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• Kevin Conroy Batman confusion continues with deleted “new Arkham game” tweet

• GAmbrose 21/05/2013

  A next-gen Arkham game by Rocksteady should be pretty special. Reply +3

• Ubisoft forecasts lower Assassin's Creed 4 sales than AC3 managed this past financial year

• GAmbrose 16/05/2013

  Being conservative but hopeful about your predicted sales? Quick, someone call Square Enix! Reply +2

• The Last of Us ending details leak online

• GAmbrose 02/05/2013

  I never understand people who actively look for plot spoilers even though they plan to play the game or watch the movie.
  
  Surely it's more exciting/fun for the revelations to unfurl as it goes along? Reply +6

• Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded, the re-make of the first game in the series, is out in June

• GAmbrose 22/04/2013

  I remember playing this in the early 90's on my friends PC.
  
  I then bought the one with updated graphics on the Amiga 500 when I was a bit older (Think it needed two floppy disk drives for some reason)
  
  No real desire to play it now, but i've nothing against the remake. People obviously want it as they kickstarted it. Reply +4

• BioShock Infinite bests Tomb Raider as March's top-selling in the US

• GAmbrose 19/04/2013

  Wait, so overall BioShock Infinite didn't sell anywhere near as many as Tomb Raider yet, but Square Enix were really dissapointed with sales of 4 million+ in a month? Reply +1

• Soul Sacrifice demo due next week

• GAmbrose 16/04/2013

  I think demo's with substantial content are the way forward really.
  
  Lots of people are put off demos which don't really represent the game accurately. Like Spec Ops: The Line...the demo made it seem like the most generic third person shooter and yet the full game is a spectacular commentary on games in general. Reply +3

• Paul Cuisset returns to Flashback with new remake

• GAmbrose 11/04/2013

  I wonder if it'll still be rock-hard.
  
  Or maybe it never was and that was just my 10 year old self struggling with in on my Amiga 500 ;) Reply +10

• Square Enix thought Tomb Raider could sell nearly double its 3.4 million first month sales

• GAmbrose 09/04/2013

  @bratmandu
  

  "Would have bought tomb raider but was put off by lack of tombs and a focus on emotional journeys instead of climbing and puzzles."

  I'd say the majority of the game is climbing... Reply -2

• Saturday Soapbox: The high cost of high standards

• GAmbrose 06/04/2013

  Ubisoft should be applauded really, I know they've been cranking out Assassins Creeds year on year but that was a new IP on the current generation and the original game wasn't all that great (other than the graphics and climbing mechanics)
  
  But they persevered and built on it with Assassins Creed II and Brotherhood.
  
  And now they are working on yet another new IP (Watchdogs) which looks really good. Reply +8

• Microsoft creative director dismisses "drama" around always-online consoles

• GAmbrose 06/04/2013

  @faster1974 south woodham Ferrer's? Reply 0

• Metacritic score-weighing process revealed - report

• GAmbrose 28/03/2013

  I just remember that story about how Obsidian missed out on any bonuses that were due because Fallout: New Vegas made 84 and not the 85 required in the contract.
  
  Horrific really. Reply +2

• Tomb Raider has sold 3.4 million copies, failed to hit expectations

• GAmbrose 26/03/2013

  I bought Sleeping Dogs via Digital Download (Steam)
  
  I bought Hitman: Absolution via Digital Download (Steam)
  
  I bought Tomb Raider via Digital Download (Steam)
  
  Are they seriously suggesting that Tomb Raider, which has been out for 3 weeks and sold 3.4 million, not including digital sales, is disappointing? Reply +47

• Square Enix boss leaves as company announces "extraordinary loss"

• GAmbrose 26/03/2013

  Surely this comes from their Japanese arm, as all their 'western' games recently (Deus Ex, Sleeping Dogs, Tomb Raider) have been really good Reply +43

• Diablo 3 on consoles: hell or high water?

• GAmbrose 26/03/2013

  This preview is spot on as far as I'm concerned. It's good to hear from somebody who is as nieve as me as to the history of Diablo.
  
  I've been a PC gamer since 1993 but have also owned many consoles, including the Xbox 360 and PS3. There was a good 5 year period when I had pretty much abandoned PC games in favour of the Xbox 360, but for the past 2-3 years i've gradually come back to PC gaming, to the extent that I now buy ALL games on PC again via Steam (they look and run better than the aging consoles)
  
  But despite this i've never played Diablo, Diablo 2 or Diablo 3. Sounds like it wouldn't be my cup of tea either. Reply +1

• Doom 3 BFG Edition won't support Oculus Rift at launch after all

• GAmbrose 18/03/2013

  Is this id's fault then...? Reply +4

• Saturday Soapbox: Christopher Nolan has ruined video games

• GAmbrose 16/03/2013

  Tomb Raider is bleak, but that's the whole point of Lara's journey to becoming someone stronger and surviving the island. If it had been a bit more carefree and humerous people would accused it of ripping off Uncharted. Reply +6

• SimCity review

• GAmbrose 15/03/2013

  Sounds like it might be a decent-ish game in 3 months once they have patched it to buggery. Reply +8

• Xi3 Piston maker counters Valve claim over unofficial Steam Box, issues stark message to Gabe Newell

• GAmbrose 13/03/2013

  To be clear, the Piston Console will ship initially with a Windows operating system specifically because that's where the vast bulk of game software and computer gamers are today. That said, the Piston Console can also run Linux (and other operating systems), which means it can support the Linux-version of Steam.

  PC can run various operating systems shocker! Reply +4

• Valve-backed Xi3 Piston console starts at $1000

• GAmbrose 11/03/2013

  @TigerX81 I understand that, but I've bought A LOT of games from Steam over the years, and if 90% of my existing ones are unplayable and only titles from 2013 onwards are playable then i'd be hesitant to switch from Windows 7, which works perfectly well to be honest.
  
  And that's assuming owning a game for Windows unlocks the Linux version if it's available?! I wouldn't re-buy games. Reply +1

• GAmbrose 11/03/2013

  Unless they port every game to Linux (not possible since Steam is a content delivery service, not a developer) then I really can't see the point of this. Reply +1

• Tomb Raider PC patched to address Nvidia, Intel, TressFX issues

• GAmbrose 11/03/2013

  @neilka
  
  Not really, I'm only 24% through it... Reply +7

• Nvidia apologises to Tomb Raider PC players plagued by crashes

• GAmbrose 07/03/2013

  Even with 13.2 beta 7 drivers this game is regularly crashing with display driver issues on my AMD 6870.
  
  No other games are and Nixxes ports are usually great.
  
  So it's not just Nvidia users. I think TressFX looks quite good. Reply 0

• Old people who play video games are happier, concludes study

• GAmbrose 06/03/2013

  Does beg the question why gamers RAGE so much in forums though if they are happy ;) Reply +4

• Amid growing anger at micro-transactions, CliffyB calls on gamers to vote with their wallets

• GAmbrose 01/03/2013

  This might not just be a casual vs hardcore gamer argument, could there be an age disparity coming in to play? Could it be the younger generation of gamers are more accepting/willing to part with their cash for things that he mentioned.
  
  I know my nephew who is 11 has spent a fortune in MS points on Fifa. He asks for them for his birthday/Christmas...
  
  Conversely i've only ever spent mine on full XBLA games or addons. Reply +55

• Microsoft prepping an EA partnership announcement for its next Xbox event - report

• GAmbrose 27/02/2013

  "It's me, John Riccitiello! Here, have a micro-transaction!"
  
  Made me laugh out loud. Reply +16