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Today's News:
1) Some Microsoft related news:
2) According to a leaked memo, Sony is currently beta testing firmware update 2.5 which includes support to suspend/resume games from standby mode. Other features arriving include the ability to remove 0% games from the trophy list and 60FPS video support for Share Play. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-be-suspended/ 3) Some Valve related news:
4) Fullbright studio confirmed rumors of Gone Home's console development being cancelled with issues regarding their publisher Majesco as the main reason. http://www.destructoid.com/gone-home...s-288670.phtml |
I am still wholly and utterly confused about every single aspect of Steam Machines. Like... is it supposed to be a PC gaming machine? Isn't that... what a PC is for? You can build a bleeding edge PC and install SteamOS on it for way cheaper than those prices. I simply do not understand.
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I hate to be negative about it because I love everything Valve touches but I can't see this as anything but a colossal failure.
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You have outlined why it will never be profitable for them.....
Unless (and there is a very HIGH probability of this) people are too lazy/stupid to realize this and/or do exactly what you said. |
But PC gamers on the whole are exactly the opposite of that (lazy/stupid)
Like, if it's marketed towards console gamers wanting to get into the PC scene, that's one thing, but even then why would someone with a PS4/XB1 shell out a minimum of $500 for another console that takes more work to get running? I don't know. Feels like I'm missing the super-obvious point of this |
Add me to your mix, I fail to see the point too. Same with NVIDIA shield.
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Today's News:
1) Update to last week's PS+ March games as Sony revealed Dishonored was pulled because it was meant as a freebie for April and not for March's list of free games. http://www.screwattack.com/news/dish...ion-plus-april 2) SALES - For those in the UK, PSN is having a sale today with a 10% discount code available for a single checkout purchase. http://www.destructoid.com/uk-psa-10...y-288817.phtml 3) A trailer for Episode 2 of Tales from the Borderlands called "Atlas Mugged" was revealed during Pax East 2015 along with a release date of March 17th. http://www.destructoid.com/tales-fro...s-288757.phtml 4) Gearbox recently teased at the possibility for a new game in the Brothers in Arms series arriving in the near future. http://www.destructoid.com/gearbox-h...s-288760.phtml |
I think Alienware is coming out with a console too.
Maybe all these PC consoles can be updated like a PC, but it's streamlined in a way that us dumb consoletards can easily perform? So it's basically giving you the higher power capabilities, and upgrading capabilities of a PC without having to learn the intricacies of a gaming PC? I dunno |
No Killer App. No go. Until they understand that, they'll all fail.
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Today's News:
1) Dontnod studio teases they want to work on a sequel to Remember Me after they finish work on Life is Strange. Already have the writing done for Remember Me 2 but need Capcom to approve the project. http://www.destructoid.com/remember-...d-288868.phtml 2) Microsoft announces Kudo Tsunoda, presenter of Project Natal at E3 2009, has been promoted as the new head boss for several of their studios dev teams. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ami.../1100-6425805/ http://www.destructoid.com/remember-...t-288843.phtml 3) First tech demo trailer for sci-fi shooter "Project Bluestreak" from Cliffy B's Boss Key Productions studios was revealed during last week's GDC. Besides the trailer, the game was announced to be running on Unreal Engine 4 and Epic Games is helping out with its development. http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/here...ak/2300-10006/ http://www.destructoid.com/cliffy-b-...4-288879.phtml |
Remember Me was a game with potential, but a little too flawed to keep my interest enough to finish it.
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Today's News:
1) Some Playstation related news:
2) FREEBIES - In honor of Titanfall's One Year Anniversary, Respawn Entertainment are currently giving away all of the game's DLC for free as a gift. http://www.screwattack.com/news/tita...-all-platforms 3) Sega announces they are currently working together with developer Game Freaks on a new side-scrolling action game called Tembo the Badass Elephant. The game is set to be released this summer for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. http://www.destructoid.com/sega-and-...t-288913.phtml 4) According to Microsoft, they will be a lot more helpful and open towards indie support for the upcoming Windows 10 PC release. http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-to-i...e-288897.phtml |
Just like Arkham Knight getting pushed into summer time for extra time to get everything right for the final chapter, I have no issues with Uncharted going into next year. All I hope is after 3 games, they get the gunplay right.
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Today's News:
1) The closed alpha for the PC version of Rainbow Six Siege is currently available for signups. http://www.destructoid.com/homewreck...a-288960.phtml 2) According to publisher Deep Silver, Homefront: The Revolution has been delayed till TBA 2016 with Dambuster studio as the game's developer. Majority of the staff at Dambuster studio are former members of Crytek UK. http://www.destructoid.com/homefront...6-288957.phtml 3) Turtle Rock Studios announces a free DLC map pack will be arriving on March 31st as a timed exclusive for the Xbox One while the PS4 and PC versions will get the pack on April 30th. http://www.destructoid.com/evolve-s-...g-288956.phtml 4) Avalanche Studios currently holding an online fan vote to determine the contents for Just Cause 3's collector's edition. http://www.destructoid.com/the-just-...e-288922.phtml |
Bought Ori and the Blind Forest today. Thought it got delayed to late summer, but oh well, it was a nice surprise to see it available on the marketplace. Probably won't get to it til the weekend tho, as I've also picked up GTA V, and I want to jump into that right away.
Still. Can't wait to fire up Ori. Looks like my kind of game. |
That's a lot of choices to be included in that Just Cause 3 collector's edition. I'm willing to bet it'll be a hefty price tag if all the "expensive stuff" gets voted in.
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Today's News:
1) Bayonetta 2's director Yusuke Hashimoto stated if given the chance to work on an existing IP, he would like to develop a Spider-Gwen game from the Spiderman comic series. http://www.destructoid.com/bayonetta...e-289023.phtml 2) During a recent interview with IGN, Respawn Entertainment confirmed Titanfall 2 is currently in development and will be a multiplatform game. http://www.destructoid.com/a-titanfa...m-288974.phtml 3) During last night's BAFTA show, Tim Schafer teased he'd be open to the idea of making a new Psychonauts game in the future. http://www.destructoid.com/tim-schaf...s-289016.phtml 4) According to reports, Warner Bros has dropped all plans to release the Five Armies DLC pack which was meant to resolve the cliffhanger ending in Lego: The Hobbit game. The original plan was to release the DLC pack in time for the Five Armies film but that got quietly canned. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...rmies-dlc.aspx 5) From Software states Bloodborne will have the toughest New Game Plus mode they've ever created. http://www.screwattack.com/news/bloo...own-developers |
TellTale announced Season 3 of The Walking Dead game...............................yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
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Today's News:
1) Some Microsoft related news:
2) Activision announces Infinity Ward's former lead designer, Todd Alderman, has rejoined the studio while executive producer Mark Rubin has left the gaming industry. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...-alderman.aspx 3) Episode 2 of Life is Strange was announced to be getting released on March 24th. http://www.destructoid.com/life-is-s...d-289111.phtml 4) According to rumors and supposed concept art, canceled plans for a Kingdom Hearts mobile game would have included characters from Star Wars, Frozen, Wreck It Ralph, and other Disney-owned films. http://www.destructoid.com/cancelled...s-289074.phtml 5) Some Capcom related news:
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I bought, played, and beat Ori and the Blind Forest over the weekend.
I really enjoyed this, and any fan of the Metroidvania style games should check it out. It is a quite short for a game of this type, but a lot of that has to do with everything being easy to find. There are even abilities that reveal the locations of power ups on the map. Ori controls beautifully, and there are bunch of abilities you learn along the way that make him(her?) even more of a blast. You get abilities through both story progression and through skill trees that you unlock through collecting spirit points. You get these from defeating enemies and stomping poor defenseless plants. The most interesting is the save system. There are a few save spots throughout the world, but they are very sparse. The way you save your progress the majority of the time is creating your own save point. Like a save state on an emulator. However when you create a save point it takes a block of energy away from a meter you are given. The energy in this meter is also used to open doors, and for big charge attack. I should also note that it is only possible to access the skill tree at a created save point. This creates a great level of depth to the game, where you have to think carefully on how to best use your energy......until about a third of the way into the game, when you've collected enough meter extensions to where it;s not even an issue anymore. Seriously, this was a great idea, but it is completely underutilized, thanks to the abundance of power ups. The game is freaking gorgeous. It is definitely one of those "indy game making a case for games as art" types. The soundtrack is hauntingly beautiful. The difficulty isn't particularly challenging. I died plenty of times, don't get me wrong, but they were mostly dumb mistakes, and I never felt anything was truly challenging outside of the escape sections. Oh yeah, that's the other thing. In lieu of boss battles they have these escape sequences that finish off each section of the map. They're fun, and as I said, more challenging than the other parts of the game, but I think they should have thrown in a couple bosses too. This type of game just feels like something is missing without them. That brings me to my rant. I know it's kind of a tired and cliched thing to say, but.....wow, today's gamers are pussies. I've been seeing this game get a lot of criticism. Why? The escape sequences are "TOO HARD". I'm not even that great of a platformer, and I was able to beat all of them in a handful of tries. Mean while, all these people are saying it's "cheap bullshit". No. It's not. Everything in these sections is fair. And in fact, I can see someone who is exceptionally good at platformers beating them on their first or second try. Anyone who says the challenges in this game are cheap, doesn't know the definition of the word. They should pick up an NES and find out. The problem isn't with the game. The problem is they suck. Sorry. Had to get that off my chest. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyhoo, while it's short and has a few other minor flaws, it's still a lot of fun, and at $20 bucks, I don't think the brevity is even an issue. |
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Rayman Legends is a challenging game for sure. I am on the level called "All Hell Breaks Loose" or something like that, and GOD DAMN the last section of that game where you have to drop walls while sliding down and moving saws, wall running, flipping from side to side.... it is definitely hard. I don't feel like it is cheap though, just matter of the correct button sequence and timing. Solid post man (y) Quote:
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Today's News:
1) Nintendo announces they have formed a partnership with DeNA for the development of mobile games. The new deal is being implied to also include the small possibility of Nintendo games arriving on PC and Nintendo dropping the characters/IPs restriction for mobile games. http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ni...ket/1100-5183/ 2) Square Enix announces they will be debuting a new JRPG later this year for the PS4 and Xbox One. http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...r-289178.phtml 3) SALES & FREEBIES:
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FFXV Episode Duscae = Incredible. I think they may finally be back on track with this one.
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Tried to DL a god damn demo and it told me "bundle only".
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Today's News:
1) According to EA, DDoS attacks are being blamed as the source of connectivity problems for Battlefield Hardline's launch on the Xbox One. http://www.screwattack.com/news/xbox...99s-launch-day 2) SALES:
3) Gearbox revealed how save transferring will work for Borderlands Handsome Collection with the biggest restrictions being nothing from Claptrap's Secret Stash nor Golden Keys are transferable. http://www.destructoid.com/gearbox-d...n-289201.phtml 4) Recent Easter Egg discovered for Dragon's Age Inquisition involves stomping on a tiny stone house 50 times to trigger a hidden quest. http://www.destructoid.com/hidden-dr...--289227.phtml |
LOL found a 'secret' in FFXV that gave me access to a summon spell. All I can say is holy shit this new consoles let them pull off some amazing shit.
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Dunno about Final Fantasy 15 yet.
Want to give FF another chance, since it's been a while, and there are a lot of different people involved and they are trying new things with it and stuff but I dunno. The whole FF 13 thing was pretty fucking horrible. |
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The characters don't even look interesting tho
They're like a japanese boy band in suits |
LOL
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Today's News:
1) Jeff Minter, the creator of Tempest 2000, announces his indie studio has cancelled all work on porting TxK to more platforms due to constant legal bullying by Atari. The game itself is considered as s spirtual successor to Tempest 2000. http://www.destructoid.com/atari-bul...0-289241.phtml 2) Microsoft announces Project Spark will be getting an episodic Conkers game called Conker's Big Reunion with Episode 1 arriving on April 23rd for Windows 8 and Xbox One. http://www.destructoid.com/conker-re...--289275.phtml 3) Hideo Kojima announces he will be leaving Konami after work on Metal Gear Solid V Phantom Pain is done. Most of Kojima Productions upper management will also be leaving around the same time with constant power struggles and disagreements with Konami as the unofficial reason. http://www.destructoid.com/metal-gea...n-289274.phtml 4) Black Tusk Studios debunked rumors of them currently working on a Marcus Fenix Gears of War collection set. http://www.destructoid.com/no-marcus...k-289270.phtml |
Today's News:
1) DICE announces they will be showing off Star Wars Battlefront during next month's Star Wars Celebration event (April 16-19). http://www.destructoid.com/first-loo...h-289296.phtml 2) 343 Industries is rumored to be revealing more details regarding Halo 5 within the next three days. http://www.destructoid.com/mysteriou...r-289290.phtml 3) Update to Hideo Kojima leaving Konami news as Konami is already working on plans for the next Metal Gear Solid game while Kojima is helping out a bit with the series transition to a new dev team. http://www.destructoid.com/konami-wo...r-289318.phtml http://www.screwattack.com/news/kona...new-developers 4) SALES:
5) Some Sony related news:
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Picked up Surgeon Simulator on PS4 for .91 cents as part of that flash deal. Best dollar I ever spent.
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Grabbed the Mortal Kombat Kollection on PS3 for .90. Aside from the controls being a bit wonky from their predecessors, it brings back memories.
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Final Fantasy 13 seemed cool when I first got it too
No doubt in my mind that 15 will be garbage |
Today's News:
1) Both Batman Arkham Asylum and Arkham City are currently rumored to be getting the remastered treatment for current gen consoles according to IGN. http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...t-gen-consoles 2) WARNING - For those with a Twitch account, hackers managed to successfully attack the service recently and Twitch is asking everyone to change their passwords. Besides the typical password change, Twitch has already reset stream keys and deactivated all social media links on accounts as a precaution. http://www.destructoid.com/twitch-se...t-289424.phtml 3) Some Sony related news:
4) Update to Legend of Zelda getting a live action series news as Nintendo recently denied the project is in development and have no actual plans involving live action series for their IPs. http://www.screwattack.com/news/nint...x-series-wrong |
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