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Until that stinking pile of shit Other M came along. |
He's basically Metroid's version of Bowser. Smart enough to lead his minions and think of some plans but also always finds a way to ruin those plans.
Think Ridley's biggest flaw is whatever he had planned or was doing goes straight out the window once he sees Samus and instead rushes straight at her only to get beaten every time. Even his Meta form had the same flaw of attacking. |
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Just picked up the Command and Conquer Ultimate Collection. Every C & C game ever including all the expansions, from the original all the way up to C & C 4. Even Renegade.
All for 20 bucks. Might be the best gaming deal I've ever gotten. |
I got that same deal on Origin for 10 bucks about a month ago.
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I don't hate Origin for the record. Just some low-hanging fruit.
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My newest blog update is neither a rant nor speculation piece but it is totally me gushing over Respwn Entertainment's Titanfall.
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Everybody on my XBL friends list check out my avatar duds and animation. I am hyped for this weekend.
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I haven't turned on my 360 since Revengance and I'm certainly not doing it now.
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You stubborn ass.
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Today's News:
1) Atlus' parent company, Index Corporation, currently under police investigation for fraud and illegal profit inflating practices in Japan. http://www.destructoid.com/atlus-par...d-256199.phtml 2) Square Enix announces they are already planning for several direct sequels to be developed for Final Fantasy XV and teased the ending for Final Fantasy XV will only serve to set up those games. http://www.screwattack.com/news/squa...nal-fantasy-xv 3) 3D Realms has recently filed a lawsuit against Gearbox Software over claims of unpaid royalties from Duke Nukem Forever. 3D Realms claims they are owed around $2 million in unpaid fees as part of the deal that gave the series rights to Gearbox. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...nukem-forever/ 4) Ubisoft announces Rainbow 6 Patriots has been cancelled for the PC and current gen consoles with the game's development being moved to just next gen consoles. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...gen-platforms/ |
Would be cool if Square Enix started doing sequels to FF games people actually wanted sequels to.
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Makes more sense to follow-up current running ones. Keeps the current brand consistent.
What would be cool is an inexpensive handheld sequel to every FF (that hasn't got a sequel yet). |
So seriously guys, are you leaning towards PS4 or Xbone?
I seriously just wanna play TitanFall, but im sure thats just a timed exclusive and will make the jump eventually. |
My roommate's gonna have the Xbox One at launch, so I guess I'll be on then, but there's not much for a launch stable of games. I rather wait a year. I would have all three consoles, and would start with X1 perhaps.
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I want a PS4, despite the XB1 having some cool looking exclusives, Sony just offered me everything I want, which is: No mandatory Kinect / Eye camera, no DRM up the ass, and the absolute biggest reason is no mandatory 24 online check-up. I don't want to be sat there with a dead console when my internet is down.
It's a shame, because without all that absolute CRAP MS have put into their console, I could have been tempted to buy one. |
Yeah my biggest gripe is the forced Kinect bullshit. I hate the thing. Don't want it. It adds nothing for me. I had no issues browsing the menus with a stick and A/B buttons. And I just know many shenanigans and hiccups could be had with a voice controlled device. We could probably shut off voice commands, though. And the idea of certain media not playing when more people are in the room kinda haunts me.
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Sweet. R6 Patriots is back but for next gen.
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Those aren't really sequels though, they're just spinoffs. Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XIII-2, those are direct sequels that they "needed" to make since X was a cash cow and any weeaboo teenage anime person would blindly shell out money for and Square Enix felt like they had to redeem themselves for fucking up XIII so badly.
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I'll probably get a PS4 eventually. Had an NVidia GTX 770 in my Amazon basket for a day now, so tempting to pull the trigger.
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Get that 770, amazing bang for the buck. Or you can wait and see how the AMD 8970 looks like.
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PS4 still. Will probably hold off on an Xbone for awhile, either price drop or exclusives that are worth it. Titanfall isn't worth it, since it's going to be on PC too. And now that I've heard more about it, I don't want a Dead Rising thats had it's fun stripped out to be more like CoD... |
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Today's News:
1) Ubisoft announces they are currently developing three Assassin's Creed games with each game being developed by a different studio/team. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...ed-titles.aspx 2) According to DICE, the Star Wars Battlefront game they are currently developing is not Battlefront 3 and instead their own "interpretation" of what they want for the series. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...battlefront-3/ 3) EA announces Danger Close studio has been shut down while the Medal of Honor team has been dissolved and moved into Battlefield series development. http://www.destructoid.com/medal-of-...s-256296.phtml 4) Oddworld Inhabitants states they currently have no plans on developing either a Xbox 360 and Xbox One version of Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!. Difficulties working with Microsoft and their new Indie policy were given as the official reason. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ne-or-xbox-360 |
I'm gonna trust Dice with Battlefront. Just so long as they remember it's essentially 'Star Wars/Battlefield', which should be an all too easy thought for them.
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When they mean banned, they mean BANNED, right?
Like not just suspended? Because my account was suspended for vulgar info or something. They'll give you a few warnings before straight out banning you right? I hope. |
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I don't think I'd do anything to warrant being banned by Xbox, but fuck that. This is the last straw. Ps4 has my Next-Gen purchase if I buy one. |
Being banned is something I have seen happens for the most random of reasons, and can happen if an angry kid complains that you were cheating when you beat him. I seriously don't see how this is a good move.
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I've seen people banned for boosting achievements online, which y'know, if people wanna arrange to meet up in a match and exchange kills / tasks, why the fuck shouldn't they?
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Kalyx will get banned for being too good at a fighting game, so some salty whiny bitch will report him for stupid bullshit no doubt.
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The EA forum bans are hilarious because that locks them out of the game too, so someone goes onto Dragon Age 2 forums and says "Fuck this game" and then they can't play their games.
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The way it works, you can't get banned for having a bad rep and I presume it would mean nothing unless a studio wanted to use it (rage quitters in fighting games would add to bad rep, and then rage quit hell would actually work this time). So community policing should affect reputation, but something like system bans or suspensions will more than likely be for hacks and console flashing. |
If its anything like the current system, mostly people who cheat or hack online and those who use modded consoles will be affected.
Since Gold accounts now expand to 10 people per console, a regular ban probably doesn't affect the other accounts so it should be possible to keep playing those games. You'd only be loosing all the achievements earned and probably certain game saves. |
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Besides, nothing stops someone from filing a complaint instead of just submitting a player review. I've been in quite a few lobbies in multiplayer games where people ask everyone in the lobby to report a guy for cheating because he's rubbed someone the wrong way (and I don't mean actually being a dick. It usually comes down to "he killed me" or "he's too good" or "his play style is different from mine") Microsoft's enforcement team is still shrouded in dark magic. I've seen people file BBB complaints just to find out why they were banned. I oppose this system for that last bit alone. Granted, I have no sympathy for hackers and cheaters who get banned. And it's really funny watching a guy complain he was banned for no reason only to find a screencap of him advertising hacks or something online. Quote:
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I'm betting a ban would include sharing lists under a users gamertag, so yeah those shared games would suddenly be inaccessible.
I've never been banned or so much as got a warning for anything and I can't say I much sympathy for people who cheat so this is one piece of hardware news I don't really mind. |
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The system will not accept complaints from people who had no interaction with the 'defendant', and the system will also account for complaints stated versus actual in game actions. So ambiguous things like 'he's too good/not good enough' aren't a tally for suspensions/bans. In fact the new system is one of the few things that came out kinda clear. |
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The Gold system is being expanded to include multiple people on a single account while sharing is up to 10 people on a console. Only sharing was actually specified a number. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57...x-one-and-360/ http://penny-arcade.com/report/artic...t-some-details After that it gets a bit sketchy since Microsoft wasn't completely clear but its being stated as either strictly just 1 person playing at anytime or 2 people are possible (1 shared & 1 original owner). |
Imagine Halo 5 shared with ten people, 9 sales down the drain. I doubt you can all plat at once.
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Man, they do not have their shit together.
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Just so we're clear, it seems highly unlikely that you would get banned on bad rep alone. You seem to be dancing around that, KK. Microsoft has a lot of problems but this system appears pretty simple to grasp. Did you read the article?
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Just to be clear, you do understand there's a difference between repping someone and reporting them, right? In the current system, the one I've been addressing? And by "the article," do you mean the one you said you'd post and didn't? Because it's not very specific to say "the article" when we have several that touch upon this. I've read a bunch of them. I may have missed some. I certainly didn't read the one you didn't post. I hope that clarifies things. |
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Has there ever been a legit instance of this? I know there was a lot of scare mongering, but I don't think I ever saw a real instance of this. |
There were lots of stories of this around the time of Halo 4. I didn't think it would all be piracy, I'm sure there were people on Neogaf at the time showing their copies and their bans, but who knows.
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People had their stats reset, but there were no bans for early players of Halo 4. 343 made clear their were no bans. I remember that debacle. It had much to do with a campaign against Halo 4 for having so many changes and shifting developers. There are still such silliness as '343 banning people who speak ill of them in forums', none of which confirmed.
The Origin thing was unfortunate. I don't think I'm a sucker for wanting to play Titanfall. I'm aware of Microsoft's sillier practices and weighed them against where the games I play would be. Multiplatform games aside, Xbone has the games, simple as that. Then comes Wii U, with first party gold. The PS4 is much more consumer friendly, but it doesn't have the exclusives on top of the multiplatform games. I'm not trying to make friends with companies, I wanna play badass games. Good gestures are nice and all but unless I am fucked over I don't see a reason ignore my personal tastes in games. Feel silly with this since we're going to have all three by next year, PS4 last most likely. Mario Kart 8 looks really good. |
Was there no WWE 2k14 presence at E3?
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Don't think they were ready.
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Media/info dump on that will probably come around Summer Slam. We got news fairly close to release in the last few years.
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True but at last year's E3 they at least revealed Attitude mode and a few screenshots. Was curious to see the main gameplay mode. Oh well.
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Take Two was barely at E3 this year which is why nothing Rockstar or GTA V related was shown. The only thing 2K Games did was be associated with the Miz who had an autograph signing booth at E3.
Even if THQ was still around, I believe they previously announced they wouldn't have attended E3 so WWE 14 wouldn't have been shown off anyways. |
I'm back. I missed E3 with the exception of a video here and there, when I had the time.
Did I miss an announcement of The Legend of Zelda U (Not Wind Waker HD)? GAME seems to think it was announced. WW HD is a seperate listing, so it's not that. |
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Further, while pattern recognition seems to border on a superpower 'round these parts, Microsoft has a tendency to have a strong initial audience then more or less abandon the market except for the bare bones moneymakers. Unless you want Kinect titles, this last generation bears that out. And even with Kinect titles, there wasn't much gold there. Sony has been pretty consistent with returns in the first party category. Of course, for me, this is purely academic because I don't give a shit about most of the first party games. Titanfall looks as "meh" as anything Sony offered last gen. Dead rising's going to try and clone Call of Duty. Sunset overdrive is another co-op shooter from the guys who managed to turn Overstrike into Fuse. However, if you think Microsoft is going to change its stripes, you just might be a "sucker" after all. Yes, you can buy multiple consoles. Go ahead and buy all three. Buy whatever you want. Doesn't make it a smart consumer practice or a good long-term buy. Or even a good short-term buy, but hey. |
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The FPS games MS have for exclusives all look like the same game to me, plus Titanfall is rumored to be a one-year exclusive then it could come to PS4.
I will actually state that MS had the better overall exclusives at E3, but I'm staying with Sony, I choose Nathan Drake over Master Chief. |
A one-year exclusive is still for all intents an exclusive. By the time it comes out on another console the damage has generally (not always, just generally) been done.
And is it really surprising that there's a bunch of samey shooters? |
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For fuck sake I only ever give a shit about where I can play games I wanna play. This isn't team sports. I do not give a fuck about Xbox One's long term life span. I seriously don't. If Titanfall and Halo was on PS4, I'd be there. And if the rumors pan out, it would appear like last generation my time with Xbox One pretty much hinges or Halo remaining fun to play. Your thoughts about Xbone were made clear and I respect them, as well as agree with more than I probably sound, but stop this 'you're a sucker', 'your console will not last' bullshit. At the end of the day I just wanna play my fave franchises in the way I want. |
The only exclusive i'm going to miss is Dead Rising 3, but it sounds like the DayZ developer is strongly leaning towards a PS4 release over Xbone, so that'll make up for it.
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Not much of a fan of Halo. I like hybrid shooters with RPG elements better. Probably sold on a PS4 unless Xbox ditches every stupid idea they have announced in the last year.
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You're gonna love Destiny and Division, I suppose. They look hella interesting.
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Today's News:
1) Square Enix states if the HD remakes of Final Fantasy X and X-2 sell really well, expect a lot more Final Fantasy HD remakes to be made in the future. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...sy-hd-remakes/ 2) IO Interactive announces they have laid off roughly half of their staff while cancelling all current projects in development in order to focus all development towards a new Hitman game. http://www.destructoid.com/io-cancel...e-256471.phtml 3) Retro Studios confirms the Metroid series has been put on hiatus for the near future since the studio wanted to focus more on the Donkey Kong Country series. They did state if they return to Metroid, the goal would be to expand the Samus/Metroid universe. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...troid-someday/ |
Ugh.
I love the Hitman series, but I hope this direction doesn't put them in Assassin's Creed territory and make it a yearly release. |
That Squeenix news basically amounts to a HD version of FFXII, where you'll be able to stare into the beautifully rendered soulless voids behind the eyes of every character not named Balthier.
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Damn, was hoping for some new metroid goodness on the WiiU. Hesitant about the idea of expanding the metroid world. A large part of the metroid series' mystique, comes from the fact that you don't know a lot about the universe these games take place in. Part of why Other M was shitty as a Metroid game, is that it flat out explains too much.
Hopefully they just mean that they are introducing new, isolated, errie parts of the universe with new threasts. |
Today's News:
1) The boss of Microsoft Game Studios, Phil Spencer, states the Crackdown series could eventually arrive on the Xbox One but only when they find the "right team and time" to make it a possibility. http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...t-256530.phtml 2) CD Projekt RED announces while the PC is guaranteed to get The Witcher 3's DLC for free, it is up to both Sony and Microsoft to allow the DLC packs to also be free for the PS4 and Xbox One. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...her-platforms/ 3) Hairbrained Schemes states Shadowrun Returns will end up missing its originally planned June release date and instead is currently on track to be released on July 25 for PC, Mac, and tablet devices. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-release-date/ 4) Recently released State of Decay game was revealed to have become the fastest selling "original game ever" for Xbox Live Arcade with currently about 550,000 copies sold. http://www.destructoid.com/state-of-...e-256497.phtml |
Crackdown 1, fun. 2, not so much.
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Recent news coming out re:Steam game sharing: http://www.gamebreaker.tv/game-indus...-game-sharing/
This is something I would LOVE to see happen sooner than later. Heck, I will be ok paying a reasonable fee for it as well. |
Game sharing amongst digital games is something companies need to jump on.
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Today's News:
1) According to details from Famitsu magazine, Kingdom Hearts III takes place after the events of Kingdom Hearts 3D and hints more playable characters for the game. http://www.destructoid.com/kingdom-h...d-256593.phtml 2) EA states their new EA Sports Ignite engine will not support the PC nor the Wii U. In regards to the PC, its mainly due to them being unwilling to tweak the engine to work on a variety of PCs models. http://www.destructoid.com/ea-sports...u-256552.phtml 3) According to Bioware, Mass Effect 4 will end up sharing a lot of things from Dragon Age III due to both games running on the same engine and the things developed for Dragon Age III will carry over to Mass Effect 4. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ragon-age-iii/ 4) Nintendo is currently holding a Club Nintendo promotion for New Super Luigi U which offers doubling the amount of coins earned from the game's survey (40 coins) in exchange for downloading the DLC this week on the Wii U's eShop. http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...n-256601.phtml |
Today's News:
1) Konami currently rumored to be opening a new American-based studio later this year primailry to develop sports games for the company. http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=205774 2) Previously announced only for next gen consoles and PC, Eidos Montreal announces Thief will also be arriving on the Xbox 360 and PS3 and releases on the same day as the other versions. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...playstation-3/ 3) Ubisoft teases Far Cry 4, Beyond Good & Evil 2, and the next Prince of Persia game are currently being considered or in development although none would arrive any time soon. Same goes for any new info regarding those projects. http://www.destructoid.com/far-cry-4...--256633.phtml 4) Bethesda currently denying they will be announcing or providing details any time soon regarding Fallout 4 which supposedly had a trailer shown behind closed doors at E3 last week. http://www.destructoid.com/bethesda-...c-256685.phtml http://www.screwattack.com/news/fall...hown-during-e3 |
When I go to Vegas, I always thought that huge building they got next to the airport was like their U.S. headquarters or something. Wanted to go in there one day and hope Kojima would be standing there.
Turns out, it's their slot machine division. :o |
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...Put in a half-assed attempt at copying that doesn't look as good. |
Today's News:
1) Valve currently rumored to be developing Left 4 Dead 3 and Half-Life 3 according to internal memos that were recently leaked. The same memos also mention a new version of the Source engine, called Source 2, is currently in development by Valve. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...n-development/ 2) According to the vice president of Bethesda, the official reason why there is no multiplayer for Wolfenstien:The New Order is because both Bethesda didn't want the mode to be rushed while developers Machine Games ocused all their efforts and resources towards the game's campaign and story. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...the-new-order/ 3) Respawn Entertainment's co-founder states the official reason why there is no single player mode for Titanfall is due to them feeling not enough people play or finish a game's single player mode if multiplayer is available. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-in-titanfall/ 4) ActSystemWorks states they are willing to develop a Guilty Gear game for the Wii U if enough fan signatures are generated on the official petition for the game. http://www.screwattack.com/news/only...ilty-gear-wiiu |
Incidentally, another horror story from an indie dev who worked with Microsoft Studios:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013...gun-windows-8/ |
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Are they serious? Their Modern Warfare games had a very solid story. |
Solid story doesn't matter. People buy FPS to shoot others online.
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While that is quickly becoming the case, especially with the Bro gamer CoD generation, I dont think removing single player is the smartest thing to do, especially if you're trying to introduce a whole new world like they are with Titan Fall.
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I was surprised to see as many as half of the players on Steam completed the campaign on Steam in MW2 and 3, since numbers for the Xbox and Playstation are reported to be much lower. If they're putting that much more effort into multiplayer, I say go for it. |
I think they're trying to introduce people to new maps to shoot people on.
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It's interesting how two FPS games are coming out (Titanfall and Wolfenstein) that are catered to completely different crowds. Personally, I prefer a single player experience, and then afterwards I'll play some MP, and if it's a lot of fun, I'll keep playing.
People don't buy COD games for the story, like people don't watch Fast and Furious movies for the story, it's the action and instant thrills. I think there's also the problem that single player FPS games have become increasingly linear and full of QTEs, where people prefer to play how they want and move around the maps how they please. Half Life games on the other hand, now there's a FPS where you'd be pretty annoyed if they release the next one without any single player. |
Personally, I like the diversification. I mean, catering to different audiences is surely a good thing, right? Long as the products don't skimp on their supposed focus.
I'm not likely to buy either of these games, but the point remains, does it not? I'd love to have more options for single-player titles that focus on single-player. I'd also be in favour of more multiplayer only titles if it meant we saw more thought into them. |
Today's News:
1) Nintendo currently rumored to be dropping their "Lets Play" ad revenue policy and reverting ad money they claimed back to those accounts affected. http://kotaku.com/nintendos-lets-pla...ding-513818999 http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=206036 2) According to DICE, EA wasn't planning for DICE to work on Star Wars Battlefront and only agreed after the studio had to beg to be allowed to work on the project. http://www.destructoid.com/dice-begg...t-256891.phtml 3) According to Miyamoto, he still has plans for a possible Majora's Mask remake to be made in the future. http://www.destructoid.com/majora-s-...d-256806.phtml 4) Sales - Bethesda announces several of their games and DLC are currently on sale for Steam, XBLA, and PSN. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ive-psn-steam/ |
I think yesterday Nintendo phased out like 4-5 channels on the Wii. Weather channel, and the news channel I know are no more.
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Everyone's backtracking this week. SWEET.
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Today's News:
1) Hideo Kojima stated he is currently searching for a studio to work on remaking Metal Gear Solid 1 using the brand new Fox Engine. Also teased several of the original game's mechanics and gameplay would be changed in the potential remake. http://www.destructoid.com/kojima-lo...d-256973.phtml 2) According to EA, they are looking at a period of around 2 years to completely transition game development towards the upcoming next gen of consoles. Until then, they are guaranteeing a significant amount of games they develop will have both a current and next gen console release. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-says-ea-exec/ 3) Sony revealed the pre-order bonuses for Gran Turismo 6:
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Friendly reminder, the last piece of Borderlands 2 DLC, Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon's Keep got released today. And from some of the reviews I've read so far, it's the best of the bunch.
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Today's News:
1) PopCap Games announces Plants vs Zombies 2 has been delayed from its original July 18 date to now a "late summer" date with the official reason being due to needing extra time for polishing and testing. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...r-this-summer/ 2) According to the president of EA, Frank Gibeau, Dragon Age Inquisition's story will act more as a brand new storyline and not as a "continuation" of the current storyline from previous Dragon Age games. http://www.destructoid.com/dragon-ag...2-257058.phtml 3) Sony announces the Gran Turismo 6 demo arrives on July 2nd and will be available until August 31. The demo contains 1 race track called "Silverstone", a training academy, and leaderboard support. http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...a-few-details/ |
If anyone needs to reup or stack their Xbox Live membership, Newegg via eBay is running a deal for $35 at the moment.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Xb...d/380667681103 |
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