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RoXer 05-15-2011 10:43 PM

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Extreme Angle 05-16-2011 07:01 AM

What's that? Looks sexy...

Emperor Smeat 05-16-2011 08:29 PM

Warner Bros Studios announces a new Batman game is being developed by Monolith and unlike previous Batman games, this one is a first person shooter and an online-only game.

The game called Gotham City Impostors will be taking place within the DC Universe and is set as a team-based game of Jokers vs Batmen.

Quote:

In the game, Gotham is being over-run by a group of Joker wannabe hoods known as The Jokerz. In retaliation, a group of well-meaning (perhaps slightly stupid) citizens don the cloak and cowl and unite to take back their city as The Bats. Players will create their character and decide if they want to be a vigilante or a villain.

The game is said to have some crazy costume choices, home made gadgets, a large variety of weapons and some clever twist when it comes to multiplayer (which looks like it could be 4 Vs 4).
As of now the multiplayer is 4v4 but the developer has said their main goal is to increase it to a bigger amount with 16 players per match as a priority. Another report said the studio has no plans of adding in bots or non-online multiplayer features and wants to focus the game solely on online multiplayer.

The game does not have an announced release date but will be available on PSN, XBLA, and PC later in the year.

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Square-Enix releases Chrono Trigger today for the Virtual Console on the Wii.

The game originally released on the SNES is now available for 800 Wii Points ($8). This also makes it the 4th time the game has been released on a console (SNES, PS1, DS, and now Wii VC).

Kalyx triaD 05-16-2011 08:52 PM

Terrible idea for a 'Batman' game. The gameplay is proven, I just don't like the license dressing.

Funky Fly 05-16-2011 10:04 PM

Yeah, not feeling it. I can see why it exists, I'm just not interested.

Fignuts 05-16-2011 11:05 PM

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Funky Fly 05-16-2011 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 3526347)
gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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Kalyx triaD 05-17-2011 05:24 PM

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Like I said: This may be a good game mechanically speaking, but why is this a Batman game?

#BROKEN Hasney 05-17-2011 05:43 PM

Hope it takes off. Love to see some Batman Kart Racers.

Emperor Smeat 05-17-2011 08:14 PM

Lionhead Studios joins a growing list of studios that hates used games but unlike others, they tried to explain that used games are worse than piracy itself.

The studio blames how used game sales on the Xbox and Xbox 360 hurt them more than the problem of piracy on PC. The studio also gave up trying to protect their games on PC by saying pirates will always find to steal/crack a game and decided to switch their focus on the used game market instead.

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"Piracy these days on PC is probably less problematic than second-hand sales on the Xbox," commented Fable III lead combat designer Mike West. He added, “"I've been working on PC games for many years and piracy is always a problem. There are a lot of honest people out there as well, and if they like your game they'll buy it.”
The studio also considers PC to be more of a side project with the Xbox 360 as priority when developing games. They even felt every Fable III sale was a "bonus" than due to them working hard on the PC version of the game. Their whole focus for Fable III regarding development, hype, and advertising was on the Xbox 360 version with the PC version seen as a side or after-thought

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Quick News round-up:

1) Sonic Generations will be going to the PC and 3DS to go along with the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions after Sega leaked those platforms in their financial report.
2) Square-Enix trademarks "SE Masterpieces" as a new product brand with rumors ranging it being used for collection sets to HD remakes of previous games.
3) Mass Effect 2 interactive "Genesis" comic from the PS3 is now available on the Xbox 360. The comic is on sale for 320 MS Points.
4) After apologizing for a lot of things, Sony will not apologize for waiting over a week to inform people their Credit Cards were potentially stolen. Sony also tried to deny they knew of the problem for 9 days and did nothing as saying other companies do the same thing with a few even waiting longer to do something.

D Mac 05-17-2011 08:39 PM

Wouldn't be surprised it these assholes found a way to "lock" a disc to a console or some shit. Like when you first play a game a "code" has been recognized and you can't play the game on any other console. I wouldn't put shit like that past them.

G 05-17-2011 08:44 PM

soon they are all going to have codes that lock it to your account, like a mmo

D Mac 05-17-2011 08:55 PM

Or all video games becoming downloads, where you have to buy and download them to your Hard Drive like Games on Demand, and not being able to play them on any other console. And you couldn't resell them obviously.

Emperor Smeat 05-17-2011 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by D Mac (Post 3526970)
Wouldn't be surprised it these assholes found a way to "lock" a disc to a console or some shit. Like when you first play a game a "code" has been recognized and you can't play the game on any other console. I wouldn't put shit like that past them.

That wouldn't be too hard to do since a system like that is already in place with downloadable games being tied to an account. Although biggest difference is the downloadable games can be deleted and re-downloaded or even move with a transfer of the account to a new machine.

The way some studios hate used games would make a disc be a one-time sort of deal for a code regardless of the reason.

Drakul 05-18-2011 01:22 AM

A good way to stop the second hand market is to make a game that's good enough to keep. I still have Wind Waker, Double Dash and Melee upstairs because they are so good, I'm keeping them forever even though I've not played them in years. Same as I still have Hitman Blood Money, Fable II, Forza 3 and GTAIV despite being "done" with them for ages. They're so good, I'll keep them incase I want to play them sometime in the future.
I'm sure we all have games we like to hold on to incase we want to play them again.

Do a good job and people wont be so quick to trade in. Churn out a game that's average at best, it'll get traded in pretty quickly.

Drakul 05-18-2011 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 3526948)
2) Square-Enix trademarks "SE Masterpieces" as a new product brand with rumors ranging it being used for collection sets to HD remakes of previous games.

If it's a collection set, it'll include FFVII. If it's an "HD Remake" thing, they'll do FFVII. There is big money to be made whichever they do as long as they do something with FFVII.

Emperor Smeat 05-18-2011 01:39 AM

Only way FF 7 is ever getting released again is if Sony pays Square-Enix to make a remake/collection since Square has said multiple times it would be costly for them to do it and currently have no interest in just remaking the game.

They put FF 7 on PSN after Sony pleaded with them for a while and they were allowed to just put the old PS1 version up without having to do much work.

The same is true with the past few Dragon Quest games since Nintendo had to fund part of the games just for them to come out on the Nintendo DS and for DQ X to even be made,

Extreme Angle 05-18-2011 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakul (Post 3527249)
I still have Hitman Blood Money

I have it upstairs, i've played it once, got through the first level then that was that... Is it really that good?

Drakul 05-18-2011 04:59 AM

The first level is just a tutorial and has to be pretty linear because of it. It opens up after that and gets better with more ways to go about your missions.

Ermaximus 05-18-2011 09:18 AM

www.dukenudem.com

It's NSFW, but :rofl:. I love Duke Nukem.

D Mac 05-18-2011 01:11 PM

IGN:
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It appears that the new Xbox LIVE update, which will introduce support for the new XGD3 disk format, might prevent a very small number of Xbox 360 owners from playing retail game discs.

Kotaku were contacted by a reader who received an email from Microsoft informing him that it had detected via Xbox LIVE that his Xbox (a 60GB Pro from 2009) was affected. Microsoft has offered to replace his console with a new Xbox 360S with 250GB hard drive at no expense.

The email has since been verified by Xbox Support via their official Twitter account.

The XGD3 format will allow for additional storage space on a game disc, and will provide additional levels of copy production.

The Xbox LIVE Spring update will be rolled out between May 19 to May 30.

Update: Microsoft has confirmed that a "a very small number" of consoles are affected. This fault manifests itself as a 'disc unreadable' or 'disc unsupported' error on the screen. Microsoft said it is able to detect this issue over Xbox Live and are proactively reaching out to customers that may be impacted to replace their console.

If you receive this error, contact Microsoft at www.xbox.com/support/contact

Extreme Angle 05-18-2011 02:25 PM

Blonde girl is solid...

Kalyx triaD 05-18-2011 04:29 PM

D Mac how do you feel about XBLA/PS3 games? Because that's exactly how they work right now. I imagine, eventually, all games will be digital download. But retail stores are still fairly important in the grand scheme of things.

Emperor Smeat 05-18-2011 08:06 PM

SEGA hints a new F-Zero game might eventually be made but also had to confirm it wouldn't be coming in the near future after a recent interview showed the company is willing to make another game in the series.

Biggest issue right now according to the producer is creating a good enough idea or gameplay feature for both SEGA and Nintendo to approve of the project.

Instead of traditionally having Nintendo come up with an idea and finding a studio to make the game, the F-Zero series has a special status of SEGA getting to determine when the game can be made and all they have to do is tell Nintendo to get the project approved.

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"It might happen if someone comes up with a brilliant idea that would make both Nintendo and SEGA happy," said Nobuya Ohashi who is currently working as a producer on Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games.

He added: "If there's a good idea, that will work for both of us, then we might do that."
If a new game in the series were to be made, most likely the choices would be between the 3DS or the upcoming Nintendo system due to Nintendo recently stating the last set of 1st party games for the Wii have already been set and in development.

http://www.officialnintendomagazine....t-happen-sega/

Drakul 05-19-2011 02:55 AM

I read Nintendo didn't want a new F-Zero because they felt the series had gone as far as it could with GX so they ended the series there.

Kalyx triaD 05-19-2011 03:20 AM

I read that Sega can continue it if they have a decent enough concept.

Fignuts 05-19-2011 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakul (Post 3528264)
I read Nintendo didn't want a new F-Zero because they felt the series had gone as far as it could with GX so they ended the series there.

That has definitely stopped nintendo before.

Drakul 05-19-2011 04:37 PM

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OssMan 05-19-2011 07:03 PM

fuCK YES BURGER TIME

OssMan 05-19-2011 07:05 PM

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Emperor Smeat 05-19-2011 07:56 PM

According to a trusted source (same source that leaked out the new Batman being a downloadable title), the upcoming Alan Wake game will be a downloadable game for XBLA.

The game will be titled as Alan Wake: Night Spring and is set to be sort of an "expansion" type game while explaining the story to new people (similar to the Mass Effect 2 comic for PS3 users).

Microsoft will not allow any screen shots to be released since they most likely want to officially debut the game at E3.

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The effort Crytek putting for Cyrsis 2 multiplayer seems to have been a bust at this point with the game crashing out of the Top 20 for Xbox Live for both the 2011 year and recent month.

News on the PC platform isn't any better with the peak being about 511 people the last few months. No news on the PS3 version but since it had lower sales than Xbox 360 and PSN recently being down will not be good for Crytek.

Emperor Smeat 05-20-2011 08:16 PM

An email sent by Activision to its studios working on Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 shows that Activision was monitoring the situation involving potential leaks of the game and knew people were leaking info about the game.

In the email, Activision did not blame anyone or any studio for the leaks but also praised the hard work of the studios in preparing for the official release.

Activision and Infinity Ward ended up acknowledging the leaks as the debut of Modern Warfare 3 but were worried of their official revealing being ruined as a result. Due to how much stuff was already done when the leak occurred, Activision still had enough new stuff to talk about in the official debut for the game.

If anything, Activision is upset at Kotaku for leaking out too much game info and worried for a while the hype of the game could have suffered in the long run.

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"I wanted to reach out to you today and address the Call of Duty intellectual property leak that occurred last Friday," started Hirshberg. "Of course, Activision takes very seriously any abuse of our intellectual property – the event is under investigation and we’re confident it will be resolved quickly."

"What I want to tell you about is how we handled the event internally," he continued. "We were lucky in that we were very close to our scheduled reveal date, and therefore, we had a number of assets that had not yet been released, but were ready to go."

"When it came to light that we had suffered a significant security breach, it became clear that a leak of this size had the potential to throw our launch off of its schedule, or worse, blunt its momentum," he wrote. "As a company, we needed to look both backwards and forwards simultaneously. Of course we needed to immediately begin finding the source of the leak. But we also needed to deal with the fact that, like it or not, our launch had just begun."
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Bioware leaks on Twitter that work on Dragon Age III is currently in process. The game might make an official announcement at E3 2011.
2) After seeing the success of Nintendo's AR stuff, Sony announces it will be adding their own AR tech in upcoming Sony products. Even though Sony says they've been working on the tech since the PS1, its another situation where Sony waits and "copies" after Nintendo does it first.
3) Mega Man Legends 3 Prototype "paid" demo delayed again as Capcom announces the demo will not be launching when eshop launches in June. The whole project itself is in danger of being cancelled due to constant delays and Capcom unwilling to back the project 100%.

Drakul 05-21-2011 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 3529625)
3) Mega Man Legends 3 Prototype "paid" demo delayed again as Capcom announces the demo will not be launching when eshop launches in June. The whole project itself is in danger of being cancelled due to constant delays and Capcom unwilling to back the project 100%.

Saw it coming.

I really think this is because Inafune left Capcom. Megaman is left out of MvC3, Megaman Universe is cancelled and it's only a matter of time before MML3 is cancelled as well.
I think I remember reading a while ago that Megaman 10 was the last of that series of MM games.

Pretty sure they're trying to put Megaman away.

Kalyx triaD 05-21-2011 03:18 AM

Well if Capcom wants to be gay about it perhaps they should sell it to Inafune's new company. They won't. But it's gay.

(And for that matter give DMC to Platinum Games since Itsuno lost his fucking mind)

Fignuts 05-21-2011 03:35 AM

Can understand them not wanting to make anymore disc based games, but I'm pretty sure megaman 9 & 10 were both critical and financial successes. Seems stupid to not at least keep making DLC games, as the franchise still has a fairly large fanbase.

Drakul 05-21-2011 04:11 AM

I can't find the story about MM10 being the last retro MM but I swear I read that somewhere. I can't remember where exactly. Maybe I'm wrong.

It all still seems suspiciously timed. I can shrug off Megaman not being in MvC3 just after Inafune left but now that everything Megaman related is being killed off, it's odd.

Kalyx triaD 05-21-2011 04:18 AM

I have a feeling one of the Mega Men will arrive in 'Hyper MvC3'. If MML3 isn't cancelled by next fall, and with much of Volnutt's assets already built in TvC - I imagine Volnutt would be chosen.

IF MML3 isn't cancelled. And IF there will be a Hyper Marvel vs Capcom 3.

Fignuts 05-21-2011 06:31 AM

Could care less about MM being in MvC 3. I just want more megaman games.

D Mac 05-21-2011 04:38 PM

The Mortal Kombat movie theme is not shitty. It is the greatest movie theme ever. FAGNUTS :mad:

G 05-21-2011 05:07 PM

what movie theme

Kalyx triaD 05-21-2011 05:11 PM

Techno Syndrome, I presume. Great track.

D Mac 05-21-2011 05:22 PM

The damn theme got me through Army Basic Training. Every time I would question myself I would just think of it and it got me pumped up.

Kalyx triaD 05-21-2011 05:53 PM

It's in my 3D fighting game playlist.

G 05-21-2011 06:18 PM

oh yeah, duh. i was thinking of a ps3 theme you could install off the mk blu. i was way off

D Mac 05-21-2011 06:53 PM

G is DUCKING ME

G 05-21-2011 06:57 PM

i will play right now you son of a bitch

Emperor Smeat 05-21-2011 09:54 PM

Nintendo of America almost one time managed to post the Legend of Zelda timeline but when they told Nintendo of Japan of their plan, NOJ told them to stop the project and told them that their timeline was essentially correct.

Supposedly, the timeline has enough "space" to allow new games to enter the series timeline without needing a new story arch and as a way to keep the series active after 25 years using the same basis for the tale.

Quote:

Mases Hagopian: I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but you're sort of a celebrity in the Zelda Community. Interviews you did 10-15 years ago are still quoted to try to prove the validity of various timeline theories.

Dan Owsen: You know, at one point we had drafted a timeline and wanted to make it available online. We showed it to the guys in Japan and they basically told us that it would be best if we didn't post it. They do have a timeline that has continuity between the games but they wanted to keep it open for how each player views the chronology of the series. There are a lot of connections between the games, but they do have a timeline that has continuity. It's up to the player to place all the pieces together.

Mases Hagopian: So there seems to be a disconnect between you guys (Nintendo of America) and the developers in Japan.

Dan Owsen: I wouldn't call it a disconnect. Just that the developers feel that posting a full narrative would take away from the players' imagination. Part of what makes the series so special is the legend that spans across the series and they wanted to preserve that in the players' vision. It's also why they have never given Link a voice. The story is told as if the player is Link. Giving him a voice would eliminate that attachment.
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DiRT 3 joins the growing list of games to put restrictions on online multiplayer using the Online Pass model. The pass is being called "VIP Pass" from Codemasters studio although no price was given for those who would have to pay.

Kalyx triaD 05-22-2011 09:14 PM

Somebody actually went and made a Rock/Paper/Scissors videogame. Doesn't have charm, though. A game like that needs to be self aware.

Kalyx triaD 05-23-2011 12:38 AM

Playing the demo, Dead or Alive 4 is 180% more fun than Virtua Fighter 5. Should add that to our playlist.

Kalyx triaD 05-23-2011 03:36 AM

In designing Viewtiful Joe, creator Hideki Kamiya was inspired by the first Ninja Turtles movie.[l]

D Mac 05-23-2011 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3531051)
Somebody actually went and made a Rock/Paper/Scissors videogame. Doesn't have charm, though. A game like that needs to be self aware.

Yeah there were a couple of RPC games before that.

Kalyx triaD 05-23-2011 04:04 AM

Haven't noticed them then.

Drakul 05-23-2011 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3531270)
Playing the demo, Dead or Alive 4 is 180% more fun than Virtua Fighter 5. Should add that to our playlist.

I had DOA4 breifly and the end boss is rock solid hard. Tried playing online and, with the game being so old, the only people online are the hardcore DOA fans. I think I may have won online once during the whole time I had it. Traded it in a week or two after I bought it.

I don't think I'm cut out for 3D fighters. I was decent with DOA2 as a teen but I've lost any skill I built up playing that back then.

Kalyx triaD 05-23-2011 01:30 PM

Didn't think too many people would still be online. Offline sessions then with my crew. 4plyr tag action.

Until SFxT anyway. And TTT2.

I've just been feeling 'multiplayer' lately.

Fignuts 05-23-2011 02:53 PM

When do you ever feel singleplayer?

Kalyx triaD 05-23-2011 03:13 PM

Hardly ever, I suppose. I've just been off the wagon and played Reach's campaign and Firefight modes and training in MvC3. Now I wanna go from that to playing with a lot of people. FFX-2 is fun, though.

Kalyx triaD 05-23-2011 04:36 PM

Love the Lego Pirates demo. Forgot that lego games are awesome.

Icess 05-23-2011 05:42 PM

The Witcher 2 is fantastic

Emperor Smeat 05-23-2011 08:12 PM

Sony posts its 2nd worst annual financial loss ever in the company's history with the 2011 financial report showing around $3.1 billion loss for the entire company while the Playstation division continues to show more losses. The worst part of the news was Sony had been expecting $927 million overall in profits for the year.

The PSN disaster alone cost $171 million and could rise until PSN is completely restored. The majority of this loss will count against the 2012 report and not this year's report. Third party companies have also said the PSN downtime has cost them a few million with Capcom saying it could impact future PSN titles for 2011.

The only good news is the total loss could have been as high as $4.4 billion but they were able to get an extension on their deferred taxes for now ($1.3 billion as of now).

Quote:

"Based on information currently available to Sony, our current known costs associated with the unauthorised network access are estimated to be approximately 14 billion yen in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012," the company told investors today.

Furthermore, Sony predicted a net loss for the entire 2011 financial year of ¥260 billion ($3.1 bn / £1.9bn) - compared to expectations in February that the company was on track to record a profit of ¥70 billion, blaming a write-off due to deferred tax assets.

For the full 2011 financial year Sony expects the Japanese earthquake and tsunami to wipe ¥17 billion from operating profits, and a further ¥150 billion from the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.
The worst financial loss for Sony occurred after the HD format wars and the PS3 launch where Sony lost $3 billion alone in those 2 departments. The biggest reason was the PS3 costing them $1 billion to launch and the HD War costing them $2 billion.

It is unlikely the massive loss will make Sony rethink of the pricing for the NGP due to them wanting at all costs to take over Nintendo and Apple's spots in the handheld/mobile markets.

Sony also sort of guaranteed their 2012 report has almost no chance of being good either but did express it should be less of a sting than this year.

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Quick News Round-up:

1) Sony appears ready to kill off the PSP once and for all after revealing the PSP Remasters series of PSP games being ported to the PS3 starting with Monster Hunter 3 from the PSP.
2) The Penguin is expected to play a big role in the game's story for Batman: Arkham City.
3) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will be getting a limited re-release as part of the 5 year anniversary of the game. The re-release will include stuff from the Collector's Edition of the game to go along with a discount coupon for the upcoming Elder Scrolls V game.

Kalyx triaD 05-23-2011 08:30 PM

After years of arrogance and demeaning ad campaigns and practices; eat it, Sony. I can't begin to feel sorry.

Blitz 05-24-2011 01:18 AM

Huh

Quote:

So, this is mighty strange. Japanese director Takashi Miike, famed for intensely violent films like Ichi the Killer and Audition, is going in a very different direction for his next film project. Speaking with The Huffington Post at Cannes, Miike said, "It is a very light comedy that I am filming now, a court drama, based on a video game, the Nintendo game DS."

I don't want to say that Takashi Miike is making a film based on the Ace Attorney series. Not that I can think of any other game on the DS set in a courtroom which is a light comedy or because I think Miike should not do such a thing. In fact, I'm sure such a film would be weird and wonderful. I just don't want to jinx it or get my hopes up.

Funky Fly 05-24-2011 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3531884)
After years of arrogance and demeaning ad campaigns and practices; eat it, Sony. I can't begin to feel sorry.

Pretty much since the PSP came out Sony just kinda lost its shit.

Emperor Smeat 05-24-2011 08:14 PM

Ubisoft reveals its new MMO game currently in development from their Ubisoft Shanghai studio called Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online.

The game will be free to play but also offer the ability for micro-transactions for those who want more from the game at a cost. Ubisoft did not reveal what or how much the DLC stuff will be.

Gameplay-wise, the game will play just like any other Ghost Recon game with the usual 3rd person perspective, tactical shooter with the biggest changes being class-based multiplayer to go along with upgradable weapons and abilities. Ubisoft is planning to add more classes in the future but as of now the closed beta will only be 3 classes.

Another Ubisoft goal is to provide constant content either by special organized events, game updates, and customized stuff based on the community's feedback.

The current plan is for the closed beta to arrive this summer with the actual game coming late 2011 for the PC.

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Sony misses another target date with the PSN restoration as PSN Store misses its initial relaunch date with the excuse being another "maintenance."

Sony did stress that they never had a date set in stone and still are pushing for the vague "before June" as their goal.

#BROKEN Hasney 05-25-2011 06:43 AM

Terraria is out and is totally awesome. It's a 2D sprite-based Minecraft but with a million more things to do.

Last night we tunneled to hell, managed to get some lenses to summon the Eye of Cthulu and killed him to get some demonite.

Then a meteorite hit, taking out the corruption. All for $10 on Steam!


http://www.terraria.org/

Drakul 05-25-2011 04:18 PM

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Cool and everything but I wish you played as Rockford from the NES version. The human miner.

Xero 05-25-2011 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hasney (Post 3533313)
Terraria is out and is totally awesome. It's a 2D sprite-based Minecraft but with a million more things to do.

Last night we tunneled to hell, managed to get some lenses to summon the Eye of Cthulu and killed him to get some demonite.

Then a meteorite hit, taking out the corruption. All for $10 on Steam!


http://www.terraria.org/

Are the worlds randomly generated?

#BROKEN Hasney 05-25-2011 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xero (Post 3533882)
Are the worlds randomly generated?

Indeed, in small, medium and large varieties too.

Your character is also persistent between single and multi-player, so all the kit you have carries over.

Emperor Smeat 05-25-2011 07:46 PM

Ubisoft reveals based on box art for a brief time on Xbox.com that Ghost Recon Future Solider on the Xbox 360 will have Kinect controls and is seen as the better version of the game.

It is assumed Kinect will be incorporated for hand signals to go along with voice in giving commands and head tracking to move the camera.

The game has been in a few delays and now it appears this was due to the last moment addition of Kinect for the Xbox 360 version. Ubisoft was not willing to launch the other versions until the Xbox 360 version was done.

The game still is listed as TBA late 2011 to early 2012 for PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, and PSP.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets...con_kinect.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5805566/will-ghost...er-with-kinect
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Quick News Round-Up:

1) Nintendo Power leaks that a new Shinobi game from SEGA is currently in development for the Nintendo 3DS.
2) Twisted Pixel holding a closed beta for Ms. Splosion Man open to any Xbox Live user as long as they fill out an application request form and have a Gold account for Live. The beta will only be available for 1,000 people and lasts from June 6 to June 24. https://connect.microsoft.com/site1241
3) The Witcher 2 is rumored to be arriving on the Xbox 360 and should be announced as a console exclusive during Microsoft's E3 conference.

RoXer 05-25-2011 08:46 PM

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G 05-25-2011 09:17 PM

That's a shame, because I was hoping to play The Witcher 2 on PS3.

Kalyx triaD 05-26-2011 02:31 AM

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Drakul 05-26-2011 03:51 AM

Applied for the Ms. Splosionman Beta.

Extreme Angle 05-26-2011 04:48 AM

Just bought Terraria

Extreme Angle 05-26-2011 06:44 AM

And it doesn't work :(, I click play on steam and it just says "installing XNA framework" then stops...

#BROKEN Hasney 05-26-2011 07:40 AM

Download and install this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...displaylang=en

and this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...8-d35c013c3b97

See if it works then. If not, then grab this: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MBCL8TKC

Extreme Angle 05-26-2011 10:15 AM

Got it working... Apparently there's this bug which stops it from working... Had to change my audio options to get it to work. Just lost 5 hours to this game, took me ages to get the hang of it, just built a concrete house with a pit room next door for easy access to deep caves :). Building the house took long enough, stupid fucking flying eyes and zombies.

#BROKEN Hasney 05-26-2011 11:56 AM

Sweet! And I know what you mean. Started playing properly on Monday and logged 14 hours already.

We have a lava moat round our place on an online server!

D Mac 05-26-2011 03:20 PM

If you're wondering about the new 360 console update, here's the details.

* Reflashes the DVD drives : PLDS DG-16D4S, PBDS VAD6038 and PLDS DG-16D2S, to a new stock firmware : 0272, 04421C, 02510C.
* Table and anti-piracy 2.5 scheme updated.
* Support for the new XGD3 disk format for games, adds 1GB of usable disk space and extra anti-piracy features to new games (This may not be compatible with some older Xbox 360 SKUs, e.g. those with Lite-On drives circa 2009, which require a console replacement). [2]
* Adds a new 1 hour Auto-Off setting in addition to the 6 hour Auto-Off setting previously available.
* Adds PayPal support as a payment option for all Xbox Live users, except Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan, Russia, Poland , South Africa, South Korea and Taiwan[3].
* Avatar Kinect. Allowing players to scan their face in real-time to match with their avatar.
* Adds multi-language voice commands for Kinect. (French and German confirmed.)
* Minor bugfix.

Emperor Smeat 05-26-2011 07:55 PM

EA has decided to charge for the web-based online parts of Dynasty and Road to Glory mode in the upcoming NCAA Football 12.

This is also seen as the start of a bigger plan by EA to include more micro-transactions in their sports games beyond their current DLC stuff. EA had been planning to start charging for game modes and extras for a while but waited to decide which game to use as their "test."

The one time fee of $3 per mode will be strictly enforced in online leagues due to everyone needing it or else the league can't progress. Also being charged is the Super Sim mode for online leagues that will allow the league to sim games for players who can't play on certain weeks as a way to prevent the entire league schedule from being held up.

EA's is blaming the rising costs of their sports games development along with "competition" as the reasons for the sudden charging of modes and also confirmed this idea was in the making for a long time. EA failed to mention how their current practice of charging for cheats and other stuff in their sports games has generated lots of money.

The worst part of the news is EA took what the community had requested for additions and features and then decided to charge them as extras instead of using it to improve the game for everyone.

This news along with Take-Two potentially dropping its MLB and NHL franchises adds more power to EA's stranglehold on the sports market.

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http://kotaku.com/5805720/new-featur...ree-in-ncaa-12

Kalyx triaD 05-26-2011 09:58 PM

lol

Kalyx triaD 05-26-2011 10:03 PM

Oh damn.

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G 05-26-2011 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 3535149)


EA's is blaming the rising costs of their sports games development along with "competition" as the reasons for the sudden charging of modes


i hear nothing but how they don't really do jack shit year after year, so where are these rising costs coming from. and i wasn't aware they had competition :roll:

#BROKEN Hasney 05-27-2011 02:33 AM

Amazon's deal of the day is WWE All-Stars fightsticks. Pretty much the same as the SF4 sticks just with different artwork and they're now $60.

They've got the pads at $30 if you prefer.

LoDownM 05-27-2011 02:50 AM

F.E.A.R 3 had the potential to be the best 4 player lan/system link co-op game in ages, but supposedly doesn't have lan/system link :|

#BROKEN Hasney 05-27-2011 08:11 AM

Zelda Universe has been outed by the ESRB for an "online" platform.

http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/27080...ne-By-ESRB.jpg

Khuntry 05-27-2011 08:47 AM

Interview with Inafune. Talks about his new companies and other stuff. Check it

OssMan 05-27-2011 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hasney (Post 3535510)
Zelda Universe has been outed by the ESRB for an "online" platform.

http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/27080...ne-By-ESRB.jpg

well there goes my goal of beating every zelda game

way to go video games

Drakul 05-27-2011 12:12 PM

Zelda Universe is apparantly a website and not an actual game, according to Kotaku.

Drakul 05-27-2011 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kotaku
SimCity is a series beloved by millions, and one that's sadly been neglected of late while the Sims franchise went supernova. Now, according to MCV, it's coming back.

Only, you may not like what comes next.

It seems that EA is bringing SimCity back as a Facebook game, hoping to steal a share of the casual market away from the likes of Zynga's CityVille and FarmVille.

It's most likely in development at EA's social specialists, Playfish.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pretend this news story instead started with the line "SimCity 5 Coming To PC In 2012".

Source.

Xero 05-27-2011 01:19 PM

As long as it's as deep as the other games, I have no problems with it.

Drakul 05-27-2011 01:34 PM

If it's a FB game, I can't see it being all that deep. The idea of FB games is to be easily accecable, playable in short bursts, simple.
I can't see us having to adjust the education budget or look at the crime or pollution rates.

Xero 05-27-2011 01:40 PM

Well then there's no point.

Drakul 05-27-2011 01:43 PM

Facebook games are supposed to be simple to use and enjoyable in quick bursts as well as being sociable.
Simcity as we know it isn't exactly simple and enjoyable in quick bursts, is it?
They'll strip the depth away so everyone can jump right in.

If they have SimCity FB and a proper SimCity 5, I'd be fine with that but it sounds like it will just be a Facebook game and nothing more

Kalyx triaD 05-27-2011 02:42 PM

I like SimCity enough to play it as a Facebook game. Surely they kept most of it's elements, I think you could fit most of SimCity's mechanics on a browser...

Drakul 05-27-2011 03:00 PM

It's not a question of fitting it on a browser. Can you really see the same audience that enjoys Bejewled and Farmville willing to put in the time to play SimCity decently?

If they don't strip it down, I can see that audience try it, find it too dull, slow or complex and ditching it.

Kalyx triaD 05-27-2011 03:20 PM

Maybe it could be one of those things that deeper the more involved you get. Like Tetris.

Doesn't matter, they're probably make building railroads a micro-transaction.

#BROKEN Hasney 05-27-2011 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoXer (Post 3534027)
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Greatest games ever

http://www.jra-jwc.jp/vol2/

http://www.jra-jwc.jp/vol3/

Emperor Smeat 05-27-2011 08:17 PM

First set of details regarding the upcoming Ninja Gaiden 3 was revealed in the recent Playstation Magazine.

Tecmo's plan for the game include allowing more accessibility for newcomers while keeping the game itself hard enough for Ninja Gaiden fans, expanded multiplayer for up to 8 players, and a lot more blood and gore than in previous games.

The PS3 version will have Move support but no news on if Kinect will be a part of the Xbox 360 version.

Quote:

Runs at 60 FPS.
The drenching blood has returned after being toned down in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.
Difficulty level won't be lowered for the casual market.
Competitive multiplayer and co-op will feature. One or possibly both modes will feature eight players.
There's no more store. Instead, weapons upgrade over time, presumably through use.
Only Ryu currently planned as a playable character. Story to greatly focus on him.
PlayStation Move support is a possibility, but not yet official.
Tecmo also promised more details, screens, and videos of the game to be shown at E3.

The game is still set for a TBA date and as of now only Xbox 360 and PS3 versions were hinted at having the game.

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http://www.destructoid.com/ninja-gai...d-202056.phtml

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Quick News Round-Up:
1) SEGA is porting House of the Dead Overkill from the Wii to the PS3 and confirms the game will be remade in HD, contain bonus missions, and PS Move support.
2) Problems on Steam's side of The Witcher II has the patch not downloading correctly while the game itself tries to reinstall itself when updating. CD Projekt has confirmed the patch itself is only 20 MB in size and not the 9 GB Steam tries to download.
3) Sony again moves the relaunch of the PSN Store from "before end of May" to now June 1st at the earliest due to the recent "maintenance" announcement by Sony.

Kalyx triaD 05-27-2011 08:33 PM

8plyr action game wtf!


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