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#BROKEN Hasney 12-12-2013 03:29 AM

Sega finally finished Hidden Palace Zone and put it in Sonic 2... Then put it on fucking phones.

Cheers Sega, 8 year old me is cursing you through time.

Emperor Smeat 12-12-2013 05:47 PM

Today's News:
1) Terminal Reality, developer of the BloodRayne series and Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, is rumored to have recently shut down.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...as-closed-down

2) CCP studio, developer of EVE Online, announces they have recently laid off around 15 employees mainly from the team developing the MMO World of Darkness project.
http://www.destructoid.com/ccp-laid-...o-267388.phtml

3) SALES - Amazon is currently having a sale on several Bethesda games while GoG is offering several Fallout games for free as part of their Winter sale launch.
http://www.destructoid.com/deal-nort...p-267384.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tics-for-free/

4) Fallout 4 currently rumored to be set in Boston based on supposed leaked documents recently revealed by Kotaku.
http://www.destructoid.com/next-fall...n-267346.phtml
http://kotaku.com/leaked-documents-r...-in-1481322956

Extreme Angle 12-13-2013 12:33 PM

Tried Oculus Rift with Razer Hydra today, was absolutely amazing... I picked up a ball and bounced it on the floor and caught it. Then I granny style threw it outside the map.

Walked around outside for abit and stared in awe at the Dandelion flowing in the wind...

Then I felt kinda sick.

The feeling where you suddenly put them on and your legs want to walk but nothing happens is crazy...

Emperor Smeat 12-13-2013 05:44 PM

Today's News:
1) Based on recent patent filings, Sony could be considering making a PS4 version of the Playstation Move controller with a touchpad as one of the possible new features.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/new-...aystation-move

2) Oculus state they have recently received around $75 million in additional funding for their Oculus Rift project which goes on top of another $18.4 million recently raised from other funding and Kickstarter.
http://www.destructoid.com/oculus-ri...d-267458.phtml

3) Results from the recent 38 Studios auction ended up with nobody interested in either the Kingdom of Amalur and Project Copernicus IPs while Rise of Nations and Rise of Legends IPs were sold. Big Huge Game studio's trademarks were sold for around $320,000.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-legends-sold/

4) According to Ubisoft, development on Rainbow 6: Patriots is still being rehauled with the strong possibilities of having a new name and being completely different than what was shown previously. The president of Ubisoft's North American branch said the transition to next gen development and problems developing the morality system were the main reasons.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/13/52...d-to-be-remade
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...soft-confirms/

Blitz 12-13-2013 08:48 PM

No one wanted Amalur?:(

Emperor Smeat 12-13-2013 09:23 PM

Probably was way too expensive assuming the state of Rhode Island included some of the studio's debt owed into the asking price.

Wasn't revealed how much both of the Rise IPs generated but between the sale of Big Huge Game and previous auctions, they barely made $2 million from these auctions.

Purgatory 12-14-2013 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blitz (Post 4341541)
No one wanted Amalur?:(

My wife has all of the last ones, so she might have wanted this one too. Ah well.

Emperor Smeat 12-15-2013 01:23 PM

Weekend News Edition
 
Capcom announces Marvel vs Capcom 2, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, and all DLC associated with either game will be delisted next week from PSN and the following week from XBLA.

Dates for delisting:
XBLA - December 26 (global)
PSN - December 17 (North America), December 19 (Europe)

No official reason was given but likely is being done due to licensing issues.

http://www.capcom-unity.com/combofie...-psnxbla-store

The Destroyer 12-15-2013 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Extreme Angle (Post 4341366)
Tried Oculus Rift with Razer Hydra today, was absolutely amazing... I picked up a ball and bounced it on the floor and caught it. Then I granny style threw it outside the map.

Walked around outside for abit and stared in awe at the Dandelion flowing in the wind...

Then I felt kinda sick.

The feeling where you suddenly put them on and your legs want to walk but nothing happens is crazy...

I would probably throw up if I used the Rift, I seem to get motion sickness in a bad way. :(

Emperor Smeat 12-16-2013 05:41 PM

Today's News:
1) Microsoft announces the Countdown to 2014 Sale starts tomorrow with each day having a different special deal and the whole sale lasting till December 23rd.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...borderlands-2/

2) While it is possible to play Destiny by yourself, Bungie stated the game may require playing with groups in order to be able to complete the game's final missions.
http://www.destructoid.com/destiny-m...s-267549.phtml

3) Square Enix states the Final Fantasy X and X-2 HD Remaster set will be having a special collector's edition only available on Square Enix's online store.
Quote:

A hardcover art book contains 40 pages from the world of Spiria as well as the PS3 games. Tucked alongside the games will be the Final Fantasy X HD Remaster soundtrack, with more than six hours of music on one Blu-ray disc. Five lithographs of artwork from the games are also included.
http://www.destructoid.com/final-fan...n-267557.phtml

#BROKEN Hasney 12-17-2013 03:37 AM

Hasney responds to news on this day in history
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hollywood Hasney (Post 3360221)
EA have released a 3D remake of UMK3. It's pretty faithful (awful)

Forgot that existed. It was pretty shit.

#BROKEN Hasney 12-17-2013 10:27 AM

Nintendo direct tomorrow focusing on Spring 2014. Preparing to have my heart ripped out.

Emperor Smeat 12-17-2013 05:35 PM

Today's News:
1) Valve announces they have removed the sign-up process for DOTA 2 and is now available as a free-to-play title for everyone on Steam.
http://www.destructoid.com/dota-2-re...l-267614.phtml

2) According to Ubisoft, the mega-success of GTA V in terms of sales helped play a large role on why Watchdogs ended up being delayed till Spring 2014.
http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-i...s-267610.phtml

3) Disney announces a new Star Wars game called Star Wars: Attack Squadrons is currently in development with Area 52 Games as the developers, will be a free-to-play title, and has an early 2014 release date.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...adrons-for-pc/

4) Microsoft states the first batch of indie games for the Xbox One are currently expected to be arriving by March 2014.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...lease-q1-2014/

5) EA currently facing some backlash due to hosting an Indie development competition called Code Wars which originally had hidden terms that allowed EA the sole rights to all games and ideas produced and wouldn't have required EA to compensate those teams.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-c...die-developers

Kalyx triaD 12-18-2013 01:41 AM

EA is off the fucking chain.

Purgatory 12-18-2013 09:02 AM

Anybody see this yet? Looks awesome.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/12/17...light-gameplay

Kalyx triaD 12-18-2013 12:59 PM

Give a hint what link we're clicking.

alvarado52 12-18-2013 02:44 PM

is Fez honestly worth buying? its discounted today on XBL

#BROKEN Hasney 12-18-2013 03:18 PM

Don't think they ever fixed some save bug on the 360 version because the developer couldn't afford MS's QA fees.

Emperor Smeat 12-18-2013 05:49 PM

Today's News:
1) Highlights from today's Nintendo Direct not covered in threads or the Smash thread included Sonic: Lost World getting new Nintendo-related DLC and a new Luigi-based game called Dr. Luigi was revealed.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/regg...intendo-direct

2) Ubisoft states they are considering the possibility of expanding the Assassin's Creed release schedule to include multiple games per year in the future.
http://www.examiner.com/article/ubis...ases-each-year

3) Update to the Skullgirls delisting news as developer Lab Zero state they are currently working on bringing back the game under the new title of Skullgirls Encore within a few weeks after the current game is delisted on December 31st.
http://www.destructoid.com/skullgirl...--267661.phtml

* 2013 TPWW Gammys Awards still open for voting with the event ending on December 21st. Currently in talks with another gaming website over the possibility of getting free digital download codes and would be willing to give them away to a lucky TPWW poster(s) as incentive for participation. Still waiting on a few details from the website but the available platforms for codes are Steam, PS3, Vita, and iOS.
http://www.tpwwforums.com/showthread.php?t=125521

Emperor Smeat 12-19-2013 05:37 PM

Today's News:
1) Capcom announces the Operating Broken Eagle DLC pack for Dead Rising 3 has been delayed by a month and will now be released on January 24, 2014.
http://www.destructoid.com/dead-risi...d-267731.phtml

2) Team Ninja reveals once development on Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is finished, they will begin development on the next Ninja Gaiden game which will be more similar to past Gaiden games.
http://www.destructoid.com/not-feeli...n-267751.phtml

3) According to the general manager at Bioware, Mass Effect 4 has currently reached the stage in development where the game is now in a playable (and testing) form.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...neral-manager/

* 2013 TPWW Gammys Awards still open for voting with the event ending on December 21st. Update to the digital games stuff since I got a response with the good news being its possible I could win a game code since they expanded the criteria and amount of games for this year's contest. The bad news is its not possible to win multiple codes and a lot more people who barely contribute during the year entered the contest.
http://www.tpwwforums.com/showthread.php?t=125521

ClockShot 12-19-2013 07:25 PM

If you're gonna do good news and bad news Smelly, better get Gertner in here to put the stamp on it.

Purgatory 12-19-2013 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 4343974)
Give a hint what link we're clicking.

it was for a Zombie Survival game called Dying Light. The video shown is PS4, but I don't know if it's be on the XBOX One yet. Looks absolutely amazing with some nice free-running elements. It's almost like you spend more time running than fighting.

Kalyx triaD 12-19-2013 09:25 PM

Ah yes, it does look impressive. I fear the scope will be smaller than what people think, but the core gameplay seems interesting and tense.

Purgatory 12-19-2013 10:45 PM

Probably right. I had the same aspirations for Brink and felt like my heart got ripped out when I played it.

Watch Dogs had better stay every bit as awesome as it's looking so far.

Emperor Smeat 12-20-2013 05:29 PM

Today's News:
1) EA currently facing several public and legal issues regarding Battlefield 4 with allegations of EA failing to inform investors beforehand of the halt of all DLC work for the game, possible SEC violations by senior executives who sold their stocks at "artificial" high prices before the DLC announcement, and recent news of DLC packs do not carry over with the Upgrade program (at least confirmed for PS3 to PS4 version).
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-c...er-battlefield
http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/18/52...-battlefield-4
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...der-bonus.aspx

2) Namco states they are considering expanding the Dark Souls series to include mobile devices and teased series developer From Software might not develop it due to their lack of experience with mobile development.
http://www.destructoid.com/namco-ban...e-267833.phtml

3) Nordic Games states they are reviving the MX vs ATV series with MX vs. ATV Supercross to be released next year as a downloadable title for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Mac, and Linux
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...nt-early-2014/

4) Nintendo announces Funky Kong will appear in Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze although did not reveal if he will be a playable character or act as just a shopkeeper in the game like Cranky Kong was in DKC Returns.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...opical-freeze/

* 2013 TPWW Gammys Awards still open for voting with the event ending tomorrow. While the Gammys end tomorrow, the game giveaway at the other place lasts till December 25th so the offer to give away a potential game code as a gift extends to that date if I manage to get one by then.
http://www.tpwwforums.com/showthread.php?t=125521

Purgatory 12-20-2013 11:34 PM

Dying Light is coming to XBox One. I saw a preorder box for it at Gamestop. The only thing that bugged me was how they had their Preorder stuff mixed in with the New Releases. The woman in front of me in line got pissed when they told her Dying Light hadn't been released yet, even after I mentioned to her that it was Preorder.

I get it that it was probably "Last Minute Shopping" aggravation (Guilty :D), but honestly, she really could have asked rather than just slap the box on the counter and say "Gimme".

Kalyx triaD 12-21-2013 02:24 AM

lol wtf

Kalyx triaD 12-21-2013 02:37 AM

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YznkH7OOxj8?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Fignuts 12-21-2013 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 4344746)
Ah yes, it does look impressive. I fear the scope will be smaller than what people think, but the core gameplay seems interesting and tense.

I dunno, State of Decay was just an arcade game, and it was pretty big in scope.

Would of loved to see what they could do with a full fledged disc game, but Dying Light might be just that.

Fignuts 12-21-2013 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 4345317)
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YznkH7OOxj8?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The Ninja Storm games are some of the most gorgeous games on current gen. I wasn't able to imagine it looking any prettier, but wow...that trailer.

Looks better than the show. Movie quality animation right there.

Kalyx triaD 12-21-2013 03:03 AM

CyberConnect are wizards.

#BROKEN Hasney 12-21-2013 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 4345319)
I dunno, State of Decay was just an arcade game, and it was pretty big in scope.

Would of loved to see what they could do with a full fledged disc game, but Dying Light might be just that.

State of Decay is being massively expanded on PC. Hoping they patch the XBLA version once they're done since they can't keep doing the little content patches like they can on PC.

Emperor Smeat 12-21-2013 02:38 PM

Weekend News Edition
 
X-Men the Arcade game and Simpsons the Arcade game are both getting delisted with the process already done on PSN while XBLA will still have the games available until at least December 23rd.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/x-me...t-delisted-psn

Fignuts 12-21-2013 04:19 PM

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, and all its DLC is 66% off. Great game. Reccomend it for any 2-D Castlevania fan.

Emperor Smeat 12-23-2013 05:47 PM

Today's News:
1) According to Ubisoft, the engine being used for Watch Dogs was originally meant to be used in a new Driver game that ended up being cancelled.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/watc...bisoft-reveals

2) Valve has recently approved the ability for publishers to restrict cross-region game gifting and trading on Steam with Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance found to be one of the initial games to contain this feature.
http://www.destructoid.com/publisher...m-267963.phtml

Poit 12-24-2013 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4346419)
2) Valve has recently approved the ability for publishers to restrict cross-region game gifting and trading on Steam with Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance found to be one of the initial games to contain this feature.
http://www.destructoid.com/publisher...m-267963.phtml

While I understand doing this, I wish it had been implemented differently - perhaps allowing you to buy a game for a specific region, and only allowing it to be gifted to people in that region. I dunno.

VSG 12-25-2013 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hollywood Hasney (Post 4345337)
State of Decay is being massively expanded on PC. Hoping they patch the XBLA version once they're done since they can't keep doing the little content patches like they can on PC.

Still pretty shitty in that if you don't keep playing it, you can die as can everyone else around you. Do they expect us to game all the time? :roll:

Fignuts 12-25-2013 09:06 PM

Pretty sure they patched that.

You still lose supplies and stuff, but people dying rarely ever happens.

Even then, I agree that it's an unnecessary feature, but it doesn't break the game.

Emperor Smeat 12-27-2013 06:51 PM

Today's News:
1) Warner Bros stated a big Batman-related announcement will be made on December 31st.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/warn...%E2%80%99s-eve

2) Sony announces the online multiplayer portion of several first party PS3 games will be ending next year.
Quote:

The servers for the Resistance trilogy will be shut down on March 28, 2014, while Gran Turismo 5’s online functionality will be ended on May 20, 2014. The severs for MAG, SOCOM: Special Forces, and SOCOM: Confrontation will be the first to go however, as they will be offline come January 28.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sony...e-trilogy-2014

ClockShot 12-27-2013 10:15 PM

Bummer. Resistance was a darn good game.

Mercenary 12-27-2013 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4345435)
X-Men the Arcade game and Simpsons the Arcade game are both getting delisted with the process already done on PSN while XBLA will still have the games available until at least December 23rd.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/x-me...t-delisted-psn


Glad I got them when I did

Purgatory 01-01-2014 12:55 PM

Sleeping Dogs is free on XBL's Free With Gold.

Emperor Smeat 01-01-2014 03:53 PM

More Marvel games have been delisted and removed from digital services with this time Activision published games being affected.

Quote:

Deadpool, a game that released on June 25, 2013, is no longer available for purchase on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, or Steam -- and it's not alone.

Other games presumably impacted by a licensing agreement with Marvel coming to a close include Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, X-Men: The Official Game, X-Men Destiny, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Game Informer has confirmed this list with Activision.
http://www.destructoid.com/some-marv...l-268301.phtml

Kalyx triaD 01-01-2014 04:06 PM

Damn, Deadpool had a very short window.

Poit 01-01-2014 05:23 PM

Yeah, wasn't it part of the Steam sale a few days ago?

#BROKEN Hasney 01-01-2014 05:27 PM

Yup, I looked at it and thought that Activision games don't usually go that low in price no matter the quality. Guess I understand why now.

Emperor Smeat 01-01-2014 05:41 PM

It getting pulled mysteriously from one of the community vote polls triggered people looking into what happened and the later discovery of other Marvel games getting pulled.

#BROKEN Hasney 01-02-2014 04:38 AM

I've just bought a Steam redeemable CD key of Deadpool. Wheelman goes for about $50 right now, so I might hold onto this instead of playing it.

#BROKEN Hasney 01-02-2014 04:46 AM

Final Fantasy X-2 had it's ending changed in the re-release to make a possibility for FFX-3. They didn't even bother to make a new scene for it, it's just audio with a picture on the screen.

SPOILER: show
- Most of this bonus audio are told by 2 characters: Chuami and Kurugum. They are sent to Besaid Island by Baralai to search for Yuna.

- Tidus isn't together with Yuna anymore, but of course, the real reason isn't explained. At the beggining of the drama, when Chuami, one of the protagonists asks Yuna about Tidus being her boyfriend, she still confirms, but at another point (although
I'm sure it's a lie) when the 2 protagonists are spying a convo between them, she is jealous about some Tidus' friend (Marufi - a friend according to him). Then, she tells him she doesn't care anymore and apparently got another person she likes. Weird enough, he just ask: Who?, which she replies "Someone you don't know."

- Later though, Tidus asks Lulu if she know about who could be Yuna's new love. Lulu gets pretty disappointed and says she thought Tidus would know Yuna a little bit more. She then tells Tidus to figure it himself.

- The weird part about this is when Kurugum, the other protagonists, tells Chuami that he likes Yuna and they should separate from each other. (Like they are trying to induce people to believe he is Yuna's new love, but I doubt it could be, as he has a voice of a 14 years old kid).

- Tidus is still a Blitzball star, but when Chuami handshake him, she notices he's pretty injured and with no energy at all, although he is trying to hide it. Later, when she meets him again, hiding from someone in Bevelle, she also notices he's injured. This may be related to why he and Yuna aren't together anymore.

- Apparently, Yuna woke up from her "bad dream" (aka her FFX-2 version) and is talking like her FFX self again. Rikku and Paine aren't mentioned in this bonus audio.

- Sin is back, although it's not explained why and how it's back. It's told, however, that it was activated by something (note that they use the word Summoned anymore).

- One of the protagonists (Chuami) of this bonus audio drama claims to be Auron's daughter, although this is confronted by Lulu when she mentions about it. Lulu even saus she doesn't look like Auron like Yuna looked like Braska and Tidus looked like Jecht.

- When she asks Lulu if her mother is a liar, she tells her that she wouldn't go so far, but if Auron was really her father, he would definitively make sure she would know, because that's how Auron was.

- In the end of the bonus audio, Yuna's famous words from FFX about defeating Sin are back, with the crowd cheering. You know what that means, right?


There's also been an official novel been released which seems to tie into the same story but with more detail and it just sounds hilarious. It's supposed to be canon and if it is, I will watch FFX-3 on YouTube because it will be hilarious.

SPOILER: show
Quote:

This is a glorious trainwreck. I think I found some scans of the novel pages. Tidus' uh...unfortunate fate 2 days after being revived by Yuna?

The reviewer's weren't kidding about the gore. Tidus sees a ball roughly the size of a blitz ball, and comes to the conclusion that that's what it exactly is. So he proceeds to run and kick it... explodes. It was a bomb. Yuna gets thrown back by the explosion.... along with Tidus' head which promptly lands by Yuna with his expression frozen with surprise. She promptly passes out.

Yuna resurrects him using pyreflies, however it seems that if Tidus realizes what he is, he'll disappear (whether that means off to the Farplane, or from existence I'm not sure). It seems overall this explaination wasn't explained too well so it could be off the mark. This could explain though why she's seeming cold towards him in the audio drama.

I kinda want X-3 now just to see how far Square will go in their insanity.

A lot of the Japanese readers seem more upset that it was such an opposite tone to what the perfect ending in X-2 was, and the aformentioned gore and sexuality present.
Quote:

There's a lot of comments about how much they feel bad for Tidus, and that Yuna acts really cold towards him. There's a few saying they hate Yuna in the novel. There's apparently a lot of sexual stuff in it. There's a scan of one page in which Tidus tells Yuna if they get into battle he might lose his fighting spirit because he's distracted by how sexy she is. And apparently Tidus gets his head blown off by a bomb and dies (and only 2 days after getting resurrected), but he comes back to life again because he's made of Pyreflies, and Yuna has control over him.

Emperor Smeat 01-02-2014 05:57 PM

Tekken's director Katsuhiro Harada stated in a recent interview with 4Gamer that he's currently working on two projects with the possibility of neither being Tekken related games.

Quote:

"there are a few titles that we’ve been quietly working on, and some we’ve been thinking about working on, so the year 2014 looks like it’ll be a tough one."

He also states, "From there, I’d like to announce at least two of those titles in 2014, and I feel that it’s something I must do."
http://www.destructoid.com/we-may-se...r-268290.phtml

Kalyx triaD 01-02-2014 06:14 PM

TxSF dammit.

Fignuts 01-02-2014 07:00 PM

I think the SFxT release debacle killed any hope of that.

I'm more upset that there will probably never be a SFxT 2. Love the tekken characters. Best hope is that their movesets get put on made up original characters in a future capcom fighter, but the chances of even that are slim.

Kalyx triaD 01-02-2014 07:03 PM

I don't see why SFxT's 'issues' would disrupt a totally different game.

Fignuts 01-02-2014 07:12 PM

The games are connected in a lot of people's minds, even if it's different developers. It''s just a marketing thing.

Game still might happen, but if you think the delays have absolutely nothing to do with the backlash from sfxt, you're crazy.

Kalyx triaD 01-02-2014 08:29 PM

The backlash was game specific; TxSF won't have gems or Pandora.

You may well be right, but that just makes me pissed at gamers somemore.

Fignuts 01-02-2014 09:38 PM

It's more of a corporate marketing mentality than gamers. I'd bet a lot of the people bitching would have bought txsf anyway.

Kalyx triaD 01-02-2014 09:47 PM

I wonder if Namco are so spineless.

Extreme Angle 01-03-2014 10:58 AM

Our studio released our first game today :)

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en...e-77429c9e5e84

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https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/...36178671_n.jpg

Emperor Smeat 01-03-2014 05:09 PM

Several online networks and digital providers have been recently attacked by hackers with the biggest being from a group called DERP.

The attacks appeared to have started with League of Legends and recently spread to include Battle.net, Steam, and Origin. These attacks have also targeted individual gaming streamers with at least one known instance so far.

Quote:

Right now Steam is reportedly experiencing a DDoS attack, but their woes are one of many across the online gaming industry. Yesterday, EA’s Origin service found itself in a very similar situation and over the break; services like Battle.NET and the League of Legends servers were taken down. A hacker collective known as DERP is claiming these actions, along with some other rogue agents, all in an attempt to fuck with a single-gamer named Phantomlord.
Quote:

An online group or person going by the name DERP claims to have launched a DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attack on EA’s login servers, which took its Origin service offline for several hours earlier this morning.

During the outage players were unable to access several EA games on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, mobile, and PC, including Battlefield 4, FIFA 14, The Simpsons Tapped Out, and Star Wars: The Old Republic.

The attack began at around 7 p.m. PST last night, with DERP claiming to have aimed the “Gaben Laser Beam” at the EA login servers on Twitter. DERP also attacked several other games and services earlier this week, including Dota 2, League of Legends, and Battle.net. “We’ve directed the Gaben Laser Beam™ @ the EA login servers. Origin,” the group/person wrote.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/stea...t-ddos-attacks
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...y-ddos-attack/

Kris P Lettus 01-03-2014 07:05 PM

dunno if this has been posted but

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RRpDn5qPp3s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

looks tight

RoXer 01-03-2014 07:42 PM

I'm pretty sure it was. Somewhere.

It looks very ambitious and if it delivers on most of what it promises then it should be pretty great. Their studio/office space flooded though and their insurance didn't cover it. I'm not if that will set them back but I'm assuming it will at least a little bit.

Extreme Angle 01-06-2014 03:54 AM

Got onto the front page of IndieDB!... Well it's something I guess!

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Emperor Smeat 01-06-2014 05:20 PM

Today's News:
1) Ultra Street Fighter IV’s final unrevealed fighter is currently rumored to be from the Street Fighter series comics.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ultr...fighter-comics
http://www.siliconera.com/2014/01/03...ighter-comics/

2) According to reports, Square Enix Montreal has cancelled development on a next-gen Hitman project in favor of focusing more towards the development of a mobile game for the series.
http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...d-268497.phtml

3) Clint Hocking announces he has recently left Valve with his final project at the studio being Left 4 Dead 3. Besides working on Left 4 Dead 3, he also worked on Far Cry 2, Splinter Cell, and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory during his time at Ubisoft.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...g-leaves-valve
http://www.destructoid.com/original-...e-268490.phtml

4) Hideo Kojima states the overall map size and scope for MGS V: Phantom Pain will end up being several hundred times larger than in Ground Zeroes.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/koji...-ground-zeroes

Kalyx triaD 01-07-2014 12:00 AM

The last USF4 character is one of Bison's dolls. A black chick who used to work with Cammy during the Alpha days.

Blitz 01-07-2014 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 4355869)
The last USF4 character is one of Bison's dolls. A black chick who used to work with Cammy during the Alpha days.

Are you basing this on anything, or just putting out some random hopeful supposition?

Stupid if accurate. Fans clamoring for all these other fighters, and Capcom's like "Hey let's put this broad in who was in the background of one cutscene of Alpha 3".

Fignuts 01-07-2014 05:18 AM

It's a female, never been in a fighter, and she's in the comics.

He may not have anything official, but I can't think of anyone else it could be.

Just hope that she has completely new, unique fighting style, and isn't just a Cammy remix.

Fignuts 01-07-2014 05:19 AM

And Capcom's recent track record for giving it's fans what they want, hasn't been very good as of late.

Kalyx triaD 01-07-2014 06:48 AM

I trust she will have the Doll uniform and gauntlets, but should have her own move-set. If she apes anything from Cammy at the very least it may be a few normals. I'd only imagine her being a gameplay clone of Cammy because of the time allotted to ship USF4. Now if they started on her early enough, and who's to say she wasn't a past scrapped design; she could have her own complete moveset.

But it's pretty fucking likely to be a Doll, and specifically the black one. Lots of different sources saying the same shit. The only other candidates are simply some other Doll, or Sakura's classmate - which would be such high trolling I could almost see that happening.

Fignuts 01-07-2014 07:04 AM

Wasn't Sakura's classmate in Rival Schools though?

Kalyx triaD 01-07-2014 07:07 AM

You may be thinking Hinata (also my secondary in that game).

And technically yeah her team were her classmates in that game, but she has a best friend that's appeared in her win poses in the Alpha games and was prominently featured during her solo comics by UDON. If Capcom wanted to troll, she's the safe bet - fitting every qualification to a T.

Kalyx triaD 01-07-2014 07:08 AM

In fact I'm now scared this is the case.

Emperor Smeat 01-07-2014 05:42 PM

Today's News:
1) A judge has ruled against Nintendo in their on-going court case involving the 3D camera tech used in the 3DS with the company required to pay $15 million and an additional $3 per 3DS sold from now on to Tomita Technologies. Nintendo is currently appealing the decision.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/nint...every-3ds-sold

2) Sega has officially confirmed Alien: Isolation is the next game in the Aliens series and is being developed by Creative Assembly. A few details include the game focusing on survival horror, Amanda Ripley is the main character for the game, and is inspired by the original Alien film in the sense there is only one Alien wrecking havoc in the space station.
http://www.destructoid.com/alien-iso...e-268392.phtml
http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/ok-a...ing/2300-8345/

3) Another founder of a studio owned by EA has left with the co-founders of Chillingo studio, publisher of Angry Birds, announcing they have recently left the company.
http://www.destructoid.com/chillingo...a-268516.phtml
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/chill...ders-leave-ea/

Kalyx triaD 01-07-2014 06:00 PM

That Alien game looks great. Very good call using Slenderman's gameplay.

Fignuts 01-08-2014 02:19 AM

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fucking siiiiiiiiick

Emperor Smeat 01-08-2014 05:29 PM

Today's News:
1) Respawn Entertainment states Titanfall's multiplayer will support up to 12 human players per match with teams being limited to 6 people. Matches do support more than 12 players but those spots are reserved for the AI/CPU players.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/tita...ers-6v6-mayhem

2) Update to next-gen Hitman being canceled as Square Enix states the project itself wasn't actually cancelled although they did confirm their Montreal studio has been pulled from the project in favor of IO Interactive and the series will follow a "Call of Duty" studio rotational system.
http://www.destructoid.com/square-te...n-268591.phtml

3) Rhianna Pratchett, writer of Mirror's Edge, announces she will not be involved with the writing and development of Mirror's Edge 2 nor did DICE contact her with an opportunity to work on the sequel.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...s-edge-reboot/

4) Besides working on more Oculus Rift tech, Oculus VR announces they will also be developing games for the headset with John Carmack placed in charge of game development for Oculus.
http://www.destructoid.com/oculus-vr...h-268645.phtml

Fignuts 01-09-2014 03:22 PM

Had no idea this was going on at fighting game tourneys.

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Props to that shinsyn dude for taking a stand.

Kalyx triaD 01-09-2014 03:46 PM

Pot splitting seems to ire people, which I don't see an issue with.

What really gets me is if you have a deal where you're gonna split the pot anyway, and you manage to make finals with your bud/bro, then don't be stupid enough as to throw the match by picking your secondaries all of a sudden with an audience of hundreds sometimes thousands watching. Just play the match straight up.

Idiots.

Emperor Smeat 01-09-2014 05:43 PM

Today's News:
1) Barring the case going to the US Supreme Court, the on-going legal saga between Epic Games and Silicon Knights is expected to be finally over after an Appeals Court has upheld previous court decisions against Silicon Knights.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/wh...ver/1100-4839/

2) Nintendo announces they have recently purchased all of IA Labs patents as part of the repayment owed by IA Labs from their failed court cases against Nintendo and have made Next Level Games, developer of Luigi's Mansion 2, an official 2nd party studio for the company.
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...e-268710.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/next-leve...o-268696.phtml

3) Twitch states they are currently unsure when their streaming services will arrive for the Xbox One but still expects an announcement to be made later this year.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...g-on-xbox-one/

4) Halo 4's senior art director, Kenneth Scott, announces he stepped down from his role at 343 Industries and will now become a consultant for the studio in order to spend more time with his family.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...gn-consultant/

Emperor Smeat 01-10-2014 05:45 PM

Today's News:
1) 2K's Czech branch announces their Prague studio has been shut down and will be moving development of the next Mafia game to one of 2K's US-based studios.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/2k-c...development-us

2) Microsoft states the Xbox One closed beta for Project Spark will start next month with people who have Windows 8 beta keys being automatically eligible for the Xbox One beta.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ne-next-month/

3) Joseph Staten, former writer for the Halo series and Destiny, reveals he has recently been hired as Microsoft Studio's new senior creative director.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...tive-director/
http://www.destructoid.com/ex-destin...t-268741.phtml

Emperor Smeat 01-13-2014 05:37 PM

Today's News:
1) Sony has released the list of all PS3 and PS Vita games available for the upcoming 14 for '14 sale starting tomorrow on PSN.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/prev...nys-14-14-sale

2) Some SimCity related news as Maxis recently revealed the restrictions for modding once the tools become available with the biggest involving EA having sole rights to anything created and the next update patch will include the ability to play the game in offline mode.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/maxi...ts-house-rules
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/si...t-u/1100-4841/

3) Double Fine announces Part One of Broken Age will be released on January 14 to the backers of the Kickstrater fund and then later in the month for everyone else.
http://www.destructoid.com/broken-ag...k-268798.phtml

Emperor Smeat 01-14-2014 05:38 PM

Today's News:
1) Telltale Games announces the second episode of The Wolf Among Us will be released during the first week of February.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...k-of-february/

2) According to Maxis, it has taken them around 6 months in order to rework SimCity to be playable in an offline mode with one of the biggest reasons for the long gap being how the game saved and loaded data for players.
http://www.destructoid.com/it-took-m...e-268960.phtml

3) The CEO of Oculus VR states publishers have full control over pricing for games on the Oculus Rift and hinted there is a possibility this could lead to Rift games being more expensive than on consoles.
http://www.destructoid.com/oculus-ri...o-268904.phtml
http://www.screwattack.com/news/pric...-be-developers

4) EA has lost another high-level management person with this time EA's senior VP for corporate communications, Jeff Brown, announcing he has left the company to join camera manufacture GoPro.
http://www.destructoid.com/another-o...s-268915.phtml

Emperor Smeat 01-15-2014 05:31 PM

Today's News:
1) MLB announces they are reviving the RBI Baseball franchise with RBI Baseball '14 to arrive this Spring for both current and next gen consoles and devices. The decision was due to both Take Two not renewing the MLB license and to ensure non-Playstation platforms would get a baseball game this year.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rbi-...advanced-media
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ma...n-h/1100-4843/

2) Valve states Steam has managed to increase by around 10 million active users since last October bringing the total active userbase of Steam to around 75 million users.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-october-2013/

3) The Left Behind DLC pack for The Last of Us is set to be released on February 14 based on recently revealed promotional ads. The DLC pack will cost $14.99, a download code for "American Dreams Issue #1", and an Ellie Dynamic Theme.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-date-leaked/

4) This month's Club Nintendo game rewards were revealed to be Game & Watch: Cement Factory (3DS), Spin Six (3DS), F-Zero (Wii U VC), and 1080 Snowboarding (Wii VC).
http://www.destructoid.com/club-nint...o-269000.phtml

Emperor Smeat 01-16-2014 05:33 PM

Today's News:
1) A Nintendo-related press event is rumored to be occurring later this month.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...nt-end-january

2) Valve states the Steam controller has been rehauled with the current version dropping biometrics and touchscreen features, now supports a traditional d-pad and ABXY buttons, and uses AA batteries. Valve did state several features that were removed could end up being included in future revisions of the controller.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014...er-overhauled/

3) According to IO Interactive, the next game in the Hitman series is currently planned to feature the largest levels in series history and in terms of storyline, takes place during the prime of Agent 47's career.
http://www.destructoid.com/new-hitma...t-269085.phtml

4) The co--founder and VP of Product Development of Ouya, Muffi Ghadiali, announces he has recently left the company.
http://www.destructoid.com/ouya-co-f...y-269055.phtml

Emperor Smeat 01-17-2014 05:38 PM

Today's News:
1) According to the latest financial report from Nintendo, the company has cut sales expectations for the Wii U by around 70% along with expectations of this fiscal year to end in an overall loss of around $250- $335 million. As a result, Nintendo stated they are considering revamping their business structure with rumors of possible mobile development included in those plans.
http://www.geek.com/games/nintendo-c...llion-1582450/
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ni...ure/1100-4846/

2) Sony states DriveClub has been delayed again with the game now expected to miss out on the PS4 launch in Japan and likely be moved out of the early 2014 release window for North America and Europe.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/driv...n-still-coming

Emperor Smeat 01-19-2014 02:30 PM

Weekend News Edition:
 
Star Wars 1313 is unlikely to ever get made after Disney has recently abandoned the trademark.

Quote:

According to the United States Patent & Trademark Office, on December 23, Disney chose to abandon the game’s trademark, letting it expire rather than filing for a renewal. So this should kill just about any doubts about the game being gone for good.

Star Wars 1313 will officially remain dead.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/disn...mark-disappear

Emperor Smeat 01-20-2014 05:48 PM

Today's News:
1) Update to Nintendo's financial report woes as the company states the Mario series is unlikely to be part of any possible mobile development plans while their stock prices have fallen by around 18% since the announcement.
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...s-269260.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...s-269252.phtml

2) CD Projekt announces Namco Bandai will act as the publisher for The Witcher 3 for Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.destructoid.com/namco-ban...a-269217.phtml

3) Harmoinx is currently rumored to have cancelled all development towards an unannounced Kinect game for the Xbox One.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...oject-canceled

VSG 01-20-2014 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4362865)
Star Wars 1313 is unlikely to ever get made after Disney has recently abandoned the trademark.


http://www.screwattack.com/news/disn...mark-disappear

:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(

alvarado52 01-21-2014 02:35 PM

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Emperor Smeat 01-21-2014 05:27 PM

Today's News:
1) Warnings - For those who own a PS4, Sony states they are currently investigating a recently discovered error bug which causes save files to become corrupted. The bug was discovered to affect a variety of PS4 games and also has the potential of causing the system itself to become bricked.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/psa-...8-0-error-code

2) According to a report by Ars Technica, Microsoft could be in trouble with the FTC soon due to both secret deals and its terms made with several Youtube channels and partners regarding Xbox One advertisements on Youtube. EA was also discovered doing similar deals with Youtube as well.
http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...e-269274.phtml
http://www.incgamers.com/2014/01/ea-...youtube-payola

3) Alienware states their Steam Machine will not be upgradable and instead will have a new model released every year.
http://www.destructoid.com/alienware...e-269317.phtml

Emperor Smeat 01-22-2014 05:21 PM

Today's News:
1) Update to recent DriveClub news as the game is currently rumored to be getting a June 2014 release date for Europe according to Official Playstation Magazine Italy.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...ding-opm-italy

2) Tim Schafer states if given the chance or approval, he would like to work on a sequel to Brutal Legend and it wouldn't contain any RTS-like gameplay features.
http://www.destructoid.com/tim-schaf...d-269358.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...utal-legend-2/

Emperor Smeat 01-23-2014 05:14 PM

Today's News:
1) Tecmo states Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z has been delayed by about 2 weeks with the new release date scheduled for March 18, 2014.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/tecm...ayed-two-weeks

2) According to the CEO of Capcom, the revamped plans for the company's near future includes a stronger emphasis towards online/social features, mobile development, and DLC development.
http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-ce...r-269427.phtml

3) King studio, developer of Candy Crush Saga, currently is facing backlash after it was revealed the company managed to successful trademark the word "Candy" and admitted their attempts to trademark and go after anyone using the word "Saga" is just a bullying tactic.
http://www.destructoid.com/candy-cru...k-269383.phtml

ClockShot 01-23-2014 07:38 PM

Trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Shows the characters and who's got voice acting duties for them. Plus a little bit of gameplay. Just looks too freakin' good.

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Disturbed316 01-23-2014 11:55 PM

Loved the first one, will definitely be getting this one.

Emperor Smeat 01-24-2014 05:15 PM

Today's News:
1) Namco Bandai announces they will be officially changing their name to Bandai Namco starting on April 1st.
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=221089

2) The Japan-only PS Vita Slim is rumored to be getting a worldwide release as part of an upcoming announcement by Sony next week.
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-hint...k-269476.phtml

3) Update to developer King's recent trademark controversies as an indie developer has claimed King's Pac-Avoid infringed on a game he created called Scamperghost. He stated this occurred due to King.com not becoming the publisher for the browser-based game after another publisher offered a better deal.
http://www.destructoid.com/indie-dev...e-269469.phtml

Emperor Smeat 01-27-2014 05:31 PM

Today's News:
1) Microsoft reveals they have recently purchased the Gears of War series from Epic Games with Black Tusk Studios to become the new developer for the series.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/mi...ise/1100-4850/

2) Valve announces Steam will now allows users to cancel and refund pre-orders on their own although all refunds will only be deposited into the user's Steam Wallet and not the original source of the funds if it was from somewhere else.
http://www.destructoid.com/steam-now...s-269512.phtml
http://www.screwattack.com/news/stea...rders-manually

3) Epic Games states the first games using their brand new Unreal 4 Engine is currently expected to be arriving by late 2014 to early 2015.
http://www.destructoid.com/epic-unre...5-269570.phtml

4) Capcom states Japan-only Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the 3DS will be getting a worldwide release around early 2015.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ds-early-2015/

Emperor Smeat 01-28-2014 05:33 PM

Today's News:
1) Sucker Punch studio states Infamous: Second Son will not feature multiplayer modes, decisions made during the story can end up locking out parts of the game completely, and only one element can be used at a time.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/suck...ll-multiplayer

2) ZeniMax Online Studios states The Elder Scrolls Online will not require a PS+ subscription in order to play the game online while no mention was made regarding the Xbox One version. The game will still require its own subscription in order to be playable on both the PS4 and Xbox One though.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-elder...n-269636.phtml

3) EA's recent report for the fiscal third quarter revealed the company saw very little growth in digital sales, around a $200 million drop in retail sales, and around a $114 million drop in overall revenue compared to the previous fiscal third quarter.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...-guidance.aspx

alvarado52 01-29-2014 04:09 PM

So what ever happened to all that 'cloud computing' crap MS was talking about? Wasnt that supposed to somehow allow devs to match (or exceed in theory) what they could do on the PS4?

Kalyx triaD 01-29-2014 04:39 PM

Cloud computing can pick up software weight in terms of AI, which is what Titanfall is doing. I don't know if it can actually help boost graphical power or a game's overall performance (framerate, controls) - which I assume rests squarely on the devs initial shipped product without any cloud help. The cloud couldn't do anything to help Battlefield 4's issues, for instance.

Emperor Smeat 01-29-2014 05:13 PM

Today's News:
1) Sony is currently rumored to be working on a firmware update for the PS4 to allow digital PS1 and PS2 games to be playable although neither will be included in the upcoming Playstation Now service. Sony is also rumored to be remastering the visuals of these games to be native HD instead of just simply upscaling them.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...heading-to-ps4
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...-playstation-4

2) Microsoft states the next game in the Gears of War series is currently in development.
http://www.destructoid.com/new-gears...t-269709.phtml

3) Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata stated as a result of the recent poor financial news from the company, he will be personally cutting his salary by around 50% for the next 5 months with other high level executives getting a 20%-30% cut.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...r-wii-u-sales/

Kalyx triaD 01-29-2014 05:27 PM

Nintendo's executives are unreasonably honorable.


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