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It's Gameinformer. Can't imagine anyone being too torn up about this.

During an interview with The Cambridge Student Online, Gabe Newell, the co-founder of Valve, feels the issue with piracy on the PC goes beyond just the usual complaints about prices and more about the services themselves.

By comparing the 24/7 services a pirate can offer in comparison to a publisher limiting access to their games either by region locking or DRM restrictions, the pirate's services would be more favorable regardless of the actual retail price of the product.

His main issues involves the various types of DRM being more of a hassle to legitimate customers than to pirates and games being restricted only to certain retail stores well after their initial release on the PC.

He compared those services with Steam's ability to provide both the 24/7 service and affordable prices customers wanted. This ended up leading to both the service's massive rise in popularity and a way to fight piracy on the platform due to those same customers continued satisfaction with the service.

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Daily Recap:
1) The official US prices for the PS Vita memory sticks will range from $30 for the 4GB stick to $120 for the 32GB stick.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ps-v...y-card-pricing

2) According to leaked documents, Sony is currently working on their own version of a "Super Smash Bros" fighting game.
http://kotaku.com/5862755/is-sony-wo...mash-bros-game

3) Nintendo is facing another lawsuit as Impulse Technology is currently suing the company and other 3rd party developers involving the Wii Balance Board claiming it infringes on their patent rights and is too similar to their own Trazer Interactive Fitness machine.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/25/im...-infringement/

4) Based on a few rumors, Microsoft is currently negotiating a deal to add Kinect into Sony built televisions while the next generation Kinect device is strong enough to both track and read lip movements.

jesus that cryengine

Which is why you have an F with the BBB. Oh, right.

Other bits:

-Proprietary memory cards are going to come with a proprietary price. That's not a surprise. It's still bullshit.

-I hope Parappa really is in the fighting game.

-Kinect in Sony products? But the two are bitter rivals!

http://www.bbb.org/western-washingto...ue-wa-27030704

:wtf:

B+ is an Asian F

According to a recent "Iwata Asks" interview by Nintendo, the company was willing to sacrifice its normal slow development policy on games to ensure Mario Kart 7 was rushed out before Christmas of this year.

The decision was originally made in March before the US debut of the 3DS but once the 3DS started to struggle selling in terms of both hardware sales and a steady supply of software, the company went into full panic mode.

To help speed up the process, Nintendo pooled the other 3DS development teams together and even brought in Retro Studios to take care of the work on the classic courses.

Nintendo was expecting Mario Kart 7 to be the last big chance at having a true killer app had Super Mario 3D Land failed to sell hardware while also ensuring the company would have a big title available for the Christmas shopping period.

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Daily Recap:
1) Black Friday results were revealed by Microsoft and Nintendo with Microsoft selling 800,000 Xbox 360s on Friday (960,000 overall for the week) and Nintendo selling about 500,000 Wiis on Friday but haven't released the total amount for the week yet for both the Wii and 3DS (expected in the 350,000+ range).
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...of-sales-ever/

2) Nintendo announces the 3DS firmware update which includes 3D recording ability has been delayed from its original end of November release to now a December 8 release due to the company needing more time to prepare both the update itself and the new services for the 3DS.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...mware-delayed/

3) The next set of games in the Gears of War series are currently rumored to be a prequel to the main series (Pendulum Wars) and would be developed by People Can Fly (Bulletstorm, Painkiller).
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...-pendulum-wars

There is more than one BBB review.

Of course, a cached google view of the same page from like three days ago shows NO rating, but whatever.

Yay! We need more games like Bulletstorm!

(cue Minch bitching about me for some arbitrary reason)

So NO rating=F rating? That makes sense.

I see you're having that "I can't read" problem again.

Or you're still digging, like you claimed you weren't. I'm sure even if that's the case, you'll be back with "THIS WAS ALL A MISUNDERSTANDING" in a few minutes.

I'm just confused as to where you're getting this wondrous F rating from.

I'd love to see a link, or some kind of proof.

According to a source who leaked the news to Kotaku, EA is planning another 4 more games in the Dead Space series with at least 2 of them being considered spin-offs or gameplay "reboots."

The source states EA was happy with how Dead Space Extraction turned out and now wants the series to involve multiple genres with each new game covering a specific genre.

One of the games is confirmed to be Dead Space 3 which still is going towards the outdoors icy planet as the main setting and gameplay changes in favor of an escort style for both the story and gameplay experience. While the game itself will still be done in the series traditional 3rd person perspective, it will also include the addition of a co-op mode for the campaign/story.

The other games are rumored to involve a game switching from the series 3rd person perspective in favor of a first person shooter, another focusing solely on just combat flying for gameplay, and the third to be an adventure game done in an Uncharted-like style but in space.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...mes-our-future

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Daily Recap:
1) GamePro announces on December 5th of this year they will cease production of their magazines in the US and their own website but will continue to publish articles as part of a sub-domain on PCWorld's website.
http://kotaku.com/5863927/rip-gamepro

2) Google and Apple announce they have refused to join and support the ESRB's push for a separate ratings system involving only mobile games which the organization hopes to have ready by the start of 2012.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/appl...-rating-system

3) According to current rumors, the next Dragon Age will revamp the series multiplayer modes in favor of arena-based multiplayer matches (PvP, PvE) while also allowing dragons to be playable characters in either mode.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...y-as-a-dragon/

Well gee, you sure can't spell success without saturation. :)

Sony's UMD Passport system which allows PSP games to be played on the PS Vita officially starts today in Japan with both good and bad news regarding the service.

The good news is the service does have PSP games and covers most of the smaller companies who helped keep the system healthy in Japan such as Atlus, Nippon Ichi, Acquire, Kaga Create, Alchemist, Tecmo Koei, and SNK.

The bad news is none of the actual big publishers who were directly responsible for keeping the system alive in both hardware sales and software sales have any of their games available for the program at the moment. This includes companies such as Capcom, Konami, Sega, Namco Bandai, and Square Enix who were the main providers for the PSP. Sony vaguely mentions those studios will eventually supply their games to the Passport system but gave no guarantees on the bigger games being available nor any dates on when those games would arrive.

More bad news for the service is while there are about 262 games available at launch from the total Japanese PSP library, this amount is only 1/3 of the overall PSP titles available (606 games) with the bigger games found only on the PSN Store but at their regular prices. Sony confirms as of now the Passport system is only available in Japan with no details on if or when the service would arrive in other regions even though Japan was the only hotbed for the handheld in comparison to the Nintendo DS.

Also revealed was the reason for the wide ranges in prices for the UMD Passport system is due to Sony refusing to apply a standard in prices to cover the cost of bandwidth to host the games on PSN and allowed publishers to determine the prices for the games. Sony themselves felt certain games were more valuable than others and used the "conversion" excuse to why certain games (mostly Sony and bigger titles) had higher prices.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/umd-...publishers-mia
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/you-sh...-program/3828/

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Daily Recap:
1) Ed Boon hints if Sony's rumored Smash Bros game is really in development, his studio wouldn't mind lending Scorpion or other MK characters as 3rd party fighters for the game.
http://www.examiner.com/video-game-n...nstinct-rumors

2) The next game in the "Army of Two" series is rumored to be called "Army of Four" and would have 4-player co-op along with using the Frostbite 2.0 engine to power the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-army-of-four/

3) Nintendo announces the 10 free GameBoy Advance games for 3DS users in the Ambassador Program will arrive before the end of December with an official date to be announced once the final 5 unannounced games and the updates for the GBA games are ready.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/3ds-...ll-coming-year

A bill severely impacting internet usage could finally become a reality according to an analyst familiar with the intentions of cable internet providers in the growing internet service market. In terms of gaming, online gaming and digital distribution would be affected the most due to those fees relying on the internet to be useable.

While some internet providers do have plans that feature usage caps, they only start to charge additional usage fees once the cap is passed. This potential bill would give cable providers the power to start charging at the start of the billing month or every time data is used while also securing a lot more control away from consumers in the market.

The main reason for his argument is due to a recent FCC ruling which allowed cable internet providers the power to charge usage-based billing at any rate they determine.

Netflix and Hulu are currently against this plan as it would affect them the most with the spokesperson from Netflix stating "is not in the consumer's best interest as consumers deserve unfettered access to a robust Internet at reasonable rates."

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Daily Recap:
1) The recent Mortal Kombat game will be getting a 2nd collector's edition called the "Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition" which will include the game, all the DLC, and all the updates on February 12, 2012.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/comm...tion-confirmed

2) Nintendo of America confirms Xenoblade: Chronicles, one of the 3 games petitioned in Operation Rainfall, will be arriving on April 2012 although Gamestop is rumored to have exclusive status to sell the game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/your-l...-updated/3833/

3) Valve could be pulling another practical joke concerning Half-Life 3 after a new shirt displayed by the company was leaked on Twitter showing off the Half-Life 3 logo.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...oyees-t-shirt/

4) EA reveals their recently released Tetris game for iOS will be having a separate subscription plan called the "T-Club" which allows exclusive content and special discounts for the price of $2.99 per month and $29.99 per year.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/tetris...tion-fee/3832/

There's so many ways to get and play a full version of Tetris for free I wonder why they bother.

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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=454078

Long story short, online passes (or at least EA's) expire. Guy buys new version of Hot Pursuit from Amazon and the online pass doesn't work. Multiplayer has to be paid for extra.

That's fucked up, yet not surprising.

Wouldn't those passes expire anyways once the game gets put on the yearly server shutdown list?

Usually its 2 years but some EA games have been shut down a year after release.

Not all of them do. Burnout Paradise is still up and fine. The fact is though, you can still play Hot Pursuit online but yet if you buy new right now, you have to pay extra for the online.

We knew this, though.

mostly because they have no incentive to shift you to a new Burnout.

It's not about them expiring in that sense, though. People buying new copies can't play online, even though the community is still up, and this is kind of a problem.

However, if you read the fine print, you know about it already.

Some good and bad news was revealed concerning the PS Vita with the major stuff being potentially cheap digital versions of Vita games possible and accounts being limited to just 1 per device.

While Adobe has cancelled their development of flash support for mobile devices, they are currently working with Sony to enable a custom flash player for the PS Vita in order to provide flash capabilities for the handheld's web browser.

Based on a rumored leak from a third party company working with Sony, digital versions of PS Vita games on the PSN store will be around 40% cheaper than their retail versions. This was only confirmed so far to be in Japan although Sony didn't state if the discounts will carry over to other regions when the device is launched there.

For the bad news, unlike the Nintendo 3DS, the PS Vita will not allow for web browsing during gaming and will disable everything except Twitter.

As part of the recent changes for game sharing, the PS Vita will only allow 1 account per device and will be locked to a region once an account has been activated. Unlike the PSP which allowed changing regions either by logging out of an account or just restarting the device, the PS Vita requires the device to be formatted back to factory defaults in order to change regions or have a different account.

Sony has also stated the official reason for the high prices of the PS Vita memory cards is due to security issues and the cards being able to hold non-game save data.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...cheaper-retail
http://www.screwattack.com/news/vita...-doppelgangers
http://www.screwattack.com/news/high...atter-security

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Daily Recap:
1) The upcoming Animal Crossing game for the 3DS will allow players to start off the game as the mayor of their town to go along with a deeper player and design customization than previous games in the series.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/dev-rou...l-crossing-3ds

2) Namco announces the previous Japan-only arcade game of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will have a limited release in the arcades in the US as a chance for players to try out the game early before its official release in stores.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/tekk...ing-us-arcades

3) According to Spike TV's VGA show, the upcoming downloadable Alan Wake game for Xbox Live Arcade is being treated as a full game by Microsoft which could mean a higher price than usual for XBLA games.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...y-alan-wake-2/

4) Based on recent domain purchases by EA, the next Command & Conquer game will have the subtitle of "Alliances" although EA is still unsure of the actual title of the game (15 different domains purchased).
http://www.screwattack.com/news/next...omewhere-title

You mean, unlike SD cards...Somehow?

Sony being Sony. I'm almost surprised the PS3 can connect more than 2 controllers at once without a multi tap.

"Why not just have a USB splitter?"

"With our multitap, you can connect FOUR devices at once!"

A computer glitch in the pre-order servers from Walmart almost caused a potentially huge problem in people believing their pre-orders from the company had been erased.

Neither Walmart nor Bioware were aware of the potential problem until customers recently complained of their pre-orders not appearing when checking the status of their orders. The email system meant to warn customers when their pre-orders were cancelled did not work nor were any messages sent to warn customers beforehand of their potentially lost pre-orders.

The initial fear was the pre-orders had been completely erased from the servers but Walmart confirms the data is still stored safely on the servers and a computer glitch had caused the information to not show up during searches done by customers.

Both Bioware and Walmart have stated had the pre-orders been erased, they would still have honored them as long as a receipt was presented.

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Daily Recap:
1) EA's record with transactions in mobile games continues to sour as it was discovered Theme Park's cheapest DLC track costs $60.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...rollercoaster/

2) Update to Online Passes expiring as EA has stated as long as the game servers are still available, they will work with people affected to ensure their passes will be fixed to enable them to play online.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/if-you...-covered/3839/

3) The Darkness II will contain a Left4Dead-like multiplayer mode called "Vendettas" which allows up to 4 player possible for co-op from the choice of 4 characters who each have their own unique attributes in the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dark...g-your-friends

Is Orcs Must Die any good? It's $4 on Steam

I thought it was pretty lame, but play the demo.

The future for the Legend of Zelda series could involve funademntal changes according to the current producer for the series, Eiji Aonuma.

He hinted the series has reached a point where it must begin to move away from Miyamoto's current direction into a newer direction for the future of the series to stay strong.

Aonuma did mention the idea of a full cast for voice acting in the series isn't a plan Miyamoto nor himself has any real desire to implement with the issues revolving around the idea of Link having a voice. Both have mentioned the special connection Link has with the player and are worried of the bond potentially being lost (or ruined) should the character end up having his own voice in a game.

Skyward Sword was meant to be the first game where Aonuma held most of the power over the direction of the game and series unlike past games that followed Miyamoto's plans or visions.

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Daily Recap:
1) Tony Hawk hints a new game in the Tony Hawk skating series will be revealed on the same day as the Spike TV VGA show which could also contain the debut trailer for the new game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/tony...-new-game-vgas

2) Just Add Water studio announces the HD remake of the original Xbox's Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath will be arriving on PSN on December 27 for the price of $14.99 and includes support for the PS Move controller.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/oddw...releases-month

3) A rumored list of achievemnets for the Steam version of Half-life 3 was suppossedly leaked on Steam but Valve has neither denied nor confirmed the list as being real or fake.
http://stickskills.com/2011/12/07/ru...ments-surface/

"If enough of you fine men have purchased ________, I offer gentleman's contest between factions. It would be a private match between _______ and ______. I will be back for your reply later in the day. I hope, with curious glee, that your answer is most pleasing to my expectations. Perhaps if this fine contest is most acceptable we can continue these bouts between our competitive bands in other ventures. Though I do not aim to wish you away with my final revelation, I must admit my brothers in arms are most effective in the subjectively stimulating art of fucking people up. I hope in the darkest recesses of my heart and soul that you find this particularly motivational. I leave you fine men to your internal counsel."

Anytime the words "Zelda" and "voice acting" are mentioned in the same sentence, I get nervous.

It's been fine with just text and grunting noises for the past 25 years. If it doesn't need VA by now, it never will and I hope they never give it VA.

Mostly, I'm worried that they'd cast everyone with either American or Upper Class English accents. American to "appeal to more people" or English because those in media seems to think England was the only place that ever had swords, castles and princesses.
I've said it a few thousand times already but, if they did do voices, it would make more sense to have them be Scottish because a lot of the enemies, characters and ideas are found in Scottish myth. I've not seen as much from other cultures in the game.
They'd never do Scottish if they did have to do VA.

I'm glad VA isn't something they plan to do. I hope it stays that way. I'm curious as to what the changes to the series would be.

Skyward Sword hasn't felt very "open" so far so, if that's any indications to what the future will be like, I'm guessing we'll get a more linear game (by Zelda standards).

But it's more immersive!

Feel like Drakul didn't really read that article.

A new game in the Dead Rising series is in development based on a teaser post Capcom published on the series Facebook page.

Based on what was posted Frank West will be returning either as the main character or be part of the story similar to Dead Rising 2.

The game will also be taking place in a new location with the hint of it being a "paradise" or summer vacation-like setting.

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Daily Recap:
1) Nintendo denies reports from Wired.com stating Miyamoto has retired and stepped down as lead supervisor of the company but did mention he will be taking on a tutorial role for the young developers in the company. The mix up by Wired caused Nintendo's stock to drop by around 2%.
http://www.destructoid.com/miyamoto-...g-217409.phtml
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2) Microsoft mandates all future apps and features for the Xbox 360 must have Kinect-enabled support in order to be added to the Dashboard starting with the recent dashboard update released.
http://kotaku.com/5866279/wave-hello...t-for-xbox-360

3) Epic Games teases their new game they will debut during the Spike TV VGA show will be "radically different" from Gears of War or any other game the company has produced in the past.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/epic-ga...m-gears-of-war

I'd laugh if he got eaten in the first five minutes of the game after speculation.

Miyamoto evidently said he was going to retire, but didn't have any set point at which he was going to do it. Kind of like you might say "I may go for a walk later." And it got picked up as "MIYAMOTO IS LEAVING NOW!"

I'm not really surprised by a Kinect mandate. What does surprise me is that party functionality for Netflix is gone. That's literally the only reason I'd use the Xbox version over the PS version, short of my PS3 blowing up.

Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Steam is doing specials on one game a day. Today is Oblivion for $5.

Only a day after Capcom officially teased Dead Rising 3 is in development, more rumored details about the new game are rumored to have been leaked.

The game is rumored to have a brand new character named Rick as the lead character for the game. Also rumored was the story takes place in a fictional town called Los Perdidos located in California that has been taken over by zombies.

The plot itself was described as a take on the US's illegal immigration problem with some of the infected survivors ending up being illegal immigrants who are lead by another central character named Red. As well as, the total destruction of the city due to the government's plan to just bomb it similar to Racoon City in the Resident Evil series.

While Capcom posted the teaser on Facebook using the Frank West character account, no leaks reveal any details Frank West might or might not have with the game.

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Daily Recap:
1) Sony clarifies reports of the PS Vita only allowing 1 account by stating multiple accounts can be made due to each memory card for the PS Vita allows for an extra account to be made along with the system's account.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/vita...-ids-after-all

2) According to the UK's Official Xbox Magazine, the recording for voice acting for Half0Life 3 is rumored to be underway based on a leak from one of the suppossed voice actors for the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...alf-life-game/

3) Nintendo announces the next update for Club Nintendo will be adding selected downloadable games for the Wii, DS, and 3DS with Super Mario Kart and 3 other games joining the list of rewards for the program.
http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=168050

4) THQ announces they have dropped their holiday quarter expectations by 31% after the end result of moving the uDraw series away from the Wii in favor of the Xbox 360 and PS3 lead to dismal sales on the HD platforms and no uDraw games for the Wii this holiday season.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/finan.../D9RGGEQ82.htm

They've had the daily deal for about a year now, but they have ramped up the name value for this month I think.

Got King Arthur, the Role Playing Wargame. Can't wait for it to download.

Bioware. C&C Generals 2. Need to change my pants.

Tony Hawk HD is only going to take from the first 2 games, be digitally released and priced under $20.

How a remake should be done, not paying close to full price to for some bullshit collection of games I've already played.

It will have nothing to do with the guys who made Mass Effect. EA have turned Bioware into a brand. Victory Games were recently formed by EA and were renamed Bioware, they'll be making this game.

Why you always gotta try and bring people down Hasney :'(

On the plus side, Victory Games were set up in February as a dedicated RTS studio. I'd probably have more faith in them to do C&C rather than Bioware if I'm honest.

Based on a tease by the Joker character during Spike TV's VGA show, another game in the current Batman Arkham seriescould be in development with Rocksteady as the developer.

The game was teased to be named "Batman: Arkham World" after the Joker character showed off a script he was holding with the same text on it while accepting the award for best Character of the Year. In tune with the Joker's style, he made a joke about spoilers before putting the script away.

Warner Bros also mentioned during an interview with Canadian Business that due to how great Arkham City became from the work by both WB Montreal and Rocksteady, the game will now become the standard Warner Bros will use for future superhero games from the company.

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Daily Recap:
1) Eiji Aonuma announces future games in the Zelda series could be keeping some form of motion control with at least the next game guaranteed to be using a control scheme similar to Skyward Sword.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/zeld...otion-controls

2) A new game in the Unreal franchise could be occurring in the future after Cliffy B from Epic Games said he "would love" to make a reboot of the original Unreal game but also mentions it wouldn't be any time soon due to all the projects the company has planned for the near future.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-reboot-unreal

3) Half-Life 3 might be officially revealed in 60 days based on both Valve's Twitter account and Spike TV's VGA show.
http://vividgamer.com/2011/12/12/hal...ay-have-begun/

4) The 2nd class-action lawsuit involving Sony and the removal of "Other OS" from the PS3 has been dismissed as a judge sided with Sony saying their terms of service protect the rights of the company to remove features without the consent or knowledge from PS3 users.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/othe...ismissed-judge

Yay!

Firmware version 456.1, 1 month after the PS4 launches.

CHANGELOG

• General stability and fixes update
• Removed ability to play "Playstation 3" game software
• Self-destruct countdown started
• Fixed bug from beta where attached Vita's would also start destruct sequence

The best part will be where they still advertise the PS3 compatibility on the box.

"But that's totally not false advertising, guys!"

Youtube is on the 360 now. But some vids take forever to load and some never do. Also, some content doesn't show up as they are deemed "PC only" :n:

If Ubisoft was serious about saying the future of Beyond Good & Evil 2 was dependent on Rayman Origins selling well, it doesn't look like it will happen anytime soon.

According to the NPD, only 50,000 copies were sold combined on Wii, PS33, and Xbox 360. PS3 barely edged out the Xbox 360 for most sales while Ubisoft kind of forgot to market the Wii version even though platformers do well on the system.

Some content can only be browsed directly off the site, so I'm not entirely suprised.

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Even though it was stated multiple times Hideo Kojima was "done" with the Metal Gear series, he reveals on Twitter a new Metal Gear Solid game is in development but did not actually confirm it will be Metal Gear Solid 5.

The tweet mentioned the series traditional stealth aspect will return while also hinting any new details will be revealed after the current Rising project is done.

He also confirmed Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is just a spin-off and not officially part of the Solid series even though it takes place within the Solid timeline. The main idea was to let Raiden be the star without having any major part of the "Solid" series impact the game's story.

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Daily Recap:
1) Naughty Dog proclaims their goal with The Last of US game is to redefine video games and genres while stating in another interview, the game is more of a love story than horror or zombie-based game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-video-games/

2) While the sequel to Alan Wake was officially revealed during the Spike TV VGA show, the original game is rumored to be heading to the PC after details of the game were discovered in the games database on Steam.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...ake-heading-pc

3) Shigeru Miyamoto hints if Nintendo were ever to use a different studio to help work on a new Zelda game, he would hope Retro Studio gets picked due to their recent work on Maro Kart 7 and their previous history with the Metriod and Donkey Kong Country series.
http://kotaku.com/5867795/shigeru-mi...e-a-zelda-with

A new Metal Gear? Ohboy, I hope this one does away with gameplay entirely!

Edios and Square Enix reveal another game in the Just Cause series is currently in development due to Just Cause 2 selling very well in comparison to their expectations from the game.

The decision was made due to Just Cause 2 generating 3.5 million copies sold since its release and the positive reception from both critics and customers.

Also revealed is work on a movie for the franchise is under way with the script itself being reworked by Bryan Edward and will focus mostly on the the hero from Just Cause 1, Rico Rodriguez.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...011/12/jc2.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-movie-coming/

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Daily Recap:
1) Lionhead Stduios currently rumored to be working on an MMO-like game for the Xbox 360 using the Unreal engie based on a recent job posting on the company's website.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...or-unreal-mmo/

2) Square Enix announces their database holding customer-related data for both Japan and North America has been hacked with the company shutting down membership services until fixes are made.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ervice-hacked/

3) Warner Bros mentions any spoilers to the next Batman Arkham game shouldn't be taken seriously due to the company only using the Joker during the Spike TV VGA show more as a joke than an actual announcement of a new Batman game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/batm...ant-be-serious


Bonus: The 2011 TPWW Gammies Awards is still open to voting with the poll for Game of the Year ending on December 18
http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=116201

Cool. Just Cause 2 was a blast.

Scorpio Rising?

HANK Scorpio?

Oh...Scorpion.

Just Cause 2 is a fantastic game. Glad they are continuing the series.

In a posting to the official Star Wars: Old Republic website, Bioware outlines their entire plans for the recently released MMO game.

Besides the usual guarantees of regular content and fixes, Bioware also reveals they plan on making guilds very important in the game with guild-run banks and starships as the initial major features.

They also gave more details on the Legacy System which will give additional powers and effects to a player's character along with the usual increase in player titles and ranks. Player vs Player combat will be restricted to certain areas while the space combat missions will be getting a big overhaul from the current on-rails shooter setup.

The user interface will also be providing a lot more control and customization to the player and will be expanded with additional tweaks and stuff added in over a gradual period of time.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...starwars2.jpeg
http://www.swtor.com/blog/what%E2%80...t-old-republic

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Daily Recap:
1) Sony continues to flip-flop on the PS Vita account situation as they claim the handheld only supports 1 account possible and backtracks on multiple accounts possible from the use of memory cards.
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/12/sony-vita-psn/

2) Remedy confirms earlier rumors of Alan Wake arriving on PC by officially announcing an "early 2012" release date and the PC version will contain all the Xbox 360 DLC packs for free.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ng-early-2012/

3) Capcom unveils the "Capcom Digital Collection" as an Xbox 360 exclusive containing 8 XBLA games in a single disc for the retail price of $40.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...g-to-xbox-360/

I like the digital collection. I was interested in a couple of these games already, and a couple more were kinda "I like them, but I'm not paying full price."

A bundle makes that more appealing.

Tecmo confirms both the release date of Ninja Gaiden III along with a special demo for Dead of Alive 5 will be included as a bonus but differs based on the pre-order made.

Ninja Gaiden III is set for release on March 20, 2012 for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 with the Wii U version comming at a later date to be announced.

Gamestop was confirmed as the only retailer selling a collector's edition of the game which includes the game itself, an art book, a soundtrack CD, and a "Duel of the Masked" figurine for the price of $99.

Concerning the Dead or Alive 5 demo, depending on where the pre-order is made, the demo itself will be different in terms of fighters included. Gamestop has 2 versions of the demo available while Amazon has the third version.

Unlike the US/Canada, Japan's demo of Dead or Alive 5 is based more on specific console than pre-order.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...ner/ninja2.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...alive-5-demos/

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Daily Recap:
1) Update to Square-Enix getting hacked as the company announces no personal information was accessed by the hackers due to the database holding the information was not accessed.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/squa...-accessed-hack

2) EA continues their bad track record of recent micro-transaction decisions as it was revealed one of the newest "premium" cars for the free-to-play PC game of Need for Speed World costs $100 to purchase as a playable race car.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/eas-100-fake-car

3) Anarchy Reigns, the multiplayer brawler being developed by Platinum Games, has been delayed from a January 2012 release to now a July 2012 release with the official reason being the game needs to be "fleshed out more."
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-until-summer/


Bonus: The 2011 TPWW Gammies Awards is still open to voting with the poll for Game of the Year ending on December 18
http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=116201

Wait, you have demos that you not only have to pre-order another game to get, but are retail exclusive (Yes, in the US, I know)?

That's bordering on the peak of stupidity.

That's the most convulsive demo/pre-order strategy I ever seen.

Pokemon X Samurai Warriors crossover game. -For Japan-
 

I just couldn't pass this up
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Nintendo has announced a surprise game at the Jump Festa event. It is revealed that The Pokémon Company is collaborating with KOEI-Tecmo to develop a new game, titled ポケモン＋ノブナガの野望 Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition. The game will be released for Nintendo DS, and its genre is Simulation, or better described as Turn-Based Strategy RPG. It is tentatively set for release in Spring 2012

In this game, each characters have a pokémon as their partners. For example, Oda Nobunaga with Zekrom, Takeda Shingen with Groudon, Uesugi Kenshin with Mewtwo, Akechi Mitsuhide with Articuno and Oichi with Jigglypuff. The main character is selectable between male or female avatar, and their starter pokémon appears to be Eevee.

More information has come up with a trailer that has been posted in Youtube. The game's setting is an alternate world of Sengoku set in the ランセ地方 Ranse region, and it involves conquering 17 castles which will then trigger a legend of the region. Toyotomi Hideyoshi is also shown partnering with Infernape.

More information has come up with a trailer that has been posted in Youtube. The game's setting is an alternate world of Sengoku set in the ランセ地方 Ranse region, and it involves conquering 17 castles which will then trigger a legend of the region. Toyotomi Hideyoshi is also shown partnering with Infernape.

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Despite being a turn-based strategy game featuring Pokémon, every critic on the planet will decry it as being exactly the same as all the Samurai Warriors games before it.

They should have made them hybrids. Kenshin Mewesugu would rock. Mitsucuno Akechi, too.

That game looks awesome.
I welcome it with an open mind.

'Course, it won't be released in the West, most likely.

But Hideyoshi Infernape...AWESOME.

Picked up the Humble Indie Bundle for $10. Amazing deal.

Even better for free.

Right on the money KK.

Is system requirement lab the only game testing program to see if PC games can be handled by a computer?

Steam holiday sale has started.

I fucking love Steam.

DICE could be providing hints to the next game in the Battlefield series based on potential clues found in the recent "Back to Karklands" DLC pack for Battlefield 3.

The clues are based on certain writing found on one of the walls in the Wake Island map and DICE's previous history of teasing the next game within a DLC pack.

The writing which just has the plain text of "2143" could be the hinting the next game as a direct sequel of Battlefield 2142 and would be titled as "Battlefield 2143." DICE has also used the 42/43 numbering in the past for sequels with Battlefield 1943 being a direct sequel to Battlefield 1942.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...2-43-44-25.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...s-wake-island/
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Daily Recap:
1) According to CNET, Nintendo will be making an appearance at CES 12 with the Wii U being shown off again although nothing huge is expected as Nintendo still wants E3 2012 to be the real 2nd debut of the system.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/wii-u-...ect-much/3869/

2) A recent update done by Sony for their S Tablet series in Japan now allows PS3 controllers to be usable for tablet games although no news if the update will be released to other regions.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sony...s3-controllers

3) Developer studio Dimps is expanding into the mobile and browser markets with each market getting brand new gaming series created by the studio.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dimp...op-its-own-ips

It appears Sony is in trouble with consumers regarding the PS Move edition of the Heavy Rain PS3 game with content and features originally promised as extras being missing.

Leading up the release of the PS Move edition, Sony had touted it would contain 4 extra pieces of content not found in the regular version from last year's release.

To make matters worse, while Sony will accept copies of the game returned to them, they are requiring consumers to foot the bill for any shipping in order to receive the correct version consumers had expected to receive when they first bought the game.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...%20Rain3_0.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/miss...-move-editions

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Daily Recap:
1) Sony releases 1st firmware patch for the PS Vita but it does not correct any problems reported since launch but instead primarily fixes stuff that wasn't ready in time when the Vita went into the mass production phase.

2) Microsoft starts its annual "12 Days of Xbox" savings with each day having a special item or game on sale along with a list of stuff that will stay on sale until January 2, 2012.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ox-deals-deal/

3) Capcom confirms a Devil May Cry HD collection is set for an April 3, 2012 release date and includes Devil May Cry 1, Devil may Cry 2 and Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ate-confirmed/

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Destroyed my friends Minecraft world that took 6 months to make just now... :lol:
Can't wait till they all go online next.

Maybe his friend will give up on Minecraft. That would make him the best friend imaginable.

Nah, One guy started extending his house and thought because I play it like once a month (if that)
he thought it'd be ok to completely destroy mine and my gf's island + take all our stuff, so he could use it on his.
Spent like an hour just burning shit.

The next Dragon Age game, Dragon Age 3, will be a bit different than the previous 2 games after Bioware revealed in an interview with Wired.com they are mixing aspects from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with the Dragon Age series.

These changes would also take into consideration requests by EA to add more multiplayer features starting with the rumors of co-op and battle arenas for the third game.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl.../dragonage.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...n-from-skyrim/

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Daily Recap:
1) If the launch of the PS Vita is any indication, the majority of PS Vita games will not contain any printed game manuals and instead only have online digital manuals.
http://kotaku.com/5868704/report-the...uction-booklet

2) Microsoft confirms an update to fix problems resulting from the recent dashboard update is being worked on with the primary fixes revolving around user profiles unable to access some of the new features.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...rofile-errors/

3) The timeline for the Zelda series might have finally been discovered based on the official art book for the series 25th anniversary which potentially splits the actual timeline into 3 branches instead of the assumed single or dual timelines.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/comm...sibly-revealed


Bonus: The 2011 TPWW Gammies Awards ends in 2 days with voting still open for all categories.
http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=116201

We all know DA3 is going to be a cover-based shooter, so who is he kidding?

Also, hate the lack of manuals in my copy, even if they're only two page reference sheets.

I hate the lack of manuals in general.

It's gotten even worse lately, in that there isn't even a controller layout.

Lot of companies it seems are going the route of online manuals. Which is utter fucking bullshit, because not everyone has a laptop they can plop down in front of the tv. My xbox and computer are on different floors, so the online manual thing is a pain in the ass.

I don't get why they don't include them on-disc for console games at least. If printing costs are the issue, putting them on the disc shouldn't be.

They have to save that space for DLC.

True. It would be expensive to put that DLC on a server.

Tutorial levels essentially replaced having in-game manuals and I think it was either EA or Activision that started the whole trend towards this.

Might have been a Madden or Call of Duty game to be exact.

I can remember where it stated the figures but making and printing manuals doesn't really provide any real savings considering the costs for most decent video games is in the $10-$30 million range and manuals themselves only cost around the $30,000 to low $100,000 range.

Except they haven't replaced them in all instances. Especially not all instances where manuals have been removed. I'm also not a fan of waiting until I'm halfway through a game to find out how to do something because of in-game tutorials. It's rarely necessary.

We're going to end up with a Saints Row the Third model, where half the game is tutorial, much of it unncessarily and also incomplete.

Also, companies have eliminated shit for the sake of less savings. These days, I expect a corporation to pinch every penny.

Stupid iTunes fucking up my ability to type uninterrupted.

I liked the way Smackdown vs Raw 11 handled teaching you the controls. I don't remember if it had a manual or not, but if it did it likely sucked as most of them do so they provided a practice mode where you could take your time and learn how to do everything. My only complaint about it, was you had to exit out of it in order everytime you went to the main menu. If they could have stuck it somewhere off the main screen it would have been perfect.

I was actually looking forward to that for WWE 12 since they changed the controls, unfortunately it's gone.

In an interview with Giant Bomb, Remedy Entertainment revealed their plans and some of the changes for the upcoming download-only Alan Wake American Nightmare game.

The game itself is not being considered as "Alan Wake 2" but more as an extension from the first game in terms of story.

The studio did listen to complaints about the lack of overall variety in terms of combat from the first game and decided to add in a bit more action parts to the upcoming game. This also became a big reason why the decision was made to make it just a downloadable title since they can make the game move at a faster pace than the first game which also had some complaints of feeling a bit slow.

The game's story revolves a lot on the stories Alane Wake has written for his "Night Springs" series and ends up becoming trapped in them similar to the first game. Mr. Scratch also returns from the first game's DLC packs as the main villain in American Nightmare.

Also revealed was manuscripts play a bigger role this time in terms of both the actual story and as a way to gain access to new weapons and items.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/welcom...ightmare/3871/

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Daily Recap:
1) Valve now requires an additional $1 fee for any purchases made to the Humble Indie bundle below $1 as a way to punish and track scammers who were cheating in order to get better chances at winning free prizes. The extra dollar would go to the Child's Play charity to ensure they were not cheated out of their fair share from the scammers.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/jerk...aming-humanity

2) EA announces the reboot game for the SSX series has been delayed from its original February 14 release date to now a February 28 date with the extra time being used to polish the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ssx-...nes-day-ruined

3) A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Sony challenging the company's ability to restrict lawsuits against them and how Sony hid the clause within the paper-only terms of service document.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/anti...d-against-sony


Bonus: 1 day left for voting in the 2011 TPWW Gammies Awards with winners to be posted late Friday.
http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=116201