I hate the need to own IPs. They're basically hoarding intellectual property.

The verbal feud between Valve and Electronic Arts continued as Valve officially responded to earlier claims by EA of Steam sales being dangerous to the strength of gaming properties. EA accused Valve of "cheapening" those properties as a result and not in terms of savings to consumers. In a bit of irony, EA would shortly hold their own mega sale on Origin which "cheapened" a lot of their own games.

Valve's Business Development boss, Jason Holtman, stated recently the annual Summer sales and other big sales done by Steam do not "cannibalize" overall sales but instead help those same games succeed a lot more.

He also mentioned had Valve ever felt these sales were doing more harm than good to these games and partner companies, they would have ended the mega sales long ago.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/valv...e-ended-it-now
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-if-...m-231526.phtml
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Daily Recap:
1) After accidentally leaking the existence of Battlefield 4 on Origin, EA decided to make the announcement official today as Battlefield 4 is in development and has a late 2013 release date.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/battlefield-4-announced
http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield-4

2) Valve reveals they are working on bringing Steam to Linux very soon with Left 4 Dead 2 being successfully ported to the platform and more games to arrive once a fully functioning Steam client is finished for Linux.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/steam-coming-linux-soon
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/valve-...-support/4274/

3) The Ratchet and Clank HD Collection containing the first three games in the series from the PS2, 3D support, and trophy support has an official release date August 28 and a $29 price tag.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ratc...s-release-date

Everybody go look up Slender.

Why?

Free indy horror game. Just do it. YouTube it. Read about it. Play it. Just check it out.

Is a picture of your penis going to pop up in Google search if I look that up Kalyx? Seems like a key word.

Fuck that is some scary shit right there.

F-Stop. google it.

NERDS

I shat my slender self.

Thinking about making a thread tbh.

Developers of Limbo, Playdead, confirm Sony's story for rejecting having Limbo be exclusive to PSN was indeed true but don't believe the idea of had they sold the IP, Sony would have guaranteed a lot of support towards the studio.

Recently, Sony stated the talks broke down because they wanted sole ownership of the IP rights which Playdead rejected and lead to them going to Microsoft.

Playdead's CEO Dino Patti stated controlling the rights to an IP is one of the greatest strengths a development studio has over a publisher. He also felt IPs benefit the most when the rights stay with the creators and not when an outside company or publisher controls them.

Double Fine studio who themselves lost out on the rights to Psychonauts due to a publisher for a few years publicly sided with Playdead's decision.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/playde...concerns/4279/
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Daily Recap:
1) Update to Battlefield 4 news as EA reveals pre-ordering Medal of Honor Warfighter will not be the only way to access the beta for Battlefield 4 but details on how won't be announced until a later date.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...moh-pre-order/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/batt...nounced-update

2) Microsoft has improved the security to Xbox Live with a strong suggestion for those who have been affected in the past to change their passwords and profile information to prevent future phishing attacks.
http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-live...s-231597.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ssword-safety/

3) Even though Halo 4 is still in development, Microsoft has begun hiring people to work on the next Halo game for the next Xbox console due to DirectX 11 experience being a big requirement.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...neration-halo/

What would the text read?

"Look it up. Now."

"Download Slender, Play It, And Post About It"

So some dude just randomly appears while you look for notes, is what I got from the youtube video.

Yeah, it's just creepy as shit, it's based off some meme.
Apparently some guys on one forum created a thread where they photoshopped old photos and added fake paranormal stuff to them, then went over to supernatural forums and tried to pass them off as real.

Wonder if it'll get a bigger budget version some day.

The first official game to use the Unreal 4 Engine might require an "always-on" internet connection as DRM security according to Epic Games who hinted this is an option they are considering right now.

The justification if such DRM were to be used is due to the game being built predominately for online multiplayer modes even though it offers a single player campaign as well. According to the game's producer, Tanya Jessen, the DRM would be seen as an actual improvement to the game than not having any at all.

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http://www.destructoid.com/epic-cons...e-231641.phtml
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Daily Recap:
1) Baring a change from Microsoft, Fez will stay "broken" on Xbox Live and the patch which caused save corruption has been reuploaded due to Polytron unable to afford the costs for creating a new patch on XBLA with the re-certification fee alone costing $40,000.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/poly...oken-fez-patch
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/maybe-...fter-all/4281/

2) THQ has officially been hit with a second class action lawsuit from another group of investors who claim the company knowingly mislead investors in regards to the abysmal Udraw sales on the PS3 and Xbox 360. The first class action lawsuit was done in regards to the overall financial decline of the company itself.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/inve...ver-fail-udraw
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/18/mo...hq-over-udraw/

3) Even more bad news for THQ as they announce their QA office in Arizona has been shut down as part of the consolidation process while the remaining QA office in Montreal will handle all testing from now on.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...-facility.aspx

A few more weeks until Darksiders 2 hits shelves.

I'd like to be a fly on the wall in that THQ office when they get the first numbers.

I hope it lives up to the hype. Darksiders 2 has been one of my most anticipated games for a while now.

DRM is not an improvement.

Phil Fish is a dick.

Electronic Arts reveals the reason why the upcoming Dead Space 3 has more action and co-op multiplayer is due to previous play testers for the series "were too scared to play the games alone."

In an interview with MVC, the boss of EA's marketing branch, Laura Miele, stated the decision for co-op in Dead Space 3 was due to previous play testers felt too scared to play the games alone. These play testers suggested for future games the ability for co-op to be included as a way to ease tension of playing the game due to its horror focus.

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http://www.destructoid.com/ea-thinks...r-231710.phtml
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-s...ing-play-alone
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Daily Recap:
1) According to sources from Kotaku, Final Fantasy Versus 13 is rumored to have been cancelled in favor of Square-Enix to put all their focus on developing Final Fantasy 15. The game had been in development for 6 years with very little ever revealed while costing the company millions of dollars in development.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...sy-versus-xiii
http://kotaku.com/5927645/rumor-fina...s-xiii-is-dead

2) Update to Fez staying "broken" on Xbox Live Arcade as Microsoft rejects any responsibility over Polytron's decision to cancel work on a new patch who claimed the high fees were higher than the studio could afford.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/micros...problems/4288/

3) Nintendo is currently rumored to be in negotiations with Microsoft for the main reason of buying Rare back in order to gain the rights to the Banjo Kazooie franchise which is also rumored to be in early development by Retro Studio for the Wii U.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...ooie-franchise

That Dead Space 3 bit is the stupid fucking excuse I ever read for making a game more accessible to the masses. This is, by the way, third second or third completely different reason for changing their never-actually-scary series into just another space shooter. I always said Dead Space never had any vision of its own, this sells it. It's a shit 'franchise' that added nothing unique nor did it do any one thing well. The design was utterly Western and boring, the gameplay oh so focus tested approved.

Games that lack vision are subject to changes like this, following the dollar. That's fine in the end, some decent games were whatever concepts. But fuck Dead Space. I said it sense day 1 and now its own company is pretty much saying it.

Sad story about Versus 13, but I had a feeling.

If Microsoft doesn't wanna be the big bad wolf, they could reveal how much it actually cost to get a patch uploaded, or they can reduce the cost for this case. If it's gonna do neither, they can't avoid backlash. Merely saying 'it's not us' doesn't cut it, when the developer was very detailed in their reasoning.

Banjo Kazooie on WiiU may be interesting. Just give all of Rare's old gems to Retro Studio, they're the new Rareware.

Nintendo trying to get their hands on Rareware again? That's good to hear. Maybe they can put together another good shooter.

Unlikely. A lot of Rare's old team left to do other things. The Goldeneye/Perfect Dark team went on to do Time Splitters and such.

Better to take some old franchises and give them to a capable team, as Retro and Donkey Kong proves.

Apparently rumors are starting to fly that FFv13 is just going to become FF15.

That is what they will say to cover up the fact that they are scrapping it. There will be no way to know since barely any footage of FF vs 13 has been released.

Final Fantasy versus XIII is really just a fighting game between all the Final Fantasy characters and the dude from the comic book-style Gamecube game XIII anyway.

Why would they rebrand it if they're scrapping it?

I think it's out and out canceled. No rebrand, no anything.

To save face from saying that they are cancelling a game that had in development for six years and was supposed to be revolutionary. Just say it got integrated into FF15

I thought that was Dissidia?

In an interview with GameIndustry, former EA boss Bing Gordon stated due to the increased competition from the mobile market, Nintendo will be the first to drop out from the "Big 3" console hardware makers.

He stated they are already on track with the Wii U being the start due to the tablet and mobile market itself and not due to their own business decisions. In order to stand a chance in the future as a hardware maker, Nintendo would have to form a partnership with Apple.

His reasoning to why Nintendo would drop out included comparisons to Sega when they were a hardware maker and the "pinch" from the huge competition mobile devices are creating against their handhelds which is seen as their main stronghold. He did admit that Nintendo hasn't really committed the same level of huge mistakes that Sega did which lead to their demise from the hardware market.

He did feel Miyamoto is the wild card for Nintendo's future since he;s seen as the one who has ensured Nintendo survived all the challenges its faced so far but Nintendo's biggest challenge ever will occur once he's gone.

In terms of the other hardware makers, he felt Microsoft has nothing to fear due to the Xbox 360 being their "consumer miracle" console while Sony's future is tougher to predict due to their multiple divisions all impacting each other.

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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ds-bing-gordon
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...any-like-sega/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/form...software-maker
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Daily Recap:
1) Hideo Kojima announces the official debut of the brand new Fox Engine will occur on August 30 which is being used for the next metal Gear Solid game, Project Orge which probably will be shown, and a new Zone of the Enders game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/hideo-...ugust-30/4290/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-on-august-30/

2) Vatra Games, developer of Silent Hill Downpour and Rush'n Attack Ex-Patriot, has the strong possibility of shutting down after they revealed their parent company, Kuju, has placed the studio under "strategic review" as part of an overall restructuring process.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sile...e-it-out-alive
http://www.destructoid.com/silent-hi...e-231838.phtml

Didn't Patcher also say Nintendo was going software only? Pretty sure that proves it wrong.

Kinda tired of 'industry analysis predictions' in general. They'll super-bias and pretentious and I actually cannot remember the last time somebody was on the money.

But that's the thing, they speak in such a future tense that by the time their words are bullshit, who's gonna dive into web article #175 from 2008 to say "Remember this, asshole?"

Where do these people come from?

Hell, we have guys right here in this forum that can call shit ahead of time and be mostly on the money. Fuck these analyst.

"Prime Factors."
 

"bias" of course meaning "doesn't say things I like." Since even Kal has latched on to this sort of thing before (and made his own predictions).

But speaking of bias, most market predictions are super safe and don't rock the boat. This is why you tend to only remember the really wrong ones. It's called confirmation bias, a more valid form of bias than the one you're talking.

I'm pretty sure there has been an industry outlier predicting the end of Nintendo since Super Mario 2 (US version). There always will be one, pretty much, long as there is a Nintendo. And should they become right, they will display their own confirmation bias in emphasising the one time they were right over the million they were wrong.

Actually no, I've never been particularly attached to that sort of 'news'. Feel free to show otherwise.

Though of course I've taken predictions from myself seriously, aside from the fact that's it's me saying it, my stuff doesn't go vapor. And I don't play it safe, either. If I'm wrong I'm spectacularly wrong, and that's fine. When I'm right, fuckin-A. Moving on.

So yeah, fuck off, nice chatting with ya.

Some good news for once in regards to THQ as the company announces they prevented being delisted from NASDAQ and managed to slow down their bleeding of funds.

THQ was able to be removed from NASDAQ's watch list after their stock value managed to stay at or above the $1 limit for 10 days in a row. The decision to create a reverse stock split weeks ago was claimed as the main reason for success since it reduced the 70 million shares spread all over the place to a more manageable and stronger 7 million shares.

NASDAQ, who claimed a delisting would have been the "kiss of death", was happy at the results since a delisting would have made investors bail out faster than before and the stock worthless to own.

Under the new president of the company, Jason Rubin (former co-founder of Naughty Dog), the company revealed they managed to slow down the bleeding of company revenues. Several divisions and properties were shut down as part of the new plan to focus on fewer but stronger so-called "hardcore" IPs to provide the main sources of revenue in the future. The first test of the new plan will be once both Darksiders II and WWE 13 are released since the company is expecting both to be huge revenue providers.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/thq-ma...elisting/4293/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-market-value/
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Daily Recap:
1) Update to rumors from Kotaku about Final Fantasy Versus 13 being cancelled ended up being debunked by the CEO of Square-Enix who claims the game is still in development and regular staff meetings are still occurring for the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/fina...dead-after-all
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/square...snt-dead/4292/

2) The voice actor for Mario, Charles Martinet, thinks Nintendo should make a sequel to Super Mario Sunshine in the near future with the reason being Sunshine was his favorite Mario game he's been involved with at Nintendo.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-get-a-sequel/
http://mynintendonews.com/2012/07/24...ario-sunshine/

Sony's summer promotion for PSN called "PSN Play 2012" starts today and lasts until August 27.

The 4 games their their debut dates revealed as the main showcase games for the promotion are:
* The Expendables 2 Videogame - July 21
* Sound Shapes - August 7
* Papo & Yo - August 14
* Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - August 21

Similar to other special sales on PSN and other digital service providers, this promotion also has special incentives for people who buy multiple games. Buying 2 games will provide $3 as a gift back, 3 games provides $6 as a gift, and all four games provides $10 as a gift.

Sony also revealed pre-ordering the games will provide an exclusive XMB theme while Playstation Plus members get an extra 20% discount on all the games available.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ion-kicks-off/
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Daily Recap:
1) According to Destroid's preview for Dead Space 3, some new details regarding the dungeon levels in the game include optional dungeons which do not impact the story, each dungeon ranging from 30 minutes to 60 minutes to finish, and some are restricted to co-op only for exploration.
http://www.destructoid.com/preview-d...--231870.phtml

2) Nintendo reveals the 3DS has managed to become profitable since the price cut late last year and while they did post a $220 million loss in fiscal first quarter for 2012 (April - June), it is a lot lower than last year's mega loss which was partially blamed due to the 3DS early struggles.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/ninten...ofitable/4295/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-to-the-wii-u/

Square-Enix officially debuts the newly redesigned Final Fantasy XIV MMO game which will be called "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn."

Last year Square-Enix had announced they were disappointed with the original game's sales and reception whch lead to the vow of redesigning and fixing the game as part of a second reboot for the MMO game.

Some of the new changes include the game being rebuilt from the ground up, gameplay being completely rehauled, a brand new world and storyline, and the graphics itself has been completely redesigned.

While no release date was revealed, the game will be arriving on PC and PS3.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/squa...v-realm-reborn
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...debut-trailer/
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Daily Recap:
1) While official beta signups are closed, some of the changes revealed for the annual Microsoft dashboard update include the new web browser using Internet Explorer, additional and enhanced search abilities, and the ability to personalize the dashboard's display.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/xbox...istration-open
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/want-t...ashboard/4297/

2) Gamestop responds to growing criticisms by gaming companies about used games "killing" the industry by stating only about 4% of new releases are actually sold as pre-owened games within the first 2 months (main period of sales generation) and that Gamestop has been giving back a percentage to publishers for years (currently 17%) from used games sales.
http://gamasutra.com/view/feature/17...elped_the_.php

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Bunch of supposed Half-Life 3 concept art was leaked recently. Was going to post it, but honestly, who cares at this point?

Give me some Portal 3 or Left 4 Dead 3 info, and I'll get excited. Tired of waiting for valve's "flagship".

You are not a true fan.

Don't really care, guy.

I don't care for anything Valve does outside of L4D but I kinda agree with Figgy in a general sense... it's why I lost interest in FFv13. When a game is announced there's a grace period where I expect news, tidbits, even those little clues and hints frustrating as they can be, and after 2yrs show me the money.

Very few games are worth waiting for over two years, and in the extreme case of nearly an entire console generation passing by without so much as a demo - I stop caring. Don't tweet, don't reassure, I'm done with whatever it is you're doing. I'll care when you show me you care. I won't wait for you, plenty of games out there.

I was a Duke Nukem fan. I followed any and all pieces talking about Forever but after about a decade of my life, when real news came I didn't have the power to care. The dev was delayed, mismanaged, whatever. Plenty of games out there. Hell, I'm getting to that point with Star Wars Battlefront 3, and Battlefront 2 is my favorite Star Wars game.

Show me you care, otherwise I won't.

Sounds good. Because they haven't done that. They haven't released ANY news, tidbits, or hints really. They haven't tweeted, they haven't reassured. They've just been working. Quietly. But when they do release some info I'm glad you'll be there because I'm sure it will be a game worthy of the wait.

Even though THQ proclaimed the Darksiders series was one of their "core" and important franchises they will focus on, the company announced recently they have placed an ultimatum for the series future.

If Darksiders 2 doesn't sell 4-5 million copies during a period THQ favors, the future for a Darksiders III could be in doubt with the possibility of the series being cancelled or more likely pushed aside for a while. Either scenario would have Virgil Games shift over to a new project in order to create a new mega-selling series THQ needs for financial purposes.

Even if Darksiders 2 does sell very well, it was also hinted a potential Darksiders 3 would be a lot smaller in scale and size in favor of a more polished game according to the new president of the company.

To put the numbers in perspective, the original Darksiders sold about a third to half of what THQ is expecting the sequel to sell with the majority of the sales coming from the first month (1.2 million).

http://i.neoseeker.com/n/7/darksiders_2.jpg
http://www.destructoid.com/if-you-bu...i-232057.phtml
http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/da...ve_detail.html
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Daily Recap:
1) Update to EA rumored to be having a new CEO as the chairman and board decided to let the current CEO, John Riccitiello, keep his job even though the company itself is worried about the sharp decline in stock value and revenues since the middle of last year.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...lo-is-staying/

2) Update to the Ouya Android console news as OnLive has signed a deal to provide their services, games, and even a controller for the console when it is released next year.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/onli...ere-controller
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...eal-with-ouya/

3) Gamestop announces they are investing and researching certain technologies currently in development that would enable digital content to be resold multiple times as a way to expand their used game business which would include both games and their DLC content.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ble-dlc-games/
http://www.destructoid.com/gamestop-...t-232051.phtml

THQ aren't being realistic.

Yeah pretty much that. They've been quiet about it, but everyone knows they have to have been working on something. Kinda makes me feel better that Valve isn't a company that has to build hype before they're ready. :heart: Valve. One of the few companies I will gladly fanboy for because I love their style/direction. They'll let the game do the talking when it's ready and not before because they know it's going to be huge.

Capcom announces Dragon's Dogma will now become a series made by the company after the huge sales success of the first game helped contribute to a 290% profit increase for the fiscal quarter.

The news comes from two announcements made by the company with the director of the game wanting a sequel to be made while Capcom themselves state its "setting the stage for creating a series of titles."

Previously Capcom had teased a series could be possible if the game sold well leading up to the game's retail release as a possible new mega franchise or even a yearly one from the company.

According to the fiscal report released by Capcom, Dragon's Dogma has sold over a million copies with the biggest surprise being the huge sales from Japan which Capcom wasn't expecting. The sales of this game combined with Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City sales and strong sales from their mobile market helped generate the $16.9 net profit for the company in the quarter.

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/2321...gons-dogma.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/capcom...ns-dogma/4303/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...se-in-profits/
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Daily Recap:
1) The official financial losses for the defunct 38 Studios was revealed to be around $133 million with about $118 million used up before Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was released and another $28 million from EA to help fund the game's project. In order to pay back the money owed to EA alone, the game needed to sell over 2 million copies which it didn't (1.3 million sold).
http://www.destructoid.com/38-studio...g-232190.phtml

2) Square-Enix confirms the first gameplay videos for the reboot of Final Fantasy XIV will occur at Gamescom while also revealing which gameplay features and items will no longer be playable once the next patch is released for the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...escom-line-up/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...moved-content/

3) More rumors about the next Xbox console have been leaked with the supposed development kit being leaked for Project Durango along with several sources and developers confirming the pictures of the kit and GUI screens are real.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ages-are-real/
http://www.destructoid.com/pictures-...e-232209.phtml

Haven't heard from Schilling in a while.

Never trust a man with bloody socks.

I'd appreciate it if any of you guys would support this :y:, a buddy is working on it.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...other-brothers

It would seem one day soon me and my guys will have to avail Kickstarter for... one of our projects. It looks like it's really changing the game. For everyone and every genre.

It definitely seems the way to go with the price of game development increasing by the year.
If your game has potential then go for it!

Facebook and casual gaming company Zynga has been officially hit with their first lawsuit involving allegations of the executive team of the company had insider trading knowledge regarding last week's massive stock dumping.

The lawsuit is the first of five expected for the company due to five different law firms investing claims with the rest expected to be officially filed in the near future.

In regards to the first lawsuit, the allegations revolve around Zygna having inside knowledge of their stock value dropping. They are also being alleged of withholding the true value of the stock and other data from investors in order to have prevented them from cashing out and tanking the stocks value before the company itself had a chance to cash out first to the tune of $500 million.

The company is also under investigation for not allowing their own employees to cash out who were concerned about a potential stock value drop while putting no restrictions on top-level employees who knew of the imminent drop.

The stock valve ended up plummeting from a valve of $12 per share in April to the current value of $3 a share with last week's stock dumping by the company occurring when the valve was roughly $6 a share.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/zyng...ding-knowledge
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/first-...g-claims/4306/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...uits-incoming/
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Daily Recap:
1) Bioware announces the plans to make Star Wars The Old Republic MMO game as a free-to-play game has changed a bit with the original goal of a level cap set at 15 now being set to 50 for free members along with a price drop to the game itself to a new $14.99 starting this August.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/star-w...his-fall/4307/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-fall-says-ea/

2) Activision and developers Robomodo hint Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD might be getting a sequel announced soon based on the huge day one sales of Tony Hawk HD on XBLA.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/tony...own-way-sequel
http://www.destructoid.com/robomodo-...y-232248.phtml

3) Another God of War collection set is rumored to be in the making called "God of War Saga Collection" which include the PSP God of War HD set, the PS3 God of War 1&2 HD set, and God of War 3 along with a rumored release date of late 2012.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...playstation-3/

I'm getting close to lvl 50 in my game in a matter of weeks. They better boost the level cap and add the new stuff asap.

Valve joins EA, Sony, and others who have changed their EULA terms which prevent the ability to file a class action lawsuit against the company.

Last year Sony had changed their terms which disallowed class-action lawsuits unless they allowed it while EA followed shortly later with their own changes.

Recent changes to Steam's EULA terms by Valve now restrict access to Steam unless you agree to the new terms involving not being allowed to file class action lawsuits. Unlike Sony there is no opt-out clause nor time deadline to accept or deny the new terms.

However, the terms do allow lawsuits to be filed by individual persons and Valve will help cover the costs to bring the case to a small claims court and will pay a small amount even if they win the case. They also do require an arbitrator to be involved solely to ensure the amount being claimed is reasonable and doesn't fall into a class-action range.

The official reason by Valve was to prevent erroneous and "bad" lawsuits from being filed like with patent troll lawsuits.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/valve-...lawsuits/4308/
Valve's entire official statement: http://store.steampowered.com/news/8523/
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Daily Recap:
1) According to Japanese magazine Famitsu, Square-Enix will debut a new Final Fantasy XIII game during the 25th Anniversary event on August 31 with the actual announcement occurring September 1st.
http://www.destructoid.com/a-new-fin...t-232336.phtml
http://andriasang.com/con23o/ffxiii_title_announcement/

2) The developers of Arma II, Bohemia Interactive Studio, announce they are working on a standalone version of the DayZ mod due to the huge sales success from the recent Steam Summer Sale event. A release date is being targeted before Christmas this year.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dayz...ome-standalone
http://www.vg247.com/2012/07/31/dayz...nique-players/

Another Final Fantasy XIII game? Jesuscrist

There was only two.

That's enough.

While Dead Space 3 and Call of Duty 3736 exists? Fuck that. I want thirteen FF13s.

Pretty sure there are 3 FFXIII games out already.

FFXIII
FFXIII-2
FF Type-0 (used to be called FF XIII Agito)

You're counting the cell phone game that was rebranded? So when Versus 13 comes out under a different name (very likely) you'll count that too. Interesting. So what really bothers you is the title on game packages?

EA announces a new Army of Two game is in development called "Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel" with a release date planned for March 2013 and the game itself being a "gritty" reboot for the series.

Unlike previous rumors stating 4 player co-op would be possible, EA reveals the new game is sticking to the traditional 2 player co-op like the previous games.

Other details include the game using the Frostbite 2 engine to have “the ability to unleash the power of ultimate destruction” while Visceral Games are developing the game instead of EA Montreal who worked on the first two games.

In terms of story, the game and setting will revolve around the Drug Cartel war occurring in Mexico.

In terms of being a reboot, EA states the game is "more intense, mature, and grittier tone" than the previous two games.

EA did not reveal if the original Alpha and Bravo characters are returning for this game or are being replaced with a brand new set of playable characters.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...er_2412486.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/army...ing-march-2013
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/army-o...e-reason/4309/
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Daily Recap:
1) Even though several rumors since last year teased at the potential of a WWE All-Stars 2 being made, THQ squashed all rumors by stating the WWE only considered the game as a "one off" and never had plans for a potential series regardless of the sales.
http://igogaming.net/2012/08/02/wwe-...ing-franchise/
http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=182525

2) Rocksteady Studios reveals the writer behind Batman Arkham Asylum and Arkham City will not be writing the script for the next Batman game which was revealed earlier as a prequel and occurring during the Silver Age.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-by-paul-dini/

3) Sony recently released their fiscal report for 2012's first quarter (April to June) which reveals the company itself lost $312 million in revenues with the Playstation division contributing $45 million of the loss from the poor Vita sales and sluggish PS3 sales compared to last year.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...es-45-million/

Paul Dini ain't coming back?! Wooooooow, huge blow to the series.

I hope they get someone to fill his shoes.

>>> Grant Morrison

Oh man, they are remaking ROTT(Rise of the Triad) so happy right now.

http://www.destructoid.com/quakecon-...n-232420.phtml

Played that a long time ago. Don't really see what the hoopla is about but the fans seem happy.

Um, FFXIII Type-0 is for PSP. Before you start getting an attitude you should stop being an idiot.

and before you start crying it was announced for mobiles in 2006, it was changed to PSP in 2008 because it wasn't possible to develop what they wanted on mobiles at the time. That change came 3 years before release.

So when Versus 13 comes out under a different name (very likely) you'll count that too. Interesting. So what really bothers you is the title on game packages?

FF Type-0 and Versus have no actual links to the world of FFXIII or FFXIII-2 though. They were only named the way they initially were due to the Fabula Nova Crystallis project and because they were all announced at the same time. FF Type-0 is a standalone title (well, as standalone as a Final Fantasy game gets).

More bad news for Zynga with this time EA suing the company over claims of copyright infringement concerning the Sims franchise EA owns.

The issue revolves around Zynga's The Ville game which EA and Maxis claim is a direct copy of their Sims franchise with Will Wright himself leading the push for the lawsuit.

EA also wants the lawsuit to carry severe penalties both to stop Zynga from copying other companies game ideas and as a symbolic way to "settle the score" from other developers who have been upset at Zynga's tactics for years (without actually giving them any money should EA win).

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/uh-oh-...st-zynga/4314/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ver-the-ville/
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Daily Recap:
1) Mojand joins Blizzard and Valve in expressing concerns over Microsoft's plans regarding Windows 8 with the main issue of the platform being a closed system like Xbox Live and not more open like Steam and other PC platforms.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/moja...bout-windows-8

2) Square-Enix states the launch of the Dragon Quest X MMO-like game on the Wii has been a success in Japan while hinting current plans have enough content planned to last 10 years of the game remains successful.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-for-10-years/
http://kotaku.com/5931511/how-the-wi...e-mmo-roll-out

Since you are the only person on Earth assuming Versus 13 is going to change names, right? And if the names on the package bothered me, I wouldn't count Type-0 as a FFXIII game. It seems that the name on the package bothers YOU. You're the one claiming it isn't a FFXIII game and holding on to it being a mobile phone game. I'm counting it for what it is regardless of the name on the package.

The link to FFXIII is the Fabula Nova Crystallis arc. They use the same mythology as back story, which is why all of the games are considered to be part of that arc.

Quoted for future lulz.

13, Type-0, and Versus mostly have shit to do with each other aside from a very vague connection using crystals that god knows how many FF games had in their own mythology.

See above.

You say there's too many FF13 games. There was actually two FF13 games, the original and the sequel. And now there will be another game with Lightning as the lead again. That's three. Type-0 is not a FF13 game in the same sense that Final Fight or Rival Schools are not Street Fighter games - though all three take place in the same universe.

Unless you were like, "Why is there another SF game?" when Rival Schools came out.

It's not an arc, the games just share the concept that crystals play an important role of some sort in each game's universe, which in itself ties back to the first Final Fantasy and several others. The mythology / world / characters are all completely unrelated.

Did some light editing on my last post, some gaffs there. I really need to slow down when I type. It's not Dro-bad but still.

Suikoden
 

Was wondering if anyone had a way to get my hands on Suikoden 2? I played the shit out of the first one. One of the greatest RPGs for me on the PS1. Was hoping to finally bridge the gap between 1 and 3 and play it.

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/52470...low-reuploaded

Emulator.

I'm going to enjoy this, thank you.

Are you confusing me with someone else? I don't seem to recall saying there are too many FF13 games. And quit changing your argument anyways.

After going back, it seems as though I must either be Assman or Fignuts. Or perhaps some mindbengingly awesome conglomeration of the two.

At least in the mind of Kalyx, anyways.

That would be awesome.

Oculus Rift is going to be incredible with horror games.

Um noh the fact that even a sequel to piece of shit FFXIII was made was enough to infuriate me. I know barely anything about the other two

People not understanding the concept of two Final Fantasy XIII games already being too many

Cool @ rise of the triad

Suikoden is seriously terrible, what did you like about it

I know it's not a great game, but I had a good time building a castle from a shit stone place, and adding characters to my stable added a bit more to the community of the castle. Turn based old school feel I'm trying to hold on to.

Suikoden 1-3 are all great games. Assman just get's overwhelmed to easy and thought you needed too recruit all 108 people to beat the game, when you don't even need to and you get half of them just by playing the game.

I will admit Suikoden 1 had some issues, like only being able to run with a certain person in your party, but Sukioden 2 fixed a lot of the problems from one and has one of the best villains ever in Luca Blight. The stories in 1&2 are both fucking fantastic too if you actually pay attention to the game.

Yeah, I just need to complete the story, because back in the day when they were out on PS1, Suikoden II was damn near impossible to obtain w/o shelling out a ridiculous amount of money.

Don't forget Suikoden 5, which is pretty fucking awesome too (possibly better than 1.)

DO NOT PLAY 4.

I'm sorry if there's someone on here who likes 4... It's just bad thoughl.

I've played those as well, PS2 era.

Think I attempted to play Suikoden Tactics as well, but I didn't quite get into it as much as I smashed on Final Fantasy Tactics.

FF Tactics is way better.

Suikoden Tactics would have been better if based around a game other than 4.

I really want a Suikoden 6, but it probably won't happen.

I wouldn't mind another Suikoden game, it would be weird to see how it would be integrated into the current gaming world. Nonetheless, I'd buy it.

They would probably just make it one long hallway to "modernize" it :'(

It'll never, ever, ever happen, but a "modern" Suikoden could be fucking amazing. Like a game that happens in the same universe, but a good several centuries after the third game. You'd still have a few characters who could show up, descendants too, etc.

They'd have to have McDohl show up if they did that, because unless I'm mistaken, the Soul Eater Rune made him immortal right?

And it would have to open world, like 1&2, fuck any other kind of "world map".