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The big interview: Phil Harrison on Xbox One...
...Kinect, indie games and red rings.
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Sid Meier's cultural victory
"If there's anything in reality that's not fun, we will change it."
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Xbox One shows flickers of visionary promise but misses an opportunity to prove it with games
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/05/xbox-one-the-mainstream-media-reacts-are-we-the-20-percent/
Despite the negative reception from gamers, I still think this thing is going to sell like hotcakes with it being aimed at the average joe on the street who plays the occasional COD/Fifa and uses the media apps on xbox. microsoft knew gamers would react like this, but it seems like they don't care about what we think about the anti consumer practices and neither does their actual target market. They're target market is easily wowed by corporate buzzwords and market speak, fake cheering from the crowds and a multi-media devices that can do everything.
It's clear we are the minority. Reply +6
Next Xbox Reveal: live report and live video
Microsoft creative director dismisses "drama" around always-online consoles
Star Wars 1313 was about Boba Fett after all
Face-Off: Need for Speed: Most Wanted on Wii U
Granted, it's still £20 more expensive but it does have all the DLC i'f i'm not mistaken and these improved features. It's sure to go down in price very soon like most other Wii U ports anyway.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/need-for-speed-most-wanted-wii-u-34-18-hut-1498033 Reply +10
Annualised Assassin's, next-gen and ploughing fields: the boss of Ubisoft Montreal
It's a real shame business did come out and override his views. Reading about him trying to justify it in the interview later, when he still probably thinks the opposite, because he's forced to by ubisoft is sad. The suits have done it again. Hopefully more indie dev scene thrives so they so they can be the ones calling the shots one day.
Ubisoft's justification is like trying to say releasing GTA annually would help business, whereas it would probably run the franchise into the ground. People would get tired quickly of it. I'd have preferred much more if Ubisfot had a normal release cycle a huge budet game like AC should.
Because of all this, AC4 wll probably be the first AC i won't preorder, buy on release or maybe not buy at all. Great, new experience are on the horizon, and i don't want to play one of been playing for over a hundred hours every year. Reply +4
HMV bundles Wii U Premium and Zombi U for just £199
I'd prefer to get it in the summer as i'll have time to play it more but not if the price will be higher than this offer. Apparently these shops are losing money selling it as this price but need to as it takes up valuable warehouse space sitting there and they need to clear the stock for stuff that will sell. I don't see them lowering it any further so should i take advantage of this deal considering it's probably even cheaper given that HMV are going into administration?
Thoughts? Now for cheapest price or later? Reply 0
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut for Wii U confirmed, and yes, they've fixed the boss battles
I feel like I'm the only person who didn't mind the boss battles, because they were so different. I spent most of the game stealthing and exploring so if was nice to rain down bullets for a change. Even the one battery charge limit i didn't mind much since i explored so much, i had bars that i would find to recharge it most of the time.
The directors commentary sounds pretty interesting and i missed out on the missing link DLC but i hope it'll around the £30 range instead of full price Reply +6
Why publishers refuse games such as Remember Me because of their female protagonists
Gears 3 didn' do such a bad job at it's portrayal of females surprisingly IIRC in a game full of macho, space marines. Maybe because it was written by a female but still surprised Epic went along with it. The again they were just side characters.
The quality and appeal of the game overall is what attracts me to a game, not the sex of the main character so it's ridiculous to think that publishers shaft games because of the sex of the main character.
People wouldn't care if a book or an album just because the main character is female or it was written by a female although the film and music industry is just as guilty as games in stereotyping and oversexualising females. films much less though, but it depends on the director. That's why i think the publishers that refused Remember me were probably the like of EA, Acti, take two and other big hitters. We have to remember though that this is a new IP, that isn't a modern FPS war game with tacked on multiplaer so most of these pubs would have been reluctant to publish it even if the main character were male. Reply 0
Deus Ex: The Fall domain registered by Square Enix
With Theif due out in 2014 and being worked on at Eidos Montreal, it makes me skeptical we'll see a new deus ex in the same year, especially with them just snapping up the domains now which suggests they're early in development. This only leads to a better quality game of course but at the same time DE:HR was such a good unique game, that i'm very eager to player another.
I did read somewhere yesterday that Eidos Montreal has around 350 employess, split into small teams, which is more than enough to be working on Theif and next gen Deus ex:) Reply 0
Microsoft prepping an EA partnership announcement for its next Xbox event - report
Also, fuck you M$ you greedy bastards :-P Reply +6
The big interview: Sony's Shuhei Yoshida on PS4
It's a shame Yoshida probably had to hear all thhat cynicism and grumpiness directed at the meeting within the podcast and tom's articles after he was so nice to him in this interview. Reply 0
PlayStation 4 Press Conference Live Report
...Wonderbook 2.0!! Surpise Reply 0
Angry Birds Trilogy sells over one million units, despite costing £30