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Yeah, I'm talking new games, not ports.

Not entirely sure how anyone could argue against N64's launch. Mario 64. What more do you need?

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Originally Posted by Hollywood Hasney (Post 4043582)

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No wi-fi or GC backward compatibility. $99.99.

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4043803)

Might have been GiantBomb or somewhere else mention that in terms of third party support, the Wii U ends up being their best ever for a launch.

Although its mostly because the majority of the games are ports and were already good games previously released. In terms of new games, its pretty weak although better than the Wii had.

Either the PS2 or the SNES/Genesis launches were probably the last great launches for any console.

I think the Dreamcast had the best recent launch

Crazy that Archie Comics is getting their first 'crossover event' and crazier still what it is:

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Twitter and the hashtag #1ReasonWhy is currently be used by female employees and others in regards to exposing the level of sexism and other similar issues within the video game industry.

While the majority of the stories being exposed involve women in general, men who have tried to get the issue fixed have also revealed stories involving threats they received from their bosses.

Besides the usual cases of workplace harassment and discrimination, female character design was also revealed to be another sore problem. People were either ridiculed or ignored when they tried to suggest changes to female characters beyond their stereotypical roles and appearances.

Stories involving harassment and groping during conventions were meant to show how this problem is not solely a workplace issue and goes deeper involving the gaming community as a whole.

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t's not just women, either. Rock, Paper, Shotgun writer John Walker revealed he gets threats and abuse every time he addresses these issues, "And *I* have a penis."

"Because I'm sexually harassed as a games journalist, and getting it as a games designer compounds the misery," wrote Lillian Cohen-Moore.

"Because conventions, where designers are celebrated, are unsafe places for me. Really. I've been groped," wrote filamena.

Typical with anything involving the internet, trolls and others who don't see sexism as an issue also have voiced their own opinions usually verbally attacking people who have tweeted their personal stories.

http://www.destructoid.com//ul/23938...1reasonwhy.jpg
http://www.destructoid.com/twitter-r...s-239385.phtml

There's a counter-message movement to that as well, which is more inspirational. Both are pretty cool and informative.

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Randomly and casually just popped up at a New Zealand store website.

Well there goes my want for a PS3.

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Originally Posted by Eurogamer.net

Konami confirms Metal Gear Solid 4: 25th Anniversary Edition is PS3 exclusive after New Zealand shop lists it for Xbox 360

“It's a welcome return to the rumour."

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid 4: 25th Anniversary Edition is indeed a PlayStation 3 exclusive after a New Zealand shop listed it for Xbox 360.

The listing on MightyApe.co.nz is for the game on Microsoft's console, but Konami told Eurogamer this morning this is not correct.

The box art looks like someone's Photosphopped the Xbox 360 logo onto the squatter PS3 Blu-ray image for the game. Oh, and the website itself says the Xbox 360 version is unavailable. "Sorry, this product is not currently available to order," it reads.

“It's a welcome return to the rumour,” a Konami representative told Eurogamer. “But there are no plans to release Metal Gear Solid 4 on Xbox 360.”

Metal Gear Solid 4 25th Anniversary Edition is due out next month for £20. The package includes trophy support but no Metal Gear Online.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...t-for-xbox-360

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Originally Posted by Cool King (Post 4043549)

They've missed their chance to call it the "Wee Wii".

I was thinking Mini Wii
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Here comes Xero's want for a PS3

Dragon Age III currently rumored to have been delayed till 2014 with the reason due to the decision to make the game only for next gen consoles.

The source of the rumor comes from an update on Linkedin by one of the lead designers for the game which stated plans for the game have been changed as the cause for the new delay.

It also reveals EA will be using their EA Shanghai studio to help out Bioware with the development of the game at least for level design.

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Dragon Age III
March 2012 to September 2012 Electronic Arts
Team Members: Tao Gu
- Lead Level Designer for EASH team
- In charge of concent and layout design from paper to engine for vertical slice
- Scope of the DAIII has been chaged, which will target next gen platform and will be postpone to 2014.

The game originally was expected to have a late 2013 release and arrive at least for the Xbox 360 and PS3 in terms of consoles.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-gen-consoles/
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Daily Recap:
* Bethesda hints at a sequel to Dishonored being made in the near future.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...onored-sequel/
http://www.destructoid.com/bethesda-...--239407.phtml

* Microsoft announces they sold roughly 750,000 Xbox 360s based on early sales number from last week and Black Friday. Sony has yet to reveal their sales but Nintendo said they sold over 1.25 million units spread out between the DS, 3DS, Wii, and Wii U.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/...sold-last-week
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/27/3...s-figures-2012

* According to Amazon, a limited edition of the Hyrule Historia book for US/Canada will be limited to just 4,000 copies and includes gold tinted pages, a $70 price tag, and faux-leather cover.
http://www.destructoid.com/hyrule-hi...s-239446.phtml

I'm down with a Dishonored sequel. Didn't finish the game yet, but that's what my upcoming Christmas vacation is gonna be for.

Dishonored was pretty great.

My mission today is to go haunt GAME for a Special Edition of Dishonored, I want that deck of cards!

I watched INDIE GAME THE MOVIE and came away with the following thoughts:

- The guys who made Super Meat Boy are assholes

- I would like to play Fez but probably won't due to hating Xbox

- Soulja Boy reviewing Braid is still hilarious

Humble THQ Bundle AKA THQ everything Must Go Sale is live.

Saints Row 3rd
Darksiders
Metro 2033
Red Faction Armageddon
Bunch of Company of Heroes games.

Just need ot pay over $5 something at the minute to get everything.

Is this the THQ going out of business sale we've all been waiting for?

Pretty much. Since I can't gift extras, gave them a $ all to charity.

A recent Assassin's Creed survey sent by Ubisoft might be teasing or suggesting the next Assassin's Creed game could be getting a new co-op mode or have several characters returning.

According to Game Liberty who claims to have been sent a copy of the survey, several questions dealt with the possibility in regards to Desmond, Connor, and the American setting returning for the next game.

Also teased was the possibility of a new multiplayer co-op mode being added and the potential of the series going in a new direction with Uncharted 3 as the inspiration.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...out-next-game/
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Daily Recap:
* Nintendo announces a massive restructuring process meant to expand and reorganize the company as a whole will start next month and last for most of 2013.
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...3-239444.phtml

* Sony reveals their Black Friday sales data and while the PS3 ranked #2 for most sold (525,000), the PS Vita was dead last with only 160,000 units sold during the week. In terms of combined numbers, Sony was ranked last after Nintendo (1.25 million) and Microsoft (750,000).
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...sales-numbers/

* According to God of War film screenwriters, Sony has given permission for the story/lore of Kratos to be drastically changed so it doesn't feel like a "Clash of the Titans" clone.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-kratos-story/
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-open...e-239473.phtml

Dev by focus group. Eh.

Never played Assassins Creed, it's been on my list of games to play for a while, but it's starting to look like a big mess with how they've forced it into being an annual game. You can't be Uncharted 3 in 12 months or less.

Ubisoft said awhile back that 3 was going to be the last yearly one. That could've changed tho.

Final issue left, first issue right:

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Man, Ubisoft must be throwing the money around, so many FarCry 3 videos on some of the major YouTube networks(Machinima, TGS) today.

A recent patent discovered from Sony hints the company might be once again considering a "detachable" controller in the future.

The patent was filed in 2011 under the name of "Hybrid Separable Motion Controller" and combines both the PS Move wand and DualShock controller into a single design.

The orbs from the wand would be on top of each piece while the rest of the controller would follow the Dualshock design for both appearance and layout.

A previous patent which had a similar idea in the past involved just a detachable Dualshock controller.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ve-controller/
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-pate...o-239576.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* Sony announces sign-ups for God of War: Accession beta starts today with the beta itself starting on December 7.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-ups-now-live/
http://www.destructoid.com/go-sign-u...a-239571.phtml

* While THQ dropped the project, Guilermo del Toro announces he managed to find a new publisher for his inSane project.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/insa...nt-will-resume

* Iwata explains the origins of the word "HAL" from HAL Laboratories (Kirby series) isn't actually from 2001: A Space Odyssey film and instead comes as a joke done to IBM. HAL from the film was supposedly named due to IBM withdrawing support during the film's production.
http://www.destructoid.com/iwata-cas...y-239567.phtml

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Originally Posted by Hollywood Hasney (Post 4045230)

Just got this for like 6 bucks. Gave it all to charity. Don't really want any of the games other than Saints Row.

Company of Heroes is definitely worth playing if you like RTS games.

Kind of want a 3DS, just so I can play Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?

Reading the most batshit insane rumours about E3 reveals of the new consoles. It's shockingly from a reliable source (guy that leaked Kingdom Hearts HD and Castlevania), but bar some things that are obvious, he either has to be smoking crack or Sony/MS are. LET'S TAKE A GANDER AT SOME HIGHLIGHTS

http://dualpixels.com/2012/11/29/rum...wear-next-gen/

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– All three major players are going to play very aggressive hard ball starting in Summer 2013 right before E3. Both Sony and Microsoft are attempting to court in developers to next gen engines in attempt to starve Nintendo and mobile developers. However Nintendo is banking on the argument that the other two jumped too soon to upgrade, with only the top-tier of the triple A studios such as Infinity Ward, Crystal Dynamics, ect only having next-gen level technology with most being stuck on very advanced Unreal Engine 3 level tech.

That one's pretty reasonable. In fact all the Nintendo rumours are pretty by-the-numbers such as new games in Nintendo franchises (YOU'RE SHITTING ME?!) including a 3D Mario in 2013 and 3DS Zelda. Hardware add-ons too.

Full 3D Pokemon for the 3DS is about 2 years away and will have a whole new Pokemon type, the first since Gold/Silver. Also, Nintendo apparently has a big name non-Nintendo exclusive announced next year that will cause "shocks".

NOW LET'S TAKE A TRIP INTO CRAZYTOWN

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Sony is near the middle end part of their Project Orbis, their next generation PS4. It will not be called Playstation 4, teams have started to call the final name as Omni. Omni will reflect their new hardware and content delivery philosophy. Omni will be “very capable” of doing modern day graphics compared to a Direct X 11 level of technology like Unreal Engine 4 and Frostbite 2. Compared to Wii U, it is better, but not the biggest leap in the world according to developer friends of mine. The key is the Omniviewer, a thin, lite and slick head mounted autosteroptic display that can track the users head and presents a 360 image view with semi transparent AMOLED screens. This can turn any TV into a 3D TV, as well as add extra augmented reality information outside of the TV screen. One application from an entertainment perspective seeing movies in 2k, 4k or IMAX resolutions as their original size where you have to move your head to look at the full picture being displayed. Can also synch with the Vita. The new controllers whether it’s the Duo-Moves or the Classic DuoShock will have pulse sensors in the grips for biofeedback gameplay. Plans are a Basic Unit with 160 gigs and just the system with controller at $350-$399 and one with the Omniviewer and a pack-in game for $450-$499. Aims are for a September 2013 launch.

I would love to be wrong on this, but come on. Similar power to todays upper mid-range PCs, but with some crazy 360 AMOLED screen that can do IMAX resolutions? For under $500? Krazy Ken Kutaragi doesn't work there anymore to make this believable.

Slightly more believable is them using Gakai for backwards compatability which is like OnLive in terms of streaming games. This would mean that PS1, PS2 and PS3 games would be playable on the device and "any Playstation certified device". That would be pretty nice, internet speeds allowing.

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Direct hardware Backwards Compatibility will be available by a $70 – $99 dongle that is plugged into the Omni that contains a PS3 on a chip with Cell to run games.

Could see that too, rather than shoving PS3 hardware into the box again.

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Known first party games in development for Playstation Omni are: Next Gen Uncharted, Next Gen Siren, The Bodyguard, Wipeout Omni, Bump In the Night, Killzone 4, Gran Turismo Prologue, Next Gen Media Molecule, Omni Fitness.

Seems resonable. Get their key franchi... THE BODYGUARD?! Get to steppin'

If true though, it seems MS have obtained the same dodgy crack as Sony.

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– Microsoft is the most vague out of all of them. It’s slated to be the most powerful out of all the next gen consoles about 4 to 6 times more powerful than Wii U and 2 to 3 times more powerful than Playstation Omni. The project has gone through many name iterations and will not be decided on until shortly before it’s E3 unveiling. Microsoft is also running into manufacturing issues and developers not having games done on time so instead of delaying the launch to Summer 2014, they are thinking of “soft launching” it Holiday November 2013 and then have a full blow out in the summer. All units will come with Kinect 2 built in which can track up to four people, all objects in the living room, clothing, face structure and fingers. It can also understand different voices and has its own PPU. In 2014, Microsoft will introduce the “LiveWall”, a omni-projection unit that will allow game environments to be projected nearly 360 degrees around the user. Using Kinect 2, they have two demos of one that is a battlefield RTS and one that is a kung fu game with guys attacking all around. The LiveWall can also project different images on the wall, so people can play different games on different walls. Microsoft is prepared to champion this unit as a cheaper and more effective alternative to wearing a “goofy stupid VR headset” to combat Sony’s Omniviewer while Sony is going to point out the low resolution quality and the lack of privacy. The system is going to be very expensive in the $499 range so Microsoft is planning on using a remolded X-Box Live (Possibly renamed X-Box Life) to offer a Pro (Gold) subscription two or three-year contract to sell the unit at $300 – $399. The final goal with the tech is to shrink the system on a chip down enough so it can be put into tablets, PCs and Smart TVs so that all devices are X-Box ready.

Remember that crazy document that floated around about the wall projection shit? This is fucked up. You could barely have multi-platform games if this all happened what with all the fucked up control and display methods.

It's likely to be all shit, but I really hope it's all shit. Entertaining read none the less.

Now I wish it was beliveable

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Namco-Bandai is working with Sakurai to get a fully working demo at E3 for Smash Bros. Sakurai really took to heart the complaints about the single player game and the online game. He is solving this by making the single player very deep this time done by the Tales series people and is planning to have a Network Beta of the game for download the day of Nintendo’s E3 show. This way they can beta test online for about one year before they ship the game.

The future status of the Killer Instinct series is currently in doubt due to US Patent and Trademark Office denying Microsoft's recent attempts to renew the Killer Instinct trademark.

The patent office originally denied the first request on September 17 with an updated filling from November 29 once again denying the trademark.

The official reason given by the patent office was “likelihood of confusion” due to the categories the trademark was filed for conflict with one hold by Fox Television Studios.

The issue is due to one of the categories the trademark falls under called "entertainment services" is the same category tv shows fall under. It turns out Fox owns the trademark for the name from a 2005 filing which trumps the recent filing by Microsoft. The patent office also claimed since games can be based off of tv shows and movies, the trademark by Fox is stronger than Microsoft's.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...us-government/
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Daily Recap:
* Former LucasArts employee denies Btattlefront 3 was ever 99% done and instead blames Free Radical for completely mismanaging the entire project.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/from...-stuff-just-bs

* Teaser trailer for PS3 exclusive "The Last of Us" was recently released with the full trailer to debut during this year's Spike VGA show.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/plays...es-the-teaser/

Well... is this unknown Fox property based off a game? And also how did they get it when KI the game predates whatever Fox has? By a decade, no doubt?

Splash Damage, the company behind two of my favorite games of all time (Return to Castle Wolfenstein Enemy Territory and Quake Wars) are coming back with a new free to play shooter called "Dirty Bomb".

Their last release, Brink, was pretty dissapointing, so hopefully them returning to the free to play model that made them popular will result in a good game.

Any other SD fans here?

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/29/sp...ltiplayer-fps/

Those are your favorite games of all time?

Still remember being mad pumped when this came in the mail:

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__...0px-Vol100.jpg

RESPECT

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Originally Posted by Pintint (Post 4049318)

Wolfenstein was awesome, Brink had potential but fell flat.
Was going for an internship there this summer but it fell through :'(