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• Undead again: Dark Souls 2 preview

• Kaminari 18/06/2013

  Most bosses in Dark Souls range from mediocre to incredibly bad, and none of them holds a candle against any boss from Demon's Souls. Bed of Chaos vs. Dragon God, nuff said. I sure hope the devs will go back to the drawing board in terms of boss mechanics for the next opus. Reply 0

• Watch Metal Gear Solid 5 at 60 frames per second

• Kaminari 18/06/2013

  This compulsive obsession for 60 fps is quickly getting sickening. I'll take 30 fps The Last of Us against any 60 fps average shit any time of the day. Reply -2

• Tech Analysis: The Last of Us

• Kaminari 16/06/2013

  "Can't wait for PS4."
  
  Isn't it sad when people can't seem to appreciate what the technology can do today? Reply +8

• Dead Space isn't dead, but no-one's working on Dead Space 4 right now, EA confirms

• Kaminari 15/06/2013

  "Have we killed it? No, of course not."
  
  Oh yes. Yes you did. Hopefully someone at EA with more than half a brain will do a postmortem about everything that went wrong with DS3. Reply +9

• Ridiculous Fishing dev has bag of precious hardware stolen at E3

• Kaminari 14/06/2013

  Who would have thought journos were also thieves. Reply 0

• The big interview: Sony's Jim Ryan on PS4, DRM and the next-gen console war

• Kaminari 13/06/2013

  When are the journos going to understand that blocking second-hand sales is ILLEGAL? Reply 0

• Open-world Mirror's Edge isn't a shooter, but it's "very different" compared to the original, EA says

• Kaminari 13/06/2013

  After Dead Space, another original franchise bites the dust. Reply -2

• EA: "We don't have a problem with second-hand sales as they are today"

• Kaminari 13/06/2013

  "We don't have a problem with second-hand sales as they are today."
  
  Yeah. That's why ME3 PC is *impossible* to install once the serial number has been registered by the previous owner. FUCK YOU EA. Reply 0

• Sony details final PlayStation 4 tech spec

• Kaminari 11/06/2013

  "Specific 5.1 formats (Dolby Digital, DTS) don't appear to have been confirmed."
  
  Yes they have.
  
  http://bit.ly/1931cpR Reply +2

• The Last Guardian now "on hiatus", Sony says

• Kaminari 11/06/2013

  "On hiatus" means "shelved".
  
  The alleged technical issues were not the main reason why this happened. For better or for worse, Sony at some point must have decided that the game mechanics of The Last Guardian never worked as good as the ones from Ico and Colossus. I can't blame them. Most people expected another open world, instead Japan Studio essentially went for a reboot of Ico with a Colossus-size companion, which must have felt like a regression in terms of scope and ambition (and not mentioning the potentially nightmarish gameplay).
  
  Well, so long Team Ico, and thanks for the wonderful ride. Reply +1

• Destiny revealed in stunning gameplay demo, confirmed for 2014 release

• Kaminari 11/06/2013

  The art style reminds me of Robota. Not surprising, as Bungie creative director Darren Bacon is a fan of Doug Chiang. Reply 0

• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag single-player mode connects with friends

• Kaminari 11/06/2013

  "Perhaps the action takes place in first-person as you're playing as yourself?"
  
  Fuck that. Reply 0

• Microsoft kills game ownership and expects us to smile

• Kaminari 07/06/2013

  "You can say this is no worse than what Steam does."
  
  This doesn't make Steam any more right. Steam's lack of digital license reselling system IS illegal according to European law. And sooner or later, even Steam will have to implement a license manager allowing you to resell your digital games. Reply +3

• Xbox One's used game policies to lay with publishers

• Kaminari 07/06/2013

  "Participating" retailers? Like in brick 'n' mortar shops? But what about eBay? Amazon Marketplace? Rakuten?
  
  Besides, publishers have absolutely no legal right to impose a reselling fee on a specific copy once the original license has been sold by them (in Europe at least). Reply 0

• In Theory: Can the Xbox One cloud transform next-gen gaming?

• Kaminari 28/05/2013

  Reminds me of Microsoft's legal system:
  
  Reply +2

• Herzog Zwei retrospective

• Kaminari 26/05/2013

  "Herzog Zwei is cited by many as the first true Real Time Strategy game."
  
  Please stop this urban legend. There are many examples of true RTS precursors, chief amongst them being Nether Earth on the Spectrum (released two years before Technosoft's game). Herzog was a great series, but I'm tired of this revisionist crap. Reply -2

• Capcom/Sega/Namco crossover Project X Zone's demo is out now on the 3DS eShop

• Kaminari 25/05/2013

  Three failed companies don't make a winner. Reply -1

• Mirror's Edge 2 listed on Amazon Italy, Germany

• Kaminari 23/05/2013

  @Dowr
  
  "Diffidently" is exactly how I would diffident the game. Reply -2

• Phil Harrison tries (again) to clarify game ownership, second-hand sales and always-online in Xbox One

• Kaminari 22/05/2013

  Replace "disc" with "book", and enjoy the meaningless snafu. Reply 0

• Microsoft reveals Xbox One, due worldwide this year

• Kaminari 21/05/2013

  That's One ugly Box all right. Reply +2

• Turns out Kevin Conroy is working on Batman: Arkham Origins after all

• Kaminari 20/05/2013

  It's a-me, Batman! Reply 0

• Gran Turismo 5 retrospective

• Kaminari 13/05/2013

  "one to one parity with the real world"
  
  And that's where Gran Turismo miserably fails -- in the details. If you can call "details" such archaic elements as the sound engine and the collision engine (or lack thereof). In particular, the sound engine hasn't litteraly evolved since 1997. Just spend two minutes with a (admittedly not perfect) racer like Shift and you will understand what immersive audio experience means. Reply +1

• Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Désilets fired from Ubisoft

• Kaminari 07/05/2013

  So Ubisoft stole AC, fired Désilets, bought THQ, stole 1666 and fired Désilets again. I hope whoever runs this whore of a company can still watch himself in the mirror. Reply +40

• Saturday Soapbox: The magic of dedicated hardware

• Kaminari 04/05/2013

  Nice article Martin. Abel Gance rules -- bring on the BD!
  
  I've been a gamer since the SEB Telescore times, and the last game I completed is Infinite on PS3. What this discussion reveals is that games are meant to be played on the dedicated hardware they've been designed for (which is why most modern games feel better on consoles than on PC, in spite of RAM limitations).
  
  Likewise, scanlines are not just "oldschool". They are the gaming equivalent of film grain. They actually add information into the original pixel art. If you play a 2D retrogame on an LCD or even a progressive CRT (aka. VGA), you're missing half of what the artist intended to be seen.
  
  "Just playing" is not enough. It's like saying "just watch Abel Gance's Napoleon on your smartphone". It just doesn't cut it. Reply +1

• Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn release date narrowed

• Kaminari 02/05/2013

  I'm on PC beta and while some improvements have been made since the dreaded alpha, I still loathe the quest tracker and the dumb regional map system (which tells you where your objective is, but not where you are). I'm also constantly switching between kbm and gamepad (MotionInJoy) for the sake of future console testing, and I have to say the interface is still a mess, especially on the pad. On the content side, most guild missions are boring filler affairs. Co-op is next to non-existant.
  
  All in all, FF14 is a decidedly archaic approach to MMO. Still, I find myself willing to play it a little bit weekend after weekend (servers are usually only open two or three days per week). The environments are not too bad, and customization is limited but fun. Reply -1