Was that Hitman movie any good? I didn't end up catching it in theaters

Knock it all you want, but I like the Tim Olyphant version.

Always knew there was a murderous rampage hiding inside them.

Today's News:
1) SALES:

• A couple of sales are currently going on for the PC version of the new Hitman game.
  http://www.destructoid.com/hitman-de...k-347732.phtml
• Square Enix is currently selling a new $10 Mystery Box from now till March 20th which contains a random set of 5 PC games.
  https://store.na.square-enix.com/pro...16-pc-download

2) Daybreak Games announced EverQuest Next has been canceled with the official reason due to them having problems making the game be "fun" during development.
http://www.destructoid.com/and-there...d-348091.phtml

3) The ESA recently dismissed the growing claims of E3 no longer being relevant after several big companies pulled out for this year's event.
http://www.destructoid.com/e3-is-bey...t-348102.phtml
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/aft.../1100-6435581/

4) Microsoft is currently considering offering some form of compensation due to the recent wave of Xbox Live outages.
http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...e-348010.phtml

5) According to the NDP, Far Cry Primal and the PS4 were the highest selling game and console for the month of February in the US. In terms of yearly stuff, console sales for the month were down by around 26% compared to the same month last year.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ebruary-sales/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-in-february/



Last I remember it got hammered really bad by the critics to the point it was scoring well below the first Hitman film and was legit in the running for worst scoring gaming film of all time.

Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive edition is on sale for 4.99. This version adds two new areas and some new abilities.

If you have any interest at all in 2d platformers, this is a no brainer, especially at this price. Fantastic game.

What platform(s)?

Only the dead one

Xboner

It's on PC as well, lads.

PC version doesn't seem to be part of that sale though

I don't see this in the XBox 1 store O.o.

Need to own the original game to get the upgrade discount.

ahh

So the big news of the day is that Microsoft is breaking down the walls and gonna enable cross platform play with PS4 and PC starting with Rocket League.

Today's News:
1) Platinum Games announced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan will be arriving on May 24th and also released a new trailer for the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/platinum-...4-348642.phtml

2) According to recent rumors, Square Enix is currently considering a September 30, 2016 release date for Final Fantasy XV.
http://www.destructoid.com/rumor-squ...v-348540.phtml

3) Update to recent NVidia driver updates problem news as another new update meant to fix those issues ended up being just as broken overall. It is being recommended to roll back to the 362.00 update since its the most recent stable version.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-new-n...n-348508.phtml

4) The developer of Axiom Verge announced the previously PS4 and PC exclusive game will be getting a Wii U and Xbox One port arriving later this year. A port for the PS Vita is also currently in development as well.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/met.../1100-6435646/

5) For those interested in the upcoming Overwatch beta, the PS4's beta will include a dynamic PS4 theme while the Xbox One's beta will include two extra days.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...en-beta-early/

This is how it keeps being reported, but actually it's only going to be XBox and PC along with the current PS4 and PC playing together, at least at first. PS4 and XBox still won't be against each other, although MS have no said thats fine.

There's a PSVR conference happening at 2pm PT today. Some sources claiming there will be "big" news.

Not gonna make a thread as they're not streaming it, but some sites will no doubt be live blogging. Hoping we get a date and price though,

$399/399 Euros/349 GBP/44,890 Yen, launching October for PSVR.

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

• LucasArts is currently rumored to be working on a Star Wars VR related project which may or may not end up being an actual game.
  http://www.destructoid.com/vr-star-w...d-348808.phtml
• Ubisoft announced they are currently working on an Assassin's Creed VR project which arrives later this year although it isn't a game.
  http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-a...e-348799.phtml
• During today's GDC expo, AMD announced a new VR supported GPU card called the Radeon Pro Duo will be arriving this Summer and costs around $1500.
  http://www.destructoid.com/amd-s-rad...d-348717.phtml
  http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/...-duo-revealed/
• AMD also announced they are currently working on their own VR headset called the Sulon Q.
  http://www.destructoid.com/amd-annou...g-348796.phtml
• Sony revealed EA is currently working on a Star Wars Battlefront project for the Playstation VR headset.
  http://www.gamespot.com/articles/sta.../1100-6435687/

2) Microsoft announced the beta for Gears of War 4 will start on April 18th for Xbox One Gold members and April 24st for all Xbox One owners. Beta itself will end on May 1st while the window for registration got extended till April 11th.
http://www.destructoid.com/gears-of-...8-348852.phtml

3) Sony vaguely teased they are currently considering Microsoft's offer to expand online cross-platform play accross more platforms.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/son.../1100-6435688/

4) Valve announced a new update for DOTA 2 will include Custom Game Passes which allows for players to pay for user generated content.
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-is-...s-348910.phtml

More VR related news: I pre-ordered the PSVR.

Wait, LucasArts is back up and running again?

They never went away. They were talking in December that they haven't given up on 1313 somehow.

Might still be a shell of its former self but they got bought out by Disney a few years ago as part of the bigger Star Wars series and Lucasfilm studio purchases.

I remember posting the news Disney just up and shut them down the second they handed George Lucas the check and sold off everything to whoever wanted it.

EA grabbed Battlefront, no takers for 1313, I think there was something else in the works, wasn't there?

Battlefront uses no code from Lucasarts. EA just grabbed the license deals so they didn't take over any projects.

I just want my god damn Boba Fett game.

Did a quick Wikipedia check and it seems they only ended up doing a partial shut down. They closed down as a video game developer but kept enough staff around to help Disney's other studios with projects and dealing with licensing out LucasArts properties.

Amazon Europe stores sold out of PSVR within minutes. Likely to be very limited stock at launch though.

EDIT: Back up, might have just been Amazon being funky.

Sold out in 45 minutes according to Amazon UK. They can't guarantee release date delivery on orders after 11:45.

Wait it out, broseph. It's not coming till October, and I bet there will be better priced bundles with the camera and controllers soon, if not 3rd party alternatives.

I already have the camera and controllers. Amazon UK are already out of their initial stock advisement, so anyone ordering now won't get it for release day and after using one, I want it ASAP.

Motion controllers? A regular PS4 controller will of course work but come on now :D

Also, my account application for Neogaf got removed after months of delay. F 'em.

Yeah, couple of Moves for £5 each new in box, Thought I may as well.

Got the charging stand coming tomorrow for £3 too.

Yeah, I told them to keep you out for the safety of the forum.

Just reapply. Mine took like 6 months, they're slow as shit.

Shit, I have like just 4,000 less posts on GAF in 3 years as I do on TPWW in 12 years.

What's the application process for neogaf? I've been declined on gmail, and private domain accounts as well, and always rejected.

It turns out it was for the best anyway.

No idea, probably to the whim of the mods. I used my website admin email address and even that did nothing. They don't even accept public domain addresses anymore.

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

• Sony revealed they managed to reduce manufacturing costs for the Playstation VR headset to the point they will not be selling it at a loss unlike with most Playstation related products.
  http://www.destructoid.com/ps-vr-is-...y-349104.phtml
• Ubisoft revealed they are currently working on a virtual reality game called Werewolves Within which is an online multiplayer RPG party game and will arrive later this year for PC based VR devices.
  http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-b...n-349021.phtml
• Oculus VR recently released a trailer video for the 30 games currently set as the launch titles for the Oculus Rift. At least another 100 games are also planned to arrive before the end of the year for the device.
  http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-rifts-launch/
• Oculus VR also released the list of prices, dates, and comfort levels for the set of launch titles for the Rift.
  http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ocu.../1100-6435728/

2) For those interested in the 3DS version of Hyrule Warriors, it is being warned to not get the game if you do not own a New 3DS due to serious performance issues with older models.
http://www.destructoid.com/psa-do-no...s-348979.phtml

3) SALES:

• Sony revealed this week's sales for the Playstation Store.
  http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...he-last-of-us/
• Major Nelson revealed this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace which includes an Ubisoft themed sale.
  http://majornelson.com/2016/03/14/th...ublisher-sale/

4) According to reports, serious issues with the development of a game called Rime have lead to its developer Tequila Works breaking all ties with Sony. The studio recently purchased all of Sony's ownership of the IP with rumors hinting at Sony constantly interfering as a possible reason why it happened.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/rim.../1100-6435726/

Today's News:
1) For those who always wanted to smell like a biohazard, Capcom is currently selling a T-Virus perfume although currently as a Japan-only exclusive.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-t-vir...e-349317.phtml

2) Some Nintendo related news:

• Nintendo revealed the next 8-bit costume for Super Mario Maker will be Toadette from Captain Toad Treasure Tracker.
  http://www.destructoid.com/toadette-...r-349313.phtml
• SALES - Developer Curve Digital is currently holding a sale on the eShop while Mutant Mudds Super Challenge is currently available at a 15% discount for those who downloaded last year's E3 demo.
  http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers
• According to Famitsu magazine, the Pokemon series has sold around 279 million games since its debut in 1996.
  http://www.destructoid.com/pokemon-s...h-349326.phtml
• A tribute video honoring the late Satoru Iwata was shown (and later released online) during last night's Game Developers Conference Awards show.
  http://www.destructoid.com/developer...a-349314.phtml
• According to reports, rumors regarding games being offered as part of Nintendo's new rewards program, My Nintendo, were recently confirmed based on the Japanese launch of the service.
  http://www.destructoid.com/my-ninten...d-349312.phtml

3) During last night's GDC Awards show, The Witcher 3 ended up winning Game of the Year award while Her Story won the most awards at three. Biggest loser was Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain winning zero awards out of 4 categories.
http://www.destructoid.com/and-the-a...--349305.phtml

4) Update to Sony considering Microsoft's offer to expand cross-platform play news as Sony recently hinted it is very unlikely PS4-Xbox One cross-platform play will ever happen due to "business issues."
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...technical-one/

Sony gotta stop watching WWE. So tired of "Best for business".

Toadette's my gal :heart:

There is a Battle Chasers video game on the way

what the actual fuck is going on right now I don't even

On Twitter, Game accidentally gave away their stock of PSVR and said they were getting in 6,000 with 3,000 of then selling overnight on the 15th (which was unpublicised, only way to find a link was via Twitter). I think it's safe to assume Amazon got around the same with how big they are, then ShopTo and Zavvi less. Pretty much points to a conservative, small launch in October.

MightyApe in New Zealand have confirmed that all orders now are for the second batch and that batch is coming pre Christmas. With PSVR being Amazon's number 1 seller in games for 3 days straight despite selling out the day 1 stock in minutes, hopefully Sony can keep up with demand.

Honestly surprised it's doing so well. Thought that it would only sell a small amount until more people actually got to try it.

Fallout 4 Season Pass is free accidentally on PSN in Europe

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-...LLOUT4SEASPASS

And it's fixed.

So normally I'd be all "grain of salt" about this being on Kotaku and probably not even post this, but Klepek is usally pretty good at getting multiple confirmations and that so unless Kotaku has corrupted his brain since leaving Giant Bomb and having his beard shaved by the New Day, there's at least some substance to this.

Sony are doing a Playstation 4.5 as well to run games at 4k

http://kotaku.com/sources-sony-is-wo...4-5-1765723053

I could buy internal pressure from within Sony for the Playstation division to push 4k TVs and UHD Blu Ray, so maybe? Could help get the next level for VR as well.

Feels like a weird time to be on a console right now.

I think this is what has everyone in "upgrade mode". It also makes it seem like they want to "compete" with PC in a sense.


If this is how consoles are going to begin cycles, then booooooooooooooooo at them.

I'm so glad I give zero fucks about VR or any other nonsense. Just give me good ol' PC gaming

If I had to guess, its probably mainly due to their upcoming VR headset since they recently stated about having very strict requirements for the device and devs should probably stick to making party games. Other stuff will benefit as well but priority was probably for VR to help close some of the tech gap while keeping it affordable.
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-is-n...r-349329.phtml

That and probably another recent instance of them wanting Microsoft to get all the online heat/anger first before making their own similar announcement.

I could see them upgrading to a new model, like the slim, but the 4K stuff can't be right. Maybe it'll just upscale to 4K. Patrick is probably right about the source but I don't buy the 4K speculation at all. That is way beyond a trivial upgrade, if it's even feasible.

They're coming up to the time that they could do a 'slim' edition, and maybe they want to go all in and build in something to help support the PSVR? I don't see that being the best move either, there's no advantage to increasing your hardware cost inherently.

The only way I could see 4k in games being feasible would be if AMD's new architecture being amazing to make it the same price as a launch PS4 to get a mid range GPU in there again. Nvidia is claiming that their next chip Pascal has 2x the performance at every price level so maybe?

If developers are just being briefed and they don't have dev kits, I'm guessing we'd be 2 years away at the earliest. if AMD's new chips aren't good enough, I could see it still being billed as a 4k device as it outputs in 4k and plays UHD blu rays, but games just run somewhere between 1080p and 4k depending on graphical quality and just upscales.

Today's News:
1) SALES:

• Sony currently holding a Flash Sale on PSN with Transformers Devastation at $17.49 among the games on sale.
  http://www.destructoid.com/this-psn-...9-349588.phtml
  https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-...FLASHSALEWEBLP
• One year memberships for Playstation Plus currently on sale for $40 at a reliable eBay retailer's online shop.
  http://www.destructoid.com/get-a-yea...0-349551.phtml

2) A supposed image of the Nintendo NX's controller is rumored to have been recently leaked online and is very similar to a patent image revealed last December.
http://www.destructoid.com/are-these...--349431.phtml

3) Microsoft announced Alan Wake, Pac-Man, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night have recently been added to the Xbox One's compatibility list. Halo Wars is expected to be among the next batch of games based on recent Xbox One preview programs.
http://www.destructoid.com/castlevan...e-349413.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/halo-wars...m-349511.phtml

4) According to reports, Valve's paid user-mod store for DOTA 2 is currently dealing with similar problems that plagued the previously failed Fallout 4 mod store. At least one paid mod was recently discovered to contain about 15 art assets that were stolen or plagiarized from other mods.
http://www.destructoid.com/does-dota...--349480.phtml

5) For those in Europe, Nintendo announced a special edition bundle for Star Fox Zero priced at £79.99 will include two Star Fox series amiibos, a Star Fox hat, and a Star Fox designed shirt.
http://www.destructoid.com/star-fox-...e-349529.phtml

6) Telltale Games teased they will reveal more details regarding their upcoming Batman game during their panel at SXSW tonight.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/fir.../1100-6435782/

Interesting clarification:

http://i.cubeupload.com/SqohAK.png

it's just what Sony is talking about to devs though, but they must see some kind of affordable possibility.

Pascal was advertised at 2x performance/Watt compared to Maxwell, and that's not related to what game developers can extract either. The 16nm node brings a TDP decrease so the power consumption will be lower. The performance with the smaller die coming this year won't be 2x that of the GTX 980 Ti or the Titan X by any means. Ditto with AMD and Polaris (14 nm) but these are also smaller dies and definitely won't be enough to do 4k gaming. All this before the part where these are discrete GPUs and not APUs which are what will be used.

4k games at lower settings and frame rates won't look great tbh. I would rather they target 1080p, high or 1440p, mid-high and upscale to 4k rather than native 4k.

It is 2x per watt, but the claims before that were that 'big Pascal' (eg the Titan equivilent) could do 2x the actual performance of the 980ti. NVidia are going to hold that chip back as always, but if AMD can do a similar jump at every price level within the next 2 years, I think it can be done. The APU is still mid-range equivilent; 2xing the current APU would make some (and key word on some) games 4k capable.

it's going to be interesting if it happens. not sure if I'm on board with it or not in terms of purchasing, but going to be fun to track.

The problem is that APU dies can't fit HBM memory yet nor have the memory controller for it, and the upcoming GPU dies from AMD are slated to use it. The Zen-based APUs that are slated to use HBM will be available next fall based on their time line so that could potentially work.

I think you've nailed it, I've not taken into account the HBM. I wonder if using that in a custom way could allow HBM to be stacked on a an APU, like a special motherboard with a wider APU die or something. Or they try to make this a premium system and actually do have a seperate nano style GPU that's sort of XB1 sized?

Just thinking aloud at the possibilities. Like I said, Klepek has proper journalist chops unlike most people in games media, so if he has multiple sources saying the same things, Sony at least have something in the idea pipline.

It will depend on how much Sony wants to spend and charge customers, but of course it is doable. I have some PC systems here that fit the same footprint as the XB1 and have liquid cooled cpu and GPU(s) but no one in their right mind will pay for this to be a console.

If this isn't a PS4 Slim or whatever, then I would assume it's a zen based APU with native HBM and DDR4.

Yeah, in my head right now, I'm thinking of a premium PS4 with the hardware for the PSVR breakout box built in, plays 4k blu rays, bigger than the current PS4 and has a dedicated GPU for $5-600. Much like the PSX PS2-based media system; totally optional. All games still run on the regular PS4, but as part of the dev certification, since most PS4 games come out on PC or are Sony made, there's a PS4K mode that runs the game at a higher setting. Maybe one or two exclusive games like the New 3DS, but almost every game is just enhanced by the new hardware.

Sells enough to be worth it, but not enough to replace the PS4 as it stands now.

Dedicated GPU is a stretch, but the rest sounds reasonable. Anyway let's see what happens.

If they can't get HBM on an APU, I think that's all they can do. Honestly, we could wait, but I think speculating is the most fun we can have in the current console clusterfuck. At the turn of the year, I thought it would only be VR and Nintendos new thing to look forward to, but now it seems MS and Sony want to complicate things! Even if I don't want to buy their new things, I kinda like it.

Fair enough. It's the closest console owners will come to the joy and anguish of PC DIY upgrading every so often. The drama and gossip is.. something else.

Hey, and I've got that too! Upgraded the laptop to a 980M and going to upgrade the desktop from a 560ti to Pascal most likely. Going to wait for the higher end Pascal though as the current rumors are pointing the launch Pascal chips to be at best 970 replacements with GDDR5X rather than HBM2.

Since my laptop has a better CPU than my 2500k, might even see how these external graphics cards work out and cosider plugging one of them into the laptop rather than upgrade the desktop.

I can't break NDA but rumors point to the June Pascal GPUs to not be GTX 970 replacements, but closer to GTX 980 Ti or higher.

Does your laptop have a USB type C thunderbolt connection? I haven't tried out the newer eGPU solution but the ones from last year were so-so.

Woohoo baby. I won't post that over at GAF as a sourced rumour ;) Got both USB C and Thunderbolt which I believe are on the same bus so it's ready. I've heard good things about the Razer solution, so waiting on some benchmarks compared to a regular PCI-E card in a desktop and i may go that route if it works.

Eh, the rumors I mentioned are already out there from a lot of "journalists" so it's nothing new. They could be true, or false.

Yeah, I am waiting on benchmarks and FCAT frame rates on eGPU vs PCI-E GPU myself.

Awfully reasoned analysis by Rog over Sony getting all iteration happy.

What do you mean? The XBox story was based on what MS have said, the Sony story is based on sources, wwhich Rog clearly doesn't believe yet. Even if they're both as true as each other, he probably has the same reaction as much of the public. MS played a blinder with the cross netwrork announcement because it forced Sony to say "uhhhhh, it depends per game, but they can ask!". I t was akin to the Sony "This is how you borrow games" video.

This is more Sony letting MS test the waters since they are just briefing people right now, so if both upgrades happen, MS will go first and Sony will adapt

I love how massive a baby you are about all this. In addition to all your other flaws, you're a massive console warrior and have harboured a grudge for weeks because of what your beloved company is doing. So all you can manage to take out is that I must suck Sony's cock. Maybe you didn't leave #gamergate, maybe they kicked you out because you were too bias.

Xbox Done

MS asked in a survey of your like to "trade in" your digital games for 10% of the cost.

For £5 I'd probably just leave them in case I ever get the itch to play again.

The cost of the game at current level? Or the cost of the game you paid originally?

Just in case anyone cares, the ex-GameTrailers crew are back together and doing a Patreon for their new thing called Easy Allies. Already over $11,000 per month after 6 hours.

https://www.patreon.com/EasyAllies

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Today's News:
1) The director of The Division, Ryan Barnard, has recently left Ubisoft to join IO Interactive as the new gameplay director for the studio.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-divis...t-349806.phtml

2) Update to Telltale Games episodic Batman series news as the studio revealed the first episode will arrive this summer and is being developed by the Tales from the Borderlands dev team.
http://www.destructoid.com/telltale-...r-349610.phtml

3) First gameplay trailer for Pokemon Go was recently released by developer Niantic.
http://www.destructoid.com/first-pok...t-349973.phtml

4) The developer of the Scribblenauts series 5th Cell has recently shut down according to tweets from the studio's lead animator. Layoffs started last week with the shut down occurring today.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/scr.../1100-6435886/

Sony closed Evolution Studios. Seems 2 million sales + season passes aren't good enough anymore.

Did Driveclub ever even get fixed? It seemed like a perpetual disaster

Yeah, about a month or so after launch. They've still been releasing free updates and bonus DLC to the season pass past what was promised too.

Also, it was quite funny as part of Sony's statement said they were "looking into other job opportunities for those affected" and a bunch of Americans were going "At least Sony is doing the right thing!"... No, they actually legally have to in the UK. We have employment laws here.

Today's News:
1) SALES & FREEBIES

• Major Nelson revealed this week's sales on the Xbox Marketplace. Also revealed the annual Xbox Spring Sale starts today and lasts till March 28th.
  http://majornelson.com/2016/03/21/sp...potlight-sale/
• For those in Canada, Toys R Us is currently having a "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" sale on amiibos from now until March 27th.
  http://www.destructoid.com/canadian-...n-350080.phtml
• Treyarch announced the Nuketown map in Call of Duty Black Ops III is currently available for free for all PS4, Xbox One, and PC owners of the game.
  http://www.destructoid.com/black-ops...e-350070.phtml

2) Update to Hasney's Evolution Studios news as the studio was hit with a wave of layoffs last month to set up its eventual closure and official reason is due to Sony's restructuring plans for their European studios.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/so...r-e/1100-5420/

3) Update to the recent 5th Cell shutting down news as the studio revealed they are not shutting down but had to layoff a portion of their staff due to a recent project in development being canned.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...s-project.aspx

4) Telltale Games announced Season 3 of The Walking Dead series will be arriving later this year.
http://www.destructoid.com/telltale-...r-350262.phtml

5) Capcom is currently considering the idea of making a new Mega Man game based on a recent survey.
http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-pu...n-350133.phtml

6) During a recent interview with IGN, Bungie's former composer Marty O'Donnell revealed Halo 2 was never originally planned to have an abrupt ending and only occurred due to the studio running out of time to develop the game. The original plans story-wise would have been similar to certain parts of Halo 3's story.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/hal.../1100-6435921/

A recent survey?

The fact that they needed a survey to tell them people want new mega man, is so god damn capcopm I don't even

Now only if Nintendo would listen about Metroid :shifty:

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I wonder if the Power Glove was beneficial to all parties involved (financially).

I know Nintendo's reputation was damaged because of it, but they very well could have made some coin off of it.

Off the top of my head, I believe it was a Kinect-style situation where it did very well initially, but no-one cared after a few months. It was that stupid NES based movie hype.

Nintendo actually had nothing to do with the Power Glove. Pax distributed it in Japan and was made by Mattel, who distributed the NES in the US.

EDIT: 100k overall in the US. No, it just did shit.

Perhaps the video was wrong but it said Mattel made 80 million off the deal.

http://chooseyourhit.com/

You can now pick to vote for Gary Bussy or Gary Cole and the winner will be a contract in the new Hitman.

If anyone wants Dark Souls 3 for XB1 in English now, just buy it on the Japan MS website, stop the install then start it again based on your real console region.

Today's News:
1) SALES & Freebies:

• Capcom is currently holding a Resident Evil series themed sale on Xbox Marketplace, eShopp, and Steam as part of the series 20th Anniversary celebrations.
  http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-ce...s-350428.phtml
• Green Man Gaming is currently holding a Spring Sale for PC games with discounts going as high as 80% off.
  http://www.destructoid.com/half-pric...e-350338.phtml
• Microsoft Store is currently holding a $50 Off sale on Xbox One bundles.
  http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-one-...e-349922.phtml
• Newest Humble Bundle was revealed to be a Sega themed bundle.
  http://www.destructoid.com/sega-s-ne...s-350277.phtml
• Sony is currently holding a Call of Duty themed sale on the Playstation Store from now till the end of the month.
  http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-end-of-march/
• Titanfall is currently available to download for free as part of Origin's Vault promotion.
  http://www.gamespot.com/articles/tit.../1100-6435957/

2) Tekken 7 is currently rumored to be getting a possible PC release based on a recent survey by Bandai Namco. If true, it would be the first game in the main series to arrive for the platform.
http://www.destructoid.com/tekken-7-...c-350429.phtml

3) Nintendo is currently denying rumors of them ending production of Wii U consoles after this year.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-u-production/

PS4k has been confirmed by independent sources at Eurogamer too.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...sony-making-it

They've got a few options in the article about what it's doing, but only option 1 makes sense if it really is going to play 4k games.

I don't know what to make of this at all. 4K gaming isn't viable, and there's no point charging loads for something now when they could do it much cheaper in a couple of years, and even then to a relatively small audience of people with 4K.

Yea... definitely seems like something that would be done in a couple years time. Just like DVD players when they first arrived - I remember the average cost was $500-$750 for one, now you can get one for less than $50.

While 4K is great and all, as Rog said, the console 4k market has to be rather small. Most people who are utilizing 4k "gaming" are PC players already and less likely to invest in a console with equal or less power.

Even then, a lot of games don't run at 30fps at 4k on a 980ti.

I think we need to see what these new AMD GPUs do when the desktop parts are out. If they're not at least double the power at every price point, then it's only going to be indie 2D games running at 4k.

I think they've got to be clearly hoping that people sitting there with 4k TVs are thinking "Well, what can I do with this resolution?" because it's only really heavily compressed Netflix and a couple of UHD players right now, or that releasing this will make those on the fence about bothering to get a 4k TV get one. They were half-arsed with 3D (mostly because it was a bollocks tech, but still), they might try and go all in with this. Since Kaz is at the top of all Sony instead of just games now, this could be his trojan horse for 4k. I just don't see how it makes sense any other way.

Very true. I think that is what is forgotten. Everyone has had the "1080p 60FPS" hammered into their brain, they most likely do not understand the jump required to go from 1080p to 4k.

I can also see this being shat upon by console fanboys if they release a model at the same price point or much higher, especially if they do not offer some sort of "1st gen trade" offer or something.

Are 4K blu rays out in retail yet? I can see it as part of a big push in "Just buy this as your 4K player".

A very, very loose comparison would be the Xbox 360 eventually getting the HDMI port. Did the Elite have one at launch or were they all component in 2005?

Jeff Gerstman over at Giant Bomb said on a podcast that MS had been planning on doing this iterative design with the 360. Something with Comcast or another cable company that said "Hey, here's your free XBox for doing a 2 year contract with us" and then at the end of the contract "Lock yourself in for another 2 years and we'll take that old 360 from you and here's a 360.2!" or whatever the fuck it would be and the only thing that held them back was IBM not really doing much with PowerPC anymore.

I can't even see that working. I can't see people upgrading their consoles as much as phones.
Yeah, think they started hitting retail sometime this year. The Elite had the HDMI at launch. Only remember because Jeff mentioned it in that very same podcast. Other models didn't follow for a little bit.

Huh, from back in October last year:

Food for thought, there.

Today's News:
1) Sony announced they have opened a new studio called ForwardWorks focusing mainly on mobile games using existing Playstation IPs.
http://www.destructoid.com/expect-to...e-350746.phtml

2) During a recent interview with Gamespot, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami revealed Capcom never had plans for a series to be made when developing the first game. At the time, Mikami didn't think the horror genre was strong enough to support a series and horror tropes becoming boring for players very quickly.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...d-as-a-series/

3) Some Nintendo related news:

• 3DS version of Pokemon Shuffle recently got a major update to make it very similar to the mobile version in terms of gameplay.
  http://www.destructoid.com/pokemon-s...e-350682.phtml
• Niantic revealed some new details for Pokemon GO which included certain Pokemon to be limited to certain areas (ex. water types near lakes), evolution based on the amount of the same Pokemon a player catches, and gym battles being similar to a Tower Defense like system.
  http://www.destructoid.com/pokemon-g...s-350736.phtml
• Nintendo recently applied for a trademark for the Mario Bros series coin sound.
  http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...d-350675.phtml
• Nintendo will be holding an early access period for Amiibo Challenge starting tomorrow with the only requirement being new amiibos have to be bought at select retailers within the time period for access.
  http://mynintendonews.com/2016/03/23...al-site-opens/

4) SALES & FREEBIES:

• Capcom and Curve Digital currently holding sales on the eShop.
  http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers
• Fallout 4, Rainbow Six Siege, and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain are all currently on sale at Newegg for $30-$35.
  http://www.gamespot.com/articles/get.../1100-6435991/
• Microsoft revealed the list of free games for April's Games With Gold will be The Wolf Among Us (Xbox One), Sunset Overdrive (Xbox One), Dead Space (Xbox 360), Saints Row IV (Xbox 360).
  http://majornelson.com/2016/03/24/xb...or-april-2016/

My Pong thread is slightly more popular than Merc's RPG thread.

the 3DS Pokemon Shuffle upgrade was a long time coming... ab00t times