Darknight • Comments

• EA cans Dead Space series following poor sales of Dead Space 3 - report

• Darknight 05/03/2013

  @stryker1121 They should care about us. We are the ones that made the original Dead Space a viable prospect to turn into a franchise in the first place.
  
  I have seen alot of this over the last couple of weeks, the statement that we don't have power. You have to remember that Call of Duty is popular because "we" made it popular. I buy a game on the back of good reviews, and good press but my friends who aren't as into these things as I am go on what my recommendations are. We as the enthusiast audience have far more clout than we seem to give ourselves credit for! Reply +3

• PlayStation 4 Press Conference Live Report

• Darknight 20/02/2013

  He's been spraypainted orange! Reply 0

• Darknight 20/02/2013

  That system suspend is a nice feature. Reply 0

• Darknight 20/02/2013

  Making sure we're well aware that "This is realtime dammit!" Reply 0

• Darknight 20/02/2013

  Ellie!!!! Wooo! Reply 0

• Cliff Bleszinski says "horror doesn't fly" in the full-priced retail market

• Darknight 13/02/2013

  To be honest, I just want variety in the games that I'm able to buy. I absolutely do not want every single game to be the same first/third person military shooter with crap tacked on multiplayer that no-one will play after the first month anyway.
  
  I want horror. And comedy, and adventure, and as many other interesting ways of playing that developers can think up for us! Reply +1

• Square Enix struggling to make money from its console games

• Darknight 05/02/2013

  Kingdom Hearts - HD 1.5 ReMIX

  Hang on, what? Is this actually referring to a Kingdom Hearts HD re-release? Why have I not heard of this before!? Reply 0

• Tomb Raider multiplayer counts for a quarter of game's Achievements

• Darknight 21/01/2013

  A big part of achievements for developers seem to be to gauge what parts of games are popular, and to give an easy metric as to how many people got x% through their game.
  
  They'll end up using the stats from this to try to justify adding multiplayer into the game (or won't announce the number of people that get these achievements to cover up the fact that no-one played it). Reply +3

• Happy 30th birthday, ZX Spectrum

• Darknight 23/04/2012

  I've got many happy memories playing Atic Atac on my uncles ZX81 before getting one of my own. Was definitely the start of my gaming addiction. Reply 0

• Resident Evil 6 Preview: True Horror Returns

• Darknight 10/04/2012

  Still sticking tension killing co-op in a horror game Capcom? Poor show. I'll hold off for reviews, but don't hold out much hope for this being any good now. Reply +4

• Confirmed: GAME saved

• Darknight 02/04/2012

  Not sure why people think OpCapita are going to lose money on this deal. Bear in mind that GAME made 1.6 billion in revenue last financial year. Now their costs have been slashed by the administrators, once everything is back on an even keel it should be a nicely profitable business again. Reply +2

• GAME administration to end tomorrow with RBS as buyer - report

• Darknight 29/03/2012

  @jefranklin18 The original OpCapita bid came in before Game appointed the administrators, and RBS apparently blocked it. That's where the hatred for RBS is coming from.
  
  If OpCapita had been successful before administration, then they would have been obliged to take over all the debt and manage it properly. Now RBS have allowed the company to default on much of its debt, get out of rent leases, etc.
  
  Admittedly, we have no details of the previous OpCapita deal (it could well have been a packet of Wotsits and half a Curly Wurly), but it doesn't seem right that RBS could block a deal which would have meant everyone being paid, and instead allow the administrators to come in, and just pick up the parts of the business that they want with no debt obligations. Reply +3

• Darknight 29/03/2012

  @Murton I think you're half right about the store proximity, but bear in mind that when the stores were owned by different companies, they had different deals and different prices on much of the stock. Competition meant it was worthwhile people going into both stores.
  
  Once everything was owned by Game group, there was no incentive to go to the different stores. If I walked into Game, there was no reason to go in GameStation 30 seconds walk away as all the stock, pricing and offers were exactly the same - thereby doubling the rent expense, and giving absolutely no benefit to the group. Reply +4

• PlayStation 4 codenamed Orbis, has anti-pre-owned system - report

• Darknight 28/03/2012

  I don't know how many households are not using their consoles online, but I can't see Sony putting an "always on" lock on games. See the backlash that Ubisoft saw when they tried it with one game? Reply +42

• Top-whack Tiger Woods 13 DLC costs £48 on PS3 Store today

• Darknight 28/03/2012

  @Whatascoop Shhhhh! Don't give them ideas!
  
  Ed: Damn you Whizzo :) Reply +8

• Darknight 28/03/2012

  Some of the recent DLC pricing is absolutely mental. Surely no-one pays these extortionate prices? Reply +37

• GAME suspends use of Reward Cards and gift cards, cancels refunds and exchanges

• Darknight 26/03/2012

  @abigsmurf I think he means the GameCare stuff that Game have been pressing with every console sold for the last couple of years. I'm not sure who would pick this up, but I don't think the manufacturers are going to care. Reply +4

• Twisted Metal will be sold by GAME this Friday, Sony confirms

• Darknight 12/03/2012

  @albo I was in exactly the same boat as you, but didn't want to take the risk, so I spent my £150 worth of game points over the weekend.
  
  If the company goes into administration, the first thing that will go will be the "free money" that the game points are worth - there is no way your points will be worth anything at the end of all this. Reply +7

• Silent Hill HD Collection screens

• Darknight 16/09/2011

  I think the texture work on this looks good, the problem is the grain filter will probably not do the HD justice. Reply 0

• Zavvi MGS HD Ed includes MGS1 & MGS4

• Darknight 15/08/2011

  @StolenGlory
  
  With your code, and Quidco, that brings it down to around £60. Not brilliant, but enough to make me cave - that steel box is just too pretty... Reply +3

• Darknight 15/08/2011

  @matts1900
  
  The Japanese copy is just a download code for the PS1 version as well, so no HD remake, and no trophies for the first game in the series. Reply +8

• Darknight 15/08/2011

  I shouldn't be, I already own MGS1 and 4 separately, but I'm really tempted by this... Reply +6

• Retrospective: Animal Crossing

• Darknight 15/08/2011

  I can't hear about Animal Crossing any more without thinking of Gremmi and his axe. That was harsh but brilliant. Reply 0

• EU PlayStation Store update 3rd August

• Darknight 03/08/2011

  Those Squenix price reductions have been a long time coming. I doubt many would have bought Gex at its old price point... Reply +1

• Silent Hill: Downpour

• Darknight 13/07/2011

  @jonfon
  
  The first Silent Hill was released, but was swiftly pulled from the store due to some licensing problem that Konami had with some of the music that it used. I don't think they are even looking at re-licensing it so the game can be released at this stage. Reply 0