I had nowhere else to post this.

Surely someone on here will know what this means this too. lol.

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It means you're posting a shitty meme with no context in our news thread.

A couple of EA related news with the first being Syndicate will not have an Online Pass and a few details were revealed from the company's earnings confrence for the third quarter.

Synidcate will not be given an online pass due to the game being designed around cooperative play for both gameplay and online structure which has made EA unwilling to harm potential sales or reception by using the pass. EA also explained they only own publishing rights to the game and left the decision up to Starbreeze who decided against it. No actual funding was given by EA during the actual development of the game.

The majority of details given by EA during its phone conference mainly dealt with The Old Republic MMO game such as 300,000 users have dropped out of the game from a base of 2 million users. Their mobile division was able to become a $100 million per year revenue provider, the social games division will be ramped up and include 5 new games this year, and they are expecting at least $100 million in revenue to be generated from this year's FIFA Ultimate Team program.


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http://www.joystickdivision.com/2012...on_syndica.php
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/tidbit...ngs-call/3958/

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Daily Recap:
1) According to Sony's financial report for the third quarter (Sept-Nov), the company lost $2.9 billion with the Consumer Products and Services division (contains the Playstation division) accounting for about $1.5 billion in losses.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-billion-loss/

2) Ubisoft reveals some new details for the Rayman 3 HD remake with remastered audio, 15-20 hours of gameplay, and 9 mini-games confirmed to go with a digital release of March 21 for PSN and XBLA.
http://kotaku.com/5881427/ubisoft-tr...c-in-hd-remake

3) Based on a ratings leak by ESRB, Game Gear games will be arriving in the near future for the Nintendo 3DS eshop Virtual Console. Shinobi and Sonic Triple Trouble could be the intial games released based on the leak.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...rated-for-3ds/

Is there any other kind?

Origin now has 9.3 million users. .3 are actually voluntary users.

300k already dropped out of Old Republic. I'm surprised.

Damn. Where'd that number come from?

That few?

Source.

I'm really hoping they do make a new Populous and I'm hoping it's like a mix of Populous: The Beginning and From Dust. Obviously, people are joking that it'll be like Syndicate and XCOM and be turned into an FPS.

Ubisoft will be transitioning and upgrading its servers on February 7 which will end up having a bad side effect of making a few of their DRM-enabled games become unplayable until the company creates a patch.

Also confirmed is all online multiplayer games regardless of their DRM status will also be unplayable due to the complete switch although the majority will only be down for at least a day.

The issue appears to affect mostly recent PC/Mac games they have released but no news was given if it affects older titles or if those were fixed in preparation for the switch.

The biggest issue comes with Ubisoft not promising when the patches or fixes to update the DRM games will arrive. As well as the amount of time it will take to update all the servers due to Ubisoft themselves unsure of how long it will take.

The list of recent games confirmed to be unplayable:
The list of games confirmed to be playable:
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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/some-u...birthday/3962/

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Daily Recap:
1) Microsoft adds XBLA game Bastion as this week's "Deal of the Day" with the deal lasting from today till Feburary 6th at the 600 MS points price (50% off).
http://www.screwattack.com/news/deal...e-until-monday

2) Valve teases a secret project is currently in development for Team Fortress 2 while hinting it won't involve hats nor maps for content.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ess-2-project/

3) Eat Sleep Play's Twisted Metal reboot game will be delayed in Europe till at least March now after Sony's European branch requested edits and censorship to be made to the game's cutscenes.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/twis...sorship-europe

4) The sequel to the mobile version of Snake was revealed as a free PC game download created as part of this year's Global Games Jam expo. The game itself is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up (shmup), involves a snake with a hand for a butt, and the main boss being the "Butt King" (a butt with a crown on top).
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sequ...-king-ass-hand

Anybody get the Simpsons Arcade game yet?

The trial. Probably all I need.

Yeah, I've only got the trial. I'm in no rush to buy the full game. Got MGS HDC yesterday and I have SFxT next month which will last me most of the year, I'm sure.

Speaking of MGS HDC, I have an MGS3 question and it's not worth making a thread for. I had MGS3 for the PS2 when it first released but never got far enough to know one way or another.
I remember reading in a magazine that, as you play the game, Snakes beard grows and that you could shave it. Is that true?

It's a miniscule detail but I was curious.

Don't remember the beard thing.

The launch trailer for MGS HDC showed Snake in the jungle with a beard more grown in than the one he starts with. That's what reminded me of that supposed feature in the first place.

Unless it's Peace Walker. I've never played that game, so playing it later today in the collection will be a first.

I read the MGS 3 beard thing from the same magazine that said that THQ were going to make sharing CAWs in HCTP easy by turning your finished CAW into a numerical password that you could write down and give to someone else, they'd put the code into their game and get your CAW.

Even though that never happened, I always thought it sounded like a good idea.

Surely this just means nothing more than the game supporting an output resolution of 1280x720, which puts no demand on anybody. Nintendo will expect games are standardised to the resolution of the WiiU screen, which is exactly the same thing.

Are you, stupid? Puts no demand on anybody? How about it puts a lot of demand on the console to be able to pump out graphics in HD? There's a reason the PS3 and the 360 are system spec juggernauts compared to the Wii: it's not in HD, so it doesn't need that kind of power to support shovelware graphics. And now that fine detail is considerably easier to see in HD, the guys handling the graphical side of the games have to put a lot more of that fine detail into crafting the models so they don't look like shit on a 50 inch flat panel screen pumping out visuals in 1080p. That is both time consuming and expensive. Do you think a world as expansive and graphically detailed as Red Dead Redemption took the same amount of effort, time and money to make as pretty much anything on the Wii? If you have a Wii, go grab a component cable for it, plug it into a 46"1080p LCD tv and see how "amazing" it looks. It looks a little shit. There's only so much a component cable can do to smooth out the jaggies and textures; Wii games just look bad on HD tvs.

Its more of Microsoft won't accept a game published on their console unless its in HD (720) and even indie titles have to abide by the rules. Nintendo hinted they won't make the same restriction because if a developer wants to use the extra power for processing or adding in a ton of enemies at lower details, then they can. It was mostly done to get a lot more indie and smaller companies games for the Wii U network.

Sort of similar to Nintendo saying with the 3DS, a developer can make games not use 3D to get the extra power for graphics. Initially they are asking for all retail games to use 3D as a selling point for the system since its barely a year old, after that then they don't care if a developer makes a 3DS without any 3D effect. DS was the same with all launch games using the touchpad and then eventually branched off to having games barely using the pad for gaameplay.

Troll.

Now wait a second. This makes me a hypocrite, not a troll. And I resent the insinuation. http://www.tpwwforums.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

Sorry, but you called me a troll for mocking stupid people saying ridiculous things. I guess it's only trolling when you agree with the people being stupid. My bad.

lol trolled :D

Some marketing exec has decided that PSN will be SEN (Sony Entertainment Network) from 7th Feb.

Can see some marketing exec thinking this will make us forget about the downtime while "increasing synergy across the Sony brand to make me forget about my worthlessness as a human being".

If they look like shit at 720p, they'll look like shit at 480p, except they'll look even shitter because they'll have extra TV scaling involved.

The difference in processing power between a Wii and a PS3/360 is a different thing. Also, the thing about the way MS forces 720p to increase available power isn't true. Halo 3, for example, renders at 640p and that image is simply upscaled and output at 720p - that process of upscaling is not demanding. That's the point I was trying to make - outputing at 720p doesn't put pressure on anyone because the hardware was built to output at it.

What resolution will the WiiU screen be?

Apparently you agree with yourself. :p

On the other hand, they're shifting away from their iconic brand.

Though either way, it will make that exec feel less worthless for a few moments.

Naughty Dog reveals some new details about The Last of Us for the PS3 with the promise of multiplayer being added and more details involving the story.

In terms of the story, the game starts out with the main character, Joel, and his daughter escaping a military safe zone. The military controls all the safe zones and executes anyone infected as their first priority. The infection, similar to Resident Evil, mainly occurs in urban or highly dense areas with any area not controlled by the military seen as a hazardous zone.

Naughty Dog also hinted the story is set up to prevent sequels or cliffhanger endings but did not rule out the potential of the game becoming a series.

The gameplay itself is a bit heavy on the escort style but while Joel is the main playable character for the game, it was teased in previous announcements the daughter can be playable in certain segments of the game.

In terms of multiplayer, the studio confirms the game will have some sort of online multiplayer but as of right now they are just tossing and working on ideas. The main focus is on working the single player portion of the game with the multiplayer to be added in last.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-mode-teased/
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Daily Recap:
1) Update to the unreleased Resident Evil Game Boy Color game as the suppossed collector of the prototype has uploaded the ROM onto the internet and confirmed to very unplayable overall.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/upda...-might-leak-pc

2) A new class or set of classes are rumored to be the "secret" project Valve is working on for the next Team Fortress 2 update.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/coul...be-new-classes

3) A new game in the Jax and Daxter series was being considered as the next project for Naughty Dog with the new game having an Uncharted-like feel but eventually was scrapped in favor of The Last of Us.
http://kotaku.com/5882600/before--th...ew-jak--daxter

4) According to Kotaku's impressions with the upcoming public demo, Resiednt Evil Racoon City might be plagued with the same dumb AI on a worse level than RE5 had which somewhat ruins playing the game alone.
http://kotaku.com/5882704/warning-pl...ht-bum-you-out

http://altdevblogaday.com/2012/02/02/i-feel-used/

Volition dev supporting the rumoured "ban used games" policy on the next Microsoft console.

Aaaand I'm done with Volition.

OMG XBOX 720 PROTYPE LEAKED?


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...What?

A potential sequel for Psychonauts could become a reality after earlier today Notch and Mojong studio, developers of Minecraft, offered to help fund a potential sequel if Double Fine agreed.

While they don't have enough money to fund the whole game, they would be offering enough to help jump start the development while Double Fine searches for a larger publisher to help fund the rest.

The biggest issue besides funding is Double Fine can't just start working on the game right away due to the company breaking down into smaller development teams a few years ago as part of the company's restructuring plans. The plans allowed for more smaller games to be made at once with the main focus on XBLA and Kinect type games. It would take some time to reorganize the whole company back into one large team to actually work on the potential sequel.

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http://kotaku.com/5882961/minecrafts...ts-2-a-reality
http://kotaku.com/5883179/psychonaut...l-could-happen

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Daily Recap:
1) The next Medal of Honor game will be revealed on March 6 during this year's GDC expo according to a statement sent by EA.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...vealed-at-gdc/

2) Following in the footsteps of South Park getting an RPG game, Family Guy will also be getting an RPG game which will be browser-based and follow the free-to-play model.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/fami...-rpg-announced

3) According to a few rumors and potential job openings, the third game in the Star Wars Battlefront series might be in development with Sparks Unlimited as the developer for the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...n-development/

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Wonder if they are going to finish the version that free radical started. It was almost finished, so it seems like the practical route.

I hope so because the idea of a space battle and ground battle going on at the same time, and being able to traverse between both in real time is fucking orgasmic.

That leaked SWBF 3 footage was fucking sex.

Activision reveals more details about the upcoming Battleship game with the game having first person shooting levels and the game itself is a very loose interpretation on both the upcoming movie and the classic board game from Hasbro.

Universal Pictures and Double Helix are helping out developing the game with Double Helix doing most of the actual development.

In terms of storyline, the upcoming movie is more futuristic and sci-fi based while the game itself will barely follow the movie's own story. The game will have a completely different character be controlled who apparently isn't on the same ship the movie follows.

The game will be released initially for the Xbox 360 and PS3 on April in Europe and May in the US. A completely different version of the game will then arrive on the Wii, DS, and 3DS at a later unannounced date with Magic Pockets as the developer.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/battle...oter-now/3971/

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Daily Recap:
1) David Jaffe unofficially leaves Eat Sleep Play studio after a huge disagreement occurred over the future direction of the studio but will not officially leave until after Twisted Metal is released.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/david-...ed-metal/3968/

2) Sony could be considering having a tablet controller for the unannounced PS4 console based on some patents recently revealed with some inspiration possible from Nintendo's own Wii U tablet.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/wii-u-inspiring-sony

3) True Crime: Hong Kong has been renamed to "Sleeping Dogs" by Square-Enix and will have a August 2012 release date for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ing-this-year/

Jaffe's out? Damn. I'd like to know the dirt on what went down there.

Basically involved the future direction of the company since both sides want to go more "casual" to help out with development and costs. The company is favoring going heavy on mobile games while Jaffe wants more browser-based games and keeping the big budget games.

The company itself is shrinking a bit by around 20% once the whole thing is done (laid off and people leaving with Jaffe).

I think the future of Twisted Metal also was a small reason considering Jaffe is done with the series while Sony or the company might look into more games or DLC content.

Jaffe's pretty prone to tantrums. Colour me not shocked.

Speaking of Jaffe, he claims that if you buy Twisted Metal, your girlfriend will blow you.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...Ending-UPDATED

Double Fine and Tim Scaffer held a public online fundraiser with the goal to generate around $400,000 within a month as part of their plan to fund a classic Point-and-Click adventure game as their next project.

While the genre itself is no where near as strong as it was during the late 1980s and early 90s, Schaffer wanted to relive part of his past development with a brand new adventure game in the classic point-and-click style.

The goal was to set the development of the game to around 6-8 months and a release date of late 2012 for Steam. Knowing that they wouldn't be able to bring in a big publisher to help fund the game, they decided to hold a public fundraiser on Kickstarter. The initial goal was about $400,000 in 33 days.

The end result ended up having the goal surpassed within a day as the initial amount was raised within hours and the first day shattering the all-time record on Kickstarter for both amount ($600,000+) and contributors (16,000+). As of the time the report was updated, over $1 million was raised so far.

It is also assumed the large amounts in both funds and backers is related to the news days earlier of Notch and Mojong willing to help fund the development of Psychonauts 2. This could have convinced people to help support that game's development by over-donating so the leftover funds are used to help develop Psychonauts 2.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/double...ure-game/3973/

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Daily Recap:
1) Microsoft announces Kinect Star Wars will be released on April 3rd and confirms the dancing mini-game will be included.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/kine...l-release-date

2) Killzone 1 has been delayed indefinitely after missing its original release on the PSN Store as a "PS2 Classic" title with no official reason given. Rumors are stating both Sony and Guerrilla Games instead will be giving the game an HD treatment (either alone or as a set) to help justify a higher price tag than the usual $10 for PS2 games on PSN.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-indefinitely/

3) Square-Enix is holding a special sale on Xbox Live's marketplace which lasts from now until next week with the majority of the content being DLC for Deus Ex Human Revolutions and the Tomb Raider series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...box-live-sale/

Sweet. Been meaning to do a 2nd run through of Deus Ex.

The new Humble Bundle is out http://www.humblebundle.com/

DOTA 2 could end up being delayed from its original release as Blizzard has sued Valve over the rights to the series with a court date set in the near future.

Blizzard is claiming Valve's use of the name and the MOBA style (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) is in violation to their exclusive association used in the Warcraft series.

While Blizzard themselves did not create the original DOTA game, it was created from the Warcraft community using mod tools from Blizzard's Warcraft II game. The MOBA style was also created as a result for use in MMO and RTS type games. Blizzard is trying to claim ownership for both DOTA and MOBA as a result of both being done using their game as the basis.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/bliz...ve-over-dota-2

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Daily Recap:
1) According to Epic Games, they have managed to get the Unreal 4 engine running on next gen systems but also think the market needs to shrink in terms of platforms available.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...cant-name-yet/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...any-platforms/

2) Rocksteady Games debunks rumors of the studio working on a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game using the Arkham style by stating they are only working on Batman games and they have no plans in the future to work on a new series.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=54462

3) Microsoft could be joining Sony who could be joining Nintendo in having plans for a tablet controller after a rumor from Xbox World magazine states Microsoft is currently experimenting with a tablet controller for use in their next Xbox console.
http://gamingeverything.com/15108/ru...touch-enabled/

Any of those games good?

Also, BOO to the whole tablet controller thing.

Unless it's optional. I don't want to have tablet gaming a mainstay of my console gaming.

Of course, there's a good chance it's false, so here's hoping.

I enjoyed Anomaly and Osmos and World of Goo and Toki Tori were alright, but I didn't really care for Edge.

Epic Games reveals a some of their plans concerning the Unreal 4 engine during this year's DICE convention with the main part being the engine will debut this year.

The first game to use the new engine will arrive later this year although the studio did not mention if it will be another tech demo (ala Samaritan last year) or an actual fully developed game. The earliest the current project could be shown would be at GDC (Game Developer's Conference) in March but most likely would be debuted at this year's E3 convention.

Epic Games also hinted both the tech used in the Samaritan demo and the upcoming Unreal 4 engine is meant mainly for the next generation of consoles due to them having no plans to modify the engine to work on current consoles. The main reason being the Samaritan demo alone is roughly 10 times more powerful than the GPU in the Xbox 360.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/we-c...ion-later-year
http://kotaku.com/5884423/unreals-ne...n-the-xbox-360
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Daily Recap:
1) Update to Double Fine's online donations on Kickstarter as the total has reached over $1.6 million with 3 weeks still left in the fundraiser.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/16-mil...counting/3981/

2) Valve updates their findings regarding last November's hacking of Steam with the confirmation of personal info was indeed accessed but only on the server holding transactions done between 2004 to 2008.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/user...-steam-hacking

3) Rockstar announces LA Noire might be getting a sequel but wouldn't be occurring any time soon nor would Team Bondi be working on the potential game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...l-is-possible/

4) In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Shigeru Miyamoto was asked what his favorite and least favorite characters in the Mario Kart universe were with Mario being his favorite and Toad being the one he dislikes the most.
http://mynintendonews.com/2012/02/13...-on-poor-toad/

Rockstar should sit back and wait and see if the tv show of the same name minus the e airing on TNT in the near takes off or not.

Based on a rumored leaked list, Ubisoft's 2012 game lineup might have been revealed with at least the guarantees of another Assassin's Creed and Just Dance arriving this year.

Also leaked was which games Ubisoft will be providing for the potential Fall 2012 launch of the Wii U with no ports of older games listed.

A new Prince of Persia designed for the Wii and 3DS appears to be one of a couple of surprises in the rumored list.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...-hit-internets

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Daily Recap:
1) Monolith Productions announces the first DLC pack for Gotham City Impostors will be given away for free as a gift with an expected release date during next month.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/goth...available-free

2) Metal Gear Online servers will be shutting down for good on June 12 with the shop closing on March 12, new user sign-ups on April 24, and all the shop's content to be given away for free after April.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-down-in-june/

3) Team Ninja states they would be interested in making a crossover fighting game involving Sega's Virtua Fighter series if given the chance by both Tecmo and Sega.
http://mynintendonews.com/2012/02/14...ter-crossover/

Final Party?

Fuck yeah, new splinter cell.

Ooh Far Cry 3

A couple of Assassin's Creed related news tonight with the date for Assassin's Creed 3 revealed and another DLC pack set for AC: Revelations.

Ubisoft reveals Assassin's Creed III will have a release date of October 30, 2012 with plans to provide the biggest hype and marketing launch in series history.

Very little details were revealed but a third assassin will debut with his or her story tying up the rest of the current storyline arch. Enzio and Altair will not be in the game but Desmond is expected to be involved a lot more as a playable character.

Ubisoft also mentioned the next DLC pack for Assassin's Creed: Revelations will be a single-player only pack focusing a lot more on Desmond his first person puzzles. A special edition of the game called the "Ottoman Edition", rumored to be arriving later this year, was leaked by a few retailers before being pulled down.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/assass...tober-30/3985/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tion-incoming/

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Daily Recap:
1) The Origin version of Battlefield 3 will be given away to those who pre-order Mass Effect 3 regardless of which platform the game is pre-ordered for.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/deal...ct-3-pre-order

2) Project Draco for Kinect has been renamed to Crimson Dragoon and will also include online multiplayer modes which will be revealed at a later date.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/proj...nline-features

3) THQ reveals the pre-order bonuses for Darksiders II with a different pre-order depending on where the pre-order is made. Gamestop's "Death Riders" offers side-quests, Best Buy's "Angel of Death" offers extra items, while Amazon's "Deadly despair" offers speed boosts to Death and his horse.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...als-announced/

http://www.destructoid.com/jordan-me...n-221862.phtml

Played Karateka endlessly in grade school :'(

Double Fine revealed some new details about the classic point-and-click adventure game who's funds were generated on the Kickstarter website.

The game itself will not carry any DRM restrictions and is set for release on the PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, and certain Android devices. The game's budget will also be increased to create a larger game than originally planned with voice acting and more languages supported for in-game text.

Anyone who donated $15 or more to the project will receive a beta invite which will occur on Steam and revealed at a later date.

Notch from Mojong also updated his status of potentially helping with the funding of a Psychonauts sequel by stating he will meet with Tim Schaffer during this year's GDC convention. He also wanted expectations to be adjusted for the potential sequel to prevent too an overboard in hype in case the project doesn't get done for his and Double Fine's sake.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...psychonauts-2/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/doub...ll-be-drm-free

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Daily Recap:
1) Based on recent patent findings, Nintendo was planning to add in 3D capabilities to the Wii U tablet before recently deciding to drop the idea in favor of keeping the HD visuals for the tablet.
http://kotaku.com/5885584/nintendo-f...i-u-controller

2) Journey was revealed to be the first title available for Sony's upcoming "Spring Fever" promotion on PSN with the game costing $14.99 and has a release date of March 13.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/thatga...xt-month/3990/

3) According to Ubisoft's recent earnings call to investors, Just Dance has shipped 13 million copies so far, 6 games are being expected for the Wii U's launch, and the Assassin's Creed franchise generates around $200 million in yearly sales.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/tidbit...ngs-call/3988/

I bought Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box on a whim yesterday for £15. I bought it because I got my 360 for vanilla Burnout Paradise and thought I'd rebuy it as Ultimate so I got all the DLC because that's what I had heard the Ultimate Box was.

Got it home and turned it on and it only has bikes and some party mode, every other DLC isn't there, I still need to buy it. Why call it "Ultimate Box" and talk about it having everything when it doesn't actually have everything?

I wanted to drive the DeLoreon :(.

I probably could have just rebought the vanilla version for £10 cheaper if I knew all this.

The best thing is that a lot of the content in Ultimate Box is free.

It could be worse, you could have bought the PC version... You can't even buy things in the store in that anymore.

I've seen nothing that's free exclusively for the Ultimate Box. As far as I'm aware, all I got was the basic game, the Party mode, bikes and some other small tiny thing called "Cagney" which I'm guessing is a car or something.

I see they put a police car on the box art but Cops & Robbers isn't included. Neither are the Toy cars, even though there is what looks to be a colourful little truck in the background of the cover, in a slightly different style to the other cars. It looks a little "squished" like the toys.

I bought the film cars for the DeLoreon but in no rush for the rest of the DLC.

As far as I know, everything I got with the game is free anyway except for Party mode. There was an update called Burnout Paradise 1.9 that was about 1.2GBs but I thought everyone got that. It's small things like extra jumps.

I thought Ultimate was the name for the PC version only.

The bikes were a free update, and so was "Cagney" (Cagney being the name of one of the updates).

So yes, what Has said is true. You are essentially buying the free updates.

I got the complete game + DLC on a PSN deal for less than what you paid, for the record. :cool:

only thing that miffs me is we never got the weather update that we were supposed to get before they stopped updating the game to go work on that shitty arcade game.

Well to be fair, they did make Need For Speed Hot Pursuit before that awful arcade game.

What if I don't want to be fair?

While Rocksteady crushed any rumors of them working on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, it appears Activision is working on a new game in the series.

The news was revealed during the currently showing Toy Fair expo in New York which showed Activision having plans to release a Turtles game in 2012.

It appears Activision has acquired rights to the series after Ubisoft dropped their license and THQ disbanded their kids division which held rights to the cartoon series.

Nickelodeon was also revealed to be collaborating with Activision on the game which means the game's source will be from the recent 2003 Turtles series and not the classic 80s or comic book series.

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Daily Recap:
1) Hulu Plus arrives as a new service channel on the Wii with a future launch expected for the 3DS. Subscriptions will still be at the $7.99 price point similar to the other platforms.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...le-on-the-wii/

2) Capcom announces Asura’s Wrath will be getting a cross-over DLC pack adding Ryu from the Street Fighter series as a playable character in the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ryu-...-crossover-dlc

3) Arc System Works announces the PSP/PS2/Wii-only Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus game will be getting an arcade release along with a future release set for XBLA and PSN.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...g-to-xbla-psn/

4) The demo for the SSX reboot game will arrive on Februray 21 for XBLA and PSN with 4 events, 2 tutorials, 1 sky diving lesson, and 1 character included (2 characters if a friend is referred to the demo).
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ing-next-week/

2003 Turtles was a good series, wasn't it? Never actually saw it, but I heard good things.

Didn't see it myself, only the awesome 2000s/80s crossover movie.

Is that the one where they went into the future?

According to Gabe Newell, Valve is switching towards a Nintendo-like approach when it comes to announcing games.

The new policy would only allow games to be revealed once enough of the game has been created as a way to combat negative hype and wild rumors. It would ensure enough actual details can be provided while also providing a potential release date to help both fans and consumers of the game.

While it wasn't specifically mentioned, the move was done due to the problems involving Half-Life 3 taking a lot longer to create and the constant wild rumors about the game.

He also admitted the company has a bad habit of hyping up their fans regarding certain games and then taking longer than expected or making it assume the game is close to being done than in reality.

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Daily Recap:
1) Sony could be considering a Kinect-like device for their future PS4 console based on recent patents hinting at a 3D-capable device which include a lot of features similar to the Kinect.
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2012...tion-consoles/

2) Capcom will be making a new game in the Darkstalker's series based on patent trademarks filed and approved in the EU (European Union). Capcom is also rumored to focus just on the Alpha series for the next set of Street Fighter games with Alpha 4 expected to get the full SF IV treatment.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dark...ademark-capcom

3) The entire 900+ page Hrule Historia art book containing all the concept art from the Zelda series and released last year has been uploaded to the internet.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/full...a-hit-internet

4) A new game in the Crysis series has been hinted to currently be in development based on a job listing posted by EA.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...is-3-incoming/

There will not be a SF Alpha 4.

So how far into a game do they have to be before they talk about it? 10%? 20% 30%? That could still mean a ten year wait.

Got my collectors edition of MGS. Dunno. Kinda disappointed

Gee I'm glad they threw in an official MGS handkerchief though.

Seriously, collector's edtions are targetted specifically for fat nerds. Why would you include a small shirt when you know it's not appropriate for your target audience?

And if any skinny nerd disagrees, I'll eat him

The 2000 series was 10x better than the 80's series. The first 4 seasons was great.

Yeah, I got the standard version of the collection. Metal Gear 1 and 2 aren't so hot. I remember my first Metal Gear was Snakes Revenge which then turned out not to be a "real" Metal Gear game because Hideo didn't make it. It's actually more fun than the "real" Metal Gear 2.

MGS 2 is great, though the skatings missing, and 3 is cool. Not into Peace Walker, though. I did the tutorial and it doesn't feel like a MGS game. Plus, it's team based. I hate team based games. I'd rather go it alone and, if I have a team mate, I'd rather they were sitting next to me on the couch, not online or an AI.

I wouldn't say fat nerds. People with more money than sense, yeah. I've bought a few in my time but I've never gone in for that "action figure" stuff that brings the games price up to £100. CDs, DVDs and maybe DLC are cool, for an extra £5 or £10.

I remember getting a handkerchief free with San Andreas. Well, to me it was a handkerchief. I know it's suppose to be some "gangsta" bandit mask or headwear. Bandit masks are stupid when you're not a 5 year old playing "Cowboys" or a criminal living in 1850's America.

That's why I never really liked the story of San Andreas, "gangsta" culture is just awful. Gameplay was great, though.
Next time they have a black protagonist, they should make him a normal guy. Not a twenty-something "gangsta".

Why not? It's popular among fighting game enthusiasts. Many even name SFA3 as their favorite fighter.

We already know from interviews with Ono and Capcom reps, that there is more street fighter goodness in store for the future. I could honestly see a new alpha before we see SF5.

There was an interview for SFxT on Gamespot where Ono was asked about SFA3 coming to PSN. He said he'd like to but didn't have the time or budget.

If there's no time or budget to rerelease an exsisting game on the series 25th anniversery, they probably wont make a whole new one.

Especially if they're going to be working on a new Darkstalkers.

Your first problem there is believing anything Ono says.

At best we'll some Alpha games on XBL (Anthology hopefully), but I doubt an Alpha 4 over SF5 or Darkstalkers. On second thought, Ono mentioned (more times than once) of doing a Triple Upper version of Alpha 3 (Double Upper appeared on handheld). That's a good bet, I think.

nah, I'm keeping everything. Unless you think you can fit into this shirt.

It's not a literal handkerchief, it's a small shirt.

Medium at best (there's no size on it)

Remedy could be considering bring over the rest of the Alan Wake series a lot quicker than Microsoft normally allows for first party game ports after the first Alan Wake game quickly became a #1 seller on Steam.

The PC game managed to recoup all of its development costs within 48 hours of going on sale and shows the series itself has as strong of a PC user base as on the Xbox 360.

While its unlikely Microsoft will suddenly change their release policy which favors the Xbox 360 to ensure maximum console sales, they could eventually consider reducing the long waiting period to allow first party PC games to arrive a lot quicker than normal. Microsoft usually holds off on allowing a PC port to be made until around 2 years after the console version was released.

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Daily Recap:
1) Tecmo reveals Ninja Gaiden 3 will have dual voice options giving the choice between English or Japanese audio for the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...voice-options/

2) A recent Xbox 360 dashboard update moves the indie section from tucked away within the marketplace to now a front panel spot to please developers who were complaining ever since last year's redesign update.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-front-panel/

3) The makers of the upcoming Retro City Rampage have announced a PSN and PS Vita version is in the making to join the growing list of platforms since the game moved away as a Wiiware exclusive late 2010.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/retro-...vita-too/3995/

http://kotaku.com/5887092/mass-effec...ils-plot-point

Screw up in DLC potentially reveals plot point. Click the link if you want to know what.

A reboot of Strider and Streets of Rage could have been in the makings if it wasn't for both Capcom and Sega shutting down requests by GRIN studio before they went out of business in 2009.

GRIN, makers of the reboot Bionic Commando and Wanted: Weapons of Fate, final project was a game involving Final Fantasy before Square-Enix pulled the plug on the project.

The studio did try one last attempt to stay in business and had tried to contact Capcom for a potential Strider remake project before Capcom eventually dropped support for the remake. GRIN then tried to contact Ubisoft to make a brand new game using the stuff worked on the Strider remake until Ubisoft rejected the offer.

The final attempt by the studio ended up being an idea to remake the Streets of Rage franchise but was denied the chance by Sega who wanted nothing to do with the series at the time.

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Daily Recap:
1) Nintendo announces The Last Story will be having a North American release date of Summer 2012 with XSEED having the rights to publish the game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/xseed-...-america/3997/

2) A new Metal Gear Solid game is currently in development based on recent job postings by Kojima Productions with a PC version confirmed to go along with multiple console releases.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...al-gear-solid/

3) 2K Games announces Borderlands 2 will have a release date of September 18, 2012 with a pre-order bonus called the “Premiere Club” set to be available at both Amazon and Gamestop.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...date-revealed/

Grin's games were all fairly poorly received weren't they? Average at best?

I believe they were or at least their recent games for this generation which probably was a big reason for being rejected by 3 companies. The link for the news shows off a video for the early stuff they were working on the Strider reboot. They worked on both the shitty and the good Bionic Commando remake games but the negativity involving the non-Rearmed one hurt them the most.

I know Sega basically wants nothing to do with their Streets of Rage franchise in a similar way to Rare having no desire to make a Killer Instinct 3.

Rearmed was getting nothing but positive responses, I thought. It was the remake that got negative responses. Which sucks because it was a good game, just with a couple of little flaws.
You not being given enough time to leave radioactive areas before dying was the only real problem for me. Everyone that spoke being so angsty wasn't exactly a plus, though. The good guys were all really angsty but the bad guy wasn't angsty at all, which was weird.

Rearmed 2 might have been mixed in response, I don't know.

Rearmed has an 80-something% on all platforms on Gameranksings, the lowest being the PC version at 84. Yeah, it was well-received, but it seems Meatball edited his post.

Rearmed 2 was scores in the 60s, BTW.

But yeah, a remake with new graphics is the only game I found that got solid numbers in their recent ventures.

According to Game Informer, the upcoming issue of the Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) will have the debut of the new Medal of Honor game set for release later this year. Also leaked was DICE has no involvement in developing the multiplayer portion of the game.

Danger Close Games who worked on the single player portion of the reboot Medal of Honor game in 2010 will also be working on the multiplayer portion of the game. The game has the title of Medal of Honor: Warfighter and continues the story of Tier One from the previous game.

The Frostbite 2.0 engine will be used for development of the game. EA will reveal all the actual details of the game during this year's GDC convention.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/there-...rfighter/4002/

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Daily Recap:
1) The NBA Live series will be returning this year after EA Sports confirms NBA Live 13 will have its debut during this year's NBA All-Star weekend event.
http://kotaku.com/5887735/ea-sports-...rn-of-nba-live

2) Nintendo confirms rumors of Sega Game Gear titles being added first to Japan's 3DS Virtual Console with Sonic Triple Trouble, Shinobi, and Dragon Crystal as the initial launch set.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/more...s-nintendo-3ds

3) Valve is offering beta invitees for Counter Strike Global Offensive with the only requirements being a Steam account and a small survey to be filled out.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-out-a-survey/

Valve's sale on Steam for this weekend includes both Deus Ex Human Revolution and the Serious Sam series all having a 66% discount till Monday.

In regards to Deus Ex Human Revolution, the regular version itself will have a discount to just $10.19 while each of the three DLC packs have a discount price of around $2 each. The special edition of the game, Augmented Edition, is also on sale to a discounted price of $13.59 this weekend.

All the games in the Serious Sam series are eligible for the weekend discount with the discount pricing different for each game but still 66% off regardless.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/stea...ontent-weekend
Serious Sam games list: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/13606

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Daily Recap:
1) UK retailer GAME announces they will not be stocking any Ubisoft PS Vita launch titles nor The Last Story for the Wii with refunds being issued to those who pre-ordered The Last Story.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/last...pre-orders-all

2) Netherrealm studio and Warner Bros reveals the Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition containing all the DLC released so far will be released next week with a $60 price tag.
http://kotaku.com/5888049/dont-worry...kombat-players

3) Issues with the development of The Last Guardian have forced Sony to bring in their Santa Monica studio, God of War makers, and a few other studios to help out Team Ico who are currently working on the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/team...-last-guardian

4) A new Pokemon game called Pokemon Grey is rumored to be officially revealed during this weekend's Pokemon Smash tv show in Japan.
http://kotaku.com/5888066/pokemon-di...t-this-weekend

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This is actually a pretty nice interface for playing a real guitar on a game.

What's it from?

BandFuse: Rock Legends.

Never heard of it. I would still prefer the GH/RB style scrolling.

Kinda like the way Rocksmith does it.

This game again promises to 'teach you' how to play. Might be worth a demo at a Best Buy.

You mean like Rocksmith?

Eh. This one's probably a pass.

Ha.

Anyone have the full Voltron XBLA game?

Not sure I want to drop money on it. It seems kinda clunky for a Twin Stick, and the demo doesn't even let you do one of the Voltron scenes. I was hoping to at least experience that in the demo.

Pass it. Very poorly put together. Honestly seems like a handheld game, like... a handheld game from a generation ago. Passion's there, though, they just weren't up to task.

Figured as much. A shame. I wanted it to be good, but I was pretty sure the demo told me all I needed to know.

Now we wait for the inevitable game based on the sacrilege modern series.

Only seen clips. Looked dumb. Was hoping for that, too.

Still, if they can make a good game out of that series, I could...I don't know, turn the volume down and enjoy it...I guess.

That game would probably suck too, just saying "if."

I can't even name a decent game based on an on-going tv show from the last decade.