Today's News:
1) Firaxis studio announces tomorrow they will be revealing a brand new IP game currently in development.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/civa...ave-new-ip-you

2) Naughty Dog states they will be making several "anniversary"-related announcements during this year as part of the studio's 30th anniversary with the first announcement being an official artbook dedicated to their games.
http://www.destructoid.com/naughty-d...r-273170.phtml

3) Update to Gamespy servers shutting down soon as EA announces they are currently working on a fix for several of their Battlefield games to allow online multiplayer to continue once the Gamespy server network is shut down.
http://www.destructoid.com/ea-workin...y-273167.phtml

4) Harmonix states their major goal for this console generation is to revive the Rock Band and Dance Central series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...is-generation/

Hell yes. Ready for more Rockband goodness.

LETS ROOOOOOCK

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>People writing that &quot;HARMONIX IS BRINGING ROCK BAND BACK&quot; as a takeaway from this talk are pretty willfully misrepresenting what was said.</p>&mdash; johntdrake (@johntdrake) <a href="https://twitter.com/johntdrake/statuses/454648034245505025">April 11, 2014</a></blockquote>
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FUUUUUUUCK

Just bought Fifa. update and install garbage taking forever on my shit internet. Miss the days when you could buy a game, bring it home, and just start playing.

Might join Spilchuk in his retro venture.

So am I the only one who's disappointed that the new IP Firaxis announced was just another Civilization game. But in space.

Now that I have a game capture card, I think im going to dig up some old footage of games that never had capability to save online.

I think I'll start with the epic Street Fight IV series between Funky Fly and I during the TPWW tourny.

You still have those replays?

Heck yes I do. Saved them onto my 360 back in 2010.

Only problem is, I was looking through the old tourny thread and he nor I did a recap, So i need to sit and try to remember in what order the fights took place.

Recording now.

Do you have any of the Guitar Hero 'World Tour' era games? I need footage of this song I made.

Ill check it out.

Man, forgot how fun these tournaments were. I was actually getting pretty good at fighters (something Ive traditionally been terrible at)

Play Killer Instinct.

Evil Within trailer

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Looks pretty awesome

Yeah, I'm liking that Not-Resident Evil. Liking Not-Mega-Man as well.

I could use some Not-Power Stone, and whatever else Capcom refuses to do or do right.

Has anyone here played Forza 5? Does it have any sort of off road racing in it? Been playing Dirt 2 a little lately and it's fun, but I was planning on getting Forza when I get my XB1 so I was figuring it might kill 2 birds with one stone as it's hard to say when the next Dirt game will appear.

So far, no. The worst thing about Forza 5 is the lack of tracks at this time. They have a "Rally" division, which I was excited to try, but sad to find out it is only the car type that fits "rally" and not actual rally racing :(

I would rent it for 2-3 days and see what you think. I bought it and AC Black Flag with my system, I haven't touched Forza in about a month.

They did just add a new track from California, but still, not many tracks at all. :|

That's what made me hesitant about it to begin with, but I've seen it come packaged with the system so I thought it might be cool. But I figure with the way they roll out DLC, and the fact I probably won't get it for a few more months when I'm able to finish off my 360 library that maybe they would have more tracks by that time and hopefully some dirt.

Dirt and even some rain and/or night driving would be nice additions as well. So far, none of that exists :(

Today's News:
1) More updates to Gamespy server shutdown as Crytek states they are not working on a patch for Crysis and Crysis 2 with both games to join the list of games to no longer support online multiplayer after May 31st.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...ting-down.aspx

2) SALES - GOG.com announces the week long "Battle of the Games" promotion has started, involves fan voting for discounts, and each daily winning game gets a 75% discount. Nintendo states starting on April 22nd,
five of their games on the 3DS eshop will be getting a permanent price drop (around 25% off).
http://www.destructoid.com/gog-com-b...o-273230.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...s-273216.phtml

3) According to recent rumors, Valve's Steam Machine controller and consoles are expected to be released this Fall.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ing-this-fall/

4) Penny Arcade announces starting next year, they will be holding three PAX expos per year with the new one to be called PAX South and to be located in San Antonio, Texas.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/penn...ry-san-antonio

Maaan...dunno what happened, but im missing replays!

Luckily I have the final fight in our series, which was the epic, winner-take-all Abel mirror match.

Really don't understand why the Mario Kart series hasn't expanded to include other Nintendo franchises.

So many track possibilities.

Winner moves onto the next round. So wish I had all the matches...

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Breathless is such a great Ultra.

Ugh, fuck that move.

Today's News:
1) SALES - Microsoft currently is holding two sales this week on XBLA for the Xbox 360 with one being a general Spring Sale offering mostly DLC packs ranging between 33% to 75% off. Both sales end by April 21st.
http://majornelson.com/2014/04/15/xb...als-with-gold/

2) Some Square Enix related news as the company announces they have shut down their India branch with their South American branch rumored to be closing next. The company also revealed their mobile game division will be developing several SaGa and Mana series games likely for mobile devices this year.
http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...s-273279.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...p-273281.phtml

3) Durign a recent Q&A session, Ubisoft's Michel Ancel teased an update for Beyond Good & Evil 2 which ended up being concept art for a newly redesigned Jade character.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...od-and-evil-2/

4) According to Oculus VR, they have managed sell around 85,000 kits of the Oculus Rift with sales of the recent dev kit being around 25,000 units.
http://www.destructoid.com/oculus-ri...0-273278.phtml

Today's News:
1) Bungie's lead composer, Marty O'Donnell, states he has been fired by the studio with him hinting it was not a mutual decision.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ma...gie/1100-4897/

2) Some Square Enix related news as the company reveals Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn currently has around 2 million registered accounts. Sony announces they are selling off all their shares in Square Enix which is expected to generate around $47 million in revenue (9.52 million shares).
http://www.destructoid.com/over-two-...n-273323.phtml
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sony...es-square-enix

3) Update to yesterday's Beyond Good & Evil 2 news as Ubisoft clarifies Michel Ancel trolled the Q&A since the image shown wasn't from anything related to the sequel and instead is concept art from the original game. Ancel himself hinted Beyond Good & Evil 2 isn't in development right now at Ubisoft.
http://www.destructoid.com/don-t-let...p-273307.phtml

4) For those interested and in Europe, Nintendo is currently rumored to be releasing a Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundle on May 30th.
http://www.gonintendo.com/s/226373-r...pe-on-may-30th

I wonder if O'Donnell and McCartney didn't see eye to eye on the Destiny music?

In any case he is more than welcome to head to 343 and lay down some tracks for Halo 5. This guy can write his own checks; he's the Hanz Zimmer of games. Hell, if he starts doing movies, he could give Hanz a run for his money.

Gamestop told me I cant preorder Battletoads.

wut

Did you preorder for Wii or Wii U? They let me for my Wii U.

Today's News:
1) Activision states the Xbox One version of The Amazing Spiderman 2 has been indefinitely delayed while the other platform versions are still on track for next month's release.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/amaz...itely-xbox-one
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...g-spider-man-2

2) Some Playstation related news as Sony announces 7 million PS4s have been sold so far, the upcoming PS4 frimware update 1.7 will focus mainly on game pre-loading and video editing features, and the company states 4K tvs supporting Playstation Now are expected to arrive this June.
http://www.destructoid.com/ps4-sales...n-273357.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/ps4-addin...n-273392.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/4k-tvs-th...e-273384.phtml

3) A new game in the Prince of Persia series is currently rumored to be in development at Ubisoft with the game also rumored to be a 2.5D type game running on the UbiArt engine.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...n-development/

Loved the first Amazing Spiderman game, might preorder the sequel.

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Took 11 years but this may be as good as Spider-Man 2.

I'm seriously tempted now.

Today's News:
1) SALES - Sony is currently holding a flash sale on PSN with around 30 games available for 99 cents each. Toys R'Us is currently holding an unannounced sale for Wii U games with sales ranging between 25% to 50% off.
http://www.destructoid.com/tokyo-jun...n-273462.phtml
http://www.gonintendo.com/s/226572-t...earance-prices

2) During an interview with Destructoid, the lead designer for Civilization: Beyond Earth at Firaxis studio reveals Neil deGrasse Tyson's tv series Cosmos was a big source of inspiration for the project.
http://www.destructoid.com/civilizat...s-273439.phtml

3) According to the NDP, Titanfall was the highest selling game for the month of March with Infamous: Second Son and South Park: the Stick of Truth in the top 3. The PS4 was also revealed to have outsold the Xbox One during the month as well.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ells-xbox-one/

This looks badass. Kinda reminds me of how the Batman games shifted when the Arkham titles started being made. Webbing through the city looked really fun :D

First Spiderman game I have wanted to purchase in YEARS. Now if only a Superman game could catch a similar break. Also, a Justice League game in this style would be very welcome!

Been trying to find a name for the guy who created Megaman, but coming up with nothing. Everyone always just says Inafune created Megaman, But he didn't. And Inafune himself only ever refers to him as "mentor" or "project supervisor". Never by name.

You'd think someone who created such a phenomenon would be more known, even if he hasn't been in the industry in a long time. I'm thinking he did something that got him blackballed, and no one even says his name anymore. Only reason I can think of why this guy and his accomplishments have been wiped from history.

During a special event at the 2007 Tokio Game Show, Inafune revealed that he was not responsible for the creation of Mega Man himself. "I'm often called the father of Mega Man, but actually, his design was already created when I joined Capcom," he explained. "My mentor (Capcom senior member Akira Kitamura), who was the designer of the original Mega Man, had a basic concept of what Mega Man was supposed to look like. So I only did half of the job in creating him. I didn't get to completely design a Mega Man [protagonist] from scratch until Zero (Mega Man X, SNES). Back when the SNES was coming out, I was asked to give Mega Man a redesign, so I created this character. But I realized that this design wouldn't be accepted as Mega Man, so I had another designer create the new Mega Man, and I worked on Zero to release him as the 'other main character' that would steal all the good scenes!

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/tgs.../1100-6179759/

That guy?