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Emperor Smeat 06-20-2012 06:37 PM

THQ announces the DLC pack for Saints Row the Third called "Enter the Dominatrix" has been cancelled in order for the company to focus on developing the next Saints Row game.

While the add-on is being dropped, ideas such as alien invasions and superpower-like abilities from the DLC pack will play a role in the next Saints Row game.

Very few details were revealed besides a planned 2013 release date and Volition confirmed to be developing the game. The decision to drop the DLC is estimated to cost THQ another $20 million lost in potential short term revenue.

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THQ’s new company president, Jason Rubin, made the bold decision. ”When I looked at the Enter the Dominatrix expansion in production at Volition, I was blown away by the ideas and desire to expand the fiction of the franchise,” he said. ”I asked the team what it could achieve given more time, more resources, and a broader scope for the project. We all agreed we wanted to play that game. When it comes to Saints Row, it’s clear our fans want bigger, better, and even more over the top, and that’s why Enter the Dominatrix will now be incorporated into a vastly expanded, full-fledged sequel, scheduled for calendar 2013.”
In a bit of irony, a week ago the new president of THQ stated he favors a more serious tone for the next Saints Row game while dropping all support for non-AAA type games as the best way to quickly fix the company's financial problems.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...-the-third.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/enter-...ght-live/4226/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-coming-2013/
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Daily Recap:
1) Okami is being re-released once again as Capcom debuts "Okami HD" for the PS3 with a Fall 2012 release date, PS Move compatible, and a $20 budget price tag.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/okami-...his-year/4227/

2) Microsoft reveals Sonic is the focus of this week's "Deal of the Week" sale on Xbox Live with 3 games, 1 add-on, and 2 avatar items all 50% off while Sega announces the deals also extend to PSN and iOS users.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/deal...ames-xbox-live

3) The developers of The Last Story for the Wii, Mistwalker, announce they are pledging more support for RPGs for Nintendo's upcoming Wii U console.
http://wiiublog.com/takuya-matsumoto...ward-to-wii-u/

Kane Knight 06-20-2012 08:28 PM

Wow. THQ is really making it easy not to buy from them.

Fignuts 06-21-2012 03:31 PM

Bought a Kinect. Having a blast so far.

#BROKEN Hasney 06-21-2012 03:54 PM

I enjoyed my Kinect for 24 hours. Then only for another 4 after Diabolocal Pitch came out. Everything else is horrifically dire.

Fignuts 06-21-2012 03:58 PM

I have people to play with though. Much more fun that way.

#BROKEN Hasney 06-21-2012 04:17 PM

So do I when we were drinking at mine. We decided that Wii Sports Resort was much more fun.

Gutted that Steel Batallion was also absolute shit. Fist bumping had finally made it into a game.

Emperor Smeat 06-21-2012 06:23 PM

Crytek teases its possible for TimeSplitters 4 to be made as part of their upcoming Free-To-Play line of games if a normal release isn't possible.

According to the company's founder, Cevat Yerli, if publishers keep refusing to help fund the project, Crytek might end up going towards the free-to-play route. In terms of cost, it would be a lot cheaper to develop the game in the free-to-play model than as a standard retail game while providing a potential constant revenue stream which benefits Free Radical the most.

It would also help boost interest in Crytek's upcoming free-to-play service expected to launch later this year.

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Yerli explained that he would love to make another TimeSplitters game, however publishers just aren’t interested in picking the franchise up. ”I wish we would develop it. We can’t develop it the way Free Radical had started it before we acquired them,” he said.

“When we looked at it – and again, I love TimeSplitters, I’m a huge TimeSplitters fan particularly of the multiplayer part. I love the idea, I love the brand, I love everything – but the publishers don’t. That’s reality. And I don’t want to spend our own money on the project in a retail business.”

”So let me say it this way: I love the picture of Timesplitters running on GFACE. So if we get enough fans, being loud enough…”
While EA is currently the main publisher for Crytek games, as of now they have refused any funding and support for TimeSplitters 4 with Free Radical's financial problems as the potential main reason.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...mesplittes.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...a-possibility/
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Daily Recap:
1) Nintendo announces a new Nintendo Direct conference will be held on June 22 with different starting times for North America, Europe, and Japan.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...pan-us-europe/

2) Microsoft has rejected a settlement offered by Motorola which would have ended the patent dispute between the two companies and now forces the ITC (International Trade Commission) to make a final judgement in the upcoming weeks on if Microsoft will be banned from selling Xbox 360s in the US.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-360-ban-case/

3) Portal's co-creator and designer, Kim Swift, reveals the release dates for Quantum Conundrum with the PC version available today, a July 10 date for PSN, and a July 11 date for XBLA.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/quantu...xbla-psn/4229/

Vietnamese Crippler 06-21-2012 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IGN
Namco Bandai Developing Next Smash Bros.

Looks like a new team will be developing the next Smash Bros. project.


by Audrey Drake
June 21, 2012



It was revealed during today's Nintendo Direct Broadcast that Namco Bandai will be developing the next Super Smash Bros. game, previously announced for Wii U and 3DS. Series creator Masahiro Sakurai will still be heading up the project, which is normally developed by his HAL Laboratory team.


Buh? This should be interesting.

LoDownM 06-22-2012 12:39 AM

Amazing Spider Man game = Amazing. Open world webslinging AND plays like Batman: AA/AC when indoors. Freaking Love it.

Kalyx triaD 06-22-2012 01:03 AM

As posted, Sakurai over seeing the next Smash Bros. games with Namco-Bandai developing. Namco is pulling together a dream team of creators to build the games, including the Tekken team. Harada, however, tweeted that he's too busy to be a part of it. Sakurai says the current build is great.

Kalyx triaD 06-22-2012 01:04 AM

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Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed today that, when New Super Mario Bros. 2 is released on 3DS in August, it'll be supported post-release by new, paid downloadable content.
2012 prophecies coming to pass.

Fignuts 06-22-2012 05:23 PM

Apparently there is a Dragonball z game on the way for kinect.

#BROKEN Hasney 06-22-2012 05:38 PM

Sure is

http://www.destructoid.com/dragon-ba...y-225862.phtml

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Last week we told you Namco Bandai was working on a Dragon Ball Z game for Kinect. It basically sees you playing as one of 50 characters going through the storyline where you can perform hundreds of moves like the infamous Kamehameha. I got a chance to play the game after the announcement and immediately felt stupid for getting even remotely excited for it.

I want to give Namco the benefit of the doubt as this was an early build of the game and the area holding the demo wasn't that well lit. Still, my moves weren't being detected by the Kinect half the time and it's basically a stationary fighting game. You can't actually move your fighter around, instead you're just punching and kicking away. The only time you do move is when an attack pushes you back or if you perform some sort of special move.

You're just furiously punching away in front of yourself, much to the same degree as a person clawing their way out of a coffin would after being buried alive. There isn't even voice recognition. How can you make a Dragon Ball Z game like this and not let people scream their heads off?!

So that's Dragon Ball Z For Kinect in a horrible, rotten, nutshell. Oh, there's this whole thing with scanning QR codes for unlocking characters too. You know, because people LOVE scanning QR codes. We'll have video of me attempting to play going up later where I'm pretty positive you can see the moment my soul just dies.

Kane Knight 06-22-2012 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 3902118)
Apparently there is a Dragonball z game on the way for kinect.

So that video of Kalyx going Super-Saiyan was just practice?

Emperor Smeat 06-22-2012 06:24 PM

During an recent interview with Kotaku, EA's COO, Peter Moore, believes the future of gaming involves all games having paid microtransactions and subscriptions with a significant amount of future games being in the free-to-play model.

The goal would be to find the best and quickest way to generate larger amounts of revenue from a huge userbase in the millions and "billions" than just targeting a smaller "hardcore" userbase.

He feels the $60 model for games favored by "hardcore" gamers will struggle a lot in the future in terms of sales and growth potential. It would only get worse once the industry actually starts to shift in favor of a new revenue model.

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"I think, ultimately, those microtransactions will be in every game, but the game itself or the access to the game will be free. Ultimately, my goal is... I measure our business in millions of people have bought our game. Maybe when I'm retired, as this industry progresses, hundreds of millions are playing the games. Zero bought it. Hundreds of millions are playing. We're getting 5 cents, 6 cents ARPU [average revenue per user] a day out of these people. The great majority will never pay us a penny which is perfectly fine with us, but they add to the eco-system and the people who do pay money—the whales as they are affectionately referred to—to use a Las Vegas term, love it because to be number one of a game that like 55 million people playing is a big deal."
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"That's the point. If the business model... what do you do? It may well be that there will be games that survive and they are the $60 games, but I believe that the real growth is bringing billions of people into the industry and calling them gamers. Hardcore gamers won't like to hear this. They like to circle the wagons around what they believe is something they feel they have helped build—and rightly so. But we have seen, whether it was with the Wii getting mom off the couch to do Wii Sports or whether it was, more recently EA Sports Active, where we get females who love to work out, all the things that social gaming did—Rock Band did it, Guitar Hero did it—all of the things that elevated it from being a dark art of teenage boys usually sequestered in the bedroom—that it was testosterone-filled content that everybody railed against—to where everybody is a gamer...if you can move your index finger and swipe it this way, your'e a gamer. And that has got to be the way it goes."
http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...2/06/moore.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5919847/the-strang...ing-to-a-giant
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Daily Recap:
1) A new patch for the digital title of Fez ends up causing save files to become corrupt with no real solution possible until another patch is released in the future by Polytron studio.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/maybe-...ez-patch/4232/

2) Rumors of Sony planning to buy Gaikai ended up falling apart recently after Gaikai placed the buyout price at $500 million.
http://www.destructoid.com/gaikai-is...n-229968.phtml

3) Current PS3 exclusive HD remake of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath could end up having an Xbox 360 version in the future with Microsoft slowly regaining some interest in having the title appear on XBLA.
http://www.destructoid.com/360-versi...n-229974.phtml

Kalyx triaD 06-22-2012 07:31 PM

Fuck you, Peter.

Sepholio 06-23-2012 11:40 PM

Peter Moore needs to fuck right off. Right along with Bobby Kotick.

Sepholio 06-23-2012 11:41 PM

When I look at that picture of Moore, I swear, that is NPH in like 30 years.

Kane Knight 06-24-2012 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seph (Post 3903272)
Peter Moore needs to fuck right off. Right along with Bobby Kotick.

:y:

Emperor Smeat 06-25-2012 06:43 PM

Ubisoft announces Far Cry 3 has been delayed from its original September 4, 2012 release to now a November 30 release for Europe and a December 4 release in North America.

The announcement was made on the official Twitter account for the game with the official reason being Ubisoft wanted to give a couple extra of months for extra polish. Ubisoft also readjusted their financial outlook for the next two quarters as a result of Far Cry 3 being pushed into their third quarter earnings.

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“We’re taking more time to create the best possible gameplay experience… Far Cry 3 is a huge offering and we want every element of this insane, action-packed adventure to be of the highest possible quality for the players.”
http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...er_2099421.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ubis...early-december
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Daily Recap:
1) Update to Fez patch causing problems as Microsoft has removed the patch from Xbox Live while Polytron has stated it might take up to two months for a new patch to arrive.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/upda...atch-xbox-live

2) Microsoft is expanding the locations for the $99 subsidized Xbox 360 model to include Gamestop and Best Buy as participating retailers starting today.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/you-ca...t-stores/4237/

3) EA announces the Need for Speed and Burnout series will now be exclusively made by Criterion studio with Blackbox and other studios dropped from working on future games in both series.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/criter...or-speed/4236/

ClockShot 06-25-2012 07:01 PM

Another summer release bites the dust.

Borderlands 2 is pretty much running unopposed now.

Fignuts 06-26-2012 02:45 AM

Perfectly fine with Far Cry 3 being pushed back, given the reasons.

Far Cry 2 had a lot of potential, but technical flaws made the game both tedious and frustrating at times.

Emperor Smeat 06-26-2012 06:25 PM

The chief director of the Tekken series, Katsuhiro Harada, recently ranted on Twitter over the constant complaints regarding voice acting in the Tekken series and games in general.

While he states people are too eager to label Namco as lazy if voices are reused or dumb if new voices are used for certain characters, Harada explains the reality is the final decision is solely up to those voice actors. If they refuse to work on a new game, then new voices have to be used. Even the idea of reusing voices from previous games still requires the permission of the actor or agency in order to be used.

He also got several complaints about people wanting the voices to sound more like the original games which is a lot less feasible with the current generation of consoles due to different programming, audio work, and other stuff not being as easily transferable as people assume.

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The playback program is different, as well as the sound effects added; reverb and 5.1 are examples of this. The comrpression rate, as well as the sound rate, is different today. Are you playing games on the same TV you used 16 years ago? What about your speakers? Headphones? They are all the same as 16 years ago? I wonder if it will sound like the same voice as 16 years ago, even with that data..
Also, you are assuming the voice actors themselves can reproduce the voice the recorded 16 years ago? Many voice actors decline work because their voice has changed since the original role, some have even retired. Sometimes they won't accept, even if we ask.

Some might say "just pay them to reuse the voice data".

But, often the voice actors decline this, or their agency declines.
Even when Namco is able to reuse the same exact voice sampling or phrases such as Brian's laugh from Tekken 3 for the upcoming Tekken game, people still complained the voices sound too different.

He also states continually spamming him with demands for certain characters to be back never works when it involves promising to buy multiple copies of the same game. Even when those characters do reappear, he still gets constant spam because people either don't bother to read news releases stating those characters will appear, be pre-order bonuses, or as future DLC.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0...ekken6up_6.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/you-sh...producer/4240/
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Daily Recap:
1) Sony rumored to be potentially dropping their Resistance FPS franchise with the studio involved in making the series stating there are no future plans for the series.
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-has-...e-230160.phtml

2) The next game in the Total War series is rumored to be debuting soon and will be "Total War: Rome 2" according to a leak from the upcoming issue of PC Power Play magazine.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...al-war-rome-2/

3) Details regarding this year's EVO championships were revealed with the biggest news being recent infinite combo glitches discovered for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 will not be banned during that game's tournament play.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/news...oming-evo-2012

Funky Fly 06-26-2012 06:44 PM

I wasn't aware that people were so hardcore about the sound effects in the Tekken series

Kalyx triaD 06-26-2012 07:45 PM

lol

ClockShot 06-26-2012 09:20 PM

Too bad about Resistance. Had all the right stuff to make it a great series. Just didn't catch with people. Everyone went to Gears.

LoDownM 06-26-2012 09:35 PM

Yes @ Rome 2. Fucking loved the first one.

Kalyx triaD 06-26-2012 10:29 PM

Resistance did nothing for me. But sorry for the fans, I guess.

Kane Knight 06-26-2012 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Funky Fly (Post 3906754)
I wasn't aware that people were so hardcore about the sound effects in the Tekken series

Vidya games are srs biznis.

Emperor Smeat 06-27-2012 06:52 PM

According to recent rumors, Vivendi, who owns Universal Music and other media-related properties could be selling their partial ownership of Activision to a new buyer.

The biggest fallout for the potential sale wouldn't be a new partial owner for Activision but instead the official debut involving the mysterious Titan project from Blizzard as a way to boost investor interest and stock value for any new potential buyer.

It would also occur a lot earlier than originally planned considering the only details regarding the project involve a vague late 2013 release date and its automatic status as a new mega series in the Activision brand.

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Seeking Alpha analyst Jeff Borack believes that Blizzard could be forced to disclose information regarding Titan to drum up excitement, and purchasers, for Activision’s stock. So far, the MMO giant has remained tight lipped about the game, only offering a tentative Q4 2013 release window.

Titan is set to play a key role in Activision’s long-term share value, according to Borack, with Blizzard pouring tens of millions of dollars into R&D every year to develop the game. Titan has the ability to quickly eclipse World of Warcraft, just by carrying the Blizzard name, making it a lucrative asset to own.
An official press release revealing the debut of Titan is expected to occur in the near future if the rumors end up being true.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...zzard-Logo.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...nnounce-titan/
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Daily Recap:
1) Capcom confirms a sequel to Dragon's Dogma will be made and its status as a new top series means they will be trying to squeeze as much revenue as possible with the sequel.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/drag...l-sequel-works

2) Square Enix announces they will be outsourcing a lot more projects in the future with issues regarding the development of recent Final Fantasy games as the reason for the decision.
http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...e-230244.phtml

3) Atari celebrates their 40th birthday today although the current Atari is actually the third iteration of the company.
http://kotaku.com/5921667/40-years-o...ce-all-for-you

Sepholio 06-27-2012 09:20 PM

Activision Blizzard needs to hold off on announcing Titan until they can recover from the lashing they are receiving from the launch of D3.

Emperor Smeat 06-28-2012 06:21 PM

The developer for the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow games, MercurySteam, hint they want to work on a new Contra game once both Lords of Shadow games are done if allowed by Konami.

David Cox, lead director of the Castlevania series on consoles, did state it would all depend on how well Lord of Shadow 2 sells.

Cox also stated he will step down from the series after the upcoming Castlevania games are released since he wants to both work on a new project and let someone new take over in charge of the series on consoles.

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“Like I said, I know there’s going to be pressure on us to do another Castlevania game, but I don’t want to rise to that pressure. I want to do something else. I love Contra. I’d love to do Contra. At Mercury Steam we’ve got an original idea that I think is really awesome. We’d love to bring that idea to market and I’m hoping that the success of Lords of Shadow 2 will allow us to do that.”
http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...2/06/00213.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...o-contra-next/
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Daily Recap:
1) Activision has shut down the developers of Prototype series, Radical Entertainment, with poor sales of the series as the official reason and the PC port of Prototype 2 possibly being canceled.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/looks-...hut-down/4246/

2) Naughty Dog announces The Last of Us will not have any co-op modes but are currently working on adding in online mulitplayer for the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/no-c...mpaign-last-us

3) Sega has shut down most of their offices in Europe and Australia with the move done to help fix their current financial problems and part of the refocus on digital games and "strong IP" series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ancial-losses/

Kalyx triaD 06-28-2012 07:24 PM

A western take on Contra may be interesting, as the premise lends itself well to western sensibilities.

Probably won't be as a good as Hard Corps but with that out already, I wouldn't mind seeing what somebody wants to do with the brand.

ClockShot 06-28-2012 08:32 PM

Wow about Radical Entertainment. I enjoyed the first Prototype. Wasn't really drawn to the 2nd, even though it got decent reviews.

Kinda hope someone comes in and saves them.

SlickyTrickyDamon 06-28-2012 09:43 PM

Gamestop Buy 2 used get 1 free online this weekend. Just picked up Arkham Asylum, Lego Potter 5-7 and hopefully a workable copy of Oblivion. Thursday is early day for PowerUp Rewards members.

Fignuts 06-29-2012 12:49 AM

Fucking hell. The prototype games were an absolute blast, if not terribly deep in the gameplay department. Would kill for an avengers game made by those folks.

The Rogerer 06-29-2012 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seph (Post 3907680)
Activision Blizzard needs to hold off on announcing Titan until they can recover from the lashing they are receiving from the launch of D3.

Lashings of money

Emperor Smeat 06-29-2012 06:39 PM

A couple of news regarding the Gears of War prequel called "Gears of War Judgement" with the first being no Kinect controls and the other being a rumored February 2013 release date.

According to the series creator Cliff Bleszinski, the upcoming Gears of War Judgment will not be using Kinect controls unlike the previous Gears of War 3 game.

While he likes the technology and gameplay possibilities the Kinect can provide, he stated it won't fit well with what they are trying to do for the prequel. The decision may have been related to earlier plans for a Kinect-designed Gears of War game being canceled earlier in the year by Epic Games.

Gears of War 3's Kinect controls also could have played a factor since the game wasn't built from the ground up for Kinect and instead added as a quick optional control scheme.

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”We are not supporting Kinect in Gears Judgment,” he said in a recent interview with Games TM. ”I like Kinect, I’ve been a fan of it, but I don’t think it has been fully realized as far as the potential of the device. Dance Central 3 looks great and all, but I’m curious how the ‘core’ games will work out.”
A rumor from CVG states the game is currently on track for a possible February 2013 release date. No exact date hasn't been finalized yet but most likely be released before the fiscal year ends for both Epic Games and Microsoft who's publishing the game.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...er_2135616.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/gear...b-2013-release
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Daily Recap:
1) According to the director for Castlevania Lords of Shados, Konami was a bit upset at developers MecurySteam for making the game without planning for any DLC to be possible.
http://www.destructoid.com/castlevan...d-230382.phtml

2) The NDP which keeps track of products sold in the US revealed in their 2012 report so far that roughly a third of all gamers prefer to buy their games in a digital form.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...mes-digitally/

3) Starting this Tuesday, Sony is holding a Summer sale on a select number of PSN titles with savings depending on membership in the PS+ program.
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* Gotham City Impostors: $10.49 — $7.34 with PS Plus
* NBA Jam: On Fire Edition: $10.49 — $7.34 with PS Plus
* Shadow of the Colossus: $13.99 — $9.79 with PS Plus
* Infamous: Festival of Blood: $6.99 — $4.89 with PS Plus
* Crysis: $13.99 — $9.79 with PS Plus
* Killzone 3 Multiplayer: $10.49 — $7.34 with PS Plus
* Closure: $13.99 — $9.79 with PS Plus
* Jurassic Park: $13.99 — $9.79 with PS Plus
* Worms Ultimate Mayhem: $10.49 — $7.34 with PS Plus
* The House of the Dead 3: $4.89 — 3.42 with PS Plus
* Real Steel: $6.99 — $4.89 with PS Plus
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...an-10-dollars/

Emperor Smeat 07-02-2012 06:14 PM

The Xbox 360 ban won't be occurring this year and possibly never after the International Trade Commission issued a remand (change of the original court's decision) which states the future of the Xbox 360 now rests in a new lawsuit being heard in Seattle.

Microsoft is counter-suing both Motorola and Google in Seattle over the original court decision which suggested a ban to be made.

According to the changes made by the ITC, If Motorola and Microsoft agree to settle in the second case or Microsoft wins which both are currently expected, it would void the ban from the original court decision.

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According to Florian Mueller, the initial recommendation for a ban by Administrative Law Judge David Shaw is being altered by the ITC with a “remand”—basically, a mandatory change of the judge’s original ruling:

This remand causes substantial delay, and time is not on Google’s side: in mid-November, less than five months from now, Microsoft’s FRAND enforcement lawsuit against Motorola will go to trial in Seattle. The outcome of that litigation is going to be a license agreement on terms set by the court. Once Microsoft is licensed, there is no more scope of import bans.

Since one court case directly affects the other, the patent violation cited by Google/Motorola would be swept under the rug if Microsoft won their Seattle case ...

For their part, Motorola must’ve sensed that something like this would happen, as they already approached Microsoft about reaching a settlement. Microsoft’s legal team apparently smelled blood, utterly rejecting Motorola Mobility’s terms.

Since there will now have to be a new ALJ determination, which may easily take several months, followed by a Commission review and, potentially, a 60-day Presidential review before any import ban can enter into force, it’s practically impossible that Google can actually get an ITC import ban before the Seattle lawsuit takes care of the standard-essential patents at issue in this investigation (all of the asserted patents with only one exception).

Even with respect to the non-standard-essential patent (which Microsoft is presumably able to work around), the remand means that there won’t be a U.S. import ban on the Xbox in 2012, including the extremely important Christmas Selling Season.
http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...2/06/00239.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...happen-at-all/
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Daily Recap:
1) This month's game rewards on Club Nintendo include Mario Tennis from the Wii Virtual Console (till July 22) and Electroplankton from the 3DS eshop (till July 15).
http://www.screwattack.com/news/club...e-rewards-july

2) Sony has bought out streaming and cloud-based service company Gaikai for the price of $380 million but will still take months for Sony to fully implement the service onto PSN.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/sony-g...purchase/4250/

3) Seth Killian has been hired by Sony's Santa Monica studio with his first task to help out on the development of Playstation All-stars Battle Royale game for the PS3 and Vita.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/seth-k...-at-sony/4251/

LoDownM 07-02-2012 06:31 PM

SM it's July now ;)

Kalyx triaD 07-02-2012 06:36 PM

Good for Seth.

Emperor Smeat 07-03-2012 06:19 PM

Electronic Arts thinks gaming will go entirely digital in the near future so they announce they are in the process of planning to do the same with all EA developed and published games to only have digital releases once they are ready.

While it wasn't specifically stated, its assumed the games would only be available on Origin or a select number of EA approved digital providers.

EA could also have been influenced by a recent report from the NPD which stated roughly a third of all gamers now only purchase digital copies of games while the overall spending in the retail market has declined so far since the same period last year.

Quote:

"Retail is a great channel for us. We have great relationships with our partners there. At the same time, the ultimate relationship is the connection that we have with the gamer. If the gamer wants to get the game through a digital download and that's the best way for them to get it, that's what we're going to do."
http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...italheader.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-g...al-near-future
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Daily Recap:
1) According to European Union's Court, consumers have the right to re-sell digital games while game makers can no longer imply in EULA terms that you only own are leased the rights to play the game and not the actual software itself. The ruling however doesn't require current digital distribution providers to offer a trade-in program if they don't want to though.
http://kotaku.com/5923280/european-c...-digital-games

2) A current rumor semi-confirmed by Gamestop states a Knights of the Old Republic Collection set will be released later this month as a PC exclusive, contains KOTOR 1 & 2, and a retail price of $20.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...pc-later-month

3) Atlus is having a mega sale on PSN with almost every game they've released or published for the service having a 50% discount from now until July 31st.
Quote:

* Catherine [PS3] – $19.99 (originally $39.99)
* Trine 2 [PS3] – $7.49 (originally $14.99)
* Class of Heroes [PSP] – $7.49 (originally $14.99)
* Crimson Gem Saga [PSP] – $7.49 (originally $14.99)
* Hexyz Force [PSP] – $7.49 (originally $14.99)
* Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble [PSP] – $7.49 (originally $14.99)
* Knights in the Nightmare [PSP] – $7.49 (originally $14.99)
* Riviera: The Promised Land [PSP] – $4.99 (originally $9.99)
* Shin Megami Tensei: Persona [PSP] – $9.99 (originally $19.99)
* Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin [PSP] – $14.99 (originally $29.99)
* Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable [PSP] – $9.99 (originally $19.99)
* Yggdra Union [PSP] – $4.99 (originally $9.99)
* Droplitz [PS3] – $4.99 (originally $9.99)
* Rock of Ages [PS3] – $4.99 (originally $9.99)
* The Cursed Crusade [PS3] – $14.99 (originally $29.99)
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...g-sale-on-psn/

LoDownM 07-04-2012 12:23 AM

Gaming going all digital is still a bad idea with bandwidth caps.

RP 07-04-2012 03:08 AM

Gunna pick up Catherine on sale.

OssMan 07-04-2012 10:42 AM

Fuck I bought Catherine and got really annoyed at it, gave it to my friend

RP 07-04-2012 10:43 AM

Was there tits?

OssMan 07-04-2012 10:44 AM

If I had digitally downloaded that game I wouldn't have been able to give it to to my friend.

OssMan 07-04-2012 10:45 AM

Yeah this blonde chick was trying to fuck me

RoXer 07-04-2012 10:50 AM

Gimme some skin on this
 
I know how that is!

Kane Knight 07-04-2012 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoDownM (Post 3912676)
Gaming going all digital is still a bad idea with bandwidth caps.

And shitty distribution of high speed. And HDD space still at a premium.

Incidentally, NPD is calling bullshit on this.

LuigiD 07-04-2012 12:46 PM

one hour of the Battlefront 3 demo video

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Fignuts 07-04-2012 03:23 PM

Stop posting battlefront stuff. It makes me sad.

Kapoutman 07-04-2012 03:25 PM

Battlefront 2 is still one of my favorite game of all time. The only game with which I legitimately played online for a long time outside of NHL.

#BROKEN Hasney 07-05-2012 02:31 AM

FF7 & 8 are being re-done on PC. Probably just makes them work on newer PCs, but the specs have got one hell of a bump.

Releasing on their store. There's placeholders for them in Steam, so they should come there at some point.

Kalyx triaD 07-05-2012 03:39 AM

FF8 woooo.

Kalyx triaD 07-05-2012 03:20 PM

http://media.eventhubs.com/images/20...corigins12.jpg

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- Marvel Superheroes and Marvel vs Capcom.
- 8plyr lobbies.

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http://media.eventhubs.com/images/20...corigins11.jpg
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DaveBrawl 07-05-2012 03:28 PM

Don't really care about MVC, but I'd love the old Marvel Superheros game just for nostalgia.

Emperor Smeat 07-05-2012 06:40 PM

Google and a new company involving former people at IGN, Microsoft's Xbox division, and a few others are currently rumored to be working on a new console called Ouya.

The console is rumored to cost $99 and would be Android-based in design. Also rumored is the games will be free to play while the console itself can be legally "hacked" in a sense of every console coming with its own dev kit. Consumers are being encouraged to develop and publish their own games for the service.

Quote:

Open, accessible game console for the biggest market in games: TV.

Any developer can publish games, just like mobile or social games today (but like no other console game platform). Orders of magnitude less expensive to develop.

Inexpensive enough for every consumer to buy, $99, and all the games are free to play. Every console is a dev kit; build peripherals, root the system — built to be hacked.

Designed by Yves Behar and fuseproject, creators of Jambox. Built with Android as embedded OS.

The founder and CEO of the company putting together the Ouya is Julie Uhrman (previously of IGN), and supposedly on board already are names like Yves Behar (One Laptop Per Child designer), Ed Fries (co-founder of the Xbox project at Microsoft), Amol Sarva (Peek), and Peter Pham (Color, Photobucket).
http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...er_2180246.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-in-the-works/
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Daily Recap:
1) Halo 2 rumored to potentially get the "Anniversary" treatment but no potential details nor will 343 Studios even consider working on the project until well after Halo 4 is released.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...iversary-works

2) According to leaked documents sent by Sony to the FTC, a new PS3 model might be on its way soon as part of rumored "Super Slim" (PS3 4000 series) with a rumored debut expected during this year's Gamescom.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-in-the-works/

3) Activision is currently having a 50% sale on all DLC packs for The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Black Ops and Modern Warfare 3 which will last until July 9 and some of the proceeds going towards the Call of Duty Endowment charity.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ow-half-price/

ClockShot 07-05-2012 06:59 PM

Sounds like BS. Remember when Gateway or one of the other pc companies had a console in the works? Haven't heard anything new about that since.

Kalyx triaD 07-05-2012 07:36 PM

This Ouya thing may be interesting. Though having everyone and their mama's developing games will lead to a sea of shit by default. There may be some gems eventually.

Emperor Smeat 07-06-2012 06:17 PM

DICE thinks the modern warfare setting for shooters is getting stale while public support for the genre might be beginning to dwindle unless something huge can be done.

Quote:

DICE’s general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson believes that the appeal of first-person-shooters set in the modern day may be dwindling.

“I think we’re going to start seeing people moving away from the modern setting, because every now and again settings or themes start to get stale and then everyone jumps over,” he told Edge. “You know, at some point dinosaurs are the hottest thing and everyone is making games with dinosaurs, but there are trends. It used to be WWII, and recently it’s been the modern era and people are now moving towards near future.”
Although he did state a simple switch of settings or time periods will not be as influential as the switch from World War II to modern warfare was for first person shooters.

He also hinted the whole problem might only be a real issue for the first person sub-genre and not shooters as a whole. The potential switch to the near future as the next big move might only produce a temporary boost and not the next big boost in interest for the time being.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...getting-stale/
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Daily Recap:
1) While Sony recent bought streaming and cloud service company Gaikai, the company states it will not be moving purely digital with the PS4 since retailers are still a big source of revenue for the Playstation brand.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...playstation-4/

2) Valve confirms the annual Steam Summer Sale will be occurring very soon but gave no exact date although other rumors have stated it won't happen until after the current Warhammer sale ends.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...er-sale-plans/

3) Sony reveals some new details regarding Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale with the pre-order bonus being exclusive costumes, 2 more characters to be revealed at EVO 2012, and a release date of October 23, 2012.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/intr...sbr-pre-orders
http://www.screwattack.com/news/play...s-release-date

Kalyx triaD 07-06-2012 06:26 PM

Forget near future, do a sequel to Battlefield 2043.

ClockShot 07-06-2012 06:27 PM

Well now, we can't go back and do World War 2 shooters now. That time period has been done to death too, right?

Kane Knight 07-06-2012 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClockShot (Post 3914395)
Well now, we can't go back and do World War 2 shooters now. That time period has been done to death too, right?

Isn't that what the industry does? Alternates between two ideas so they seem fresh?

Honestly, though, I'm surprised anyone's picking up on this even after "shooter fatigue" at E3. The industry's always seemed okay with driving a genre into the ground.

The Rogerer 07-08-2012 05:16 AM

I haven't seen FF8 for PC confirmed or even rumoured anywhere else but this thread. It's like people go out of their way to be wrong about things.

#BROKEN Hasney 07-08-2012 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mitt Rogney (Post 3915159)
I haven't seen FF8 for PC confirmed or even rumoured anywhere else but this thread. It's like people go out of their way to be wrong about things.

FF7 is confirmed. FF8 has an entry on Steam and has had for a while ready for it. Already been ported to PC and using the same engine as 7. Since it's not an HD remake, it's just really a case of getting 8 running smoothly on the latest Windows. It's happening.

They might not bother if FF7 doesn't sell well.... But it's FF7, so it likely will.

Pintint 07-08-2012 10:49 AM

Id rather they port FF9 to PC than reporting old PC ports.

Kane Knight 07-08-2012 11:33 AM

I'd rather they stop milking the past and make original, good games.

Swiss Ultimate 07-08-2012 06:13 PM

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OssMan 07-08-2012 08:49 PM

In theory I should love that game because of how much I love Final Fantasy music, but my hatred of rhythm based games and the 3DS makes me hesitant. I also feel like I would be embarrassed to play that/have people watch me play that.

Swiss Ultimate 07-08-2012 08:58 PM

Play it alone. Also...answer my calls!

Pintint 07-08-2012 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3914394)
Forget near future, do a sequel to Battlefield 2043.

Quake Wars is an amazing FPS set in the future and was met with little to no success because everyone was too busy playing COD :/ I still play QW (imo, best fps of the past 10 years), but theres only a couple active servers left now...

Blitz 07-09-2012 02:42 PM

Michael Fassbender will produce the Assassin's Creed movie, and star as Desmond.

Curtis Anderson 07-09-2012 03:41 PM

I think Fassbender will make a great lead, although I could have seen Jake Gyllenhaal in the role because he did such a good job with Prince of Persia.

Tom Guycott 07-09-2012 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kane Knight (Post 3915260)
I'd rather they stop milking the past and make original, good games.

I'd rather they quit the years of cockteasing everyone with spinoffs and reports and graphical demos or even WHOLE FUCKING MOVIES and get on with the actual overhauled remake of FF7 that Square knows everyone wants them to make.

Also, make original, good games with less characters like Hope in them. Seriously, I can't play through XIII because of that annoying asshole. Got to the part where I was forced to play as him and I haven't touched it since.

Emperor Smeat 07-09-2012 07:01 PM

The list of bundles and games Valve is planning to put on sale as part of their annual mega Summer Sale might have been leaked according to a posting on Reddit.

The source stated the info was found while digging in one of Steam's databases which listed 11 indie bundles and a lot of games along with DLC packs.

Quote:

Indie bundles:

* Day 1: Anomaly Warzone Earth, The Baconing, Cave Story+, EDGE, Lone Survivor.
* Day 2: Botanicula, E.Y.E, Oil Rush, Splice, Universe Sandbox.
* Day 3: Bit Trip Beat, Braid, Bunch of Heroes, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Runespell Overture.
* Day 4: A Valley Without Wind, Atom Zombie Smasher, Blocks that Matter, Sanctum, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP.
* Day 5: Audio Surf, Gemini Rue, Greed Corp, Tiny Bang Story, Ys: The Oath in Felghana.
* Day 6: Awesome, Defcon, Space Chem, Ticket to Ride, Trauma.
* Day 7: Avadon, Dungeons of Dredmor, Qube, Vessel, Zombie Driver.
* Day 8: Demolition Inc, Hoard, Sol Exodus, Swords and Soldiers HD, Wings of Prey.
* Day 9: Capsized, Jamestown, Revenge of the Titans, VVVVVV, Zeno Clash.
* Day 10: All Zombies Must Die, Beat Hazard, Bit trip Runner, Eufloria, Machinarium.
* Day 11: Hydrophobia, Orion: Dino Beatdown, Star Ruler, Waveform, World of Goo

Other bundles:

* 1C Collection Pack
* Adam’s Venture Complete Bundle Retail
* Anno 2070 Pack
* Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Arkham City and Batman Gotham City Imposters Bundle
* Bethesda Collection (BRINK, Fallout New Vegas, Skyrim, Hunted)
* Bioshock Franchise Pack
* BIT.TRIP.BEAT Bundle
* BIT.TRIP.RUNNER Bundle
* Carpe Fulger Bundle (Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale, Chantelise, Fortune Summoners)
* Civilization Collection
* Command and Conquer Franchise
* Dawn of War Franchise Pack
* Dead Island Complete
* Duke Nukem Bundle
* Foreign Legion Bundle
* Kalypso Collection (Tropico, Jagged Alliance, Airline Tycoon, etc)
* Majesty Franchise
* Paradox Collection (Magicka + dlcs, Mount and Blade, etc)
* Pendulo Adventure Pack
* Railworks 3 – Summer Sale Collection
* Red Orchestra Franchise Pack (ROW)
* S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Bundle
* Saints Row: The Third Franchise Pack
* Sniper Elite Franchise Pack
* Square Hit Collection (Hitman, Tomb Raider, Just Cause 2, Deus Ex, Deus Ex
* Human Revolution, Quantum Conundrum, Thief)
* Stardock Collection Pack
* Strategy First Complete Pack
* Sword of the Stars Franchise
* THQ Collection (Dawn of War, Warhammer, Stalker, Nexuiz, Darksiders, Metro 2033, etc)
* Total War: Shogun 2 Pack
* Victoria Franchise
* Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Pack
* Wings of Prey
No official date has been announced for the Summer Sale but it is still expected to occur shortly after the current Warhammer 40k sale ends on Steam.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-bundles-leak/
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Daily Recap:
1) Peter Molyneux's newest plan involves seeing how many dumbasses will actually purchase a piece of DLC costing $50,000 for his upcoming game called Curiosity.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...s-a-50-000-dlc

2) Gearbox announces anyone who has a Borderlands 1 save file will automatically unlock exclusive character heads and skins for Borderlands 2.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...borderlands-2/

3) Gearbox also claims despite rumors stating Brothers in Arms Furious 4 has been canceled, the game is still in development although a lot of new unannounced changes are being made to the game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/brothe...ve-heard/4257/

RoXer 07-09-2012 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 3916144)
2) Gearbox announces anyone who has a Borderlands 1 save file will automatically unlock exclusive character heads and skins for Borderlands 2.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...borderlands-2/

aw man

ClockShot 07-09-2012 07:16 PM

Sweet. Always a safe bet to keep a old save file in the hard drive.

Kane Knight 07-10-2012 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Guycott (Post 3916086)
I'd rather they quit the years of cockteasing everyone with spinoffs and reports and graphical demos or even WHOLE FUCKING MOVIES and get on with the actual overhauled remake of FF7 that Square knows everyone wants them to make.

Also, make original, good games with less characters like Hope in them. Seriously, I can't play through XIII because of that annoying asshole. Got to the part where I was forced to play as him and I haven't touched it since.

Was XIII the one where people were all "it gets good after the first hundred hours or so?"

But yeah, the teasing is probably their primary source of revenue.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 3916144)
Daily Recap:
1) Peter Molyneux's newest plan involves seeing how many dumbasses will actually purchase a piece of DLC costing $50,000 for his upcoming game called Curiosity.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...s-a-50-000-dlc

I know Roxer will mock me for expecting you to know what you're posting about, but the cost is 50K pounds, not dollars, and there's only one, so it's not about seeing how many will purchase it. There is only one.

All you had to do was read the article you posted a link to (This news was up on websites like three weeks ago, I merely verified that it hadn't changed) to know that.

Emperor Smeat 07-10-2012 01:07 AM

While only 1 can actually buy it, Molyneux did state there is the possibility people will pool their money which means the item can be shared somehow. It would also imply that multiple people would be willing to pay a good amount to get the item (either have the $50,000 outright or having others help).

The money thing was a mistake since I took the news from another source that briefly stated the article but got the money wrong. The Eurogamer link was quickly taken from that article for more details (http://www.screwattack.com/news/pete...e-defending-it).

Didn't have time to fully read the article because for the past year or so, I've been splitting time between my place and at the grandparents to help take care of them. I'm lucky if I can "leech" 1 bar of internet from the neighbors when I'm over there like today and countless days before.

Emperor Smeat 07-10-2012 06:14 PM

Yesterday Valve announced a new plan called "Steam Greenlight" to bring more indie titles to Steam.

Similar in a way to Xbox Live's Indie process, the community will be allowed to vote and approve which smaller indie focused games will become paid titles with the first batch expected to be ready by August when the plan is implemented.

Quote:

"For many stores, there is a team that reviews entries and decides what gets past the gates," says Valve. "We're approaching this from a different angle: The community should be deciding what gets released. After all, it's the community that will ultimately be the ones deciding which release they spend their money on."
Unlike certain restrictions Microsoft places on their own Indie process, Valve will not reject titles if they are being developed for other platforms but do have the request of the title be Windows PC compatible and a valid Steam account be made for the service.

Quote:

The new hub is targeted at indie developers looking to bring their titles to the platform. Developers can post both in-progress and final builds to let Steam users playtest them, and ultimately vote on whether or not those games will be launched via Steam. There won't be a specific vote threshold. Rather, success will be tallied based on "relative interest" compared with other Greenlight titles.

Games submitted must at least run on a Windows PC, but other platforms may be developed for simultaneously. Interested developers need a valid and non-limited Steam account. You'll need to fill out a submission form and include at least one video, four screenshots, and a written description that includes estimated system requirements.
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0...nligh_soon.jpg
http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/valve-...eenlight/4259/
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Daily Recap:
1) Based on several several sources and retailers, the North American release of The Last Story for the Wii has been suddenly delayed from its current July 10 date to now an unofficial July 31 release date. No official reason was given for the sudden delay while Amazon originally stated the delay was to be until July 13 until they also switched to a July 31st date.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Story.../dp/B007CSF3GO
http://www.pixelitis.net/news/rumor-...-by-three-days

2) CBS Films announces they have bought the rights to a movie adaptation for Deus Ex Human Revolution.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/cbs-...-ex-adaptation
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-in-the-works/

3) Take Two Interactive reveals Rockstar's Vancouver studio (Max Payne 3) has been shut down with the current staff to be moved to the newly expanded Rockstar Toronto studio.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/rockst...y-expand/4260/

ClockShot 07-10-2012 07:58 PM

I'll be damned, a Deus Ex: Human Revolution movie. But will it be a big screen release, or direct to DVD?

I wonder if Rockstar did the same thing to their crew like Schilling did to his when he moved.

Cool King 07-11-2012 10:12 AM

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Most people are bitching about it not being an FPS. I don't think it looks spectacular or anything, but I like the fact that it's not "Army/war FPS game #562".

#BROKEN Hasney 07-11-2012 10:16 AM

People sounded pretty positive over on Destructoid. But come on, it's a cheap downloadable title that let's you be that non-Ziggler DOLPH in an isometric shooter. What's not to like?

Cool King 07-11-2012 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hasney (Post 3917864)
People sounded pretty positive over on Destructoid. But come on, it's a cheap downloadable title that let's you be that non-Ziggler DOLPH in an isometric shooter. What's not to like?

I haven't checked out Destructoid, I was only going by the YouTube comments. Saying that, I remember now that YouTube comments are pretty much null and void on everything. :o

Emperor Smeat 07-11-2012 06:07 PM

The next Batman game from Warner Bros and Rocksteady Studio is rumored to be a prequel to the current Arkham storyline with its basis coming from Btaman's time period during the "Silver Age" of comics.

According to the source at Variety, the game could possibly contain a lot more playable characters besides Batman with the timeline being rumored to occur during the 1950s and the lead up to the creation of the Justice League of America.

The story itself might be primarily focused on the origins and antics of the first Joker but other villains are a strong possibility to be included.

The rumor also appears to be done as part of a recent Time Warner mandate to expand DC Comics characters into multiple mediums at the same time while teaming up due to the recent success of the Avengers and other Marvel properties.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...er_2223886.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...urn-silver-age
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/rockst...lver-age/4262/
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118056432
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Daily Recap:
1) A recently discovered patent originally submitted in late 2010 suggests Microsoft could be considering upgradable components as a potential feature for the next Xbox console.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...le-components/

2) Update to the Android console called "Ouya" as it has passed $3 million in donations on Kickstarter with the current surplus generated to be used on potentially expanding the kickback rewards for people who donate.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...stretch-goals/
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/0...tarter-funded/

3) EA is currently rumored to be replacing John Riccitiello, current CEO, with Peter Moore, boss of EA Sports, as the new CEO of the company soon due to the company's plummeting stock value by over 50% since last year.
http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=181075
http://www.vg247.com/2012/07/11/rumo...tiello-as-ceo/

DaveBrawl 07-11-2012 06:19 PM

I could go for that Silver Age Batman game especially if Adam West does the voice.

Kane Knight 07-12-2012 10:39 AM

Getting rid of John Rikki Tikki Tavi would be a step in the right direction.

Ouya would be awesome.

Emperor Smeat 07-12-2012 06:32 PM

Epic Games revealed during this year's Comic-Con the first game to use the upcoming Unreal 4 Engine will be a game called "Fortnite" and has a planned release on PC in 2013.

The game is influenced a bit by Minecraft and Cliff Bleszinski, creator of the Gears of War series, is the lead design director for the game. Other details include gameplay being a co-op sandbox style game which appears to mix the building and defending aspect of Minecraft with the survival aspect from Left 4 Dead series and Call of Duty's Zombie modes.

Quote:

Epic Games is describing Fortnite as a "co-op sandbox survival game." Players spend the day building defenses and crafting items, weapons to defend against enemies at night.

“Fortnite is PC primary and first, but we wouldn't rule out the possibility of other platforms later,” Cliffy B said on Twitter.
No specific release date was announced but the game will arrive at some point in 2013 and be a PC exclusive. There are plans for possibly porting the games later on to consoles but not until the next generation of consoles due to the demands of the Unreal 4 engine.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...er_2234281.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/fort...c-release-date
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/fortni...e-4-game/4268/
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Daily Recap:
1) Update to The Last Story on the Wii getting delayed as XSEED announces the new release date will be August 14 for North America and pre-order bonuses will now include a free mini-soundtrack of the game on CD.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/last...s-release-date

2) Valve officially announces the 2012 Summer Steam Sale has started which will last from July 12 till July 22 with the daily deals being 75% off in price.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...w-money-at-it/
http://store.steampowered.com/

3) Yoshinori Ono during this year's ComicCon once again teases a new Darkstalkers game could be possible and teases a release to potentially occur later this year.
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/07/12...-darkstalkers/

Emperor Smeat 07-13-2012 06:24 PM

Epic Games reveals some new details regarding the upcoming Gears of War: Judgement game for the Xbox 360 with one being the debut of a brand new game mode and the other being an actual release date.

The new game mode is called "Overrun" and is an online class-based multiplayer mode. The mode pits two teams with one controlling the COG who have to defend certain areas and the Locust who have to destroy those areas with maps based on the single player campaign.

Each map is divided into 3 sections which open up once a current object is reached by either the Locust or COG team with the COGs getting the benefit of extra fortifications and help as the round goes on. The Locust side do get access to "Tier 2" characters once enough points are earned which are called "Corpsers" who are extra over-powered characters to the point of almost ensuring victory once they are unlocked.

The other detail revealed by Epic Games is the official release date will be in March 2013 which confirms earlier rumors of the game arriving before the end of the fiscal year for both Epic Games and Microsoft. No actual release date was announced but it is expected to be revealed later this year.

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http://www.destructoid.com/sdcc-more...e-231319.phtml
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/gears-...13-crowd/4269/
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Daily Recap:
1) According to Forbes, League of Legends was the most played MMO game of 2011 with roughly 1.3 billion hours logged in by players with Minecraft, World of Warcraft, and Diablo III in the Top 5.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/leag...played-pc-game
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaud...-in-the-world/

2) Some new details from Comic-Com for the upcoming Beyond: Two Souls game include the game being more story-based than gameplay-based similar to Heavy Rain and a new character called a ghost named Aiden who can posses people while providing special powers to the main character
http://www.screwattack.com/news/beyo...omic-con-panel
http://www.destructoid.com/sdcc-beyo...s-231271.phtml

3) According to Bioware, the free-to-play remake of Ultima IV called "Ultima Forever" is not an MMO like rumors have suggested but instead a classic RPG game which borrows some MMO elements.
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07...is-not-an-mmo/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/...xt-online-rpg/

Emperor Smeat 07-14-2012 12:45 PM

Weekend News Edition
 
Rumored images of the "Super Slim" or 2nd slim version of the PS3 were supposedly leaked recently.

http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mis.../ps3-slim4.jpg

In terms of features compared to the current slim, nothing is being taken out although it is rumored to come in 3 models each with a different hard drive size (16GB, 250GB, 500GB).

http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mis...e-new-ps3-slim

alvarado52 07-14-2012 11:09 PM

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Sepholio 07-15-2012 01:04 AM

I'm definitely down for a silver age batman game, but damn I really wanted a true sequel after the ending of Arkham City.

Kane Knight 07-15-2012 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 3920349)
Rumored images of the "Super Slim" or 2nd slim version of the PS3 were supposedly leaked recently.

http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mis.../ps3-slim4.jpg

In terms of features compared to the current slim, nothing is being taken out although it is rumored to come in 3 models each with a different hard drive size (16GB, 250GB, 500GB).

http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mis...e-new-ps3-slim

Ugly.

Sepholio 07-15-2012 10:56 PM

PS3: Now even more...ovally.

whiteyford 07-16-2012 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveBrawl (Post 3918153)
I could go for that Silver Age Batman game especially if Adam West does the voice.

:|

Emperor Smeat 07-16-2012 06:36 PM

While both Sony and Playdead have stated multiple times in the past why Limbo was declined for PSN, Sony themselves announce the official reason was due to the company wanting sole ownership of the property instead of developers Playdead.

Playdead offered the game first to Sony which would have included timed exclusive status but talks broke down after Sony made some demands to buy out the rights to the property to become the sole owners. Sony also refused to supply any funds to help market the game if they did not gain rights to the property.

Quote:

Sony Computer Entertainment executive producer Pete Smith revealed the news at U.K. conference Develop last week. He said that Sony was in talks over an exclusivity deal, however things broke down after Playdead refused to give up the IP rights.

“I maybe shouldn’t say this, but we had issues when we were trying to sign Limbo because of the IP,” he said. “There are obvious benefits to keeping [your IP], but also to giving it up: you’re way more likely to get the deal. Remember: 100 percent of nothing is nothing. A publisher is much more likely to commit to marketing and merchandising if they own the IP.”

“Sometimes all we want is protection so [devs] don’t make a game, finish it then go to one of our rivals. We look at IP on a case by case basis. With a bit of common sense, you can find common ground,” he added.
Playdead ended up rejecting the offer while going to Microsoft who was a lot more willing to help fund the marketing of the game as a key game for their Summer of Arcade promotion on Xbox Live Arcade.

Limbo ended up selling over half a million copies, third best XBLA game of 2010, and the number one selling game during the Summer of Arcade promotion. The PSN version ended up arriving about a year later in the US.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...r_2264481.jpeg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sony...bo-exclusivity
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ted-ip-rights/
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Daily Recap:
1) The Android-based Ouya console Kickstarter fund has reached over $5 million so far with the company now beginning to look at non-kickstarter investors and manufactures to prepare for mass production of the console.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...arter-funding/

2) EA accidentally leaks the announcement of Battlefield 4 on Origin before it was quickly removed which would have granted those who pre-ordered the digital deluxe Limited Edition of Medal of Honor: Warfighter access to a Battlefield 4 beta on Origin at a later date.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/batt...appears-origin
http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/new...gin-store.html

3) Pre-order bonuses for the upcoming Need for Speed Most Wanted reboot were revealed by EA which include anyone who pre-orders from select retailers get automatically bumped to the Limited Edition and early access to 3 special cars with each car having a unique in-game advantage.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...uses-revealed/

Mooияakeя™ 07-16-2012 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3914394)
Forget near future, do a sequel to Battlefield 2043.

A sequel to a game that hasn't been made? Interesting...

I would like to see 2143 personally.


Quote:

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 3914391)
DICE thinks the modern warfare setting for shooters is getting stale while public support for the genre might be beginning to dwindle unless something huge can be done.


Although he did state a simple switch of settings or time periods will not be as influential as the switch from World War II to modern warfare was for first person shooters.

He also hinted the whole problem might only be a real issue for the first person sub-genre and not shooters as a whole. The potential switch to the near future as the next big move might only produce a temporary boost and not the next big boost in interest for the time being.

http://www.egmnow.com/wp-content/upl...2/06/00230.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...getting-stale/
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Daily Recap:
1) While Sony recent bought streaming and cloud service company Gaikai, the company states it will not be moving purely digital with the PS4 since retailers are still a big source of revenue for the Playstation brand.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...playstation-4/

2) Valve confirms the annual Steam Summer Sale will be occurring very soon but gave no exact date although other rumors have stated it won't happen until after the current Warhammer sale ends.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...er-sale-plans/

3) Sony reveals some new details regarding Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale with the pre-order bonus being exclusive costumes, 2 more characters to be revealed at EVO 2012, and a release date of October 23, 2012.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/intr...sbr-pre-orders
http://www.screwattack.com/news/play...s-release-date

They will be doing a future based BF next, so obviously it's time to set up the marketing and chin-wagging :)

Kalyx triaD 07-17-2012 12:15 AM

I got the actual year wrong. Sue me.

Fignuts 07-17-2012 12:44 AM

2142 was pretty great.


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