Today's News:
1) Tecmo announces Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z will be expanding to include the PC platform and is currently expected to be released on the same day as the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/yaiba-nin...m-263218.phtml

2) The new CEO of Square Enix, Yosuke Matsuda, states the company must do some serious reforming in order to get out of their current financial problems with him hinting at the possibility of a new strategy focusing a lot more on DLC and/or microtransactions.
http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...y-263167.phtml

3) According to Nintendo, they will consider including a Cross-Buy system for the Wii U and 3DS only if the demand by developers is high enough to make it a real possibility.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/35639

4) Infinity Ward states all versions of Call of Duty: Ghosts will support dedicated versions and not just the Xbox One as previously speculated.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-all-versions/

Capcom and Squenix thinking DLC and microtransactions will save their financial issues rather than returning to the game design philosophies that made them will be their ultimate downfall, particularly Capcom - who will suffer THQ's fate in just a few years.

DLC and Microtransactions are probably the only reason we're seeing Sleeping Dogs get a sequel.

Today's News:
1) For those in the UK and pre-ordered a PS4 from SimplyGames, Eurogamer has reported the retailer has given an artificial price hike on the console with their official reason being them getting less consoles than originally planned. The price hike was revealed to be around £65.
http://www.destructoid.com/simplygam...--263273.phtml

2) Musical composer Cliff Martinez accidentally reveals Far Cry 4 is currently in development during an interview about projects he is currently working on.
http://www.destructoid.com/composer-...4-263237.phtml

3) Keiji Inafune states he would have no problem if Capcom requested to be the publisher for Mighty No. 9 or have Mega Man be included in the game although stated they would need to provide a strong enough reason and terms to make it possible.
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=214064

4) According to recent court documents related to THQ, EA had considered buying out THQ a year before THQ declared bankruptcy but ended up backing away after several talks and a "high-level" meeting.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/9/482...rupt-say-court

Man, just imagine if EA had bought THQ. Saints Row would have a six hour story mode and a ton of on-disc DLC...Oops.

Woohoo. Far Cry 4 in the works.

Picked up the Hydule Historia book today. Fucking gorgeous, and highly reccomended.

Just wish they had less Skyward Sword (a game I've yet to play) and more of the other games.

Who knows though? I may play skyward sword, and it could end up being my favorite.

Today's News:
1) Update to yesterday's EA/THQ news as THQ has filed a lawsuit against EA claiming EA purposely deceived them with buyout talks in order to get Zuffa to terminate the THQ deal and cheaply snag the license away.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...-ufc-game.aspx
http://www.destructoid.com/thq-sues-...e-263349.phtml

2) Konami announces the release date for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection set will be on November 5th for North America and November 8th for Europe. The set will cost $30 (£30) and will be available for both the Xbox 360 and PS3.
http://www.destructoid.com/lords-of-...r-263298.phtml

3) Freebies - Online retailer GOG.com is holding a special promotion from now until October 17 involving a free copy of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition being given away for every purchase made.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...for-next-week/

Today's News:
1) For those in the UK and interested in Pokemon X&Y, Game and Gamestop have started to sell the game early even though Nintendo has warned retailers not to. Their official reasoning was since one retailer already broke the date, everyone else won't wait anymore.
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=214345

2) Game Informer has reported similar to the Xbox One, non-PS4 headsets will not be compatible at launch with only the Playstation Pulse model and any that use a USB connection to be made compatible with a future post-launch system update.
http://www.destructoid.com/ps4-your-...l-263399.phtml

3) Capcom is currently holding a special 30th Anniversary sale on Steam with all Capcom games on sale, sales ranging between the 50% to 75% range, and the sale lasting till October 14.
http://www.destructoid.com/every-cap...w-263388.phtml

MM 25: Megaman & Megaman X Complete Works came in the mail today, and it makes Hyrule Hystoria look like a geocities fanpage.

Everything is covered, even the soccer and kart racing games, and there's a fuckton of commentary from Inafune and other artists and developers throughout the series run.

Megaman Soccer for the fucking win!

Today's News:
1) Activision Blizzard announced they have managed to complete their buyout from majority owner Vivendi with the final total being around $8.2 billion. Activision itself bought around $5.8 billion worth in shares from Vivendi.
http://www.destructoid.com/activisio...t-263467.phtml

2) According to Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma, the next Zelda game currently in development for the Wii U is very likely to feature a brand new version of Hyrule.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/zeld...ure-new-hyrule

3) Telltale Games teases the official debut and details regarding The Walking Dead: Season 2 will be occurring later this month.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...season-2-news/

Every fucking zelda game has a "new hyrule"... wtf

Probably the future Hyrule they wanted to do in LttP.

Today's News:
1) Some Ubisoft related news as both Watch Dogs and The Crew have been delayed till early to mid 2014, the company has lowered their financial expectations by around €450 million for the fiscal year, and Rayman Legends along with Splinter Cell Blacklist sold below their expectations.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/wa...014/1100-4765/
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=214593
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=214628

2) According to DICE, the Xbox 360 version of Battlefield 4 comes with 2 discs and has an optional install ranging between 2GB (min) to 12GB (full). DICE recommends a full installation to be done in order to have the "best" experience possible.
http://www.destructoid.com/battlefie...d-263593.phtml

WHAT?!

Splinter Cell Blacklist did not meet their expectations? I'm calling bullshit on that one.

Why is 'best' in quotations? lol

Today's News:
1) Eidos Montreal states the Thief reboot game will not feature an experience-based system due to them wanting to improve the motivation towards the stealing aspect of the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...vate-stealing/

2) Some more Ubisoft related news as the backlash from yesterday's conference call caused the company's shares value to drop by around 25%. They are also expecting Assassin's Creed IV to fall short of the sales numbers AC III did last year.
http://dromble.com/2013/10/16/ubisof...r-recent-news/
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=214688

Today's News:
1) Valve reveals Ikaruga is among the next batch of around 37 games recently approved from their Steam Greenlight service.
http://www.destructoid.com/ikaruga-m...t-263692.phtml

2) Insomniac Games announces the retail version of Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus will include a free digital copy of Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty as a gift. They also announced the game has been delayed in Europe with the new release date set for November 20.
http://www.destructoid.com/free-ques...s-263730.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...lay-in-europe/

3) The developer of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, 2K Marin, confirms layoffs have recently occurred at the studio although no official reason nor the amount of employees released was given. The majority of The Bureau team was hinted to have been laid off.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-with-layoffs/
http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/17/48...rgoing-layoffs

So the Arkham games are migrating from GFWL to Steam. Hopefully other games do this.

Don't ask questions

Today's News:
1) Update to the recent 2K Marin news as it appears the studio wasn't just hit with layoffs but has also been shut down by Take Two.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...tirely-reports

2) Capcom states they will begin soon to remove the Games for Windows service from all their PC games although gave no other details nor dates for the games impacted by this process.
http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-to...s-263817.phtml

3) Microsoft announces the Xbox Live Games With Gold promotion has been expanded into a permanent feature for Xbox Live Gold users. The service was originally planned to be a temporary service leading up to the release of the Xbox One and end of 2013.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-beyond-2013/

4) According to a recent posting made on LinkedIn, Rockstar's New England studio is currently developing a next-gen game based on one of Rockstar's "famous" IPs.
http://www.destructoid.com/-next-ver...r-263812.phtml

Nice. Been really enjoying games for gold.

Haven't been able to download any of the games for gold due to shitty region locking.

RDR.

Could be or Bully.

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GTA V next-gen port. With 24plyr Free Roam and Liberty City added.

They have mentioned recently that they really want to return to the bully series.

Nothing beats Skyward Sword IMO when it comes to Zelda games. Best music, boss battles and best story by far.

Still not finished it. Can't read my Hyrule Historia book until I do.

Today's News:
1) Guerrilla Games states the campaign mode for Killzone Shadow Fall is around 10 hours long while co-op missions and vehicles in multiplayer will not be playable at launch.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/kil.../1100-6415687/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...les-at-launch/

2) Microsoft states the Xbox One headset adapter needed for both Xbox 360 headsets and 3rd party Xbox One headsets is currently planned to be arriving by early 2014.
http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-one-...4-263911.phtml

3) Bungie announces every day this week they will be giving away beta codes for Destiny on the game's official Twitter account.
http://www.destructoid.com/destiny-g...k-263950.phtml

Today's News:
1) Sony is currently holding a "Sale of the Dead" promotion on PSN which starts today and lasts till November 4th with horror/Halloween based games going on sale every day.
http://www.destructoid.com/scary-goo...y-264028.phtml

2) Both Valve and GOG.com have recently yanked the game Dark Matter from their online stores after complaints against InterWave studio misleading customers into thinking they are buying a full game when instead its an episodic-based game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...g-controversy/

3) The next game in the Alien series was recently revealed to be named Alien: Isolation, is being developed by Creative Assembly, will be a first person shooter, and rumored to star Amanda Ripley as the main character.
http://www.destructoid.com/new-alien...r-263988.phtml

lol yes Dark Matter caused a lot of amusement on steam along with Day One: Garry's Incident.

Dear Sega, don't outsource this project, especially not to Gearbox.

It's gonna be ass.

So is CoD: Ghosts, but people will still buy it.

Today's News:
1) Konami states they are considering including a PC version for Castlevania Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate HD but it won't be happening anytime soon.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...fate-hd-to-pc/

2) Based on a statement released by Irrational Games, the Golden Joystick Awards will be naming Ken Levine as their inaugural winner for their Lifetime Achievement award later this year.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...evement-honor/

Fuck you, dude. Ghosts lets you play as a dog. Has any Aliens game let you?

Check. Mate.

Funny thing is, there are Alien games where you played as an Alien, while you can't play as CoD Dog - who's the most pathetic next-gen shooter sell ever. I mean, seriously.