Killer Instinct could be making a return in the near future after Microsoft teased they might have something planned for the series in the near future.

While it is unlikely the new Killer Instinct game will be Killer Instinct 3, it is very likely it would be as a HD port or remake of the original arcade game for Xbox Live Arcade.

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http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...t-235169.phtml
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1) Bioware officially confirms a new Dragon Age is in development titled as "Dragon Age III: Inquisition" which will use the Frostbite 2.0 engine and is set for a late 2013 release.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/long-s...subtitle/4371/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...i-inquisition/

2) The director for Bayonetta 2, Hideki Kamiya, states he would like to work on a Star Fox game for the Wii U if Nintendo were to allow him as part of the growing bond Platinum Games has with Nintendo right now.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ds-off-haters/

Killer Instinct would be nice to have, but I think a new game would be updated. The original had potential, but was never quite there.

Thousands of T&A fans cried out in horror.

Or Pintint rejoiced.

I don't know. Will it have the same aesthetics as TeeandAtta?

what are you confused about

Nix it.

Platinum working on Nintendo franchises would be awesome. Star Fix would be fun, but I'd love a Geist sequel shockingly.

Was it ever established who owns the Eternal Darkness IP? Dammit Nintendo, bring them back since they fucked up going elsewhere. Also buy Rare back.

Nintendo owns the Sanity Meter which is the most important part of the IP although its never been stated who actually owns the IP.

There was rumors of Retro Studios working on a sequel which would hint Nintendo owns it but every so often Silicon Knights references a potential sequel being possible from them.

A couple of Bioware related news as the company teases more Mass Effect 3 DLC is on its way, a new universe for future Mass Effect games is possible, and the co-founders are leaving the studio next month.

The general managers from Bioware's Edmonton and Montreal studios, Aaryn Flynn, reveals the company has more plans in store for Mass Effect 3 with more DLC and a possible new setting for the series. He teased the new universe setting could be done for the next Mass Effect game which is currently being developed from the ground-up for next gen systems.

Bioware also confirmed the co-founders of the studio will be retiring next month from the company with EA given the retirement notices in April of this year. the actual notice given in April to Electronic Arts. Co-founder Ray Muzyka made the 6 month request in order to give Bioware enough time to adjust to a new leadership direction during the transitional period.

While Muzyka's farewell letter was more upbeat about him returning to the industry after a short break, the other co-founder Greg Zeschuk will not. Zeschuk stated he felt it was more beneficial to himself and the company to leave now since his passion for game development was gone while he wanted to spend more time with his family than his job previous allowed.

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http://www.destructoid.com/bioware-c...e-235230.phtml
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1) According to Major's Nelson's blog, the completely forgotten about Fire Pro Wrestling game for XBLA will be finally released on September 21 for 800 MS points.
http://www.destructoid.com/fire-pro-...e-235214.phtml

2) Cliffy B from Epic Games states he would love if both the next Xbox and PS4 were purely digital distribution only systems while Epic Games themselves state they have been very involved with both Microsoft and Sony over the development of their upcoming consoles.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/epic...discs-next-gen
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/cli...ps4-46999.html

3) Sega announces the release dates for the HD ports of Sonic Adventure 2 and NiGHTs Into Dreams will be on October 2nd for both XBLA and PSN. Both games are being priced at 800 MS points for XBLA and $9.99 for PSN.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/soni...s-dated-priced

lol thought for sure Fire Pro got canned.

The Japanese teaser trailer which was posted last week by Kalyx was made official by Team Ninja today during the Tokyo Game Show expo.

The game which is being titled as "Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z" is being developed
by Team Ninja, Spark Unlimited, and Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune

The game which is a spin-off from the Ninja Gaiden series stars Yaiba as the main character of the game. Yaiba was revealed to have been a former ninja who was killed by Ryu Hayabusa in the Ninja Gaiden series only to be revived later as a cyborg ninja.

Several other details include the game taking place during a zombie apocalypse and Yaiba's main goal in the game is to get revenge against Hayabusa.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/inafun...a-gaiden/4377/
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1) Sony made several announcements during the TGS expo with a new "Super Slim" PS3 model arriving on September 25, the PS Vita will be getting the Playstation Plus treatment, and a new version of the PSN Store will be launched during October.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/sony-r...uch-else/4375/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ng-in-october/

2) The rumored "Steam box" from Valve will be arriving at least in beta form next year with official details from Valve to be announced at a later date.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/valves...ext-year/4376/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...are-next-year/

3) Zone of the Enders HD Collection will be released on October 30th and includes a free playable demo for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-date-oct-30/
http://www.destructoid.com/zone-of-t...h-235320.phtml

Well son of a bitch. Didn't think it was a Gaiden game.

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DON'T FUCKING DARE CAPCOM THESE GAMES, CAPCOM.

Trailer for a new game. Seems to be a new character to replace Megaman, even calling him a "New Hero" in the trailer. The fact the game is called "Rockman X Over" is probably a sign, too.

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Definitely time for a new hero since everybody is so tired of Mega Man.

Isnt that the Mega Man Social RPG piece of shit iOS anniversary celebration game? X Over as in crossover because there are "too many" spin offs so they just squashed them all together into an iphone game.

Looks like iOS.

According to Obsidian Entertainment, major big name gaming publishers and companies have been recently trying to exploit the Kickstarter system.

They state the company have been contacted several times over the past several months from big name publishers who wanted the company to operate Kickstarter projects for them. This was during the same period as the company themselves was preparing and having their own Kickstarter for Project Eternity which ended up being a success.

The only catch was if they accepted then several restrictions would be placed such as the project couldn't be revealed as being from the publisher, the refusal to fund any of their money to the project, complete ownership of the IP, and the majority of revenues if the project was successful.

The benefits for these publishers would be letting the public bear the entire costs for development while gaining easy IP rights from developers.

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1) Probably going to be fake but another new anonymous source states Half-Life 3 could be switching from a linear style shooter to a more open world style shooter, a late 2013 release date for next gen consoles, and more RPG-like elements such as NPC side quests.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...orld-game-2013
http://www.destructoid.com/rumor-hal...3-235388.phtml

2) After years of an HD request by fans, Square Enix announces the Kingdom Hearts series will be getting an HD set next year for the PS3 called "Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix." It includes Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/king...-announced-ps3
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...playstation-3/

Too bad the Kingdom Hearts deal is only announced in the US. My gf loves the series. I've never played it, but an HD remix of titles would be awesome.

lol @ Square ignoring the requests for an FF7 remake but acknowledging the Kingdom Hearts ones

Square's the second biggest troll in gaming.

A sequel to Slender: The Eight Pages was announced today and will be called "Slender: The Arrival" although it will not be a free game like the original.

Some details revealed included a complete rehaul of the gameplay and graphics from the original game, an improved storyline, more scare moments, and is being co-developed by Blue Isle Studios.

No release date was given but a couple of screenshots were revealed along with a teaser website for the new game.

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http://kotaku.com/5945134/slender-is...cs-more-scares
http://www.screwattack.com/news/slen...rifying-sequel
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Daily Recap:
1) EA announces the beta for the upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfighter will only be occurring on the Xbox 360 and arrives in early October. Playing the beta will also allow up to 60 minutes worth of double XP to be earned and carried over to the retail version.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...early-october/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/moh-...-only-xbox-360

2) Capcom announces Dragons Dogma will be getting an expansion next year called "Dark Risen" while a speedrun and hard mode difficulty will be arriving as a separate DLC pack later this year.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/drag...expansion-2013
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ion-announced/

3) Sleeping Dogs will be getting 5 DLC packs in October with a story-driven pack arriving on October 14, Street Racer Pack which allows racing, SWAT Pack which adds 20 new cop missions, Tactical Soldier Pack which adds more weapons, and Community Gift Pack which will be free.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/slee...ay-triad-ranks

Can't wait for the Sleeping Dogs DLC. Game is fantastic.

Also, I have yet to play Slender, because my walk home from work every night is pretty much the same thing.

Slender is great. I 'scare-quit' often.

Did anybody know that Fire Pro Wrestling Avatar thing is out now?

Is it on this page?

It sure is.

Well fuck.

Looks cool, but I dunno, stuff like that....

To elaborate, from the bus stop, I walk about half a mile up a narrow dirt trail in pitch blackness, in an area known for bears, and on the rare occasion mountain lions.

I need more fantastic shit than what I already deal with, such as a Dead Space game.

Just try it ffs, it's free. 20mins of your time tops.

Feel the same way about it that I did about minecraft. Just want to not play it just to spite all these people who tell me I should.

Dunno why. Im not really "that guy". I love Call of Duty ffs.

I just don't like people telling me to do things I guess.

Well fuck, don't play Slender then.

Sorry. It's a personal problem.

If you want the experience while still spiting people, there are like 900 Slenderman games out there. Most of them free.

A former public relations employee from Sony has recently lashed out against the company saying they are "sending out titles to die" this upcoming holiday season.

His issue is Sony has done a horrible job in terms of focus and priority with the Vita potentially being impacted the worst.

He also revealed details of Sony has been trying to over cut their costs to their PR department to the point it now costs them more money to have an outside group do their PR work than their own internal PR branch before.

He also criticized Sony for "punishing" their other divisions because of their TV division's string of bad business decisions to the point of becoming one of the biggest money loosing divisions in the company.

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1) List of companies who got shut down or negatively impacted by EA grows by one after PopCap announces EA has shut down their Dublin branch with 96 people being laid off. EA bought out the company last year for $650 million.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-c...-bit-depressed

2) Blizzard is currently considering joining the free-to-play market with the potential of Starcraft II multiplayer being converted into the F2P model in the near future.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...r-starcraft-2/
http://www.destructoid.com/blizzard-...r-235534.phtml

The Ecco the Dolphin series could be getting a revival in the near future according to the creator of the series.

Series creator Ed Annunziata revealed on Twitter he is currently in negotiations with Sega to see if they are willing to have a new game be developed with his biggest plea for fans of the series to show support on Twitter for a new game to Sega.

The original musical composer Spencer Nilsen has also joined in on wanting a new game done and would be willing to help compose new music for a potential game.

One of the potential reasons for the push for a revival or new game is due to the series celebrating its 20th anniversary earlier this year although the occasion wasn't celebrated or even acknowledged by Sega at the time.

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http://www.destructoid.com/more-ecco...a-235602.phtml
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1) Sony announces a new promotion for PSN called "Day 1 Digital" which will offer select third party PS3 titles to be available digitally on the same day as their retail release version. A 10% discount on the digital versions was also revealed as a benefit for PS+ members.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sony...gital%E2%80%9D
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/psn-to...-day-one/4386/

2) According to Bloomberg, US cable companies are currently preparing to offer digital streaming services for gaming with several ready to offer trial/beta services later this year and an actual service to arrive between 2013 and 2014 by all major cable providers.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/cabl...games-big-boys
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/25/33...warner-comcast

A 3D ocean exploration Ecco may be interesting.

I'd find new Ecco to be a very odd move for Sega unless they can really lowball the budget. I mean I'd personally love it and I know Bayonetta 2 sales probably wouldn't have set the world alight, but Ecco over Bayonetta 2? That would be very strange indeed.

Maybe they're trying to appeal to the bestiality crowd. Everyone's got the T&A aspect.

Maybe they are trying to appeal to the crowd that enjoys root canals and anal bleeding.

There's hard, and then there's "Why the fuck did I buy this broken piece of shit?"

Come on man, water levels are supposed to be hard. This is just an underwater game.

Could never get past the prehistroic part of Ecco The Dolphin, ended up getting a code from Games Master to skip to the last level and it ended up being possibly the most ridiculously hard autoscrolling maze bullet hell dolphin simulator I've ever seen.

Bioware announces the Mass Effect series will be getting its own special collection set with the bigger news of Mass Effect 1 becoming available for the first time on the PS3.

Included in the set is Mass Effect 1, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, and a special Commander Shepard artwork game case. Bioware did not mention if any of the already released DLC for the series will be included in the set.

The set will arrive on the Xbox 360 and PC on November 6 for the price of $60 with a PS3 version to be released later in the year.

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1) Ubisoft reveals an exclusive PS3 Assassin's Creed: Enzio Trilogy will be arriving on November 13 for $40 and includes AC II, AC Brotherhood, and AC Revelations.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...sively-to-ps3/
http://www.destructoid.com/ps3-exclu...d-235690.phtml

2) The Season Pass for Forza Horizon will cost $50 and includes an expansion pack, 6 car packs each containing 6 cars (36 in total), a launch day DLC pack, and 5 bonus cars.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...iary-released/
http://www.destructoid.com/forza-hor...9-235674.phtml

I'm pretty sure Dark Souls fills that niche.

So then I guess the hard levels would be when he get accidentally beached and has to jump back to the water or die?

According to the producer of the Resident Evil series, Capcom could be enticed to allow a HD remake of Resident Evil 2 to be made if there is massive support for it by fans of the game.

Yoshiaki Hirabayashi states he would like to work on the project but would need a massive amount of support by the fans to try to convince Capcom to approve of the project.

He did warn that even with the support, there is no actual guarantees of the project starting since Capcom could still refuse.

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1) Valve might be getting another buyout offer after recent rumors state Korean MMO companies Nexon and NCsoft are preparing a joint bid offer for the company soon.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-corporation/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...purchase-valve

2) The NBA Live series has been cancelled again after EA reveals for a second year in a row they are struggling with quality and programing issues in developing a new Live game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/ea-can...ve-again/4393/

3) According to Hideo Kojima, Konami has recently asked him to develop the next Silent Hill game as his next project which would use the Fox engine should Kojima accept the request.
http://www.destructoid.com/konami-ha...l-235750.phtml

lol

HD RE2 would be cool.

Well, EA is synonymous with quality control.

I know it's a wasted effort. So much opportunity there.

I tried the demo. It's a wrestling game in which I didn't do much wrestling. 90% of the time, the AI just kicks just as I press the grapple button. Then it climbs on the turnbuckle, taunts and jumps down.

I was amused by the Trey Parker Southpark Hillbilly style "Yeeeehuuuurrrrrrr" when the wrestler throws a hand into the air as a taunt.

Yeah, really not sure why they bothered.

Ubisoft announces during a recent investor conference they think the free-to-play model should expand on consoles by favoring fully priced games instead of the current focus on free or cheap downloadable games.

Ubisoft revealed they are planning in the near future to start releasing more of their Triple A fully priced games into the free-to-play model on consoles while also hinting the model can easily become the new dominate model for the console market in the near future.

The idea is instead of having the free-to-play model favoring actual free games or cheap downloadable games which then add in micro-transactions, the model should start off with a larger fully priced game and then add in more item-based transactions. Companies can then earn more revenues this way than with the current model or even then what the current DLC can provide.

Ubisoft’s chief financial officer Alain Martinez said:
Of course the biggest benefactors would be larger gaming companies who can afford to produce and support more fully priced games than smaller companies.

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Daily Recap:
1) While a majority of reviewers didn't even bother reviewing FIFA 13 for the Wii, several that did noticed FIFA 13 is literally a repackaged version of FIFA 12 with the laziness even including FIFA Football on the PS Vita also being a repacking of FIFA 12.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ff-as-fifa-13/
http://www.destructoid.com/ea-re-rel...i-235795.phtml

2) Microsoft announces their Rewards Program will allow Gamerscores to be used to receive gifts with scores of under 10000 giving away about 25 cents of free MS Points, scores between 10000 and 25000 gives a 1% discount on all XBLA purchases each month, and scores over 25000 gives a 2% discount on all XBLA purchases each month.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-marketplace/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/xbox...adding-rebates

3) According to a recent tweet by an ex-Rare employee, several former Rare employees have banded together with their first project being a spiritual successor to Banjo Tooie.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ex-r...or-banjo-tooie

The Banjo games are awesome, and highly underrated. Better than Mario 64, imo.

This is good news.

It would make up for that Operation Raccoon City abomination

At least, to me it would. It's enough that I can't get the money I paid for it by trading it in.

Nothing makes up for that, you can only learn from it.

That would be awesome if I gave fuck about the game.

Bottom left remind you of Jeopardy! or is it just me?

Went to my first game expo!

Played:

• Halo 4 - Played a FFA "King" match on some map. It just looked like any other Halo game to others I bet, felt and looked like it. Not much changed. As a Halo uber fan. I was in love! Fucking destroyed the casual gamers!
  
• AC3 - Was really fun, seemed harder than the previous games. Sea battles were wank/graphics for sea battles alone were abysmal.
  
• Gears of War Judgement - Played the new multiplayer mode, it was horde vs beast mode. It worked really well, had to play as medic while as a cog, which kind of sucked...
  
• Hitman - Only played this to get a free figure :lol:. It was fun though, they've picked up alot of stuff from AC. Poisoned some guys drink, killed a cop, stole his uniform then forgot to put my gun away and got raped.
  
• PS Allstars - WORKS SO WELL! Won a couple of matches, tried out Sir Dan and Jak. Having played heaps of SSB helped tons.
  
• Zombiu - Queued 2 hours for this cunt... Got on it, was pretty awkward to control at first if i'm honest. Graphics were pretty shit, when looting a body it took 5 minutes to take everything and place it in my backpack, using the WiiU controller screen. Also sniping just didn't work. Aimed the controller at the screen, lined up my shot, whether it be head, body or the gas canister the zombie had on its back. Nothing ever hit. Was good to get a look at the WiiU. Pretty much changed my mind on a day one purchase...

Nice. Which one was it?

Eurogamer just finished, so I'm going to assume that bad boy.

:y:

Coming to PSN and XBLA.

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Yeah. In a year :'(

While the Xbox 360 was initially banned in Germany, US courts and the International Trade Commission have overturned the potential of the ban being applied in the United States.

The courts sided with Microsoft who was fighting to keep the system available in the US while Motorola and Google argued it should be pulled due to Microsoft infringing on several patents owned by Motorola. The original case occurred in Germany which was won by Motorola and appealed by Microsoft to the ITC.

The ITC deferred the decision to the US courts who recently sided with Microsoft in their decision to dismiss the ban.

The legal mess between both sides originally started in regards to a piece of video encoding tech found in the Xbox 360 which Motorola claimed was infringing on a patent they own.

Motorola and Google had a feeling they would lose the case in the US which is why earlier they tried to offer a settlement deal with Microsoft who flat out rejected the offer.

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1) Update to the Mass Effect Trilogy set as Bioware reveals the Xbox 360/PS3 version will have less DLC included than the PC version.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-for-everyone/

2) Even with the very sluggish sales, Sony has no plans for a price cut to occur for the PS Vita during this holiday season although they might be leaning on making Vita-PS3 bundles be available instead.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...time-is-right/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sony...ybe-ps3-bundle

3) In a recent interview with BAFT, Hideo Kojima reveals he still hasn't achieved his original vision with the Metal Gear Solid series which is why he still makes video games. His original vision was to create a game that was "truly immerse" and provide complete freedom for the gamer which he says gaming technology is slowly coming close to this goal.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...l-gear-series/
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/10/01...-hideo-kojima/

kojima can suck a nut. zone of the enders on ps3 would have been the coolest thing ever, but he decides to make the new one on shitty 3DS and port the first two to the ps3.

Didn't you see the update in May? A full Sone of the Enders sequel was in the prototyping phase to run on consoles using the Fox update.

Dunno what's happening with that 3DS tease.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...velopment.aspx

I thought that was regarding the 3DS one

Maybe you just suck lolololol

Archos is going to be releasing a tablet called the Gamepad, an Android tablet that should operated along similar lines to Ouya (but probably much more expensive). It's a 7 inch screen with a full controller built around it, so sort of like WiiU. It actually looks more like a thinner PSP/Vita.

Archos also claims they're working with Android devs to bring "thousands" of titles compatibility with the controller scheme, so probably like Ouya.

Anyway, it's interesting. And I generally like Archos.

Ubisoft blames the lukewarm reactions towards the Splinter Cell Blacklist trailers as being the fans fault for being "misinformed" more than the company itself not doing a good enough job hyping the game.

In an interview with Eurogamer, David Footman who is the director for the game states the current reception to the game is due to people having "knee-jerk reactions" while the company itself is deliberately being slow giving out information on the overall experience for the game.

Ubisoft is also aware about the E3 debut being the source of all the complaints with people worried the game is moving away too much from the series stealth style in order to favor a lot more action and violence moments. Ubisoft is promising there is stealth gameplay but also coincide they are pushing a lot more in the action direction for the game.

Footman stated complaints about the game going overboard with excessive violence and torture is justified because the same stuff happens in the real world regardless if it actually fits with the Splinter Cell style of past games.

Ubisoft is planning to focus a lot of the game's hype as being a "Hollywood blockbuster" which is the main reason for the emphasis on action and a potential new direction for the series future.

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Daily Recap:
1) According to a leak by Amazon's UK branch, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII could be getting a release date of March 29, 2013.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-release-date/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...-leaked-amazon

2) Potential box art image for an unannounced Star Wars game called "Star Wars First Assault" was recently leaked hinting the game is a downloadable title for Xbox Live Arcade.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ppears-online/
http://www.destructoid.com/box-art-s...t-235945.phtml

3) According to Microsoft employees, the company has currently increased security at the company's Redmond headquarters for the sole purpose to ensure nobody leaks any unapproved information for the upcoming Xbox 720. It also makes it easier for the company to track where leaks are coming from inside the company as well.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...box-720-leaks/

Classic Splinter Cell is dead. Well at least Mercs vs Spies is back and perhaps some people can enjoy the new style of the series.

I always love the damage control.

"When you see more, you'll know how wrong you are."

I'd say a good 80-90% of the time, that's wrong.

The directed missile-strike in the E3 demo pretty much told me everything I needed to know. This is not the quiet sneaky Splinter Cell, it's Conviction's engine pushed through a FPS filter. They shouldn't fault gamers for calling it like they see it, especially with that summer blockbuster trailer. And if there is sneaky shit in their, why not show it?

I loved Conviction. Spent so much time in deniable ops.

Only problem with that game, was that the enemies would still talk shit, even when a dozen of their friends lie dead around them.

Needs to take a cue from the batman games, and make enemies more nervous as you take out more people in the area.

It seems you're gonna be dealing with a hardened militia instead of an underground terrorist group, so they may be even more macho when they know Fisher's around.

EA announces a mega collection set called "Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection" is now available digital for their Origin service with a retail version arriving tomorrow.

The set has been priced at $50 and includes 17 Command & Conquer games, an art book, a compilation soundtrack, and a beta key for the upcoming free-to-play Command & Conquer Generals 2 game arriving next year.

There is a catch though involving the retail version since it is not a physical set and will not include the beta key for C&C Generals 2. Instead it is only a redeemable code for the set on Origin.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/comm...-rts-wet-dream
http://www.destructoid.com/bam-comma...d-235988.phtml
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Daily Recap:
1) Major Nelson announces the October 8 XBLA "The Deal of the Week" is a 50% discount for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, Dungeon Fighter LIVE, Street Fighter 3 Online Edition, and Super Street Fighter 2 THD.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ighter-titles/
http://majornelson.com/2012/10/02/co...arketplace-16/

2) Major Nelson also confirmed earlier rumors of EA planning to make NBA Live 13 a downloadable title before cancelling the project last week. The game would have cost around $20 but also be heavily stripped of a lot of features.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ital-download/

3) In an interview with NOWGamer, Peter Molyneux states he doesn't care how powerful the next Xbox and PS4 might be, 22Cans will be dissolved after Curiosity is finished, and his current project will end up revolutionizing the industry.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/moly...-console-power
http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1615830...ole_power.html

Justin Beiber is a playable character in NBA 2K13. Not sure why.

Cause they hate us?

Cliffy B is leaving Epic Games.

Good, maybe we won't have Epic pushing for "2 year console life spans" anymore.

Wasn't he the one in Epic pushing against just that?

Looks like I'll be turning fouls off.

Some Stars Wars The Old Republic news as the lead designer leaves Bioware and future content packs might have been hinted at recently.

Two weeks after the founders of Bioware left, another high level employee has left as the lead designer for Stars Wars The Old Republic resigns from the company.

Daniel Erickson made the official announcement today of his resignation but had been hinting for the past several weeks a departure would be immediate. No official reason was given for the departure by him or Bioware though.

Future Star Wars The Old Republic content might have been hinted at from recent game files which tease at a new world boss, new daily quests, HK-51′s missions, and a lot more stuff could be arriving in the near future once the game is relaunched as a free-to-play game.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...eaves-bioware/
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=539855
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Daily Recap:
1) Bethesda announces they have opened up a new development studio called Battlecry Studios which is currently working on an unannounced hybrid FPS and RPG game based on recent job descriptions.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/beth...ounced-project
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...in-studio.aspx

2) Web game developer KIXEYE studio announces they have fired their company manager and three employees after allegations of rampant racism by those individuals were leaked publicly by an employee of the company. The company was previously in trouble over a interview video which was meant to be comedic received negative backlash by the public and media.
http://kotaku.com/5948422/serious-ra...game-developer
http://www.screwattack.com/news/kixe...gations-racism

And I'm still waiting for the HK-51 companion to be available. Instead, they launch a new operation.

Rats fleeing a sinking ship.

Maine Democrat is Supposedly Unfit For Office Because She Loves ‘Poisoning and Stabbing’ in World of Warcraft

http://kotaku.com/5948987/maine-demo...ld-of-warcraft

Fans of the Suikoden series have recently started a movement through Facebook as part of request for Konami to release the PSN versions of Suikoden and Suikoden II outside of Japan.

The group which is called Suikoden Revival Movement stated they will be using other social sites to help with the request with the goal of Konami giving those games a worldwide PSN release.

Unlike other groups, the goal with the requests is to be as polite as possible since they believe it will be more effective than having a petition trashing or threatening a boycott by its members if their demands are not met.

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Daily News:
1) The long delayed downloadable title of Retro City Rampage will be finally getting an actual release date of October 9 for Steam, GOG.com, PS Vita, and PSN (US only). The WiiWare, XBLA, and PSN Europe version will arrive later in the year.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/retr...d-pc-five-days
http://www.destructoid.com/retro-cit...c-236139.phtml

2) Bethesda states they are still having a very difficult time getting the DLC packs for Skyrim to work to the point they might never be released for the console.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...t-good-enough/
http://www.destructoid.com/bethesda-...c-236133.phtml

I need a new Suikoden :'(

I thought the first Suikoden was already on PSN?

It is in North America but not the sequel while I think Europe and Australia has neither of them. Only Japan has both of them.

Son, you know what's getting redone?

Baldur's Gate.

And as much as I don't care about video games, I'm gonna play this motherfucker so hard.

I know, fucking gutted the PC version has been delayed. The iPad version should be out soon if you have one of those things.

According to 343 Studios, the company would rather kill off the Master Chief character than have his face be shown if those were the only two options available.

In an interview with Eurogamer, Frank O’Connor revealed they don't feel the time is ready to physically reveal Master Chief's face. They did tease its possible to make an accurate mental image of his face based on past Halo books.

In terms of actually killing him off as a character, they have discussed it being possible for storyline reasons but not anytime soon. If it were to ever occur it would have to be done to benefit the overall story itself and not solely for shock reasons.

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Daily Recap:
1) Hackers managed to recreate the episode of South Park involving World of Warcraft after a group of Level 1 characters started to kill off entire populations across several servers before being stopped by Blizzard.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/wow-...-hackers-blame
http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/10/07/re...ertain-realms/

2) Actor Jerry Lambert, Bridgestone, and Wildcat Creek Inc are all currently being sued by Sony after Lambert appeared in a Bridgestone commercial which promoted the Wii as part of their current contest. Sony is claiming they own the physical likeness to Kevin Butler and are suing for damages regardless of Lambert not playing the Butler character in the commercial.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/upda...g-kevin-butler
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-sues...t-236246.phtml

3) According to the Verge, Windows 8 will not be using the MS Points system for marketplace purchases with other sources rumoring the entire Points system for other Microsoft products will be dropped at the end of 2012.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-in-windows-8/
http://www.destructoid.com/windows-8...s-236277.phtml

Like Hell they would kill Chief. My guess is he will be changed by the Promethean tech in some way. I still believe Cortana will somehow extend her life with a new physical body sort of deal.