Suuuuure.

No-one really said you were "attacking" me though.

Unless Xero did. I don't read his posts.

I don't know how anyone can get away with selling preowned stickers. You'd think they'd be ripped, or wouldn't stick any more.

In a recent episode on Sony's QORE, new details were revealed for the multiplayer aspect of the upcoming Twisted Metal game with matches allowing the complete destruction of a map and game modes such as destruction derby-style races.

4 factions, 5 multiplayer modes, and 15 vehicles were confirmed to be selectable at the start with more content set as in-game unlockables. So far there are no plans for DLC content so all the unlockable content can be access without the need for actual monetary purchases.

David Jaffe stated a lot of work was done for the single/campaign part of the game with a lot more variety and cutscenes added than in previous Twisted Metal games. He also stressed not to get too hyped up about the single player because while it has a lot of story it isn't comparable to the content and stories found in games such as Batman Arkham City, Skyrim, or other bigger status games.

The game is still set for a release date of February 13 for the PS3.

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Daily Recap:
1) The rift between the ESA and its members over support for the SOPA bill appears to be growing as Nvidia, Mojang, and a few other smaller companies have now joined other members who are against the bill. Nvidia's major complaint was the ESA refused to consult other members when it made the sole decision to support the bill.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/esa-...t-against-sopa
http://www.screwattack.com/news/few-...d-against-sopa

2) Konami announces three Silent Hill games will be released during March 2012 with the repeatedly delayed Silent Hill HD collection now having a March 6 release, Silent Hill Downpour gets a March 13 release, and the PS Vita exclusive Silent Hill: Book of Memories gets a March 27 release date.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/konami...in-march/3910/

3) Nintendo rumored to either be publishing an M-rated game or another Metroid Prime game for the Wii-U after it was revealed Retro Studios recently hired former members from the Uncharted (Naughty Dog) and Darksiders (Virgil Games) series to begin work on a new project considered as "something everyone wants to see."
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...-u-development

4) Sony announces the start of the public beta for the PS3 exclusive Starhawk game will begin on January 18 for PS+ members, February 1st for members who received the invite code from the Uncharted 3 pre-order, and February 22 for everyone else on PSN.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ic-beta-dated/

Eternal Darkness 2.

Considering the mess Silicon Knights is in, only way that game ever gets made is if Nintendo funds and helps develop it. Silicon Knights owns the series but not the Sanity Effects system (owned by Nintendo).

Either that or Nintendo buys the series from SK but then that would essentially kill off the studio considering all their other projects failed badly and Eternal Darkness 2 wouldn't be as special as the first game without the sanity system.

Weekend News Edition
 

If the leaked achievements are any real indication, The Simpsons Arcade game could be made official in the near future with at least an Xbox 360 confirmed so far.

Also teased was the game would include the Japanese version of the game which was a lot easier than the US arcade game since it gave more health items, points, and the ability to jump while holding a weapon.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.c...impsons113.jpg

While the game's development and some details have been leaked before, neither Konami nor Backbone (developers) have made an official announcement of the game as of yet.

Supposed achievement list: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/g.../achievements/

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/13/th...n-of-japanese/

Matter of time, really.

FINALLY

Yeah.

yup

Still gonna buy it though.

Even though I have the ROM.

And an arcade stick......................

BRB.

Weekend News Edition
 

Huge rumor involves THQ preparing to drop their status as a major publishing company and could become just a developer company after it was leaked the company was rumored to have cancelled all projects after 2013 with the goal of being sold by 2014.

Starting later this year and all of next year, they are selling off all the non-contracted properties they own in order to generate enough cash to last till they get bought by another big company. The goal is to have enough money to last until around 2015.

THQ really got hammered this generation in terms of poor sales and high development costs compared to expectations which finally could have destroyed their yearly finances. The uDraw blunder alone killed off their 2011/2012 financial year.

Edit: THQ is denying the rumor is true but also haven't confirmed their Warhammer MMO isn't cancelled which was expected to be their mega game and money maker for 2013.

http://kotaku.com/5876253/thq-wipes-...e-says-insider

They could lose WWE....

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Can't wait for WWE Backstage Assault after EA buys the license.

Nah, EA will be too busy getting and pimping out UFC.

EA could go either way anyway. Don't forget the first 2 Def Jam games.

Good god, this is really one of those rare times I actually hope Dana White is going to be a ridiculous, petty asshole about things.

Some info and details were recently announced for Alan Wake's American Nightmare with the first being a Horde-like mode as a new feature and the other being the game's length being shorter than the first game.

The Horde-like mode is being called "Fight 'til Dawn" mode with the initial setup including just a handgun and flashlight but expands to include other weapons and gadgets as the match progresses. Unlike other horde modes being based on just waves or a certain number of enemies, Alan Wake's version is based on an in-game clock which displays the current time of the night.

The game's overall length was also revealed being about 4 to 5 hours on average with a slight increase if the player completes the optional side missions and content for the story mode.

The game is set for a February 15 release date on Xbox Live Arcade and will be the first game deal for the 2012 Xbox House Party promotion.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...sts-4-5-hours/
http://kotaku.com/5876198/alan-wake-...ever-asked-for

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Daily Recap:
1) The HD remake of Oddworld: Munch’s Odyssey will be arriving during the Summer 2012 window for the PS3, PS Vita, and a few others systems not revealed as of yet.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ake-announced/

2) 2K Games announces the FPS reboot for XCOM (XCOM: Enemy Unknown) has been delayed till 2013 while the strategy reboot is still on track for being released later this year.
http://kotaku.com/5876226/xcom-fps-p...l-set-for-2012

3) Namco will be releasing the original Soul Calibur game for iOS devices on January 19 although no price was given while Team Battle Mode and the extra VS modes have been removed from the port.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/orig...s-devices-week

Pretty convinced now that they just threw Fraxis in at the deep end to get an X-Com game out in 2012 once they either saw the resistance to an FPS game or that the quality of the game was lacking and needed more polish.

Wouldn't be shocked if we never saw it. OH WELL, back to masturbating over turn-based X-Com by the Civ developers.

In the recent issue of the Official Playstaion Magazine, Naughty Dog revealed some new details for The Last of Us game with the main stuff involving limited ammo and the game not being an open world type game.

In terms of the game's space, the game is less linear than the Uncharted series but not truly an open world style game. Maps and levels are a bit linear in design but do offer optional paths and areas to explore for weapons and items.

Ammo for weapons appears to be using the classic Resident Evil method of being in very short supply which also removes shootouts from being possible. There is a scavenger system set up to find more ammo but Naughty Dog did not reveal how it works.

There are escort-like moments in the game but won't be done in an obvious way like other games which could be both a good and bad thing based on the situation.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...eplay-details/

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Daily Recap:
1) Starting on March 1st, Konami's takeover of Hudson will be complete which will end the existence of Hudson as a brand name and a subsidiary of Konami.
http://kotaku.com/5876739/goodbye-hudson-its-been-fun

2) Warner Bros confirms last year's Mortal Kombat game will be ported over to the PS Vita for a Spring 2012 release and will include all the DLC, patches, and Kratos from the PS3 as extras.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/mort...ita-kratos-tow

3) More adverts are on their way to Xbox Live's dashboard after a lot more big name advertisers have signed up to showcase their ads with video ads being the primary type bought.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-to-xbox-live/

Fakelaser's Game of the Year
 

Today’s Greatest Thing Ever: Elevator Source

By John Walker on January 16th, 2012 at 4:51 pm.
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Elevators, or as we Brits call them, dangleboxes, get a fair showing in gaming. Very few FPS titles will let you reach their final bossmonster without having had at least one go on the world’s slowest ride, giving you a moment’s pause, before they inevitably shudder to a halt as you’re ripped out of the side of the building by something with more tentacles than manners. But until now (to my knowledge at least, inevitable person who knows of a game on the Amiga) they’ve yet to receive a game dedicated just to them. And that’s what we have in the Half-Life 2 mod, Elevator: Source. YES.


Created by the undeniable geniuses at Pixeltail Games, Elevator: Source is a no-holds-barred elevator simulator, that requires Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Garry’s Mod be installed on your machine. And I really suggest you do.

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Because right now I’m in the lift with a man called Lizard Wizard, someone called Barney whose head is on fire, and a skellington called Jaykin. Watching through the elevator doors as a factory line of dancing pixel robots go past, over a pit of fire. Before the doors close and we’re off somewhere else. Barney and Jay keep giving each other furtive glances. And now we’ve stopped at the seaside, where Derek in his yellow rubber ring and blue suit has just got on board.

This is bloody brilliant. For the first time in my life, I desperately want to play a game in multiplayer. It has made me laugh out loud so many times.
Not convinced? Here are a group of people playing it together for 45 minutes.

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Parts of the next Xbox console for Microsoft is currently in production stage after a rumor states the console's chip for development kits have been in the initial production stage since late 2011.

The chip itself is rumored to be developed by IBM with the codename of Oban with about 10,000 chips being in production for use in development kits.

Microsoft is also rumored to be planning on finalizing the chip to meet their goal of starting the mass production for their next Xbox console before the end of the year and a potential launch release of mid to late 2013.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...details-given/

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Daily Recap:
1) Nintendo announces Mario Party 9 for the Wii will be released a week early in Europe on March 2nd while the US/Canada gets the game on March 11.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ate-announced/

2) THQ announces they are currently working on 2 "unannounced" Wii U games with one being an exclusive for the system with the potential of being a new uDraw game using the tablet controller. The unannounced games are not Darksiders II and Metro: Last Light due to THQ already confirming those games are in develpment for the system.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/resume-...titles-in-2012

3) VectorCell, developers of Amy, have lashed out against the negative reception for the game by saying any problems with the game is due to the game designed to be hard and not because the game is bad or ████s.
http://www.█████attack.com/news/amy-...-its-just-hard

Irrational Games reveals the upcoming Bioshock Infinite will have an extra mode being called the "1999 mode" which is separate from the game's story mode but shares some similarities to the original System Shock game.

Weapons, upgrades, and moral decisions done in this mode will have very specific outcomes. One consequence revealed was the need to manage save abilities with the potential for a permanent game over being possible if done incorrectly.

The decision was made after a recent survey showed that a significant portion of those surveyed wanted moral choices to play a huge role in the game.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/irrati...999-mode/3922/

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Daily Recap:
1) Hideo Kojima confirms a playable demo of the revamped Metal Gear Solid Rising: Revengence will be available during this year's E3 show.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...mo-at-e3-2012/

2) The original Doom returns to Xbox Live Arcade with Betshseda acquiring the rights to the game after the original release was delisted in late 2010 due to issues involving id Software's original ownership of the game.
http://www.█████attack.com/news/comm...ox-live-arcade

3) Stainless Software announces they are reviving the Carmageddon series with a new game currently in development although no other details were given.
http://www.█████attack.com/news/comm...rmageddon-game

A bunch of Xbox Live related news with Microsoft wanting to speed up the approval process for game and fixes are being done for both video playback along with color issues since the last dashboard update.

Microsoft is in the process of improving and speeding up the approval process for in-game patches. The goal is to both reduce the time needed from patch submission to an actual Xbox update. They also wanted to reduce the wait time as both a way to please consumers and developers at the same time. The Xbox Live Arcade version of Minecraft will become the first game to benefit and act as a test for the improved process.

Mircosoft is also working on a couple of fixes involving color issues and video playback capabilities that ended up becoming broken or crippled from the recent dashboard update. They announced the color issues has no exact release date for the fixes to be done but are being worked on with the hope of having it ready in the near future.

In regards to video playback issues, the company has acknowledged the recent dashboard update is the sole reason for the problem. It was widespread enough to even affect videos and apps that were designed to work the best with the new dashboard.No exact window was given for the fixes to arrive but like the color issues, the patch should be arriving in the near future.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...pdate-process/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-color-issues/
http://kotaku.com/5877759/the-xbox-3...rking-on-a-fix

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Daily Recap:
1) Either enough people complained or Nintendo completely forgot about him but Luigi has been quickly added to the Mario Party 9 box art after failing to appear on the originally released box art designed for the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/luig...arty-9-box-art

2) Sony announces Boston Red Sox player Adrian Gonzalez will be the cover star for the upcoming MLB 12 The Show baseball game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...show-revealed/

3) New details for the PS Vita port of Mortal Kombat include an extra 150 challenge tower missions, extra 1v1 online matchups, and the ability to use the touch screen to perform fatalities.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-vita-details/

4) Nintendo announces Kid Icraus Uprising for the 3DS has entered the "gold" phase (mass production) which also means work on the next Super Smash Bros game will begin in the near future.
http://kotaku.com/5877800/kid-icarus...tally-finished

Started modelling a head for a character i'm doing :P.

So we can expect a SSB reveal trailer at E3, probably.

Cool. Me and my R-Tyme boys just acquired a lot of top-level tools and I'm very happy to announce production can begin on 'any project we want'. We'll reveal titles in the Summer convention season, hopefully toward releases in 2013/14 on various channels. I can say right now there will be a fighting game, and something you wouldn't expect from me.

Def wanna see that fighting game.

You shall.

Actually restructuring the narrative scenario on that now.

Awesome! Me and some uni buds have been employed now to work on a iPad game. Kinda wipeout like game for some company in Africa, no game studios over there so this guy my lecturer knows has made one there, game concept keeps changing though, it was originally supposed to be a Monkey strategy game.
Semi working on this aswell with the uni, got some guy from Splash Damage (Brink) to do a character model for us too!

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iPad seems to be the place to make games on. Ugh...

Seems that way :/

A potential hacking attack on the level of last year's PSN outage could be in the planning after Xbox Live was listed as several websites a section of Anonymous wants to attack as part of the retribution against Megaupload being taken down.

Anonymous earlier managed to take offline CBS and Universal Studios websites due to their strong support for SOPA. UFC appears to have been taken down either by a different group or a splinter group from Anonymous.

According to the official Twitter feed of the group, they have no plans to attack social sites nor any site that removed their previous support for SOPA. The main reason was either those sites provide a social presence for the group (ex. Youtube, Twitter) or already listened to their demands and dropped support for SOPA.

It is also assumed a splinter group might be responsible for the threats with even the possibility of Xbox Live being attacked as a revenge attack by Pro-Sony/PS3 members who were upset at Spny's PSN being attacked last year.

Traditionally Xbox Live usually suffers just phishing attacks designed to go after member emails but this would be the first attack specifically targeting the entire network.

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Daily Recap:
1) A bunch of PS3 related news as Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City will be arriving soon as a PS2 classic on the PSN store while Syphon Filter 4 and God of War 4 are rumored to have an official debut next month.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...playstation-3/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...s-in-february/

2) 343 Industries have warned potential Halo fans on Twitter of a phissing attack involving fake Halo 4 beta invites being sent out to steal user information.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/thos...testheyre-fake

3) While David Jaffe supported no passes for the upcoming Twisted Metal to prevent any chances of sales being impacted, Sony has responded by adding an online pass for the game as part of their recent policy to add the pass to all 1st party games.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/twis...ve-online-pass

If they take down XBL for even a day will not rest until they are all dead.

Am I the only one that finds that very childish? A website gets removed and they feel the need to attack sites.
It's not like it's the only filesharing site. I'm sure there are literally hundreds if not thousands more they could use.

That's the thing about this group. The way they go about getting their point across is the same method a small child uses when it gets refused ice cream or gets its toy taken away. It'll break things, it'll make threats and it's nothing but this selfish nuicance.
Frustratingly, they probably think doing that is good and noble.

If they want to do something good, there are better causes than getting revenge for a removed filesharing site. The whole SOPA thing is a good cause but they are going about it the wrong way. Again it's "You're not doing things our way so we'll break your stuff.". Wikipedia and others got the SOPA point across in an effective and civilised way. No need for some online group to do anything.

Anyway, rumour time:

It's anonymous. When are they not childish?

Visceral Games, developers of the Dead Space series, next project will be a shooter after recent job postings reveal the company is hiring designers with expertise in online shooter map design.

The game is being termed as an "online action shooter" with the main focus revolving around online play.

Previous rumors stated EA was planning on expanding the Dead Space series to include other genres and gameplay types with a first person shooter being listed as a possibility. This game could end up as the rumored FPS game EA was planning for Dead Space after Dead Space 3 is released.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/dead...action-shooter
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Daily Recap:
1) Gamestop is holding a special "Retro Games" promotion where customers can cash in their rewards points in order to get classic games from past systems although the average pricing for these classic games is in the $1000+ range.
http://www.gamezone.com/news/spend-1...ombat-for-snes

2) Activision could be planning a sequel to Spyro Skylanders after as recent domain filing was discovered called "Skylanders Giants".
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/uh-oh-...pping-up/3931/

3) Sony is expanding their PSN Store to sell "virtual items" similar in design to Microsoft's Avatar store selling non-gaming related items.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...playstation-3/

That Gamestop promotion is gold. Spend just over 1.2k in used games; get Mario Bros. (as in not Super) on NES for free.

A new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game is rumored to be in development by Rocksteady with the game set in a darker tone similar to the Batman Arkham series.

The game is rumored to be titled as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Manhattan Crisis" and each turtle will have their own special attacks and attributes. Special flashback spots involving Master Splinter becoming a playable character were also hinted as a gameplay feature.

The game is also rumored to be for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii U with the Wii U getting special features designed for the tablet controller.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/comm...adys-next-game
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Daily Recap:
1) Retro Studios rumored to be making a Star Fox game for the Wii U after the Official Nintendo Magazine hinted they are "barrel rolling" towards their next project in development.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/comm...star-fox-wii-u

2) Next Xbox console rumored to be about six times more powerful than the Xbox 360, use Blu-Rays as the disc format, contain a Radeon 6000 graphics card, have Kinect 2 be built-in, ban the ability to play used games, and roughly be 20% more powerful than the Wii U overall.
http://kotaku.com/5879202/sources-th...oduce-kinect-2
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-power-of-360/

3) SNK Playmore will be releasing a new NeoGeo portable handheld with 20 built-in games, a rechargeable battery, 2GB of storage, and SD card support although no release date nor price was revealed.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/retr...atform-returns

LOL Ban the ability to play used games.

Priceless.

If they're going with a darker version of the ninja turtles, why bother with shit like the Turtle blimp? Why not source one of the darker versions of the franchise?

Turtle Zeppelin.

how would you stop used games?

There have been proposed and I think even patented systems where a certain part of the disc would either contain registration which you would have to link to the console (this may or may not be prohibitively expensive) or a layer/section that could be essentially "marked." There is at least the potential for it with Blu-Ray, though there is no evidence it's even feasible financially.

Remember also, this was going to be the big thing Sony did with the PS3, so take it for what it is: a rumour that is very likely nothing more than a pile of shit.

Uncle Phil as Shredder, please!!!

What's Microsoft worried about used games for anyway? They publish like 2 games a year anyway, not 50 like EA and such.

Pressure from the publishers.

Publishers already have the Online Pass and DLC to generate sales from used copies but I'd assume the rumored ban is targeted more towards Gamestop and other places that sell used games. Still makes less sense considering those same publishers do the most business with Gamestop.

Also makes less sense but not the first its been done to limit the ability to even share games on the same console with different accounts. A few DS games and Resident Evil Mercenaries on the 3DS have 1 save restrictions that make it impossible to share the game without deleting the game save. Ubisoft has a PC game that actually links access to whatever graphics card or motherboard was detected by the game during verification so changing it requires a new game to be bought.

Yeah, but they get money off the games that are sold. As such, we're totally stealing from Microsoft.

TMNT have never been dark. The original comic had a gritty, almost noir feel to it, but I would hesitate to call it "dark". And that was as mature as TMNT have ever gotten.

That 80s turtles meets 2000 turtles movie was great for fans in the know. Look it up. Had a great gag with original Shredder near the end.

I can play Neo-Geo on any format I like, but for some reason, I want this sexy beast

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"Darker" =/= "Dark." I'm sure you know that, and are just nitpicking in your normal ridiculous fashion, but just in case.

And yeah, nothing dark about a noir-like series.

I don't know..did you ever read the stuff that Image did?
http://www.comicvine.com/teenage-mut...tles/49-11889/

I remember one of the turtles losing his hand and another one got killed and turned into a cyborg. Even nudity. I don't know how they hold up now in adulthood as far as "darkness" goes but back when I was a kid..it was bleak.

I kinda agree with this post, but you're fucking ridiculous.

Okay, aspie.

A couple of Nintendo related news with the Wii U potentially getting a name change, a holiday 2012 release date, and the first ever yearly financial loss guaranteed in the company's electronic era history

According to Capcom's Yoshinori Ono, the Wii U has been improved and changed a lot since last year's E3 debut with a lot of changes being recently added. Ono stated the unrevealed features alone are enough to create a completely different experience that has no actual comparisons right now for consoles.

Satoru Iwata stressed the company is working to ensure both the 3DS and Wii U keep a steady pace of content and momentum with DLC and a stronger emphasis on digital content being the start. Nintendo was also rumored to have their new online network be named the "Nintendo Network" as part of the new changes in their online structure.

The Wii U was also rumored to be getting a name change to ensure no confusion will occur with consumers after the 3DS suffered early on due to most thinking it was just an extension of the DS and not a brand new system. The console is also targeted for a late 2012 release date in time to hit the Christmas holiday season.

In terms of finances, the company will officially post their first ever yearly loss in 30 years with the main issue being the one-time currency conversion causing the majority of the loss. The loss is expected to be around $575 million in comparison to early estimates by the company being around $54 million. Nintendo also cut sales forecasts for both the 3DS and Wii by about 2 million each.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...eatly-from-e3/

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Daily Recap:
1) Blizzard cancels this year's BlizzCon expo with the main reason being the company's workload is too heavy for them to take the time needed to organize the expo this year.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/blizzcon-taking-year

2) The Resistance series could be ending due to Insomniac unwilling to work on future games and Sony unsure about the series future.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/insomn...ranchise/3938/

3) Ubisoft is promising this year's Assassin's Creed game will be the "biggest to date" in terms of importance and status while potentially set up the next set of games in the series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ggest-to-date/

Welcome to the 21st century, Nintendo
 

I think you mean 20th.

Should have been called "NintendOnline".

They should totally claim they did it before everyone else.

http://www.frc.org/washingtonwatchda...-to-gay-empire

In a world of good versus evil, Sodomy may be the biggest threat to the Galaxy.

Seriously, fucking hilarious (albeit unintentionally)

While Rage was the first game to lock out single player content, EA has decided to expand the idea after it was discovered Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning comes with an online pass.

The problem is while Rage only locked away access to an extra gate and still restricted access to online multiplayer, KoA: Reckoning is only a single player game and restricts a lot more content.

Destructoid revealed the Online Pass restricts access to 7 quests in the game's storyline and even can lock out review copies of the game. It was also discovered the bonus content for playing the Mass Effect 3 demo is locked out for used copy owners.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/offl...es-online-pass
http://www.destructoid.com/kingdoms-...s-220459.phtml

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Daily Recap:
1) Gearbox delays Aliens: Colonial Marines from its original Spring 2012 release to now a Fall 2012 release date with the main reason being they need more time to work on the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...lay-confirmed/

2) CD Projekt announces The Witcher 2 (Witcher 2:Assassin’s of Kings Enhanced Edition) will be released for the Xbox 360 on April 17.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ate-announced/

3) New details for Animal Crossing 3D were revealed such as your character gets an assistant to help you as the mayor of the town and the Street Pass function allows guests to have their houses in the "model homes" district.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/new-...ng-3ds-details

Oh good. online passes for offline games.

I guess I should get cracking on Witcher 1 since that's not showing up on the 360?

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Where did those clips come from

EA's really taking this online pass shit too far. I'm still furious that my new copy of Fight Night Champion won't go online because my code didn't work.

Did you call customer support?

Roomate tossed the code out while I was at work. It's a lost cause. But if I weren't being penalized for being a loyal customer, I wouldn't have to go through that anyway. Honestly, I could go out and buy another 360 and mod this old one so I can pirate games soooo easily. Every time I get dicked over like this, I'm just more and more tempted. It's like they don't want my money, just my frustration.

Update to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning having the online pass as it looks like either EA completely screwed up during the printing or didn't consult 38 Studios over the decision.

Apparently the game doesn't have an actual online pass, instead the locked content was meant to be part of their DLC plans with the first being a free launch day pack for those who bought the game new. It also appears this pack wouldn't be going on the marketplace for a while.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/king...pass-situation

Er, that is a single-player online pass...

Yeah it still ends up that way but I guess from other stories about the game's development, EA is really rushing them to finish the game and their plans for DLC never included any passes.

38 Studios decided to put the first DLC pack as a "free" pack for new owners which is why its on the disc but EA wanted an online pass used to generate extra sales from used owners.

Didn't Schilling previously claim he completely supported the online pass?

Yes he did although I'm not sure if he ever went as far as going to non-online/MMO type games.

He wouldn't have a choice with this game due to EA funding the project and determining what gets done. Although his studio already had to deal with an EA mistake considering some people having problems with the demo when 38 Studios said they were not ready to make a demo and the demo itself was done by a different studio.

It was in response to the online pass to THIS game. Kinda curious as to why you would think this would not relate to this specific, offline only game.

You obviously don't know how game developers work [/Rog]

A couple of Wii U news with the first being Nintendo won't be mandating developers to only make games in HD for the console and the other being the origin of the tablet controller comes from one of the concept arts for the Wiimote.

Unlike Microsoft who made a demand of every single Xbox 360 game must be in HD, Nintendo won't be making the same rigid demand for the Wii U. The main reason was to give developers a lot more choices in developing the games with the extra power being used to beef up performance or other non-graphical parts of their games.

Nintendo also wants to help shorten development time for developers so that game development doesn't become out of control in terms of costs and time. The Wii U will also be a lot more focused on having third party studios develop Nintendo-owned games than what was done on the Wii and past Nintendo systems.

While the tablet controller shares a lot of its design with other tablet devices, the original idea for the controller actually existed during the development of the Wiimote. Based on concept designs released last year for the Wiimote, one of the plans for the Wiimote involved a touchscreen pad built-in which was eventually removed during the final design of the Wiimote.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/wii-u-...i-remote/3947/
http://gamingbolt.com/all-wii-u-game...blown-hd-iwata

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Daily Recap:
1) The original Everquest will go on the free-to-play model as part of its 13th anniversary celebration starting on March 16 with heavy restrictions on what can be done for free.
http://kotaku.com/5880579/the-origin...-13th-birthday

2) Microsoft debunks any rumors and news of the next Xbox debuting during this year's E3 show by saying they have no plans to reveal anything about the next Xbox this year. Sony also claimed in other reports they have no plans for any system debuts for the next 2 years either.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...eveal-in-2012/

3) Microsoft is fighting to win ownership over the fake Halo 4 beta website domian as both a way to combat phissing attacks done to fooled users and to prepare for the eventually official release of the beta.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/micr...-4-beta-domain

4) Assasin's Creed 3 currently rumored to involve George Washington with the potential of part of the game taking place in New York during the Revolutionary Era.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...rge-washington

New York during the american revolution? That's an odd time period to choose.

Why?

no skyscrapers?

The guy's from AC are pretty set on picking historical periods that are never/barely featured in other games.
I think it's a great idea TBH. I had heard rumors of AC3 taking place in Ancient Egypt or Victorian England but American Revolution sounds interesting as well.

I'm sure they'll find a way to include them.

New Japan Pro Wrestling is no longer owned by yukes. I know that yuke's ownership of NJPW was a major factor in spike not releasing a new King of Colosseum.

Wrestling would have to pick up a bit for it to happen, but NJ and AJ have been getting better numbers as of late. Noah is kind of fucked though.

Was hoping Assassins Creed 3 would take place entirely in the present, and finish out desmond's story.

I wouldn't mind Desmond's story being over, but a whole game? Yick.

On the plus side, it's a game I could easily skip.

The Simpsons Arcade is headlining February's PlayStation Plus bonuses. Sony offers an HD adaptation of the classic 1991 game free, for Plus members, through the end of the month. This is the Simpsons' first official launch confirmation, with previous sightings exclusive to XBLA, including this set of Xbox achievements spotted earlier this month.

Sony is handing out a special Valentine's Day present for Plus members as well, with a free download of the complete Far Cry 2 game, the week of February 14.

The Simpsons Arcade will include four-player online co-op and will be available at no cost to Plus members from February 7-29 -- and yes, that's a whole extra day this year, probably to contain all of our nostalgic Simpsons love.

This is very good news. Now RoXer1 and myself won't have to waste $10 to play it 2-3 times.

Well I assumed that's what they were building to, with Desmond picking up the skills of the assassins each game. Maybe not the hole game, but the majority of it.

Dunno. Of all the Konami beat-em-ups, simpsons was the weakest.

That's the thing, though. Desmond's been set up as primarily a framing device, but they have to do something with the bland bastard eventually.

This is one of the reasons I didn't mind them doing more games with Ezio. I didn't like altair that much, and Altair+Desmond=kinda yawn. One of these days, I may finish the game, but I tended to view it as a series with flaws but a lot of promise. Then 2 came along, and at least the guy you play as for most of the game had a personality and shit. The Desmond/altair bits were far more tolerable because they still weren't the focus.

Desmond as the focus of a game is something I can't see working really well. I know it's borderline inevitable, but he's been little more than a framing device through most of the games. Not sure about the latest. He's bland and boring and....

Actually, he's kinda like that chick from Twilight. A shame Twilight doesn't sandwich an awesome platforming open-world environment with fun, personable characters between the prologue and the last chapter.

I take it you have plus? How useful does it end up being?

I thought you could turn off the auto downloads.

Ah well, just curious. Don't know anyone who uses it.

Capcom announces the release date for Dragon's Dogma with a small twist at the end.

Dragon's Dogma was given a release date of May 22 for North America and May 25th for Europe with the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 getting the game.

Capcom also announced the DLC content for the game will contain additional quests, weapons, and armor to be officially announced at a later date.

As part of the deal to intice purchases, Capcom is bundling the game with the Resident Evil 6 demo with every new copy of the game containing the download token for the demo.

Xbox 360 owners will receive access to the demo about 60 days earlier than PS3 owners. The demo will be live on XBLA on July 3 while PSN users will get the demo on September 4. No news if the PC will get any access to the demo as of right now.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/drag...e6-demo-and-bz

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Daily Recap:
1) EA announces an Online Pass will be used for the upcoming SSX game with this time just the ability to earn credits from online multiplayer matches being locked out while access to regular online matches will stay unlocked.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...r-multiplayer/

2) A suppossed prototype of an unreleased Resident Evil 1 game for the Gameboy Color could become available on the internet as a ROM should the collector's goal of reaching $2000 in donations be reached.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/unre...-might-leak-pc

3) NetherRealm studios announces they are branching away from only making Mortal Kombat games due to them wanting to branch out to more genres and a lack of interest in continuing the series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...mortal-kombat/

I really should look up Dragon's Dogma.

After dragon age and skyrim, I am all dragoned out. Not going to pick up another fantasy game for some time.

Fortunately for me, I didn't bother with DA2 and haven't bothered with Skyrim, so I'm still fresh on the dragons thing. Not that this is necessarily the game I'm gonna get, but I've only heard the name a couple of times and, knowing nothing about it, want to find out more about it before I decide.

Just bought the parts to my new pc :D.


- ARIANET Avenger Black Midi Tower Chassis
- 2GB EVGA GTX 560 Ti, 40nm, 4000MHz GDDR5, GPU 822MHz, Shader 1645MHz, 384 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/ mHDMI
- Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Unlocked Processor
-Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (REV B3) Socket 1155 DDR3 PCI-Express Motherboard (rev. 1.0)
-Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 3.5" SATA III Internal Hard Drive
-LiteOn Version B 24x Internal SATA DVD RW Drive [IHAS124-19]
-550W Cooler Master GX 80PLUS Bronze Power Supply
-Akasa 6 Port Internal Card Reader [AK-ICR-07]
-16GB Corsair XMS3 (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz 1.5v Quad Channel Kit - CMX16GX3M4A1333C9

A couple of Halo-related news with Halo 4 being rumored to have its official debut later this month and the official end of Bungie's role in the series now has a date.

According to a Finnish magazine, Halo 4 is rumored to have its official debut later this month and specifically during Microsoft's Xbox Spring Showcase which will occur on February 29.

While neither 343 Studios, developers of Halo 4, nor Microsoft have made no official statements about the game since e3 2011, Microsoft is trying to gain rights to the bogus Halo 4 beta website. If a beta does occur this year, it could follow the steps of Halo 3 by either arriving this May or signal Halo 4's release date of 2012 (Halo 3's beta occurred 4 months before Halo 3's release date).

Bungie announced the final handover date for the Halo series will occur on March 31 with Halo stats, user generated content, Bungie Pro memberships, and Halo Waypoint moving to Microsoft's and 343's servers. After that date only historical related data will be kept on Bungie's own website servers.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...halo-stats.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...lace-in-march/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...al-this-month/

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Daily Recap:
1) Nintendo updates their Club Nintendo game awards for Februrary with Mario Party 2 (Wii VC) and Art Academy: First semester (3DS eshop) as the choices for this month.
https://club.nintendo.com/

2) EA confirms their forums were hacked over the weekend with the company stating no personal information was compromised as the hacker only changed the apperance of the forums and the intrusion was caught very early into the attack.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/ea-fo...r-the-weekend/

3) As stated earlier by G, The Simpsons Arcade game is arriving for free to Playstation Plus members while Xbox 360 uers get the game in February 3 and regular PSN users get it on Feburary 10. The game has a price of $9.99 on PSN and 800 MS points on XBLA.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/the-si...gly-soon/3954/

4) Warner Bros announces Gotham City Imposters will have a release date of Feburary 7 for the PS3 and PC in North America while the rest of the world and the Xbox 360 version arrives a day later on February 8.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ate-confirmed/