Bought Destroy All Humans for the 360 because it was on sale, I liked the original and I'm an idiot. Terrible modeling, terrible graphics, terrible animation, dialogue audio randomly decides when it will and will not work and destroyed buildings collapse in a preset animation yet the air vents on the roof stay floating in the air for 5 seconds before just vanishing.

Stop buying shit because it's on sale.

Or at least look up a Let's Play or something.

It's a sickness!!

Today's News:
1) Sony has agreed to an early legal settlement regarding the 2011 PSN hacking class-action lawsuit with the overall amount at $15 million worth in free games and services although claims would be treated as a "first come, first served" type basis.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/so...ack/1100-4967/
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-agre...h-278570.phtml

2) GoG.com announces they launched Linux gaming support earlier than planned with around 50 games currently available for sale for Linux users.
http://www.destructoid.com/gog-com-n...e-278582.phtml

3) Double Fine studio announces they will be expanding their publishing services to help out more indie studios in the near future.
http://www.destructoid.com/double-fi...e-278560.phtml

4) Respawn Entertainment states the next update for Titanfall (Update #5) will include a new "Black Market" in-game currency system for purchases while also stressing they have no plans of ever including a real currency system.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ate-announced/

Today's News:
1) Update to the PSN hacking settlement news as the amount was revealed to be actually around $17.75 million with the breakdown of $6 million available to all PSN users who didn't take advantage of the Welcome Back program, $4 million available for those who did, and the rest split between other areas. The claims process itself won't start until May 2015 at the earliest.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/us-d...breach-lawsuit

2) Bioware recently released a teaser trailer for a new game they will be revealing during next month's Gamescom.
http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/biow...ame/2300-9265/
http://www.destructoid.com/bioware-s...d-278631.phtml

3) Update to Crytek's money woes news as the company claims their money problems was only a "transitional phase" and have recently secured new funds to pay both the staff and projects in development.
http://www.destructoid.com/crytek-in...f-278640.phtml

4) Update to Google buying Twitch for around $1 billion news as the deal was made official today with the Youtube division to be in charge of the service.
http://www.destructoid.com/google-bu...s-278598.phtml
http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/go...-video-empire/

Weekend News Edition
 

Namcon had several Tekken related news during Comic Con.

The first involves Tekken 7 with this game being the final in the Mishima saga. The trailer released was revealed to be an extended version of the one shown during EVO 2014.

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The other involves Tekken X Street Fighter with the good news being the game is still in development and the bad news being its not coming out any time soon. According to Tekken's producer, the main reason for its delay is due to other games having higher development priority and Namco has yet to decide on an official schedule for its development and release.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/tekk...-been-canceled

Like where the story is going this time. Last one was terrible.

Wow, that tear that Heihachi shed was kind of a haunting moment.

Interesting gameplay hints, but we'll see if it's enough to get us playing again. The wake-up system consideration is a good start.

Gamestop is running a promo starting today for the The Last of Us: Remastered. If you trade in the ps3 original version you get 50% off the ps4 version, knocking it down to $25.

Gonna do this now. Never got the DLC for the PS3 version because I moved on to the PS4 for the most part by the time it came out. Considering that comes with the PS4 version, this is now a good deal for me.

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Interesting use of 'fins' to make out a dress top for her, moving away from the 'naked fish girl' depiction.

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Definitely an action game on the casual end, but perfect for the the show. And it still has a hard mode that should be closer to how Platinum Games challenges players. A budget title on a budget price. Wish it had a Bloody Palace or multiplayer mode.

Today's News:
1) Capcom is considering speeding up development time for games from their major series with the goal of at least 1.5 years.
http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-wa...s-278738.phtml

2) Microsoft revealed the free games for August's Games With Gold promotion will be Crimson Dragon, Strike Suit Zero, Motorcross Madness, and Dishonored.
http://www.destructoid.com/august-ga...e-278728.phtml

3) Gamestop announces they will offer credit services in the near future with the new card to be tied into their PowerUp Rewards program and would have an interest rate of 27%.
http://www.destructoid.com/gamestop-...e-278712.phtml

4) Bioware revealed some early details for Mass Effect 4 with the game to focus more on exploration and an updated version of the Mako vehicle.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...t-mass-effect/

Very happy about the Mass Effect news. Always lamented the lack of exploration in Mass Effect after the first one.

Also, the Mako never controlled anywhere near as badly as some people made it out to be. In fact, I found it fun to use most of the time.

Today's News:
1) EA announces a new subscription-based program called EA Access with some details including access to a select number of games per month, ability to play pre-released games in some form, and a 10% discount on EA digital purchases. The program was revealed to cost $5 per month with a $30 per year option and currently exclusive to the Xbox One.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-o...box-one-owners
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...play-time.aspx

2) Blizzard announces Diablo III: Ultimate Edition will support cross-platform save importing including the ability to import saves from the Xbox 360 to PS4 version and PS3 to Xbox One version.
http://www.destructoid.com/diablo-ii...s-278811.phtml

3) Some Bravely Default related news:

• Square Enix revealed Bravely Default has sold around 1 million copies so far with the majority of sales coming from the US and Europe.
  http://www.destructoid.com/it-looks-...s-278716.phtml
• Jump magazine revealed some new details for Bravely Second in regards to a couple of jobs and characters in the game.
  http://www.destructoid.com/additiona...x-278735.phtml

I completely agree. I really missed the exploration aspect, thought it added an awesome layer of intrigue to the game. Also, I always felt that the Mako controlled fine. It's a space exploration vehicle of a tank style; it's not a freaking sports car.

If only Blizzard would allow PC saves to be ported to console. I have quite a few friends who play this on console instead but I'm not giving up 2 years of grinding and starting over. Stupid mistake on their part really.

I'm wondering how much $ MS ponied up for that EA exclusivity deal. I might give it a try for a month or 2 though, just to test the quality.

I hope EA is using a similar system for Dragon Age, from what I understand as of now they are using a system that lets you pick your choices for any decisions you made in past games. I have no idea what decisions I made in DA2 at this point for many of the choices and I never even met Fenris, which really sucked for the battle with the Arishok.

I will start anew in Inquisition or whatever.

Played the DAII demo and decided not to pick up the game. Watched the story via youtube and didn't feel as if I missed much.

Yeah the demo is what kept me from playing it for so long. I bought it on the cheap because I kept hearing how good it was, and kept it on my shelf for a long time because the demo, which is the opening tutorial, was pretty boring. After the first hour or so worth of game time, when you finally make it into town, it starts to pick up and ends up pretty compelling, but that first section is just no bueno.

The save overs from DA to DA2 were glitched anyway. I had dead people popping up in cameos during my DA2 playthrough.

Well that makes me feel better about the new system, also it's not going to be Hawke again anyway so it's not like it's Mass Effect with the same character and look carrying over.

Although I did like how my ME Shepard ended up looking like a young Chuck Norris in ME3 with the graphics updating each game. Wasn't conceived that way when I made him in ME1.

Today's News:
1) Update to the recent EA Access news as Sony stated they are not a supporter of EA's new program nor have any desire to negotiate to make it available for their platforms.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/so...ess/1100-4974/

2) Crytek has recently sold the rights to the Homfront series to their publisher Deep Silver with Deep Silver Dambuster Studios taking over as the new developer for Homefront: The Revolition.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/cr...ver/1100-4975/

3) Sony revealed the list of free games available for August's PS+ offerings which include Fez (all platforms), Crysis 3 (PS3 only), and Dragon's Crown (PS3, Vita).
http://www.destructoid.com/dragon-s-...h-278855.phtml

4) Nintendo fiscal quarter report revealed the company saw a $97 million loss for the quarter with slow 3DS sales as the main reason. In terms of software sales, Mario Kart 8 was the best selling game at 2.8 million copies or around over 50% of all games released by Nintendo.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-this-quarter/

Damn, wish Fez would have been on Games for Gold. I've heard great things.

I downloaded it n Xbox Live (only because at the time it wasnt available on PSN [and there were no plans to port it]) and its great. Worth your time if you like puzzle platformers.

Today's News:
1) Nintendo announces a Hyrule Warriors themed Nintendo Direct episode will occur on August 4th for North America and August 5th for Europe and Japan.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/prep...t-monday-night

2) Konami announces they will be livestreaming new gameplay footage and details for Metal Gear Solid V at next month's Gamescom event.
http://www.destructoid.com/konami-li...m-278910.phtml

3) Sony announces the open beta for Playstation Now has started today with the price of 4 Hour rentals lowered since the closed beta and the possibility for a subscription-based plan to be included in the near future.
http://www.destructoid.com/playstati...--278886.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/playstati...e-278901.phtml

4) Assassin's Creed: Rogue is currently rumored to be this year's Assassin's Creed game meant for the PS3 and Xbox 360 based on a recent retailer leak.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...x-360-and-ps3/

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7:32 best part!

One game...to rule them all!

Sony's looking silly rejecting an arguably better subscription service right before showing off a busted one.

I checked out PS Now a little while ago. I promptly laughed and exited that part of the store. They will have to change that pricing significantly or just go ahead and write that shit up as a lost cause.

Today's News:
1) Gearbox currently requesting to be dropped from the recent class action lawsuit regarding Aliens Colonial Marines while blaming Sega for the problems with the game's development and misleading press demos.
http://www.destructoid.com/gearbox-t...t-278952.phtml

2) Some Gamescom related news:

• Microsoft is planning on several "big reveals" during next month's Gamescom expo.
  http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-has-...m-278974.phtml
• Nintendo's lineup of games for Gamescom was revealed to be basically their lineup from June's E3 expo.
  http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...f-278976.phtml

3) Two long-time members of Naughty Dog have recently left the studio to join Infinity Ward.
http://www.destructoid.com/called-to...d-278977.phtml

Today's News:
1) The head of Nintendo's Indie program department, Dan Adelman, announces he has recently left the company.
http://kotaku.com/nintendos-indie-ch...ars-1615413692

2) The recent Bioshock teaser from 2K was revealed today to be for a mobile version of the game and arrives later this summer.
http://www.destructoid.com/that-bios...--279025.phtml

3) Update to the recent EA Access news as EA states their new service does not require a Xbox Live Gold account to be needed outside of online multiplayer.
http://www.destructoid.com/just-fyi-...d-279072.phtml

4) For those that play Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar, Mythic Entertainment announces they will be pulling all support for the game by the end of this month. It will be the studio's final job before officially shutting down.
http://www.destructoid.com/another-e...h-278979.phtml

The rumored Assassins' Creed title for PS3/X360 is confirmed. Called Assassins' Creed: Rogue.

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And ya know what, I think it looks like a better game than Unity right now.

Aaaaand Evolve is delayed to 2015. I went from having way too many games to play in October to absolutely none.

Destiny should last well past October :D

And DIII: Reaper of Souls too!

Today's News:
1) Capcom announces they are remaking the original Resident Evil again with the new remake to arrive in early 2015 for the PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, and Xbox One.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ca...ain/1100-4978/
http://www.destructoid.com/here-s-wh...d-279123.phtml

2) SALES - Microsoft announced several sales for this week on the Xbox Marketplace with the usual weekly Deals With Gold sale, a special Capcom themed sale with discounts ranging between 50-75% off, and several digital Xbox One games getting a $10 price cut.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...s-capcom-sale/

3) Epic Games announces they have recently purchased Pitbull Studio, developer of Silent Hill: Downpour and Gears of War: Judgment, and will be getting renamed as Epic Games UK.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...epic-games-uk/

Still gonna be cool.

I personally loved the 02 RE remake, that shit was scary from Lisa Trevor to Crimson Heads

Today's News:
1) Some Square Enix related news:

• One of Square Enix's Tokyo offices was recently raided by Japanese police as part of an on-going lawsuit regarding claims of mass copyright infringement done by the company.
  http://www.destructoid.com/cops-raid...k-279201.phtml
• Square Enix announces Sleeping Dogs will be getting the remake treatment for the Xbox One and PS4 with October 14th as its release date.
  http://www.destructoid.com/sleeping-...s-279185.phtml
• Square Enix currently holding a sale on PSN with several of their classic games on sale and prices ranging between $5 to $10.
  http://www.destructoid.com/huge-play...s-279165.phtml

2) Sony announces they have dropped all support for their Playstation Mobile service on Android devices.
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-is-k...d-279177.phtml

3) Freebies:

• EA reveals Wing Commander III will be the next game available for free for Origin owners as part of their On the House promotion.
  http://www.destructoid.com/wing-comm...n-279144.phtml
• For those interested, The Expendabros is currently available for free on Steam.
  http://store.steampowered.com/app/312990/