Harmonix reveals they are currently hiring and working on a new project meant to be released with the next generation of consoles.

Based on the slim details given, the game will be motion-based for controls but won't be a music or a game they've done similar in the past. The game may or may not be a rail-style game depending on which platform the game arrives and how involved Kinect/Move/Tablet controls are used.

The game also appears to be planned as the start of a brand new series more than just a standalone game.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-control-game/

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Daily Recap:
1) Valve releases new updates to Steam which allows remote downloading and better efficiency with downloading once the recent Steam beta client is downloaded.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...load-function/

2) As a result of THQ's terrible financial situation, the company will not have any booth presence at this year's E3.
http://kotaku.com/5907505/thq-wont-h...t-e3-this-year

3) In an interview with Edge, Miyamoto explained the Vita's current sales struggles is due to Sony struggling to have games that really define the system while people are less willing to wait for the big titles than with the 3DS. Currently the Vita has sold 2 million units worldwide but is also suffering huge declines in sales since its launch in all regions.
http://kotaku.com/5907681/shigeru-mi...strong-product

There a pool going on here on how long THQ is gonna last?

Might wanna get in on that.

Iop works for Blizzard?

Does anyone have any idea when the next Steam sale will be?

Has Shadowrun Returns come up here yet?

Summer.

lol, this is utterly ridiculous.

Also, for the next 4 days Dungeon Defenders and some other games included in the bundle are about $5

http://www.indieroyale.com/

I thought there was already a mod for Skyrim to make it an online game. Is that something different?

Awesome, whats the news about it?

Well, it was posted in DeviantArt, so the five of them will be having sex.

Possibly with furries involved.

...Kinda funny the Bison/Wario similarities. Not like they're twins or anything, but still.

Awesome, saw these the other day which I thought were amazing.
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg809...pg&res=landing
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg27/...pg&res=landing
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Throw a moustache on Bison and you've got Waluigi.

If Super Mario Bros: Gulf of Mexico was real I would be a very happy man. Straight up epicness right thurrrrr.

It'd be even better if the Marios were cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico. Real or not, they can't do much worse than the current clowns.

Looks like Blizzard's art style.

Driving around with mass quantities of illegal narcotics isn't exactly the smartest idea in the world, but if that's something you plan on doing you could learn a thing or two about what not to do from this tale about a man, the police and an Xbox.
Upon being pulled over by the West Texas fuzz Carlos Valenzuela, 42, appeared visibly nervous and repeatedly looked at a bag in his Mercedes' passenger seat. After discovering a bundle of the devil's dandruff in the vehicle, the El Paso County Sheriffs' Office brought in a K-9 unit that promptly uncovered an additional two bricks of cocaine hidden inside an Xbox 360.
In total close to four pounds of nose candy was recovered from inside the vehicle. Valenzuela was arrested, charged with manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance and placed on a $25,000 bond. In the end, the real tragedy in all of this was that yet another innocent game console has lost its life in the War on Drugs.


http://www.destructoid.com/man-arres...0-227008.phtml

You'd be surprised how many idiots fucked themselves over by simply looking suspect when in the presence of a cop.

99% of them, I'd wager.

lolwot

lol nerds and their nerd challenges.

A new Family Guy has been leaked. It'll be based around the episode where BRian & Stewie jump to different dimensions.

Ubisoft announces Beyond Good & Evil 2 will be getting a release but not on current consoles.

The creator of the Rayman series, Michel Ancel, confirms he's in charge of the project and is currently in development again.

The game will be taking some inspiration from Mirror's Edge in regards to camera and movement system but current consoles do not have enough power nor tech to make it work the way Ubisoft wants. The goal is to make it feel very life-like and as if the action was occurring live.

Ubisoft also teased there won't be any news about the game for this year's E3 due to the company being focused on Rayman Legends and Assassin's Creed 3 as their current top priority.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/beyo...ext-generation

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Daily Recap:
1) Huge announcement regarding the upcoming Hitman: Absolution will be revealed on May 10 by IO Interactive.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ing-this-week/

2) Rumored launch list of about 25 games for the Wii U was supposed leaked by Blockbuster's UK branch showing potential heavy support from Ubisoft and several games that have yet to be revealed.
UPDATE: List itself got debunked as just "speculation" by a former Blockbuster manager.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...-launch-titles

3) Sony starts the hype machine for their E3 press conference by calling it the "Future of Gameplay and Innovation" conference with the news expected to cover upcoming games and new services for PSN.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ovation-at-e3/

Sweet, MS gave me my points back and my new slim I got off ebay is working correctly. Everything is coming up Milhouse.

Other than the pretty good voice cast, I hope it's a release date for Hitman.

Capcom Sales Figures
 

SF X T: 1.4 million (target was 2 million. Ouchie)
RE: Racoon City: 1.7 million (I'm no SF X T fan, but fuck off did this corpse outsell it)
Monster Hunter 3G: 1.6 million (Only out in Japan too. They can't get enough of this shit)
UMVC3: No real figures announced, but it didn't break a million (You think it might have been too soon for your stupid upgrade edition Capcom? Shocking)

http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-pr...d-227099.phtml

ORC did way better than it deserved. SFxT did well, it'll reach target by Fall, I think. Monster Hunter kills it again, like that's the whole population of Japan buying it. Only people who really dug MvC3 would double dip, I didn't imagine it would sell anywhere near vanilla's numbers.

I got a 120gb hard drive for a 360 for pretty cheap. Then I got it home and realised it was for the slim 360 and I have the fat 360. I took it back to the shop and the guy says I can still use the hard drive on the old fat model. I'm thinking he's talking crap just to keep the sale.
So, before I break my 360 trying to jam the hard drive into place, does the slims hard drive work with the original fat model?

You need a case, but yeah, they work fine.

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/hdd-har...k-30826?item=1

So, I can buy this, put the slim hard drive into it and put it in my 360?

Yup, that'll do it.

You'll need to take it out of the case it's in now as well.

Sounds like it could be tricky.

If GAME trade in hard drives, I might just see if I can get a little profit from a trade in.

Edit: Seems GAME might give me very little for it. So trading it in is a waste.
I could take it back for a refund from the shop I bought it from but I'm not in the mood to get messed about right now.

Ok, I tried to put it into my 360 and it fits in perfectly. I guess it wasn't a slim after all.

I skipped sign in and had a look at what was on the drive. So far it's a ton of demos and a few games. A lot of which involve shooting people in the face.

Worryingly, the only theme on the drive is titled osama_bin_laden_.jpg :|

So does the hard drive look like that enclosure you linked to on Amazon?

It works, my bro did the same.

Though it came with the cable at the time.

It looks exactly like the 60gb I originally had in my 360 but black. I stupidly thought the fan above the "eject" button was part of the 60gb drive:$.

No way am I paying £15 for a transfer kit I'm going to use once. I'm just going to try and fill up a pen drive with stuff from the 60gb and move it to the 120gb.

EA released their financial report today revealing Star Wars TOR is losing subscribers again, new Need for Speed confirmed, and the plans to invest around $80 million for initial next gen games.

In terms of the stock market, EA's stock dropped by 10% after the fiscal report was announced with the details involving Star Wars Old Republic being the main reason.

The MMO game of Star Wars The Old Republic, another 400,000 subscribers have dropped out since February leaving around 1.3 million users left. None of the special promotions and free month deals have been effective in keeping subscribers.

A new Dead Space and Need for Speed game have been confirmed to be in development with a Spring 2013 release expected. No details were revealed about the new Dead Space but its assumed Criterion is developing the new Need for Speed game.

The company itself is undergoing a "restructuring" phase with massive layoffs expected to the amount of around $40 million needing to be saved.

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Daily Recap:
1) Microsoft rumored to be working on a new Kinect-addon called "Kinect Play Fit kit" which will end up working similar in idea to Nintendo's Wii Fit and the unfinished Vitality Device combined.
http://kotaku.com/5908519/rumor-micr...t+rate-monitor

2) New details regarding God of War Ascension include no co-op planned for now, campaign will last around 5-10 hours, and the camera system has been tweaked a bit.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ames-director/

3) Anyone who pre-ordered Hitman Absolution at Gamestop can now access a free sniper challenge mission DLC pack starting today.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/hitm...bonus-gamestop

Awwww quick, what the fuck was that game at the arcades where you were a sniper for SWAT or something and you had to do some shooting through the scope? And when you scope a hot chick your health goes up.

That's what the sniper mission for hitman reminds me of.

Also, 5-10 hour campaign for the new God of War game? Sounds shorter than Force Unleashed 2.

http://www.usn.co.jp/us-eng/gun/silent_scope_us.jpg

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Losing, SM, not loosing.

EA's had stock problems already. They're nto THQ, but...This definitely isn't helping them.

Keep seeing articles about a new WWII shooter and people saying its fresh because it's been a while.

The whole FPS genre feels stale regardless of setting. They all have pretty similar mechanics with their regenerating health and only a couple of weapons. You could set an FPS in my large intestine and it would likely feel stale.

FPS is only stale because they keep making the same game. I don't play modern FPS games like CoD or BF and I honestly can't tell the difference when I look at screens or videos.
FPS games need much more variation. TS4 would have been perfect to revitalise the genre but that's "too risky". Where as churning out identicle games yearly is never ever going to backfire. Nope, no one will ever get sick of the same 5 run-of-the-mill guns in the same bland setting every year.

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Minecraft 360 is out today. I'll DL the demo but I'm not sure if it'll be woth buying. I already have Fortresscraft, which looks like the same thing.
Unless Minecraft has stuff I don't know about. Demos aren't always great and showing everything.

Exactly, that's my point. It's not that FPS have to be stale, it's just that they make them so and a setting is not going to change that unless they play with the mechanics at least a little bit.

Pfft. the brown gray cover based FPS is the greatest and most immersive innovation ever. All games should be made into one.

Preorder The Amazing Spiderman at Amazon and get Stan Lee as a playable character.
I looked at Amazon and get see anything yet. I preordered anyway so I should still get Stan Lee.

Preorder at Gamestop and you get a Rhino challenge pack. You don't play as Rhino, you just do chalenges around him.

Oh well, just the market leveling out that bullshit 9% gain they got last month when Bloomberg or whoever it was reported that Nexon was going to buy EA.

Makes me wonder if anyone at the publication had EA stock and sold it abruptly after that article ran. You know, since it was utter garbage and not true at all.

Stan Lee? Meh.

Actually, no. EA has been in a pretty steady decline. That peak had already "leveled" and then some.

New rumored details regarding the recently announced Dead Space 3 was leaked today.

The co-op campaign can be played by a single player with the CPU controlling the other character which sounds a bit similar in style to Resident Evil 5.

Other details revealed include the ability to crouch and roll to go along with a cover system being implemented into the game.

Enemy variety has been expanded to include humans and more environmental hazards to go along with brand new enemies the game will introduce.

The same source also confirmed the previous rumors involving the game's setting and a "Dark Issac" will also be occurring.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-crouch-cover/
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Daily Recap:
1) Another Microsoft patent has been approved where sensors inside a controller would be able to detect who is holding the controller and auto upload their profile for the game being played.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...hand-pressure/

2) Dragon's Dogma will include an MMO-like boss fight involving the Ur Dragon with the special twist being who ever lands the final blow gets an extra reward separate from everyone else.
http://kotaku.com/5908894/dragons-do...-any-one-gamer

3) Freebie Wednesday:
* All future Starhawk DLC will be free : http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-will-be-free/
* Classic arcade game Xevious free to play on browsers : http://www.screwattack.com/news/play...oca-cola-japan
* Classic Wolfenstien 3D free to play on browsers : http://kotaku.com/5908837/classic-fp...n-your-browser
* Epic releases free downloadable soundtrack for their 20th anniversary : http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/gene...ry-ost/546308/
* All Uncharted 2 DLC now free : http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...c-is-now-free/

Screenshot:
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First Person screenshot:
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First Person in a Spider-Man game? The fuck?

I think I read it's part of "web rush" which you can trigger to slow everything down, highlight items of interest etc. I thought it was just when you were on the ground so maybe you can swing around in FP as well.

Uggh. I hate this scourge.

Screens of this look pretty good. Cautiously optimistic about this game.

Rumor today involving Microsoft finally bringing a web browser for the Xbox 360 hint at it being controlled by Kinect and would be based off of Internet Explorer 9.

The official debut for the web browser is rumored to occur during Microsoft's E3 press conference with some details involving the browser being a modified version of Internet Explorer 9 with priority towards the Kinect. The browser will allow keyboard input but has been designed to take advantage of Kinect features such as voice recognition for Bing searches.

The focus for the browser appears to be related more towards the news of the $99 Xbox 360 model more than a newly added feature for Xbox Live.

Not counting the Bing search bar from the recent dashboard update, Microsoft never was willing to actually implement a web browser besides the occasional hints of it being possible unlike Nintendo and Sony.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...nectBanner.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5909314/rumor-kine...ernet-explorer
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Daily Recap:
1) Retro Studios is rumored to be working on a new Star Fox game for the upcoming Wii U with the official debut to occur at this year's E3.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...star-fox-wii-u

2) The big May 10 announcement for Hitman Absolution ended up being the news of the official release date being November 20 while the pre-order sniper mission arrives on May 15.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tes-announced/

3) The XBLA version of Minecraft becomes the fastest selling game in XBLA history according to Microsoft. The game recouped all development costs after the first day although it was revealed split-screen play does not work with non-HD tv sets.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/minecr...-day-old/4138/
http://kotaku.com/5909259/some-misle...nt-get-refunds

November 20th for Hitman. I'll take it.

Not going to get my hopes up, but a real starfox game might tip me toward buying a wii U

Prototype 2 is just prototype with a few new powers and side quests. Still ridiculously fun though.

Might pick up Witcher 2 tomorrow.

I don't care about the new Hitman. I loved all the previous ones but the new one is too far removed in many ways.

47 has a new voice actor. 47 now has the super powers to tell where people will walk and stand still and he can see through walls. He also had Dead Eye now, even though IO swear it's not Dead Eye at all and an original feature. He slows down time and marks targets on enemies before returning time to normal and shooting them in quick succession. It's Dead Eye.
The story elements they have revealed suck.

I wont be picking it up.

Yeah im with you on that. The strongest point (for me at least) in the Hitman series WAS the fact that you were bare bones in terms of 'gaming' powers...like, you did everything on your own, however you wanted...and you failed, often.

Yeah. I enjoyed the games for the same reason.

Now, rather than waiting around a corner for that securty guard to pass, players just hit a button, see he's 5 minutes away and run into the unguarded room knowing they have plenty of time to do the job and leave.
Having Dead Eye means there is no risk either. You just activate it, aim and fire. No way to possibley screw up and have to retreat and form a "Plan B".

hmmm I don't know. You could say the same thing about Splinter Cell: Conviction.


It wasn't the same type of game as it's predecessors, but it was still an absolute blast to play. I will give this new Hitman a shot for that very reason.

If I want to play Splinter Cell or Arkham Asylum, I'll go buy Splinter Cell or Arkham Asylum.

Hitman shouldn't be trying to be anything other than Hitman.

Real time Animal Crossing music.

The page takes the time from your PC clock and plays the music that plays in AC at that time. It loops the whole time and automatically changes when the next hour hits.

I'm just saying, just because it's not the typical hitman formula(which I agree, would be better) doesn't mean it won't be a really fun game.

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Supposed new footage of the beta version for Beyond Good and Evil 2 was leaked today with the source stating the footage comes from the 2009 build of the game before Ubisoft temporary cancelled the project.

The footage primarily shows off the game's engine which has been sporadically been tweaked and worked on since 2009. The game was also originally meant for a release for this current generation before the decision by Ubisoft to move all development towards the next generation of systems.

The engine is currently undergoing an overhaul in order to create a more "life-like" system and movement with the primary influence coming from Mirror's Edge.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ine-in-action/
More previously leaked screens and footage ---> http://www.unseen64.net/2012/05/11/b...eta-prototype/
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Daily Recap:
1) Gamestop is currently rumored to start selling pre-paid Steam voucher cards starting on May 15 with a leaked image showing off what the card looks like.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ting-next-week

2) Nintendo might be completely phasing out the DSi line soon as one last major price cut was announced to arrive on May 20 with the DSi to drop to $100 and the DSi XL to drop to $130. Walmart has already enacted the price cuts while other retailers are expected to wait another week.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/dsi-dsi...may-20-6376062

3) Bethesda announces the release date for Dishonored is set for an October 9th date for North America and October 12th for Europe.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dish...ctober-release

4) EA has started to shut down servers for Battlefield 3 with all the official free servers gradually starting to shut down ever since the rental option for servers took effect. EA is requiring owners of paid servers to pay the $30 per month fee while some users have reported several server owners have started to jack up ticket prices to play on a single map or round.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-p...r-paid-servers

This whole EA server thing is pretty evil.

Blizzard and Valve Sort Out Their Legal Dispute Over DOTA Trademark

The two publishers come to a mutually beneficial agreement that allows all of the DOTAs to come out as scheduled.

By Alex Navarro | May 11, 2012

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Marking the end of one of the shortest legal battles (more of a skirmish, really) in video game industry history, Blizzard and Valve today came to a mutual agreement over the trademark rights for DOTA. DOTA is, of course, the popular Warcraft III mod that somehow became a commercial sequel in development at Valve, even though Blizzard had decided to make its own official update of the mod for Starcraft II and...you know what? Never mind. It's way too long and convoluted to try and explain in a news blurb.


The point is, the fight over the trademark is now over with. Valve and Blizzard sent out a joint press release today letting everyone know that everything was hunky dory between the two publishers. As per the settlement, Valve gets to keep the DOTA name for whatever commercial uses it might like--such as the eventual release of DOTA 2--and Blizzard fans are A-OK to use the name for any noncommercial projects without fear of legal reprisal. As for the upcoming official DOTA update from Blizzard, that has been renamed Blizzard All-Stars. Because apparently that was the best name they could come up with on short notice.


Blizzard had previously claimed that the DOTA trademark had too much history with Blizzard to be trademarked by another company. They stated in their original complaint that the name DOTA had "become firmly associated in the mind of consumers with Blizzard."


Ultimately, it seems the two parties were able to find common ground they could both work within, and now everybody's happy. While it would have been great for the two companies to figure this stuff out without involving the legal system, that just isn't really how business is done nowadays. At least this one ended quickly, and on a friendly enough note.

Weekend News Edition
 

Rockstar is giving away another classic game from their collection with the Steam version of Midnight Club II being the game they picked.

All that is required is to join up on Rockstar's official Steam group by May 15 to be eligible. Codes then get sent out starting on May 20th and will continue until May 28th.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/get-...-club-ii-steam

Kind of surprised we didn't get an Avengers game, given that the solo movies all got one. Not disappointed, since said games were all crap.

THQ was working on one. It was an FPS.

Ubisoft is actually working on one right now based off of the recent movie but won't come out until at least 1-2 years from now.

They decided at the very last minute to get the rights to make the game although stuff like that has happened a few times in the past such as Goldeneye for the N64 not coming out until 2 years after the film and I think EA's Lord of the Rings games for something more recent.

But will it be a first person shooter?

Movie tie-in games usually suck anyways. I'm glad they are taking the time to try to make the game good instead of just putting an Avengers label on anything they can.

The Captain America game was pretty fun I thought.

I didn't play the others though.

All kinda shit.

With a 60 at Metacritic and 63 at Gamerankings (360 version, didn't check the others), it seems almost universally hated. Now, I wouldn't let ratings stop me from enjoying a game, but it always turns my head when a game gets that low a score.

What was the last "good" movie tie in game? Spider Man 2?

Wolverine's last game was really fun. Same with Toy Story 3.

It's funny, I think most of the praise for the Wolverine game was greater than that for the movie.

That game was brutal and hype.

The legal case involving the rights to the DOTA name between Valve and Blizzard has been decided as the courts sided with Valve over the ownership of the name.

Blizzard did gain rights to use the DOTA style for their upcoming game but have been forced to rename their game from DOTA to now All-Stars.

Blizzard tried to use the same tactic done against Mojang during the "Scrolls" case but this time a court did not accept Blizzard's claim of "DOTA" being seen as an identity and trademark of the Blizzard style in terms of consumer perspective.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/blizza...rademark/4143/
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Daily Recap:
1) The reboot of Tomb Raider has been delayed from its original Fall 2012 release date to now an early 2013 release date (Jan. to March) with the official reason being Crystal Dynamics needs more time to work and polish the game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/tomb-r...-to-2013/4144/

2) Gamestop announces they are discontinuing selling PSP merchandise starting this week and affecting 25% of all their stores nationwide.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/game...hasing-out-psp

3) Jade Raymond, head of Ubisoft Toronto, states gaming needs to "grow up" in the sense of being more diverse with games and not falling into the idea of every game being similar to a Micheal Bay-esque film.
http://kotaku.com/5910064/splinter-c...mes-to-grow-up

It's that low? I thought it was in the 70s when I checked it last fall which to me sounds about right. It wasn't anything special, but it was fun for what it was. Same with the Green Lantern game, it got a little repetitive at times, but it wasn't as bad as most made it out to be in my opinion.

Although I did find it odd that there was no difference in the 3 difficulty levels in the GL game. I played it through on all 3 and you didn't really get any more XP or receive more damage or anything on hard than you did on easy. You didn't really die that often either.

Damn, was looking forward to the new Tomb Raider.

Partially due to the less than expected sales of Street Fighter X Tekken and as a way to ensure future games don't get hurt in terms of sales potential, Capcom announces they are considering reevaluating their entire on-disc DLC policy.

None of the changes will be made immediately or even potentially affect the rest of the games planned for this year like Dragon's Dogma which has been confirmed to contain on-disc DLC. The company instead will use the rest of this year to look into ways of pleasing and lessening the growing amount of complaints from the company's fanbase.

In regards to Dragon's Dogma, the decision to add DLC into the disc was made right at the start of development with the standard excuse of it being done to make downloading more convenient for users. Resident Evil 6 already has Day 1 DLC planned but it won't be until E3 before it becomes clear if its on-disc or as a separate package.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/capcom...c-policy/4147/
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Daily Recap:
1) The RPG game of South Park: The Stick of Truth has been delayed till next year due to THQ's financial mess since they are publishing the game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/thq-de...together/4149/

2) EA borrows more from the Call of Duty model as Battlefield 3 will now offer a premium "Elite" service for those who subscribe with special in-game goodies to be available to members only.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...mbat-cod-elite

3) Sales for Street Fighter X Tekken have fallen a lot shorter than Capcom expected with the official blame being placed on too many fighting games recently released instead of their own mistakes in regards to DLC or themselves over-releasing games.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...s-cannibalism/

Great, now we can download the DLC for a fee anyway. Nothing changes, except for some complications come DLC launch.

I love Capcom's excuses.

My favourite is still "We can't do couch co-op online because it's not possible on the 360." despite MK9 doing exactly that. Anyway, that became "We wanted to do couch co-op online but Microsoft wouldn't allow it" which became "We never said it was going to be on the 360 version" which became "We wanted to, guys, we just didn't have time...no, that doesn't mean we'll put it in later".

We're grow ups, though you wouldn't know judging by some people online, and I'd much rather they had just been honest and said "We made a deal with Sony to do A, B & C exclusively. So no A, B or C for the 360. Sorry."

Sonic 4: Episode 2 is out now. I've only got the demo and I've already found something that could be "game breaking". Hold X and Sonic & Tails do a tag team spin dash. This turns the game into God mode as you plow through enemies and go so fast that you pretty much just sail over pits and up even totally vertical ramps.

lol

New details in regards to the upcoming Tony Hawk HD set was revealed with the game expanding to include stuff from Tony Hawk 3.

Originally the plans were to only to use the first two games in the series as the source for the HD remake but Activision recently approved parts of Tony Hawk 3 to be added to the game.

Only levels from Tony Hawk 3 and supposedly the ability to revert will be added to the HD remake from the game. The levels will not be available once the game is released but instead as part of a post-launch DLC pack.

Similar to how the levels for Tony Hawk 1 and 2 were selected for the remake, Activision will allow voting to be done for Tony Hawk 3 tracks on the official Facebook page for the game.

No status on the soundtrack was revealed but Activision did hint weeks ago they are working on trying to get some of the classic songs descended for the game.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...5/tonyhawk.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/tony-h...dated-x2/4154/
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Daily Recap:
1) THQ announces Darksiders II will arrive on August 14 with the company's entire well-being for the year resting on the sales for this game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dark...s-release-date

2) Rumor Wednesday:
* Bad Company 3 and Mirror's Edge 2 rumored to be worked on soon - http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ar-on-resumes/
* Saints Row 4 rumored to be in development for current gen consoles - http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tion-3-and-pc/
* Deus Ex 4 rumored to be in development soon and for next gen consoles - http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...new-platforms/
* Supposed partial list of vehicles for Grand Theft Auto V found buried within Max Payne 3's disc - http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-payne-3-disc/

They announced SR4 before SRTT was even out. Of COURSE it's in development.