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Emperor Smeat 02-15-2017 05:51 PM

Today's News:
1) Capcom announced they recently broke even with Resident Evil 7's developmental costs after selling around 3 million copies since its launch. They didn't reveal if they have actually made a profit with the game though.
https://www.destructoid.com/capcom-s...s-418961.phtml

2) SALES:
3) For those who own Watch Dogs 2, Ubisoft's recent update for the game included a brand new ending with speculation of it being a teaser for another game in the series.
https://www.destructoid.com/watch-do...g-418929.phtml

4) Microsoft announced they have moved their annual E3 press conference from its usual Monday morning spot to now a Sunday afternoon spot at least for this year.
https://www.destructoid.com/xbox-s-e...s-418942.phtml

5) Newest update for both Fallout 4 and Skyrim: Special Edition was revealed to lower the cap for mod support on consoles with the official reason related to stability issues.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-late...s-418840.phtml

drave 02-16-2017 06:19 AM

USF II Hado Mode
 
Skip to the 3 hr mark for the start of the Hado mode.... looks pretty lame

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road doggy dogg 02-16-2017 09:29 AM

how did you find a 3 hour video of street fighter... seems hellish

Emperor Smeat 02-16-2017 06:25 PM

Today's News:
1) SALES & FREEBIES:
2) According to recent trademark filings, Capcom recently renewed their trademark for Deep Down and the 5th time done since 2013.
https://www.destructoid.com/anyone-r...t-419088.phtml

3) Activision recently released a new trailer for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and revealed a release date of June 30th for the PS4.
https://www.destructoid.com/crash-ba...e-419105.phtml

4) The former CEO of Sony Online Entertainment was recently hired by Amazon to be the boss of their new Amazon Games Studios San Diego studio.
https://www.destructoid.com/former-s...o-418979.phtml

5) For those interested or have a Playstation Now account, Sony announced the streaming service will be limited to just the PS4 and PC this August and all other platforms to be dropped.
https://www.destructoid.com/sony-is-...y-418940.phtml

6) Small warning for those playing Nioh as a recent bug was discovered which erases save files when a new character gets created.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/psa.../1100-6447946/

road doggy dogg 02-16-2017 09:13 PM

This Square-Enix sale is nice

Picking up Rise of the Tomb Raider, Deus Ex Mankind Divided (skipped it during winter sale), FFIX, and FFX/X2

any other gems (other Hitman games etc) I should take a look at, anyone?

Emperor Smeat 02-17-2017 05:57 PM

Today's News:
1) Bioware released a new trailer for Mass Effect Andromeda focusing on combat in the game.
https://www.destructoid.com/here-s-a...m-419359.phtml

2) SALES:
3) One of Valve's main writers, Erik Wolpaw, has recently left the company with Kotaku stating he recently joined Double Fine to work on Psychonauts 2. Wolpaw was the lead writer for Half-Life 2, Portal, and the Left 4 Dead series while at Valve.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/hal.../1100-6447989/
http://kotaku.com/how-psychonauts-2-...-be-1746079926

4) Bethesda announced they will be holding another E3 press conference and like last year will be taking place on a Sunday night.
https://www.destructoid.com/bethesda...s-419145.phtml
https://twitter.com/bethesda/status/...rc=twsrc%5Etfw

5) Eurogamer recently released a mini-documentary on the early history of Nintendo mainly in regards to their Hanafuda business and the ties they had to the Yakuza at the time.
https://www.destructoid.com/short-do...s-419271.phtml

Emperor Smeat 02-20-2017 06:14 PM

Today's News:
1) Blizzard announced they are dropping support for Windows XP and Vista later this year with games not affected by Blizzard's current launcher or Battle.net system to remain playable for those O.S.'s.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/201...vista-support/

2) According to Nintendo, a batch of Switch consoles were recently stolen from one of their US distributors which is how footage of menus and other features were able to be leaked online. The person from NeoGAF who leaked the stuff ended up sending his console back to Nintendo and implied a deal was made to not be involved with the legal mess of the situation.
https://www.destructoid.com/nintendo...r-419585.phtml

3) Koei Tecmo announced the first DLC pack and free PvP update for Nioh is currently schedule to arrive by late April based on a recent official live stream by the company for the game.
https://www.destructoid.com/look-for...l-419856.phtml

Emperor Smeat 02-21-2017 05:55 PM

Today's News:
1) Square Enix recently opened a new studio called Studio Istolia with former Tales series producer Hideo Baba as its boss and their first project being an RPG called Project Prelude Rune.
https://www.destructoid.com/square-e...--420072.phtml

2) SALES & FREEBIES:
3) For those with the PC or Xbox One versions of Resident Evil 7, Capcom has released the previously PS4 timed exclusive Banned Footage DLC packs for those platforms today.
https://www.destructoid.com/resident...c-420058.phtml

4) During a recent interview with IGN, NetherRealm Stuidos' boss Ed Boon teased he would like to make a Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter cross-over game if Capcom ever decided to approve the idea.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/mor.../1100-6448070/

ClockShot 02-21-2017 06:15 PM

Say yes, Capcom. It's more money in your pocket.

Kalyx triaD 02-22-2017 12:29 AM

It's not happening.

The Rogerer 02-22-2017 02:46 AM

Is Tekken x Street Fighter officially dead?

#BROKEN Hasney 02-22-2017 09:57 AM

Not officially no. Every time it's brought up, Harada says it's still happening.

Kalyx triaD 02-22-2017 03:41 PM

After T7 gets its day in the sun we'll see if they open up about TxSF or SC6. If SC6 gets announced first (bear in mind 20th anniversary), TxSF will have to wait a bit more.

Emperor Smeat 02-22-2017 06:07 PM

Today's News:
1) Square Enix recently released a new trailer for NieR: Automata and might have accidentally revealed the release date for the PC and/or European versions of the game. March 7th for the PS4 in North America and a rumored March 10th date for PC and/or the European PS4 version of the game.
https://www.destructoid.com/square-e...e-420220.phtml

2) SALES & FREEBIES:
3) Capcom announced the Steam version of Dead Rising 4 will be arriving on March 14th and are currently offering a 20% Off pre-launch sale for this version.
https://www.destructoid.com/dead-ris...h-420229.phtml

4) According to reports, the co-founder of Nintendo of America, Alan Stone, passed away late last week. His biggest impact for the company was being the person responsible for Nintendo arcade games becoming very popular in the US during the 1980s.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-co-f...y-420126.phtml

5) During a recent interview with Dengeki PlayStation, Final Fantasy VII Remake's producer Yoshinori Kitase revealed they are very close with finishing the voice acting for the main game.
http://gematsu.com/2017/02/final-fan...lmost-complete

Sepholio 02-22-2017 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by #BROKEN Hasney (Post 4932508)
Not officially no. Every time it's brought up, Harada says it's still happening.

I dont think it will ever see the light of day. I imagine they started working on it and then had the same realization other companies already have: Fighters with super powers dont translate well to a 3D space.

Ryus Hadoken would be useless in a 3d engine, you just tap a direction to dodge sideways and commence to beat downs. Same with the hurricane kick, it would lock him into a long animation in 1 direction, could be easily dodged, and then result in getting your ass handed to you with no ability to defend. Yoshimitsu could literally sidestep and charge up his 1 hitter while Ryus animation played out and then cut him down instantly. Its a difficult issue to work around without breaking the fiction and changing the fighting style of the SF roster to fit the engine better. Youd have to remove a lot of special moves and replace them with combos and cancels.

Sepholio 02-22-2017 10:33 PM

Interesting tidbit there about the FF7 remake. It makes me wonder if they scrapped the idea for it to be episodic and are releasing the full story as a single package since they finished the voice work for the "main game" and not episode 1.

Emperor Smeat 02-22-2017 11:13 PM

Still planned to be broken into episodes. Some speculation the producer might have meant only the 1st episode was almost done or easier for them to do it all at once instead of waiting for future episodes for voice work.

Sepholio 02-23-2017 12:30 AM

Indeed. I was taking it as the games voice work was done for the main scenario and they just needed to do the voicework for sidequests and other miscellany.

Sucks that its gonna be episodic still. Thats gonna KILL me when I hit the end of episode 1. Been waiting so long for this.

Kalyx triaD 02-23-2017 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seph (Post 4932708)
I dont think it will ever see the light of day. I imagine they started working on it and then had the same realization other companies already have: Fighters with super powers dont translate well to a 3D space.

:rofl:

drave 02-23-2017 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seph (Post 4932750)
Indeed. I was taking it as the games voice work was done for the main scenario and they just needed to do the voicework for sidequests and other miscellany.

Sucks that its gonna be episodic still. Thats gonna KILL me when I hit the end of episode 1. Been waiting so long for this.


Especially if the end of EP 1 is when you finally get outta Midgar.......

Stoked AF for this, but really hate the episodic bit.

Emperor Smeat 02-23-2017 06:40 PM

Today's News:
1) Irrational Games former co-founder Ken Levin announced his new studio will be called Ghost Story Games and has 12 former Irrational Games devs among its staff.
https://www.destructoid.com/ken-levi...s-420495.phtml

2) During a recent interview with Eurogamer, Dead Space 3's creative director Ben Wanat revealed original plans for the game didn't include a micro-transaction system but was only included due to pressure by EA. Also blamed EA for why the game ended up being a bust based on expectations.
https://www.destructoid.com/dead-spa...s-420463.phtml
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...wanted-to-make

3) SALES:
4) NetherRealm Studios recently released another new trailer for Injustice 2.
https://www.destructoid.com/superman...r-420423.phtml

5) Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy is currently rumored to be arriving on other platforms based on recent tweets sent by Sony. Sony originally stated it was only for the PS4 and then later sent out another tweet implying its only a timed exclusive.
https://www.destructoid.com/crash-ba...e-420318.phtml

Sepholio 02-24-2017 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drave (Post 4932823)
Especially if the end of EP 1 is when you finally get outta Midgar.......

Stoked AF for this, but really hate the episodic bit.

Yeah and that is the exact point I'm worried it will stop too. I read somewhere that they are fleshing out all the other zones in Midgar to playable areas now to add a bunch of content so maybe it wont be too terrible.

Emperor Smeat 02-24-2017 06:06 PM

Today's News:
1) Sony recently released a new trailer for Horizon Zero Dawn.
https://www.destructoid.com/horizon-...d-420720.phtml

2) EA recently released the specs for the PC version of Mass Effect Andromeda.
https://www.destructoid.com/your-pc-...a-420710.phtml

3) Capcom announced the next DLC pack for Resident Evil 7 called "Not a Hero" will be arriving this Spring and is based on the special cameo appearance at the end of the game.
https://www.destructoid.com/resident...n-420573.phtml

4) During a recent panel at DICE 2017 event, 343 Industries revealed they will bring back split-screen features for all future Halo games and also admitted it was a big mistake to drop split-screen for Halo 5.
https://www.destructoid.com/343-indu...o-420527.phtml

5) Team Ninja revealed Nioh has sold around 1 million copies since its launch for the PS4 and to celebrate they are giving away free in-game golden armor as a gift to players.
https://www.destructoid.com/nioh-hit...m-420643.phtml

What Would Kevin Do? 02-24-2017 08:17 PM

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YYyyeeeeesssssssss

Emperor Smeat 02-27-2017 06:40 PM

Today's News:
1) Warner Bros recently confirmed rumors of them working on a sequel to Shadow of Mordor called Middle-earth: Shadow of War and planned to arrive on August 22nd for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. For those interested in spending $300, a special collector's edition was also revealed for the game.
https://www.destructoid.com/wb-offic...x-421188.phtml
https://www.destructoid.com/shadow-o...n-421219.phtml

2) Based on a leak from Atlus USA, Sega is currently rumored to be working on a Shenmue HD Remaster set with plans to be released later this year.
https://www.destructoid.com/rumor-sh...r-421170.phtml
http://www.ricedigital.co.uk/shenmue...r-coming-2017/

3) During a recent interview with the New York Times, Sony revealed they have sold around 900,000 Playstation VR headsets since its launch late last year.
https://www.destructoid.com/playstat...d-421091.phtml

4) During a recent interview with IGN, Marvel Games' creative director revealed they recently changed focus on how their games get made with developers now getting a lot more creative freedom for creating game stories. Also no longer want movie based games to be rushed just for the sake of arriving by the time of the movie's release.
https://www.destructoid.com/marvel-s...s-420743.phtml
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/02/...-held-to-canon

The Rogerer 02-27-2017 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seph (Post 4932712)
Interesting tidbit there about the FF7 remake. It makes me wonder if they scrapped the idea for it to be episodic and are releasing the full story as a single package since they finished the voice work for the "main game" and not episode 1.

Writing a script and getting actors to record it is something easy and cheap to do, and frontload. The making of this remake will probably be a hellish death march that will burn the company out.

Sepholio 02-27-2017 07:21 PM

You shut your dirty whore mouth The Rogerer!!!

Sepholio 02-27-2017 07:22 PM

Preloading Horizon right now. The little clock telling me I cant play for another 4+ hours is playing with my emotions.

Also hyped for the new Mordor game. I do find it crazy that its apparently only 5 months out though and they havent even spoken of it yet publicly. Thats crazy.

Emperor Smeat 02-28-2017 06:34 PM

Today's News:
1) Ubisoft revealed they are collaborating with Fox Studios on a new Avatar game with Massive Entertainment studio as its developer.
https://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-...e-421499.phtml

2) The developer of Mega Man Legacy Collection, Digital Eclipse, recently teased they are currently working on another collection set for Capcom and its official debut to arrive soon.
https://www.destructoid.com/the-deve...n-421405.phtml

3) Microsoft announced a new Netflix-like service called Xbox Game Pass will be arriving later this Spring. Monthly cost was revealed to be $9.99 and unlike PS Now, the games are downloadable and not stream only.
https://www.destructoid.com/microsof...--421416.phtml

4) EA announced EA Sports president Peter Moore has left the company in favor of becoming Liverpool FC's new CEO.
https://www.destructoid.com/peter-mo...c-421263.phtml

5) SALES & FREEBIES:

drave 02-28-2017 07:05 PM

Gonna call the Avatar game a flop. Right now. It will be shitty.


On the fence about the Xbox service...... EA Access has been tits, but not sure I would want to pay more on top of Gold.....

#BROKEN Hasney 03-01-2017 08:03 AM

https://68.media.tumblr.com/b970d513...ewwro1_540.gif
http://i.imgur.com/E79DqoT.gif

Ew

#BROKEN Hasney 03-01-2017 08:03 AM

https://abload.de/img/watygkdw.gif

road doggy dogg 03-01-2017 08:58 AM

I donut understand previous two posts :-\

#BROKEN Hasney 03-01-2017 09:26 AM

It's the new Mass Effect. It just looks so bad.

road doggy dogg 03-01-2017 09:38 AM

oh dear

Emperor Smeat 03-01-2017 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by #BROKEN Hasney (Post 4935464)

Looks bad but at least on the bright side, it means pro wrestling still exists in the distant future. Wonder if there is some sort of galactic version of the WWE in the Mass Effect universe.

Emperor Smeat 03-01-2017 06:41 PM

Today's News:
1) SALES & FREEBIES:
2) Bioware announced they have cancelled the upcoming online multiplayer beta for Mass Effect Andromeda with the official reason related to them favoring doing it at just PAX East instead.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/mas.../1100-6448339/

3) Gearbox recently showed off some new tech they are working on at GDC with speculation Borderlands 3 is the unannounced game currently using it.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/wit.../1100-6448338/

Emperor Smeat 03-01-2017 11:42 PM

Late Night News Edition
 
Crytek rumored to be facing a possible shut down in the near future. They were previously dealing with serious financial problems last year and it doesn't seem like the situation improved at all since then. Morale itself is really low at the company for its future.

Been late paying their employees, series of firings and departures, and now looking at potential lawsuits from their remaining staff in regards to pay issues.

In terms of recent game sales, none sold well or got near the expectations from EA and Crytek.

Quote:

January 2017: Warface is sold to the Russians, and the entire marketing and publishing team is fired http://crytek.com/news/crytek-scales...t-frankfurt-hq There are regular meetings in which Avni lies to us from the sky so that people do not leave or sue them, and suddenly there are no more news about the sales of the other studios. Salaries are still at least a month too late (December salary came in late January, money for Janaury is not here yet so at least 4 weeks late, and no word on February). By the way, during this time, a Faruk Yerli is still driving his new Lamborghini to work while the employees in the supermarket are looking for the cheapest lunch because they do not know if they will be paid in time for the next rental.

The company implodes and more and more executives leave the sinking ship: Engine creative director has gone last fall. Director of Production went in the summer . Audio director has lesft/ been fired in the fall (rumors ...). Engine business director went in february. Marketing Director was fired in January . Executive producer of all our vr titles goes in March. Most of the people are just frustrated because we have been lied and held for months, and no one knows if the company can recover. And for all who now say "why do not you look for a new job". This is possible in America, but those of us who want to work in Germany (married, children etc) have almost no choice but to stay here because there are only 2-3 other high-end developers in this country. How it goes on? No clue This week, the GDC is in America, and Crytek, as supposedly big player in the engine sector (our arrogance) has no booth or news. There are also rumors that people will sue the company over late salaries or being fired, but those rumors have been around for months, so I don't know what will happen.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/com..._paid_in_2017/

Emperor Smeat 03-02-2017 08:41 PM

Today's News:
1) SALES:
2) Ubisoft revealed Ghost Recon Wildlands Season Pass will cost $40, covers two major expansion packs, and a few other smaller goodies.
https://www.destructoid.com/ghost-re...e-422006.phtml

3) Developer Niantic Labs revealed Pokemon Go has managed to reach around 650 million downloads since its launch and 150 million downloads since last September.
https://www.destructoid.com/pokemon-...d-421898.phtml

4) Nightdive Studios recently released a new trailer for the remake of System Shock.
https://www.destructoid.com/nightdiv...e-421896.phtml

Emperor Smeat 03-03-2017 06:01 PM

Today's News:
1) Bungie stated several player-related stats for Destiny won't carry over for its sequel and official reason related to them not wanting players to be too powerful at the start. Things like power and currency won't carry over while personalization items will but only if your at or above level 20.
https://www.destructoid.com/most-of-...l-422253.phtml

2) Nintendo recently updated their My Nintendo rewards service to include the ability to register physical copies of games for club points/coins using the Switch's homescreen.
https://www.destructoid.com/you-can-...n-422177.phtml
https://my.nintendo.com/

3) Bioware recently released a new trailer for Mass Effect Andromeda focusing on the game's exploration features.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new.../1100-6448399/

4) For those interested, Square Enix announced the PC version of NieR Automata will arrive on March 17th and the specs needed to be playable.
https://www.destructoid.com/nier-aut...d-422172.phtml


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