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Final Fantasy Xiii

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:52:26 +0000

Released yesterday. Can actually see myself buying it since its like 50 hours for main story and 100+ to do everything apparently, which is awesome value and would give me good use of my PS3.

Valve confirms Mac support for Steam and Source Engine

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:01:41 +0000

Quote:In today's completely shocking and unexpected bit of news, Valve has announced Mac support for its Steam digital distribution platform and Source -- the engine that powers Half-Life 2, amongst others. In fact, Portal 2 will be Valve's first simultaneous release across PC and Mac. "Steamworks for the Mac supports all of the Steamworks APIs, and we have added a new feature, called Steam Play, which allows customers who purchase the product for the Mac or Windows to play on the other platform free of charge," said Valve's Jason Holtman. "For example, Steam Play, in combination with the Steam Cloud, allows a gamer playing on their work PC to go home and pick up playing the same game at the same point on their home Mac. We expect most developers and publishers to take advantage of Steam Play." If that doesn't get you all kinds of giddy, then you may just be dead inside.

Steam and Valve's lineup of games (including "including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series") will be available to Mac users this April, but from here on out, simultaneous cross-platform releases should be the norm. "Checking in code produces a PC build and Mac build at the same time, automatically, so the two platforms are perfectly in lock-step," said Josh Weier, project lead on Portal 2. "We're always playing a native version on the Mac right alongside the PC. This makes it very easy for us and for anyone using Source to do game development for the Mac."

So, who's got the champagne and noise makers?

source: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/08/valve-...ce-engine/

I fucking hate ticket websites

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:46:11 +0000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8552198.stm

I did lol however.

Infinity Ward bosses suing Activision

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:14:43 +0000

Quote:Jason West and Vince Zampella, the Infinity Ward studio heads fired by Activision earlier this week, are to sue the publisher for wrongful dismissal, unpaid royalties and the right to control "Modern Warfare-branded games".

They've issued a strongly-worded statement via their lawyers responding to Activision's claims of "insubordination".

The statement claims that, in Call of Duty and Modern Warfare, West and Zampella created "two of the most successful videogames in history" and, get this, "the most successful entertainment product ever offered to the public".

"Activision terminated their employment weeks before they were to be paid substantial royalty payments as part of their existing contracts for Modern Warfare 2," the statement reads.

"Instead of thanking, lauding, or just plain paying Jason and Vince for giving Activision the most successful entertainment product ever offered to the public, last month Activision hired lawyers to conduct a pretextual 'investigation' into unstated and unsubstantiated charges of 'insubordination' and 'breach of fiduciary duty,' which then became the grounds for their termination on Monday, March 1st," said their attorney, Robert Schwartz.

Jason West said, "We were shocked by Activision's decision to terminate our contract. We poured our heart and soul into that company, building not only a world-class development studio, but assembling a team we've been proud to work with for nearly a decade. We think the work we've done speaks for itself."

"After all we have given to Activision, we shouldn't have to sue to get paid," Zampella said.

"Activision seized control of the Infinity Ward studio, to which Activision had previously granted creative control over all Modern Warfare-branded games," the statement concludes. "The suit was filed to vindicate the rights of West and Zampella to be paid the compensation they have earned, as well as the contractual rights Activision granted to West and Zampella to control Modern Warfare-branded games."

In legalese, that translates to a suit claiming for "breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, wrong termination in violation of public policy, and declaratory relief".

There has clearly been a power struggle between Activision and the Infinity Ward bosses over the future of the Call of Duty franchise. Within 24 hours of dismissing the pair, Activision had announced plans to expand Call of Duty with two or three new games in the next two years, an action-adventure game from its new Sledgehammer studio, and pushes into new markets, different genres and new ways of making even bigger piles of money.

That power struggle is now headed for the courts, and we think this one's going to be ugly, kids.

source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/infini...activision

Lol, just lol. Activision are owned by the Devil.

Activision unveils Call of Duty reshuffle

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:10:44 +0000

Quote:Activision has announced plans to expand the Call of Duty series into new genres, regions and digital formats and confirmed the departure of Jason West and Vince Zampella from Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward.

In addition to a new Call of Duty game from Treyarch this autumn, Activision has said to expect a new game in the COD series in 2011, and said that Sledgehammer Games - the studio set up by EA veterans Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey - is working on a COD game "that will extend the franchise into the action-adventure genre".

(The wording in the release is ambiguous here, however, suggesting that the 2011 title and action-adventure may or may not be the same entity. Judge for yourself: "The company is also for the first time announcing that a new game in the Call of Duty series is expected to be released in 2011 and that Sledgehammer Games, a newly formed, wholly owned studio, is in development on a Call of Duty game that will extend the franchise into the action-adventure genre.")

In order to organise these ventures, Activision is forming a new business unit to bring together "various new brand initiatives with focused, dedicated resources around the world", and specifically promises a Blizzard-style "focus" on the brand, before promising "high-margin digital online content", "new geographies" (including Asia), "new genres", and "new digital business models".

Following a day of speculation and innuendo, in which it appeared that Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella had been removed from the company perhaps over unpaid royalties or secret negotiations, the release perhaps predictably minimises Infinity Ward's involvement.

The studio responsible for Activision's biggest game of last year "is in development on the first two downloadable map packs for Modern Warfare 2 for release in 2010", but beyond that all we are told is Activision veterans Steve Pearce and Steve Ackrich "will lead Infinity Ward on an interim basis".

"Jason West and Vince Zampella are no longer with Infinity Ward," the publisher concluded.

source: Eurogamer

Whoring it much?

Mystery Portal update..

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:07:44 +0000

Quote:Valve has updated the PC version of its first-person puzzle classic Portal with an enigmatic patch which has set fans on a trail of code-cracking and puzzle-solving.

The patch notes for the update simply, but enigmatically, read: "Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations."

What it didn't mention was a new Steam achievement for the game called Transmission Received. Completing the achievement involves carrying a radio around the game and receiving broadcast interference noises in certain places.

Analysing these sound files, Portal fans have begun unravelling a thread of puzzles and challenges apparently set for them by the Seattle developer. As Steam user relaxeder summarised in the lengthy forum thread:

"Smart people yank .wav files out of game content folders and run them through steganography programs. Produces 26 weird cryptic image files in a numbered sequence.

"Some dude runs the number string through an md5 hash translator and gets a landline number. Internet traces it to Kirkland, WA (near Valve HQ).

"People find out it's not a phone/fax line but a data line hosting a BBS and telnet it. Use a clue from one of the files to figure out the BBS user/password login info. End up with a bunch of weird ASCII artwork.

"We're trying to figure out WTF it means."

Aren't we all, but we wouldn't be surprised if the trail led to an announcement of some sort related to Portal or the loosely-connected Half-Life universe. More as it breaks.

Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/valve-...rtal-patch

Return of GLaDOS pl0x

Chrono Trigger

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:50:34 +0000

Noticed there's a DS remake that's been released, always wanted to play it since it's always at the top of SNES best game lists. Is it as good as im expecting it to be? Also roughly how long is it..don't want to start it if i won't finish it before Pokemonz released

PS3 error 'to be resolved within 24 hours'

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:32:13 +0000

Quote: PS3 error 'to be resolved within 24 hours'

Monday, March 1 2010, 17:43 GMT

By Matthew Reynolds, Gaming Reporter
PS3 error 'to be resolved within 24 hours'

Sony has stated that a fix for the 8001050F error will be available soon.

First identified this morning, PlayStation 3 consoles around the world have been locked out of accessing certain content, such as games with Trophies and PSN. Slim consoles have not been affected by the issue.

The problem has been identified and a fix will be made available within 24 hours, but the company urged users not to use their consoles until then.

"We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system," said a spokesperson.

"We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data."

Source: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/...hours.html

tl;dr, if you have a non slim ps3 dont use it for the next day

UK retailer Game closing many of its stores

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:32:57 +0000

Quote:With all the layoffs and financial hits game publishers and developers have absorbed over the past year, it should come as no surprise that the retail branch of the industry is hurting too. In a statement to Edge today, UK retailer Game said it would close 12 of its stores, six Gamestations and all 25 of its outlets in the Debenhams chain of department stores.

Though Game qualified it as a small percentage of its 682 stores, it still translates to 247 lost jobs. Here's hoping that those affected will land on their feet.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/26/uk-ret...ts-stores/

New Galaxy 2 trailer

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:32:06 +0000

Didn't think the Wii could run such a good looking game..
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/24/welcom...2-trailer/

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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:48:09 +0000

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Mongoose Programme

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:53:58 +0000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_new...520584.stm

Here are some images. The programme was on Sunday at like 6 it was actually really interesting. However, if someone says "Simples" to me again, I'll personally feed them to that family of mongooses.

Renew site?

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:33:23 +0000

I have to decide if to renew the site or not by 7th of March. Will cost me half of what it did for last year so isn't that much but i'd rather not unless people actually want the site to stay.

Your thoughts?

TWILIGHT IS REVOLUTIONARY, true story brah!@!@

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:24:26 +0000

Quote:I don't print reader's letters to me because most of them contain words and insults that are unfit to print. However, once in a while a golden ticket will come into my inbox that is not only worth reading, it's worth sharing with the world.

The e-mail was from Kayla Patterson, a die hard Twilight/Taylor Lautner fan upset about Universal Pictures ripping off the werewolf idea from Twilight. That's right, Universal Studios, who first put werewolves in theaters, are a bunch of copycats.

Here is the e-mail, unedited and untouched (including pictures), which clearly puts Universal Pictures in their place.

To whom this may concern:

This movie was a complete waste and I feel that it offends ALL Twilight Fans around the world, that including myself. For one, it was a COMPLETE remaking of the Wolf Pack from the Twilight Saga: New Moon. It gives the werewolves a bad name and makes them look like some deformed mutation of a rabid dog. I actually started to like werewolves after seeing Jacob Black and all his awesomeness on the big screen at the movies. That was until I saw your crappy remake of what you call to be a "were wolf". I don't see how you live with yourself for making it the way you did. If I made this movie, I would be ashamed to even admit that I owned it. How can a werewolf be killed with a silver bullet? Better yet, have you saw the transformation of the man that is "supposed" to be the wolf? He sits in some chair and his entire body turns in to some mutated freak. If you would watch the transformation of Jacob Black, (Taylor Lautner) he doesn't come close to looking as fake, cheap and or mutated as the wolf man. You tell me, who looks to be the better werewolf. Your stupid Wolf Movie didn't even make the top Movie for the charts; Valentines Day WITH TAYLOR Lautner! Get that this is MY oppinion and I felt I wanted to express it because I saw that your email was on your site. I wanted to let you know this is what i thought of the wolf man that sucks.
FREAKIN LAUTNER DID!

The Poser of who could never be even if they tried : " Aka : Rabid poser Werewolf "The Wolf Man"

OR My favourite: Taylor Daniel Lautner aka Jacob Black

TEAM JACOB- cuz hes a REAL WEREWOLVE!

Regards: Kayla Patterson (kayla----@-----.com) Feel free to reply

Hey Universal, you just got PWNED. That's what you get for making a werewolf movie that clearly rips off Twilight. Everyone knows that Stephenie Meyer created werewolves, and now you hacks have been exposed! Good luck defending yourselves in court!!

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/taylor-...light-9247

I saw it this morning and showed Alex we both lol'd but also died slightly inside.

Adsense is real?

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:19:34 +0000

Quote:If you eat, breathe and sleep all that is gaming, then wait no more!! OffGamers is proud to launch a contest which rewards it's participants for their knowledge of their favourite MMO's with cool cash rewards. We are calling all MMO gamers to step forward and submit their game guide. This is the perfect opportunity to make a name for yourself as a game guide writer and enjoy the benefits of generous cash earnings.

How Much Can I Earn?

Earnings are generated through the sale of each game guide and it will be based on Sales Profit basis. AdSense earnings can also be generated depending on how many views/hits the game guide generates....

Here is the link to the article

LINK REMOVED.

Google pay us money?

Dont bite mehhh

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:17:30 +0000

Hey wassuppp

Civ 5 announced

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:26:46 +0000

Quote:2K Games has announced Sid Meier's Civilization V for release on PC this autumn.

We popped over to Baltimore-based developer Firaxis recently to check on the game's progress and will have a full preview and interview to present in a few weeks.

In the meantime, you can check out the first Civilization V screenshots on Eurogamer now.

We can also reveal that Civ V (or "Civvy" if you like) puts you back in the role of a world leader, guiding one of 18 civilisations from the dawn of man to the space age, and that you will be doing war, diplomacy, research and reality TV in between. Most of those.

You will also pit your wits against some of the greatest and most notorious leaders of this or any age, although full details are still to be announced.

We do know, however, that City States will present a new diplomatic battleground, and that you will continue to manage relationships with other leaders by bribing them, trading and kicking their heads off.

source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/civili...for-autumn

:O

Eclipse movie

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:50:13 +0000

Eclipse is about to be shown this June 2010

By the way I have seen some youtube video leaked photos of Eclipse and I wonder if its true?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpZ_3Plitw

Download Headliners

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:38:21 +0000

Quote:Rage Against The Machine, Aerosmith and AC/DC have been confirmed as the headliners of this year's Download Festival.

The bands will top the main stage at the Donington Park event on June 11 to June 13 and are joined on the bill by Them Crooked Vultures, 30 Seconds To Mars, Stone Temple Pilots, Megadeth, Bullet For My Valentine, Motörhead, Deftones and more.

Rage Against The Machine recently confirmed the details of a free gig in London's Finsbury Park on June 6 and will also play the Dublin O2 two days later.

Earlier this month, organisers of Download announced that flags will be banned from the main arena of the site this year after an "overwhelming" number of complaints at the 2009 event.

Source: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a...nload.html

Could be worse.

Half Life 2

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:52:30 +0000

Decent FPS, i have a free copy to give away on Steam if anyone wants it.