Is this the THQ going out of business sale we've all been waiting for?

Pretty much. Since I can't gift extras, gave them a $ all to charity.

A recent Assassin's Creed survey sent by Ubisoft might be teasing or suggesting the next Assassin's Creed game could be getting a new co-op mode or have several characters returning.

According to Game Liberty who claims to have been sent a copy of the survey, several questions dealt with the possibility in regards to Desmond, Connor, and the American setting returning for the next game.

Also teased was the possibility of a new multiplayer co-op mode being added and the potential of the series going in a new direction with Uncharted 3 as the inspiration.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...out-next-game/
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Daily Recap:
* Nintendo announces a massive restructuring process meant to expand and reorganize the company as a whole will start next month and last for most of 2013.
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...3-239444.phtml

* Sony reveals their Black Friday sales data and while the PS3 ranked #2 for most sold (525,000), the PS Vita was dead last with only 160,000 units sold during the week. In terms of combined numbers, Sony was ranked last after Nintendo (1.25 million) and Microsoft (750,000).
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...sales-numbers/

* According to God of War film screenwriters, Sony has given permission for the story/lore of Kratos to be drastically changed so it doesn't feel like a "Clash of the Titans" clone.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-kratos-story/
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-open...e-239473.phtml

Dev by focus group. Eh.

Never played Assassins Creed, it's been on my list of games to play for a while, but it's starting to look like a big mess with how they've forced it into being an annual game. You can't be Uncharted 3 in 12 months or less.

Ubisoft said awhile back that 3 was going to be the last yearly one. That could've changed tho.

Final issue left, first issue right:

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/186u...jpg/xlarge.jpg

Man, Ubisoft must be throwing the money around, so many FarCry 3 videos on some of the major YouTube networks(Machinima, TGS) today.

A recent patent discovered from Sony hints the company might be once again considering a "detachable" controller in the future.

The patent was filed in 2011 under the name of "Hybrid Separable Motion Controller" and combines both the PS Move wand and DualShock controller into a single design.

The orbs from the wand would be on top of each piece while the rest of the controller would follow the Dualshock design for both appearance and layout.

A previous patent which had a similar idea in the past involved just a detachable Dualshock controller.

http://d1vr6n66ssr06c.cloudfront.net...rid-move-1.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ve-controller/
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-pate...o-239576.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* Sony announces sign-ups for God of War: Accession beta starts today with the beta itself starting on December 7.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-ups-now-live/
http://www.destructoid.com/go-sign-u...a-239571.phtml

* While THQ dropped the project, Guilermo del Toro announces he managed to find a new publisher for his inSane project.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/insa...nt-will-resume

* Iwata explains the origins of the word "HAL" from HAL Laboratories (Kirby series) isn't actually from 2001: A Space Odyssey film and instead comes as a joke done to IBM. HAL from the film was supposedly named due to IBM withdrawing support during the film's production.
http://www.destructoid.com/iwata-cas...y-239567.phtml

Just got this for like 6 bucks. Gave it all to charity. Don't really want any of the games other than Saints Row.

Company of Heroes is definitely worth playing if you like RTS games.

Kind of want a 3DS, just so I can play Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?

Reading the most batshit insane rumours about E3 reveals of the new consoles. It's shockingly from a reliable source (guy that leaked Kingdom Hearts HD and Castlevania), but bar some things that are obvious, he either has to be smoking crack or Sony/MS are. LET'S TAKE A GANDER AT SOME HIGHLIGHTS

http://dualpixels.com/2012/11/29/rum...wear-next-gen/

That one's pretty reasonable. In fact all the Nintendo rumours are pretty by-the-numbers such as new games in Nintendo franchises (YOU'RE SHITTING ME?!) including a 3D Mario in 2013 and 3DS Zelda. Hardware add-ons too.

Full 3D Pokemon for the 3DS is about 2 years away and will have a whole new Pokemon type, the first since Gold/Silver. Also, Nintendo apparently has a big name non-Nintendo exclusive announced next year that will cause "shocks".

NOW LET'S TAKE A TRIP INTO CRAZYTOWN

I would love to be wrong on this, but come on. Similar power to todays upper mid-range PCs, but with some crazy 360 AMOLED screen that can do IMAX resolutions? For under $500? Krazy Ken Kutaragi doesn't work there anymore to make this believable.

Slightly more believable is them using Gakai for backwards compatability which is like OnLive in terms of streaming games. This would mean that PS1, PS2 and PS3 games would be playable on the device and "any Playstation certified device". That would be pretty nice, internet speeds allowing.

Could see that too, rather than shoving PS3 hardware into the box again.

Seems resonable. Get their key franchi... THE BODYGUARD?! Get to steppin'

If true though, it seems MS have obtained the same dodgy crack as Sony.

Remember that crazy document that floated around about the wall projection shit? This is fucked up. You could barely have multi-platform games if this all happened what with all the fucked up control and display methods.

It's likely to be all shit, but I really hope it's all shit. Entertaining read none the less.

Now I wish it was beliveable

The future status of the Killer Instinct series is currently in doubt due to US Patent and Trademark Office denying Microsoft's recent attempts to renew the Killer Instinct trademark.

The patent office originally denied the first request on September 17 with an updated filling from November 29 once again denying the trademark.

The official reason given by the patent office was “likelihood of confusion” due to the categories the trademark was filed for conflict with one hold by Fox Television Studios.

The issue is due to one of the categories the trademark falls under called "entertainment services" is the same category tv shows fall under. It turns out Fox owns the trademark for the name from a 2005 filing which trumps the recent filing by Microsoft. The patent office also claimed since games can be based off of tv shows and movies, the trademark by Fox is stronger than Microsoft's.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...us-government/
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Daily Recap:
* Former LucasArts employee denies Btattlefront 3 was ever 99% done and instead blames Free Radical for completely mismanaging the entire project.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/from...-stuff-just-bs

* Teaser trailer for PS3 exclusive "The Last of Us" was recently released with the full trailer to debut during this year's Spike VGA show.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/plays...es-the-teaser/

Well... is this unknown Fox property based off a game? And also how did they get it when KI the game predates whatever Fox has? By a decade, no doubt?

Splash Damage, the company behind two of my favorite games of all time (Return to Castle Wolfenstein Enemy Territory and Quake Wars) are coming back with a new free to play shooter called "Dirty Bomb".

Their last release, Brink, was pretty dissapointing, so hopefully them returning to the free to play model that made them popular will result in a good game.

Any other SD fans here?


http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/29/sp...ltiplayer-fps/

Those are your favorite games of all time?

Still remember being mad pumped when this came in the mail:

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RESPECT

Wolfenstein was awesome, Brink had potential but fell flat.
Was going for an internship there this summer but it fell through :'(

Or they never planned on keeping up their word in the first place.

Trademark law is funny. Many of Apple's victories over Samsung relied on patents that were recently revoked due to prior art, some instances in which Apple demonstrably knew about them.

Trademarking despite prior existence rarely stops large companies.

Valve announces "Big Picture Mode" for Steam officially launches today and to commemorate the occasion, a special sale is occurring now on Steam.

The mode uses a modified version of the Steam interface with the purpose of being a lot more useable and friendly to television screens. The new interface borrows a lot from recent Xbox 360 dashboard designs while also including controller support for menu navigation.

To celebrate the special occasion, Valve has decided to have a special Steam sale with about 11 games on sale and most having a 75% discount.

The list of games currently on sale:
* Left 4 Dead – (75% off)
* Braid – (75% off)
* Limbo – (75% off)
* Castle Crashers – (75% off)
* Portal 2 – (75% off)
* Geometry Wars Retro Evolved – (75% off)
* Space Marine – 75% off)
* Audio Surf – (75% off)
* Shank 2 – (66% off)
* Hell Yeah – (75% off)
* Alan Wake – (75% off)

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...mode-now-live/
http://www.destructoid.com/steam-big...d-239759.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* Gears of War Judgment confirmed to be getting a brand new exclusive trailer to be shown during this week's Spike VGA show.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/xbox_...g-this-friday/

* Fable II has been removed from the Xbox Live Marketplace with no official reason given for the removal.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/fabl...ared-xbox-live

* The Xbox 360 will not be banned in the US after a judge sides against Motorla in the remaining piece of their case against Microsoft.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...nsoles-banned/
http://www.destructoid.com/judge-den...n-239830.phtml

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Fan made game, before anyone thinks Capcom stopped trolling.

They are among my favorites, yes. Certainly my two favorite multiplayer FPS games, too bad almost nobody is playing them anymore.

Hope this gets finished. I've played my share of fan made mega man games, and this looks really well made.

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Pity Sega never gave this SOR game a greenlight.

You know those batshit insane rumors about the new consoles I posted on the previous page? Here's a tester to see if they're real. This was revealed by the same source for the NoA conference today:

Ignore it all. Also said that there would be a 3DS+ next year with a retractable second controller with 2 sticks and all the buttons. Brilliant.

Nintendo has explained one audience for the Wii Mini in Canada.

FUCKING CANADIANS AND THEIR WII-LESS CHALETS

In an interview with Game Informer, the general manager from BioWare Edmonton and Montreal studios reveals some new details in regards to Dragon Age III: Inquisition.

According to Aaryn Flynn, the game will be influenced and borrowing several aspects from Bethesda's Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

One of the things from Skyrim which was teased to be included for Dragon Age III was a larger focus on exploration to fit with the plans to expand the game's world in terms of both size and scope.

The game is still teased for a late 2013 release date although was rumored recently to be pushed back till 2014 for next gen consoles.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-exploration/
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Daily Recap:
* Irrational Games announce a new Bioshock Infinite trailer will debut during this week's Spike VGA show.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/xbox_...ll-vga-reveal/

* A lifetime ban has been handed to League of Legends pro player "IWillDominate" after being issued a warning 9 times in the past and earning a worldwide Top 1% harassment score.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/iwil...n-lol-season-3
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ds-pro-player/

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...ing-Peripheral

A look at what GH7 might have been.

They were right to put it down.

I was incredibly stoked about Brink, bought it, played it for about a month and sold it. Highly disappointed. The concept is awesome, but the execution failed.

Gamers are falling into a "CoD Sickness" - meaning if the FPS game you are playing isn't CoD or related, quite a few "gamers" won't even bother :(

I would say Brink was a 6/10 for me, personally. I would like to see a follow up that has been heavily tweaked.... I think it can work.

Still think they should have ran with the GHTunes thing.

Agreed, it would have worked I think.

The GH7 bit though, with removing all the instruments and what not, baaaaaaaaaaad idea.


Expert + drums on GH Metallica = good times :D

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The co-developer of Far Cry 3, Ubisoft Massive, is currently working on a "Triple A" Online RPG which would be released for the PS4 and next Xbox console.

A LinkedIn profile from an employee at the studio hinted the company is currently in the process of developing an Online RPG for next gen consoles. The update also revealed the company is currently hiring for a Lead Level Designer and multiple studios might be involved in the creation of the game.

Based on previous rumors of Ubisoft planning another reboot for the Prince of Persia series in the future, it is possible this Online RPG could end up being that game or possibly even a future Assassin's Creed game since the studio did help develop last year's Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...playstation-4/
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Daily Recap:
* Tomb Raider confirmed to be getting the exclusive trailer debut treatment during tomorrow's Spike VGA show.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/xbox_...easer-trailer/

* While THQ still owns the rights to the Warhammer 40,000 series, SEGA has finalized a deal with Games Workshop over rights to the Warhammer and Total War series with a new Total War game ready to be made.
http://www.destructoid.com/sega-crea...e-240009.phtml

Hey, I played ET until recently (when my video card burnt or something).

GHTunes + Pro Guitar would be awesome.

According to recent job postings, Rockstar is working on a brand new "cutting-edge" engine which will debut for next-gen platforms.

The company is currently hiring engine programmers with the purpose to develop an engine that can be flexible enough to work on a variety of systems which includes the current gen systems as well.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...gen-platforms/
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Daily Recap:
* Square Enix launches another mysterious countdown website with rumors of it possibly being a new game in the Star Ocean series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ew-star-ocean/

* The future of the Bond license is in doubt after Eurocom reveals they have entered Administration and the entire staff has been laid off.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/euro...g-staff-let-go

Michael Patcher called CoD a failure.

Spike VGA quick results:

Walking Dead won a bunch of awards including Game of the Year.

Bordelrands 2 won Best Shooter and Best Multiplayer game while Halo 4 took Best Xbox 360 game.

Wii and Wii U was merged into 1 category with New Super Mario Bros U as the winner.

Journey took Best PS3 game although didn't win Best Downloadable Game (Walking Dead).

Half-Life 2 took the VGA Decade award.

GTA V took Most Anticipated Game award.

Even if I finally agree with a VGA GOTY:

lol VGA's

I think HL2 is extremely overrated.

Everything is overrated according to somebody.

ET for the 2600.

OK, almost everything.

I had two copies of that game. I wore out the first one.

It deserves its praise for what it accomplished at it's time.

I recall buying it at release since I loved HL1 and being severely disappointed.
It felt like it was more of a movie than a game.

Gravity gun was the best thing about it tbh. Guess everybody's just high off that still :lol:

First steps towards DRM, online passes, and a digital monopoly?

That's another thing it accomplished: it was the forerunner to Call of Duty's setpiece model.

KK pretty much spelled out all the reasons I hate HL2, good work.

According to an interview with Kotaku during Spike's VGA show, Valve confirms Big Picture Mode for Steam was the start of their attempt to compete with console makers for the "living room" market.

Gabe Newell mentioned how he believes in the future PC makers will start the push to manufacture PCs who's purpose is just for living room usage with Valve themselves planning on making their own PC hardware. He also believes Steam would end up playing a huge role for these devices especially now that Big Picture Mode is available.

While Valve favors the open system design traditional PCs provide, he did admit that in order to succeed in the living room market these new PCs would have to be closed systems just like consoles.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/valv...iving-room-pcs
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-wil...m-240222.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* Next Assassin's Creed game rumored to be taking place in Brazil possibly during the Imperial period.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...-be-set-brazil
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tion-revealed/

* The Last of US will be getting two pre-order bonuses with one specifically meant for multiplayer and skins while the other deals with a digital soundtrack and avatars.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-last-...s-240263.phtml

Totally buying this.

http://a.tgcdn.net/images/products/f...controller.jpg

I felt the same, other than Ravenholm I didn't really enjoy playing it. Absolutely despised the two vehicle sections.

New rumors in regards to the next Xbox and PS4 as both are rumored to have recently changed their codenames while Microsoft still having problems getting quality chips to be made.

In terms of the next Xbox, Microsoft is rumored to have dropped the "Durango" codename in favor of a “Kryptos” codename. The console would be using an AMD chip called “Oban" but similar to last time, chip production issues have resulted in the majority of the early chip batches to be tossed due to failing reliability and quality inspections. Other details include a potential Fall 2013 release window but could be pushed back to a Spring 2014 window.

In terms of the PS4, the "Orbis" codename was never an actual codename for the PS4 and instead its real name has always been "Thebes." Similar to Microsoft, the PS4 will be using an AMD chip but it won't be the "Oban" chip. Other details include mass production of these chips will not occur until after the next Xbox is released which would mean a Spring/Fall 2014 release window.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-chip-delayed/
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Daily Recap:
* Blizzard has managed to get Diablo III to run on consoles but are not treating it as an official announcement nor as a tease for a future console release.
http://www.destructoid.com/diablo-ii...l-240352.phtml

* THQ is giving away a limited amount of free PC copies of Metro 2033 from now till December 16 with the only requirement being to like their Facebook page.
http://www.screwattack.com/video/Met...a-copy-5325961

Speculation indicates that previous speculation we've speculated may, according to speculation, be inaccurate. Here's some more speculation.

Sega are suing the makers of Professor Layton over Inazuma Eleven because they hold a patent on moving a character with a stylus.

Patent reform, anybody?

I mean, I know this is in Japan rather than the US for a change, but this shit needs to end.

Nintendo should have a chat with them over the kart racing thing. And the jump button thing.

According to recent job postings, SuperBot Entertainment could be planning a sequel to Playstation Battle Royale with development to either occur soon or already be in a very early stage of development.

Besides the usual need for programmers and designers, the job postings emphasis the experience needed is for games similar to Playstation Battle Royale.

Adding more fuel to the speculation this new game could be a sequel is from the Art Director's job posting which states the need to be able to explain how characters and environments will work out in this new project.

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...battle-royale/
http://www.destructoid.com/superbot-...2-240430.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* Update to Square-Enix's mysterious countdown as the company announces a new Star Galaxy game is in development and it is an MMO.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ar-galaxy-mmo/

* Famitsu states a huge announcement regarding the Metal Gear Solid series will be revealed next week.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-for-next-week

fuck square enix

While the announcement hasn't been made official yet, Microsoft will be holding the "Countdown to 2013" sale on XBL from December 18 till December 31.

The list of games and daily deals were leaked by NeoGAF although no prices or discounts were revealed. Its assumed most will be around the 33% off range.

Each of the Daily Deals is also set to a different theme with the majority being either from a certain game series or genre.

XBLA Games:

• Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition
• Joe Danger 2: The Movie
• Zuma’s Revenge!
• The Simpsons Arcade Game
• Wreckateer
• Plants vs. Zombies
• Peggle
• Peggle Nights Content Pack
• Fire Pro Wrestling
• SONIC 4 Episode II
• Sonic The Hedgehog 2
• RAW
• A World of Keflings
• A World of Keflings – Sugar, Spice and Not So Nice
• A World of Keflings – It Came From Outer Space
• Kinect Party
• Jet Set Radio

Games on Demand:

• TBA

Avatar Accessories:

• Air Force Flight Helmet
• Army Humvee
• T-Rex
• Triceratops
• Husky
• Golden Retriever
• Abominable Snowman Outfit
• Sports Car

Daily Deals:

• December 18: Modern Warfare 3, Modern Warfare 3, Collection 1 DLC, Collection 2 DLC, Collection 3 DLC, Collection 4 DLC
• December 19: LEGO Games, LEGO Batman [GoD], LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga [GoD], LEGO Star Wars III [GoD], LEGO Indiana Jones [GoD], LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean [GoD], LEGO Indiana Jones 2 [GoD], LEGO Harry Potter [GoD]
• December 20: Platformer Games, Fez, HELL YEAH! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit, Sonic Adventure 2, Rayman Origins [GoD], Rayman 3 HD, Mark of the Ninja, Trine 2
• December 21: Rockstar Games, L.A. Noire [GoD], Red Dead Redemption [GoD], Max Payne 3 [GoD], Midnight Club: LA [GoD]
• December 22: TBA
• December 23: Summer of Arcade 2012 Games, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Deadlight, Hybrid
• December 24: Trials HD and Trials Evolution, Trials HD, Trials HD – Big Thrills, Trials HD – Big Pack, Trials Evolution, Trials Evolution: Origin of Pain
• December 25: Kinect Family, Hydro Thunder, Rock of Ages, Mini Ninjas Adventures, Leedmees, Fruit Ninja Kinect, Fruit Ninja Kinect – 8-bit Cartridge, Fruit Ninja Kinect – Art Box, Fruit Ninja Kinect – Space Capsule, Fruit Ninja Kinect – Storm Season
• December 26: TBA
• December 27: Borderlands, Borderlands [GoD], Borderlands 2 [GoD], Borderlands 2 Season Pass
• December 28: The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead Episode 1, The Walking Dead Episode 2, The Walking Dead Episode 3, The Walking Dead Episode 4, The Walking Dead Episode 5
• December 29: Family Games, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts [GoD], Cars 2: The Video Game [GoD], Crash Of The Titans [GoD], Toy Story 3 [ GoD], Crazy Taxi, The Splatters
• December 30: Fighting Games, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, Street Fighter III: Online Edition, Dungeon Fighter LIVE: Fall Of Hendon Myre
• December 31: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [GoD], The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dawnguard, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Hearthfire, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion [GoD], The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Shivering Isles, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Knights of the Nine

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...rts-next-week/
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Daily Recap:
* Square-Enix officially confirms the Hitman series will be getting a collection set called "Hitman HD Trilogy", costs $40, Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, and a release date of Jan 29, 2013 in the US (Europe gets it on Feb. 1st).
http://www.destructoid.com/confirmed...3-240517.phtml

* Valve announces the Steam Community Market beta has started although no items earned before today can be traded in the beta.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/valv...ty-market-beta

* Bonus - Voting for the 2012 TPWW Gammies starts today
http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=122038

Way too many Hitman trilogies.

My credit card has expired so Xbox can't take money out of my bank account to renew the gold membership, can they?

Sick of trying to turn off autorenew. Steaming pile of crap that it is.

They still charge mine every July and it's 5 years out of date.

Recurring card payments aren't always stopped by things like expiry dates. Generally auto-links in with new cards on the same account.

I hope this is real.

Iwata Asks: Miiverse Penis Drawing Detection Took Weeks to Develop

Sony announces today is the start of the "Playstation Play Days" promotion which will last until January 12 and this promotion deals with accessories for the PS3.

The promotion is retail-based and is offering a 60% discount on several controllers and other accessories with the PS Move having the most stuff on sale.

The full list of items on sale along with their current discount price from the Playstation Blog:
PS3 Audio and Video Accessories

• Media Blu-Ray Disc Remote Control $19.99
• Bluetooth Headset $29.99
• HDMI Cables 6.5ft $19.99
• Wireless Headset $79.99
• PULSE wireless stereo headset – Elite Edition $129.99

DualShock 3 Wireless Controllers and Charging Station

• DualShock 3 Wireless Controller $39.99
• DualShock 3 Charging Station $19.99

PlayStation Move Accessories

• PS Move Charging Station $19.99
• PS Move Motion Controller $29.99
• PS Move Essentials Kit $49.99
• PS Move Navigation Controller $19.99
• PS Move Sharp Shooter $14.99
• New Owner’s Kit $49.99

And here’s the list of all participating venders:

• Amazon
• Best Buy
• Fred Meyer
• Fry’s
• GameStop
• Hastings Entertainment
• Ingram Entertainment
• Kmart
• Mecca Electronics
• Meijer Inc.
• Nebraska Furniture Mart
• Pioneer Distributors
• Shopko Stores
• Solutions 2 Go
• Sony Retail Stores
• Synnex Corp.
• Target
• Transworld Music Corp.
• Walmart

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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-off-ps3-gear/
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Daily Recap:
* Epic Games clarifies the "Down But Not Out" revival system being removed for Gears of War Judgement by saying the feature is still in campaign mode but now players can only be revived by medic class players for multiplayer.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...t-multiplayer/

* Nintendo rumored to be hosting a special Nintendo Direct episode on January 31 specifically for the next Smash Bros game.
http://imgmr.com/index.php/Wii-U-New...ng-rumors.html

* D3Publisher announces Earth Defense Force 2025 (EDF 4) will be released next year in North America and Europe for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
http://www.destructoid.com/earth-def...3-240546.phtml

Xbox just renewed my membership. My last membership was for 3 months so I thought they'd charge me for that. I had £20 so it was no big deal.
Just found out they charged me for 12 months so I'm now in debt by £19.99. Great!

Seriously want to punch whoevers in charge of the whole membership stuff.

He's probably getting promotions for making it so hard to cancel while still being within the law.

Yeah, they got me with that too. Auto renewal has been turned off ever since.

Don't suppose they'll give me my money back and cancel my gold, when I give them a phone when they open at 10, will they? :(

I got them to reduce it to 3 months, and refund some of my money.

What did you say to get them to do that?

I have to wait a month to turn off auto-renew because somehow my Xbox account no longer recognizes the laptop I'm using, WTF. Basically I can only turn it off on the day before it auto-charges my card. Just another cheat way to try and get your money basically.

Isn't there some kind of consumer right that says we should be able to do this stuff as simpley as possible? What if someone that couldn't use a phone for some reason wanted to turn off auto-renewal?

I just tried phoneing. I went through the menus and waited to talk to someone but got disconnected instead.

27 mins listening to the please hold music and counting.

I was on hold for a total of 40 minutes and I spoke to someone for 5 minutes.

He told me how to stop that "loop" situation I had. I need to do something that involves multiple broswers or the privacy setting on the browser or a second device. So unnecessarily convoluted, I'm surprised they didn't ask me to hop on one foot or hold my breath while I did it or something.

Got auto-renew turned off and he switched me to a month fee. That way I get to game online over Christmas and then my gold account is silver afterwards.

They're all shit. Nintendo still haven't got back to me after 3 weeks trying to get my Virtual Console games back.

"I'll suck your dick."

Since you're not American, maybe. If you were American, I'd be forced to laugh in your face.

UK consumer rights aren't too bad, actually. We get a lot of useful ones. You are entitled to a refund whenever you want it, as long as you still have the thing you bought. You just have to give a reason the item wasn't satisfactory and it doesn't even have to be a big thing. "This burger isn't hot enough" or "This glass is too narrow" would probably work in a resaurant.

I assumed there would a right saying things like managing subscriptions and payments should be as accessible as possible. The fact I needed to phone someone wouldn't have been much help for me if I was deaf or mute, for example. Not very accessible.

We can't return a videogame or movie once the plastic wrap is removed.

Can't really blame them, as you'd have way more people abusing it, than legit returns.

That's the same here overall but I was able to return Skyrim for a full refund after removing the wrapping by saying the game required an HD tv for it to be playable but it was never mentioned on the box.

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CANCELLED.

It was cancelled years ago. Was meant to be out either in 2010 or 2011 and it got chopped when the developers couldn't meet the deadline.

Still dunno why they didn't hand it off to someone else. It was the best selling star wars game of it's time. It's still the best selling game behind Force Unleashed. And that was before online console play hit it's stride.

Battlefront 3 is a license to print money. I don't get it.

LucasArts had really horrible management at the time to the point they had to restructure the company not because of money reasons but to fix how bad management became.

I forget that the US, shitty as it is, borders on the pinnacle of services for the Deaf.

Do you guys not have anything like Relay, though? In the states, there's a national service that allows you to use a third party to communicate via TTY or computer. While not ideal, it would certainly allow a customer to deal with being Deaf.

...What can I say? My ex has a Deaf brother and my current girlfriend is hard of hearing in one ear. I'm pretty familiar with this stuff.

Yes we can. It varies by store, but most places seem to do it. Even Wal-Mart has changed its tune, and they were the biggest retailer to not do it.

Yeah, we do. I used to work in a call centre 8 years ago and we had specified agents trained to deal with the Relay type system because some of our agents would get frustrated by the delay. I was one of them and I dealt with it about twice.

Oh god I loathed those sorts of calls. Didn't help that the service (Typetalk as it was then) seemed to be staffed by the most unprofessional people ever. Had one agent end their shift midway through the call so decided to fob the call off on someone else. Great service, that.

They get really shitty about you trying to speak to them directly rather than the caller too.

Because it's their role to be an interpreter.

Not any stores I've ever been too. Must be unlucky.

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Sony is having a special Holiday Essential sale promotion on the Playstation Store with every week to have a new set of games and special discounts for Playstation Plus members.

Roughly 40 games overall will be having a sale with PS+ members getting an extra 30% to 50% discount compared to regular PSN users. The first week of discounts started today with the next batch of games to be revealed on December 24 and the final set on December 31.

The list of games released for the week of December 17:

• Catherine (Sale: $27.99, PS Plus: $19.60, Regular: $39.99)
• Counter Strike Global Offensive (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
• Dyad (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
• Escape Plan (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
• I Am Alive (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
• LittleBigPlanet 2 (Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: Free, Regular: $19.99)
• LittleBigPlanet PS Vita (Sale: $24.99, PS Plus: $17.49, Regular: $35.99)
• Magic: The Gathering – Dules of the Planeswalkers 2013 (Sale: $6.99, PS Plus: $4.90, Regular: $9.99)
• NHL 13 (Sale: $41.99, PS Plus: $29.40, Regular: $59.99)
• Rayman Origins (Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: $9.80, Regular: $19.99)
• Rayman Origins PS Vita (Sale: $20.99, PS Plus: $14.70, Regular: $29.99)
• Resident Evil 4 (Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: $9.80, Regular: $19.99)
• Retro/Grade (Sale: $6.99, PS Plus: $4.90, Regular: $9.99)
• Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)

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Daily Recap:
* The free fan-made Street Fighter X Megma was released today with the download being hosted on Capcom's Unity site.
http://www.capcom-unity.com/brelston...lable-for-free

* According to Acitivison's CEO, Bobby Kotick, the company has rejected every offer and script to make a Call of Duty movie with the official reason being none of them were any good.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...of-duty-movie/