I speculated (partly in jest) that since Kamiya (Bayonetta, Okami, DMC1) doesn't do sequels, but people are demanding a 'sequel' to Bayonetta, that his next action game will actually be a new IP altogether. His response was: "Hmm..."

Giant Bomb did a quick look a good while ago, and it reminds me a lot of the old GTA. Probably wouldn't get it myself unless it was under five bucks.

Yeah. Tried it out. It's fun, but I'm gonna wait for it to go on sale.

C'mon... How badass is this!

http://www.rockmanpm.com/i/wallpaper...per02_1280.jpg

I would have put Original in the center but whatever.

http://screenshots.en.softonic.com/e...t3ultimate.jpg

Got shameless after a while, didn't it?

Missing Khameleon and Chameleon.

But yeah, that was pretty lazy.

Blizzard wants their due for supplying Korean eSports:

http://kotaku.com/5706958/starcraft-...ional-lawsuits
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Amusing.

New Tomb Raider is a Prequel:

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So, it arrived today. I've not tried the actual game out yet but it's identicle to the SNES version so I know how things will go.

I flicked through the history booklet that comes with it and it's not so much "history" as it is Miyamoto, Koji Kondo and some other guy giving one line comments about each console Mario game up to SMG2. Most of it is not even interesting stuff. It's stuff like "I wanted to have Mario run under a blue sky so that's what we did.". 2 or 3 things are new to me but most of it isn't interesting. There is nothing else to the booklet other than those little comments and a couple of design documents in Japanese.
I was expecting something like a paragraph about each game with stuff like "We created Mario because...etc etc" and "We originally intended to do this or that but couldn't because..." and so on.

The OST that comes with it has 20 tracks. The first 10 being one piece of music straight from each Mario (1, 2, 3, World, 64, Sunshine, NSMB, Galaxy, NSMBW and Galaxy 2.). The NSMB theme sounds better with CD quality than it does from the DS, obviously. So that's a plus.
The other 10 tracks are just sounds you can find pretty easily online. The coin sound, the pipe sound etc.

I don't think it was really worth the price (£19.99 in the UK). I like the idea of a Mario anniversary package but, in the end, they could have done better than the shoddy job they did, even if it meant charging more. This is worth £9.99 maximum, I'd say.

Oh boy, more tomb raider games.

Uncharted does it about 65347376543 times better. Talk to me when the next installment in that series is announced.

Too bad my Uncharted 1 freezes every fucking time I play, with whatever fucking disk I use. Probably never going to play Uncharted 2 because of this bullshit.

Is your save corrupted?

I've started the game over and over and over, with new firmwares, by formatting the hard drive, by doing every logical step, and it won't fucking work. I get to Chapter 6 or so, and it freezes. I reload it, and the coin spins infinitely. When I hard-reset the console and boot it back up, it freezes at the coin. I've honestly tried everything. Its my PS3, and I know no one that lives anywhere close to me that owns a PS3. My system has never had any issues otherwise. It's bizarre.

Well uncharted 2 might still work. There are a couple returning characters from 1, but beyond that, the plot is seperate from the first.

I'm sure it would. It's just that I want to play Uncharted 1 first. If I play Uncharted 2, I doubt I will want to return to the former. I will suffer through crazy amounts of a series to make sure I've playing everything in order. Probably the reason I've never played Dragon Quest.

Plus, I've played through enough of the game that I want to finish it first. Such a tease. Barely even got to the good parts.

How long do you let it load? Leave it on all night and see hwhat happens

Too bad, because Uncharted 2 has imo, the best single player campaign of any game this generation.

I let it load for at least 5 hours at one point. It gets pretty obvious when the soundtrack disappears that the game is about to be on its last leg. And like I said, I've tried it with multiple copies, so it is my console. The Naughty Dog forums are filled with people complaining about various freezing problems, and have been since the 3.3 firmware supposedly broke the game.

Basically just makes me mad at this point. I've seriously played the game over at least five times, hoping it would make a difference. Farthest I got was Chapter 8, I think.

I've heard good things. And damn, I really like what I've played of the first, so its got to be way better than that.

Guess I could try again. Just gonna make me mad though.

I've considered it, but I bought the game, so I want to play it.

Basically putting myself in an impossible situation. Sony told me I could send my PS3 in, but I didn't think it was worth the time. Probably past my warranty now. And like I said, my PS3 works perfectly otherwise.

Next James Bond video game might be heavy in stealth and actual spy stuff than movie action style previous James Bond games have been. Activision is letting Raven Software develop the new Bond game and hopes for a 2011/2012 release date.

It is also possible since the good reviews of GoldenEye for the Wii which added stealth to a Bond game could have favored the decision to move the series in a new direction at least for 1 game.

The game was originally stopped in development due to the possibility of MGM no longer owning the Bond license but the plan now is to finish the game while Activision is still the exclusive developers before MGM makes a decision.

http://kotaku.com/5707833/james-bond...icense-tosneak

I love the simplistic reasoning of these companies:

GoldenEye Wii was well received... It had stealth sections > Make a Bond game with more stealth sections!

I don't even remember reviews praising the stealth sections in particular. But it's Raven Software so I'm good for this.

To be fair, Activision didn't actually say that was a reason but since Raven Software barely makes any console stealth games and GoldenEye was pretty good at adding stealth as an option, its possible Activision saw it as an opportunity to change up the Bond formula.

It wasn't Rainbow Six or Splinter Cell quality in stealth but it did work well in a Bond game.

The other Bond game, Blood Stone, didn't do well in sales or praise and that was more of a typical action style Bond game so it could have been another influence in the change of direction.

I promise the failure of Blood Stone was based on everything but it being an 'action packed shooter'. It was just sub-par. lol

It's the difference between an inspired game with a vision in mind and a simple cash-in. Sometimes it overlaps and companies get lucky, but usually we see bullshit that deserves to get the cold shoulder.

The upcoming Thor game will probably play like God of War, but in the way Origins Wolverine played like GoW. Origins had a vision in mind for how a Wolverine game should play (made by Raven Software!), and GoW was a sensible point of reference. Thor may play like GoW simply because the subject matter is similar. Entire games were made out of shallow concepts like that before. When I seen the pic of Thor on top of some beast, it fueled my prediction further.

I just hate game development like that.

No you're not... This news is terrible. Capcom is fucking trolling with this. I hope the other RE 3DS game holds true to the RE trope.

Konami has confirmed to IGN it will release X-Men Arcade for Xbox Live Arcade next week on Wednesday, Dec. 15. Pricing details have not been revealed.

next week

No price announced probably means 1200. Seems to be the new "sweet spot", sadly.

That would be gay, because you get 1600 for $20. We get 1400 for $20.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Xenosaga III

We get cards in 1400 and 2800 increments. If all the DLC starts coming out at 1600, it makes those 1400 cards useless.

Depending on how you interpret what one of the EA bosses said, EA might be getting rid of single player games or pushing more emphasis on multiplayer/co-op only games in the near future.

This plan would benefit their One Time Pass a lot since now you would be required to activate or pay just to play the game instead of before only needing to activate/pay for multiplayer modes and not single/offline modes.

It is also possible EA just wants to add even more DLC and pay content while focusing less time on needing to create a single player mode or content. Sports games could be affected by getting rid of campaigns or Be A Pro mode.

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http://kotaku.com/5709049/ea-wont-be...loners-anymore

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In other EA related news, Dead Space 2 demo should be available on December 21 for XBLA and PSN in the US/Canada while Europe just needs to wait an extra day for it.

Just another reason to not like EA.

It would seem 3DS' RE Revelations takes place after RE5, and Jill took a liking to her catsuit.

http://fast1.onesite.com/capcom-unit...9.jpg?v=270000

Don't think they're using Julia Voth's likeness for Jill anymore. Chris has a new suit as well.

They BETTER use her damn likeness. Jill V's look seperated her from most generic looking broads in gaming.

Just... look at her. The new face is meh. Bring on Sheva. Her fine ass.

Squall's Daddy Joins Squenix's Crossover Game:

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets...unamatatta.jpg

So pissed this is a PSP exclusive, because I love this addition.

UDON Doing Mega Man Art Book:

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets...12/tribute.jpg

Khuntry is going to be so happy about this.

They're not doing away with 1 player games. That's just stupid. When less than half of all 360s have gold accounts and games like Mass Effect 2 are licenses to print money, it just means that they're going to focus more on multiplayer aspects of gaming.

The interview was somewhat vague since it is almost like he hints its possible in the future for EA to drop single player from games especially after their sports games gained a ton of money from DLC and online purchases ($45 million alone from FIFA 09 & 10 in DLC, Madden 10 or 11 had 35 people spend $1000 each on stats cards).

It was also odd for him to even mention it as a possibility based on the studios they owned and the games they make but since he mentioned how all the bosses had a meeting and discussed it, EA must have been considering it as a possible plan for him to leak it. It is similar to Activision saying how its possible to charge a subscription for their games but it hasn't gotten past the idea phase.

If anything EA will probably test the idea with a game and if the consumers hate it, they'll forget the idea even existed.

I fear for Bioware if EA does this.

I doubt Microsoft wouldn't hesitate to take them back, given their track record.

Source.

Dumbass.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets...arpshooter.jpg

I want this.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.c...40fc62ab8b.jpg

I want this.

Looks just like the Ghost Squad gun in Dave & Busters arcade area but $40 for a plastic shell seems too high when the shells on the Wii range anywhere from $9.99 to $19.99.

I think Sony made fun of Nintendo and the Wii for having useless accessories and now Move is suddenly starting to flood with the same type of accessories.

The hypocrisy was noted when Move was announced. They even had damning quotes resurfaced.

FUCK ALL IF A GAMING JOURNALIST APPROACHED SONY ABOUT THEM. PUSSIES.

Thanks for revealing a secret of Final Fantasy 8 for me KalyX triaD

A video of the next James Bond game (the stealth one) leaked out earlier. I was too late and it's been taken down by Activision which I guess is enough proof that it was genuine.
If anyone knows where to see the video, post it or a link to it. The stealth parts have been compared to Splitter Cell by some people at Kotaku and to MGS by others.

If anyone cares the Marvel Comics tables for Pinball FX 2 are cool.

Secret? Really? I mean I do apologize but that was easier to catch than Vader being Luke's pop. The source article also made no attempt at hiding the idea. It wasn't some super secret, fairly heavily implied. Um... isn't there a statute of limitations on game spoilers, though? Over a decade is a bit much. lol

There are real secrets awaiting you in FF8.

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Video shown after the brief intro but no textures or anything graphical added since they only showed off the animation of the stealth.

Cool. Doesn't look too bad right now. I'd rather it wasn't Daniel Craig, though.

In LOL-worthy news, EA's online store accidentally gave away stuff about Mass Effect 3 that was meant to be debuted on Spike's VGA show this weekend.

Similar to the Halo series, ME 3 will have Earth be the main setting of the game since the enemies of the series managed to find and attack Earth.

The rumor of a Mass Effect multiplayer spin-off game to arrive somewhere in 2011 was confirmed to be fake and that the teaser video shown is actually part of the Mass Effect 3 debut video.

PC version pricing also leaked at being $59.95 on EA Store and $59.99 everywhere else.

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http://kotaku.com/5711606/mass-effec...ttle-for-earth

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In unrelated news, Nintendo reveals parts of the story to Super Mario Bros that people might have missed or never knew in the collectible book included with the anniversary edition of Super Mario All-stars.

The blocks Mario always smashes are actually Toads turned by Koopa magic, Goombas are corrupted toads, and the Piranha Plants are actually corrupted fire flower plants. Also, Peach at any time could have reversed the magic but felt like having others do it for her.

lol what a bitch.

Black Ops.

New SSX announced:
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Another "dark and gritty" take on something that doesn't need to be "dark and gritty". I wish they would just stop this crap already. I loved SSX Tricky btw. They should have gone back to the OTT style of that game or one of the others.

Until CoD and such like die (which isn't for a very long time) all these other franchises and series are going to go all "dark and gritty" one by one to try and get a similar fan base and sales figures. Pretty soon games will be as varied and as colourful as a pair of identicle twin emos.

Can't say I ever liked SSX. Good luck to them.

Yeah saw it yesterday. Can't see it working out.

The analog sticks wouldn't be able to be raised at all

I just don't understand why anyone would take a series that looked like this:
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Which was successful enough for multiple sequels and suddenly think going in the completely opposite direction would be a good idea. I can understand wanting to "reinvent" the series but if they wanted to do that, they could have picked something closer to the original games. Anime style or Jet Set Radio graffiti style. Anything with a bright, light hearted look but not the dark and dull "gritty action" look. It doesn't fit or make sense for SSX.

We're in a dull, depressing generation.

I 100% agree with you, though. Loved Tricky and SSX3. Have both for PS2 (Tricky was my first PS2 game). The game should be up-beat and bright. They could throw in a few "serious"/"gritty" portions, maybe in a career and a few tracks or something, but if the game's overtone is all doom and gloom I'm not sure how I'll feel about it.

But we don't know if that was just a trailer to make it look "cool" and "modern". Could be one character's introduction and others will have different personalities (wacky, colorful, etc). Which, if that's the case, it'll be fine.

Actually, if the game's subtitle of "Deadly Decent" sticks my previous post is moot and it'll be all doom and gloom. Fuck.

But it could go either way with that. Again, could just be a preliminary trailer for a character.

Source.

I'm betting we'll have some type of combat to stop rivals beating us or something.

Oh FFS.

Can't wait until Madden comes out with a Storyline mode in which you're a thug coming up from the streets and the majority of it is playing football on the street in between street fighting Streets of Rage style.

If they did this sort of thing to NBA Jam, people would be up in arms over it.

Anyway, EA added a forum for the game and people are telling them it all sucks.

Here.

To be fair, it's cool that they're doing something different. And who knows, it MIGHT be good and it MIGHT be successful. I loved the colorful stuff so much, but if the gameplay is FUN and not an all-out sim, it has potential.

Almost thinking it could be a combination of SSX and Road Rash now, which would be pretty cool, especially with weapons.

But it's not SSX. They could/should remove the SSX from the title and just call it Deadly Decent because it has no resemblence to the old games in any way.

Then they can go and send another team off to make an actual SSX game.

Maybe they don't think an actual SSX game would go over well. This way, they have the name. It's a name people know, no matter how different the product is, people will buy it on name value alone.

If they had any inclination to actually make another SSX in the old style it would be made. Maybe they don't think it will sell. I don't think the Wii version did well, but I'm not sure on that.

Regardless, I don't have a problem with them reinventing it as much as I have a problem with it becoming a sim. But I do agree that, realistically, it should be a separate franchise.

SSX Blur did around 300,000 for sales on the Wii but the bigger problems were EA sort of half-assed the controls and critics were mostly split on the game being average.

I think the Skate team is making the new SSX game which explains the gritter and realistic feel instead of the traditional over-the-top action and characters that made the series popular in the first place.

Then again, EA has done a lot of WTF and dumb decisions for 2010 so it make sense they end the year with another bad decision.

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Fuck SSX, it's been shit since 3.

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is that what happens in black ops

Final Fantasy XIII
Resonance of Fate
NBA 07

Almost always playing a PS1 game. I put 100 hours into Final Fantasy IX on the thing. ANd now I am playing Final Fantasy 8. Sometimes I go on Netflix but I think it displays that cause I saw you on it once I think.

Guillermo Del Toro and THQ's newest game, inSane, announced to be part of a trilogy of games. It confirms the ending is either going to be a cliff hanger or end in a way that guarantees a sequel.

Seeing as THQ learned nothing from the Too Human fiasco of making a trilogy before getting any critical or consumer feedback, the odds on the series even making to a sequel would be slim.

The first game in the series is set for a 2013 release date.

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http://kotaku.com/5712916/uh+oh-guil...e-is-a-trilogy

Assman how come you never sent me a friend request. :shifty:

I played you in Call of Duty 4 on Xbox like 3 years ago

Nice. Sent my bud a link so when I head down to Miami next week I'll be able to give this a whirl. There's also a few streams of this up on Justin.tv every once and a while.

Gonna play SSX3 or Tricky in a bit.

They stopped making Metroid Prime Trilogy for Wii and now it's super expensive. Feel like the same thing is gonna happen with Super Mario All Stars. Wonder if it's worth it to buy it

would U recommend SSX Tricky on PS2 or Gamecube