Bay can't even handle that. Have you actually watched Transformers? He turned the big stompy robots into tertiary characters.

Oh, sorry, you were being "clever."

So with this bullshit SOPA thing, won't that basically kill off a lot of successful things like all of YouTube, and companies that streamline all their shit through it, such as Rooster Teeth?

Only if you're an illiterate retard or prone to scares.

Bungie supports Rooster Teeth so they're safe. Capcom will likely allow all the major tourny streams for their fighting games. Honestly, the only companies that will actually exercise this thing is EA and Acti-Blizzard - and even then it'll probably be for things like leaked games and protecting spoilers if any of those. This will probably change very little.

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AHHHH! THE SKY IS FALLING! RUN CHICKEN LITTLE!

Publishers "war" against the used games market now targets rental places as Blockbuster is reporting publishers have pushed them to end their recent trade-in services in return for better financial and supply support from gaming companies.

The goal appears to boost the declining rental market as a way to combat the used game market. As well as, strengthen the once relatively strong revenue stream gaming rentals provided to the publishers before DLC became a standard revenue stream this generation.

There are some concerns gaming companies might end up doing something similar to what Hollywood companies did with Redbox by having rental copies of films missing certain features or content as a way to help push the sales of retail DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

Blockbuster did admit even with the new support, they still have to provide the rental service in a way which would be cost-effective for potential customers while also guaranteeing a steady supply of games to keep the rental side of the company profitable.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/bloc...-end-trade-ins

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Daily Recap:
1) According to Edge magazine, another game in the Killzone series is currently in development along with a brand new series to be announced soon by Guerrilla Games.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/guer...something-else

2) Namco announces it has dissolved their publicly owned Namco Tales Studio but will not cancel the series and instead move development to a different internal studio.
http://www.talesunion.com/news/namco...dio--1931.html

3) Microsoft is holding a public contest involving creating new and existing ideas for their Kinect device with the finalists receiving a monetary grant, dev kits, and other stuff to create their idea into an actual product for the company.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/micr...r-kinect-ideas

Maybe they should have thought of positive reinforcement before dicking the consumer.

Microsoft is currently defending their Xbox Live services after The Sun newspaper claimed Xbox Live was recently hacked in the UK. Microsoft has responded saying their databases were not actually hacked externally like Sony but instead it was another internal "phishing" attack which only targets emails and gamertags.

However, Microsoft did not deny the Sun's claim of the latest attacks resulting in losses of £100-£200 on average per account compromised.

Another claim by The Sun was Microsoft's eagerness to refund any account compromised as long as victims can prove they did not give away their passwords willingly. Eurogamer has debunked these claims saying neither the refund nor the stipulations are true.

According to Eurogamer, Microsoft is only currently working closely with compromised users to resolve the situation and have not placed any restrictions to filing a claim nor the promise of instant refunds to any account claimed to have been attacked.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/micr...hed-not-hacked

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Daily Recap:
1) The Fall update for the Xbox 360 dashboard will arrive on December 6 which will contain the ability for cloud-saving and improved Kinect navigational controls.

2) It appears Ubisoft is finally going ahead with a Beyond Good & Evil 2 game after new concept art was leaked from the industry-only "Montpellier in Game" 2011 conference.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/conc...-hits-internet

3) While Nintendo announced earlier more 3rd party games will join Club Nintendo to help boost sales, Sonic Generations for the 3DS has been confirmed to be the first 3rd party game to join the program.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/soni...-eligible-game

4) Update to Metal Gear Solid 5 currently being in development ended up being a false alarm by OPM magazine as Kojima was only thinking of what a potential MGS 5 could be while Konami wasn't aware the game was even in development.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/turns-...se-alarm/3819/

http://www.spike.com/events/video-ga...railers/xmcja6

Three seconds of Tanks involved.

I'm guessing this is the linear shooter Bioware's been dreaming of making since at least ME2.

In an interview with Kotaku, Nintendo reveals another piece of the thinking behind their development process with this time how the role of the player is like an actor in a film.

When asked a question about the relationship between a developer and the player, Yoshiaki Koizumi, producer of Super Mario 3D Land, explains the role of the player is similar to an actor who is used to create all the actual moments in a film.

Instead of forcing the player to only experience what the developer wants or only have scripted pieces become the memorable moments, Nintendo instead has the player provide all the experiences while the game is only a template to create them.

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http://kotaku.com/5862365/what-ninte...s-think-of-you

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Daily Recap:
1) Ubisoft announces Rayman 3 will be getting the HD treatment and will be a downloadable title for PSN and XBLA.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/raym...d-xbla-and-psn

2) Recent survey involving World of Warcraft players shows a second large exodus of players could occur as between 900,000 to 1.6 million players would quit their WoW subscriptions in favor of the upcoming Star Wars Old Republic MMO game.
http://kotaku.com/5862136/16-million...o-old-republic

3) According to the boss of Sony's European division, the company's current plans is to launch the PS4 before the next Xbox arrives to prevent Microsoft having another head start instead of only launching the PS4 when they wanted regardless when the other systems were released.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/sony-lo...-next-gen-xbox

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...hing-pc-users/

How dare people want to play your game!

It's a business decision. The only weird thing is he communicated his stance in the way people talk online all the time. You want terrible PR, look up how Ninja Theory is handling fans over their rendition of Devil May Cry. That's some fucked up press.

This is a guy who probably didn't take interview class at game maker high.

Wow...You're actually apologising for him.

Video game creator apologists

Roxer strikes again, with wit as sharp as a bowling ball.

Bowling balls can be lethal.

I said "as sharp as," not "with the weight and substance of."

Kal once again fails to understand basic language!

I know what you meant. Bowling balls aren't sharp, hence RoXer was not sharp just then. Clever. Cute.

I tried to 'lay it on' what with you being the usual snippy you and randomly jabbing at Joey who was just siding with you. Instead of pointing that out I figure I have fun with all of ya.

But no.

I wonder, again, what your point is in constantly vilifying people over nothing. And it's been pointed out a lot lately and I was gonna enter the fray on your side since I believed a lot of the recent back-n-forths were misunderstandings at best. People misreading you and shit. But... I don't know. Something something blah blah. Good luck with that. Later.

You tried to be a tard who doesn't understand what's being said. Like usual.

Hey, if I can't be joking, as you always bitch about, then neither can you. Don't be a hypocrite, and don't be surprised when you shit on jocularity that people don't want to assume it from you.

Sure.

Caught in your own hypocrisy.

Yeah.

I noticed you keep replying despite your whole "I'm done" tantrum.

Good one.

Interesting.

k. Ya got nothing.

I see.

Lmao

Based on a few sources, Microsoft will be using the same multiple model/SKU strategy for their upcoming next generation Xbox system with the same goal of the cheaper model missing a lot of features and the expensive model being considered the premium or ideal choice.

In terms of backwards compatibility, it appears Microsoft might only be offering limited compatibility once again due to the cheaper model rumored to be missing the disc drive and being created more as a set-up type box. The cheaper model would focus more on multimedia aspects of the next Xbox system (ex. Netflix) while the premium model could offer either the same patch type of support the Xbox 360 did for original Xbox games or include an Xbox 360 chip to play Xbox 360 games.

In terms of Kinect, the company might be downplaying the role of the device for the next system from being the main focal point to being limited to just the cheaper model version. It is also assumed the cheaper model will only be able to play Xbox Live Arcade titles while the premium model will play both disc and downloadable games while also allowing installing of games on the hard drive.

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http://kotaku.com/5862439/next-xbox-...e-current-xbox

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Daily Recap:
1) The teaser trailer Bioware will show next month during Spike TV's VGA award show is currently rumored to be a brand new or potential reboot Command & Conquer game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/new-...ommand-conquer

2) A sequel to EA's Dante's Inferno game could be under development after it was revealed Visceral Games hired the writer for Assassin's Creed 2 to work on the script for an upcoming "unannounced sequel" project.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dant...-sequel-teased

3) Based on a leaked internal memo sent, Gamestop (or at least just the Canadian branches) could be in the process of merging their used game sections with their new games section involving the use of new game labels for used games and mixing the used games with the new games on store shelves.
http://kotaku.com/5862094/eb-gamesga...-games-section

New games are still separate. The only difference now is that used games have a white sticker instead of a yellow one. It still says ''New'' or ''Used'' on the sticker.

My source is that I work there.

If anyone wants to try it out and hasn't bought a subscription Xbox Live Gold is free to everyone this weekend through Sunday.

What's the deal with some games that have clearly been opened being sold as new?

It's Eb Games being idiots.

The term is ''gutting''. What they've decided is that rather than having xbox cases with a printout of the cover of the game (Like they do with the coming soon boxes), they felt it was better to rip open brand new games and then try to pawn them off as new anyways.

Whenever somebody brings me up one of the gutted copies, I try my damnedest to find an unopened copy for them.

That's not standard practice? It is in every game shop and supermarket here.

Does the game shops in the UK have glass displays holding the new games or just out in the open?

The Gamestops here likes to just place a couple of copies of new games behind the glass case and gut the rest unlike stores such as a Walmart or Bestbuy that either place all the games in a glass case or have the security latches placed on games to prevent them from being opened.

Here they keep the last three or four releases behind the counter in a glass case.

Logical really.

I remember when I was little going to Toys R Us and having to get a slip then take it to a little cage in the front of the store to pick up the game, after it was paid for.

Just a walk down memory lane, don't mind me.

I used to take those TrU game slips home as an early, ghetto form of 'pre-ordering'. Worked wonderfully.

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