So a class-action lawsuit challenging the prevention of calss-action lawsuits?

I think manuals are an outdated concept. Its best to learn on the go and today games have the room to teach you things as you play through. No one wants to take out a manual and lookingt hings up to interrupt yo game, yo wanna PLAY!

No gamer wants their hands held. [/ioplogic]

I agree! but explaing features in a game isnt hand holding.

Yes it is. real gamers harken back to the days of Zelda (The original, fuck this three dee shit) where you had to figure shit out yourself. You couldn't figure out where to kneel in Simon's quest, fuck you, you couldn't continue. None of this glowing weak spot, explain every strategy bullshit.

No manuals doesn't really bother me, most games in a genre have the same/similar control layouts these days anyway. But I can see how it would be a problem for someone who is just getting into gaming and isn't tech savvy enough to figure out how to get to the online manual. There is people like that out there... my sister and her boyfriend are two of them.

How long you've been playing games doesn't really factor into it. Sure you can figure the basic controls by yourself, but games are a lot more complex these days. Some have tons of situational controls that you might not remember from the one time they showed you in a tutorial.

I mean it's not THAT big a deal, but it's still an inconvenience. Miss the days where I could just reach over and pop the book out, and be done with it.

How digital releases on XBLA did it is fine. UMvC3's H&H Mode also has an in-game manuel that's great. I don't mind if they emulate the booklets nice and close.

Yeah, I don't mind it when it is in game, it's just this online tripe that gets my goose.

...Unless you're relative new to gaming, at which point things will seem far more daunting than if you've been playing them since 1978. Seriously, I know there are still issues even if you have like 40 years of muscle memory built up, but that doesn't mean that how long you've been playing games doesn't factor into it.

In other words, it's an inconvenience for you, but could really fuck the nooblets up.

This is a load of shit, especially for new games or games with different control schemes of which you've never handled. For example, in WWE 12 it explains the bare minimum control and that's it. It took a lot of trial and error and even having to go online to figure a few of the controls out. For example, I completely assumed they took out taking the turnbuckle pad off until I looked it up. Manuals need to be there at least to explain the fundamentals of the game because not everyone wants to sit there for an hour trying every possible control combination.

I also hate tutorial levels that force you to go through 100 different things that are obvious before hitting something you didn't know. Again, this is where manuals come in handy.

I have no problem with on-disk manuals, but espeically in this world of casual gamers meshing with hardcore gamers, it's not an "outdated" concept and is in fact more apt than ever.

Didn't realize that was an on-going debate.

REALLY hated that sort of thing in earlier WWE games. Especially when some of them were so contextualised they didn't really happen unless you knew to make them happen.

Then again, WWE manuals are usually shit. Half the time, there's one or two things I can't find in the manual and need to go online for.

According to Epic Games, Microsoft has sent out a new mandate set to start on January 1, 2012 which removes the ability to sell any "gun-like" props on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The new mandate also covers any new guns being created as either rewards or as pre-order bonuses if they are not in-game weapons and just avatar props.

All current gun props existing on the Avatar Store will be delisted starting next month but there is a grandfather clause which allows Xbox users to keep their exiting weapon props. Microsoft will also not be disabling the ability to equip them on a user's Xbox avatar.

This would be the 2nd time Microsoft has reconsidered guns and weapons as allowable props for their guidelines on what can and can not be done for Xbox Live avatars. The first attempt ended up being dropped after Epic Games was able to convince Microsoft to change their minds but it appears this time Microsoft will not budge from their new stance at least for the time being.

http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/...ce-on-1-1-2012

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Daily Recap:
1) Based on the leaked codename of "Iron Wolf" and other rumored info, the next game in the Call of Duty series will be Black Ops 2 and has a release date of October 11, 2012.
http://blackops2news.com/call-of-dut...or-black-ops-2

2) Sony denies The Last Guardian for the PS3 has been cancelled while Gamestop admits to an error lead in the cancellation notices being sent to customers who had the pre-order reserved for the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...celled-updated

3) Nintendo reveals the next Gameboy game to arrive on the eShop for the 3DS on December 29 will be Bionic Commando from the original Gameboy along with a "3D Classic" version of Urban Champion and a few other games.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/gb-bion...-december-29th

Can I still keep my big stompy robot, with all its guns?

Well what I mean is, it's shitty whether you've been playing a long time or whether you're new.

Tecmo reveals a few new details for the upcoming Ninja Gaiden III game with a new feature allowing seppuku or "honorable suicides" during multiplayer matches.

The mode only triggers when the character is near death and doesn't provide any actual special bonuses or perks besides denying the kill point to the attacking player.

Although the suicide itself will not include any gore nor dismemberment unlike the rest of the game but instead displays how the traditional act was done in the past to show off the "honor" part of the move.

The story itself has been written by the same person who wrote the NES trilogy of games.

Mizuki McCloud was revealed to be the primary backup for Ryu in the game. She is also compared more to the female CIA agent from the NES series than the more recent Gaiden games female backup characters.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...njaGaiden1.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/previ...inja-gaiden-3/
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Daily Recap:
1) Nintendo confirms the Wii U will launch in the 2nd half of 2012 with the final date to be determined and announced once E3 2012 arrives.
http://kotaku.com/5871091/the-myster...window-narrows

2) According to the preview sales results from the 1st week of the launch of the PS Vita, the strategy by Sony to "flood" the market with too many launch games might have backfired as none of the games managed to reach 30,000 copies sold nor did the majority of the launch games managed to reach 10,000 copies sold.
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/8864...ames-top-100k/

Aren't those kinda mutually exclusive?

http://penny-arcade.com/2011/12/26/just-wow1

Ocean Marketing vs Penny Arcade. Probably not gonna set the world on fire, but it's amusing as fuck and a nice primer in how not to do business

That shit is funny. Also love that "OCEAN MARKETTING" misspelled their own twitter name.

Yeah, read that.... They are cunts.

Well, the guy who wrote those replies claims to be the head of the company. He also spells worse than Clox's iphone posts.

:lol: at the PR guy just naming companies probably never realizing they would actually respond back or find out.

IGN already said they don't have any business with the company except for a brief time in the past. Kotaku never gets anything from those guys for products when they do product reviews nor did they go on the PR guy's side.

It gets even worse on Amazon with all his products getting trashed now especially after his line of him teasing he would sell the customer's product on Ebay.

http://www.natesnetwork.com/Poor-customer-service

From earlier this year. Different customer, same problem, same guy

It was just a matter of time...

http://d37nnnqwv9amwr.cloudfront.net.../949/0iCzo.jpg

Seriously couldn't write this shit. Paul changed the Twitter name from @OceanMarketting....to @OceanStratagy.

The original "Marketting" handle as well as one with Strategy spelled correctly have already been snagged

Also...

http://d37nnnqwv9amwr.cloudfront.net...3/960/lowe.jpg
http://d37nnnqwv9amwr.cloudfront.net.../963/oc1-1.PNG

Lego Batman ;). Anybody got anything to trade?

#4328 ;)

http://i.imgur.com/XpTJo.jpg



I'm really glad I wasn't the only one who picked up on the "The Mayor" part. Had me cracking up.

This goes all the way to The Mayor!

Reddit also found his old MySpace along with posts on a forum about using steroids

lol what a douchebag.

Well, he's ruined at this point. :y: internets.

This is why I'm pretty sure Jim Sterling is right about Childishness solving more than maturity.

I love it. Giving him more rope and watching him hang himself.

I am, however, saddened that we're picking on someone who is so clearly suffering from a learning disability. I mean, he types in twittard speak even in his emails.

As for Stratagy, maybe he meant Stragety. They're pretty similar in usage.

In an interview with OPM UK (Official Playstation Magazine), Hideo Kojima explained why the original Metal Gear Solid game from the PS1 was not included in the Metal Gear Solid HD collection for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

His explanation was as a lack of interest to just upscale the PS1 game and wanting more to reboot the entire game if MGS 1 was to ever be remade.

In terms of actual work needed, the other games in the set either came from the same platform (MGS 2, MGS 3) or from a similar architecture (PSP's Peace walker) which reduced the work needed on upscaling the assets. Japan's set did get the the original Metal Gear games from the MSX but they were kept in their original states and not upscaled to HD resolutions.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...er/rc_mgs1.png
http://www.screwattack.com/news/will...remake-mgs1-hd
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Daily Recap:
1) The plans for the Hitman series could include another game or at least DLC for the upcoming Hitman: Absolution game due to Square-Enix registering "Hitman: Profession" as a recent trademark.
http://kotaku.com/5871375/new-new-hitman-maybe

Um, there was a pretty high quality remake of MGS on the Gamecube....

Some more on "OceanStratagy":

http://i.imgur.com/axYAm.png


http://courtindex.sdcourt.ca.gov/CIS...=NC&applcode=D

http://kotaku.com/5871400/cut-paul-o...-has-roid-rage


The internet is a real motherfucker

You didn't expect Kojima to be honest, did you?

It's weird how it sometimes works, isn't it?

That was also done with help from Nintendo and Silicon Knights (at the time a 2nd party studio for Nintendo).

Don't remember his actual reaction to the game but the MGS community ended up hating it because it made the game easier or changed it too much with the new camera perspective and other non-MGS 1 stuff.

I'd assume in terms of the actual MGS HD collection, Konami wanted more of a quick and cheap HD porting project so either it would have cost more than they budgeted or Kojima's team didn't want to spent a lot of time rehauling the graphics for the game. In Japan, they just tossed in the extra MSX games mainly due to the first being on PSN store and the 2nd was just added to the disc or also on the PSN store.

Fair enough I guess.

I never actually played Twin Snakes myself, just knew it existed. I'd imagine Nintendo might also have some rights to it still.

Starting to think this can't be real. Like it's a viral campaign or something. He's just so over the top right now it's ridiculous.

I feel bad for the guy that designed the Avenger. Apparently he's just some teacher who made the thing for one of his students and just basically started the day with his product getting shit all over on websites like Amazon

Might be a retread, but I don't think so:

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/4...-track-record/

The unfortunate thing here is that the review bombs are unlikely to go away.

I do feel bad for the guy. He has apparently done the right thing here.

In Summary:
 

An announcement regarding Episode II for Sonic 4 will be made tomorrow on Gamespot according to Sega.

Ken Balough, Sega's Digital Brand Manager, did mention not to actually expected anything huge from the announcement although it will follow the same way Episode 1 was revealed with a teaser trailer and some brief info regarding the new episode.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...nic-4-logo.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/soni...ement-tomorrow
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Daily Recap:
1) The limited edition version for the upcoming Twisted Metal PS3 game will include a download code to get Twisted Metal: Black as a bonus for free.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/28/tw...download-code/

2) 2nd week of sales between the PS Vita and 3DS shows the 3DS outselling the Vita by almost 6-to-1 margin while the Vita itself experienced a 75% drop in hardware sales.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/nintend...on-vita-6-to-1

3) The recent Humble Indie bundle sale resulted in over 435,000 copies sold generating $2.37 million with the majority going towards the Child's Play and American Red Cross charities.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/humb...-stacks-stacks

Details on Episode II for Sonic 4 include a lot of new features, new physics, and no version for the Wii.

In terms of new stuff, Tails arrives as a sidekick for the game while Metal Sonic returns as the main villain for the game. The story follows more of a Sonic vs Metal Sonic rivalry based on the events since the end of Sonic CD.

Based on feedback from the fans, the physics engine from Episode 1 has been completely remade. Some features include no longer sticking to walls or uncurling in ball form when running up a hill. The graphics engine was also completely remade based on similar feedback.

The game will be available for all the same systems Episode 1 was on with the exception of the Wii due to the lack of the Wiiware logo. Current rumors hint Sega might be holding it back until the release of the Wii U and the updated Nintendo network.

No exact release date was given but it will arrive at some point in 2012 for PSN, XBLA, iOS, and Windows Phone 7. Android Phones have been included as a platform for the game while PC/Mac once again have been left out.

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http://kotaku.com/5871797/sonic-4-ep...changing-stuff
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Daily Recap:
1) 2K Sports reveal Justin Verlander will be the cover star for next year's MLB 2k12 baseball game.
http://kotaku.com/5871770/an-mvp-graces-mlb-2k12s-cover

2) While only confirmed for Japan for now, Super Mario Bros will be available to non-Ambassador Program 3DS owners next month with online multiplayer being included in the firmware update for the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/supe...updatein-japan

3) Activision sent a cease and desist letter to a hacker after the company discovered the hacker had been sharing and revealing the source code for the figurines in Spyro: Skylanders game with potential concerns about pirating or getting all the characters for free. The game itself requires the purchases of extra figurines in order to unlock those characters in the game.
http://kotaku.com/5871789/man-hacks-...rom-activision

Except he wasn't sued, he was sent a C&D letter. And other problems, but still.

Based on a newsletter sent by Disney and then later removed, Disney might have accidentally leaked more details regarding the sequel to Epic Mickey.

The game will have a 2-player co-op mode with Oswald the Rabbit being controlled by the second player. Also revealed was a Fall 2012 as the current release date for the game.

The sequel will also be available on the PS3 and Xbox 360 to go along with the Wii. This would end up confirming an earlier leak which had potential box art covers for the game including other platforms besides just the Wii.

Assuming the same control setup is used from the original game, the Xbox 360 are assumed to have some sort of Kinect controls while the PS3 version would have Move controls.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...key2_610_0.png
http://www.screwattack.com/news/was-...-leaked-disney
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Daily Recap:
1) The Wii U is currently rumored to be having an "app"-like store in addition to the revamped Wii U shop with the tablet controller able to run apps on its own without the use of the Wii U system.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/wii-u-t...e-from-console

Well, I know what I've been dying for is another Epic Mickey.

Torrent Freaks revealed the list of the most pirated games of 2011 during the News Year Eve weekend with games from the PC, Xbox 360, and Wii listed.

Results on handhelds and the PS3 were not listed with the PS3 assumed to be due more to the larger file sizes and only recently became cracked to the public in late Spring.

Almost all of the games released in November with the exception of CoD: Modern Warfare 3 did not reach enough pirated copies to make the lists as well.

In terms of the PC numbers, the Crysis 3 numbers were mostly from the launch period and large enough to have Crytek drop all future exclusive support for the PC market in favor of the more profitable console market.

In terms of the Wii numbers, FIFA 12 was pirated more than double of the actual sales for the game based on estimates.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...132-header.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/thes...ted-games-2011

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Daily Recap:
1) God of War IV rumored to have an online co-op mode with Kratos once dead brother to be the 2nd playable character for the mode.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...-iv-have-co-op

2) An online petition requesting Activision to include the PC as a platform for the upcoming Tony Hawk HD game has failed due to a severe lack of interest and signatures.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ater-hd-to-pc/

3) While EA, Sony (Playstation division only), and Nintendo have personally backed out of support for the SOPA bill, they have not completely dropped all support due to their membership in the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) which still supports the bill being passed.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-s...support-almost

Unlike Wind Waker's cell shading style being used for Zelda games on the Nintendo DS, Nintendo nor Eiji Aonuma have any intentions of using the Skyward style for future Wii U and 3DS Zelda games.

The main reason was due to when Wind Waker was being developed, both Miyamoto and Aonuma noticed how well the style would work for the DS. The storyline of the DS games were also done as a continuation of the Wind Waker storyline which kept the same Link for all the games.

Since Skyward Sword ended up as a prequel to the entire series and the fate of the first Link, the same style can't be reused as easily in terms of storyline reasons as Wind Waker was.

While Twilight Princess technically didn't have another Zelda game using the same style, it was used as the basis for Link's Crossbow Training which had some loose ties to the main game.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets...e068dbd2a7.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5872542/dont-expec...-skyward-sword

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Daily Recap:
1) Atari manages to force Apple to scrub out hundreds of games resembling the classic Atari style from the App Store as a way to clear out any potential competition before the company starts to upload their Atari classic games to the service.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/atar...ting-ios-games

2) Nintendo announces they will not be fixing a glitch shortcut discovered in Mario Kart 7's Wuhu Island track by hinting the shortcut is now considered a legitimate part of the track. Snaking was treated the same way when it was discovered for Mario Kart DS.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/comm...bout-maka-wuhu

3) The next game in the Persona series, Persona 5, might be revealed later this year after Atlus teased their fans of an official debut for their next project will be announced soon.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ses-persona-5/

SNAKING IS BROKEN! SNAKING IS CHEATING!

...Sorry, kneejerk response.

Microsoft announces several new changes have been made in regards to the regulations for indie game development on the Xbox Live marketplace.

Some of the changes include the cap on file sizes have been increased from 150 MB to now 500 MB for games. The pricing structure for games was also changed where any game under 150 MB now gets the $1 price tag and a tier system for the $3 and $5 price tags.

The limit on games published was also pushed from the current 10 games to now 20 games per year from indie developers. No new rules were added to the approval process to help restrict the potential for more shovelware or rushed games.

http://download.gamezone.com/uploads...74381/nyan.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...dies-policies/

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Daily Recap:
1) In wake of several big gaming companies withdrawing personal support for SOPA, the ESA has stated they will continue supporting the bill regardless of their members backing out or actual concerns with the bill itself.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/esa-...s-sopa-support

2) Microsoft announces their flight sim game, renamed to Microsoft Flight, will become a free-to-play game with extra free content available to Games For Windows members.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/micros...tly-free/3887/

3) New update for the Halo Waypoint app allows better compatibility between Xbox 360 and PC users with Windows 7 phones devices and allows first access to any Halo-related news before everyone else.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...date-now-live/

ESA still has a huge amount of support from the industry, and withdrawing while still being a supporter of SOPA through the ESA is likely the intent.

I wish Microsoft would just not make stupid policies. Then they wouldn't have to revise them every few months. But if Microsoft and Sony stopped making stupid policies, they'd have one less thing to compete over.

Been a big supporter of indie games. Some definite gems out there. Can't wait to see what people will do with the bigger cap.

Hopefully put out some of the shit that's on Steam so console players can enjoy them.

Seriously. Some of the stuff I've picked up in sales that I hadn't heard of but was only 1 or 2 quid has been amazing.

Of course, it'd be nice if they didn't bury indie releases so it'd be easier to find.

NEW XCOM! NOT FPS! TURN-BASED FROM CIV DEVELOPER FRAXIS! HARD BEING COHERENT! BONERVILLE POPULATION HASNEY!!

A recent bug was discovered on the Xbox marketplace's website where the "Try Demo" option to download a game onto the Xbox 360 ended up becoming an actual purchase of the game if MS points were discovered on the account.

It appears the "Try Demo" button somehow became glitched which makes the server think a "Buy Now" has been requested instead of a demo option for a game. To make matters worse, the confirmation screen shown to users is the generic screen used for both options but doesn't state an actual purchase is being made instead of a demo choice.

Microsoft is aware of the situation and are currently working to fix the issue although no news on if affected accounts will be restored automatically or if Customer Service is needed. Microsoft also didn't state if the glitch was the result of the recent overhaul for the marketplace and dashboard for Kinect compatibility.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/9...1.35.57_pm.png
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/nasty-...ood-news/3888/

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Daily Recap:
1) According to Bioware, the company has completly shifted away from developing single player games to now MMOs and multiplayer games with every future Bioware game to have multiplayer "shoe-horned" into it.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/multipl...-bioware-games

2) Warner Bros announce Gotham City Imposters has been delayed from its original release of January 10 to now a February 2012 release date although no official reason was given for the delay.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...stors-delayed/

3) Warner Bros also announced Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is currently in development by Travelers Tales and has a release date of Summer 2012 for all current platforms.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...oes-announced/

Sweet, I enjoyed the first Lego Batman game. Hope Azrael is in this one as well.

But all games should be FPS as it is a superio genre.

To be fair, with EA mandating multiplayer elements, is this even a surprise?

Don't really care anymore, since they seem to want to make stripped down shooters and WOW clones now.

Looks like basically LEGO Justice League. No Azrael in sight.

Yeah I figured as much, but I was more dreaming along the lines of the custom build characters from the original being held over into the second one as well.

If anybody's in wtf mode; the LEGO games are seriously good, even if they'll all basically the same. Hard to hate them.

They are fun but after a I think Indy I stopped playing because I have enough shit to play.

Yeah I played a few minutes of one of the Star Wars games that a friend of mine had and Batman and while fun I can definitely see it could get old.

In interviews with both the Associated Press and Zoomin Games, Shigeru Miyamoto reveals his current development plans involve a brand new "original title" along with his reactions from the incorrect news about his retirement.

Besides confirming development on Pikmin 3 for the Wii U and Luigi's Mansion 2 for the 3DS, Miyamoto also revealed he's is working on a third "undisclosed original title." While he didn't mention anything about the title itself, he did provide a hint of it won't have photo realistic graphics nor is it based on anything he's previously worked on.

In terms of the incorrect story about him retiring from Nintendo, Miyamoto was a bit shocked at how huge the reaction became especially the part about him splitting away time from developing games in order to mentor the younger developers in the company. He believes once he's finally ready to retire, the same characters and franchises he helped create at Nintendo will last well beyond his own lifetime.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...-25th-53_0.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/miya...original-title
http://www.gamezone.com/news/nintend...irement-rumors

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Daily Recap:
1) Capcom confirms the 3DS demo for Resident Evil Revelations will be arriving soon to the US and Europe with the US/Canada demo expected to arrive first.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...emo-confirmed/

2) The next Xbox console and PS4 are currently rumored to appear during this year's E3 convention with at least the next Xbox set to debut at CES 2012.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...appear-e3-2012

3) Sony has made Kaz Hirai, creator of the Playstation and Ridge Racer series, their new president of the company with Howard Stringer staying as a CEO of the company.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/ridge-...resident/3891/

Lego Harry Potter was pretty boring. Lego Star Wars and Andiana Jones were pretty fun.

I'd say it's easy to distinguish them.

I for one am outraged that we only got a paltry 8 years out of the XBox 360.

6 years... Crazy how fast that's gone by :/

Appalling!

XBox Live games are coming to non-Windows smartphones complete with achievements. Good for you, cheevo whores.

David Jaffe reveals some new info about the upcoming Twisted Metal game while also debunking a bunch of recent rumors floating as well.

While pictures of the game's kiosks in stores make it seem like it will support the PS Move and 3D capabilities, neither will actually be included in the game. There was some initial plans for 3D support but they didn't have enough time nor a large enough development team to actually work on the idea.

In terms of costs, it will take about double the sales of what Twisted Metal Black gained just to break even or about 1-2 million sales in order for future games in the series to get the "green light" status.

DLC will only be considered if the game sells well enough to create an actual demand for additional content due to the company having other projects to work on.

The game will also be the last game lead by David Jaffe as he has gotten tired of making combat games. It doesn't mean the series will go on hiatus though since another producer can take over if future games are approved.

Finally, no PS Vita version is being planned nor will the co-op include online play since its just local co-op for the story.

http://mp1st.com/wp-content/uploads/..._2-600x368.jpg
http://mp1st.com/2012/01/08/twisted-...ry-local-only/

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Daily Recap:
1) Update to Kaz Hirai becoming the new president of Sony for 2012 as the company announced today they have not made the switch while Howard Stringer will stay as the company's president for the near future.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/sony-d...in-on-up/3895/

2) Microsoft reveals the lineup for the 2012 House Party on Xbox Live will include Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, I Am Alive, Warp, and Nexuiz.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...nd-i-am-alive/

3) Eleven more concert dates and locations have been revealed for the Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony show with tickets ranging between $50 to $100 based on seat location.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tes-announced/

Seems weird to leave online co-op out in this day and age.

So what will the Xbox 420 cost at launch? Probably 500 or some shit.

It's being rumoured to be comparable to the current 360.

Will it? Who knows?

While last week the court case involving Interplay and Bethesda was settled last week, the details of the results over the use of the Fallout series were revealed today.

Interplay looses all current rights to the Fallout series in regards to their originally planned MMO game while Bethesda has announced they will be taking over in making the next game an MMO title.

Interplay did receive $2 million in compensation for the work already done but was much lower than they requested and were expecting to at least own the rights for the MMO game. They also are allowed to hold the rights to sell the original Fallout games (Fallout, Fallout 2 PC, and Fallout Tactics) until 2013 when Bethseda will gain full control over the older games.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...2_medium_0.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/inte...t-mmo-bethesda

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Daily Recap:
1) According to Sakurai Masahiro, the upcoming Kid Icarus Uprising game for the 3DS will not have selectable difficulty levels but instead be using a similar system to the Max Payne games which altered based on how well or bad a player progressed.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/kid-...ulty-selection

2) id Software confirms earlier rumors of potentially large layoffs within the company but have not stated if the laid off workers came only from the Rage development team or if the upcoming Doom 4 team was affected by the cuts.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/id-sof...ontinues/3903/

3) Ubisoft announces Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will have a release date of May 22 for the Xbox 360 and PS3, the multiplayer beta for the console versions will start in April, and the PC version is set to arrive at a later date.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...soldier-dated/

Not news, but entertainment. A pretty rofl thread from the "Men Going Their Own Way" Forum about how much it sucks that there is a stronger female presence in video games.

How do you know these people?

'twas tweeted by Jim Sterling of Destructoid.

EA announces free DLC for both Mass Effect 3 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will be available to gamers who play the demos of both games. The only catch is to unlock stuff for one game, the other game's demo needs to be played.

EA did not mention which demo for Mass Effect 3 unlocks items due to the game expecting to have 2 separate demos with one for just single player and the other for multiplayer.

The demo for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a timed demo with a 45 minute timer for playing but doesn't start until after a user's character is created.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-b...-and-reckoning
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Daily Recap:
1) New games were updated to Club Nintendo with the choices being Dr Mario Online RX for Wiiware, Majora's Mask for the Virtual Console, and Kirby's Dream Land along with Dr Mario Express for the 3DS eshop. The games will be available until January 31 as rewards.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/deal...ideo-game-sale

2) Sony announces the next PS2 Classic for the PSN Store will be Killzone 2 and has a release date of January 24 to go along with a $9.99 price tag for the digital download.
http://www.examiner.com/video-game-i...e-priced-dated

3) Update to Microsoft's 2012 Xbox House Party promotion as Alan Wake's Nightmare was announced to be available on February 15 with a new game on sale every Wednesday for the following three weeks.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rele...lan-wake-party

EA joins Tecmo in ridiculous pre-order/demo concepts.

So this pre-order promo is basically Dragon Age 2. Play that demo, unlock a weapon in the game. But you also had to subscribe to alot of newsletters and shit at EA to get even more stuff for the game.

Oh shit. Men are so oppressed.

Oh god, is that dumb.

KOA seems like a decent enough venture, but nothing's really popped about it.

I'm kind of hoping it's good but expecting it to suck.

Tecmo Koei reveals the contents of the collector's edition for Ninja Gaiden 3 although didn't reveal the actual price which is still expected to be around $99.

The set includes the game, an art book, a soundtrack CD, a figure set of Ryu killing an enemy, and a demo code to get the exclusive 4-character demo for Dead of Alive 5.

The DoA 5 demo can also be pre-ordered for the regular game at Gamestop or Amazon but only include 2 characters (different based on where pre-order was done).

The collector's set was also confirmed once again to only be available at Gamestop.

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http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/12/he...-bonus-screen/

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Daily Recap:
1) Based on an accidental leak by UK retailer GAME, a new Medal of Honor (sequel to the reboot MoH) and Need For Speed Game (NFS Hot Pursuit 2) are set to arrive later this year.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...games-in-2012/

2) Nintendo confirms details about the Wii U will be slowly revealed leading up to the final re-debut of the console during E3 this year although no huge annoucements will be revealed until the show itself.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/nintend...ior-to-e3-2012

3) Sony announces the upcoming ModNation Racers: Road Trip for the PS Vita will only support online leaderboards for time trails and will not have support for online racers nor locl/ad-hoc races.
http://vita.ign.com/articles/121/1216411p1.html

For something that's killing the game industry, Gamestop sure gets a lot of love and goodies.

I work at an Eb up here in Alberta, and used game sales make up like none of our sales.

Each night we have to calculate the percentage of our sales for the day that were used. It usually comes out to 1 or 2 percent of our daily total.

Each EB Games is supposed to have thirty to fourty percent of it's total sales made up by used games, but none of the stores break past five to ten percent at most.

Edit: Basically what I'm saying is that EB/Gamestop isn't really killing the industry. If they sold a larger percentage then sure, but as it stands now, they're not really different than your Wal-Marts, Best Buys or Future Shops.

That's crazy it's dropped that low. I was a District Manager for that company about 4 years ago, and all of my stores (15) ran at least 27%; the the regional average (about 72 stores) was right at 30%.

Which region were you in?

Games don't get taken home to play. What are you talking about?

Minch takes a comment that was a swipe at the game industry attitude of damage to the games industry and turns it into a lecture as though they were in any way my real feelings on the matter.

Hooray predictability.

I was a part time employee at Gamestop once until I was fired for snorting coke off the surface of our game discs and I can tell you with aauthority that this has never happened!

Wal-Mart doesn't even sell used games.

I wasn't attacking you, I was just using your post as a launchpad to explain about how EB Games in my region works.

I know one around here does. Damn sure I've seen "preowned" stickers at at least one Wal Mart.