Today's News:
1) Double Fine states they have canceled all development for sci-fi sim Spacebase DF-9 although will still be releasing the current build as the final version of the game. The official reason was related to development costs becoming too high to continue work on the project.
http://www.destructoid.com/double-fi...9-281565.phtml

2) A recent trailer released for Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain reveals the ghost from Silent Hills P.T. makes an appearance within the game as a useable item.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-ghost...n-281535.phtml

3) In an interview with IGN, Final Fantasy XV's director Hajime Tabata hints Square Enix could consider making Final Fantasy games for the PS Vita if there is enough demand from series fans.
http://www.destructoid.com/final-fan...e-281536.phtml

4) For those interested, the Gauntlet reboot game was released today for Steam and costs $20.
http://www.destructoid.com/that-new-...c-281553.phtml

Today's News:
1) Some Ubisoft related news:
Ubisoft announces the dev team involved with Child of Light was recently promoted to "core" status within the company and are currently working on a new project.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/chil...rk-new-project
Ubisoft also announced the Wii U version of Watch Dogs will not have any DLC included nor be available for purchase.
http://www.destructoid.com/watch-dog...c-281609.phtml

2) Bethesda reveals The Evil Within will require 50 GB of hard drive space for the PC, 40 GB for the Xbox One and PS4, and 7 GB for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
http://www.destructoid.com/make-sure...n-281631.phtml

3) The free games for October's Games With Gold promotion were announced to be Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360), Darksiders II (Xbox 360), and Chariot (Xbox One).
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-gold-line-up/

4) FREEBIES - Steam version of Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ is currently available to play for free until September 29th as part of a special promotion by Namco.
http://www.destructoid.com/pac-man-c...1587.phtml#ext

Went to the store on my way home. Saw that new Disney Infinity 2.0 game with all the Marvel characters.

God fucking damn it. I'm going to end up buying that shit, I just know it.

Yeah never played the game before or even seen any footage but I kinda want them all.

Today's News:
1) For those interested in the Final Fantasy IV remake released today on Steam, the game costs $16. The only catch is the game is basically a straight port of the Android version which lacked several extras from the DS version and has no video options.
http://www.destructoid.com/chibi-fin...e-281648.phtml

2) Dracula X (SNES/PC Engine) and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) were revealed to be among the games planned for release on the Wii U's Virtual Console next month.
http://www.destructoid.com/we-re-get...r-281632.phtml

3) Some Ubisoft related news:

• Newest trailer for Far Cry 4 focuses on the game's main villain Pagan Min.
  http://www.destructoid.com/far-cry-4...p-281677.phtml
• Newest trailer for Assassin's Creed Unity focuses on player customization and co-op mode
  http://www.egmnow.com/platforms/pc/a...ion-and-co-op/
• The closed beta for The Crew on the Xbox One and PS4 was announced to start on September 30th
  http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-september-30/

Shadow of Mordor getting great reviews across the board. Wasn't expecting that to be honest.

That thing has an optional textures pack for pc that recommends GPUs with 6 gigs of VRAM. Never thought I'd have to tone down settings for anything anytime soon.

Holy shit, Freedom Planet is so fucking good.

Today's News:
1) According to From Software, Bloodborne has no chance of getting a PS3 port due to the way the game was developed for the PS4.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/bloo...g-fromsoftware

2) Bethesda states The Evil Within has reached gold status (mass production phase) with a new trailer released to celebrate the occasion.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-evil-...s-281818.phtml

3) Visceral Games is currently promising Battlefield: Hardline will not suffer the same issues that plagued Battlefield 4's launch last year. The studio states they've learned from the experience in dealing with Battlefield 4's mess and DICE is currently lending support for the game's launch.
http://www.destructoid.com/visceral-...h-281811.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tive-director/

4) A teaser image of Drake for Uncharted 4 was recently shown off by the lead designer of the game on Twitter.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...aracter-model/

Just curious, anyone sign up for The Crew beta test on the consoles? Anybody get a code?

Yeah me neither. I was expecting it to get fair to middling at best.

Definitely going to have to get it now.

OR you can watch Twitch streams and make sure.

Today's News:
1) Pokemon Company announces the Pokemon Trading Game is currently available for iOS devices while no news regarding a possible Android version.
http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/the-...pad/2300-9516/
http://www.destructoid.com/the-pok-m...w-281922.phtml

2) Digital service provider Green Man Gaming announces they are expanding their services to include working as a publisher for PC games with the new service to be called Green Men Loaded. The company also stated more details regarding their publishing service will arrive in the near future.
http://www.destructoid.com/green-man...d-281919.phtml

3) According to Ubisoft, nothing earned during the beta for The Crew will carry over to the full game with the official reason being the beta is focused more towards technical testing and fixes.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...nt-carry-over/

Don't like watching twitch streams. When I play the game, I feel like I've already been there, even if it was someone else playing. That's me though.

Could save you money.

Rarely, if ever buy a game I don't like.

I'm pretty good at scouting my purchases without watching the game itself.

Aye. I understand.

No, see this is the point where you continue to disagree and we state the same points over and over for 6 pages, before bringing intercourse with mothers into the discussion.

Seems like a Friday thing. We'll do that Friday.

Awww, I have to wait two more days?

Today's News:
1) SALES - Konami is currently having a sale on PSN with the bulk of the games on sale from the Metal Gear Solid series and the usual extra discounts for PS+ members.
http://www.destructoid.com/konami-ps...n-281936.phtml

2) Sony revealed the list of free games available for October's Playstation Plus offerings with Driveclub PlayStation Plus Edition (PS4) and Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3) among those listed.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/th...led/1100-5028/

3) According to Hideki Kamiya, the main reason Nintendo ended up as the publisher for Bayonetta 2 was because Sega had suddenly cut all funding for the project and all other publishers he went to refused to back the project. Also hinted again the game has no chance of ever being multiplatform as a response to the constant port begging.
http://www.destructoid.com/kamiya-re...l-281955.phtml

Kamiya explained this a million times.

Today's News:
1) Sony announces they are hiking up the price of Playstation Plus in several countries with the reasoning being due to “various market conditions.” This would make it the second time this year Sony has hiked up the price of PS related stuff.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sony...ies-53-percent

2) Telltale Games revealed some new details regarding the PS4 and Xbox one versions of the Walking Dead series with Season One to arrive as a physical release on October 14 while Season 2 will get both a digital and physical release on October 21th. In regards to last gen consoles, the physical version of Season 2 arrives on October 21st (24th in Europe).
http://www.destructoid.com/both-seas...h-282026.phtml

3) For those interested, Nintendo is currently giving away as a gift a Super-Size Pumpkaboo for Pokemon X & Y while also holding a special online competition allowing the use of the new monster this month.
http://www.destructoid.com/trick-or-...o-281996.phtml

I don't remember mine doing that.

Today's News:
1) For those familiar with the recent GamerGate controversy, Intel announced they have pulled ad support for website Gamasutra which was targeted as a big "pro-SJW" (Social Justice Warrior) website by the group. In depth details on the story and Gamergate itself in the link below.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/2/68...ds-from-gaming

2) Angry Birds developer Rovio states they will be laying off around 130 employees soon with the official reason related to restructuring needs.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/angr...ore-simplified

3) 343 Industries states the previously PC exclusive maps from Halo Combat Evolve and Halo 2 will be included in the upcoming Halo: Master Chief Collection set for the Xbox One.
http://www.destructoid.com/halo-ce-s...n-282056.phtml

4) SALES - Sony is holding a special promotion on PSN from now until October 28th which involves spending $100 on the Playstation Store and in return get $15 back in store credit as a gift.
http://www.destructoid.com/if-you-sp...k-282043.phtml

This gamergate nonsense is so fucking stupid.

Have heard of it but have not idea what it's about.

It started with legit complaints about the ethics of a few feminist gamers, and then just balooned into ridiculousness.

As well as complaints towards a few articles that implied being a gamer was now a bad status symbol because of bad on-going issues within the hobby. Then spread into hating anyone who hinted at SJW stuff or criticized the direction GamerGate was turning to.

I definitely disagree that the label "gamer" is a bad status symbol, but it has become a bit dated, if you ask me.

I've followed GamerGate since the very start and any questions you have I can answer. I can tell you it only got wild when the SJW game journalists escalated the situation. They are absolutely in the wrong. Conveying this to casual onlookers is admittingly difficult, but recent changes to receptive game sites (disclosing disclaimers on articles) and companies pulling ads shows that there are certainly issues worth bringing up.

A writer for Gamasutra was a big reason Intel pulled ads from that site. She was extremely toxic to gamers and her career is basically on borrowed time. There's still some ways to go since the rabbit gets deep as fuck. It all seems to trail back to Feminist academia which is why game sites were suddenly interested in social criticism of games and pop culture in general ("Tomb Raider is a Rapists Fantasy and Here's Why", "Ten Reasons Street Fighter Validates Urban Violence" are the kinds of headlines we've seen more and more the last four years).

If it stopped there it would honky dory; just go to another site, right? Except most major gaming sites are managed by a single PR company who has roots in Feminists/SJW ideology. A few weeks ago in response to a major revelation concerning a female developer, these game sites all coordinated over ten articles saying Gamer/Gaming is dead within two days. This bolstered GamerGate activists to look deeper and BOY did things get interesting from there.

Even the article posted above is slanted as hell, ignoring why gamers went after Gamasutra's ad revenue. MANY mainstream sites put out articles like this.

The SJW are wrong, but as usual the internet goes way too far with the backlash.

It's just the escalation of the situation that I think is ridiculous.

Alien: Isolation seems to be getting less than favorable reviews.

Fuck's sake. The one game I want that doesn't get delayed.

And for god's sake, can we just get one quality Alien game? Just one. Hell, I'll even take a good Predator game.

What backlash has gone too far? Name any other industry that allows employees to compare their customers to ISIS on Twitter, not even afraid of losing their job.

Weekend News Edition
 

Twitch announces they are going to be cracking down on streamers who do promotional-like streaming but don't disclose their relationship with a company. While the policy has been in place for a while at Twitch, the company decided after constant feedback to do a better enforcement of these rules.

It will also keep the company in compliance with the FCC who has rules against non-disclosing gifts and false advertising.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/twit...tional-streams

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That is terrifying.

Villager Tree KOs in Smash is my new favourite thing