but the gameplay is actually the worst part. Actually, maybe level design is worse.

It seems like the internet is doing its usual bullying thing about the game. Why didn't they bully the game that RoXer did his TPWW Baseball team season with, that thing was terrible.

Going to buy another PS3 since my original model died and it will just die every year no matter how many times I get it "fixed" or "re-flowed" or "re-balled" or whatever... tell me if i'm wrong

What I liked about it the most was being able to play ps1 and ps2 games but every subsequent model dropped those features for some reason so oh well... not sure which "model" to get

the "slim" one seems like it will last the longest, right... the old "phat" ones are basicly obsolete right, like they will all just die right

for backwards compatibility don't some slim ones only play ps1 games and some only ps2... someone help me out

they're pretty cheap right...

I kinda thought the same about THPS5 until I played it. But wow, it really is horrible.

None of the Slims have PS2 compatability, but they all play PS1.

Today's News:
1) Ubisoft's upcoming big announcement ended up getting leaked early by accident which was revealed to be a new Far Cry game called Far Cry Primal.
http://www.pcgamer.com/far-cry-primal-announcement/

2) Recent scandal involving Star Citizen's development and mismanaged Kickstarter funds has developer Cloud Imperium Games considering possible legal action against The Escapist for an article they wrote about the situation. CIG claims the report is false, wants a public apology or else they will sue, and rejected a meeting with The Escapist to help clarify the situation they claim is false.
http://www.destructoid.com/star-citi...s-313974.phtml

3) For those interested in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Ubisoft revealed the game requires around 40GB of free space available in order to play at least for the Xbox One version.
http://www.destructoid.com/assassin-...d-313975.phtml

4) SALES:

• Amazon announced they have started to sell digital versions of Blizzard games as part of a brand new online store added to their marketplace.
  http://www.destructoid.com/blizzard-...n-313952.phtml
• PS4 rumored to be getting an official $50 price drop in the US soon based on a retailer leak.
  http://www.destructoid.com/the-plays...p-313891.phtml

5) During an interview with Eurogamer, Shenmue series creator Yu Suzuki teased he needs more money again for Shenmue 3's development although did hint graphics likely are getting scaled down in order to stay within the current budget.
http://www.destructoid.com/-6m-isn-t...--313944.phtml

I get not wanting to be put on blast in the public about things that untrue but it's that a) they want a shallow apology that means nothing and b) they're not willing to meet with them to discuss it. I'm not sure why they'd be against trying to work this out without somebody being embarrassed into something sappy like the Public Apology.

And as bad as I want Senmue 3 to happen you really don't get to say it's exclusive to any platform and then talk about needing money. Make it multiplatform or get those platforms to support you better. There's no real inbetween.

Today's News:
1) Update to Far Cry Primal news as some early details revealed includes Ubisoft Montreal as its developer, taking place in a fictional setting called Oros with the main character named TAKKAR, and occurs during humanity's early rise as a species.
http://www.destructoid.com/everythin...l-314147.phtml

2) SALES & Freebies:

• Nintendo currently offering a refurbished Wii U Deluxe bundle with Wind Waker HD for $235 on their official online store.
  https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po...ryId=cat550278
• Microsoft revealed this week's Deals With Gold sale includes several Sniper Elite games and DLC for the Xbox 360 and Happy Wars DLC for the Xbox One.
  http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...mes-with-gold/
• Sony currently holding a "Spend $100, get $15 back" promotion on PSN from now till November 3rd. The $15 rebate itself won't arrive until mid-November though.
  https://www.playstationnetwork.com/us-store-credit/
• Episode 1 of Tales from the Borderlands is currently available to download for free on Xbox One for those with a XBL Gold account.
  https://twitter.com/videogamedeals/s...26652095238144

3) Nordic Games announced Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition will be arriving on October 27th for those interested.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-release-date/

4) Based on an accidental retailer leak, Evolve will be getting its own complete/definitive edition called Evolve Ultimate Edition arriving on November 3rd.
http://www.destructoid.com/evolve-ul...n-314088.phtml

So when does Fallout 3 come for the One? I pre-ordered 4.

Far Cry Primal looks pretty cool.

First cool Far Cry since part 2.

Irrationally excited about this minor thing.

http://nintendoeverything.com/sega-b...e-to-the-west/

SEGA bringing the Game Gear 3DS theme to the west

http://nintendoeverything.com/wp-con...me-656x369.jpg

LOVED the game gear. This will be fun.

Thought 3 was far better than 2. I mean 2 had some good ideas, but it had flaws that just ruined the game for me. 3 was a bladt the whole way through.

4 seemed like more of the same, so I'm glad this is taking a more drastic change.

Really short turn around between announcement and release makes me a little nervous though.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...agon_Cover.jpg

Wat

I don't even consider Blood Dragon a Far Cry game.

Today's News:
1) Valve announced their Steam Machines and Steam Controllers will only be available at select retailers this holiday season with Gamestop (US), Game (UK), and EB Games (Canada) as the exclusive non-digital stores selling the console.
http://www.destructoid.com/steam-con...r-314198.phtml

2) For those who own Telltale games on iOS devices, the company has pulled several of their games off of iOS Store due to the recent firmware update causing stability issues. The games join Bioshock and Ghost Trick as recent mobile games pulled from the iOS Store due to the recent update.
http://www.destructoid.com/multiple-...s-314323.phtml

3) Dontnod Entertainment announced the final episode for Life is Strange will be arriving on October 20th.
http://www.destructoid.com/life-is-s...0-314212.phtml

4) Capcom released an announcement stating they will be making an announcement regarding Resident Evil 7 "soon."
http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-st...7-314293.phtml

5) Microsoft recently revealed some details about what is covered by Rise of the Tomb Raider's Season Pass which is mainly just three major DLC packs (endurance mode, 1 new tomb, and a Horde-like mode).
http://www.destructoid.com/here-is-w...s-314383.phtml

I know it's in another league entirely in terms of quality, but it does say right there.

Someone said over on GAF and linked to an interview that any AAA games they make have to be somewhat grounded in reality, so don't expect totally crazy things anymore.... Or dinosaurs in this.

Was this before or after you shot rocket launchers while riding elephants?

Sounds fuckin epic.

Today's News:
1) SAG (Screen Actor's Guild) union have recently voted in favor of a strike for gaming voice actors although an actual strike won't happen yet. The union is trying for one last attempt at a new deal to be done between voice actors and gaming companies before the strike officially starts.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/sa...rik/1100-5282/

2) SALES:

• Previously rumored price cut for the PS4 was made official today by Sony with PS4s to be officially dropped to $350 in the US starting tomorrow. Canada will be getting between a $20 to $80 price cut for bundles as well.
  http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/so...999/1100-5283/
• Nintendo currently holding a "Friends of Runbow" sale on the eShop involving getting a 30% discount on select indie titles with the purchase of Runbow for the Wii U.
  http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers
• Green Man Gaming currently having a Deep Silver publisher themed sale with certain games and bundles getting between 50-75% off for discounts.
  http://www.destructoid.com/-7-metro-...e-314445.phtml

3) CD Projekt RED announced the next patch for the The Witcher 3 will be around 15 GB in size for the PS4 and Xbox One while PC version is between 6-15 GB depending on O.S. platform
http://www.destructoid.com/the-witch...s-314591.phtml

4) Telltale Games announced the final episode for Tales from the Borderlands will be arriving on October 20th.
http://www.destructoid.com/tales-fro...0-314562.phtml

These actors are going to learn very quickly how easily people will get over a change of voice for game characters.

And the dew guzzling idiots we call gamers won't care

Also are you joking, there will be a change.org petition with 50 paragraphs if they even think about changing anything

SAG? More like FAG (Film actors guild)

Oh boy, we wouldn't want any scary petitions signed by a fringe sample of the potential millions of buyers for a AAA title. Ask David Hayter how that worked out.

And even without petitions; Reuben Langdon has portrayed Ken in Street Fighter since 2009 in games and anime (and a cameo soundbyte for Wreck-It Ralph). Replaced in SFV. Fucks given; none. Most people won't even notice. He is also basically Dante incarnate, playing the part in voice and motion capture for DMC3-4. There were many fucks given when the series had that terrible reboot actually, but that was for many more reasons than simply him not being Dante. At least he did some new stuff for the special edition. But make no mistake, if Capcom course corrects and makes DMC5 but without Langdon, it would be a riot but hardly one Capcom would budge at.

Clair Redfield in Revelations 2 replaced legacy actress Alyson Court who portrayed her since RE2 all the way up to the first CG movie not long ago. Fucks given; none.

Zero in MvC3 replaced a longtime Zero VO (name I forget this moment) with Ichigo himself Johnny Bosch. Fuck given; none.

Tekken's Heihachi VO since the beginning died sometime before Tekken Tag 2. I'm betting the guys who play Tekken here didn't even know that before I wrote it down this instant.

Let's not pretend this isn't about the FEW voice actors who's contributions to certain characters were paramount. They get to negotiate. And it's always been like that. And even then if a publisher has to, they'll whether the storm of the dreadful Petition and wait exactly 4 months for gamers to forget and pre-order the game.

Sora's VO Hayley Joel since part 1 changed because his voice matured. Fucks given; none.

The Street Fighter Japanese VO cast changes every series. Fucks given; none.

Etc.

no fucks sounds like wXe in action.

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

• SALES - Several sales are currently going on for PS4 games to go along with today's official price drop for the PS4.
  http://www.destructoid.com/-350-ps4-...f-314722.phtml
• From Software announced the beta for Dark Souls III is currently available for PS+ members in the US to download although the game portion will not be playable till October 13th.
  http://www.destructoid.com/ps-plus-m...w-314757.phtml
• For those in the UK, Sony announced their streaming rental service Playstation Now officially launched today for the region with subs priced at £3 for individual games and £12.99 for the monthly option.
  http://www.destructoid.com/playstati...k-314687.phtml

2) According to Natsume studio, Nintendo has dropped Game Boy game support for the 3DS Virtual Console in favor of shifting focus towards GBA games for future releases. Likely also related to the lack of support from other developers when it came to adding GB games to the 3DS VC.
http://www.destructoid.com/don-t-exp...e-314703.phtml

3) Yacht Club Games announced Shovel Knight's Xbox One retail version has been scrapped due to Microsoft's publishing policies while retailers have forced price hikes for other retail versions due to their policies regarding bargain bin game status. For those with a pre-order, they have requested retailers to honor the original price and not the newly raised price.
http://www.destructoid.com/shovel-kn...s-314626.phtml

For gods sake kalyx

@hasney

trying to transfer my old PS3 data which i put onto a USB external hard drive onto a new PS3

old model was "CECHE01" - the original 60gb "phat" one backwards compatible with ps1/ps2

the new one is "CECH-2001A" i think - 120gb "slim"

plugged in my hard drive and it recognizes it, but then says there is no game data on it... can't find any music/pictures data also even though that stuff is on there too

is there any way to get it back or did i just spend a lot of time and money for years trying to specifically avoid this situation for nothing :)

I think you have to go the whole way on a transfer so it let's you restore everything
http://manuals.playstation.net/docum...erutility.html

Best way of doing it with a network cable.

Today's News:
1) Treyarch announced CoD: Black Ops III campaign mode takes around 7 hours to finish although all levels will be unlocked at the start for those that just want to skip around.
http://www.destructoid.com/call-of-d...t-315102.phtml

2) According to developer Supermassive Games, they are currently in the planning phase for a sequel to Until Dawn although teased it likely won't be a true sequel in a traditional sense.
http://www.destructoid.com/supermass...l-315007.phtml

3) Half-Life 3 currently rumored again to be in development based on a leaked filed found within a recent DOTA 2 update. The text file mostly deals with VR and co-op related stuff being considered or worked on for the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/did-valve...--314772.phtml

4) For those interested or have bought Might & Magic Heroes VII for the PC, Ubisoft has issued a semi-apology for using deceptive marketing regarding the game. They are offering the choice between a full refund or a free game from a list as part of the apology.
http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-o...--315130.phtml

Sony finally making a remote for the ps4

My TV remote can take it over, but it doesn't work for certain apps. Annoyingly, YouTube is one.

Today's News:
1) Square Enix announced they are considering using crowd funding for localizing games with the idea being able to release more games out of Japan and have guaranteed interest for funded games.
http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...n-315215.phtml

2) According to a Wall Street Journal report, Mortal Kombat X, Dying Light, and Batman: Arkham Knight all have sold around 5 million copies since their launches. Besides those games, Warner Bros also revealed LEGO: Jurassic World has sold around 4 million copies since its launch.
http://www.destructoid.com/broken-as...s-315260.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/lego-jura...s-315233.phtml

3) SALES:

• Steam is currently having a stealth themed sale with around 60 games on discount and lasts till October 16th.
  http://www.destructoid.com/savvy-ste...t-315259.phtml
• Newest Humble Bundle was revealed to be Capcom themed with the usual 3 tiers and includes a 50% off discount coupon for the full version of Resident Evil Revelations 2.
  http://www.destructoid.com/ooh-there...e-315275.phtml

4) Layoffs have recently occurred at Humble Bundle with the official reason given due to recent costly expansion plans.
http://www.destructoid.com/humble-bu...f-315201.phtml

5) Lilith studio announced Allison Road, Silent Hills P.T. inspired game, has been pulled from Kickstarter due to them finding a publisher for the project recently.
http://www.destructoid.com/allison-r...r-315115.phtml

This is brilliant:


We’d like to apologise to Naughty Dog for a massive mistake we published last month.


On September 30 we published an article titled “Is Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End too formulaic?” based on what we thought was a hands-on session with Uncharted 4 at the Tokyo Game Show.

We didn’t realise it at the time; what we’d played wasn’t Uncharted 4, but the remastered Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, from the recently released Uncharted Collection. We were not aware of this until after the article went live.

As soon as Sony notified us of our mistake we immediately unpublished the article as it was clearly based on one massive error on our part. TGS is busy and obviously the majority of signage isn’t in English, but none of that excuses the fact that we seriously fucked up.

It’s cute to say it’s testament to the skill and beautiful artwork of the Naughty Dog team that we mistook a remastered PS3 game for Uncharted 4. But none of that changes the fact that we have massively misrepresented a game to our readers, fans of the Uncharted series and the industry who read VG247.

The buck stops with the editor of the site, so I’m the one apologising. I should have done it sooner. I am genuinely sorry for this mistake, the misrepresentation of the game and the upset this has caused the development team

Matt Martin

Editor, VG247

Gaming journalism.

is very important and worth fighting over

I hope that guy loses his job/citizenship

Oh fuck, I forgot about that GamerGate bullshit. They've no doubt dived all over this, I just find it hilarious.

Nope. It's kinda funny and emblematic of where games media is at but it's something important to GG. I didn't see any passed around memes or shit like that. This was less an ethical thing than an enthusiast thing. I'd make a bigger deal about this than GG, because most of them still allow shit writing and play shit games.

I explain my distinction between my actual beef with the game industry and GG's main beef before. Slight update, it's led to me being way less active. And good timing, since some new internal faggotry sprouted that's no way worth watching.

For me GG ended with SPJ Airplay in Miami.

Probably because no women were involved in this one

Today's News:
1) Avalanche Studio announced the Xbox One version of Just Cause 3 will require around 42 GB of harddrive free space in order to be playable.
http://www.destructoid.com/just-caus...y-315454.phtml

2) Capcom is currently developing a new gaming engine for VR game development with the main Resident Evil series team working on it.
http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-bu...t-315331.phtml

3) According to a report from Bloomberg, Former Activision parent company Vivendi SA has recently purchased shares in both Ubisoft (6.6%) and Gameloft (6.2%) for around $183 million overall. Official reason was due to Vivendi wanting to get back into the gaming industry after almost completely pulling out 2 years ago.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...t-and-gameloft
http://www.destructoid.com/former-ac...t-315464.phtml

4) Nintendo is currently rumored to be working on a HD remake/re-release for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Wii U.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-legen...u-315358.phtml

5) Newest revelation by Guillermo Del Toro in regards to the canceled Silent Hills PT project was how the game itself would have shared some similarities with The Last of Us for comparisons to what was being worked on.
http://www.destructoid.com/silent-hi...s-315400.phtml

6.6% at Ubisoft. That'll get you a seat at the table and make your voice heard.

Wonder if they're making a play at something in the future?

Never got around to playing twilight princess on wii. Glad I'll be able to play it on a pad instead of a spazzing my arms everywhere.

Motion controls for Twilight Princess weren't bad at all. Never had an issue.

Skyward Sword on the other hand, that gave me a hard time at a few points.

Probably still looked dumb as hell though using it. I only use my Wii to play NES games/Stream Netflix.

Sure.

Today's News:
1) Nintendo, Pokemon Company, and Google all have recently invested $30 million in Niantic studio to help the development of Pokemon Go mobile game.
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...v-315673.phtml

2) Bandai Namco announced servers for free-to-play game Rise of Incarnates will be shut down this December. The game itself is no longer purchasable on Steam while all playable characters are currently available for free till the game's shut down.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ba...rve/1100-5286/

3) Blizzard announced a major update for Heroes of the Storm will be arriving in the near future with the current matchmaking system getting overhauled.
http://www.destructoid.com/blizzard-...g-315593.phtml

I'm so fucking amped for Pokemon GO

And yay @ HOTS, the matchmaking needs a serious looking at

GOTY

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Today's News:
1) According to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo is rumored to have started sending out NX developmental kits to developers. Some rumored details include a possible 2016 release date, the device to be primarily a console based system but with support for smaller mobile based ones, and going all out in tech compared to their past two consoles.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/wa...tar/1100-5287/

2) EA is currently denying reports they were hit with a recent hacking attack which resulted in sensitive data from a "very small" amount of EA Accounts being leaked online. The company who reported the issue said there is evidence this attack was part of a larger string of recent hacking attacks done to other companies and servers.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...intrusion.aspx

3) Treyarch revealed a new Mirror's Edge-like mode for Black Ops III called Freerun which is more obstacle course based than shooter based.
http://www.destructoid.com/black-ops...y-315893.phtml

4) According to a report by PC World, Nvidia is planning on making their Game Ready drivers for PC games to require a GeForce Experience account in order to be playable. The plan starts this December and have revealed the initial batch of PC games requiring an account.
http://www.destructoid.com/new-nvidi...t-315764.phtml
http://www.pcworld.com/article/29932...istration.html

I believe the nvidia sign up process is to do with Windows 10 drivers policy

Today's News:
1) According to reports, Hideo Kojima will be able to resume game development once his no compete clause with Konami ends in December. Official reason for his departure was also revealed to be related to MGS V rising development costs and the growing rift between him and Konami's upper management.
http://www.destructoid.com/hideo-koj...r-316391.phtml
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elemen...a-leave-konami

2) Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata stated if given the chance by Nintendo, he'd like to help develop a Legend of Zelda game in the future.
http://www.destructoid.com/final-fan...a-316385.phtml

3) For those with Macs and are interested in Valve's Steam Controller, turns out the controller doesn't work at the moment for the platform. No official reason was given for the issue but Valve apologized and are offering the choice of a full refund or a set of free PC games.
http://www.destructoid.com/steam-con...w-316322.phtml

4) Nintendo announced a major maintenance update is being done to the Nintendo Network starting today and lasts till late tomorrow with some rumors including the successor to Club Nintendo to be revealed this week.
http://www.destructoid.com/fans-hope...s-314982.phtml

5) PS4 rumored to be getting an official price drop in Europe later this week according to recent retailer leaks.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-ps4-m...k-316285.phtml

Today's News:
1) According to recent reports, a big reason for Uncharted 4's delay to early 2016 was due to a sudden exodus of talent at Naughty Dog starting with management issues over who would control the series. Besides the ouster of the lead writer and director of the series, voice actors for several characters were also fired/left after being upset with the recent studio changes.
http://www.destructoid.com/star-wars...--316536.phtml

2) Ubisoft announced Assassin's Creed Syndicate will require around 40-43 GB of harddrive space for consoles while the Day 1 patch is around 500 MB in size (520MB for Xbox One and 534 MB for PS4).
http://www.destructoid.com/assassin-...h-316457.phtml

4) PS4 and NBA 2k16 were both the highest selling console and game in the US for September based on NPD's monthly sales report. MGSV: Phantom Pain managed to be #3 for the month while overall hardware sales were down compared to September 2014.
http://www.destructoid.com/metal-gea...s-316514.phtml

5) Update to recent Kojima vs Konami news as Konami denies Hideo Kojima was fired from the company and instead is just on a "vacation" for the time being. They claim he's still on the official payroll and there wasn't a party for his final day there.
http://www.destructoid.com/konami-in...--316504.phtml

Today's News:
1) Update to Vivendi buying shares of Ubisoft news as Ubisoft says they will fight any attempt by Vivendi Games to increase their control over the company. Main reason is they do not want a parent company nor like Vivendi's track record when it comes to them having majority power.
http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-s...--316699.phtml

2) According to the NPD estimates, EA managed to sell just 8000 copies of NBA Live 16 since its launch compared to NBA 2k16 selling over a million during the same time. Third year in a row EA ended up botching or being unprepared to go against 2K Games NBA series.
http://www.destructoid.com/haha-holy...e-316737.phtml

3) Based on a recent financial report, Square Enix is rumored to be considering making a lot of remakes within the near future and the possibility of some having virtual reality support included.
http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...s-316645.phtml

4) SALES & FREEBIES:

• Green Man Gaming currently having a sale for GTA V on PC with the game getting a 48% discount from now till October 26th.
  http://www.destructoid.com/take-off-...c-316586.phtml
• Sony currently having a Sale of the Dead promotion on PSN with the sale itself lasting two weeks and around 40 games on discount for the first week.
  http://www.destructoid.com/psn-s-sal...e-316585.phtml
• Sony confirmed rumors of an official PS4 drop for Europe with the console discounted to £299.99/€349.99 starting today.
  http://www.destructoid.com/playstati...e-316634.phtml
• Telltale Games announced Episode 1 of their Game of Thrones series is currently available to download for free as part of the lead into next month's release of episode 6.
  http://www.destructoid.com/game-of-t...w-316639.phtml
• Dell revealed one of their upcoming Black Friday deals is a Xbox One bundle with Fallout 4 and Gears of War Ultimate Edition for $300.
  http://www.destructoid.com/the-best-...r-316546.phtml

http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/22/95...izzard-esports

seems like it could be good going forward...

Anybody grabbing Assassins' Creed Syndicate? Getting good reviews so far? Trying to decide if should grab it tomorrow or wait for a sale.

Today's News:
1) Update to Vivendi-Ubisoft stock news as Ubisoft's fears of Vivendi purchasing more control of the company ended up being true with Vivendi now owning 10.3% of the company (up from 6.6%). Also increased their minority ownership in Gameloft by around the same percentage.
http://www.destructoid.com/vivendi-j...t-316939.phtml

2) Rovio Entertainment, developer of the Angry Birds series, announced layoffs have recently occurred at the studio with 213 employees laid off and plans for a smaller wave of layoffs to occur within the near future.
http://www.destructoid.com/angry-bir...s-316871.phtml

3) Activision announced the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 have been delayed indefinitely with the official reason related to Activision wanting all priority on getting the current gen versions of the game fixed.
http://www.destructoid.com/tony-hawk...d-316889.phtml

Totally called Vivendi making a move.

Who exactly are Vivendi anyway... I remember when they partnered up with Blizzard for a while and still wasn't even sure what they did then, either

They bought Sierra, then Blizzard which then had the merger with Activision. They sold them up and they became their own company again.

They're a massive media company that own a shitton of companies, like the entirety of Universal Music Group.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ned_by_Vivendi

Man, I miss Sierra. They had so many awesome games in the 90s.... The Incredible Machine, baby

Today's News:
1) Sony announced they have zero first party games being developed or planned for the PS Vita and once again implied its all up to 3rd Party and Indie studios to provide games for the device.
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-curr...--317122.phtml

2) Some Legend of Zelda series news includes Nintendo teasing there will be a twist to how the open world aspect works in Zelda Wii U. Tri Force Heroes was stated to be a sequel to Link Between Worlds in terms of overall timeline.
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...a-317172.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/zelda-tri...s-317103.phtml

3) In an effort to make Xbox One sales look better in reports and in comparisons with the PS4, Microsoft announced future reports will have less emphasis on the actual number of consoles sold/shipped and instead more towards on the number of Xbox Live users. The new policy will also affect Windows 10 gaming since that data will be merged with Xbox One data for a general Xbox brand sales report.
http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...s-317108.phtml

4) For those interested in the Xbox 360 version of Black Ops 3, Treyarch announced there will not be a Season Pass available nor will some of the planned DLC also arrive for it. Wasn't clarified at the time but its also likely the PS3 version could be missing out on extra content as well.
http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/ca..._xbox_360.html

5) SALES:

• Steam is currently having a Fallout themed sale with discounts going as high as 66% off. Fallout 4 and Fallout Shelter are not included in the sale for those interested in a deal for either game.
  http://www.destructoid.com/all-the-f...d-317009.phtml
• Microsoft also holding a Fallout themed sale as part of this week's Deals With Gold promotion.
  http://majornelson.com/2015/10/19/th...light-sale-25/
• Green Man Gaming currently having a sale for the PC version of Street Fighter V with the discount being 22% off and lasts till October 26th.
  http://www.destructoid.com/slam-22-o...e-317132.phtml

Watching Just Cause 3 footage. Explosion effects look incredible.

Today's News:
1) Criterion Games announced Burnout Paradise will join the growing list of Xbox 360 games compatible on the Xbox One once the November firmware update arrives.
http://www.destructoid.com/burnout-p...e-317584.phtml

2) Previously canceled Star Wars game with Dark Maul as the main character is rumored to be considered for approval by EA according to developer Red Fly Studios. The project (and others) was originally canceled during the transition period between LucasArts' and Disney's ownership of the Star Wars series.
http://www.destructoid.com/a-cancell...n-317493.phtml

3) Hello Games studio debunked rumors of No Man's Sky getting a stealth release tomorrow as part of Sony's conference announcements during Paris Games Week expo.
http://www.destructoid.com/no-no-man...w-317553.phtml

4) Overkill Software's recent attempt to calm fears regarding the recently added microtransaction system for Pay Day 2 ended up backfiring a lot during today's AMA session on Reddit. Instead of providing reasonable answers, series producer Almir Listo ended up deflecting all legit concerns and blamed the media for causing the backlash to happen.
http://www.destructoid.com/payday-2-...t-317421.phtml

5) For those that care, Warner Bros announced the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight will return for sale on Steam on October 28th.
http://www.destructoid.com/batman-ar...8-317352.phtml

So there's a glimmer of hope that 1313 gets revived?

Yo, could anyone tell me how much for PS4 and Xbox One in the USA? I'm wondering if the prices here are too high.

Around $350 for both. Up to the $400 range with bundles.

Thanks. So they are indeed too expensive here. It's the equivalent of like $500.

Ours are like $460 here, so at least we're closer.

That bothers me. Why are they more expensive in Europe? Makes no sense. Is shipping that expensive?

Today's News:
1) During their press conference at Paris Games Week expo, Sony confirmed rumors of Until Dawn getting a virtual reality based DLC pack called Rush of Blood.
http://www.destructoid.com/that-unti...l-317741.phtml

2) According to early sales estimates and reports, Assassin's Creed Syndicate had the second worst launch sales in series history for the UK market. Doesn't include spin-off games nor digital sales and could be the worst if Rogue isn't counted as a mainline Creed game.
http://www.destructoid.com/assassin-...y-317656.phtml

3) Sega's European branch stated the company is considering re-releasing both Shenmue I and II due to the recent interest in the series from Shenmue III's E3 reveal and Kickstarter campaign.
http://www.destructoid.com/sega-is-a...s-317669.phtml

4) SALES:

• Microsoft revealed this week's sales for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 are mainly horror/Halloween based with discounts as high as 75% off.
  http://majornelson.com/2015/10/27/th...light-sale-26/
• Green Man Gaming currently holding a "Face Your Fears" horror themed sale with around 200 PC games on discount and lasts till October 30th.
  http://www.destructoid.com/halloween...n-317583.phtml

Heh heh heh. Guess our friends in the U.K. weren't fond of London being the setting for Assassins' Creed this time around?

Like to hear some thoughts from some of the posters.

It's better than Unity and probably as good as Brotherhood, but if you're burnt out on the series, it does very little new. It's no Black Flag.

Game sold like shit due to Unity being horrible at launch more than anything.

Being a pirate made me not care about anything else. I wonder if the World War 1 setting for the next Creed is going to be cool.

AssCreed is ass and like CoD people are getting hip to the cycle.

They need a franchise overhaul.

WWI could be very cool.

That's what Assassin's Creed needs, is time periods that can drastically affect gameplay the way Black Flag did. Unity felt like a step back, and Syndicate doesn't look any different tbh.

Today's News:
1) SALES & FREEBIES:

• EA currently holding a sale on Origin with around 10 games available, discounts in the 50% off range, and sale itself lasts till November 3rd.
  http://www.destructoid.com/-20-hardl...e-317941.phtml
• As both an apology and return of Batman: Arkham Knight for sale on PC, Warner Bros will be giving away several free Batman games on Steam. Only requirement for the free games is to have bought Arkham Knight before the end of November 16th.
  http://www.destructoid.com/batman-ar...m-317937.phtml
• Microsoft revealed the list of free games for November's Games With Gold promotion are Pneuma: Breath of Life (Xbox One), Knight Squad (Xbox One), DiRT 3 (Xbox 360), and Dungeon Siege III (Xbox 360). Also announced Xbox 360 games in the monthly Games With Gold promotion will also be compatible on the Xbox One once the next major firmware update arrives.
  http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-for-november/
• Resident Evil series games were revealed to dominate the list of games on sale for week 2 of PSN's Sale of the Dead promotion.
  http://www.destructoid.com/we-re-in-...d-317787.phtml

2) Nintendo announced they have at least one more Nintendo Direct planned to be shown before the end of the year.
http://www.destructoid.com/don-t-wor...r-317884.phtml

3) Id Software announced they have dropped the free-to-play model for Quake Live in favor of a $10 price tag for the game and all stats earned being reset as a result of the switch.
http://www.destructoid.com/quake-liv...y-317871.phtml

4) According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo is expected to officially reveal the first mobile game they are developing with DeNA tomorrow and are also rumored to reveal some new details regarding the NX.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ly-on-the-way/

Technically wouldn't Pokemon Shuffle be their first mobile game? I don't know if that's considered "Nintendo's" though

Somewhat since technically it is on mobile devices but wasn't a brand new game which is what I think Nintendo meant by the first status. Also different developer since DeNA had no role with its development.

Shuffle came out first for the 3DS and then ported to mobile devices while the DeNA games are going to be either exclusive to mobile devices and/or be released for them first.

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

• According to Famitsu magazine, Sega will be removing several classic Sonic games from the Wii Virtual Console on October 30th.
  http://www.destructoid.com/sonic-gam...e-318080.phtml
• Based on Nintendo's recent fiscal report, around 20 million amiibo figurines have been shipped since its launch while around 8.6 million Animal Crossing amiibo cards (individual, not packs) have been sold so far.
  http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...s-318083.phtml
• Also based on Nintendo's recent fiscal reports, overall profits were slightly down compared to last year although Wii U sales and overall software sales were up compared to last year.
  http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...d-318056.phtml
• Nintendo announced a new account system is currently in development for the Nintendo Network with some of the planned features being the dropping of the Friends Code system, ability to make purchases from mobile and PC browsers, and a new Club Nintendo-like service called My Nintendo arriving by March 2016.
  http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...m-318029.phtml
• Nintendo and DeNA's first official mobile game was revealed to be called Miitomo which is a Mii-based free-to-play game arriving by March 2016.
  http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...o-318016.phtml

2) Some Sony related news:

• During a recent Q&A session, Playstation boss Shuhei Yoshida stated its very unlikely PSN will offer the ability for user ID/name changes at least within the near future. Implied it is due to the way PSN was designed which is making it tough for their engineers to find a way to make it possible.
  http://www.destructoid.com/sony-s-yo...d-318077.phtml
• Yoshida also stated the company still has no plans of including backwards compatibility for the PS4 at least in regards to PS3 games.
  http://www.destructoid.com/no-there-...s-317954.phtml

3) Sega announced future games in the Sonic series will be more based on classic Sonic gameplay and less on recent 3D games for inspiration.
http://www.destructoid.com/sega-sez-...--318133.phtml

4) SALES - Steam currently having a Halloween themed sale from now till November 2nd.
http://www.destructoid.com/steam-s-h...s-318114.phtml