I really need to pick F3 back up.

Same here.

In an interview with My Games website, the producer for the Zelda series, Eiji Aonuma, reveals some new details on the upcoming Zelda project for the 3DS.

While Nintendo hinted months ago a new Zelda was in development and also hinted a Majora's Mask 3D remake is a possibility, the upcoming 3DS Zelda game will not be a remake of Majora's Mask nor be directly related to previous handheld Zelda games.

The game will also rely heavily on the 3D effect in a stronger way than what Ocarina of Time did on the 3DS while also being the start of a new sub-story or direction for the Zelda storyline involving handhelds.

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1) Valve has taken down the Steam forums with no re-upload date announced after a recent hacking attack occurred and was redirecting links to the hackers website.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/stea...-gets-fknowned]

2) Harmonix praises Dance Central as "saving" the company due to the first DC game generating $100 million and helped the company from shutting down after getting dropped by Viacom.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/harm...-dance-central

3) S&P threatens to lower Sony's credit rating after an early report showed the company will post its 4th consecutive yearly loss and trigger the stock review. Sony also revealed their Playstation division will not be posting a profit even though software and hardware sales are up for the year.
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/8841...e-annual-loss/

Rumour on the next Xbox.

Source.

Microsoft current plans for Kinect involve the device to become the new center piece for the company with the main goal of having the device eventually become the new standard for PCs within the next few years.

This would go along with their upcoming plans for 2012 to integrate all the Microsoft brands into a more centralized service with Xbox Live and Kinect playing a huge role for Windows 7.

Previous reports showed Microsoft was expanding Kinect's ability outside of just gaming to take advantage of support from businesses and from early hacking accomplishments from the PC modding community.

Kinect was also rumored in other reports to become the standard feature for the next Xbox console.

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1) The plans for an Assassin's Creed movie appears to be stalled at the moment due to Hollywood studios upset at the level of control and direction Ubisoft has for the potential movie.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/assa...not-get-ground

2) Based on PEGI ratings, the next set of PSOne Classics on PSN for Europe will be Fighting Force 1 & 2 and Fear Effect 1 & 2.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/fear...coming-out-psn

3) According to a few sources, the recent spec changes to the Wii U now allow two Wii U tablets to be used at once and is currently the standard in recent dev kits.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/wii-...-tablet-action

4) THQ confirms Saints Row 4 is in development and could arrive for the next generation of consoles with a 2013 or 2014 release date
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1211947p1.html

Did Screwattack or you write these? Because the Assassin's Creed "recap" is completely inaccurate and belies the actual article. And even that's not entirely accurate to the original piece.

Screwattack who got it from Game Informer. There were potential problems way before Sony agreed to sign on to the film which is why Ubisoft was thinking of just making their own movie studio.

Sony went into the deal mainly for distribution reasons so I assume the issue would involve one of the other movie studios Sony owns who is having potential problems with Ubisoft.

This wouldn't have been the first time Ubisoft "clashed" with Hollywood studios because the first Prince of Persia film had similar issues until Ubisoft backed down a bit.

It still doesn't mesh with the report.

I mean, you just posted something spelling DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! When even following the link doesn't come remotely close to it.

Ubisoft reveals a bunch of Assassin's Creed related info and news with the main stuff concerning the next year's AC game and Revelations having first person mode missions.

Based on the financial report recently released by Ubisoft, the company confirms another Assassin's Creed game will arrive next year but didn't confirm the earlier rumors of Desmond's story ending with the game. The main plot revolves around the 2012 doomsday predictions and will also be considered as a "main title" and not a side-story or spin-off.

The upcoming Assassin's Creed Revelations will have first person mode missions that are related to the storyline from AC Brotherhood. The company has said these missions feel and play differently than typical AC style gameplay.

These missions will also tie in the story from the entire series with each mission being related to a previous AC game.



AC Revelations will also require mandatory installs before the game can be played and was announced to be about 3.8 GB in size.

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1) The Simpsons Arcade game is rumored to be arriving on Xbox Live Arcade based on a leak showing the developer being Backbone Entertainment and a leaked ratings review from Australia.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...oming-to-xbla/

2) Capcom confirms the latest DLC pack for Dead Rising 2:Off the Record is only cheat codes at the cost of $5 (400 MS Points) with most being cosmetic gameplay changes.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/capc...ing-cheats-dlc

3) Nintendo reveals the new rewards for the US Club Nintendo starting on November 12 will have 2 sets of classic Mario-themed shoe laces for 300 Club points while a classic Mario-themed T-shirt will be available at 500 Club points.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/new-...es-and-t-shirt

Oh good. Just what a Parkour-focused game needs more of. First Person perspective.

Simpsons Arcade game, rumoured release again? My, has it been six months already?

Isn't 800 points $10?

Simpsons Arcade is good and everything but I'm still waiting for Sunset Riders. The arcade version.

Yes.

Because there's never been a well received first person parkour-focused game before, right? :roll:

And since I said there had never been one, you're totally not being a moron again.

Seriously, do you just search for my posts looking for straws to grasp at?

Of course, that aside, Mirror's Edge still received a fair share of complaints owing to the nature of a first-person parkour, but still.

I mean, it did read like you had little love for a first-person parkour game. Even if that's not what you're saying, just look how it reads for a sec.

After making Online Pass become a popular and standard practice for games, EA might be testing a new idea to help generate more sales by taking an older game and selling it "a la carte" style.

While the full game for Fight Night Champions is available digitally on Xbox Live Marketplace and PSN Store for $29.99, EA announces they are also selling parts of the game only on PSN with prices varying from $4.99 to $10 for each piece.

The only requirement to the plan is Championship mode has to be purchased regardless if the person doesn't want it due to the mode being the basis for the game.

Buying all the pieces however won't create a real discount nor increase the game's cost due to the parts totaling $29.99 just like the current digital game on PSN.

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Daily Recap:
1) Warner Bros announces the Gotham City Impostors public beta will start in December but will have limited spots while the game itself has a release date of January 10, 2012.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/goth...d-release-info

2) In an interview with GamesRadar, Eiji Aonuma mentions how Miyamoto's original plans for Zelda on the 3DS involved remaking LoZ: A Link to the Past to take advantage of the new 3D effects from the 3DS.
http://kotaku.com/5858166/nintendo-m...mes-back-in-3d

3) Update to the Steam forums recently getting hacked as now Valve is investigating potential fears of credit card info being stolen due to the data being on the same database as the forums which were hacked.
http://kotaku.com/5858473/steam-hack...dit-card-theft

I do have little love for First Person Parkour games.

That's not what I said I wasn't saying, nor what the dipshit claimed contrary.

He brought up there never being a well-received FP parkour, an obvious reference to ME. That has little to do with what I like.

I don't know why you would think "Because there's never been a well received first person parkour-focused game before, right? :roll:"

Was a valid response to "I don't like First Person Parkour games," even if that was what I said. Which, I might repeat for the autistics in the audience, does more or less reflect my sentiments.

Don't like Steam much, but credit where it's due: At least they didn't wait a couple weeks and then act like it was no big deal.

If Sony had handled things this way, people wouldn't have been as pissed.

Jus sayin

KK's original statement was pretty clear to me.

Also, as much as I love ME, this is a terrible idea for AC.

Jus sayin something that demonstrates you had absolutely no grasp of the conversation?

Yes, yes you are.

Be a dick, fine. See ya later.

The point I was trying to make, albeit poorly, is that Mirrors Edge was well received by the general populace. It seemed to me you are treating it as if Ubisoft is shoehorning in this failed gimmick that nobody likes.
I don't play the Assassin's Creed games, but reading the description for the missions in which you '' sounds pretty interesting to me. Personally, I don't think things like that are half as well received when played in a third person.

As long as it isn't soul crushingly difficult due to FPS platforming problems and not prevalent in the overall game, I won't mind it. It's just that FPS platforming was still far from perfect in ME. Until we have true virtual reality gaming, FPS platforming will always be awkward due to that detachment it has from your actual senses of balance and depth perception.

Ubisoft hints the potential fate of a Beyond Good & Evil 2 game relies on how well Rayman Origins sells regardless of praise from the critics.

According to Tony Key, sales executive at Ubisoft, he doesn't want the new Rayman game to become a one-trick pony like the original Beyond Good & Evil game but at the same time did hint the person who worked on the game would have more leeway with other projects.

Ubisoft has been undecided for the past couple of years whether or not to fully commit to a Beyond Good & Evil 2 project. They have hinted multiple times a game could be made but also have stated they have no current plans in actually making the game.

This wouldn't be the first time Ubisoft or other companies have tied a future game to a game about to be released in hope of generating extra sales.

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Daily Recap:
1) If the prices for Japan's plan stay the same for other regions, the PS Vita's UMD-to-Digital transfer plan for PSP games could range from $6.50 to $20 depending on the game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/sony-i...cost-you/3803/

2) After years of complaints, Microsoft finally enables a simplier auto-cancellation process for Xbox Live subscriptions through the use of the recently redesigned Xbox.com website.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-cancellation/

3) According to the makers of Limbo, Playdead studio, the game has officially sold 1 million copies with a Mac version planned for release before the end of the year.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/limb...yers-worldwide

Have a giftcard to target.
Do I wait for WWE 12 or get the new Elder Scrolls?
this crap is keeping me up at night making this decision.

Game Informer is reporting a current rumor for the Wii U involves Nintendo and EA working out an agreement to make EA's Origin digital service become the basis for Nintendo's revamped online network set to launch with the Wii U.

The basis of the rumor could be due to Nintendo hinting earlier in the year they have been contacting companies for advice on how to revamp their online network with Valve and EA being the big names leaked.

The biggest part of the rumor involves the online network would be more "open" in a sense compared to Microsoft's Xbox Live strict "closeness" that has upset a lot of companies in recent years especially EA and Valve. Up until the addition of PS+ service, Sony's PSN was less "closed" but required publishers to cover all server costs including demo downloads.

Nintendo's Wiiware did allow a higher percentage of revenue for publishers but the heavy restrictions on file size and lack of advertising were key negative factors for interest in the service by publishers.

In theory this would mean Nintendo's new network service would be more publisher-friendly than Xbox Live by either allowing more leeway in the guidelines or a better share of the revenue. One big complaint regarding Xbox Live involves restricting games if they arrive on PSN at the same time or even before Xbox Live gets them.

If true, it would allow EA's Origin service a potential foothold into the console market and as a way to compete against Steam which currently can be accessed from a PS3. It would also allow Nintendo some network experience from EA who already built 2 network services (EA Network and Origin).

Other rumors state Nintendo is still debating between Steam and Origin as a potential basis with Valve and EA in heavy competition to win the partnership contract.

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1) Cloud saving will be included as a new feature for Xbox Live according to a Microsoft executive in charge of the upcoming Xbox Live dashboard update expected to arrive later this month.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/xbox-clouds-horizon

2) PETA is upset over the revival of the Tanooki suit in Mario games, specifically in Super Mario 3D Land, by saying it helps promote the idea of only killing animals for their fur and Mario being "evil."
http://www.1up.com/news/mario-3d-lan...t-ok-with-peta

3) 343 Studios denies any rumors or concerns of Halo 4 arriving on the next Xbox system as they are currently developing the game to be exclusive to only the Xbox 360.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...g-to-xbox-720/

Be a spazz who doesn't like his lack of comprehension pointed out, fine. See you later.

Because...

The awesome thing about this for me is that it combines a system I don't care about with a service I don't want. It's win-win.

I'm betting the earlier reports that this is wishful thinking by EA (More appropriately, that EA's aggressively pursuing this, rather than it being a mutual thing) are accurate. EA needs this more than Nintendo does. Nintendo would be wise not to tie themselves to any one service, especially a service that is going up against STEEEEEEEEEAM.

It'd be nice to see Nintendo serious about online, though. I'm not a huge online gamer, but it's frustrating as fuck to use their recent services.

I just figured I'd put this here, rather than its own thread, but this is what bugs me about the Arkham City/Catwoman deal.

People were like, "it's optional content!" "It's ot really part of the game!"

Except the product description really did say seamless. And interwoven. This was not advertised as bonus content. Or, at least, it was advertised as a selling point of the main game right up until a week or so (whatever) before it came out.

Timely commentary, I know. But since I had to go dig up the quote for a fuckwad, figured I'd go post it here, too.

Some Xbox related news today with the Xbox brand celebrating its 10th anniversary, rumors of the next Xbox console to be shown at CES 2012, and the potential for it to revolve more on a performance leap than graphical leap.

In honor of today being the 10th anniversary of the launch of the original Xbox console and the Xbox brand itself, Microsoft is giving away a free avatar prop on the Xbox Live Marketplace to all Xbox 360 members. The avatar prop, a present box that shoots out confetti when opened, will only be available until Saturday, November 19 while the paid celebration avatar items will stay in the Avatar store.

Based on current rumors, the next generation Xbox console, codenamed "Infinity", will make its debut in January 2012 during the CES 2012 expo. The console itself is rumored to have 6 main processor cores to go along with 2 GPUs, 2 GB of RAM, and an AMD graphics chip.

The console itself could also be placing an emphasis more on performance as the next gen leap instead of the traditional graphical leap. This would be based on the suggestions from several gaming studios and personal, such as Rockstar Games and John Carmack, who have stated the focus for the future should revolve around improving A.I. and performance itself instead of just graphics which is starting to show its peak. Most likely the next console will once again be dependent on the suggestions from Epic Games who were influential in the Xbox 360 having more RAM and a stronger GPU than the PS3.

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1) Ubisoft reveals the first DLC pack for the upcoming Assassin's Creed Revelations will be released on December 13 for $3.99 (320 MS Points) and is only a character pack for the game's multiplayer.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ions-revealed/

2) Kevin Levine, co-founder of Irrational Games, states the gameplay for Bioshock Infinite will revolve a lot more towards the physics engine and player ingenuity than the previous games relying more on firepower to clear situations and puzzles.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/bios...y-and-plasmids

3) God of War IV is currently rumored for a September 2012 release date for the PS3.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...september-2012

Any news on black Friday Steam sales?

I was under the impression 2GB of RAM is average? My piece of shit PC from 5 years ago has 2 GB RAM and just about manages to play games on low-mid settings without lag.

Right, but a console has a lot lower overhead and doesn't need to multi-task so 2gb is a fairly large amount.

Both the PS3 and 360 have 512mb of RAM.

Very little is ever known of the Steam sales until they happen. Just know it's not normally as good as the Christmas sale.

Gaming celebrates a very special birthday as Shigeru Miyamoto turned 59 years old today.

Considered as one of the most important and influential people in the video game industry either in terms of aspiration (ex. Cliffy B from Epic Games) or from his innovations with gaming (ex. Z-Targeting in Ocarina of Time and 3D platforming in Super Mario 64).

Some notable achievements include being credited with helping Nintendo's entrance into the console video game industry in 1983 with the NES (1984 in the US), the revival of the console video game industry from Atari's crash in 1983, and the resurgence of Nintendo's dominance with the Wii involving Wii Sports.

Along with creating the Donkey Kong series as one of his first creations, he is also credited as the father of the Mario, Zelda, Star Fox, and countless other video games series both new and old. While he wasn't the creator of the GameBoy series, he did have influence in the design and eventual success of both the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS handheld systems.

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1) EA offering Burnout Paradise as a free game for their Origin services but the offer only includes just the UK at the moment but the game itself doesn't require Origin to be playable.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-u...se-origin-free

2) Ubisoft's Montreal is currently rumored to recently have aquired the actual dev kits and console for the next Xbox system along with EA who had them earlier and other studios expected to recieve them before the end of the year.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...ts-hit-ubisoft

3) Sony announces several pre-order bonuses for the upcoming PS Vita and similar to when the PSP was released, none of the pre-orders actually include any games nor will the system be bundled with a game for free.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/sony-an...-order-bonuses

worst bonus ever

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-IGN

Just so everyone knows, don't buy the Batman controller. It is horrendous.

After earlier trying to reduce the growing resentment involving Gears of War 3 having a lot more content locked away on the disc itself than what Epic Games promised only skins would be locked, Rod Fergusson once again tries to defend the idea of pre-launch or DLC from the disc as not a "rip-off" but this time as a fight against used game sales.

Earlier he tried to defend the right of Epic Games and other companies doing the same stuff by either trying to place blame on other companies saying his company wasn't the first to lock content or by trying to argue his company has the right to lock away stuff regardless if the DLC is found on the disc. He also tried to make an excuse of since Gears of War 3 was already "packed with content", then it would be fair to lock some stuff since nobody would really complain about the lack of stuff to do in the game.

Today, Fergusson shifted the blame to used game sales as the reason why DLC can be a "Day 1" or found on the disc. He said the industry has to fight more against used sales than have people worried about if a map or some content was on the disc but now requires payment to unlock.

He also defended the idea of "Day 1" DLC by saying it takes a lot of planning to decide what is DLC and isn't just ripping out content to withhold but also requires time to develop which is why DLC isn't just developed after a game is released.

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1) Capcom announces Darkstalkers will join the PSOne Classics lineup on PSN by the end of November with the potential of the game also coming at a later date to Xbox Live Arcade.
http://kotaku.com/5860508/capcoms-br...ter-this-month

2) Square-Enix is currently rumored to have purchased the license and dev kits for Epic's Unreal Engine with the rumors of the engine being used on the next Final Fantasy game instead of their own Crystal engine.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...real-engine-3/

3) In an interview with the Official Playstation Magazine, Hideo Kojima confirms Metal Gear Solid 5 is in development but won't reveal any other details until a later date.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/metal-...appening/3811/

I love how they're complaining about used game sales, acting like they're making no money. Didn't they sell 3 million copies of Gears in the first week?

Used game sells don't make them money.

Don't think that's the point he was making though

That's not what I was saying.

Each Gears of War release has sold more than the last, and at a quicker pace no less. They've made over 1 billion dollars off the franchise, and they're still pumping out over priced DLC.

I mean, there's over 40$ worth of gun skins. Those should be worth at most, like 25 cents. Instead, they're what, four or five bucks?

If they have a problem, they should've done what everyone else did and put in an online pass. They didn't and they're bitching anyways.

Companies are never satisfied, especially ones with overrated trash like Gears. The more hype surrounding a game like the more likely they'll pull stunts like 15$ map packs charging high for gun skins. Blame other gamers for that really.

Still, who gives a shit. It's DLC, we don't need it. Gun skins are for the gays.

I know, and that's the problem. They'll never be happy. They just keep exploiting the stupid. Lord knows how many people spent the forty of fifty bucks to buy all those gun skins.

We didn't learn from horse armor, it just became a pre-order bonus.

Skyrim pre-order bonus: Dragons! Get them exclusively at EB Games. Become a true Dragon Born and unlock the ability to fight these massive creatures!

New Line Cinema is making a movie about Rampage, according to Kotaku. I'm hoping they don't screw it up.

At least the horse aromor did something. These gun skins are a pretty horrendous concept. They do nothing unless they're animated. Even then, it's not like you're going to have time to look at them when the battles are under way.
They will. I have a hard time believing a decent script is possible considering the paper thin aspect of the game series' plot.

Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft officially join the US Copyright Office to endorse the Hollywood-backed SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) anti-piracy bill.

Also joining them is the entire ESA which has about 34 gaming companies as members.

In terms of the effects on gaming, the bill will make it illegal to stream any type of game content without the permission of the owners of the game while also possibly attaching stricter fines and/or jail terms. This would make the popular "Let's Play" and parody/comedic series which use in-game footage to become illegal streams even though recent online stats for Youtube and other video services revealed gaming-related media as the #1 popular topic both in terms of content uploaded and viewed.

This would be done due to a "questionable" links clause giving power to companies to shut down any website or content if they feel it doesn't benefit them either financially or intellectually. It would also give the companies more power to go after individuals than just primarily relying on threats or requests to Youtube and other media sites to remove the content.

In terms of overall effects, the bill itself contains a lot of provisions making general censorship easier for companies regardless of the actual intent of the content or individual and could end up becoming the stepping stone to get rid of Net Neutrality.

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Daily Recap:
1) The upcoming firmware update for the 3DS will allow DLC content to be available in the eShop although Nintendo is still concerned developers will keep taking stuff out of games and not provide a "complete" experience.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/nintendo-allow-dlc-3ds

2) Dan Houser, Vice President Of Rockstar, hints the company might be making a sequel to Bully in the near future but also hints no actual decision will be revealed until after Max Payne 3 is finished.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-bully-sequel/

3) Another Motral Kombat game or something related could be on the way after Ed Boon hints on Twitter an "unexpected surprise" is on its way soon.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...cted-surprise/

4) The Nintendo Gamecube celebrates its 10th anniversary today.
http://kotaku.com/5860977/nintendo-g...good-character

SOPA's effects are overhyped.

Gun skins are one of the dumbest ideas I've ever seen.

Worse, they're probably going to give Rampage a serious plot, a romantic subplot, and Michael Bay as a director.

Oh no, not Michael Bay. We need someone who can handle the subtle intricacies of a movie about monsters destroying multiple cities.

John Rickard is set to direct. When I said "screw up", crowbarring a romantic story into the game, likely between Lizzie and one of the guys, was what I had in mind.

If they borrow from Universal Tour, they have the basis for a story. I'm not a pro writer and this is just bullet points but this is all I could come up with as far as story goes.


I wonder how dialogue will be handled. The monsters don't talk so either they do a WALL-E and have most of the film without it, which I don't think they could get away with, or they have the monsters talk which wouldn't seem right.
I guess they could have the monsters and rampaging be a very small part of the film but that would suck.

Bay can't even handle that. Have you actually watched Transformers? He turned the big stompy robots into tertiary characters.

Oh, sorry, you were being "clever."

So with this bullshit SOPA thing, won't that basically kill off a lot of successful things like all of YouTube, and companies that streamline all their shit through it, such as Rooster Teeth?

Only if you're an illiterate retard or prone to scares.

Bungie supports Rooster Teeth so they're safe. Capcom will likely allow all the major tourny streams for their fighting games. Honestly, the only companies that will actually exercise this thing is EA and Acti-Blizzard - and even then it'll probably be for things like leaked games and protecting spoilers if any of those. This will probably change very little.

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AHHHH! THE SKY IS FALLING! RUN CHICKEN LITTLE!

Publishers "war" against the used games market now targets rental places as Blockbuster is reporting publishers have pushed them to end their recent trade-in services in return for better financial and supply support from gaming companies.

The goal appears to boost the declining rental market as a way to combat the used game market. As well as, strengthen the once relatively strong revenue stream gaming rentals provided to the publishers before DLC became a standard revenue stream this generation.

There are some concerns gaming companies might end up doing something similar to what Hollywood companies did with Redbox by having rental copies of films missing certain features or content as a way to help push the sales of retail DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

Blockbuster did admit even with the new support, they still have to provide the rental service in a way which would be cost-effective for potential customers while also guaranteeing a steady supply of games to keep the rental side of the company profitable.

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Daily Recap:
1) According to Edge magazine, another game in the Killzone series is currently in development along with a brand new series to be announced soon by Guerrilla Games.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/guer...something-else

2) Namco announces it has dissolved their publicly owned Namco Tales Studio but will not cancel the series and instead move development to a different internal studio.
http://www.talesunion.com/news/namco...dio--1931.html

3) Microsoft is holding a public contest involving creating new and existing ideas for their Kinect device with the finalists receiving a monetary grant, dev kits, and other stuff to create their idea into an actual product for the company.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/micr...r-kinect-ideas

Maybe they should have thought of positive reinforcement before dicking the consumer.

Microsoft is currently defending their Xbox Live services after The Sun newspaper claimed Xbox Live was recently hacked in the UK. Microsoft has responded saying their databases were not actually hacked externally like Sony but instead it was another internal "phishing" attack which only targets emails and gamertags.

However, Microsoft did not deny the Sun's claim of the latest attacks resulting in losses of £100-£200 on average per account compromised.

Another claim by The Sun was Microsoft's eagerness to refund any account compromised as long as victims can prove they did not give away their passwords willingly. Eurogamer has debunked these claims saying neither the refund nor the stipulations are true.

According to Eurogamer, Microsoft is only currently working closely with compromised users to resolve the situation and have not placed any restrictions to filing a claim nor the promise of instant refunds to any account claimed to have been attacked.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/micr...hed-not-hacked

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Daily Recap:
1) The Fall update for the Xbox 360 dashboard will arrive on December 6 which will contain the ability for cloud-saving and improved Kinect navigational controls.

2) It appears Ubisoft is finally going ahead with a Beyond Good & Evil 2 game after new concept art was leaked from the industry-only "Montpellier in Game" 2011 conference.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/conc...-hits-internet

3) While Nintendo announced earlier more 3rd party games will join Club Nintendo to help boost sales, Sonic Generations for the 3DS has been confirmed to be the first 3rd party game to join the program.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/soni...-eligible-game

4) Update to Metal Gear Solid 5 currently being in development ended up being a false alarm by OPM magazine as Kojima was only thinking of what a potential MGS 5 could be while Konami wasn't aware the game was even in development.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/turns-...se-alarm/3819/

http://www.spike.com/events/video-ga...railers/xmcja6

Three seconds of Tanks involved.

I'm guessing this is the linear shooter Bioware's been dreaming of making since at least ME2.

In an interview with Kotaku, Nintendo reveals another piece of the thinking behind their development process with this time how the role of the player is like an actor in a film.

When asked a question about the relationship between a developer and the player, Yoshiaki Koizumi, producer of Super Mario 3D Land, explains the role of the player is similar to an actor who is used to create all the actual moments in a film.

Instead of forcing the player to only experience what the developer wants or only have scripted pieces become the memorable moments, Nintendo instead has the player provide all the experiences while the game is only a template to create them.

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http://kotaku.com/5862365/what-ninte...s-think-of-you

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Daily Recap:
1) Ubisoft announces Rayman 3 will be getting the HD treatment and will be a downloadable title for PSN and XBLA.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/raym...d-xbla-and-psn

2) Recent survey involving World of Warcraft players shows a second large exodus of players could occur as between 900,000 to 1.6 million players would quit their WoW subscriptions in favor of the upcoming Star Wars Old Republic MMO game.
http://kotaku.com/5862136/16-million...o-old-republic

3) According to the boss of Sony's European division, the company's current plans is to launch the PS4 before the next Xbox arrives to prevent Microsoft having another head start instead of only launching the PS4 when they wanted regardless when the other systems were released.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/sony-lo...-next-gen-xbox

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...hing-pc-users/

How dare people want to play your game!

It's a business decision. The only weird thing is he communicated his stance in the way people talk online all the time. You want terrible PR, look up how Ninja Theory is handling fans over their rendition of Devil May Cry. That's some fucked up press.

This is a guy who probably didn't take interview class at game maker high.

Wow...You're actually apologising for him.

Video game creator apologists

Roxer strikes again, with wit as sharp as a bowling ball.

Bowling balls can be lethal.

I said "as sharp as," not "with the weight and substance of."

Kal once again fails to understand basic language!

I know what you meant. Bowling balls aren't sharp, hence RoXer was not sharp just then. Clever. Cute.

I tried to 'lay it on' what with you being the usual snippy you and randomly jabbing at Joey who was just siding with you. Instead of pointing that out I figure I have fun with all of ya.

But no.

I wonder, again, what your point is in constantly vilifying people over nothing. And it's been pointed out a lot lately and I was gonna enter the fray on your side since I believed a lot of the recent back-n-forths were misunderstandings at best. People misreading you and shit. But... I don't know. Something something blah blah. Good luck with that. Later.

You tried to be a tard who doesn't understand what's being said. Like usual.

Hey, if I can't be joking, as you always bitch about, then neither can you. Don't be a hypocrite, and don't be surprised when you shit on jocularity that people don't want to assume it from you.

Sure.

Caught in your own hypocrisy.

Yeah.

I noticed you keep replying despite your whole "I'm done" tantrum.

Good one.

Interesting.

k. Ya got nothing.

I see.

Lmao

Based on a few sources, Microsoft will be using the same multiple model/SKU strategy for their upcoming next generation Xbox system with the same goal of the cheaper model missing a lot of features and the expensive model being considered the premium or ideal choice.

In terms of backwards compatibility, it appears Microsoft might only be offering limited compatibility once again due to the cheaper model rumored to be missing the disc drive and being created more as a set-up type box. The cheaper model would focus more on multimedia aspects of the next Xbox system (ex. Netflix) while the premium model could offer either the same patch type of support the Xbox 360 did for original Xbox games or include an Xbox 360 chip to play Xbox 360 games.

In terms of Kinect, the company might be downplaying the role of the device for the next system from being the main focal point to being limited to just the cheaper model version. It is also assumed the cheaper model will only be able to play Xbox Live Arcade titles while the premium model will play both disc and downloadable games while also allowing installing of games on the hard drive.

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http://kotaku.com/5862439/next-xbox-...e-current-xbox

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Daily Recap:
1) The teaser trailer Bioware will show next month during Spike TV's VGA award show is currently rumored to be a brand new or potential reboot Command & Conquer game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/new-...ommand-conquer

2) A sequel to EA's Dante's Inferno game could be under development after it was revealed Visceral Games hired the writer for Assassin's Creed 2 to work on the script for an upcoming "unannounced sequel" project.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dant...-sequel-teased

3) Based on a leaked internal memo sent, Gamestop (or at least just the Canadian branches) could be in the process of merging their used game sections with their new games section involving the use of new game labels for used games and mixing the used games with the new games on store shelves.
http://kotaku.com/5862094/eb-gamesga...-games-section

New games are still separate. The only difference now is that used games have a white sticker instead of a yellow one. It still says ''New'' or ''Used'' on the sticker.

My source is that I work there.

If anyone wants to try it out and hasn't bought a subscription Xbox Live Gold is free to everyone this weekend through Sunday.

What's the deal with some games that have clearly been opened being sold as new?

It's Eb Games being idiots.

The term is ''gutting''. What they've decided is that rather than having xbox cases with a printout of the cover of the game (Like they do with the coming soon boxes), they felt it was better to rip open brand new games and then try to pawn them off as new anyways.

Whenever somebody brings me up one of the gutted copies, I try my damnedest to find an unopened copy for them.

That's not standard practice? It is in every game shop and supermarket here.

Does the game shops in the UK have glass displays holding the new games or just out in the open?

The Gamestops here likes to just place a couple of copies of new games behind the glass case and gut the rest unlike stores such as a Walmart or Bestbuy that either place all the games in a glass case or have the security latches placed on games to prevent them from being opened.

Here they keep the last three or four releases behind the counter in a glass case.

Logical really.

I remember when I was little going to Toys R Us and having to get a slip then take it to a little cage in the front of the store to pick up the game, after it was paid for.

Just a walk down memory lane, don't mind me.

I used to take those TrU game slips home as an early, ghetto form of 'pre-ordering'. Worked wonderfully.

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