Not many shows merit games anyway.

Wouldn't it be a funny twist if they did a Voltron game based on the Vehicle Voltron and it was more popular and successful?

Fuck it, let's get some of that action. But watch it get developed by the guys who released this silliness.

And just so everyone's clear:

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This thing was released on core consoles in the year 2012.

Quoted both because they tie together sort of.

When I looked at the visuals, I was thinking it looked like a Wii game (at best). Out of curiosity, I looked up the game to see who developed it and looked at their credentials. This was handed to a group who seem to primarily do Wii and DS versions of games. There's also some multiplat and PC titles in there, but in recent history especially, it seems Wii and DS versions of games are their bread and butter.

Which kinda explains this game.

I also checked out a video of a Robeast Battle, and holy crap, that is boring as fuck.

But yeah, the game seems to be kind of a mess. The cartoon shots clash with the game footage, and the Voltron scenes clash with both. I can't believe they have Quicktime events while you watch the cartoon formation sequence. That's stupid on many levels, and probably a good reason they don't let you try the sequence. Combining the worst elements of QTEs and Turn Based combat is annoying as fuck, too.

Plus, it's mostly a twin stick shooter. There should be better controls for a game where the primary elements of the game are "move" and "shoot."

I can't help but think giant robot lions shouldn't control like that. That was strike one, the visuals I could forgive. So I went YouTubing for more gameplay and saw more out of place stuff. The kicker was the actual Voltron sequences. I can understand having a hard time finding a way to have five people participate in this case, but the turn based whatever-it-is was ugly.

I could sorta get used to the robot lions control if the rest of the game was solid.

The Voltron bits were MAKE or BREAK for me. Probably should have went with a completely on-rails shooter thing. Something like Panzer Dragon on the ground with 5 players. Omit Voltron sections if you can't get it right.

Now I really want other 80s cartoon games, but they'd probably screw 'em up too.

Thundercats would be awesome in many formats.

I see a badass beat-em-up with Thundercats. OR a coop dungeon crawler with heavy action gameplay. OR a fighting game made by ArkSys. Perhaps an RTS.

I'd play any of those but the RTS. Not a big RTS fan.

Just riffin here.

The Thundercats signal could be a team buff or something.

You kids and your jiiive talk.

Apparently, instead of Pokémon Grey, we're getting sequels. Black/White 2.

Do a core sequel for consoles already.

With Nintendo, it'll probably be a full-priced remake of Pokémon Red/Blue (Or Red/Green, if they go that way).

Watch me buy three copies anyway, and the MewTwo DLC (if their recent Nintendo Network and 3DS releases are anything to go by).

Since my only Nintendo device is a DSI, I haven't been paying attention. Do they actually have DLC along the lines of extra content at this point?

Just wondering. I remember Nintendo folks saying they weren't planning on online passes and DLC stuff for "core" titles, though they were probably lying anyway. But one of the big deals was the fear that Wii-U would switch to facilitating online passes.

Shouldn't say "lying." Should really say "full of shit."

They do for the 3DS but not sure if any of it has actually arrived yet like Fire Emblem getting free DLC as its first pack.

The Wii and DS actually had DLC content but it was tied more to a few games (ex. Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Picross 3D) than an actual standard service.

Yeah, they had to jump through hoops to accomodate that too.

I was more concerned with something core. Pokémon, being a Nintendo-owned franchise, is of more concern. Especially since it'd be a perfect place to sell additional content.

I liked the first three Law and Order PC games. Jerry Orbach does voice over work in them.

I enjoyed a few of the CSI games too even though I hate the series. I wonder how that NCIS game is? It probably sucks.

A poll to see which Street Fighter Characters will be included in an upcoming Street Fighter version of Monopoly. :y:

http://www.capcom-unity.com/brelston...s_edition_poll

Given't it's Capcom, won't the most popular options be left out?

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1219511p1.html
Not sure if any of you care but there you go. :)

A couple of EA news with a big announcement set for GDC, a Simpsons mobile game in the works, and more details on Medal of Honor: Warfighter.

EA teases they have a big announcement planned for March 6 during this year's GDC conference with rumors ranging from either details on the future of the Mass Effect franchise (same day as Mass Effect 3 is released), NBA Live 13 getting an official debut, or Crysis 3 getting its debut.

A new Simpsons game called "The Simpsons: Tapped Out" is in development for mobile devices with iOS devices getting the game first and Android devices in the future. The game will be a free-to-play game and involves the player fixing up the city after Homer accidentally triggers a nuclear incident at the plant. The game will be using doughnuts as in-game currency with the ability to purchase additional doughnuts with real money.

EA announces they are planning for an October release window for Medal of Honor: Warfighter with the multiplayer allowing a wider range of Tier 1 organizations to be playable. The game will have a co-op story campaign separate from the single player campaign. Also confirmed are all the missions in the game are based on real-life events.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...psons221_0.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/spri...ons-tapped-out
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/eas-big-announcement/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...or-warfighter/

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Daily Recap:
1) The pre-order bonus for the Wii game of Xenoblade Chronicles will be an artbook according to Nintendo but is only limited to US pre-orders.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...clusive-bonus/

2) Steve Kordek, the inventor of the modern pinball machine in 1948, passed away yesterday at the age of 100. He is credited with making the 2 flipper style become the standard for pinball machines, the idea of multi-ball mode games, and drop targets inside a pinball table.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/inve...as-passed-away

3) Square-Enix squashes rumors of Chrono Bind being a new game in the Chrono series by stating the game has no relation to the series and is just a DLC card pack for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/square...-related/4005/

4) Sony announces voting for the 2012 edition of the PSN Gamer's Choice Awards will start tomorrow with the winning games having a special discount once the voting is over.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-awards-2012/

100 years old. God bless him.

Why wouldn't we care, bro? We're all bros here, bro.

Cool, bro.

Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm is only $39.99 on Amazon.com with free shipping. Go preorder that shit now, or pay $64.19 when it comes out.

Capcom is currently involved in a public relations mess after a reality show they host called "Cross Assault" ended up in the company apologizing to both contestants affected and the public in general.

The show is meant as a weekly series of episodes with each episode consisting of several days to help promote the company's upcoming Street Fighter X Tekken game. The episode in question had its issue occur on Day 1 and by the end of the week became a huge PR mess for Capcom.

The recent episode ended up spiraling out of control when one of the contestants on the Tekken team tried to explain how sexual harassment is a perfectly reasonable experience by stating how the fighting community and gaming in general sees it as a normal thing and not as a bad or serious issue.

When asked about racial slurs, Bakhtanians said the fighting community knows those are jokes and shouldn't be taken seriously regardless of its context or content. Prior to being allowed as a contestant on the show, he was also known to find no issue in using homophobia terms nor having any tolerance towards actual gay players in the community.

Giant Bomb's article on the same story goes a lot deeper in both the details and reaction to the episode.

http://kotaku.com/5889066/competitiv...assment-debate
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/when-p...-crossed/4006/

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Daily Recap:
1) The developers of Flower and Journey, thatgamecompany, announce they are branching away from a Sony-exclusive studio to include more platforms for future game projects starting with their next project.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...her-platforms/

2) Based on recent rumors and job listings by EA, Dead Space 3 is expected to use the Frostbite 2.0 engine for its development and gameplay.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...te-2-0-engine/

3) Dark Energy Digital, makers of Hydrophobia, announce they are entering "administration" with the studio's future very bleak as they are expecting the studio to close its doors soon.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/hydr...administration

BREAKING NEWS
 

Okay.

The crap she's responding to on her twitter is unreal

“The sexual harassment is part of the culture. If you remove that from the fighting game community, it’s not the fighting game community… it doesn’t make sense to have that attitude. These things have been established for years... That’s what you’re trying to do to the fighting game community and it’s not right,” Aris continued. “It’s ethically wrong.”

The Fighting Game Community. Good fucking lord.

This is why in regards to fighting games, I will only post here, and on 2old2play. SRK and Eventhubs are just full of these fucking space cadets.

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this guy

I hope he is never at another event or is just constantly flogged at them

FGC, stay fucking free.

And Marn's a bitch like I always imagined. Never had anything concrete until now. Very shocked at Aris, I liked him and followed his tenure at Tekken tournies. But this shit was out of control.

Like you guys have said, it's not even the actual offense, but the reaction from the FGC.

I'm not sure. Was Wings of Liberty?

I like how she barely does anything in her own defense. Laughing at their harassment and playing along will surely teach 'em not to mess with you, love!

She was in a sticky situation, it's really not so easy to do something about it right then and there.

Mmmm...Excuses.

Cue Roxer saying something involving "apologetics"

It's no fun to make fun of you if you beat me to it :(

Is there any real point in "making fun" of someone who doesn't find it at all problematic?

Aris "Aris" Bakhtanians Releases Statement on Recent Comments

The man at the center of this week's controversial remarks regarding sexual harassment in the fighting game community speaks out and apologizes.

By Patrick Klepek | Feb. 29, 2012


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Aris "Aris" Bakhtanians, leader of Team Tekken, was largely silent as events unfolded today.







While reporting yesterday's story about leading members of the fighting game community discussing the issue of sexual harassment in the fighting game scene, I reached out to the parties involved.


Besides Capcom, all silently declined.


The comments took place during Capcom's Cross Assault reality show, a competition acting as a promotion for next week's Street Fighter X Tekken. In the stream, Twitch.tv community manager Jared Rea brought up the issue of sexually inappropriate language alienating potential fans of the fighting scene, and a debate ensued.


It's best if you just read what happened next.


Miranda “Super_Yan” Pakozdi, member of Team Tekken and the female participant at the center of this, chose not to talk to me.


Aris "Aris" Bakhtanians, the male coach of Team Tekken attributed with the questionable commentary, did the same.


A few moments ago, however, Bakhtanians reached out to me over email, and released a brief statement. I asked Bakhtanians if he'd be willing to talk about the situation at length, but he unfortunately declined the opportunity.


His full statement is featured below:

I understand that I said some controversial statements on the Cross Assault show, and a lot of people are deeply offended with what was said. When I made these statements, I was very heated as I felt that the culture of a scene I have been a part of for over 15 years was being threatened. I unfortunately used extreme examples in the heat of the moment and feel that my statements don’t actually communicate how I feel. This is similar to what people say when they get into an argument with their girlfriend, and they say things that they deeply regret. I sincerely apologise if I have offended anyone. My statements do not reflect those of Capcom or myself. The last thing I want to do is get them in trouble for giving me and the fighting game community the opportunity to have an amazing show like this.

What I was trying to communicate is that mild hostility has always been a defining characteristic of the fighting game scene. Back when arcades were more prevalent, people didn’t like newcomers, and players needed to fight and pay their dues to get respect. The debate I was in was with a person who supported professional leagues, who have intent to censor the community to make it more accessible. I think the sink or swim mentality is something that defined our culture, and if that succeeds it removes something which has been important to help create some of the best fighting game players of our time. I was unfortunately unable to make this point clearly. Again, I am deeply sorry for offending anyone. This was a combination of the people taking things out of context and my own inability in the heat of the moment to defend myself and the community I have loved for over 15 years.

It's unlikely, however, Bakhtanians' statement alone will put this issue to rest.
I've received an enormous amount of feedback since the story ran, and I'm still filtering through the comments from both inside and outside the fighting game community. I'm setting up interviews as we speak. We'll revisit this soon.


http://www.giantbomb.com/news/aris-a...comments/4007/

Yeah, I'm not really a perv, honest!

Where have I heard that before?

Oh yeah, just about everyone who's ever been caught saying stupid shit.

I love how one of the very first examples of him being creepy is "can I smell you?". Like this is a chronological laundry list of inappropriateness and that's at the very top.

Like I don't even think hookers would enjoy that. I think if you asked a professional sex worker to merely smell her, she would be weirded out by it. And he opens with it to a girl he doesn't really know.

I imagine at the very least that smelling a prostitute would have to cost an extra premium that I don't think a man like that can afford. Maybe because of these hard economic times he's now relegated to asking normal girls this and is getting zero luck on the dating scene. Poor guy :(

Right, so the guy's an Iop type basement dweller that doesn't like to go outside except he's a loudmouth instead of a pussy?

Setting gamers back a good half century, regardless of when gaming started.

Funny thing is that more girls than ever are into this shit. Like hardcore. I know more girls who game than don't, come to think of it.

Too bad that apology is basically false considering other places and the community itself managed to dig up a ton of times he's gone on the record or shared his opinions and each time it was what he really felt than being in the "heat of the moment."

Supposedly even Capcom knew of his past record involving stuff like this and still had him on the show due to his status in the competitive fighting community which is why Capcom also is getting criticized badly for the decision. They also waited until Day 2 to actually get involved and apologize while also considering kicking out the female contestant because she quit a match involving Bakhtanians.

That dude is a total cock stain. He's probably never been laid in his life.

Wow that guy has a killer beard (I didnt read anything in the thread lol)

"lol"?

tl;dr Iop

I wish I had a beard like that :(

Because that would help with your confidence problem?

I don't. I'm quite happy with my goatee that I have. I can't imagine the amount of time that must be spent in maintaining proper grooming for a beard like that. Then again, that fat greasy fuck probably never cleans his beard.

I think it's wild that the first thought you'd have about how a guy who looks like that would treat women and act around them, is correct. People tend to subvert visual cues and seeing somebody so transparent and straightforward is odd.

Not really a confidence thing but it would just be more "appealing" to women or whatever

Think so?

I don't think so sir.

Ermax doesn't think so.

Yes, looking like a psychotic woodsman gets all the ladies wet.

Of course it does Funky. All the women want to fuck guys who look like the Brawny paper towel man.

Maybe not ALL women but alot of women.

Its like a woman saying, "Yo I want big boobs" and a guy saying "LOL cuz every man wants a woman with huge boobs?". True not all men do, but the same with women and beards imo. Its better than clean shaven for most women thats for sure.

What makes you think you're correct about this?

Experience, observation, etc. Also biologically/evolutionary, women are attracted to manlier men. A man who is manly appears stronger. Manly features include big muscles, a deep voice, and a beard. These are the features women evolutionary find attractive. Women want man who is more powerful and protective.

Same thing why a man finds attraction for women who are better at giving children. This is why men are attracted to women with bigger hips (easier to give birth) and big boobs (better to feed baby) Again, this is not true for EVERYONE but it id true on a biological/natural level. It comes from evolution to be like this.

Come on, u cant tell me this isnt true...

Pffft. This is 6 months, a year at the most.

[quote=Smelly Meatball;3783879]Too bad that apology is basically false considering other places and the community itself managed to dig up a ton of times he's gone on the record or shared his opinions and each time it was what he really felt than being in the "heat of the moment."

That should be enough for you. It's enough for everyone else.

That dude has to ask women to sniff them. You really think his beard is an asset?

I love you, Iop.

Works for me.


...well that and the axe I carry around.

Sony currently rumored to be dropping the Cell processor for the PS4 in favor of a "fusion" chip produced by AMD.

According to several sources and earlier rumors, Sony is currently in the process of ditching nVidia who worked on the PS3's GPU chip in favor of AMD for the PS4 GPU chip.

AMD is rumored to be creating a fusion chip which would allow AMD to work on both the CPU and GPU with the company itself only recently working on such chips in Macs and other devices.

The new fusion chip in theory would be a lot more developer friendly than the Cell due to it being closer to the PC-like structure similar to what Microsoft wanted for the Xbox 360 than the overtly complexity the Cell provided.

If Sony were to keep a version of the Cell processor for the PS4, they would have to work on it on their own due to IBM canning their work and development of the chip about 2 years ago in favor of a different approach. Other companies in the Cell association have either dropped out or switched focus away from the Cell.

In terms of compatibility, it would be very unlikely Sony would offer backwards compatibility to disc-based PS3 games. The recent track record also leans towards them not bothering based on the issues with the PS3 having limited compatibility with the PS2 and the lack of PSP compatibility with the PS Vita.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17f0...g/original.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5889410/playstatio...-wild-theories

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Daily Recap:
1) Blizzard has laid off 600 workers from the company with the majority being unrelated to the current projects in development.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/blizza...elopment/4009/

2) Zone of the Enders HD Collection set will be having a late 2012 release date for the Xbox 360 and PS3 according to Konami.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ing-this-fall/

3) Eurogamer has reported UK retailer GAME have added all EA games after SSX and Mario Party 9 to the growing list of games the retailer chain will not be carrying for sale.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/uk-ret...products/4008/

Bullshit? Because that looks awesome.

fuck the stupid zone of the enders HD collection

why can't they make a new one for PS3

Argh!

I think I just came.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1219745p1.html

I will play the game off that pic alone.

But what would he climb?

New York Skyscrapers like Spiderman.

Isn't it really Assassin's Creed like 4 or 5?

Ah yes, those 18th century skyscrapers.

But yeah, they're not really counting the side-stories and shit. only the major titles count these days, because trilogies are where it's at or something.

AC 5(AC 1, AC 2, AC BH, AC R), but like KK said they don't count Brotherhood or Revelations because trilogies are the shit.

Please be real. Red Dead Creedemption there sounds almost too good to be true.
Because these days, that is how developers test the waters for sequels. They rerelease an older game and if it sells well, sequel time.

Kotaku have an article that says Game Informer put up an image for AC3 too early so it's more or less confirmed now.

I've never played an AC game, myself. Am I right in thinking it's about a family line that works its way through a secret history?
So, a bit like Blackadder without the comedy and with more assassinations?

Hmmm, without spoiling too much, it's about 2 rival factions fighting for objects of extreme power throughout history as told through the genetic memory of Desmond Miles, a descendant of important members of the Assassins, who is being held captive by a Templar company called Abstergo.

the real deal
 

Interesting cover. Very different than the others in my opinion.
Huge AC mark. Have played all the games, including the crappy DS ones.

People already complaining about it being based in America. And the outfit. And Desmond being Arab/Italian/Native American.

The outfit is shit for the timeline, he should just use it for official duties.

Not as bad as the Ubisoft logo on the box though. That, as always, is the dealbreaker until it's cheap enough to deal with their god-awful DRM.

I bet no one would complain if it was a ninja running around 1770's America.

Oh, ninjas were around in 1770s America. You just couldn't see them what with being ninjas and shit.

I liked the Egyptian rumor more than Revolutionary America but I am interested with this too.
I kinda like that they explore characters of different backgrounds to be honest. It is nice to see an Arab and an Italian who don't fall into modern stereotypes. Too much to find out still..we will see.

Sounds like a plot point for a National Treasure movie.