What's that Mario Kart looking clone in that Xbox video?

reeeeeeaaalllly can't wait for Fallout 4.

I think it's just a generic kart racer to show what the thing does. Not an actual game.

This!:y:

Although my hesitation with Fallout now, is that it's dead world with drab browns and greys will look unimpressive after playing in skyrim's lush forests, and incredible mountainscapes.

Nah....

The post apocalyptic thing will still work. If anything, their stories have always been more compelling than the Fallout stories, IMO. Will still be a great title.

Who's that <s>Pokemon</s> Capcom character.

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30th Anniversery retro games thing.

Was going to mark out when I saw the cowboy silhouette, thinking it would be Sunset Riders. Then I remembered that was by Konami :$

Why don't you love Sunset Riders, Konami!? :'(

Ha! Sunset Riders was sooooooooooooooooooo fun!

Remember playing it in the arcade and then bought the SNES port later. The Mexican dude with the shotguns was the best!

VIVA CORMANO!

Cormano was the bees knees.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Update to a town in Connecticut planning for a video game "burning" day as the event has been cancelled. The group in charge is claiming victory though since they managed to get people to discuss about violent games even if most of it was towards ridiculing the event itself.
http://www.destructoid.com/connectic...s-242130.phtml

2) Activision announces their version of The Walking Dead game is currently planned for a late March 2013 release for PC, Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii U. They also recently released an official trailer for the game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/activi...in-march/4513/

3) Frank O’Connor, boss of the Halo franchise, states the studio will be working a lot harder to ensure Halo 5 doesn't suffer any technical or scheduling problems that affected Halo 4. They also said the things that worked the best with Halo 4 will be carried over to Halo 5 and they gained a lot of experience and knowledge from Halo Anniversary and Halo 4 to benefit the next game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...r-with-halo-5/

I hope this Walking Dead game doesn't kill any steam the TellTale game has just like Sanctum of Slime did for Ghostbusters.

Why should it?

Yeah. They canceled the game burning in Southington, CT because they group couldn't afford cops to provide crowd control.

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These guys are great.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Current rumors involving the PS4/Orbis states the console could end up being released by the end of this year or roughly within the same launch window as the next Xbox (Fall 2013 - Spring 2014).
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...to-q4-release/

2) Developer CD Projekt RED released a teaser trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 with early details involving a TBA 2015 release date.
http://www.giantbomb.com/heres-cd-pr...-2077/17-6947/

3) Speaking of Cyberpunk 2077's trailer, a hidden message was also discovered within the trailer teasing at Witcher 3 being released next year.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...her-3-message/

Daily Gaming News:
1) Amazon is holding a special THQ bundle sale from now until January 20. The bundle includes 6 PC games, has a 91% discount, and only costs $12.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/%E2%...s-thq-games-91

2) Bioware's PR problems regarding Star Wars The Old Republic continues after it was revealed the studio's newest plan to tackle the same-sex issue was to segregate all the gay/same-sex stuff to just a single planet.
http://www.destructoid.com/star-wars...--242389.phtml

3) VP of Sony's Home Entertainment division teases a huge Playstation hardware announcement will occur before E3 and most likely as the official debut of the PS4.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tion-4-reveal/

4) Valve confirms recent screenshots of a previously cancelled Half-Life 2 Episode 4 are indeed legit. The episode would have taken place in and primarily as a side branch within Episode 2.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-2-episode-4/

Planetside 2 looks amazing. Wish it was possible on consoles.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Valve reveals 10 games have been approved from Steam's Greenlight service and will arrive on the Steam store in the near future.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/valve-...eenlight/4519/

2) According to retailer GAME, Ubisoft is planning on releasing both a Far Cry and Splinter Cell Ultimate compilations with a release date planned later this year and possible as UK exclusives.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tions-spotted/

3) Deep Silver apologizes after recent backlash involving a UK exclusive collector's edition for Dead Island Riptide called "“Zombie Bait Edition” although did not state if the bundle will be pulled. The incident involved a statue in the bundle being a bloodied headless torso of a woman wearing a bikini.
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/9...orso_super.jpg
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/dead-i...ologizes/4518/

lol why would anyone even want that?

As a conversation starter, apparently.

The conversation that starts with you trying to get your date to stop running from your apartment?

I just want to know who came up with the idea for the statue in the first place.

And then I want to know how the hell it got signed off on to go into production.

So I'm not huge into Naruto, but I'm considering getting Nija Storm 3 this spring just because god damn these games look gorgeous.

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I think the outrage about the torso statue is purely because it's shaped like the torso of an attractive woman. Slim and model like.
If it were shaped like the torso of an overweight woman, it would likely be seen as a really dark, grotesque joke. If it were the torso of a male of any build, I don't think anyone would care at all.

Good point.

Daily Gaming News:
1) The final game in Operation Rainfall will be getting a North American release as XSeed announces Pandora's Tower will be released during Spring 2013.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/xsee...-north-america

2) The Witcher 3 will be officially revealed on February 5th according to a teaser image sent by CD Projekt Red.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...itcher-3-hint/

3) Microsoft rumored to be replacing the current Xbox Live chat system with Skype for the next Xbox console.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...xt-generation/

4) The Obama Administration has instructed the CDC (Center for Disease Control) to conduct an official research on how much of an effect violent media has in regards to children and real-life violence. The project will be getting a $10 million fund and has the potential to become the official stance when it comes to if there is a substantial link between violent games and children.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/obama-...violence/4521/

Shouldn't the CDC be focusing on putting together some flu vaccines to combat this death flu going around?

This sounds like a job for the *insert psycological foundation/association/group name here*

It's a redundant waste of money on research that was already done. A lot.

they're still banned from doing research into guns, however.

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Looks like the kickback of the gun fucked him up

More wasted money on "research".

Don't generalize, research is good overall. It's just this pointless gesture.

Wait, episode 4 was cancel led when episode 3 itself is vaporware at this point? Shocking!!!

I don't mind the CDC looking into this so much as the double standard we have running.

The CDC will be far less biased than most of the folks who do research, whi tend to do so with an ax to grind and publish sensationalist links (though the evidence they present doesn't demonstrate the causal links they tend to claim).

Didn't think it was general in a specific thread? :|


Perhaps a re-word is in order to better illustrate things.....


Money could be spent in a better fashion researching actual important data. :y:

:y:

So what exactly is the problem with having a reliable body look into the potential effects in a way that really hasn't been done before?

Seems like gamers have the same problem the anti-gamers do: they work backwards from the answer they want and try and justify it.

Why not let a serious organisation do a most likely accurate investigation and possibly clear the air on an issue that has already led to numerous lawsuits, taxpayer expenses, and wasted hours in legislative bodies from town to federal level?

And while we're at it, why not do the same for firearms?

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsle...d-young-people

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC558687/

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs.../cpb.2006.9956

None of those are reputable I assume..... the last one has quite a few cross references as well.

It's been done, redone and redone on the redo. And Lieberman has been at it for decades. Anyhoo, keep the brain AIDS in the discussion forum, where they belong.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Ubisoft announces Splinter Cell Blacklist has been delayed from its original Spring 2013 date to now an August 20 release date for the Xbox 360, PC, and PS3. A Wii U version is still rumored to be in development.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...klist-delayed/

2) Crystal Dynamics announces there will be no demo for the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot with the official reason being they didn't want to spoil any part of the game's story.
http://www.destructoid.com/there-wil...r-242574.phtml

3) LucasArts denies rumors of Star Wars 1313 being released later this year and for the PS3.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ase-this-year/

4) According to recent rumors, Microsoft has started sending out dev kits for the Kinect 2 and would support 4-player gameplay.
http://www.destructoid.com/rumor-mot...--242560.phtml

Ugh. That news about Splinter Cell was a good kick in the balls. I was really excited to play that soon.

fuuuuuuuck was so hyped for new splinter cell. I still play the hell out of conviction.

The real reason being they don't want people to see how ass it is before they buy it.

It's a Tomb Raider game. They'd just assume that anyways.

Apparently not.

Recent Tomb Raider games have been pretty solid. I was excited for the premise of this one.

this was a bit wordy. I apologize everyone.

too much punctuation

Daily Gaming News:
1) Sony rumored to be dropping the Dualshock controller in favor of a tablet-like controller for the PS4/Orbis.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...ualshock-orbis

2) Bungie announces they will officially reveal their "Destiny" project at GDC 2013 during their hour long conference.
http://www.destructoid.com/bungie-to...3-242664.phtml

3) Congress has started to propose several video game related bills all focusing on violent games. One bill focuses on stricter punishments for retailers who sell violent games to minors while another proposes a "violent video games sales tax" to be included in any game rated T or higher with Missorui being the first state to use it if passed.
http://www.destructoid.com/congress-...s-242622.phtml

4) Grasshopper Manfacture re-releases a debut trailer for "Killer Is Dead" which was explained to be influenced by both Killer 7 and No More Heroes. The game was announced to be releasing this Summer for Xbox 360 and PS3 for Japan at the moment.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/suda...-fresh-details

In part because it's the only state where it could be used, as it's being passed in Missouri.

Derp.

The Videogame Awards are going on over on VIVA, if anyone in the UK is interested.

Daily Gaming News:
1) The US branch of Atari announces they have declared for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The move was done solely to split away from their parent company Atari SA.
http://www.destructoid.com/atari-fil...e-242797.phtml

2) According to Gamestop, Pandora’s Tower for the Wii could be arriving on March 26 and at a reduced price of $40.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/wii/g...andoras-tower/

3) Might be worth a laugh or two but an analyst from Forbes is claiming Microsoft will be the first from the Big 3 to drop out of the console market. Among the claims was Sony somehow being able to afford the entire Xbox brand if its sold even though they currently are having serious financial problems.
http://www.destructoid.com/some-guy-...d-242798.phtml

4) Amazon is currently having another THQ mega sale from now till January 26th with this time the bundle including 19 PC games for the low price of $25.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/amaz...ey-kick-bucket

Daily Gaming News:
1) Update to THQ's auction as South Park: The Stick of Truth might not be available for sale due to South Park Studios claiming they own the rights and not THQ. SPS are also claiming the only amount they should repay THQ is what was actually spent on developing the game and not its potential IP value.
http://www.destructoid.com/south-par...s-242903.phtml

2) New details for the console version of Resident Evil Revelations include releasing on May 21 (US/Canada) and May 24 (Europe), Hulk being playable for Raid Mode, PS3 and Xbox versions to be digital-only, Wii U version to be disc-based, and the game to cost $50.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/reside...platform/4525/

3) The Last of Us will be getting two collector's editions with Survival Edition costing $80 and the Post-Pandemic Edition costing $160.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/last...demic-editions

4) According to Eurogamer, Dead Space 3 will contain micro-transactions for the weapon's crafting system.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...apon-crafting/

CONDOR DIVE

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THQ R.I.P

Daily Gaming News:
1) EA states the public beta for Crysis 3's multiplayer will start on January 29, contains 2 game modes, and a level cap of 10.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ins-next-week/

2) For those interested in the PC version of Dead Space 3, Visceral Games states some bad news as it will only be a straight port of the console version and bare-bones in extra graphical options.
http://www.destructoid.com/dead-spac...n-243000.phtml

3) The Dark Arisen expansion pack for Dragon's Dogma arrives this April and Capcom announces the pack itself will be included in a re-release of the game planned to arrive around the same time. Those who own the original game and buy the disc version of the rerelease will get some "freebies" as compensation.
http://kotaku.com/5978251/this-april...ges-you-wanted

Hopefully the Crysis 3 beta will be playable for more than 4 games a week.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Sony announces every copy of God of War: Ascension will include an access ticket for The Last of Us demo when it goes live at a future date.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...st-of-us-demo/

2) Logitech has dropped out of the console accessory market due to declining sales (14% drop compared to last year) and generating a $180 million loss in the last fiscal quarter. Several other non-gaming divisions and products were also announced to be getting dropped.
http://www.destructoid.com/logitech-...s-243084.phtml

3) Newest PC patch for Counter Strike Global Assault adds in a Deathmatch mode for both offline and online play along with a bunch of bug and balancing fixes.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ds-deathmatch/

Bummer. Logitech put out some good gear over the years at a great price.

Any word if retailers are gonna have a firesale on remaining product?

Got worried for a second, didn't see the article and thought Logitech was shutting down. Wouldn't be able to use my PC without a Logitech mouse or keyboard.

Daily Gaming News:
1) According to Vigil Games, they were working on a new project called "Crawler" but was seen as too risky to buy during the THQ auction which is why it wasn't bought nor the studio itself.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/vigi...-crawler-works

2) Update to Dead Space 3 having microtransactions as Visceral Games claims it was done as a way to cater to mobile gamers and those who are used to paying for "instant gratification."
http://www.destructoid.com/dead-spac...s-243152.phtml

3) New rumors regarding the Durango dev kits for the next Xbox might reveal the spec jump for the next Xbox won't be as high as previous assumptions. In terms of graphics, it would be about a 5x jump and not the 10x jump Epic Games wants as a minimum for their new Unreal 4 tech.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...ecs-discovered

4) Ubisoft reveals the collector's edition for Splinter Cell Blacklist is called the "Paladin Collector’s Edition", costs $170, comes with a remote controlled RC plane, and will only be available for the PS3 and Xbox.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...with-rc-plane/

I want a retraction on that splinter cell report, Smelly!

It's actually a remote controled airplane. ;)

And I'm totally upgrading to that the first chance I get!

Got a question. I wasn't gonna whip up a new thread because I'd figure I'll get a next post answer. And we kinda don't have a type of "100k replies thread" here on the VG board.

Going for all achievements on 360 on a game. However, there's some attached to some DLC that I do not want to purchase. The question is, does the icon still show up on your completion list when you get all original achievements in a game?

Stupid question it may be, but I'm just don't wanna shell out the points just for full completion.

It may have changed, but the extra points areneeded for full completion once the game is out. I think it even takes away your completion if you had it.

That's what I thought.

It must have changed fairly recently because when Omega came out for ME3, point total didn't increase, and the icon is still there.

*sigh* Decisions, decisions.......

I think I still have credit for Monday Night Combat, but I've got several games where the new achievements seem to have removed my completionist icon, even if I haven't played them.

You would think they wouldn't wanna do it that way, but they do.

I have the same problems with games that have requirements that are multiplayer-only achievements..... sooooooooooooooo annoying!!!

Example: In Borderlands 2 there are in-game challenges (that lead to achievements) that require you to be a passenger of a vehicle and manning the gun while moving, getting X amount of kills on Y enemies.


On a side note, my son decided to grab hold of my disc tray and yank on it this morning before I left for work. Now it doesn't even close all the way. Going to try to realign it without taking it apart, but I managed to get some Torx screwdrivers if I absolutely have to get in there.

No moar Skyrim for a bit..... that makes me sad :(

So get someone to play split screen with you so you can get that Borderlands 2 achievement, you don't HAVE to be online for that one. Not a good example.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Crytek announces they have opened up a new studio located in Austin, Texas which will be run by the former co-founder of Vigil Games and includes the main team of the Darksiders series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...rs-developers/

2) Crytek also states an announcement and details for Homefront 2 will be occurring in the near future.
http://www.destructoid.com/we-ll-hea...k-243389.phtml

3) Microsoft announces a demo for Gears of War Judgement will arrive on the same day as the game's release while the pre-order bonus for the game allows early access for the demo and the OverRun multiplayer mode. The early access and pre-order bonus is only available for the US market though.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-coming-march/

4) Sony announces another PS Vita promotion involves giving out a $20 PSN coupon as a reward for every referral that leads to a Vita being sold.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...more-ps-vitas/

Actually, do any BLT Achievements require you to be online?

You have to revive someone that is on your friends list, but I think that's the only one without looking up the secret achievements I don't have.

I'll be damned. The Vigil crew made it out of the THQ fallout pretty good.

Great, but I dread what Crytek will do with the team now.

Make good games still?

Here's the thing. If there's talent, it generally gets picked up. If there's promise, it generally gets picked up.

How are the various Skyrim DLCs? I know there's a full thread, but don't feel like reading the whole thing.

Dawn guard is okay. Hearthfire is basically a really simplified mine craft.

Dragon born is the best. Takes you well outside of skyrim into a new land.

I thoroughly enjoyed Dawnguard, playing through the Dawnguard story now, actually. If you take the time to take in the game, read the various books around, etc. The DLC has much more substance. If you wanna barrel through it, it will take around 5-6ish hours to complete. the new areas are awesome (im0) as well as some of the new spells you can get (currently on my caster).

Didn't care to build my own house, I skipped Hearthfire. Dragonborn is a must have DLC for this title, especially if you are a long time fan of the Elder Scrolls universe.

Didn't work for me the first go, but I'll try again. I just had my son plug in another controller and shot stuff up while he drove.

Let's not leave out the dueling xD

Battlefield 3 premium is on sale on Live. Kind of want to bite but I don't think anyone plays it anymore on my friends list and it's not a game you can just go solo on

If it means anything to you I will hop on when the CTF stuff launches.

That hasnt launched yet?

Don't think so.

mmmmmmm.....

BF3. Must start playing again, especially if premium is on sale. :D

Daily Gaming News:
1) Disney has shut down Junction Studios with the poor sales of Epic Mickey 2 seen as the key reason behind the decision. For US sales comparisons, Epic Mickey for the Wii managed to sell around 1.9 million copies while Epic Mickey 2's combined sales from five consoles barely reached 800,000 (Wii version sold 600,000).
http://www.screwattack.com/news/disn...junction-point

2) According to the director for Dark Souls 2, the game is roughly 25% finished and revolves heavily around the concept of time and/or time traveling.
http://www.destructoid.com/dark-soul...d-243490.phtml

3) Rockstar says they are open to ideas of a future GTA taking place within a sci-fi or future setting but don't have enough ideas at the moment to make it possible any time soon.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-ideas-needed/

4) Visceral Games explains the reason why the PC port of Dead Space 3 is being "nerfed" is due to making sure the game stays the same for all platforms. Also announced was the game has four unlockable modes available after the game is beaten once (New Game Plus, Pure Survival Mode, Hardcore Mode, and Classic Mode).
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...rt-pc-version/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-dead-space-3/

Grand Theft Aircraft: A Pulp Adventure.

GTA in a setting similar to Futurama's New New York would be fucking amazing.

I rather it be a future setting without the '50's idea of the future' with tube slides and flying cars. Just something of an 'advanced' setting in a subtle way. Not so subtle it'd be pointless, but not super sci-fi either.

GTA: Steelport.

A Ghost in the Shell GTA style game could be awesome too :)

Love the series & movies, and their future doesn't seem to far fetched.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Gearbox announces the Season Pass for Aliens: Colonial Marines will cost $30 and gives about a 25% discount for all the DLC the pass covers.
http://www.destructoid.com/aliens-co...s-243586.phtml

2) According to Ubisoft, the Prince of Persia series has been put on an indefinite hiatus for the near future.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...nchise-paused/

3) A supposed early trailer video for Ubisoft's "Osiris" project was recently leaked which contained footage of the motion capture done for the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/neog...project-osiris

Awesome!

Whatever you do don't picture them naked. They probably all fat.

Good luck.