It's acceptable for young adults to play pokemon because they were kids when it came out. I was too old for it when it came out. Anybody older than 30 (right now in 2013) playing pokemon is pathetic.

Pikachu is just as iconic / widely known as Yoshi.

Even if that is true who cares? Yoshi isn't the main character/focus. I don't think it's true though.

Not a single decent argument for why the game is on 'another level' as far as being for kids. The competitive mechanics are deep, it's made well, the online features are sophisticated for a handheld, each iteration rises above the last (something never done for kids games unless longtime adopters are taken into account).

Your points boil down to the old 'core/mature vs casual/kiddie' tirade that's barely worth replying to so I'll just stop here.

Pokémon is obscure.

You're basically throwing aesthetics and core mechanics in one lump that's kinda saddening for a guy your age. Go figure.

Lol fuck off, you just bought a tricycle:rofl:

I'm not saying my purchase isn't pathetic. Although I have balance issues and never learned to ride a bicycle. Needed something to get around to work instead of taking the bus, walking or taxi every day.

I don't have a problem with anybody here playing the game Pokemon. The game is made to be addictive and they were hooked at a young age.

You really think Pokemon can't get an adult gamer to adopt?

Finally got around to playing Mass Effect 3, and finished it tonight.

Just.....I don't even know. Gonna elaborate more tomorrow when it's not ungodly late, but for now, I'll say that despite the thousands of hours poured into fighting games, this is still my favorite series this console generation. And the margin isn't even close, hadukens be damned.

The point is that it was a key point of his argument. Pikachu has had a shit ton more mainstream exposure than Yoshi over the past 15 years, and Pikachu isn't even the "main focus" either if you want to get pedantic.

In fairness, Pikachu is Pokémon's mascot and has been for like fifteen years now. Yoshi, far as I know, isn't a mascot. Mario is generally the mascot of the Mario franchise and normally Nintendo's mascot as well.

Now, I think the idea of Pokémon being even remotely obscure is rucking fetarded, but I think we're also comparing apples to oranges here.

Pikachu is Pokemon's Slimer. He's one of the main focus on the cartoon based on the original product. He might not be the main focus of the game but he is the face of Pokemon.

I rather hate Pikachu. He's by far one of my least favorite Pokemon. I'd put it up their with Magikarp, but at least Magikarp evolves into a fucking badass.

Today's News:
1) Sega recently tweeted a teaser hinting at a Halloween or Horror related announcement will be occurring tomorrow.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sega...ill-be-tuesday

2) Sales - Sony is currently holding a "Horror Week" sale on PSN with around 21 games on sale, Devil May Cry remake/reboot having the highest discount at 50% off, and PlayStation Plus members getting an extra discount for games.
http://www.destructoid.com/dmc-devil...e-264425.phtml

3) Square Enix hints they might considering letting Eidos develop a Final Fantasy game in the future or even the possibility of becoming the new developers for the series itself.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...s-considering/

4) Infinity Ward reveals a new mode for Call of Duty: Ghosts called "Extinction" which is a 4-player co-op survival mode and feature aliens.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...gainst-aliens/

Pretty sure you not liking Pokemon had nothing to do with kalyx's arguement at all.

145 hours played in Pokemon X.

Turned 27 last week.

:y:

Poit's cool though

Bitch please.

some of my friends released their game today on Steam...

http://store.steampowered.com/app/251850/

it has full Welsh language support :lol:

Looks trippy.

Today's News:
1) Based on some images found in Assassin's Creed IV, several locations for future Assassin's Creed games might have been teased as well as the possible location for the next-gen Prince of Persia game.
http://www.destructoid.com/assassin-...e-264397.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...sins-creed-iv/

2) According to Take Two, GTA V has sold around 29 million copies since its launch and managed to bump their net revenue for fiscal second quarter to around $1.27 billion.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...on-copies.aspx

3) Sales - Steam is currently holding a Halloween sale from now till November 1st with discounts ranging from 10% to 80% off.
http://www.destructoid.com/steam-is-...w-264500.phtml

4) According to Polygon, the free-to-play Command & Conquer game has been cancelled while the studio developing the game, Victory Games, has been shut down by EA.
http://www.destructoid.com/ea-cans-f...r-264505.phtml

What's your friend code? I'll send you an Archipelago colored Vivillon. If you send me a Bunnelby, I might smack you.

I just posted my friend code in the friend code thread. What's yours?

Also, I've been breeding Sigilyphs and Inkays, so if you want one of those with a bunch of perfect IVs, let me know.

Fucking nerds.


I'll be getting X or Y when I finish White2.

It even got onto Kotaku.

You fucking Hipster wank!

Hipster? Naw naw son.

I didn't mean that.

Yeah, Jim's done a Squirty Play:

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Today's News:
1) Warning - For those in the UK and decided to pre-order a PS4 and/or Xbox One through Blockbuster, the company recently announced they have entered bankruptcy again and won't be fulfilling any pre-orders for either console.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/bloc...-gen-preorders

2) Sales - Digital retailer GOG.com announces they are holding a Horror-themed sale starting today till November 1st with around 18 titles on sale and discounts going as high as 75% off.
http://www.destructoid.com/75-spooky...e-264521.phtml

3) According to a recent fiscal report by Take Two, the company is currently developing "more than ten unique titles" for next gen consoles with several expected to be released by 2015.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-for-next-gen/

4) Telltale Games states they are currently in the process of preparing to work on several licensed projects with one being labeled as a "dream scenario" for the studio.
http://www.destructoid.com/telltale-...--264562.phtml

How does this Humble Bundle thing work? If I pay, say $7, am I charged £7 or the £ equivilent of $7?

How do I get the games on Steam if I buy them on the HB site?

I'd imagine that you'd be charged the £ equivalent of $7, but I live in the US, so I can't say for certain.

Humble Bundle will give you Steam keys that you can redeem to add the games to your Steam account.

I see. So, If I donate $7, I'll probablt be charge £3.50-ish?

How I'd actually get them was my biggest question, really. So, it's good to know how that works.

Today's News:
1) Ubisoft announces South Park: The Stick of Truth has been delayed till March 4, 2014 with the official reason being more time was needed to finish and polish the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/another-d...4-264648.phtml

2) Ubisoft also announced they have removed the UPlay Passport fee system from Assassin's Creed IV with the program itself getting scrapped.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...em-again-.aspx

3) Freebies - Both Microsoft and Sony have revealed the free games available for November for Xbox Live Gold and PS+ members. Xbox Live Gold users will be getting Iron Brigade and A World of Keflings while PS+ members will be getting several games depending on the platform and membership status.
http://www.destructoid.com/iron-brig...s-264641.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...s-in-november/

Steam Codes

Actually, it looks like that as of today, Humble Bundle will add the games directly to your Steam account. You no longer get keys.

Booooooourns

Today's News:
1) Microsoft states there will be a Season Pass for Ryse: Son of Rome which will cost $20, covers 4 DLC packs, and gives an exclusive shield and sword as a gift.
http://www.destructoid.com/ryse-son-...s-264682.phtml

2) Namco announces Soul Calibur II HD will be getting released on November 19th for PSN in North America while the XBLA version and Europe's PSN will be getting the game on November 20th.
http://www.destructoid.com/soulcalib...r-264655.phtml

3) According to Microsoft Studios' VP, Phil Spencer, the Gears of War series is very likely to get a reboot or overhaul done before it arrives on the Xbox One in order to keep the series fresh for the long run.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...x-one-release/

Today's News:
1) Based on recent job postings, Rocksteady Games is rumored to be currently developing a big project expected to be release by late 2014 and possibly be the next game in the Batman series.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...g-2014-release

2) Some Valve related news as the company is currently preparing to improve Steam's offline mode, both the Autumn and Holiday Steam Sale event dates were rumored to have been leaked, and they will not be making games exclusive to their upcoming SteamOS service.
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-pla...e-264861.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-dates-leaked/
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-pro...s-264899.phtml

3) Shigeru Miyamoto states he is very unlikely to head development on the next Mario project due to both wanting to focus more on smaller projects and currently being busy working on an unannounced project.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ller-projects/
http://www.destructoid.com/miyamoto-...s-264834.phtml

Today's News:
1) According to the game's official website, Gran Turismo 6 will contain around 1200 cars with a Lunar Rover moon buggy among the list of playable vehicles.
http://www.destructoid.com/gran-turi...d-264959.phtml

2) Freebies - Konami announces price discounts for both Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and its DLC packs with the game now available for $30 and the DLC packs now available for free.
http://www.destructoid.com/metal-gea...s-264938.phtml

3) EA states the Need for Speed series will now fall under the EA Sports label for future games as part of the recent behind-the-scenes changes done for the series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-by-ea-sports/

And it seems Need for Speed has become irrelevant once again.

Been irrelevant since ProStreet was released.

Nah, Criteron made it relevant again, even if they may as well have been Burnout games.

Today's News:
1) Ubisoft states they currently have no plans to end the Templar storyline for the Assassin's Creed series anytime soon nor for a future game to occur primarily in a modern setting.
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=216374

2) Sales - Atlus is currently holding a sale on both the eShop and PSN with Shin Megami Tensei IV and all of its DLC on sale for the 3DS eshop and Dragon's Crown and all of its DLC on sale for PSN.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/atlu...tensei-iv-sale

3) According to Square Enix's recent fiscal report, the company's current business strategy is for their North American studios to focus primarily on developing online-based games while their Japanese studios will focus mainly on mobile games.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...rican-studios/

4) Update to last week's Blockbuster UK news as the company states they are currently working with Microsoft and Sony to honor pre-orders for both the Xbox One and PS4. Previously the UK branch of Blockbuster stated they would not honor those pre-orders after recently filing for bankruptcy.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...le-pre-orders/

I already have no desire to finish AC 3, or to even start Black Flag. Even if they did finally make it in a modern setting, I don't know if I'd give a fuck at this point. Just too burnt out on this series.

Rebellion are making Evil Genius 2 for PC and as a free to play Facebook game. I'm hoping we see a trailer soon. I'm pretty excited.

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I still haven't finished 2 because in the meantime, 30 games came out and I'm not sure it's worth being that strung along.

Today's News:
1) According to Blizzard, World of Warcraft's total userbase has declined by around 2.3 million accounts since earlier in the year with around 7.6 million subscribers left.
http://www.destructoid.com/wow-down-...l-265116.phtml

2) The lead designer of Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, Soren Johnson, announces he has formed a new studio called Mohawk Games which will specialize in developing strategy games and their first project codenamed "Mars" is currently in development.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...trategy-games/

3) The producer of the Mass Effect series, Michael Gamble, recent teased an official announcement regarding the next game in the series will be occurring very soon. Several supposed development images of the next game were also shown off.
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/biowar...f-mass-effect/

Mass Effect with frostbite 3 engine?

Could be amazing, but kinda worried they might be taking out RPG elements.

Fellow Canadians, you're gonna want to head to Best Buy/Future Shop this weekend. Trade in any single current gen game and you can get either COD: Ghosts, Battlefield 4, or Assassin's Creed 4 for free.

http://community.futureshop.ca/t5/Te...-s/ba-p/462111

Damn

I would love to get rid of NBA 2K9 for Battlefield 4

Today's News:
1) Freebies - Both Sony and Microsoft announce they are bundling in some free stuff with every PS4 and Xbox One console. Sony is including a $10 voucher for PSN with every PS4 while Microsoft is including 6 months of free Skype group calls with every Xbox One.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/8/508...nlimited-trial
http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/8/508...up-video-calls

2) Based on recent trademark filings, a new Transformers game is currently rumored to be in development and would be called "Transformers: Age Of Extinction."
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=216594

3) 2K Games announces they have released four collection sets for this holiday season with each set containing three games and costs $30.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/2k-w...y-game-bundles

Isn't Age of Extinction the name of the 4th movie? So we get another bad movie tie in game.

Ugh, bring on the 'Of Cybertron' sequel. I suppose it would be next gen at this point.

fuck yes Canada #1. time to trade in some old Maddens for Ghosts, BF4 and ACIV

Wouldn't the next game be on Earth, seeing as how Cybertron, ya know...fell?

Would be awesome to have that engine with a game based on G1. Whatever they do, they'd better put the incredible boss fights from the first game back in. FoC is so tragic, because it improves on the first game in so many ways, and it would have been a 10/10 for me if they would have at least made an attempt at putting in some good boss fights.

And no, that weak ass Insecticon bullshit doesn't count.

FUCKS SAKE WHY AM I FIGHTING SHOCKWAVE IN A CUT SCENE

GOD

Yeah I suppose it's time to take the fight to Earth and hit the notes of the G1 cartoon. I love the game and the multiplayer was fun as super fuck. Bring back story co-op, missed that.

Didn't they take out co-op because of the addition of character centric missions?

Given the choice I'd rather have the latter. So much more variety in Fall. War felt a bit redundant at times, and there wasn't much difference between the playable characters.

Still, it does seem like a lame excuse. Not impossible to have co-op with falls variety.

Yeah, I suppose given a choice FoC was the better decision. I like the Horde mode they put in anyway.

I would think basic pattern recognition would be enough for that.

Today's News:
1) Ubisoft states the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Rayman Legends is currently expected to arrive on February 2014.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...february-2014/

2) Sony reveals PSN purchases can now be done through a new PSN storefront launched today on Amazon.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ode-purchases/

blah blah blah PS4 1080p Xbone 720p blah blah PS4 wins console war blah blah

and then this happens. lol

I would honestly hope that was the case. It'd be really sad if they couldn't pull a stable framerate with last gen's resolution.

the new star trek game had that. Was fun for a bit. Would have been better in a better game.

Today's News:
1) Sales - GoG.com currently holding an Insomnia sale with both a different game going on sale periodically and has a limit on the amount of copies per game available during the same
http://www.destructoid.com/gog-com-h...s-265608.phtml

2) According to 20th Century Fox studio, an Assassin's Creed film is currently expected to arrive in theaters by August 2015.
http://www.destructoid.com/fox-sets-...m-265543.phtml

3) Nintendo reveals two new details regarding Super Mario 3D World with Rosalina from the Galaxy series revealed as a playable character and a Luigi-based remake of the original Mario Bros as an unlockable bonus for the game.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ario-3d-world/

4) The inventor of the Occlus Rift, Palmer Luckey, recently stated he doesn't believe next gen consoles will be a viable fit for the VR headset due to them being "too limited" in regards to fixed specs for years. Still believes the PC is the ideal platform due to its ability to upgrade a lot quicker and easier than other potential platforms.
http://www.destructoid.com/consoles-...t-265591.phtml

I don't recall if it was mentioned in this thread, but the WB Humble Bundle is currently:


Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY and Batman: Arkham City GOTY
Millennium Skins Pack for Batman: Arkham Origins
Gotham City Imposters: Professional Kit
F.E.A.R., F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, and F.E.A.R. 3
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection
Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Lord of the Rings Online's Steely Dawn Starter Pack
Guardians of Middle-earth and the Smaug's Treasure DLC

For less than $5.

If I didn't already have both Batman GOTYs I'd be all over this.

Today's News:
1) Sales - Nintendo announces a new sales promotion for the eShop with a new character-themed sale to be offered every Thursday and the games available having around a 30% discount. This week's sale is based around Link with all Legend of Zelda games currently available for the 3DS and Wii U's Virtual Console on sale this week.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/14/51...ii-u-until-nov

2) Microsoft announces they will be expanding the Games With Gold promotion for Xbox One owners although details and the actual start of the promotion won't occur until next year.
http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...e-265693.phtml

3) Based on recent domain purchases, Bethesda is currently rumored to be making either a Fallout-related or a new game announcement on December 11.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/zenim...-to-come-soon/

Today's News:
1) Ubisoft states they are currently working on a patch for the PS4's version of Assassin's Creed IV meant to upscale the game's resoltuon to 1080p and provide a new anti-alliasing techniuqie not finished in time of the game's production phase. The Xbox One version of the game will also be getting this patch as well once its released.
http://www.destructoid.com/assassin-...p-265776.phtml

2) During a recent interview with Famitsu, the producer of the Ace Attorney series stated he would like to help bring back and work on some past Capcom franchises if the company approves of his idea.
http://www.destructoid.com/ace-attor...s-265757.phtml

3) Eidos Montreal states the Thief reboot project will not feature any quick-time events due to the strong negative reaction from the public and the series fans for that idea.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/15/51...ck-time-events
http://www.destructoid.com/thief-dro...m-265746.phtml

4) Spike TV announces their VGA show has been renamed to VGX with this year's event occurring on December 7th.
http://www.destructoid.com/spike-vga...7-265756.phtml

http://i.imgur.com/aTSGn9F.jpg

Ouch.

PS4 is also the fastest selling console in UK history.

Just to continue my love of Ashes Cricket 2013 from the temp forums.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/5121/xe2w.gif

Today's News:
1) Cranky Kong rumored to be a playable character for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
http://www.destructoid.com/cranky-ko...r-266769.phtml

2) Based on recent trademark filings, EA could be considering reviving the Desert Strike franchise.
http://www.destructoid.com/electroni...e-266755.phtml

3) According to a recent job posting by Naughty Dog, one of the studio's upcoming projects is teased to be a third-person action game with co-op features and gameplay.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...feature-co-op/

4) Ultra Street FIghter IV's fifth unannounced character is currently rumored to be Retsu from the original Street Fighter game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...street-fighter

I think I'm gonna change my gamertag...

New Fallout announcement countdown:

http://thesurvivor2299.com/

Today's News:
1) Bethesda currently is hiring playtesters to help test out several unannounced games with the likelihood of Fallout 4 being among those games.
http://www.destructoid.com/bethesda-...e-266822.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...eleased-games/

2) Ubisoft announces they will be revealing more details and footage for The Division during this weekend's Spike VGX show.
http://www.destructoid.com/new-look-...x-266828.phtml

3) Sales - For those interested, Best Buy is currently having a sale for Fire Emblem: Awakening on the 3DS for $15 ($25 discount).
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=218162

Sweet. More goods on The Division, please.

Today's News:
1) Microsoft states they have enrolled around 50 studios as the first wave of indie studios for their ID@Xbox program for the Xbox One with Double Fine and the makers of Divekick in the group.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/micr...k-way-xbox-one
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/mi...ers/1100-4795/

2) DICE has indefinitely halted all work on future DLC packs for Battlefield 4 until they can fix all the current issues and bugs plaguing the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/future-ba...d-266892.phtml

3) The Freedom Cry DLC pack for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is currently expected to be released on December 17 for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The Wii U and PC versions have yet to be confirmed.
http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/assass...cember_17.html
http://www.destructoid.com/assassin-...h-266866.phtml

4) Namco announces the next game in the Tales series will be revealed on December 12th.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ced-next-week/

Today's News:
1) Valve announces they have officially joined as a member of the Linux Foundation with their main focus being towards Linux gaming and SteamOS.
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-joi...n-266934.phtml

2) According to Activision, the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Call of Duty Ghosts did not provide the expected boost in sales nor cover the gap in sales compared to last year's Black Ops II.
http://www.destructoid.com/activisio...s-266931.phtml

3) Eidos Montreal states the upcoming Thief game supports the ability to customize both the game's difficulty levels and user interface (UI). The studio also said PC version of the game will look visually better than the Xbox One and PS4 versions of the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-ui-an...e-266901.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...4-or-xbox-one/

Today's News:
1) Valve announces they have officially joined as a member of the Linux Foundation with their main focus being towards Linux gaming and SteamOS.
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-joi...n-266934.phtml

2) According to Activision, the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Call of Duty Ghosts did not provide the expected boost in sales nor cover the gap in sales compared to last year's Black Ops II.
http://www.destructoid.com/activisio...s-266931.phtml

3) Eidos Montreal states the upcoming Thief game supports the ability to customize both the game's difficulty levels and user interface (UI). The studio also said PC version of the game will look visually better than the Xbox One and PS4 versions of the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-ui-an...e-266901.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...4-or-xbox-one/

Today's News:
1) Nintendo announces they have extended the Year of Luigi till early 2014 with a few special products to be released within the time period.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/nint...igi-early-2014

2) Some VGX related news with Steam currently is holding a sale on several games that have nominations for the show, Bethesda will not be revealing anything during the event, and Nintendo's surprise Wii U tease was hinted at being based on previously announced title.
http://www.destructoid.com/save-on-v...e-267028.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/bethesda-...x-266975.phtml
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=218453

3) Criterion studio currently rumored to be developing a military shooter game with the possibility of it being a spin-off title in the Battlefield series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ield-spin-off/

4) Sony announces PSN was recently affected by "irregular activity" and as a result have sent out password reset requests to around a third of all PSN accounts.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ular-activity/

Except it's fake.

Yeah I wasn't aware that it was fake at the time I posted it. It was posted over on the temp Tpww forums last week and just ported it here. Ah well.

Tales from Borderlands is being made by Telltale Games.

Waste of their talent.

Tomb Raider is being ported to PS4 and XB1. AKA a port of the PC version.

Getting this from the VGX by the way. It's worth a watch purely for Joel McHale, who is brilliant.

What time are the videogame awards?


opps an hour late.

Elijah Wood and Jack Black are in the Double Fine adventure game.

Telltale are also doing a Game of Thrones game.

Weekend News Edition
 

According to Shoryuken, fighting game Skullgirls is currently in the process of getting delisted from XBLA and PSN due to Konami being upset the developer severed ties with them.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/skul...ive-arcade-psn

Got my PS3 back from these fuckers who repaired it

Don't know wtf they did but it works, they gave me a totally new machine I think but all the data is still there

Had to log in to get it all back

Weird

Today's News:
1) GoG.com announces starting today they will allow refunds of digital games within 30 days of their initial purchase if users are unable to play the game due to the game itself being broken or issues with their computer handling the game.
http://www.vg247.com/2013/12/09/gog-...ame-catalogue/
http://www.destructoid.com/gog-com-t...s-266893.phtml

2) According to recent reports, the NSA's recent monitoring controversy also includes online gaming with Xbox Live and World of Warcraft among the gaming-related items revealed to be on the list. Microsoft and Blizzard have responded stating they have neither been aware nor gave permission for the NSA to monitor their services.
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...-services.aspx

3) The creative director for the reboot of Tomb Raider, Timothy Longo, announces he has recently left Crystal Dynamics to become the new creative director at 343 Industries.
http://www.destructoid.com/tomb-raid...m-267158.phtml

4) According to the creator of the fake Fallout 4 website, the reason it was made wasn't just to fool everyone but to pressure Bethesda on making an official Fallout 4 announcement by the time of Spike's VGX show. Also stated he spent around $900 on the website and said he has another update planned to arrive by December 21st.
http://www.destructoid.com/fake-fall...a-267178.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ethesdas-hand/

Today's News:
1) Based on a recent survey sent by Ubisoft, the company is considering using the pirating and sailing aspects from recent Assassin's Creed games as the basis for a new non-AC pirating game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ubis...te-pirate-game

2) Telltale Games states their Game of Thrones license covers multiple games, the first game is expected to arrive next year, and be released for PC, Mac, and mobile devices.
http://www.destructoid.com/telltale-...e-267244.phtml

3) Newest 3DS firmware update includes Miiverse for the 3DS, unifies the 3DS and Wii U Nintendo Network IDs into a single ID, and a unified eShop wallet. Only downsides to the new update is Miiverse is a bit slower on the 3DS and Friends Lists are still kept separate between the platforms.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/mi...3ds/1100-4799/
http://www.destructoid.com/that-huge...w-267221.phtml

4) The Doom series celebrates its 20th anniversary today.
http://www.destructoid.com/happy-20t...m-267242.phtml

FUCKING THANK YOU

Today's News:
1) According to several reports, Capcom is currently investing around $40 million into their mobile division with all the funding coming from the profits made from Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/capc...-mobile-gaming

2) Ubisoft announces Rayman Legends will be arriving for the Xbox One and PS4 on February 25th for North America and February 28 for Europe. The Xbox One version will get a set of Far Cry and Splinter Cell themed costumes along with 10 new challenges while the PS4 version will get Assassin's Creed themed costumed and touchpad support.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/12/11/ra...-25-eu-feb-28/

3) Twitch states they have gained around 100,000 broadcasters since the launch of the PS4 with PS4 gaming content making up 10% of all videos broadcasted since then.
http://www.destructoid.com/twitch-gr...t-267338.phtml

4) Cliff Bleszinski teases his first project since leaving Epic Games last year is very likely to be an Unreal Tournament-style shooter for the PC.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...hooter-for-pc/

February 25th is gonna be one packed day for gaming. Thief, Lords of Shadow 2, and now Rayman Legends.