Today's News:
1) Ubisoft states Rainbow 6: Patriots is still in development although the game's original storyline planned was hinted to have been scrapped or pushed into a new direction.
http://www.destructoid.com/rainbow-6...t-260606.phtml

2) According to DICE, they haven't completely decided on what they want to do for Star Wars: Battlefront stating they are currently split on determining which parts of the Battlefield series will be used or influenced for Battlefront.
http://www.destructoid.com/dice-hasn...t-260538.phtml

3) Ryse: Son of Rome was revealed to contain microtransactions with the system being compared to Mass Effect 3 and the FIFA series in terms of similarities.
http://www.videogamer.com/xboxone/ry...nsactions.html

Hopefully DICE uses the "Levelution" stuff they just revealed in battlefront. Could imagine a Star Destroyer crashing onto the map like the ship in the recent Battlefield 4 vid.

Don't talk dirty to me.

Is Crysis 2 Single Player any good?

Since I've got the key for the PC version and I play on using a controller anyway, I have no interest in competitive multiplayer.

Buuuuut it is essentially a free game as I got it as part of the Origin Bundle I was already buying for other titles.

I hear there's a good non-player character that makes it worth slogging through. I've got the game also, just haven't played it at all.

From what I've read, Crisis 3 is a wasteland, so good luck finding a match in 2.

Since I have "no interest" in multiplayer, why would I need luck finding a match?

I was really drunk shut up

Today's News:
1) Square Enix's Head of Studios boss, Darrell Gallagher, states the company is currently considering making all their games in the future focus and contain persistent online features.
http://www.destructoid.com/persisten...--260685.phtml

2) According to David Cage, Beyond Two Souls for the PS3 will not contain any traditional game over or fail screens but instead features multiple storyline paths to cover situations where a player might fail in a situation.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-over-screens/

3) Rare states they are currently considering using the Kinect features of the Xbox One as a way to bring back several past franchises with the Banjo and Viva Pinata series as two possibilities.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/game...e-using-kinect
http://www.destructoid.com/rare-s-ki...s-260675.phtml

Settle down bro

Why should I?

okay don't

Fignuts wins again!

Today's News:
1) According to DICE, they and not EA were responsible for why a sequel to Mirror's Edge was put on hold with the reason being they had a hard time trying to come up with interesting concepts for the sequel.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/dice...se-hold-not-ea

2) Some Final Fantasy news as Square Enix states Final Fantasy XIV is currently planned to get a major patch update once every 3 months while Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII takes around 50 hours to complete and will contain several NPC guest characters.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...l-fantasy-xiv/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...s-to-complete/

3) Mircosft announces the Xbox 360 Dashboard update containing the switch to a real currency system has been released with North America getting the update first. For a limited time, all initial purchases made won't be including a sales tax charge.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ocal-currency/

4) EA confirms the Vita version of FIFA 14 is just a re-release of FIFA 13 but with updates kits/rosters which itself was a re-release of FIFA Soccer on the platform.
http://www.destructoid.com/fifa-14-o...3-260698.phtml

Today's News:
1) Update to the recent Dashboard news as Microsoft states all MS Points purchased or given away before the currency switch will expire on June 2015.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/mi...ead/1100-4727/

2) According to EA's COO, Peter Moore, the company will be using a free-to-play model for all their major franchises in the future as well as no longer releasing games that focus on either single player or feature offline modes.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...ajor-Franchise
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-d...ll-their-games

3) EA also stated they are currently planning a rotation of Battlefield, Titanfall, and Star Wars Battlefront series as the basis for their big annual FPS game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ease-rotation/

4) Bethseda states they are currently in discussions with Microsoft to get the Xbox Live Gold fee/requirement waived for Elder Scrolls Online on the Xbox 360.
http://www.destructoid.com/bethesda-...e-260851.phtml

EA always talks about rotations and they literally never do it.

Ughhhhhhhhhh EA :foc:

What's wrong with that? Battlefield has a f2p game and the core series rolls on.

Smelly kinda wrote that out wrong now that I read it.

I was referring to the no emphasis on offline/single player gaming part.

Battlefield 4 has campaign mode. Mirror's Edge will certainly have its story mode. Story modes were added into the Need for Speed series at EA's desire.

The message is that there will no longer be strictly single player games and everything will have online functions of some sort added - which would really seem no different than the last few years of EA's offerings.

The point is- single player in these games is an afterthought and as a predominantly single player gamer myself I dislike that this is now their official stance for the future.

It's just EA, their single player offerings are hack anyway.

But as it stands, it's already their policy, so what difference does it really end up making?

It's already an afterthought, sometimes non-existent, and otherwise almost always shit.

Theres plenty of independ developers who will keep making kick ass single player FPS games like Daikatana, so don't worry.

Bought Madden and I scored a few touchdowns with Stevan Ridley to win the game, but I marked the hell out when....

Today's News:
1) Based on early reports, launch sales for The Wonderful 101 are pretty poor with the game failing to debut in the Top 20 chart for the UK while only a little over 5000 copies were sold in Japan. The game has yet to be released in North America (September 15) for comparisons.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-wonde...r-260892.phtml

2) Valve announces the next batch of games approved from their Steam Greenlight service is around 100 games in total.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-latest-batch/

3) Square Enix states they have temporary halted digital sales for Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn due to their servers currently being unable to handle the high demand for the game. They won't offer the digital version for sale until after they've increased and expanded the amount of servers for the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/fina...ve-been-halted
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...y-put-on-hold/

I disagree. Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Mirrors Edge, Burnout, Need for Speed all had great single player experiences.

That said, some of those had multiplayer without suffering for it, so it's whatever.

Today's News:
1) Layoffs - EA currently expected to be laying off around 300 employes right before PAX 2013 starts while Sony Online Entertainment has laid off a part of their staff from their DC Universe Online game.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...-pax-2013.aspx
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-in-workforce/

2) Crytek announces they are porting their free-to-play PC game of Warface to the Xbox 360 and will be released by early 2014.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/28/cr...x-360-in-2014/

Greenlight sale going on right now. A lot of the games look meh to bad, but there's a few that look decent.

Today's News:
1) Majesco Entertainment announces NASDAQ has granted them an extra 180 days to improve their stock value or face being delisted from them. NASDAQ originally gave them until August for the deadline but now have until February 2014 to reach the $1 minimum needed to stay on their index.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/30/467...sdaq-delisting

2) Some Xbox related news as Rainbow Six Vegas and Magic the Gathering 2013 are rumored to be September's free games for Xbox Live Gold members while Microsoft states the Xbox Live Marketplace has been renamed to Xbox Games Store as part of the recent changes made to the Xbox brand.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...athering-2013/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...x-games-store/

3) According to EA, they have dropped both Criterion and Black Box studio from the Need for Speed series in favor of having their new Ghost Games studio become the sole developer for future games.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...eed-franchise/

EA doesn't care about NFS anymore.

I thought NFS fans hated Criterion's installments.

Anyway, hopefully this means a Burnout game in the near future. Some other stuff, too, but it's been too long since Burnout, dammit.

Criterion's NFS games were the best era of the series. A perfect fit.

I prefer the SHIFT games, but I'm guessing we're not going to be seeing any more of those.

Is that your opinion, or a general consensus?

Never really liked racing games unless they were in the arcade with the real steering wheel, breaks and stuff. Also Burnout because of how cool it was just to cause serious damage with a car.

People really liked the combination, though I think the return of Burnout would be just as celebrated.

Go to Kickstarter and look up Mighty No. 9 right fucking now.

Never!

...I already did, for the record.

Fucking awesome.

I am never paying for games on something like Kickstarter- no way I will pay 2 to 3 years in advance for a product I may not even want at that point.

How often is it 2-3 years?

Also, I can't imagine not wanting this game in 2 years. Unless, of course, a nuclear holocaust happens or something like that and I'm hunting giant radioactive rats for food in a destroyed city.

...and if that's the case, I doubt I'll be worried about dropping 20 bucks on the investment.

Made a connected franchise in Madden for 360.

Name: TPWW
password: triplea

Today's News:
1) According to early sales at least for the UK region, Rayman Legends so far has sold around 20% better than Rayman Origins did during the same period while the Wii U version sold the most for platforms.
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=211298

2) Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man, believes the gaming industry in Japan has become a lot worse than before due to the growing hardships both indie and small studios are experiencing in regards to both getting proper funding needed and securing the rights to IPs they develop from big publishers. He stated this was the main reason he turned to Kickstarer to help fund his Mighty No. 9 project which recently reached its goal.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/pax-...rse-developers
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ays-remaining/

So Mighty No. 9 is a new megaman game.

Except not.

SOLD

Getting Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate today. So yeah, that's gonna be my fighter until GTA5 takes my soul.

Holding off on DOA5U with GTAV being just 2 weeks away. Might buy a couple cheap old N64 games to pass the time. Any suggestions from anyone? I've got a few ideas for nostalgias sake but I'm open to others.

I imagine you already have everything worth a damn.

Pretty much. Missing Conkers Bad Fur day because £90 is asking too much.

Thinking of getting Killer Instinct Gold, along with a couple of others.

Don't think KI Gold aged well.

Probably not. I can't really think of anything else I'd really like to try get besides KIG and Conker. Fighters Destiny was cool at the time but I can't remember if it was 1 or 2 that had the cow. That's the one I played. Briefly played Body Harvest as a kid but not enough to remember anything about it.

I love Fighter's Destiny (1). Very interesting system.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_tr...at=0&_from=R40


Works on the 360 backwards compatibility too.

I hear that that version is censored and changed in certain places. I'd rather have the original N64 version.

Thanks for looking it up, though.

Snag a ROM in that case?

Not into the ROM scene. I do things legitimately or go without.

Mischief Makers

Totally forgot about this game but think I'll pick it up as I recall it being pretty good.

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Multiplayer got changed the most to the point they tossed out everything except War and changed that one a lot as well.

Only ever got through half-way with the story but just 1 spot was changed and it happens very early in the game. A bit easier as well but that's because the controls got tweaked a bit.

Mace was shockingly playable considering the developer at that time.

Remember staying over at someones house as a kid and playing Mace all night.

Miss that kind of thing.

Going to get Mace and S.C.A.R.S.

Fair enough. I've never done any real emulation. But then, I've never wanted a game bad enough, I guess.

Today's News:
1) Sony currently rumored to be working on a Virtual Reality headset for the PS4 and teased to be revealed during the upcoming Tokyo Game Show later this month.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...headset-at-tgs
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-repo...4-261198.phtml

2) Timesplitters Rewind was revealed to be currently in development for the PS4 although Crytek has yet to officially approve of the project for the platform. The game is being developed by a group of Timesplitters fans who earlier in the year got approval to work on a PC version of the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/timesplit...4-261182.phtml

3) During PAX Prime, Gearbox announces they are currently developing two games for next-gen consoles while both Homeworld 1 and 2 are getting the HD remake treatment.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/pax-...-new-homeworld

My XBL GT is now simply "Kalyx triaD". Some of you already got the message online.

Yeah not really sure that qualifies as news Kalyx. Wrong thread maybe?

Today's News:
1) According to Quantic Dream, Heavy Rain originally wasn't planned to be a PS3 exclusive but ended up becoming one after Microsoft turned down the idea for the game to be on the Xbox 360. Microsoft was too worried about the potential backlash for the game due to the issue of child kidnapping being in the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...g-261246.phtml

2) According to the character designer for Metal Gear Solid V, Hideo Kojima had requested the game's characters to be made "more exotic" mainly because he wanted to cater towards cosplayers and improve potential sales for the game's action figures.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...s-more-erotic/

3) Microsoft once again stated they will continue to provide support for the Xbox 360 after the Xbox One is launched with at least another 3 more years and over 100 games as their main goal.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...games-planned/

I noticed the gamer ID thread was just the list so I figured posting there would be 'rude' or whatever.

You can post updates in that thread. The original post will then be edited, and your post will then be deleted.

At least, that's how it worked when I added my Steam ID.

I already changed it because IM A GOOD FUCKIN MOD WHO DESERVES HIS POSITION AS SPORTS FORUM MOD BACK

Today's News:
1) Update to the PS4's VR headset news as current rumors hint at a late 2014 release date for the device and it requires the PS Eye/Camera in order to work.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...nch-late-2014/

2) Irrational Games announces layoffs have occurred at the studio with 8 employees laid off recently although the team working on the "Burial at Sea" DLC pack for Bioshock Infinite were not affected.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ght-employees/

3) FromSoftware announces signups for the Dark Soul II have started for the PS3 with the only requirement being the need to download a Registration Ticket from the Playstation Store. The beta itself is currently scheduled to start on October 12.
http://www.destructoid.com/sign-up-f...w-261324.phtml

Magic the Gathering 2013 is free on gold right now. Never played Magic before but wtf its free. Pretty fun so far. Faced the first "boss" of campaign, and won with just 1 up. Intense stuff lads.

Pfffft. 2013 is soooo last year.

Today's News:
1) Update to the Timesplitters Rewind news as Crytek announced they have given their official approval for the project to include a PS4 version to be made.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/time...and-coming-ps4

2) Capcom's Vancouver studio revealed a few new details for Dead Rising 3 which include the game containing between 6 to 10 endings, an overtime mode called "Infinity Mode", and Nightmare Mode is the toughest difficulty mode in the series history.
http://www.destructoid.com/dead-risi...e-261375.phtml
http://www.oxm.co.uk/61780/dead-risi...eve-ever-made/

3) According to a recent leak, Ubisoft is currently working on 8 unannounced digital projects with 2 of them related to the Assassin's Creed franchise. The previously Vita-only AC Liberation is teased to be getting an HD re-release for consoles while AC Pirates is speculated to be for mobile devices.
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=211687
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-logo-spotted/

Based on that, I'm assuming veterans of the series will breeze through "Nightmare Mode."

So just gonna post this vid which echoes exactly why I think Metroid Other M is is a such a huge smelly turd. Dunno how to embed on an iPod. SORRY

http://youtu.be/pX4mhp-8sOc

No reason for posting this other than I was really craving a new metroid, and that other m may have fucked the chances of it happening.

Today's News:
1) Halo 4's lead designer, Scott Warner, states he has left 343 Studios to join Visceral Games as their new design director.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...sign-director/

2) During a recent company report, Square Enix reveals their current plans are to shift away from the current "Triple A" HD model in favor of focusing more on the free-to-play model or something more "flexible."
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=211817

3) Keiji Inafune's studio announces they have added in new stretch goals for Mighty No. 9 to include the PS4 and Xbox One as possible platforms for the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...stretch-goals/

4) Based on recent trademark filings by Namco, the next main game in the Tales series is currently rumored to be named "Tales of Zestiria."
http://www.screwattack.com/news/tale...ent-tales-saga

I was thinking a couple days ago about MMO terminology. Are there any "modern" MMOs where "train to zone" could potentially be used, or is that a term that will die with EverQuest?

Diablo 3 console demo's out. It's online enabled. Anybody willing to mess with it with me? Let's see what the big deal is.

Today's News:
1) Ubisoft confirms their Uplay digital service will be avaliable at launch for both the PS4 and Xbox One.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-and-xbox-one/

2) For those interested, D3 studio announces they are developing an Earth Defense Force game for the PS4 and it is not EDF 2025 which has an early 2014 release date in the West for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
http://kotaku.com/today-in-tokyo-d3-...rth-1277117990

3) Square Enix currently is planning for a lenghty gap to occur between Final Fantasy XV's and Kingdom Hearts III's release dates due to both games sharing the same creative director.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tive-director/

4) Starbreeze Studios denies Vin Diesel's statement of them working on a new Riddick game. Starbreeze Studios had developed the previous game in the series (The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay).
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/st...ame/1100-4732/

Heisenberg is playing it I think.

Today's News:
1) Namco announces a new Soul Calibur game called Soul Calibur: Lost Swords is currently in development for the PS3 and will be a free-to-play game.
http://www.destructoid.com/free-to-p...3-261638.phtml

2) Valve announces a new feature for their Steam service called "Family Sharing" which allows an entire game library from a single account to be shared with up to 10 people. There are a few restrictions such as individual games in a library can't be shared nor can more than 1 person use the shared account at any time.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/st...ing/1100-4734/

3) According to Eiji Aonuma, Nintendo hasn't ruled out other past Zelda games getting HD remakes done with Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword listed as likely choices.
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=212027
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...d-261681.phtml

You also can't share games with third party DRM

Today's News:
1) Activision Blizzard currently facing a lawsuit from a shareholder due to allegations involving both an unapproved private stock sale occurring soon and hiding how much money each person in the sale would receive.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/9/12/472...by-shareholder

2) Based on recent trademark filings, Square Enix is rumored to be working on both a new Deus Ex project called "Deus Ex Universe" and a Hitman project called "Hitman Go."
http://www.destructoid.com/huh-deus-...d-261733.phtml

3) UK developer Blitz Game Studios announces they are shutting down after 23 years in the industry with a lack of investments and projects as the official reason given.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/blit...after-23-years

Today's News:
1) Capcom recently revealed they only have around $152 million left in reserves with most of the blame being placed on their recent big status titles not performing well in sales. They also stated as a result their current DLC policy is getting re-hauled to with with DLC now to be influenced by user feedback and occur a lot earlier in development.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/capc...ges-dlc-stance

2) Lionhead studio announces Fable Anniversary has been delayed from its original late 2013 release date to now a February 2014 date.
http://www.destructoid.com/fable-ann...4-261785.phtml

3) Overkill Software reveals Payday 2 so far has managed to sell around 1.58 million copies since its launch with around 80% of those sales coming from the digital version of the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ital-versions/

4) According to series creator Kazunori Yamauchi, the PS4 will not be getting Gran Turismo 6 and instead will get Gran Turismo 7 which is currently planned to arrive either late 2014 or before the end of 2015.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...a-year-or-two/

I read on another site that Criterion is being downsized to like, 16 people.

Splinter Cell Blacklist could not have come out at a worse time. Flying under everyone's radar, because of saints row 4, gta 5, and madden, but its so AWESOME.

Advise everyone to pick it up, even if its later when the price drops.

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No thanks

You Canadians are so polite.

Today's News:
1) DICE announces the open multiplayer beta for Battlefield 4 will start on October 1st for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. Anything earned or unlocked in the beta was also announced to carry over to the full game when its released later in the month.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/batt...t-kick-october

2) Update to recent Criterion Games news as the studio explained their recent downsizing is due to the majority of their staff will be moving soon to Ghost Games while those left will work on a new non-racing project for EA.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ain-at-studio/

Today's News:
1) Keiji Inafune confirms Mighty No. 9 will be getting expanded to the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii U due to the project recently reaching its stretch goal on Kickstarer.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/migh...oming-consoles

2) EA announces they have promoted Andrew Wilson, boss of EA Sports and Origin, as their new CEO for the company.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ectronic-arts/
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/an...ceo/1100-4737/

3) Capcom teases they are debuting a new game during their press conference at the Tokyo Game Show later this month. The director of the Devil May Cry series was also teased to be involved with this new project.
http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-an...s-261987.phtml

Itsuno? Probably a new Dragon's Dogma then.

Late Night News Edition
 

According to several outlets, Sega has won the bidding war for Atlus going as far as also purchasing all of Index Corporation in a deal expected to become official in November. Based on current rates, Sega spent around $142 million for this deal.

There is a downside though since Index Corporation will be required to undergo a big restructuring which could also affect Atlus as part of the terms in the new deal.

http://www.destructoid.com/sega-buyi...x-262028.phtml
http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2013/09...ion-yen/55909/

Gunpoint is on sale on Steam. Get it now. I command it.

http://i.imgur.com/yJMZ1HR.gif


http://store.steampowered.com/app/206190/

Today's News:
1) Blizzard announces auction houses will be removed from Diablo III on March 28, 2014.
http://www.destructoid.com/diablo-ii...r-261991.phtml

2) According to Square Enix, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will feature a fixed number of monsters, can only be replenished after the current game is completed, and the final monster of every species transforms into a stronger and more valuable "Last One" type.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-fantasy-xiii/

3) Capcom states Ducktales Remastered will be getting a physical disc-based arriving on November 12 for the Wii U, Xbox 360, and PS3 for the price of $20.
http://www.capcom-unity.com/xantista...-retail-stores

The Auction House is here to stay....

For a little while longer.

So is it Final Fantasy or Monster Hunter?

Sounds kinda like a replacement for the missions where you go kill a specific strong monster.