Remember when Hideo Kojima was all "stop making me make Metal Gear Games!!!!"?

Basically after every MGS game.

There will be a new DLC for TES V: Skyrim, called Hearthfire, released one week from today on Sept. 4th. Basically they're giving you some creation tools to create your own buildings and put display cases, alchemy labs and bunches of other things in it, and just all kinds of madness. See the game's thread for the announcement trailer. It sums things up much better than I ever could.

Some guy/Capcom has made some "Twitter avatars" to celebrate Street Fighter's 25th Anniversary.

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A new game mode for multiplayer and details about a playable demo were recently revealed by Epic Games for Gears of War Judgement.

Previous games in the Gears series only focused on team-based modes for multiplayer but Epic Games announces Gears of War Judgement will include a free-for-all deathmatch mode as a new mode for the game and series itself.

The company also announced a playable demo will be shown at the upcoming PAX Prime expo this weekend with 2 brand new maps to be shown off in the demo. The demo will mostly focus on the new free-for-all mode for the game.

The game was also announced to still be on track for its March 19, 2013 release date for the Xbox 360.

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http://www.thisisxbox.com/360/free-f...-war-judgment/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...l-multiplayer/
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Daily Recap:
1) Telltale Game's released Episode 3 for The Walking Dead video game on PSN although only for US users while the worldwide Xbox Live and PC version is expected to arrive tomorrow. Europe's PSN version still waiting for approval to be released.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ay-in-the-u-s/

2) Microsoft announces Ascend: New Gods will be the second game after Happy Wars to fall under the free-to-play model on XBLA while the company feels the free-to-play model fits well with their platform. Both games are restricted to Gold users only.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-for-xbox-360/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/micr...ames-xbox-live

From yesterday's Nintendo Direct live stream, Level 5 reveals the Professor Layton series will end with "Professor Layton Choubunmei to A no Isan."

While it wasn't revealed if the game will have a release outside of Japan in the future, the 6th and final game for the series will be for the 3DS and will end the Layton storyline.

Level 5 did tease the series itself might still be made in the future either as spin-offs or under a new playable character but the main series will end once the final game is released.

Level 5 also won't begin focusing on the final game until after "Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask" and "Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney" are both released for the 3DS with the later set for a late 2012 release date.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/level-...dventure/4342/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ton-last-case/
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Daily Recap:
1) Supergiant Games announces Bastion will be getting an iPad release tomorrow for iPad and iPad 2 devices for $5 but there are no current plans for an iPhone version of the game to be made.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/out-of...tomorrow/4341/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ed-for-iphone/

2) The developer for Spec Ops The Line, Yager Development, blames 2K Games and Take Two for the disappointing sales saying 2K Games constantly had issues with the studio's direction of the game's development and forced multiplayer to be rushed in the game at the last minute. The multiplayer was done by a separate studio.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...ncerous-Growth
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-cancer-rape/

3) Square Enix announces they are entering in the cloud service market with Coreonline which will allow users the option of watching several ads to generate free playing time for games or skip the ads but have to purchase levels and entire games instead.
http://www.destructoid.com/watch-ads...e-233979.phtml

The poor sales of Spec Ops also could be attributed to the fact that it just wasn't good.

New headset here, so you can hear my sexy voice rant in lobbies again.

What you really need to do is get those DLC characters in sfxt so we can throw down. I know a bunch of other people bought them too, but it's like they played the first few days and dropped the game again.

Also, do you have the close quarters maps for battlefield 3? We need to squad up in that.

I do not have either DLC, and I like the Close Quarters maps a lot. Miss Battlefield 3 in general.

I can be on SCV more often. YA KNOW!?

Critical acclaim, baby.

New MGS-Ground Zeroes!

Seeing him in rain makes me want to play the start of MGS2 again.
Gonna go buy the HD collection!

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Wait... what?! What is this?

New game i'm guessing, just got announced at MGS 25th anniversary event.
Also a mobile game and a movie been announced.

About the Game

Social Ops
And the Movie...

Good luck with a movie, but that game sounds interesting. They experimented free form gameplay in the first two chapters of MGS4. Wonder if this will be a straight sequel.

Sega reveals some details regarding the "Escape" multiplayer mode from developer Gearbox's upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines.

The mode supports 8 players with two teams competing each other with specific goals depending on which side you are one. The Marines have a set period of time to escape from a level or map while the other side called the Xenomorphs has just the goal of wiping all the Marines out.

Aliens: Colonial Marines still set for a February 12, 2013 for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC while the Wii U version arrives at a later TBA date.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...mode-revealed/
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Daily Recap:
1) Capcom announces Marvel vs. Capcom Origins HD remake will be released on September 25 for PSN and September 26 for XBLA for the price of $15 (1200 MS Points).
http://www.screwattack.com/news/mvc-...ate-next-month

2) While Zynga currently is facing a lawsuit from EA over copying the Sims series, the company reveals a brand new game called Montopia which is basically a blatant copy of the Pokemon series with some slight tweaks.
http://www.destructoid.com/zynga-ape...a-234047.phtml

3) Several gaming websites which mainly review iOS app games are being accused of bribery for score manipulation with one developer stating the price ranges from $5 to $150 for favorable scores.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...r-app-reviews/
http://www.destructoid.com/mobile-si...s-234045.phtml

Big Boss makes you want to play MGS2 again?

Nobody knows if it's Big Boss or Solid Snake yet.

cue fanboys analyzing every minute, insignifigant detail.

In defense of those types Kojima does craft his trailers with every frame holding some detail.

I completely steal Kane Knight's punchline, giving him nothing to work with, and you set him right back up again.

Are we even on the same side anymore?

We aren't sharing a playbook, are we?

*sips tea*

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I was on about the rain and the wet structure...

IT'S A DISGUISE!

There was a punchline?

Fignuts, I think you need to take a break. In attempting to pre-empt me, you're being more Kane Knight than I am.

Burnout did it first. :shifty:

Square-Enix announces a huge 22-disc anniversary set will be released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Final Fantasy series although there is a small catch.

Every game from the main series (FF 1 to 13) will be included along with a special video disc, visual art collection, 2-disc soundtrack, and a few other things.

The set also celebrates the series history on the Playstation platform with a retail price of about $446 although it will only be released in Japan baring a future worldwide release announcement.

Now for the actual catch to the collection, Square-Enix is releasing the games (except 1) on the actual format they were originally released on for the PlayStation brand. The PS1-only era games are multiple disc games while the PSP remake can only be played on a PSP handheld.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/squa...ersary-box-set
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...box-announced/
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Daily Recap:
1) Warner Bros Interactive announces the PC version of Gotham City Imposters will become a free-to-play game starting today on Steam along with 20% discount for all the DLC in the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/pc-v...goes-free-play
http://www.destructoid.com/gotham-ci...m-234103.phtml

2) The developers of the City of Heroes MMO game, Paragon Studios, announces the game will go offline by the end of the year due to the company itself is shutting down.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/city-o...ing-down/4347/

3) According to Japanese magazine Famitsu, Capcom will be making an "amazing" announcement next week and its not related to Resident Evil 6, Devil May Cry reboot, Lost Planet, or anything recently announced by the company.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/fami...coop-next-week
http://andriasang.com/con2fj/capcom_scoopies/

Pretty much put all other anniversary packs to shame.

Unless you got all 4 systems, or the original ps3 with backwards compatibility, this is pretty much pointless.

They couldn't just stick all those on a couple Blu Rays?

Yeah, what bullshit.

I guess this makes my original FF7 worth selling now? I don't see myself buying this.. but if I get a good score on FF7, why not? I'll just download it digitally.

How many times are we going to see rereleases of every Final Fantasy game, jesus

As long as people keep buying them, they will keep rereleasing them.

They could, they just chose not to. Odds are, this financially benefits them.

Why not sell it before now? With the existence of this set, you will probably get less money, not more.

And FFVII has been available digitally for ages. It's one of the only games I played on my PSP

lol here is the new Final Fantasy XIII game: Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/...xiii-announced

That doesn't even sound remotely like a Final Fantasy game. All elements tying it to the series must be DLC.

They should make a game called OssMan Returns Final Fantasy XIII to the store because it sucks

But you... purchased it in the first place?

Anyway it's too late for me to experience this end of a trilogy. FF13 didn't keep me long enough. Looks pretty, though.

I actually preferred XIII to XII, but neither is in the top half of Final Fantasy games. I found Lightning to be the least interesting member of XIII/2's cast though, even when you consider Snow has absolutely no character development over two games.

Awww yeah, perpetual countdown timer!

Weekend News Edition
 

Kojima says Metal Gear Solid Ground Zero will act as a prequel to Metal Gear Solid 5. He also showed off the debut trailer today at PAX.

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Ah yes, one of those prologue things. Okay.

STOP MAKING ME MAKE MORE GAMES!

Damn. Fox Engine is sexy.

So has it been stated that the engine is ranking on current gen hardware?

It will be used for current gen, and probably next gen.

The video shown however, was on a PC. Kojima claims however that it reflects the final quality on the PS3 as well, but that remains to be seen.

Need to play peace walker now, since this seems to be a direct sequel.

ugh. *running.

Stupid smart phone.

Well, guess we will see how it looks on the PS3. Cant help but feel its a PS4 launch title though.

With Kojima's fetish for shiny things? I bet it is.

Ah, I see what you mean from the other thread now.

After debuting Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes during Konami's 25th anniversary party for the series last week, Hideo Kojima reveals at PAX 2012 he would love to make a Metal Gear Solid game in the future where The Boss is the main character.

While he doesn't favor making spin-off games for the series itself, he wouldn't have a problem making one if it involves The Boss as the main character. The Boss herself is referenced as the mentor of Naked Snake's (Big Boss) in Metal Gear Solid 3.

He also mentioned the future of the series itself could eventually move away from the Solid storyline with hints of the possibility to a sequel for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance being made and as a potential new starting point.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ring-the-boss/
http://www.vg247.com/2012/09/03/meta...rising-sequel/
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Daily Recap:
1) According to recent job postings by Valve, the company is planning to become a PC hardware manufacturer in the future with the goal to provide new innovations for PC hardware.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/job-...ece-hardware-0
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-is-...e-234294.phtml

2) The long awaited fan-made Black Mesa mod, which is basically a remake of Half-Life 1 running on the Source engine, was finally given a release date of September 14 for PC.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/blac...le-later-month
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-september-14/

Would love a game with The Boss as the main character. One of my favorite antagonists in gaming.

During a developer panel at PAX 2012, Gearbox announces they have separated the Brother in Arms series from the Furious 4 installment and instead will now treat the game as a standalone new IP project.

The decision was due to the game no longer fitting into the Brother in Arms series universe after the constant development changes had been done.

While Gearbox didn't reveal any new details regarding some of the recent changes to the game, they do have plans to "reintroduce" the game during a Gearbox Community Day which will occur later this year at Dallas, Texas.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/gear...mes-its-own-ip
http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/...s-in-arms-game
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Daily Recap:
1) A potential new Skies of Arcadia game or at least an HD remake of an existing Skies game could be planned in the future after it was discovered Sega recently renewed the trademark for the series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ake-trademark/
http://www.destructoid.com/hnnnngh-s...a-234343.phtml

2) The next game in the Legend of Zelda series could potentially arrive in late 2014 with some rumored details including the art style being influenced by Skyward Sword, mixture of tablet and regular gamepad controls, and the largest in-game world in series history comparable to recent GTA games and RPGs. The unnamed source is the same source located in Japan who previously leaked several Wii U details that were confirmed later on by Nintendo.
http://wiiudaily.com/2012/09/wii-u-z...e-coming-2014/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...oming-out-2014

Meh, I don't know about the rest of ya, but I'd rather Zelda go back to Twilight Princess graphics and controls. Jury's out on the map size.

Twilight Princess graphics didn't age as well as... say Wind Waker. I don't mind an expressive style or a happy middle ground. Very interested in the game world and how open the gameplay may be for it. Skyward seemed episode and linear, though it experimented with things I hope to see return (weapon maintenance and potion mixing).

I think that graphically the more 'real' a game tries to aim towards the less it ages well. I see games like MvC (or other cartoonish sprite games), Wind Waker, and tend to frown less on their looks than popping in something even semi-current like Mass Effect 1

That's the double edge sword of realistic visuals, it can only be enjoyed that console cycle (sometimes less than that). They can never be timeless to your eyes. That's not a bad thing, I just don't find realistic visuals interesting at all.

Holy shit, I had no idea Curt Schilling of Red Sox fame was the guy behind Kingdoms of Amalur.

Mind is blown right now.

where have you been

Might wanna google "Curt Schilling KOA Scandal" while you're at it

I don't play KOA, and never had any interest in it.

Stop teasing us with Skies of Arcadia, Sega. Shit or get off the pot!

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After constant complaints and ridicule over their "DRM" policy for PC games, Ubisoft announces they have officially decided to ditch the setup.

According to the company, they've been planning and gradually changing their DRM policy since last June from an "always on" to a one time online registration needed. The process will be complete once Assassin's Creed III is released.

The changes were meant to ease complaints over the "always on" DRM causing the single player portion of a game to be unplayable anytime Ubisoft servers went down or had issues.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/ubis...n%E2%80%9D-drm
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/ubisof...pc-games/4350/
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Daily Recap:
1) Newest game reward on Club Nintendo is the original Super Smash Bros game from the N64 for the Wii Virtual Console at the price of 200 Coins and is avaliable until September 16.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/original-smash-now-free
https://club.nintendo.com/

2) New details for Lighting Returns: Final Fantasy XIII include being the last game for Lightning's storyline, has multiple playthrough endings, and gameplay revolves around a 13 day time limit.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-xiii-details/
http://www.destructoid.com/lightning...o-234403.phtml

3) Indie developers have mixed reactions to a new update from Valve's Greenlight project on Steam requiring a $100 entry fee in order to submit games to the service but with the twist of the entire fee being donated to the Child's Play charity.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/develo...sion-fee/4351/

13 DAYS! I wonder how they came up with that number

Ubisoft thinks the days of massive "blockbuster Triple-A" games is nearing an end due to the gaming industry shifting to a new development model.

In an interview with Edge magazine, the creative director for Assassin's Creed III, Alex Hutchinson, believes his game will be part of the last set of massive "triple-A" status games.

His basis revolves around the idea the gaming industry is moving away from massive projects which takes years, multiple studios, and hundreds of employees to a new model which can produce games in a quicker time at a smaller scale.

His feelings on the subject have been expressed similarly by other people in the industry such as Cliff Bleszinski who feels the rising costs in game development will hurt the quantity of "Triple A" games during the next generation of consoles. Bleszinski believes the industry might be near the point where only the really big companies can afford to produce massive "blockbuster" games.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/ubis...-aaa-dinosaurs
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...e-a-dinosaurs/
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Daily Recap:
1) Guerrilla Games confirms Killzone will be getting a collection set for the PS3 which includes an HD remake of Killzone 1, Killzone 2 along with all its DLC, and Killzone 3 along with all its DLC. The set will be released on October 24.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/guer...logy-announced
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ion-announced/

2) According to rumors, mass production on the next Xbox console has been delayed by Microsoft who noticed the initial batches of finished processor chips were of poor quality and barely functional.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...-even-revealed
http://www.destructoid.com/rumor-nex...p-234475.phtml

3) Ed Boon states if a sequel to the reboot of Mortal Kombat is to be made, the focus has to be on real innovation instead of just including more characters while teasing it won't appear until the next generation of consoles arrive.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ew-characters/

This is kind of funny, when Epic Games was having a tantrum about the new gen of consoles not pushing far enough and coming out fast enough. And while I'm too lazy to check, I thought Cliff Bizarro was onboard with said tantrum.

That being said, I won't be sad to see "Triple A" gaming collapse in on itself. The soaring costs are one of the reasons profit-obsessed companies are trying to whack us in every possible way, and that's mostly been furthered by a dev cost arm's race.

Also, it'll piss off the PC crybabies who whine that 720p is "unplayable garbage."

According to a source close to Vivendi states the company is still going ahead with plans for an eventual buyout although recent stipulations are making it a lot harder for a deal to be done.

Vivendi is still demanding an offer of around 10 billion euros along with the inability to purchase their assets separate as part of any deal to buy out the company. Activision and Blizzard which are both owned by Vivendi are being valued at around 8 billion euros within the offer itself.

Microsoft is currently in negotiations for a potential buyout but the status of the talks is close to falling apart with the main issue being Microsoft wants the asking price to be lowered. Sony themselves have stated they have no interest at all in doing any negotiations regardless if the price itself were to be lowered.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS
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Daily Recap:
1) Based on current sales data and estimates, Darksiders II has sold roughly 630,000+ copies since its launch with the PC version selling 3x more than the original did in the same time span.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ers-franchise/
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=Darksiders+II

2) According to Christian Svensson who runs the official Capcom blog, Capcom Unity, the main reason why the company seems to have interest in Mega Man is due to them branching out the series into too many sub-branches and have no general agreement on which direction to take the series into the future.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/chri...ga-mans-status
http://www.capcom-unity.com/ask_capc...m=29#523794881

Bullshit on the Mega Man thing. While the series did have spin-offs in to other types, no human being is not gonna think of a fucking action side-scroller when you say Mega Man to them. And people were pretty damn clear that they wanted Legends 3. And Universe. And then they drop not one but two iOS games. Where is the disagreement about this? Who in Capcom doesn't get what the next game should be? Was Inafune that important for what seems to be simple decisions?

There's pretty much only Classic, X and Legends that are popular anyway. When people say they want a new Mega Man game I doubt many of them are talking about ZX, Battle Network or Star Force.

And absolutely nobody is talking about iOS.

Zero series is pretty hot though. Wouldn't mind another one of those.

I was under the impression that MMBN was pretty popular.

Nowhere near the level of classic or X, to be fair I don't think fans would be so rabid for a Legends sequel if Capcom hadn't announced and cancelled it in the first place. Not that it's the only factor, if they announced and canned Mega Man Soccer 2 I wouldn't expect similar reactions.

The Megaman X series was always my favorite from the Megaman franchise.

According to the New York Times, EA has made several recent attempts to buy out Valve with the most recent offer being around $1 billion.

Valve has reportedly rejected the offers with the reasons being they are currently happy with their status as a small privately-owned company and EA not coming anywhere close to the actual value of the company which is estimated to be around $2.5 billion.

According to Gabe Newell, the company also thinks had a deal been reached, EA would just terminate the company in a couple of years while keeping the sole rights to all the IPs owned by Valve. Newell would rather have the company shut down than be bought out if the choice was ever to be realistically made.

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http://www.rantgaming.com/2012/09/10...ast-1-billion/
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/te...pagewanted=all
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Daily Recap:
1) Valve's Big Picture Mode which allows Steam to be playable on television sets starts its beta today for PC with the beta for Mac users to be revealed in the future.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/steams...ta-today/4357/

2) EA announces the upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfghter will have a special DLC map pack dedicated to 2 locations Bin Laden was hiding at until his demise last year. This move contradicts earlier plans by developers Danger Close Games who did not want to associate their game as a "chap cash grab" by including anything involving Bin Laden in the game itself.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/and-no...emed-dlc/4356/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...n-laden-movie/

3) Capcom's 2012 fiscal report reveals the company lost $1.1 billion in profits, a 16% decrease in revenues, and a new plan to lower development time while increase the number of games released each year.
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/2503...-new-strategy/

I hope Valve doesn't give in to the green. I like them being a thorn in EA's side.

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/09/1...tlebigplanet-2

Insanity

Valve should buy EA. Madden 14 in 2025!

They can use the portal gun as the excuse when the ball passes through the receiver's torso and ends up with the cornerback.

New FIFA is fucking amazing, so fluid and not clunky and shit like Pro.

cant wait for new fifa. still playing 12

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Nice.

They're saying it may be a WiiU title. Looks like an action game from here.

Or it could be a great looking iOS game. We'll see.

Insomniac Games, who has made plenty of single player games in the past, announces they don't think they will ever make another single player-only game in the future with the upcoming Fuse being the start of their new philosophy.

In an interview with GameSpot, the CEO of the company, Ted Price, states the change in direction is due to social technology and the state of the industry which no longer is favorable to single player-only games.

He was careful to mention this doesn't meant Insomniac Games will only be making multiplayer-only games since Fuse does contain a single player campaign. Instead they will switch the priority towards online multiplayer when developing new projects.

The decision itself might have also been influenced recently by EA who is the publisher for Fuse. EA stated they no longer will allow games to be released by them (developed or published) if they do not contain some form of online multiplayer.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...er-only-games/
http://www.destructoid.com/insomniac...s-234848.phtml
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Daily Recap:
1) Nintendo might be officially adding the GBA to the 3DS Virtual Console soon after Nintendo of Australia accidentally uploaded the GBA service and Dr Mario on the eshop for their region.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/virt...ing-eshop-soon
http://www.destructoid.com/game-boy-...p-234835.phtml

2) Valve releases the list of the initial set of games approved from their Greenlight project to the Steam store which will include the Black Mesa mod, McPixel, and eight other games.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/valve-...to-steam/4360/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-get-approved/

The funny thing about multiplayer modes; they have to be good. Merely existing isn't the end all.

Granted, if they include more co-op campaigns and the like, I can't see it as a bad thing. But if they do end up harming single player/story mode, the end result will probably be mediocre all around.

*cough* Homefront *cough*

Hell I made a thread where I promoted co-op in everything ever, I love it. But when modes like that are shoehorned like the whole Spec Ops fiasco, it ends up being a waste.

If you know it just isn't a strength from the jump, don't embarrass yourself.

Briefly announced in the Wii U thread but Nintendo reveals Bayonetta 2 will be an exclusive game for the Wii U.

Very few details were revealed but the game is a sequel of the original game and will contain tablet-based features. Nintendo also confirmed they have funded the entire project for developers Platinum Games and own the rights to publish the game which is why Sega won't (Platinum's actual publisher).

Atsushi Inaba who was the producer of Viewtiful Joe, Ōkami and God Hand was revealed to be lending support in developing the game.

According to some rumors, Sega cancelled the project on their side which is how Nintendo was able to take over the project while Platinum Games relationship with Sony recently soured in Japan to the point of Sony unwilling to help them out.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...i-u-exclusive/
http://www.screwattack.com/video/Wii...lusive-2740571
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Daily Recap:
1) Monolith Soft, developers of the Xeno and Baten Kaitos RPg series, announce they are currently developing a new RPG game for the Wii U with more details to be revealed at a later date.
http://www.destructoid.com/xenoblade...e-234937.phtml

2) According to developer Hammerpoint Interactive, War Z which is a zombie based-MMO game will have a permanent death penalty in the game for dying. This affects all items even those that were paid with actual cash.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/if-y...ones-you-payed
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/07/19/th...lels-to-day-z/

Even without Kamiya, Bayo2 should be good.

The fan-made Black Mesa mod which is a remake of Half Life 1 using the Source engine was officially released today on the developers website although an official Steam version won't be released until after Valve released the first batch of games from the Greenlight program.

Both the current mod and the upcoming Steam version are free to play although as of now the game isn't completely finished with roughly just the Xen portion of the game missing. The developers state that will be included at a later date once it has been finished and tested.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...er_2791501.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/omg-...urce-ready-omg
http://www.destructoid.com/time-to-b...e-234993.phtml
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Daily Recap:
1) Bioware announces they are currently testing new server tech which will allow a higher number of players available per server leading up to the official release of the free-to-play version of the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-old-republic/

2) According to recent domain registrations, Microsoft has recently purchased the rights to several Halo-based domain names with Halo 7, Halo 8, and Halo 9 as the next trilogy after the Reclaimer set (Halo 4-6).
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...and-9-domains/
http://fusible.com/2012/09/microsoft...ction-company/

My childhood has just been cut open and gutted. Shigeru confirms that the Koopalings are not Bowsers children. :(

Source.

Wow. They should be more clear on that sort of thing.

I will not accept that. Bowser Jr. doesnt exist to me.

Totally. It's the in-depth story full of twists and turns that keeps me going back to Mario.

What?

yeah h8 it when a 30 yo series of games with sparse plot and no real direction don't get their facts straight

Well he did state its only considering the "current storyline" for Mario and not when the games first came out.

I'd blame the internet for this one considering all the constant jokes about Bowser banging Peach every time a new game comes out.