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RoXer 04-29-2011 02:39 PM

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RoXer 04-29-2011 02:43 PM

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Miotch 04-29-2011 07:44 PM

interesting news right there roxer

Emperor Smeat 04-29-2011 08:24 PM

Ubisoft's record of accidentally leaking game information meant for a later date continues as the newest Assassin's Creed game was leaked today.

The game will be called Assassin's Creed: Revelations and at the moment it is not known if the game will be a spinoff like Brotherhood or continues the Assassin's Creed main story.

Ubisoft made the mistake of uploading the game's Facebook page while in the process of making the page and then took it down once people started to actually comment on the page.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/galleri...1304103967.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/8...ations-leaked/

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A leak from 343 Studios confirms Halo 4 will be announced soon and as early as this year's E3. A developer working on the project said the game has been in development since July 2010 and original plans were to have it released before Reach with Reach delayed for another year.

The rumored Halo Combat Evolved remake is still expected for later this year while Halo 4 would be set for a 2012 release.

Kalyx triaD 04-29-2011 08:28 PM

Just finished Reach yesterday. Hyped to get back to Chief and Cortana.

#BROKEN Hasney 04-30-2011 01:07 AM

I'm still not sure how Brotherhood could he regarded as a spin-off. The game was vital tothe storyline.

Lara Emily 04-30-2011 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hasney (Post 3510429)
I'm still not sure how Brotherhood could he regarded as a spin-off. The game was vital tothe storyline.

Was just about to say the same thing, not a spin off at all, more of Assassin's Creed II: Episode 2 really, you know like what they did with Half Life 2

#BROKEN Hasney 04-30-2011 04:40 PM

Sega finally did something good with one of their Marvel licenses and I don't mean Thor.

http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Has...4-200039.phtml

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...h/bfd68808.jpg

There's a Captain America one too.

Emperor Smeat 04-30-2011 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lara Emily (Post 3510559)
Was just about to say the same thing, not a spin off at all, more of Assassin's Creed II: Episode 2 really, you know like what they did with Half Life 2

Yeah spin-off was a poor choice of words since the game is more like an "episode"/expansion-like than a true sequel or spin-off.

The next Assassin's Creed could still be a spin-off though because Ubisoft previously was considering branching away from the main story as a potential option because they want the games to come out every year.

Emperor Smeat 04-30-2011 07:36 PM

Bethesda believes it has fixed the issues from the recent Fallout New Vegas patch (1.3) which froze game saves and made other parts of the game unplayable. The update was only for English versions of the game due to Bethesda still working on other language versions for their patch.

The new patch for the 1.3 update unfreezes game saves while keeping the stuff the previous patch fixed unchanged.

Bethesda noticed the issue with the patch after a few users complained about the save bug and warned everyone to not update the patch. They also warned Microsoft to not make the previous update mandatory hours after it had occurred.

This also isn't the first time Bethesda has had issues with faulty patches involving saves either on the Fallout or Oblivion series due to the engine itself being very buggy especially after changes are made.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/ne...9_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/8...w-vegas-fixed/

D Mac 04-30-2011 07:45 PM

Fallout is great, it would be fucking perfect without the bugs.

Kalyx triaD 04-30-2011 07:57 PM

Apparently, RE's Claire Redfield VA (and total MILF) Alyson Court used to do localization work for Capcom and she is in fact the one responsible for the Guns & Roses inspired names in Mega Man X5.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/phot...9pzqqYmuFhc%3D

Sweet child o'mine.

RoXer 04-30-2011 08:00 PM

http://www.summerfestwindsor.org/mai.../treehouse.jpg

Kalyx triaD 04-30-2011 08:02 PM

Yes, I know. Loonette. Also Jubilee in X-Men. She still has that doll, btw.

RoXer 04-30-2011 09:21 PM

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Lara Emily 05-01-2011 01:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hasney (Post 3510866)
Sega finally did something good with one of their Marvel licenses and I don't mean Thor.

http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Has...4-200039.phtml

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...h/bfd68808.jpg

There's a Captain America one too.

What's so Marvel about that picture other than maybe the 4 could be from Fantastic Four?

#BROKEN Hasney 05-01-2011 03:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lara Emily (Post 3511371)
What's so Marvel about that picture other than maybe the 4 could be from Fantastic Four?

The top and shorts are called Fantastic 4 tennis outfit.

Lara Emily 05-01-2011 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hasney (Post 3511403)
The top and shorts are called Fantastic 4 tennis outfit.


Oh I thought that might be it it's just red and yellow? Did you do that, is the default the actual FF colours because that's what threw me off.

Extreme Angle 05-01-2011 07:40 AM

That left 4 dead looks class... How are they playing with like 7 people?

Emperor Smeat 05-02-2011 08:10 PM

A recently created Microsoft studio responsible for Kinect-related games announces they are working on a "hardcore" shooter for the Kinect with Microsoft backing the game as a "AAA title."

Microsoft originally created the studio to focus more on "social microtransaction" games but Microsoft switched its focus after negative backlash from its fans and letting Rare focus more on the casual side of Kinect.

The studio also hinted it will not work on just Kinect games but "Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Kinect, and future gaming platforms."

As of now Gears 3 appears to be the only "hardcore" shooter for the system this Fall but Microsoft might announce more details of this new game at E3 this year.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/as...ars_kinect.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5797784/kinect-g...crosoft-studio

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Quick Round-up of some gaming news:

1) Ubisoft is creating their own film studio so that the company can make films and rely less on outside studios who don't know much about the game they are making as a film.
2) Silicon Knights determined to finish the Too Human triology as their top priority
3) Sony shuts down their SOE services after 12,700 credit card accounts were stolen
4) Square-Enix pushing for Draqon Quest X changes its schedule for the game from a potential late 2011 release to now an early 2012 release and before the next Nintendo is available.

Fignuts 05-02-2011 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Extreme Angle (Post 3511458)
That left 4 dead looks class... How are they playing with like 7 people?


Because PCs are fucking awesome.

Extreme Angle 05-03-2011 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 3513208)
Because PCs are fucking awesome.

Yeah, but i've never seen more than 4 players on L4D.
Plan on getting the Valve package from steam, £50 for everything :)

Emperor Smeat 05-03-2011 08:52 PM

THQ posts a $136+ million loss for the 1st quarter of 2011 with all platforms except the Wii and the DS having big drops in sales.

THQ was pleased with Homefront and Smackdown vs Raw 2011 sales but decides instead of focusing more on their strong Wii sales, to move all their focus to the "struggling" Xbox 360/PS3 sales.

As part of helping their "struggling" sales platforms, Udraw is coming to the Xbox 360 and PS3 after seeing good success on the Wii. No news if THQ will continue support of Udraw for the Wii as part of their plan.

THQ's own forecast for the 1st quarter also ended in a decline mainly due to 2010 being a strong year overall in the industry and 2011 starting out slower than expected. THQ also relied a bit too much on PS2 sales last year with this year being dropped by 50%.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/th...0_expanded.jpg
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/8593...aw-to-x360ps3/

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As part of a final push of the Wii by Nintendo and keeping with tradition, Nintendo announces later in May the start of the budget line of Wii games under the "Wii Select" label.

Games included in the first batch are Zelda Twilight Princess and Super Smash Bros Brawl with a $19.99 price tag. Also revealed is Mario Kart Wii will replace Wii Sports as Wii Sports now being sold on its own.

Extreme Angle 05-04-2011 04:34 PM

Who here knows a thing or two about pc gaming?

I'm really intrigued to turn to Nvidia's 3D, just wondering what i'd have to buy to make the upgrade, here's my current specs:

ASUS P5K-E Motherboard
Intel Core Quad CPU 2.40GHz Processor
Nvidia Gefore 8800GT Graphics Card
3GB RAM (Keep forgetting to buy the extra 1GB...)
Windows 7 64-bit

Emperor Smeat 05-04-2011 08:18 PM

When asked about gaming and his potential future outside of game development, Shigeru Miyamoto reveals he won't completely leave the game industry.

His goal is to become something similar to a professor but training and teaching new young developers the importance of the user in games and other stuff Miyamoto is famous for in gaming.

Quote:

"When I leave the company, I would like to work with young people and teach them about developing", Miyamoto tells The Guardian. "Though it wouldn't be like [traditional] teaching, more explaining how we think and how we interact with the user. For the development process, practical learning is important."
Miyamoto is mostly in charge of the Mario series as his other gaming properties have had others working with him as the future successors for the series (ex. Zelda).

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets.../05/miya25.jpg
http://kotaku.com/#!5798357/what-wil...e-making-games

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EA announces in their financial report and plans for 2011 involve expanding Battlefield 3 and Mass Effect 3 to handheld and/or mobile devices. This news comes at the same time Mass Effect 3 (confirmed) and Star Wars Old Republic (rumored) gets pushed from a late 2011 release to an early 2012 release date

Also revealed was even though EA profited for the 1st quarter of 2011, their financial year ends in a $244+ million loss.

Vietnamese Crippler 05-04-2011 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Extreme Angle (Post 3515667)
Who here knows a thing or two about pc gaming?

I'm really intrigued to turn to Nvidia's 3D, just wondering what i'd have to buy to make the upgrade, here's my current specs:

ASUS P5K-E Motherboard
Intel Core Quad CPU 2.40GHz Processor
Nvidia Gefore 8800GT Graphics Card
3GB RAM (Keep forgetting to buy the extra 1GB...)
Windows 7 64-bit

I'd imagine you're gonna have to upgrade just about everything.

You may get away with a Core 2 Quad, but I'm sure Core i7/i5 would be the best (along with a new motherboard). Not to mention you'd need a new video card, which one I'm not too sure, though.

More RAM and a 120hz monitor to round things out.

Khuntry 05-05-2011 12:49 PM

Guardian Heroes Remake announced for xbla.

#BROKEN Hasney 05-05-2011 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Khuntry (Post 3516828)
Guardian Heroes Remake announced for xbla.

Seen that earlier. It is the greatest day in the world.

Kalyx triaD 05-05-2011 02:46 PM

Wow. Somebody lobbied hard. Some people look at me crazy when I mention that game.

Emperor Smeat 05-05-2011 07:55 PM

Ubisoft officially reveals details on the next Assassin's Creed game and confirms it will be called Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

The game will follow the gameplay style of Brotherhood with more focus on the mulitplayer than the previous game.

The game also will be the final chapter from the Ezio side of the story with Altair and Desmond playing a role in the game. This time the setting is set in Constantinople during the time of the Ottoman Empire.

Ubisoft also reveals the biggest change to the game revolves around "new weapon and tool that changes the way you'll fight and traverse the world."

The multiplayer portion of the game was revealed to be very customizable and robust in comparison to Brotherhood while Ubisoft is also working on fixing the servers and connection problems Brotherhood had. A new game mode to go along with new maps and characters was also promised for multiplayer.

The game is set for a November 2011 release date on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/assass...together/3136/

Kalyx triaD 05-05-2011 08:35 PM

Brotherhood had a surprisingly awesome multiplayer with moments I never experienced before. A lot like Splinter Cell Pandora Tomarrow/Chaos Theory multiplayer.

G 05-05-2011 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3517383)
Brotherhood had a surprisingly awesome multiplayer with moments I never experienced before. A lot like Splinter Cell Pandora Tomarrow/Chaos Theory multiplayer.

Which I would like to experience, once PSN comes up.

Kalyx triaD 05-06-2011 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capcom's Seth Killian
There was a big meeting about the future of fighting games at Capcom, but they couldn't offer details on what was said there. The session was called "extremely great." Seth said his old quote still stands, it's an exciting time for fighting game fans, people will have smiles on their faces for a long time.

:)...

Emperor Smeat 05-06-2011 08:07 PM

The next game in the Burnout series called Burnout Crash! had more of its details "leaked" by the ratings board of Australia. Previously, the same ratings board accidentally revealed the game before EA had a chance to officially announce the game.

From the revelations, the game appears to be taking a more "cartoony" approach to gameplay unlike previous games in the series. The game is done in a top-down perspective and includes new stuff for the challenge mode such as "tornadoes, spacecraft, and lobster monsters."

Quote:

This is an action game in which players earn points for creating traffic pileups. From a top-down perspective, players initiate crashes by driving 'cartoony' vehicles (e.g., cars, trucks, vans, buses) into busy intersections; multiple crashes trigger score multipliers and rack up large 'bills' of property damage. Each level is accompanied by crashing sounds, small explosions, and vocal encouragement (e.g., 'Cool,' 'Maximum Carnage!'). In some levels, players are instructed to crash into police cars (e.g., 'Crash them before they bust you!'); in other sequences, oversized airplanes, tornados, lobster monsters, and UFOs slide across the screen, destroying any vehicles in their path.
The game is set for a unannounced release date on the Xbox 360 and PS3 with more information expected at E3 2011.

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http://kotaku.com/#!5799511/burnout-...losive-pileups

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Quick News Round-up:

1) IGN officially purchases UGO Entertainment who owns 1UP and a couple other gaming websites as part of a larger plan to drop their merger with News Corp. and start a new merger with UGO.
2) Unlike EA and THQ, Capcom's financial report reveals the company will make a profit from the fiscal year and its 20% more than their initial expectations.
3) In wake of the PSN mess, Nintendo is sending out emails to its Club Nintendo users giving them the option to cancel their membership for those worried about their online information and as part of the new terms required for the upcoming eShop for the 3DS.
4) Age of Empires Online beta will be switching from a closed beta to an open beta starting this weekend to anyone interested in participating.

Fignuts 05-06-2011 08:36 PM

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Looks like I am sticking with BO Paradise

Funky Fly 05-07-2011 04:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 3518271)
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Looks like I am sticking with BO Paradise

Word.

#BROKEN Hasney 05-07-2011 04:58 AM

God that sounds bad. Re-playing through Paradise at the moment, got it on PC a little while back.

The Destroyer 05-07-2011 05:23 AM

The crash stuff in Burnout is fun, but I can't see an entire game based around it being that great.

#BROKEN Hasney 05-07-2011 05:27 AM

I could if it was a small downloadable which is what this is. The top-down camera makes me not like the sound of it.

Extreme Angle 05-07-2011 08:50 AM

Quote:

Joystiq
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.c...s-gi-cover.jpg
NeoGAF user SolidSnakex has posted a breakdown of this month's Game Informer coverage of the just-announced Assassin's Creed: Revelations. First off, let's get the protagonist problem out of the way: In Revelations, you'll play as both 12th century stabber Altair and his 16th century descendant Ezio, now over 50 years old. Ezio will be looking for "seals" which will allow him to access Altair's memories, similar to how Desmond used the Animus to access both Altair's and Ezio's memories. Speaking of Desmond, he's unsurprisingly back in the Animus "where he finds a safe mode called the 'Black Room.'" The gameplay in Desmond's mode is described as "narrative-fueled puzzle sequences," geometric shapes and all.

The lion's share of the game will take place in Constantinople (or, as it's known today, Istanbul) separated into four districts: Constantin, Beyazid, Imperial, and Galata. If you want a change of scenery (fairy chimneys!) some of the game will also take place in Cappadocia. Inside the cities, you'll be able to establish Assassin's Dens, a sort of expanded Borgia Tower mechanic from Brotherhood. Complete various scenarios, take down the regional Templar presence, establish a Den, and then "upgrade the buildings in that region along with adding ziplines across the rooftops."

Ubisoft wants to make your time spent in Constantinople (and Cappadocia!) more valuable, so they've not only done away with traditional side missions in favor of random events (ie: noticing a shop owner being robbed) but have also given Ezio (and Altair?) a new item called the "hookblade" which can be used with the aforementioned ziplines to speed up navigation "by about 30%."

But it wouldn't be a video game if you couldn't use that hookblade to mess dudes up. Lucky for you it can be used to pull said dudes in for a mean combo. More interested in bombs, you say? So is Ezio! He can now make up to 300 bombs using a crafting system. Along with the new toys comes a new level cap and a more narrative-focused multiplayer mode with the ability to customize your character and create guilds.

Lastly, Ubisoft Montreal is using a new facial capture technology called Mocam which Game Informer calls an "intriguing amalgamation of traditional animation, performance capture and the fascinating new style of performance on display in games like LA Noire." And yes, Ubi is doing all that with another one-year turnaround. With the success of Brotherhood, we're certainly giving it the benefit of the doubt.

Of course, you can find more details (and pretty pictures!) in the June issue of Game Informer.

...

Interested to see how the seals work. Guessing this game will show the death of Ezio

The Destroyer 05-07-2011 09:27 AM

Ubisoft do really want to keep stringing the series out I guess. As long as Revelations is good, I can live with it.

It would just be nice to get AC3 proper at some point this decade.

Emperor Smeat 05-07-2011 07:52 PM

Valve's boss Gabe Newell clarifies reports about Valve ending its focus on single player games in favor of multiplayer games.

The current goal of the studio is trying to add social features to their games to go along with the tradition of Valve's focus on single player experiences. The studio doe not want to just tack on multiplayer features just for the sake of having multiplayer at the cost of the single player experience.

Quote:

I think what we’re trying to talk about is the fact that, not that we’re not doing single-player games. Portal 2 was a pretty good example of what we’ve learned over the years in terms of how to create those experiences. It’s more that we think we have to work harder in the future, that entertainment is inherently increased in value by having it be social, by letting you play with your friends, by recognizing that you’re connected with other people.

That’s the thing that we’re trying to say, is that, single-player is great but we also have to recognize that you have friends, and we wanna have that connected as well. So, it’s not about giving up on single-player at all, it’s like saying, we actually think that there’s a bunch of features and capabilities that we need to add into our single-player games to recognize the socially connected gamer.
Portal 2 was the test game by Valve to see if their "social features" could work within Valve's current philosophy of making games and as a stepping stone for bigger features such as more Steam-integration and Cloud-based applications.

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http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/8...cial-features/
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National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) officially recognizes video games as art and is willing to fund the development of video games as long as the company itself is a non-profit organization.

The move comes after the NEA renamed its program from "Arts on Television and Radio" into the more generic "Arts in Media" as a way to cater to more forms of art and entertainment. This move also could impact California's debate on the idea of video games as art vs censorship of "violent" games and any potential future Supreme Court case involving this situation.

#BROKEN Hasney 05-08-2011 02:09 AM

Love the sound of Valves vision. I know a lot of the guys there are fans of Demon Soul's, so I would not be surprised to see some crazy asymmetric multiplayer in a future game.

Fignuts 05-08-2011 03:00 PM

Luckily, they aren't applying this to the half-life series. I like that they are focusing on multiplayer experiences, but half-life needs to be mainly a single player experience.

D Mac 05-08-2011 04:26 PM

I thought you were done with video games Figs.

Fignuts 05-09-2011 05:33 PM

For the most part. Sold like 90% of my games. Still have a few, and if a new Half-Life comes out this century I will probably grab that, but I haven't played very much at all the last few months.

Emperor Smeat 05-09-2011 07:35 PM

Some interesting stuff and tidbits revealed from Activision's financial report for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.

Activision confirms Bungie will not be making an appearance at this year's E3. Bungie responded by saying they are busy working on a new project with some help from Activision and felt the hype for the game would be counter-productive at this stage in the game's development.

Modern Warfare 3 will debut at E3 to go along with the official revelation in gaming magazines around the same time. The game will make use of the "Call of Duty Online" plan worked on by Beachhead studio. The idea is to integrate the game and community much better while also making it easier for Activision to send map packs and fixes. Last year Activision had plans to make this a pay-to-play service but their studios convinced them to make this a free feature for all users.

Activision also claimed more people play Call of Duty Black Ops online than use Facebook on average every day with Black Ops getting about 58 minutes per day compared to 55 for Facebook. Their stat only counts since the first map pack was released on February 1st and not since the game was released in November of last year.

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http://kotaku.com/#!5800161/beachhea...l-of-duty-game
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/bungie...presence/3152/

Kalyx triaD 05-09-2011 08:44 PM

Damn, hoping Bungie would announce their game at E3.

Who exactly is making Modern Warfare 3 for Activision?

Emperor Smeat 05-09-2011 08:51 PM

Infinity Ward with the help of the new studios Activision recently bought (Raven Software and Sledgehammer Games) along with Activision themselves. Add in Beachhead studio and its about 4-5 studios working on the game.

The reason is due to lack of manpower at IW and letting those other studios get used to the CoD franchise. Also if rumors are true, they might also be working on the next Nintendo console version of the game (Treyarch probably would be helping with that one).

Treyarch might also be working on the Wii's version of Modern Warfare 2 if Activision follows the same schedule like with MW 1 on the Wii.

G 05-09-2011 09:41 PM

I don't understand why they would put MW2 on the Wii with Black Ops already out. It's the basic new hotness and old and busted principle.

Emperor Smeat 05-09-2011 10:07 PM

Same reason why MW 1 went on the Wii when World at War was out mainly due to Infinity Ward not willing to make a Wii version while Activision wanted more money and knew Treyarch could work with the Wii structure.

The bigger surprise was how Treyarch was able to port a modified version of the MW engine when Infinity Ward said it was impossible and not worth the time.

G 05-09-2011 10:14 PM

I wasn't aware World at War was on the Wii. You are forgiven.

Kalyx triaD 05-09-2011 10:54 PM

Treyarch are stand-up guys. Can't help but feel they can do better things than buffer an annual shooter.

G 05-09-2011 10:58 PM

I think IW splitting up is the best thing that could happen for them.

Kalyx triaD 05-09-2011 11:08 PM

Well they weren't fans of that team, and I don't think Treyarch digs how much marketing gets behind MW versus their CoDs.

I just want them to make another Spider-Man.

Drakul 05-10-2011 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kotaku
Rumored by Reuters last night, Microsoft this morning confirmed that they are buying Internet voice talk and video service Skype for $8.5 billion. They also confirmed that the service will "support" devices like the Xbox, Kinect and Windows Phone and that it will be connected to Xbox Live and other Microsoft communities. They will also continue to "support" non-Microsoft platforms, they assured.

Source.

Kalyx triaD 05-10-2011 05:05 PM

Will this mean anything for voice chat? I don't know much about Skype.

Drakul 05-10-2011 05:11 PM

I was thinking it would mean we could talk to people over XBL while they aren't on an Xbox.

Talking to someone on their PC while you are on your 360 or Windows phone.

Kalyx triaD 05-10-2011 05:41 PM

Acknowledging one (or two) things SoulCalibur has become known for, SC5 director Daishi tweeted some kind of breast chart from the design room.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/as...breastsize.jpg

It would appear they have something against a certain measurement, and many of the females will still be heavy chested.

Note: All head models are identified, no hints at new characters.

#BROKEN Hasney 05-10-2011 06:41 PM

Beta sign-up to Spy Party. Looks like on of the more intriguing multiplayer games coming out. One players a sniper looking into a party and he's got as many bullets as players. The other players have to blend into the party and complete objectives like bugging the room. Looks damn fun.

http://www.spyparty.com/beta-sign-up/

It's following the Minecraft model though, so expect to pay $15 to get in.

Lara Emily 05-10-2011 07:28 PM

Oh sweet I was wondering about that game!

Emperor Smeat 05-10-2011 07:53 PM

The rumored upcoming Alan Wake game expected to arrive around late 2011 to TBA 2012 has been confirmed to not be a sequel nor a DLC chapter or episode.

The game is expected to be either a prequel or a possible "expansion" to the events from the first game but also as a way for people who didn't play Alan Wake to understand the story and characters without needing to play the first game.

Quote:

Fans of the franchise will be excited to learn that yes, more Wake is coming! But to be absolutely certain to avoid confusion, this next Wake installment will not be Alan Wake 2. And neither will it be DLC.

The rest we're saving for our official announcement when we'll actually show you.

It's something that'll definitely give more to the Wake fans out there, but just as importantly, this installment will also give an opportunity for players who aren't familiar with the franchise to finally jump on board.

We can't wait to show you more, bear with us. Release dates, platforms and pricing are unconfirmed as of yet, but Fall 2011 is probably a good guess.
More info for the game might be shown at E3 2011 but nothing has been confirmed as of now.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/pics/co...1_expanded.jpg
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/8...sequel-or-dlc/
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Activision confirms a new Bond game will be arriving later this year and it will not be a movie-game to go along with the new Bond film which is expected to arrive in 2012.

The story is expected to be an original story that won't be related to the upcoming film and Raven Software, who worked on a "stealth" prototype of the game, is working on the new Bond game.

D Mac 05-11-2011 02:17 AM

I bought Alan Wake about 2 months ago used and still haven't played it.

Drakul 05-11-2011 08:45 AM

For Kalyx:
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SPOILER: show
Really wish someone in the video would react. It's like they just propped up the corpses in the local morgue and played the trailer to them. Not even any clapping at the end.

Kalyx triaD 05-11-2011 04:26 PM

Looks like the Soul Embrace sword is canon!

Drakul 05-11-2011 04:45 PM

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Kalyx triaD 05-11-2011 05:44 PM

Untitled DBZ Game (Let's call it Raging Blast 3... or Tenkaichi 6):

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Either way it seems the Tenkaichi/Raging Blast system returns. And good, because I'm sick of the DBZ games that try to make a legit fighting game out of the franchise. This engine represents DBZ better.

Fignuts 05-11-2011 05:55 PM

Hooray for mediocrity.

Emperor Smeat 05-11-2011 08:04 PM

Namco Bandi deciding to go a different route with pre-order bonuses by making the collector's edition of Dark Souls the bonus instead of a generic in-game item or character done by other companies. Dark Souls is considered the spiritual successor of Demon Souls which was available on PS3 last year.

As an extra bonus, the collector's edition will be priced the same as the regular game and not the extra $10-$20 done for most collector's editions as well.

Besides the game itself, the edition comes with "an art book, behind the scenes videos, mini strategy guide, and a download of the game’s soundtrack all in a nice metal case."

The game is still set for an October 2011 release date on the Xbox 360 and PS3.

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Square Enix celebrating Dragon Quest's 25th year anniversary with a collection disc for the Wii in anticipation for Dragon Quest X set to arrive late 2011 to early 2012.

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The disc will compile the original three Dragon Quest games: Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest 2 and Dragon Quest 3 for the NES. Besides these titles it will also include the SNES versions of Dragon Quest 1 & 2 and Dragon Quest 3.

Funky Fly 05-11-2011 08:13 PM

Pretty crap collection. They could easily put 4, 5 and 6 on there, considering that they are nes and snes games.

Fignuts 05-11-2011 08:22 PM

Hoping for a splinter cell conviction sequel announcement. Fucking love that game.

Emperor Smeat 05-11-2011 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Funky Fly (Post 3522640)
Pretty crap collection. They could easily put 4, 5 and 6 on there, considering that they are nes and snes games.

I've heard the reason why nothing after DQ 3 is mainly due to how badly the series was handled in the US after the NES games (not translated or came out years later on different systems) and the first 3 games form the original story while the others are a new story or set.

DQ 6 didn't get a US release until this year on the DS and since its still selling well, Square-Enix wouldn't want to hurt its sales. DQ 4 was also on the NES but was the start of another story arch which wouldn't make sense to have it by itself. US never got DQ 5 until the DS version 2 years ago.

Kalyx triaD 05-11-2011 08:34 PM

If Splinter Cell is announced before Rainbow Six I'll cry. I need my squad-based SWAT fix.

Funky Fly 05-11-2011 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 3522655)
I've heard the reason why nothing after DQ 3 is mainly due to how badly the series was handled in the US after the NES games (not translated or came out years later on different systems) and the first 3 games form the original story while the others are a new story or set.

DQ 6 didn't get a US release until this year on the DS and since its still selling well, Square-Enix wouldn't want to hurt its sales. DQ 4 was also on the NES but was the start of another story arch which wouldn't make sense to have it by itself. US never got DQ 5 until the DS version 2 years ago.

Even still, I'm guessing it's going to be a full price disc, despite the fact that all of these games are hella old with no touch ups.

D Mac 05-12-2011 03:44 PM

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With Mortal Kombat's recent release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, there's renewed interest in the games that started it all.

Good news, then, that Warner Bros. today announced the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, a compilation of the Mortal Kombat Trilogy from the 1990s. The collection will include Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. The arcade versions of the games will be used in this compilation.

The Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection will be available late this summer on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and PC. It will run you $9.99 (or 800 Microsoft Points).

G 05-12-2011 05:38 PM

def gonna get a share of that for $2. thank god it's the arcade ports.

Funky Fly 05-12-2011 06:28 PM

I thought they were doing an HD remake of that shit. Either way, I'm not too bothered.

Emperor Smeat 05-12-2011 07:38 PM

The success of making Assassin's Creed into an annual franchise has Ubisoft considering doing the same with a few of their other big franchises. As of now only the Rabbids and Assassin's Creed are the major series that get games each year.

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"What is impressive with the release year after year of Assassin's Creed is our ability to deliver every time with a high level of innovation and creativity in a large and very diverse open world," boasted Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot on Ubisoft's fiscal year results call with investors today. "There is no other open world console game that is coming on a yearly basis. This is achieved through great execution by providing more resources and by putting in place a very compelling network of leads and associate studios."

"We are applying the very [same] product template to our other strong franchises to bring them back to Assassin's Creed blockbuster profitable status," said Guillemot.
It is assumed if Ubisoft does expand more series into the annual phase, Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon would defiantly get the special treatment. Ubisoft did mention in another report they want to make their Ghost Recon series into the "Call of Duty" killer.

The next Nintendo console will also play a huge role in this new plan due to Ubisoft mentioning how easy it would be to "port" Xbox 360 and PS3 games with little effort and bring their big series to the console as another source for income.

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OssMan 05-12-2011 07:40 PM

Assassin's Creed 2K11

Kalyx triaD 05-12-2011 07:40 PM

Yeah that MK HD remake sounded like it would drop by now. Strange that news of that faded.

Xero 05-13-2011 08:55 AM

By 2015 all video games will be apart of a series and we'll have no original titles.

Extreme Angle 05-13-2011 11:44 AM

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What happens when a large contingency of a series' creative team packs up, and two additional teams are brought on to round out the production? Apparently, you get a lot of loose lips. Details of Modern Warfare 3, in development across Infinity Ward, Raven Software, and newcomer Sledgehammer Games, have been leaked with an unusual amount of specificity to Kotaku less than a month before its presumed big reveal at E3.

A lot of that specificity is wasted on spoilers which, in addition to being generally unwanted for those of us who haven't played the game, are about a Call of Duty title meaning they follow multiple characters through multiple elaborate setpieces. Oh, and there's shooting. MW3 begins right where MW2 left off: with the US trying to prevent a Russian invasion. Your roles include a "Russian Federal Protective Services agent, SAS Operative, tank gunner, and AC-130 gunner" as well as some old friends from previous MW games and some new characters, notably "Frost" and "Sandman."

About those setpieces! Modern Warfare 3 will reportedly include 15 missions that take place across "a dozen cities around the world including New York, Paris and London." If some of that selection sounds familiar, that's because this fall's Battlefield 3 will find itself in "Paris, Tehran and New York." Awkward.

But it's not just Manhattan, it's also Brooklyn, Mogadishu, and more, if the list of 20 multiplayer maps is to be believed. (It's unclear if these include maps from the inevitable DLC map packs.) Spec Ops is back as well, with the mission-based co-operative offerings from Modern Warfare 2 accompanied by a new "Survival" mode or, as you're more likely to know it by, Horde mode. The goal: You and your pals will defend yourselves from increasingly difficult waves of enemies. There are seven "Mission" maps and five "Survival" maps listed.

Previous Modern Warfare installments were so shrouded in secrecy, nearly up until the time of release, that it's hard to imagine how such a massive, seemingly coordinated leak took place. Oh, and one last detail: the release date! Kotaku's report pins MW3 for November 8, just a week after Uncharted 3 and a few days before Skyrim.

Ermaximus 05-13-2011 12:12 PM

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/i...1/UP24Jsc=.jpgTurd Burglar 10
Find and steal a piece of poo

Only in Duke Nukem.

Drakul 05-13-2011 02:43 PM

Could probably have used some spoiler tags.

Ermaximus 05-13-2011 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Drakul (Post 3523904)
Could probably have used some spoiler tags.

I thought about it, but it doesn't really give anything away to the storyline of the game. Unless that's an actual mission or something?

RoXer 05-13-2011 03:09 PM

MUA2 is really dragging along. Not sure if I'll finish it.

Ermaximus 05-13-2011 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by RoXer (Post 3523915)
MUA2 is really dragging along. Not sure if I'll finish it.

I never did. It got boring fast.

DaveBrawl 05-13-2011 04:02 PM

I played through it a couple times, mainly because my original save file got corrupted 2/3 of the way in on the first time. It's not as good as the first one by any means but I wanted to get all of the achievements.

DaveBrawl 05-13-2011 07:13 PM

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Hackers have broken into the websites for both Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Tomb Raider, making off with the emails of 25,000 customers who had registered for product updates in the process. The resumes of 350 Eidos Montreal employees might have been compromised too, with the hackers accessing the company's web servers.

"Square Enix can confirm a group of hackers gained access to parts of our Eidosmontreal.com website as well as two of our product sites," Square Enix confirmed in a statement. "We immediately took the sites offline to assess how this had happened and what had been accessed, then took further measures to increase the security of these and all of our websites, before allowing the sites to go live again."

Both Eidosmontreal.com and Deusex.com were affected by the hack and Sophos security consultant Graham Cluley warned that these leaks could cause a number of issues. "With the e-mail there is a danger that gamers could be e-mailed by someone pretending to be from the company who gets them to click on a link or run some malicious software," he told BBC News. "The resumes are a blueprint for identity theft. They have everything that scammers want. The only thing missing is credit card information."

So try and stay vigilant, although Square Enix says that there's no evidence that information has been distributed by the hackers.

[Thanks, Nozza]

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OssMan 05-13-2011 08:24 PM

what is MUA? medal uv aonor? Marvel Uerses Aapcom?

OssMan 05-13-2011 08:25 PM

Modern UArfare 2

G 05-13-2011 08:26 PM

http://www.scifinow.co.uk/wp-content...09/09/MUA2.jpg

OssMan 05-13-2011 08:27 PM

Oh I stole the first one from my friend on Wii, played it once

Emperor Smeat 05-13-2011 08:33 PM

Sony's big announcement on Gametrailers early in the morning ended up being news of the sequel to Warhawk on the PS3 called Starhawk.

Similar to Warhawk, the game is an air combat style game but this time more variety of in terms of larger maps, more types of playable vehicles such as mechs, and more action.

Unlike Warhawk, the game will be on disc and not as a PSN title as well as having a single player mode to go along with multiplayer.

No release date was given but Sony did say it should be available at some point in 2012.

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G 05-13-2011 08:35 PM

I think I can count the number of people who cared about Warhawk on one hand.

Emperor Smeat 05-13-2011 08:49 PM

Yeah the announcement ended up being a bit disappointing because of how much effort Sony did to make it seem like it would be something bigger (ex. countdown clock, lots of hype of it being a big name game, etc).

Xero 05-14-2011 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Ermaximus (Post 3523906)
I thought about it, but it doesn't really give anything away to the storyline of the game. Unless that's an actual mission or something?

Monkey See Monkey
Doo


Mission Start

Emperor Smeat 05-14-2011 08:13 PM

Square Enix announces as a result of a bad fiscal year for the company (loss of almost $198 million) it has cancelled a lot of unannounced games and projects as part of their new plan to "a tightened selection standard regarding title lineup to strengthen the revenue base of the Company’s digital entertainment segment."

None of the titles cancelled were major or Triple A titles but were seen more as potential money wasters than contributors for the company this upcoming year.

Adding in the effect of the recent earthquake in Japan forcing some Final Fantasy servers to be shut down and the loss of monthly subscriptions also were a factor in the decision.

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Sony announced another set of games will be getting the HD collection/remake treatment on the PS3 and this time it will be the God of War games from the PSP series. Included in the collection will be God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ghost of Sparta.

Also announced by Sony is the newest firmware update for PSN that requires mandatory password changing in order to use PSN once the service itself goes back online in the near future.

Fignuts 05-14-2011 09:01 PM

Really hope Just Cause 3 wasn't one of those cancelled titles.

G 05-15-2011 08:51 AM

Really burned out on GoW. So much that I couldn't finish the 2nd one after playing 3 and 1. Will wait for 4.


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