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• Sony: "Unlike PS3, we are not planning a major loss to be incurred with the launch of PS4"

• chessboxer 09/05/2013

  @feetfly
  
  You neglected (or forgot) to mention that rumour of a $300 Nextbox also carries a $15 per month charge for 2 years which is an additional $180 that will have to be paid. Reply +6

• chessboxer 09/05/2013

  @Negotiator1
  
  The 360 is barely leading in worldwide sales (we may get more recent sales data at E3 from both Sony & MS), it was much cheaper than the PS3 for many years (still is in some regions) and launched 12-15 months earlier Reply +4

• PlayStation 3: retail disc vs. digital delivery

• chessboxer 05/05/2013

  Sucks for those getting slow speeds from the PSN. I can download a 9GB game in under 25 minutes on my PS3. Reply +2

• How Sony Santa Monica mastered PlayStation 3

• chessboxer 04/05/2013

  For anyone complaining about the fixed camera, go back and the read reviews, comments and forum threads for the various Ninja Gaiden titles and more recently, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Reply +2

• Kojima: Xbox 360 disc size to blame for lack of Metal Gear Solid: Legacy Collection

• chessboxer 02/05/2013

  Thinking about it, I'm certain that the other pre-rendered cutscene is with Old Snake, Ocelot, Naomi and Johnny (don't remember if Vamp was there), where Naomi drops the syringe on the ground for Old Snake.
  
  I need to do another playthrough of this awesome game. Reply 0

• chessboxer 02/05/2013

  Some of you are right and some are wrong about the MGS4 cutscenes. Most of them are rendered real time.
  
  I believe that only 2 cutscenes in the entire game are pre-rendered. One is the 2nd half of the cutscene at the end of Chapter 3 (after you get to save the game) with Ocelot standing on the boat.
  
  I can't remember exactly where the other pre-rendered cutscene is (although I'm sure it's an Old Snake/Drebbin one) but the last one which is over an hour long is real-time, not pre-rendered.
  
  MGS4 was also highly compressed on PS3. The game varies in size depending on region due to language support, no one version of the game contains all languages Reply +3

• Thomas Was Alone review

• chessboxer 01/05/2013

  This game is cool. Played and completed on the Vita and thoroughly enjoyed it. The movie mentions in either Design or Generation made me chuckle too.
  
  I'd love to go to Mooby's and check out that internet terminal. Reply +2

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut for Wii U confirmed, and yes, they've fixed the boss battles

• chessboxer 21/03/2013

  I completed this on PS3 hardest difficulty total stealth and no kills (apart from bosses) about a year ago. It was a fantastic game and I recommend anyone else looking to play this to take the stealth route as it's very satisfying.
  
  The boss fights weren't hard. The first was the trickiest but there are loads of explosives in the room. Reply +3

• Digital Foundry vs. God of War: Ascension

• chessboxer 15/03/2013

  It's interesting how I see some people claiming that it's time for Sony to create new IPs (looking back at various God Of War, Killzone, Infamous and Uncharted articles) instead of releasing "more of the same" but will turn around and say that Nintendo need to hurry up and release more Super Mario, Zelda and Mario Kart titles (franchises which haven't changed in 20+ years) for the Wii U.
  
  I'm enjoying the Ascension MP but the audio dropouts in the campaign are distracting so I won't be playing it until it's patched. Reply +6

• God of War: Ascension review

• chessboxer 12/03/2013

  @NOSAVIOUR
  
  I remember when Ninja Gaiden 3 got an overhaul. People are still wishing that Team Ninja left it alone. Reply +10

• The Last of Us demo that comes with God of War: Ascension won't be available until two weeks before launch

• chessboxer 09/03/2013

  @TFM_Excalibur
  
  

  Talk about shit marketing.

  
  Crackdown (released February 2007) offered access to the Halo 3 beta (available May 2007).
  
  Bulletstorm (released in February 2011) on 360 offered access to the Gears Of War 3 beta (available April 2011).
  
  Medal Of Honor (released October 2010) offered access to the Battlefield 3 beta (available September 2011).
  
  Medal Of Honor: Warfaighter (released October 2012) offered access to the Battlefield 4 beta (due Autumn 2013).
  
  Even Counter-Strike: Condition Zero offered access to the Counter-Strike: Source beta back in 2004.
  
  How are those any different to TLoS demo being offered at a later date to those who purchase God Of War: Ascension? Reply +3

• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance VR Missions DLC out next week

• chessboxer 07/03/2013

  @Captain_Spanky
  
  It's only free for 3 weeks. The offer ends on April 3rd Reply 0

• Square Enix "investigating" after Tesco stores break Tomb Raider street date

• chessboxer 05/03/2013

  @HeNiCiDe1988
  

  dude that was what originally meant to happen when you pre-ordered games. That they came a day before (was a reason to pre-order).

  No it's not. It's a nice bonus when it happens but the idea behind pre-ordering is to guarantee yourself a copy of a game come release day whether over the internet (with the added benefit of home delivery) or brick and mortar.
  
  If you pre-order a something through a brick and mortar store, they are not supposed to sell you the product a day early, otherwise they will have broken the street date. Reply 0

• chessboxer 04/03/2013

  A couple of my UK PSN friends were playing this from Friday.
  
  Also spotted that Zavvi reduced the PS3 & 360 versions to £29.99 last night. Reply +1

• Revengeance DLC will let you play as Jetstream Sam and a robot dog

• chessboxer 25/02/2013

  @CloudXIV
  
  I've got it (PS3) although I haven't taken it out of the box yet. Raiden is quite big, much bigger than the Solid Snake that was in the MGS4 Limited Edition box. Reply 0

• PlayStation 4 Press Conference Live Report

• chessboxer 21/02/2013

  I didn't hear any dubstep :( Reply 0

• chessboxer 21/02/2013

  Did she just have a Diet Coke break? Reply 0

• chessboxer 21/02/2013

  That was God Of War music Reply 0

• chessboxer 20/02/2013

  New Killzone baby! Reply 0

• chessboxer 20/02/2013

  GG. Fuck yeah! Reply 0

• chessboxer 20/02/2013

  Need more people to log off so I can watch the stream uninterrupted. Reply 0

• chessboxer 20/02/2013

  Dave Perry Reply 0

• chessboxer 20/02/2013

  First system ever with 8GB of GDDR5. Reply 0

• chessboxer 20/02/2013

  8 fucking Gigbytes! Reply 0

• BioShock Infinite gameplay trailer teases Elizabeth's role

• chessboxer 19/02/2013

  I'm looking forward to this and now it has gone gold, Kevin can start work on Bioshock Vita. Reply 0