On the last level of DmC. Really enjoying the reboot because I've never been a slasher snob and don't care or notice the 30fps engine. Storyline is solid.

Maybe Cool King is a Chubby Chaser.

Daily Gaming News:
1) The producer for the Resident Evil series states a reboot for the series might be needed although it wouldn't be a return to its horror roots.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...a-possibility/

2) The controversial torture scene shown at E3 for Splinter Cell Blacklist has been dropped from the game according to Ubisoft.
http://www.destructoid.com/torture-s...t-243625.phtml

3) A bunch of EA news with Madden potentially getting a slight name change to commemorate the 25th anniversary, Battlefield 4 to be revealed within the next "90 days", Fuse has been delayed till June 2013, and the Medal of Honor series has been given an indefinite hiatus.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...haps-new-name/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ase-hinted-at/
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/ea-giv...ays-fuse/4536/

Fuck sake Capcom.

Hard to get pumped for new battlefield after the awesomeness of planet side 2.

I'm not 100% for Battlefield 4 coming out so soon when they could make it for next-gen. Reeks of annualization.

A new game in the main series does tend to arrive once every 2 years so 2013 makes sense for Battlefield 4 and all the real work was already done once DICE finished up the Frostbite 2 engine.

If Battlefield gets the annual treatment now that Medal of Honor is done and nothing else replaces it, all EA would do is just have 2 studios in charge similar to what Activision does with CoD. They've already used other studios to work on the non-DICE Battlefield games before.

They were bad, though.

I was saddened by Warfighter :( So much promise

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I think MinnesotaBurns must have met Fangerl at some point. How else could he do such a bang-on impression?

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Exciting stuff!

Sony's really gonna have to step up their game this time around. I have not been impressed by the PS3 at all since release. A few good games, and free online play, but nothing else has been standout to me. A browser that makes me miss a normal computer in seconds. Bluray, I'm perfectly happy with DVD's especially now that HD's big.

And of course: HAX
HAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAXHAX

Wait...What?

Lol yeah what are you talking about. HD flopped months out of the gate.

Daily Gaming News:
1) According to CD Projket Red, Cyberpunk 2077 will be running on their brand new Red Engine 3.
http://www.destructoid.com/cd-projec...7-243801.phtml

2) EA announces both a new Need For Speed will arrive this year and the series has returned to the annual schedule.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...peed-for-2013/

3) Capcom announces they have cancelled both the Dino Crisis and Onimusha series with the goal to create new IPs and series to replace both.
http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-sn...p-243754.phtml

FUCK SAKE CAPCOM

Onimusha was great.

A new Need for Speed every year? Don't they remember why it almost died last time?

Wow, Capcom has really gone from being one of the premier publishers/developers in our lifetime to just a joke of a video game outfit. If I was a bigtime shareholder, I'd be calling for some heads.

And yeah, Onimusha was a great series. 1 & 2 were awesome. 3, not so much. Didn't like Dawn of Dreams.

I don't think he means HD DVD, but still.

Really abusing the word IP aside, I don't think they're doing this right.

Wiggers' mommies stopped giving them allowance?

*looks up stock chart* Yikes, you'd be calling for blood alright.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Halo Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3 all are rumored to be arriving on Steam in the future according to a leaked database file for Steam. Of the games, only Halo 3 has an actual link at the moment
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...atabase-files/

2) Based on the Easter egg from Cyberpunk 2077 teaser trailer, CD Projekt RED is expected to officially debut The Witcher 3 tomorrow.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...2077-cgi-video

3) SuperBot Entertainment's future might be in doubt after Sony has cut ties with the studio while the studio itself recently laid off a big portion of their staff. Sony also announced Sony's Santa Monica Studio will take over the series if future games are to be made.
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-ends...r-244017.phtml

Saint's Row 4 is coming out this year as THQ originally planned with Koch Media publishing it.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...e-the-next-thq

GIDDY.

EDIT: Wait, shit. Going head to head with GTAV can't be good.

If 4 is like 3, I kinda hope GTAV slaughters it.

I'm not sure I know how I feel about this. I don't know if PSASBR was any good, but if the rumour is true, then Sony's reason was something akin to "what? This half-baked idea of ours didn't do well? Release the hounds...."

And that's kinda bullshit.

Cyberpunk 2077 really needs to go looking into the music like Lazerhawk, Powerglove and the likes. Seriously.

Think its been mixed in terms of reception although more favorable with the reviews.

In terms of money, Sony said previously they were happy since it met their sales goal and made money. Although most of the funding was from SuperBot themselves and not Sony.

http://www.destructoid.com/crytek-no...3-244068.phtml

Come on Crytek, I love your games, but you need to do more than just FPS games :(

FPS games bring in the money. Until that changes, we'll have no shortage of FPS games. Probably all near identicle to the last.

Daily Gaming News:
1) The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt was officially revealed today with early details including it being the last game in the series, roughly 30x bigger than The Witcher 2, and a planned 2014 release date for PC and next gen consoles.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/the-wi...ally-big/4545/
http://www.destructoid.com/the-witch...2-244078.phtml

2) Square Enix blames the console market for their financial problems this fiscal year with a loss of 5.9 billion Yen ($63 million) generated so far but still expect to turn a profit due to their strong mobile division.
http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...t-244066.phtml

3) The maker of Minecraft, Notch, announces he has backed out from funding a potential Psychonauts 2 project after it was revealed the project needs at least $18 million for development which is more than he can afford for the project.
http://www.destructoid.com/notch-bac...2-244086.phtml

I really wish the first Witcher would hit consoles.

Remember that when the market crashes.

I'm mostly joking on that one, but still.

I think the bigger problem is AAA game design and marketing in general.

i think the biggest problem is Triple A

Ah.

While it may be a larger problem, shooter empahsis still exists as a sizable one, and now we're seeing "shooter fatigue."

An industry crash is imminent I think.

I doubt its imminent, but it's a viable possibility due to the current direction of gaming.

EDGE is claiming the next XBox will permanent online and not allow second hand games.

http://www.edge-online.com/news/the-...nd-new-kinect/

True or not, Gamestops stock took a small dive after this report.

pretty hard to make a gaming console "permanent online" when some people never hook their system up to the internet.

I agree, but Edge aren't usually ones to just put shit up for hits. In fact, they're so convinced, they've done another article saying what it means for Orbis

http://www.edge-online.com/features/...playstation-4/

I gotta see how this plays out.

If something like this went down, Gamestop and Gamefly would fold.

Whatever.

Could really give a shit about Gamestop folding, but Gamefly is a good thing.

Gamestop could vanish for all I care. Fuck Gamestop.

Gamestop probably won't considering they've gradually been getting involved in selling downloadable stuff in recent years and did state its been really profitable for them. Would need a lot more time to fully switch their profits from relying on used games to digital stuff though.



Daily Gaming News:
1) Tecmo announces the Wii U "enhanced" port of Ninja Gaiden 3 will be heading to the Xbox 360 and PS3 along with all the previously exclusive non-tablet goodies the Wii U version.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...o-xbox-360ps3/

2) Project Gotham Racing 5 rumored to be in development and is being targeted as a launch day title for the next Xbox console. A potential release date might be teasing the game and console arrives by late 2013.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...for-next-xbox/

3) Nintendo announces they have teamed up with Namco again to work on a new Mario Kart Arcade game with a release later this year.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/...rt-arcade-game

4) Recent Hollywood news involves Valve confirming they are working with JJ Abrahams to produce films based on several of their games while Fox Studios states a new Hitman film named "Agent 47" is currently in production.
http://www.destructoid.com/half-life...s-244198.phtml
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/fox-wi...l-walker/4546/

I like Tim Olyphant where he is on Justified thank you very much.

I never played Team Fortress 2 and I never will but the characters are very fun so I'd really like a TF2 film.

I hope the Valve films have the original cast and don't cast someone else as GLADoS or Heavy or whoever else. I'm sure they'll case some "superstar" as the voices, though.

I already wrote, produced, and directed a 3 season TF2 series on HBO in my head like 5 years ago thank you very much

Fairly certain a Portal movie would keep GLADoS' voice intact.

It included time-travel and crossover with the Portal franchise. It was really good.

Really wish Japanese people would make a new wrestling game already. I don't even care if its not fire pro, just give me something.

Still playing FPR all the time, but there have been a bajillion new moves invented since 2005, and believable substitutes are getting fewer and far between.

Permanent online is one of the stupidest things Microsoft can do. I'm not even getting one and I'm hoping it isn't true.

If it means to play single player campaigns require internet then that is stupid.

Yeah that really worked out great for diablo 3.

We've been hearing this for years, so *yawn*

Microsoft (and gaming in general) really has no problem excluding people. Look at the broadband-only setups that started back when dialup was still king.

that's rather short-sighted, but okay.

Wonder if the arcade port on Wii was censored. That game was great.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Avalanche Studios teases they are working on Just Cause 3 which will be released for next gen systems.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...playstation-4/

2) Ubisoft announces a new Assassin's Creed game will arrive in 2014 and involves a brand new character and time period. Connor was hinted to play no role in the new game.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/the-ne...r-connor/4549/

3) Bungie hints their "Destiny" project will be officially revealed within the next couple of weeks.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tter-of-weeks/

Just cause 2 is one of the best open world games ever. Even thinking about a sequel powered by a new console makes me cum in my pants.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121062811693

Dat collection.

Holy ballsacks.

If Just Cause 3 has no multiplayer it is auto-fail. Because yeah, their open-world gameplay is off the chain.

Does anyone have any Dota 2 keys? Everyone and their mom seems to have gotten one, except for me.

I want more Mass Effect.

God I want a feudal Japan or China Assassin's Creed. I don't give a fuck if it's ridiculously cliche. I just want a game where you play as an assassin in Japan and inadvertently create ninjas.

I now miss the good Tenchu games.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Killzone 4 currently rumored to be arriving as a launch title for the PS4.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/plays...-window-title/

2) Epic Games announces Infinity Blade: Dungeons has been delayed indefinitely and are shutting down Impossible Studios who were developing the game. Impossible Studios was formerly known as Big Huge Games which Epic Games bought when 38 Studios shut down last year.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/infini...-studios/4551/

3) According to rumors, Sony is planning on bundling the next gen version of their PS Eye camera with the PS4 as part of their focus for motion controls next gen.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...aystation-eye/

Daily Gaming News:
1) Obsidian currently trying to get Disney to approve of a Star Wars RPG game to be developed. In terms of storyline, the game would occur between Episode 3 and Episode 4.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/obsi...ars-rpg-disney

2) Namco Bandai is letting the fans vote on a Facebook poll to decide the official tag name for Dark Souls II.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/namc...80%99s-tagline

3) Blue Isle Studios announces pre-orders for Slender: the Arrival have started with access to the game's beta as the gift. Another pre-order offer allows access to the beta and the choice of being included in the game's credits or an official soundtrack.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/you-ca...ight-now/4553/

4) According to recent domain purchases, Square Enix could be developing a new game in the Legacy of Kain in the near future.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...egacy-of-kain/

5) A recent national survey from Public Policy Polling reveals about 67% of those surveyed find violent video games to be more dangerous than guns while another 19% were unsure on which was worse.
http://www.destructoid.com/poll-viol...s-244496.phtml

Don't need another "in-between episodes 3-4" game. Just make 1 more Knights of the Old Republic, Obsidian, and make it a nice trilogy.

And please, Square Enix, let this Legacy of Kain news turn out to be true.

If anyone is interested in Slender: The Arrival, you can pre-order now for $5 and get immediate access to the beta.

Warner's earnings call confirmed that there is a new Arkham game coming out by the end of the year. VG247's sources say that it's not developed by Rocksteady though.

Gief another Legacy of Kain with KAIN! The first one on PSOne with the top down view was awesome.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Update to Hasney's earlier post about a new Batman Arkham game as it's currently rumored Spark Unlimited will be developing the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/batman-ar...--244717.phtml

2) The Last of Us rumored to be delayed from its May 7 date to now a June 18 release date.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ossible-delay/

3) Bungie's "Destiny" project expected to be revealed on February 17 according to a recent countdown teaser site from Bungie themselves.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...l-in-six-days/
http://www.destructoid.com/bungie-to...d-244737.phtml

4) Sega is denying claims from Gearbox Studios that Aliens: Colonial Marines development was outsourced with Gearbox only developing the game's multiplayer. In terms of reviews, the game is getting panned by critics with the single player campaign generating the most complaints.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/port...megate-studios
http://www.destructoid.com/sega-deni...d-244728.phtml

WB with dat WB logic.

I'm guessing from the lack of an Aliens Colonial Marines thread, everyone pretty much knew it was going to be a huge pile of shit.

There's been threads of games that bombed. I was personally hoping it would be decent, at least AvP decent (though I knew shrugging off Rebellion for this game was a no-no). The pics had decent atmosphere but shit, this generation visuals better not be a problem. Cool screen shots don't impress me anymore. Then the vids came and the robotic animation everybody called out was apparent. This simply didn't look like a game that look years to make (in production even before 2009's AvP).

Pretentiously making Horde Mode week-1 DLC, something I think writes itself into an Aliens game and was out-da-box in AvP, wasn't a good move either. Just bad moves all around. Sega's not in a place to be slipping up like this with a franchise like that.

And on that, a blog about what so many Aliens games get wrong.

It mirrors me and my brother's thoughts on why the marines in AvP's species deathmatch mode was shockingly fun. The other two races are far and away better than you from a gameplay perspective. All you have is a motion tracker and some source accurate firearms. But it was terrifying in the best way imaginable. The Horde Mode in AvP, which was the marines' exclusive mode, was spot on. All it was ape the trend seen in other shooters, but it was so right in an Aliens game. Like 'take Assassins Creed predatory stealth gameplay and apply to Batman' right.

But alas, we have an Aliens game that doesn't hold up to the games the brand helped spawn. Like the tragic poetry of a bad Starship Troopers game.

13 years later and I still love Timesplitters oh so much aka finally can run a PS2 emulator and got to play it for the first time in 12 years.

Edit: Now with video because I was bored and wanted to test out how well my pc could handle streaming.

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I'm glad I didn't have any interest in Colonial Marines. Can't be disappointed by it.

OH SHIT SUPERFROG HD

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/...ita-this-year/

Making a sort of Bioshocky scene in UDK right now.

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What games connect 3 and 4? Force Unleashed?

Can't wait for the new Arkham game. Too bad Rocksteady isn't doing it, they did a magnificent job with the first 2. I am still playing through AC.

If they're not doing it I think you can stand to wait.

It's true. Gearbox has a flawless record.

...:shifty:

They've had several intermediary games, including the Shadows of the Empire spinoffs that go way the fuck back. They had spinoff material in the Rogue Squadron series (though it itself wasn't' a spinoff game series per se). I'm sure I'm missing a big one here.

Yeah, Damon.

Force unleashed was the "official" inbetween story of 3 & 4.

Daily Gaming News:
1) Bunch of next gen rumors such as EA believing neither the next Xbox nor PS4 will be backwards compatible, Xbox 360 controllers rumored to not be backwards compatible with the next Xbox, and the PS4 controller is rumored to have dropped the "share" button while still keeping the same Dualshock design.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...oles-unlikely/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumors-about-durango
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tails-surface/

2) Naughty Dog confirms The Last of Us has been delayed with the official reason being they need more time to polish up the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/naughty-d...e-244871.phtml

3) According to reports, Valve has laid off roughly 25 employees from their hardware and Android R&D divisions with the unofficial reason being related to recent changes in direction by the company.
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-fir...s-244865.phtml

4) Nintendo announces a new Nintendo Direct will arrive tomorrow with the focus primarily on the 3DS.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/...oming-tomorrow

Video does a good job comparing and contrasting the vast differences between the demo and the finished product.
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It's a disappointment for me, as I'm a big Alien fan - I wasn't getting my hopes up considering the developmental nightmare this title suffered, but it's still a shame so much potential was wasted.

Christ, that 3DS Direct has to talk about already announced games, surely. That thing is in constant beast mode for Japan this year. Animal Crossing and Dragon Quest have already bumped the 3DS to above 10 million units over there and they've still got Monster Hunter 4 and Pokemon to come out over there.

hope they announce a localisation of Monster Hunter 4, but I'm not holding my breath.

Some odd things have been coming up in the Steam database recently, like a few older games that never received PC ports as well as some that are just unexpected. For me, the biggest surprises were:

Halo's 1-3
KOF XIII, 2002 and 98
Brutal Legend

Some things have been happening since then and now, Brutal Legend is on the Steam store: http://store.steampowered.com/app/22..._7_7_204_150_3

MS also announced that Halo 2's multiplayer support would be terminated on PC shortly before this was discovered. Now there's been a u-turn and they've said that Halo 2 will continue support until June 2013 while "other support options are investigated".

Think I'd pick up the Halo trilogy. Think I'd have a lot more fun with a mouse and keyboard. not only that, but Halo 3's forge mode with a mouse would be a godsend.

Won't be picking up a the next Xbox at launch if its not backwards compatible, fuck that noise.

I think you've got no chance of either console being BC with the massive change in architecture unless they throw additional expensive hardware in.

The best you could hope for is that Sony uses their patent for plugging in an adaptor with some PS3 hardware in it to get some BC working on the PS4 at an additional cost.

Well then Fable 4 better look pretty fucking shiny and have that tree gimmick they skipped out of 3. And a decent game they also skipped out of 3.

Announced a new Mario & Luigi RPG. Coming out in Summer in the west. Set in Luigis dreams.

Honest to fucking god this machine is on a roll.

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Donkey Kong Returns 3D port is less hype-worthy, but still nice, also Summer 2013 along with a new 3DS Mario Golf.

Wii Street U is out for free download, if anyone wants Google Maps on their Wii U.