They must have gotten their hands on The Sword of a Thousand Truths.

I came.

HD remake?

Sony's lawsuit demands Jerry get extensive facial surgery so his likeness no longer resembles Kevin Butler.

EA announces Battlefield Bad Company is being made into a tv series which will be handled by Happy Madison Productions as a comedy series for FOX.

According to early details about the show, it is being envision as a modern version of the classic A-Team tv show with the members of Bad Company leaving the military to work for a private company. Each episode is also being planned to last about an hour. The writer for Alias and Felicity, John Eisendrath, has joined as the lead writer for the show.

No tentative dates regarding a potential debut were not revealed although the show is currently in the very early stage of production.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/happ...pany-primetime
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/battle...es-maybe/4404/
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Daily Recap:
1) Ubisoft teases a huge Splinter Cell announcement is immanent with it possibly being a new comic or animated show for the series based on the teaser released.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-announcement/

2) Major Nelson announces a current contest to win a free year's worth of Xbox Live has started with the only requirement being you tell him which game released this week you want to play the most.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...gold-as-prize/

That could work.

I don't know what's worse. Fox being dumb enough to make this into a show. Or Adam Sandler having a hand in this.

New rules regarding the content usage policy for Microsoft properties could potentially ban Machinima and others bin the future from making videos with their game content in them.

The new policy affects all games published by Microsoft regardless of their status as a first or third party game.

The decision also specifically targets anyone on Yotube who tries to profit from videos containing their footage but will not target advertisers of those videos as long as the ad revenues do not go to the people who created the videos.

While Halo 4 could potentially be the first affected by the new rules, 343 Studios thinks it won't be an issue and have no issue with Halo-related videos being made. They do emphasis Microsoft is mostly targeting those who have no deals with them under the new rules.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...g-their-games/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...reation-rules/
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Daily Recap:
1) Update to Microsoft phasing out MS Points for Windows 8 as the company states they are not dropping the Points system any time soon for the Xbox 360.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-on-xbox-live/
http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...e-236407.phtml

2) Valve announces they are beginning to hire people to playtest several new "prototype" hardware units with the main emphasis on hiring people who are primary console users.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/valv...s-and-hardware
http://www.destructoid.com/sign-up-f...e-236370.phtml

3) Square Enix recently explained the reason their games tend to be more the most expensive on mobile devices is due to them feeling the "high quality graphics" and hours worth of gameplay is worth the price to consumers. They also addressed criticisms of having high priced ports by saying they are a lot lower than what they were priced on their original platforms.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...so-much-money/

Should be interesting to see how Arby and Chief deals with this.

Doubt most of the big machinima makers will be effected by it.

Red vs Blue and Machinima.com (with everything in it) are in the clear.

Thing is, this was already kinda against the agreement previously. They simply made it more explicit.

Retro City Rampage is phenomenal. Get it on PSN or PC right now you slags.

Sort of kinda vaguely interested in maybe checking it out sometime, perhaps.

Betting it'll require an HD TV for no real reason, thus making text unreadable.

Leaked. Set for release on the 13th of November.
http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/...1ps3boxart.png

Eh. Games are great but this collection seems eh.

Thought they would have thrown GTA 4 on there.

"All winners of the IGN Editors Choice Award" cheapens it slightly.

The 'other' Comic-Con starts tomorrow. Gonna be a busy news week.

I've lost count of how many Jewish people greet me with "Howdy".

Quoted for new page.

Also I get to call you all slags again.

Just played the Virtual Boy version of Super Meat Boy in it. Incredible.

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:lol:

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:rofl:

Sony releases a few images showing off the newly redesigned PlayStation Store which will arrive later this month.

The redesign uses a carousel-type scrolling system which moves from left to right with the goal making information a lot more accessible on the front page of the store.

A new feature called the "Hero" theme will showcase a different video game character on each page to help advertise games from each character's specific series.

The search bar has also been redesigned which will auto-correct spelling mistakes and include multiple filters to make searching easier than with the current Store setup. The store will also do a better job at separating PSP and Vita games from PS3 games as a way to help speed up on finding games for a particular system.

Release dates for the redesigned will occur on October 17 for Europe and October 23 for North America.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tore-revealed/
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-unve...3-236487.phtml
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Daily Recap:
1) 2k Games teases the newest trailer for Bioschock Infinite will arrive next week and also signal the end of their self-imposed media blackout for the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...for-next-week/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/new-...rive-next-week

2) Update to Drakul's post about the Rockstar Collection as Rockstar has confirmed the set is real, arrives on October 6th, and is priced at $60. No details in regards to if the set will also include the DLC for each game besides GTA being from the Episodes set.
http://www.destructoid.com/a-massive...y-236512.phtml

3) The developers of Dance Central 3 and the Simpsons Arcade port, Blackbone Entertainment announce they have started laying off employees with a possible studio closure occurring in the near future.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-development/
http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/...ossible-studio

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While Sony is currently involved in a lawsuit as a plaintiff in regards to the Kevin Butler situation, they might become a defendant in another as their recently bought Gaikai company has been hit with a patent infringement lawsuit.

According to a lawsuit brought to the courts in Delaware, T5 Labs is suing Gaikai over claims the company has “committed and continues to commit acts of infringement" involving a patent owned by T5 Labs. The patent in question deals with cloud services which T5 Labs says they own and Gaikai used without permission.

As part of their claims, T5 Labs is requesting monetary compensation to cover all past damages and future activity from Gaikai and to a smaller degree from Sony themselves.

The same company previously sued OnLive over a similar patent in 2011 but did not reach the courts due to OnLive's recent financial problems.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/gaik...gement-t5-labs
http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/11/t5-l...gainst-gaikai/
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Daily Recap:
1) From now until October 16, GOG.com is having a special Ubisoft sale with 35 games all being given a 60% discount involving a mixture of classics and current games included.
http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-g...d-236573.phtml

2) According to early sales data, Take Two states NBA 2k13 has set a new sales record for the series opening week by selling 49% more copies than last year's game which previously held the record.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ecutive-month/

The developer of Metro: Last Light, 4A Games, announces they have scrapped the game's multiplayer portion in order to concentrate more on developing and improving the quality of the single player campaign.

The decision was due to the studio unwilling to sacrifice the quality of the single player campaign nor delay the game in order to rush or shoe-in online multiplayer at the last moment possible. The reaction and feedback from the E3 demo played a big role in their decision according to a recent community posting by the studio.

While the game will not launch with an online multiplayer mode, the studio did say they might add it in later as DLC but only after they've completed all the work and plans for the game's single player campaign.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ve-it-for-dlc/
http://www.destructoid.com/metro-las...y-236651.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* Recent survey promotion blunder by EA ends up resulting in thousands of games given away for free by accident on Origin.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ey-code-error/

* Holiday price cuts announced for Xbox 360 bundles ($50 off) and Wii black bundle ($20) with none planned from Sony.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/xbox-3...ice-cuts/4413/

* NPD September report reveals Madden 13 as best selling game for the month, overall game sales down by 11%, console sales down by 39%, and the 3DS sales up 89% compared to last year.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...rom-last-year/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...emely-pleased/

* Former employee at Valve hints the next game from the company might be a space/sci-fi MMO type game called Stars of Barathrum (working title).
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...d-be-space-mmo
http://kotaku.com/5951474/is-valves-...me-a-space-mmo

Good to see a developer focus more on single player instead of sacrificing single player quality for the extra sales multiplayer (may) bring.

I don't get GTA not being included when the used to be DLC from it is.

Really wish they'd just skip updating the dash unless it's worth it.

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Rumors of Prey 2 being cancelled were finally confirmed to be false today by developer Human Head although the potential for a sequel still is pretty bleak overall.

While the project isn't cancelled, it isn't being worked on either due to its current limbo status in development.

Nathan Cheever, designer for the game, made the announcement on Twitter last week which was only noticed recently.

The reason for the limbo status is also due to Bethesda moving away from the project in order to focus on other games to be developed after announcing earlier in the year the game would miss the 2012 release window due to serious quality issues.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tuck-in-limbo/
http://www.destructoid.com/prey-2-st...--236832.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* Update to the EA Origin promotion blunder as EA states they are sending out codes to everyone who filled out a survey but didn't get a code after they abruptly shut down the promotion early.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/upda...hases%E2%80%9D

* Update to Xbox 360 getting a holiday price cut as it will not extend to the UK/Europe but they will be getting the same bundles at full price though.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ill-available/

* Deadly Premonition is getting a Director's Cut edition which is exclusive to the PS3 and arrives early 2013.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/deadly...appening/4414/

* Microsoft announces they have laid off roughly 10% of the staff at Lionhead Studios with almost all being temporary employees.
http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...--236834.phtml

Even the trailer seems to know how stupid an idea this is.

Except for the 30% of the Dashboard covered by ad space.

Bioware releases a chart of all the restrictions free players will encounter once Star Wars the Old Republic MMO game become free to play next month.

To ensure people with subscriptions still get the highest priority, free players will be capped at level 50 and have to purchase weekly passes in order to bypass caps on Flashpoints, Warzones, and Space Missions.

Free players also are being restricted on inventory space, cargo space, and longer quick-travel cool down timers.

The game will also be having a new revenue system called the Cartel Coin system which is used to buy in-game items and other stuff with subscribers having more stuff available to them for free. Free players have to convert real money into the Coin system in order to buy most things.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...er_3044496.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/free...e-restrictions
http://www.destructoid.com/bioware-l...s-236934.phtml
Chart => http://www.swtor.com/free/features
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Daily Recap:
* Sony releases a video walkthrough of the newly designed PSN Store while also admitting they need to patch up the store to fix several new problems.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ore-interface/
http://www.destructoid.com/new-plays...s-236942.phtml

* According to Gamesrader's review of 007 Legends, the game doesn't have an actual ending and instead requires the Skyfall DLC pack to be bought/played when it arrives next month.
http://www.gamesradar.com/007-legends-review/

* Indie developers once again angry at Mircosoft with this time involving the pre-paid code service being broken to the point developers can't even send copies the media for reviews and previews.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/xbli...t-isnt-helping

* Newscorp announces they are selling IGN with the current asking price of $100 million. They originally bought the company for $650 million in 2005.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ign-u...uction/0104677

I'm losing my patience with Old Republic. Just release HK-51 already so I can get back into this.

Hmmmmmmm? I wonder what Rupert Murdoch is up to now? Strapped for cash?

They've finally created a game where you have to pay extra to get to the end?

lame

Valve announces they are taking a more aggressive role against rage quitters and quitters in general in regards to the paid Mann vs Machine mode for Team Fortress 2.

The decision was due to constant complaints from players who have been affected from quitters and people trying to exploit leaderboards in general.

The announcement itself was done in a tongue-and-check manner from the "President and CEO of Mann Co."

Anyone who gets caught as a quitter will end up being kicked out of the normal matchmaking pool and instead be forced into a lower priority queue with the added penalty of longer waiting times to be put in a new game.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...hable-offense/
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Daily Recap:
* Developer of Starhawk on PSN, Lightbox Interactive, confirms Sony is downsizing the company in order to focus primarily on iOS games.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...active-support
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/starha...s-to-ios/4418/

* Criterion states they will be making a new Burnout game and could even consider making a new Road Rash game once they are done working on Need For Speed Most Wanted.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/crit...w-burnout-game
http://www.destructoid.com/burnout-a...e-236957.phtml

* Installing Doom 3 BFG on the Xbox 360 was found out to lock out the free copies of Doom I and Doom II from the game's menu and can only be played by exiting the game itself.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-doom-doom-ii/

Moar Burnout Plz

Sony announces what might be the start of several waves of job cuts have occurred recently with 2000 laid off and the majority from their Playstation division.

While Sony is calling the layoffs as part of an "early retirement" plan, the real reason is due to the desperate need to stop the massive hemorrhaging of their cash reserves. The previous quarter alone saw net loses of roughly $310 million and roughly 2x more than the same period last year.

The overall job cuts are expected to be in the 10,000 range with their Playstation and electronic divisions to be affected the most. The goal for Sony is to try to save $378 million as part of next year's fiscal report and to lessen the impact of their restructuring program which will cost them $975 million.

In terms of short-term impact towards the Playstation division, Sony themselves had hinted before this holiday season wouldn't see the same level of marketing support for the Vita and PS3 as Sony normally does this time of year. The Vita can't get a price cut while their plan is to just release a bunch of games and hope they sell well without massive marketing.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tirement-plan/
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Daily Recap:
* Microsoft "retires" the Twitter and Facebook apps from the Xbox Live Dashboard.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...360-dashboard/
http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-live...y-237065.phtml

* Update to LightBox Interactive story as the company will still support Starhawk on PSN but it won't be funded by Sony anymore.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/some-u...s-future/4423/

* Lego Batman 2 will be ported as a DVD/Blu-ray film with it basically being the game's cutscenes played in order.
http://www.screwattack.com/video/Leg...-movie-3067726
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...u-ray-in-2013/

Sweet Jesus.

Weekend News Edition
 

Sony delays the redesigned PSN Store for North America due to a lot of bugs found after releasing it in other regions. No new date was given.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/play...s-been-delayed


Ninja Gaiden Z won't be arriving for the Xbox 360 nor PS3 and is strictly a next-gen game.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/...t-gen-consoles

Bioware reveals some new details and concept art in regards to the upcoming Dragon Age III: Inquisition game.

Character customization was announced to play a bigger role in the game with the possibility to customize followers in a similar level of detail.

In terms of world and level size, a single level in Dragon Age III was revealed to be about as large as all the levels combined from Dragon Age 2. The ability to own castles in the levels was also revealed to be a possibility for the game.

They are working on how to carry over saves and choices from previous games for Dragon Age although they mentioned background-related stuff will not be playable in this game. In terms of new players, they teased working on something similar to the Mass Effect series where choices can be quickly generated without having to play the previous games.

No actual release date besides TBA 2013 was revealed but the studio did release some concept art for the game.

http://d1vr6n66ssr06c.cloudfront.net...on-age-3-1.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/biow...quisition-info
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...d-concept-art/
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Daily Recap:
* Sony planning to reveal a big announcement for tomorrow.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sony...ething-tuesday
http://www.destructoid.com/new-sony-...h-237199.phtml

* Telltale Games reveals The Walking Dead series will be getting a retail set in the US which arrives on December 4 and is priced at $70.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ion-announced/
http://www.destructoid.com/telltale-...n-237190.phtml

* AMD's "Never Settle" Radeon promotion involves the ability to either get 20% off on Medal of Honor Warfighter for the PC or a free PC copy from a choice between Far Cray 3, Sleeping Dogs, and Hitman Absolution.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...raphics-cards/

Microsoft announces Xbox SmartGlass launches this week with Forza Horizon and seven other games to take advantage of the new features.

The official release date will be on October 26 for Windows 8, Xbox 360, and Windows Phone with support for the upcoming Microsoft Surface Tablet to arrive once it launches in the near future.

Mircosoft previously revealed SmartGlass technology is designed to allow media, games, and apps to be shareable across a variety of electronic devices. The intial focus will be on Windows-related devices but support for iOS and Android devices is planned for the future.

The ist of all the media to be compatible at launch was also revealed.
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http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-smar...n-237259.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* Update to Sony's big announcement today which ended up being another trailer for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ps3-teaser-3-aftermath

* Joe Madureira who is both the Creative Director of the Darksider series and co-founder of Vigil Games announced he left the company on Monday.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/darksi...il-games/4424/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/co-f...es-vigil-games

* Class action lawsuit against Sony over last year's PSN hacking attack was dismissed mostly due to the courts saying PSN was free and the attack was not done by Sony themselves.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...uit-dismissed/

* Medal of Honor Warfighter will require a large Day 1 patch roughly 1.7 GB in size and contains several gameplay features not finished on the disc.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/meda...zy-patch-day-1
http://www.destructoid.com/medal-of-...h-237255.phtml

I know the owners of Game Underground. It's a great store.

Things must not be looking good at THQ if one of the founders of Vigil Games just ups and bails after Darksiders 2 ended up being a pretty good game.

Epic Games announces a deal between them and Square Enix was recently signed which will allow Square Enix long-term access to both the Unreal 3 and Unreal 4 engine.

The deal is a multi-title deal which covers both engines and will allow all the studios of Square Enix to fall under the single license given by Epic Games. Also revealed under the terms, Epic Games Japan branch will provide exclusive local support for developing games through the use of their Epic Games Japan branch.

Square Enix might also be dropping their own in-house White Engine which was originally designed to be a competitor of the Unreal engine and as a showcase for their Final Fantasy series.

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http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...e-237261.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* IGN denies recent allegations of their scoring system is completely influenced by bribes almost since the start of their existence by a former employee.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ex-i...e-swayed-money

* Hackers managed to fully hack the PS3 again but this time also found the actual master key used by Sony.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/play...ked-psn-access

* Zynga announces another round of layoffs have hit the company with roughly 5% of their worldwide workforce being affected.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/major-...-updated/4427/
http://www.destructoid.com/zynga-lay...s-237289.phtml

Normally this time of the year Xbox Live's Top 10 online games usually is topped by either a Call of Duty game or a FIFA game but the recent weekly list (October 15) reveals neither series is at #1.

It turns out the XBLA version of Minecraft managed to top both games in users and also became the first time it managed to top the list since its release on Xbox Live Arcade.

Other games in the Top 5 include Halo Reach which saw a surge in users due to the upcoming release of Halo 4 and Borderlands 2 staying in the Top 5 since its release.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-3-or-fifa-13/
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Daily Recap:
* Sony Online Entertainment states bannings will be occurring soon after a large amount of players were discovered to be hacking the Planetside 2 beta.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-beta-hackers/

* Playstation Blog announces this weekend will be Double XP Weekend for the recently released Killzone HD and Killzone Triology on PSN.
http://www.destructoid.com/killzone-...d-237358.phtml

LOL at Halo 3 in the top 20.

Was thinking that since Minecraft was out on PC so long and works on almost any old spec that the XBLA version wouldn't be so successful. How wrong was I.

Similar to when Grand Theft Auto III had a 10-year anniversary release, Rockstar announces GTA Vice City will be getting the same treatment for iOS and Android devices.

The game will be released later this year to commemorate the game's 10-year anniversary and similar to the GTA III anniversary edition, it will include HD visuals and several other gameplay enhancements.

Rockstar will also be releasing several pieces of anniversary memorabilia around the same time as the game's launch.

Although no actual release date nor price has been announced by Rockstar yet.

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http://www.destructoid.com/grand-the...d-237437.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* According to Sony, last quarter was the biggest ever in the six year history of PSN.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...gital-service/

* Microsoft reveals Halo 4 became their most expensive game ever made and published by the company.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...fts-ever-made/

* Activision announces their FPS version of the Walking Dead series will be called "The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct"
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ival-instinct/

10 years since Vice City? Damn, I'm getting old.

Was hoping to read Ubisoft was gonna release Assassins' Creed 3 early. New York Metropolitan area won't be able to probably get their hands on it until wednesday at the earliest.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...&postcount=302


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Would've guessed Neogaf even without the link, posted there AGES ago

Anyone try the SmartGlass thing? It's available on Android. Pretty cool...not sure i'd use it often, but it's a neat little option.

It's on Windows 8 too. But no, not even slightly. No games for it.

The Supreme Court is expected to make a decision this Fall regarding a legal case involving the First Sale Doctrine with the implications being against the consumer if manufactures win.

While the case itself doesn't specifically involve video games, they would fall under the provision to be removed from the protection the Doctrine provides to consumers.

The current case of Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons involves the side of John Wiley & Sons requesting portions of the Doctrine to be overturned or amended to remove any product manufactured "overseas" from its protection.

The publisher also wants those products to then fall under the copyright protections which provides more power to manufactures in determining who can or can't sell/resell their products regardless of location.

As of now the Court is split on the legality of the product's origin and location of sale mattering which will end up playing a large role in their actual decision later on.

Should the Court side with the publisher, video game consoles would automatically be exempt from the Doctrine while games in general could if the exemption is expanded again in the future.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/you...ril-2012-10-04
http://www.screwattack.com/news/your...chopping-block
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Daily Recap:
* Bethesda confirms Skyrim is getting a Premium Edition set although only for Europe as of now and priced at 60 Euros.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/skyr...irmed-bethesda
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tion-revealed/

* Valve currently looking for "experienced" Linux users to be the majority of testers for the initial Steam beta on the platform.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/valv...x-steam-client

Not sure if this was ever put up here but

http://projecthawkthorne.com/

It's a free-video game project based on the Community video game. They attempted to create a video game in 16-byte design based on the game the study group played in "Digital Estate Planning." It's not fully done yet, but the site also has awesome midi themes from the game and fan created ones based on some of the songs from Community (including Getting rid of Britta which was awesome.) Somebody even made a Mario remix called Getting Rid of Bowser which was even better.

Based on recent sales data, the future for the Darksiders series doesn't look good as the sale for Darksiders 2 have basically flat-lined since its release in mid-August.

According to Micheal Patcher, the game itself is in danger of not being able to break even since its not close to reaching the two million sales milestone needed. The biggest problem appears to be the game has no "legs" or is struggling badly with sales since its launch. Darksiders II launch managed to reach over a million copies sold from all platforms combined.

Although the good news is the Wii U version hasn't been released yet which should help sales but would probably need to sell as much as the other versions combined for THQ to be happy with Darksiders II sales.

THQ and Virgil Games had hinted the future of the series and a third game would depend on Darksiders II selling four to five million copies although most places believed THQ would be happy if it managed a more reachable mark of between two to three million copies sold.

http://www.gamasutra.com/db_area/ima...8/dsiders2.jpg
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/1...p#.UJA418XA8rU
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Daily Recap:
* Voice actor for Captain price confirms the next Call of Duty game will be Modern Warfare 4.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...arfare-4-thing
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-voice-actor/

* SuperBot Entertainment reveals Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale was originally planned to be a "capture the flag" type game before Sony made the switch to a Smash-like game instead.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...the-flag-game/

Make. Better. Games. And set. More realistic. Goals.

Great, another Modern Terriblefare where they don't fix anything from the last MW game.

EA is lashing out a bit at game reviewers for the poor reception and scores given to Medal of Honor: Warfighter.

The company stated the game does not deserve to be getting the low scores going as far as saying their internal "mock" reviews rated the game a lot higher leading up to its launch.

While the company still believes the game will sell a lot of copies with the public, very early sales data is showing the opposite being true. According to the data and predictions, Warfighter is on track to become the lowest selling game in the series with even EA already saying the launch sold "well below" their expectations. Analyst Michael Pachter thinks if the sales stay low enough, EA might end up killing off the Medal of Honor series in favor of a possible yearly schedule for the Batlefield series.

In terms of aggregate review scores, Warfihgter is also averaging the lowest scores in the entire history of the Medal of Honor series at an average score of 54. EA had hoped the game would have drastically improved from the previous Medal of Honor game which was a reboot of the series but only averaged a score of 76.

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http://www.destructoid.com/ea-warfig...--237727.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...edal-of-honor/
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* Update to the rumored Modern Warfare 4 news as Infinity Ward is denying that will be the next Call of Duty game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...arfare-4-thing

* LucasArts states the buyout from Disney will not affect any games currently in development with Star Wars: 1313 confirmed to be left alone.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...3-development/

Read an article in oxm a while back that said the character shown in screenshots is just a placeholder, and that according to devs, the real protagonist is a "familiar character known for his gadgets and arsenal".

So yeah. Might finally get a Boba Fett game.

So does MOH suck, or are people finally getting tired of round after round of samey shooters?

It sucks.

I don't see any possible way how mock reviews by the company who made the game could possibly be biased or inaccurate. Everyone else is clearly wrong.

Considering those mock reviews are probably handed to reviewers with very real stacks of cash...[/tinfoil hat]

It's a conspiracy! C -O -N... SPIRACY! :shifty:

According to recent rumors, the current batch of PS4 dev kits have been sent to developers.

The dev kits which have the codename of Orbis are rumored to be the second out of the four batches Sony will be providing with the final batch arriving by the Summer of 2013.

From the rumored details, the PS4 would be using the same blu-ray discs as the PS3 along with all the inputs being the same. AMD is supplying the chip for the PS4 which is from their A10 APU series. Also it appears the PS4 might launch with a 256 GB harddrive as the default size.

The UI or menu system is also rumored to be completely redesigned and allows for better multi-tasking than what the PS3 or even Xbox 360 currently allows.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tails-surface/
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* More bad news for the Vita in Japan as it broke another "worst-ever" week for the handheld dropping as low as 5,000 units sold while the 3DS sold 12x that amount.
http://www.destructoid.com/ps-vita-s...n-237814.phtml

* The State of Rhode Island has officially sued 38 Studios and others in order to recoup as much of the $75 million that was lost funding the company.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/state-...-studios/4434/

* EA announces anyone who pre-orders Crysis 3 will be getting a digital copy of the original Crysis for free as the gift.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...t-crysis-free/

In an interview with the Seattle Times, the director of the Halo series at 343 Studios, Frank O’Connor, reveals they've been working on Halo 5 for a while.

O’Connor revealed most of the current work for the game has been prototype stuff in regards to new technology the next Xbox might contain and to the storyline itself.

He also stated the series has no signs of slowing down in terms of ideas for the storyline by stating their "universe" is as rich as the ones in the Star Wars or Harry Potter series.

In regards to concerns about the series being milked, he didn't believe that is an issue since the public won't be concerned as long as the games remain good to play. Also said they are making sure future games don't create a convoluted mess with the overall storyline.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...of-life-in-it/
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* Update to Mass Effect Trilogy news as Bioware announces the PS3 version will arrive on December 4 in the US and December 7 for Europe.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...unced-for-ps3/

* According to recent IGN previews of Epic Mickey 2, the game is plagued by the same camera problems as the original and the Wii U version controls the same as the PS3 and Xbox 360 version.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/...epic-challenge

* Valve announces Counter Strike Global Offensive will go free-to-play just for this weekend on Steam.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-this-weekend/

Assassins Creed is milking. I don't see how anyone could think Halo is being milked.

Just looked at the comparison chart for the Mass Effect Trilogy release. Seriously, what's the point of releasing this as a collection if you don't include every ounce of game content released to this point?

Money?

EA announces they are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Battlefield series by giving away the digital version of Battlefield 1942 as a free download for PC users.

Although there are several catches to the gift from EA such as the game can only be played and downloaded from their Origin service, none of the DLC packs for the game are included or free, and the free version is not compatible with physical/disc-based or non-Origin versions of the game for multiplayer.

EA stated the offer will last until March 1, 2013.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tlefield-1942/
http://www.destructoid.com/grab-the-...e-238035.phtml
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* Square-Enix states they still have plans to release Final Fantasy Type 0 outside of Japan but still have no actual clue when it will occur.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/squa...nternationally
http://www.destructoid.com/square-st...0-237994.phtml

THQ reveals some miserable details from a recent investor briefing which states stock shares are down 40% since the last report, Darksiders II hasn't come close to breaking even, and more games have been delayed at the cost of guaranteed financial problems will last a lot longer than they planned.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/thq-...nd-game-delays

Need to decide on whether I want to get Forza 4 or Forza Horizons on thursday. Forza 4 is cheaper, but given the amount of DLC, I'll probably buy 1600 points card with it, so pricewise it will all be the same.

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people.

Forza 4 for sure. Feels a lot tighter as a game.

If you already had 4 since launch, I'd recommend Horizons as its great fun, but as a choice it would be pretty clear for me.

Coolio.

Will go with Forza 4 then.

Considered the new Need For Speed as well, but as far as arcade racers go, the opinions are pretty unanimous that Burnout Paradise is the better game, and I've still got lots to finish in that one.

The thing I'm reading about Most Wanted is worse single player but better multiplayer than Paradise.

Either way, I've spotted a good deal on the PC version, so I may pick it up when I get paid.

That seals it for me then, because I only play singleplayer.

I dabble in both. To be honest, I've played Paradise to death, so some slightly inferior Burnout single-player content will do me nicely at the $40 mark.

Hey Figgy, this was just TWEETED AT MY FACE if this price makes Horizon more appealing than 4.

"Assassin's Creed 3 & Forza Horizon will be $35 at Best Buy during Black Friday. Need for Speed: Most Wanted will be $30."

Nearest best buy is 4 hours away. Thanks though.

Gonna go with Forza 4 and buy a bunch of DLC.

Could you get the same deal online?

Two collector editions for the Assassin's Creed and Metal Gear Solid series were recently announced by both Ubisoft and by retailers.

In regards to Assassin's Creed, the set is called "Assassin’s Creed Anthology" and will include all five games in the series along with their DLC. As of now the set is only exclusive to the UK region but could potentially be released elsewhere in the future.

The set costs 120 Euros and will be released on November 30th for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

In regards to Metal Gear Solid, retailers have leaked details regarding the upcoming 25th Anniversary edition will just be a re-release of Metal Gear Solid 4. The edition will be exclusive to the PS3, contain trophy support, and arrives on November 30.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/mgs4...ms-be-revealed
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...med-and-dated/
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Daily Recap:
* Update to THQ's miserable investor report as the company is now only worth $11 million and their stocks have dropped 50% since the report.
http://www.examiner.com/article/thq-...stocks-fall-46

* Next game in the Uncharted series accidentally revealed by the Australian ratings board.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/new-...tally-revealed
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ication-board/

* Recent Kinect patent from Microsoft toys around with the idea of limiting access to media content if too many people are in a room.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-using-kinect/

lol

Microsoft rumored to be working on a 7-inch gaming tablet which would be called "Microsoft Surface" and could be the reason why security was increased at their Redmond and Silicon Valley branches.

The tablet is rumored to be using an ARM processor and runs on a modified but heavily stripped version of Windows. The main focus for tablet will be on gaming with only a few non-gaming functions being useable on the device.

Microsoft is also producing the tablets at a separate location than their normal processing plants in order to avoid serious leaks to the media. Parts of the tablet are being made at their Silicon Valley offices which also could explain why security was increased only at these branches.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-xbox-surface/
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* Tatsunoko vs Capcom will never get a sequel nor can be sold in the future by Capcom as they didn't bother to renew the Tatsunoko license for future usage.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/capc...cense-expiring
http://www.destructoid.com/tatsunoko...t-238215.phtml

* BioWare confirms Star Wars The Old Republic will be going Free-to-Play next week with pricing packs for Cartel Coins also revealed.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-coins-priced/

The guy commenting on TVC on Screwattack is a total spazz.

You'd think he'd already have the game if he cares that much, making the matter moot. Go figure.

You'd think 3 years would be enough, but hey.

Kinda wish I had it, but lacking a Wii, it seems kind of pointless to own the disc.

Silicon Knights lawsuit against Epic Games in regards to the Unreal 3 Engine took another turn as a judge has ordered all games made using the engine from them to be destroyed.

According to the court order, five games were specifically listed due to claims the source code for these games contained plagiarized Unreal 3 code. Silicon Knights have been ordered to destroy all unsold copies and also cover the costs needed for the destruction.

The games listed for destruction were:
* Too Human
* X-Men: Destiny
* The Sandman
* The Box/Ritualist
* Siren in the Maelstrom

In regards to X-Men: Destiny, they would be destroying all copies that were not taken care of from an earlier dump by Activision who was upset at the abysmal sales of the game.

So far the total results from Silicon Knights' lawsuit against Epic Games was their initial lawsuit being tossed, a counter-suit which they lost at the cost of $4.5 million, the return of all Unreal 3 engine assets, a drastic studio reduction, and now more money needed to be spent to cover the recent court decision.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/silico...engine-3/4445/
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Daily Recap:
* Bioware has started to ask for fan feedback in regards to things to be added or removed for Mass Effect 4.
http://www.destructoid.com/bioware-a...t-238300.phtml

* Sega announces a new Sonic game will arrive in 2013 but it won't use anything from Generations.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sega...onic-game-2013

* Seven Navy Seals who acted as advisers for MoH Warfighter have been punished with slashed pay and blocked from future promotion due to revealing classified info without permission for the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...or-warfighter/

Damn, that's harsh.

So is this the end of Silicon Knights?

Bioware got balls.

Kill it off by all means. But a yearly BF release? No thanks. That'd kill that off too.

All they need to do is a simple following, that would benefit customer and them for money. Perhaps use MoH as a replacement for the "Bad Company" franchise of Battlefield, but either way:

2011: Battlefield 3
2011/12/13: DLC for Battlefield 3
2013: Bad Company 3 / MoH: <insert name>
2014: BF2143
2015: DLC for Battlefield 2143
2016: Battlefield 4

and so on.

To me another logical thing would be for BF to be purely Multiplayer and the MoH to be singleplayer games with no Multiplayer. DICE controls BF, and whoever in EA's range controls MoH / Bad Company.

It's seems logical, but I guess in the world of games... it's just an "idea" and certainly one that I would take up with my team in a management / staff meeting on the directions for the next 5 years.