gunna have to prepare the iron maiden otherwise

Hasney wouldn't fuck around with info like that.

I'm sure he wouldn't, he knows the consequences

Meanwhile, the Smash Boards has some rumors on the WiiU's power.

Nah, Geno would be a perfect addition. Obscure enough for the current crop of kids, but a nice "oh shit, they put him in? :eek:" for the older gen. Plus he comes from Super Mario RPG, which means he'll definitely have recognizable attacks, but because he was in a turn-based RPG they'll have the freedom to tweak his moves without losing the general "feel" of the character from game to game.

Geno and Isaac is my guess. Capcom seems intent on trolling the fans hard with this Mega Man business. I bet if they do put him in it will be the Captain N version. Then again, Sakurai has been known to tell some tall tales (no clones?), so maybe none of them are in.

I saw the character thing this morning but I didn't know if it was worth sharing. I think it'll be Geno and Isaac.

I'm liking that the price of the Wii U is said to be under £300. What do the specs mean in plain English? Am I going to be seeing graphics from a Pixar film or similar to FF7: Advent Children? Will it be possible to have Hyrules map size put Red Dead Redemptions map to shame?

Thinking they might put in Waluigi to partner with Wario in SSB.

I read somewhere today that Sakurai said this Smash Bros would go in a different direction or something. People are wondering what that might mean.
3D fighting area? Focus on tag matches?

It'll never happen but how cool would it be if they had Smash Bros be a launch title and, through out the life span of the Wii U, new characters would be added by you purchasing and meeting certain requirements in a game?
You buy The next Zelda game for Wii U, 2 years after Smash Bros has launched. You defeat the new arch enemy and get a message after the credits "Congratulations! *arch enemy name* has been added to Smash Bros!"

It's doable. Just have compatible games house the character data on the disc and, when the requirements are met, the game scans for a Smash save and unlocks the character by downloading it to the Wii U, like 360 games do with avatar awards.
It would keep the game fresh. Plus I'm sure a few people may be persuaded to pick up a new game if they knew it would unlock a character and/or stage for Smash Bros.

Mmmm...Roxer strawmanning.

Assuming those specs are real, something able to use the Unreal 4 Engine or at least be able to have a modified one like how the Xbox 360 and PS3 were able to have modified Unreal 3 engines.

In terms of RAM alone, its about 4x more than the Xbox 360 and the OS alone might have more than the Xbox 360's dedicated combined. PS3 has less dedicated than the Xbox 360 due to the way it splits its RAM. Graphics-wise, no upscaling needed to reach 720 or even 1080 since it supports 1080 by default (ex. Halo Reach was around the 600s range before it got upscaled to 720).

If that Valve rumor is true, then Steam integration similar to the PS3 and would confirm earlier rumors of Nintendo getting Valve (or EA) helping them out with the Nintendo Network.

Downloaded HBO GO and then it said I needed to update it. Why not just have the updated version as the original download? 0.o

Less complications on the developer end.

XBLA always downloads the most up to date version. Don't know what's up with those app thingies.

The formatting on the youtube and crackle apps could use a tiny bit of work. Daily motion kinda sucks outright. Netflix is decent, but a rogue gust of wind will kill my connection to it. And yeah, every app pretty much needs a giant update as soon as I d/l it. Seems like they're worried about releasing a patch that breaks more than it fixes, so they make you d/l the original just in case.

Trying something new with the format
 

Daily Recap:
1)THQ to split its stock to prevent being delisted on NASDAQ next month
2)Sony holding an "Ultimate Editions" sale for digital PS3 games on PSN this week
3)Konami releases screens for the Zone of the Enders HD set (not the new game in development) </marquee>
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A sequel to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was in development by 38 Studios before its finical problems crippled the company and their subsidiary studio of Big Huge Games.

The sequel would have been developed by Big Huge Games studio. Very few details were revealed but Big Head Games would have been the developers, the game itself was in pre-production stage, and the basis for new features were to be based on complaints generated by reviews from the first game.

As of now 38 Studios still owns rights to the cancelled project and series but is expected to hand over the rights to the government of Rhode Island as part of its bankruptcy requirements. EA is rumored to be ready to purchase the series once the government of RI opens up bidding for the property.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl..._Amalur_01.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...n-development/

Ugh. That ticker is fucking with my eyes.

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So pissed about 38 studios going down. I thought KoA: Reckoning was a GREAT game. One of the funnest I've played in awhile.

The fallout from 38 Studios collapse continues to get ugly as recently the founder of the company, Curt Schilling places the main blame of the studio's demise on the governor of Rhode Island and the loss of a private investor.

According to Schilling, the studio had initially secured a $35 million deal with a undisclosed private investor who was ready to help fund the sequel to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning but later backed out once the governor of Rhode Island publicly stated the studio was fighting to stay afloat.

38 Studios was extremely upset at the statement being made public since it ruined all future investment in the company and caused several of their existing investors and EA to halt their support of the company.

Schilling was also upset at the current governor renegading on the contract signed by the previous governor to get 38 Studios to operate in Rhode Island. The issue involved the ability to temporary defer on tax payments owed and keep earning tax credits by hiring people in the state to work at 38 Studios.

The government of Rhode Island was mainly upset at the lack of hiring as part of the deal with most of the employees and hired workers being transferees from the Massachusetts branch. As well as questions regarding how most of the original $75 million loan was spent with some of the spending ending up being unaccounted for in status reports.


EDIT: Some supposed details from a variety of places state 38 Studios was spending a huge chunk of the loaned money on a different project (Copernicus) instead of Kingdoms of Amalur without telling the state which is why the money was "missing" from status reports. EA also flat out refused to publish and fund a sequel well before the public announcement by the governor was made. EA also seems to have very little interest in buying the IP once its available for sale.

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http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/29/cu...on-38-studios/
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Daily Recap:
1) The rumored new subscription tiers for Playstation Plus are now rumored to be splitting the monthly free games as exclusives for certain tiers.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...and-vita-cloud

2) EA's version of "CoD Elite" type services for Battlefield 3 has been rumored to be priced at $60 and expected to arrive by the end of June.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-dlc-revealed/

3) Nintendo reveals the Castlevania game for the 3DS is actually a sequel for Lord of Shadows called "Castlevania: Lord of Shadows - Mirror of Faith" and will star Trevor Belmont as the playable character.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...lmont-returns/

David "Dickmunch" Cage finally said something I agree with. Heavy Rain was lacking in most areas.

The only one he doesn't touch on is the writing, which was god awful too. But he wrote it... Cunt.

I hope that Lord of Shadows sequel makes it's way to the PS3 and 360. Makes no sense to go from a platform to a handheld.

It is considering the 3DS one isn't a direct sequel but more of a prequel to Lord of Shadows 2 on consoles in terms of story. Its also supposed to be in the same 2D style the GBA and DS Castlevania games were.

Supposed scans from an upcoming Nintendo Power issue: http://www.screwattack.com/news/cast...ow-mirror-fate

The Epic/Silicon Knights saga is finally over with Epic laying a $4.5mil smackdown on them after the judge sided with them on all counts.

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Update to the rumors of Battlefield 3 getting its own "Call of Duty Elite" type service as a supposed spec sheet detailing all the content provided by the service was leaked today.

EA will make an official announcement on June 4th on the official Battlefield website with an expected actual release date to occur later in the month.

According to the sheet, Premium users will have early access to 5 more DLC packs planned, exclusive in-game access to weapons and bonuses, the ability to reset their leaderboard stats, preference in server queues for matches in any match they are waiting for, and a bunch of other benefits.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...2/05/gePVg.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...d-to-internet/
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Daily Recap:
1) Sony was rumored to be favoring removing disc support for the PS4 before dropping the idea due to concerns over risks and bandwidth limits from internet service providers.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/sony-c...fter-ps3/4178/

2) Doom 3 joins the small list of current gen games getting a remake as Bethseda announces they are making a "BFG" edition of the game which will contain new features, content, and fixes to the original game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/beth...-3-bfg-edition

3) CD Projekt Red, developer of the Witcher series, announce their next game will be based on the pen-and-paper table RPG game of Cyberpunk with at least just a PC version guaranteed.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/witche...yberpunk/4180/

Sony are morons. No shock.

It really is awesome. I find it weird EA doesn't want KoA, since they were reportedly pleased with Rectuming's sales.

Someone will pick Amalur up. They would be fools not to. I surmise a new studio with a big chunk of the 38 studios/Big Huge Games staff will be up and running in a few months.

As long as Activision doesn't get it, I'm cool.

With all the bad press here, I'm not sure they would be fools not to.

Okay, I love the game, I love the fact that we finally have a fantasy world that's not an MMO and not smeared in dark, gritty shit, and I like the guys they got behind it.

But with this shitstorm, I don't think anyone's gonna see the forest for the controversy.

HUMBLE BUNDLE https://www.humblebundle.com/

Midway/NetherRealm studios is making a DC Comics fighting game. Because MKvsDC was such a good idea. Hilarity may ensue, but we'll see.

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Every time they've tried to make a fighter that wasn't Mortal Kombat, they've failed pretty hard. Hell, half the time they make MK games, they fail.

Somebody educate KK about how I feel about NetherRealm studios. He's doing that 'ignore history, make ass of himself' thing again.

Best one yet

The classic Spy Hunter is getting another reboot attempt with a release planned for later this year.

The game is being developed for the 3DS and PS Vita by Warner Bros Interactive and developers TT Fusion who previously worked on the handheld Lego series of games.

No other details were announced but its expected to occur at this year's E3.

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http://kotaku.com/5914387/spy-hunter...elds-this-fall
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Daily Recap:
1) Major Nelson announces this weekend will be Free Gold weekend for all Xbox 360 users with the special occasion due to new services Microsoft is adding from June 1st to June 3rd.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...kend-even-you/

2) The lawsuit between Activision and the former bosses of Infinity Ward has been settled with the only details known so far is that Activision has paid a monetary amount to the former bosses as part of the deal.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/call-o...-updated/4184/

3) Apple's CEO says the company has managed to evolve gaming past the traditional forms and see no reason to branch away from their iOS services to make a console. The rumors of Apple considering a console are due to the supposed meeting they had with Valve and the rumored "Valvebox" console.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...lved-consoles/

Says the guy already obsessing in the thread on it.

Yup. I'm so ignoring history.

Probably for the best anyway. It'd be 2000 USD and you'd have to replace it every year.

Just bought a used copy of KOA: Reckoning.

Skyrim's upcoming DLC: Dawnguard
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It's worth it for Psychonauts alone.

You're totally going to miss out on the house of valor quests!

...Which take like ten minutes and are so major I missed them on my first TWO playthroughs....