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Battlefield 3 Guillotine Trailer

2011-09-10T15:57:00.001-07:00

Planetside 2 will be free.

2011-09-10T15:45:00.000-07:00

Good news for the fans of PlanetSide : the sequel still exempt of release date will adopt a free 2 play model. John Smedley the boss of Sony Online Entertainement decided that the massively multiplayer online FPS will be free for all but didn't reveal any details about the complete economic model.

He just precised that he really loved what League of Legends is doing.
This one being also free, offers a shop allowing to pay for cosmetics but no ameliorations or upgrades of your character.
This method may be in use in Planetside 2.
The beta will like come at the end of the year, or at the beginning of the next one.

2 millions for Deus Ex : Human Revolution.

2011-09-10T15:41:00.000-07:00

Deus Ex : Human Revolution is knowing a success well merited. 2 millions copy were sold in Europe and North America for the well deserved prequel of Ion Storm's Deus Ex.

Crysis 1 on consoles in october.

2011-09-10T15:38:00.000-07:00

EA finally confirmed the coming of the first Crysis on the PSN and XBLA for 20€. This will allow console players that discovered Crysis with the second episode to better cern all the subtilities of the scenario.

They will also discover the first generation of nanosuit which have different fonctions that the one in the second episode.

Garry’s Mod catches pirates the fun way

2011-04-13T04:03:00.000-07:00

A few hours ago, Garry Newman – the creator of Garry’s Mod – asked, quite innocently, whether anyone was unable to shade polygon normals.

He received a few comments, mostly jokes, but a quick look at Google suggests that there are indeed a few people who are experiencing problems with their game.

…you can hear Newman’s chuckling from here. Not the normal response to a wide-spread bug report, but this is no normal bug. It seems that the developer has deliberately enabled an error in GMod, which will only affect people who have pirated the game.

People started discussing the error on the game’s own forums, wondering why their game simply wouldn’t work:

Problem:
I need help with my garrys mod. Everytime I launch Garrys Mod, it starts up then about 5 seconds later after it is done loading, it crashed with the

Engine Error:Unable to shade polygon normals(#################)

Not long after posting the request, the user found themselves permabanned from the forums for using pirated software.

Making the situation even sweeter, the number which appears in brackets after the error statement is in fact the gamer’s 64-bit steamid.

Y’see, Steam keeps a list of which accounts have actually forked over the $9.99 for a legit copy of GMod – so it’s a simple matter of checking ids and turfing out the pirates.

Just another lesson on why piracy is bad, supporting indie developers is good, and why you shouldn’t mess with the nerds.

Battlefield 3 will have lower framerate and resolution, lose certain effects on consoles

2011-04-11T05:48:00.001-07:00

Here's the thing: everything we've seen of Battlefield 3 has been running on PC, and maybe five percent of PC players are going to get that kind of graphical fidelity. For a lot of folks, the console version is going to be their only choice -- so what should they expect?

According to DICE executive producer Patrick Bach, the console version obviously won't have all the graphical bells and whistles of its PC counterpart. Speaking to Videogamer, Bach said the console port will lack the "higher resolution, the higher framerate, the anti-aliasing, the motion blur, stuff like that" that we've seen in the trailers released so far.

Still, it's not all doom and gloom. Despite some performance differences between Bad Company 2 on the PC and consoles, for example, both run quite smoothly and looked great.

New screenshots of The Elder Scroll : Skyrim.

2011-04-01T08:57:00.000-07:00

Official Hawken Gameplay (work in progress)

2011-03-31T07:27:00.001-07:00

Hoï Hoï gentlemen, the first scans of the new Resident Evil game are here.

2011-03-28T09:23:00.000-07:00

Check out my first battle commentary of Shogun 2

2011-03-28T07:10:00.000-07:00

Tell me what do you guys think if it sucks balls or if i can keep up with that. Also i'm trying to fight more battles but the matchmaking system seems broken today

Dead Space 3 : more mainstream ?

2011-03-28T06:28:00.000-07:00

Franck Gibeau, the president of EA Games really likes the Resident Evil serie but what he really appreciate is the new turn the serie took a few years ago with RE4 and 5 ... eg : we remove the horror and we put a lot of guns and explosions.
And because Franck is the big boss of EA he can do pretty much whatever the **** he wants , he own the damn place. So now Dead Space 3 is headed toward a more action / Michael Bay explosion type gameplay.

" The Resident Evil seire is incredible and the first episodes were formidable. Capcom realised a feat of strengh by enlarging the franchise to a larger audiance and bigger market. I think we can do the same with Dead Space without altering the survival-horror mechanics and his qualities. That's what we are going to do with Dead Space 3. "

Well the things are clear ... another franchise ruined to appeal to CoD kiddies with ACTIOUN

Nintendo 3DS Plagued with Black Screen of Death

2011-03-28T03:36:00.000-07:00

According to reports pouring in from several forums, users across the board are experiencing repeated crashes with their brand new 3DS portable consoles. Frantic posts on NeoGAF, AVForums and DigitalSpy cite an error message flashed against a black background requesting users to power down and reset the 3DS. The early adopters of Nintendo's 3DS portable have termed the error as the "Black Screen of Death", which is found to be affecting Super Monkey Ball, Street Fighter IV 3D, Pilotwings, Ghost Recon, Lego Star Wars, and Mii at the moment.

The error, however, isn't as fatal as the RRoD, as most users managed to fix the error with a simple reset, while others claim to have fixed the problem for good by formatting the SD cards to the FAT-32 format. Still others have played it safe by sending their 3DS back to Nintendo for replacement. There is no official word out on the bug from Nintendo yet.

Crysis 2 Pirates are Able to Play Online

2011-03-27T07:30:00.000-07:00

People who have pirated Crysis 2 are able to access the game's online multiplayer portion without any trouble at all, that's according to both legitimate players and those who have pirated the game.

Over on several popular torrent sites, users have been boasting that Crysis 2 hasn't been stopping them from accessing multiplayer, leaving users who actually paid for the game extremely upset and, well, angry.

Over at MyCrysis, the game's official forums, users have been expressing their concerns. User "Souly1987" asks why he even bothered purchasing the game, when others are able to play online without having to pay for the game:

"Why have I bought this game, when everyone can play C2 for free? Fix it please this is not fair for the customers." Other users such as "SLAYER00" are also feeling upset, saying that he feels "ripped now that people who pirated the game illegally can access all the features without buying it."

25 minutes of Deus Ex : HR gameplay

2011-03-27T05:30:00.001-07:00

EVE: A Future Vision trailer

2011-03-26T14:04:00.000-07:00

First picture of Resident Evil : Operation Raccoon City

2011-03-25T17:25:00.003-07:00

Looks pretty damn retarded if you ask me ...

Homefront reaches the million.

2011-03-25T04:41:00.000-07:00

We know that Homefront didn't really gained the hearts of the critics ... but no problem ! All you have to do is spend millions of dollars in a gigantic publicity campaign instead of using the money for ... gee i don't know ... the actual game, make it a FPS to really appeal to the masses AND BAM 2.4 millions of copy sold.

New console generation in 2012-2013, says Crytek boss

2011-03-24T17:34:00.000-07:00

Cevat Yerli, CEO of Crytek, has stated his belief that the next generation of consoles will show up by as early as 2013, feeling the current hardware space is “getting old and tight.”

Speaking during a chinwag with CVG, Yerli commented, “For some reason my gut feeling is still that we'll see a new [console] generation in 2012, 2013."

He added: "Factually spoken, it looks like I'm going be wrong, but my gut feeling is that there's going to be a new one because it's really getting old and tight in this space."

Elsewhere, the executive said he feels the studio is already maxing out Crytek’s multiplatform capabilities with upcoming sci-fi shooter Crysis 2, though reckons they can still do more to squeeze juice out of the Xbox 360.

"... I think when we put Crysis 2 out we will show a level that is, multiplatform-wise, maxing out, but we will look into with Microsoft how Kingdoms can push the Xbox 360 110 percent, to its limits," continued Yerli.

"When you're spending a multimillion budget only on the Xbox 360, that team will be able to crank out the last two or three percent left in the console. But I think that two or three percent will make the difference potentially between day and night that you cannot afford if you go multiplatform."

Yerli also feels that the lack of fresh hardware on the home console front is ultimately holding back the PC market.

"Because of the lack of a new generation of consoles... inevitably the PC cycle is being held back. So the PC generation has to innovate in different areas where it can be faster and more user-friendly, different models like free-to-play communities, more online, more social and more browser gaming.”

"These are areas that make gaming faster and more accessible for PC users. That isn't the case right now and I think they're areas where innovation can break through and reach gamers faster than on consoles."

In terms of new hardware, both Sony and Microsoft have hinted on several occasions that their current machine won’t be elbowed out of the equation just yet, with PS3 and 360 expected to last for at least a decade.

Resident Evil : Operation Raccoon City revealed.

2011-03-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

2011 is a big year for the Resident Evil franchise. We already have the 2 HD remakes of RE4 and Code Veronica, plus 2 episodes on 3DS. Now is big news, Resident Evil : Operation Raccoon City is a brand new RE for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, for the end of the year. Has the rumour says, IT IS NOT CAPCOM that is in developpement of the game, but Slant Six Games ( SOCOM Confrontation). A change that can only bring more action into the gameplay ... yeah like the franchise needed that.

Operation Raccoon City will be a team based shooter that will oppose 3 factions of 4 players each. Taking place a bit after the events of Resident Evil 2, the game will imply an Umbrella Security Services team charged to destroy all the evidences of the experiences leaded by the company. Against her, an US Special OPS team , and a team of bio-monsters. Some knowed faces will appear like Leon Kennedy, the game is going to bring new characters into the story. The Umbrella team will bring Vector, Beltway, Bertha and Spectre, 4 new characters.

From the first informations, Operation Raccoon City will be based on an XP system to allow the player to progress and unlock new skills and weapons. Vector for exemple can unlock a cover system. Each team will bring different gameplay with strenghts and weaknesses. Zombies, hunters and Tyrants are going to be playable for the monster team.

*update*
The game takes place in 1998, a time where Resident Evil fans already know what's set to take place. The title lets you enjoy the series from a new perspective, as the men and women who are technically responsible for it all.

Rather than continuing the zombie slaying antics of BSAA agents, you're taken back to the original outbreak "that underscored both Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.

The game doesn't require any crazy amounts of knowledge of the past titles or characters involved in the series. The title opens up to a "quartet of new faces". Essentially, you're playing as members of the official Umbrella Security Services squad

Operation Raccoon City is a team-based shooter allowing four members of the USS team to destroy all evidence of the ongoing outbreak. Along with slaying the zombies, you're looking to "kill pretty much every survivor possible".

The gameplay is described as "dirty", and the series will feel much darker than it has up to this point.

The game features three factions that Capcom has stated make up a "three-corner conflict". The other two factions are the US Spec Ops, who are there to repel the USS, and the "bio-organic weapon monsters (BOWs) created by Umbrella.

The USS team is made up of the following characters: Vector, Beltway, Bertha, and Spectre. Depending on which character you choose, the responsibilities that you're asked to do within your team will variate.

Hunk, first seen in Resident Evil 2 as a hidden character, is the inspiration behind the USS team.

"Whichever team you play on, you'll be facing Umbrella-created horrors in between skirmishes with each other".

Zombies in the game can sense you in three different manners: sight, sound, and smell.

A situation is described in the game where Vector cloaks himself to stir up previously slumbering zombies to use against the Special Ops military foes.

Quite a few scenarios in the game aren't "all about headshots". A quote in the article states, "It's about shooting the other soldiers - manipulating the, making them bleed."

The game will take you through a number of familiar areas if you're a Resident Evil junkie who remembers your journey to Raccoon City.

Operation Raccoon City, depending on how you play the game, will give you the option to "change the history of Resident Evil". Not only will you have the chance to meet and interact with various characters from the series, but you'll even have the opportunity to kill them.

One of th mottos repeated to OXM throughout the demo was "Kill Leon". It's also stated that if you choose to represent in the game as the Special Ops team, that you'd more than likely have the goal of trying to save Leon Kennedy

Slant Six or Capcom won't reveal if any other characters will be playable in the title just yet, but it'd make sense to see quite a few big cameos.

The title will still see players relying on collecting herbs to heal from any attacks you may suffer. You won't need to hoard any herbs, but they'll still benefit you to collect them throughout the game.

"This is not a one-versus-one game where you've got one clip full of ammo and zombies on you. If you've ever thought of those times in an RE game when you thought, 'I'd wish I had a big gun', that's what this game is. It's not fair to give people big guns, then take all the ammo away."

One of the pictures in the article showcases a zombie being used as a "meatshield".

Operation Raccoon City allows players to earn XP for kills, with these points helping you survive the onslaught, and to help to encourage you to anihilate everything in your path.

The XP will allow you to earn new abilities, such as Vector's cloaking skill, and new weapons.

Tyrants will most definitely be included in the title.

A release date for Warhammer 40.000 : Space Marine also Chaos.

2011-03-24T09:03:00.000-07:00

Good news everyone ! The forces of Chaos will be present into the new Warhammer 40.000 game developed by Relic Entertainment. Also it's coming in August on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

First images of Resident Evil Revival Selection.

2011-03-24T08:55:00.000-07:00

The HD compilation of Resident Evil 4 ( sigh ) and Resident Evil : Code Veronica X ( sigh ...) is showing in 3 images.

The first screen is to show a brand new textures pack for Resident Evil 4 ( it's already on PC for like 3 years but hey consoles lol)

Code Veronica with brand new grafix and shiny lights

Age of Conan on Xbox 360 ...

2011-03-24T08:52:00.000-07:00

It's not a surprise but the Xbox 360 version of the Age of Conan MMORPG released in 2008 on PC is officialy cancelled by Funcom. With the lack of news since 2 years it's not a surprise. Too bad for a MMO that didn't deserved this fate.

New images for InFamous 2

2011-03-24T08:50:00.000-07:00

InFamous 2 is coming for a closed beta on the April 12th. The release date for Europe is the 8th of June exclusively on PS3

Duke Nukem Forever Delayed ... again ...

2011-03-24T08:46:00.000-07:00

You waited for Duke Nukem Forever to come for may right ? Well lucky you it's delayed to the 10th of June. After 14 years of devloppment ... a month or a year it's the same thing ...

Battlefield 3 - Faultline episode 2-

2011-03-16T06:01:00.001-07:00

Batman: Arkham City 'This Ain't No Place for a Hero Trailer'

2011-03-15T09:40:00.000-07:00

Well looks like the ultimate Batman game is here

Prototype 2 Heller Throws Down Trailer [HD]

2011-03-15T07:14:00.000-07:00

4 minutes of Portal 2 gameplay.

2011-03-14T12:34:00.000-07:00

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 DLC And Yakuza: Of The End Delayed

2011-03-14T12:28:00.000-07:00

Shuma-Gorath and Jill Valentine were supposed to join the Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds roster this week. Due to the disaster in Japan, Capcom decided to delay distribution of the two bonus characters. A new release date was not announced at this time.

Sega also postponed the release of Yakuza: Of the End. The zombie action game has Kazuma Kiryu and other characters from the Yakuza series blast zombies in the ruins of Kamurocho. While Kamurocho is a fictional location, it’s modeled after Kabukicho, a district in Shinjuku. Yakuza: Of the End was previously scheduled for release on March 17 in Japan. The game’s current release date is TBD.

Prey 2 for next year.

2011-03-14T12:26:00.000-07:00

We were already talking about it in 2008, Prey 2 is officially announced by Bethesda. For the hour, i don't have any more informations except that the game is developped by Human Head Software and is going to be released on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Video games editors united for Japan.

2011-03-14T12:23:00.000-07:00

The editors of Japanese video games didn't lost time to react after the terrible cataclysm that stroke the archipelago this week. Sony gave 300 millions of Yen (2.65 millions €) and 30.000 radios with integrated manual powersupply ( the thing with a dynamo ). Nintendo is expected to give the same amount while Sega offers 200 millions of Yen ( 1.76 millions € ). Namco Bandai and Tecmo Koei also delivered 100 millions of Yen ( 880.000€).

In the mean time, initiatives are gathered all around Japan from companies to help calm the crisis. Certain transactions are all going to be given to humanitarien associations like the IOS version of Football Manager 2011, or the Zynga network ( FarmVille, CityVille etc...)

That's something to warm the earth from a country generally sees as greedy and profit politic

A Transformers MMO for 2012.

2011-03-14T12:16:00.000-07:00

We already know that the end of the world is supposed to happend for 2012 but what we didn't know is that a new Transformes MMO is in preparation on PC , developped by Jagex Games Studio, creators of RuneScape which is now 10 years old. We don't know anything about this MMO but we can assume that it's going to be Autobots against Decepticons.

Shogun 2 multiplayer walktrough

2011-03-13T10:05:00.001-07:00

A release date for Batman Arkham City

2011-03-13T08:34:00.000-07:00

First announced for november, Warner said that the dark adventures of our dear Batman are scheduled for the 21th of October. Here are some more screenshots of the game.

A new Tribes in 2011

2011-03-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

The FPS will use Unreal Engine 3 and it will be on PC and Xbox 360, let's hope it's not dumbed down for consoles

50 minutes of Guild Wars 2 presentation

2011-03-13T08:28:00.001-07:00

Sony vs LG : Sony won a battle.

2011-03-10T15:15:00.000-08:00

Sony and LG were fighting this morning about licenses on the blu-ray. LG wanted to destroy the stocks of european PS3 while Sony just wanted that we leave him alone. Well looks like Sony just won and the justice of La Hague ( netherlands ) have fallen in the favors of Sony.

So tomorrow it's 300.000 PS3 that are going to flood in Europe. If LG keeps the PS3 hostages he'll have to pay 200.000€ per day. LG also have to pay Sony 130.000€ for the charges of the trial.

But the war is not over, the blocus has been lifted but not the question of the licence. LG asks for 2.50$ by PS3 sold ( 1.80€ ). And with 48 millions PS3 already solded it's a fine of 120 millions of $ for Sony. (86 millions €)

Doom may come back to the theaters ?

2011-03-10T15:08:00.000-08:00

The rumor of the week today is that a new adaptation of Doom may come back to the theaters, What's Playing heards in the halls of Universal that ... maybe ... a new Doom in 3D ( holy damn in THREE DIMENSIONS ) is in work.

Well the first one was a huge pile of crap so i don't know what to think

All stocks of PS3 in Europe to be destroyed ?

2011-03-10T04:09:00.000-08:00

If you didn't know, last month in february, LG and Sony were having a little fight about the blu-ray license on the PS3. Such quarrel happen frequently in the industry but the consequences are often light , one of the two opponent throw a bag of money and everyone is happy.

But here LG seems really pissed off , after getting the approbation for confiscating all the PS3 on the European soil they now want to destroy them. For your informations there are more than 100.000 PS3 shipped every week in Europe from the harbour of Amsterdam.

LG and Sony are to discuss an agreement today at the tribunal.

Hawken trailer

2011-03-10T02:53:00.000-08:00

Didn't know anything about this game until now, looks really good if you ask me

Interview: Frank Gibeau on EA's Expanding Focus In The PC Space

2011-03-09T14:40:00.001-08:00

Some publishers are focusing primarily on the online market these days. Others see mobile as the wave of the future. Plenty are chasing the social network audience. And some are sticking doggedly with the traditional game space.

At Electronic Arts, they're covering their bets.

Over the past several years, the company has stuck its thumb into a number of new pies with a goal of ensuring that it's prepared for whatever twists the industry takes in the years to come.

Frank Gibeau, president of the EA Games label, says he thinks it's a strategy that will ultimately result in EA once again becoming the industry's top publisher.

“I really feel good about where we are at EA these days,” says Gibeau. “There’s a lot of transition going on in this industry and we’re really well positioned for that. … We feel like we’re on the offensive. We’re moving from a fire-and-forget packaged goods model to an online services model.”

In January, EA (via its Playfish division) was the second biggest developer of Facebook games, with nearly 6.6 million daily average users. That was far distant from Zynga's commanding 57 million DAU lead, but puts it well ahead of companies like Disney (which is essentially betting the farm on social games moving forward).

The company also generated income from two of the iPhone's top grossing apps in 2010 - Angry Birds and Tetris. (Retail revenues, though, have declined.)

That's expanding the customer base – but Gibeau says the company is also finding that many players are buying IP multiple times through multiple platforms.

“What we’re finding is our customers are consuming our IPs across multiple devices,” he says. “What we’ve been orienting our company towards is creating IP universes that can exist across those platforms.”

Part of the plan to continue the turnaround is a renewed focus on the PC. Facebook games certainly are a part of this, but the looming release of Star Wars: The Old Republic is an even bigger leap of faith.

"The user base is gigantic," he says. "PC retail may be a big problem, but PC downloads are awesome. … The margins are much better and we don’t have any rules in terms of first party approvals. From our perspective, it's an extremely healthy platform. … It's totally conceivable it will become our biggest platform."

Gibeau says EA is also increasingly dabbling in the freemium business model on the PC, given how successful it has been in China.

"If you look at the way people play in Asia, PC is the model," he says. "I think that free to play model is coming to the west in a big way."

While EA is looking to expand its focus, it's also looking to lure back gun-shy investors, who have punished the stock in recent years for under performing titles and missed results.

Investors might have gotten tired of the pace of the company's turnaround, but Gibeau says it was critical to take the time to get things right – and he suspects the worst is over on Wall Street.

“We will get the stock price back,” he says. “Our earnings are up. We’re on our way back. … If we hadn’t made the changes we did, if we had just kept iterating game after game, we would be irrelevant and in far worse shape than we are now.”

Don't count EA out of the console space, of course. The company plans an aggressive slate of titles, says Gibeau, for both this generation and the next, something the company is starting to think about at this point.

“What’s interesting is the displays are maxed out already,” he notes. “Once you get to 1080p, it’s not about increasing resolution. Obviously, more computing horsepower is nice, but to be honest, the Xbox 360 and PS3 still have a lot of horsepower that hasn’t been tapped. I really think the next innovation is in the input device, but even more importantly, what will the online experience be like?”

Battlefield 3 Can Take Up to 256 Players

2011-03-09T12:14:00.000-08:00

DICE boss Patrick Söderlund discussed the multi-player and single-player aspects of the upcoming Battlefield 3.

Talking in an interview with Atomic MPC, DICE CEO Patrick Söderlund shared some new info on the upcoming Battlefield 3, particularly the PC version of the game. Most interesting is the part where he discusses the maximum number of players the game can handle:

"A lot of people ask us about 64 versus 128 or 256 players. Technically, we can go to 256, we’ve tried it," claims Söderlund.

"We play tested with 128. You’ve got to make a game that’s fun to play. And, arguably, we think that the most fun you can have is when it’s between 32 and 40 players. And we’ve done substantial research into this and tested 128 and that it’s not fun. Maybe we haven't done our design work good enough, but we just feel like there's no point in going higher than 64."

Good news for PC gamers, as the latest Battlefield game released on the PC, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, was scaled down for its multiplatform release.

Additionally, Söderlund spoke a bit about the single player campaign and how it's taking things more seriously then the previous entries in the series.

"I think telling a story is obviously important but I think we have a lot to gain from having people that you care about in the game, that have personality that, y’know, some of them you’re gonna not like some of them you’re gonna like. And that’s the whole idea."

"We want the characters to feel personal; we want them to have these ironic jokes between each other but not maybe as goofy as Bad Company was in some places. This will feel a lot more serious and more real."

Söderlund also revealed some bits about the destructible structures and environment show in theBattlefield 3 gameplay video shown at GDC.

"So if an earthquake—I don’t know if you could see—but you saw the ground crumble and crack and you saw it lifted up and we couldn’t do that in Bad Company 2. But this engine allows us to do those kinds of things. So if there’s a gigantic bomb that hits somewhere, you want to see that affecting the ground as well as the surroundings around it and buildings and all that stuff. And then you start playing in that environment and you realise how much you can destroy."

Samaritan, Unreal Engine new tech demo

2011-03-09T07:00:00.001-08:00

This is REALTIME running on a tri-sli of GTX580

Blizzard on their most ambitious game : Project Titan.

2011-03-09T03:57:00.000-08:00

It has been said already some years ago that Blizzard was working on a new MMO, Paul Sams, the chief of operations at Blizzard, announce that the MMO called " Project Titan " ( it's a code name ) is their most ambitious project that Blizzard has ever worked on. A good part of the World of Warcraft team is already working on it but don't get any idea, we are not going to see a release date until 2013-2014.

A-10 Thunderbolt confirmed in Battlefield 3. Jesus Christ just take my money right now

2011-03-08T15:28:00.000-08:00

Frome the EA forums : Our goal with the BC2 flight mechanics was to create an easy to pickup and fly flight model. We did just that and thus I feel like we succeeded. We achieved what we set out to create, and it was well received by many players who previously could not have a flying experience in Battlefield.

The flight physics are actually a great example of why BF3 is a sequel to BF2 and part of the Core Battlefield Franchise. The prevailing design philosophy of the Battlefield Core has always been Easy to Use, Difficult to Master. Bad Company had greater emphasis on Easy To Use. We're approaching BF3 with an emphasis on Difficult to Master, and that Design Philosophy is prevalent throughout all parts of BF3. I've learned a lot from working on Bad Company, I'm convinced it's possible to maintain the incredibly deep game play of Battlefield without putting off new gamers. And it's incredibly important we keep that depth.

DICE on the decline of PC gaming: “Bullshit.” Battlefield 3 will give “extra love” to the PC community

2011-03-08T06:42:00.000-08:00

DICE general manager, Karl Magnus Troedsson has been talking about DICE’s focus on the PC version of Battlefield 3, saying that he feels DICE neglected the PC while they were building the first Frostbite Engine and making Battlefield: Bad Company. He also confirms that the PC will get “the same post-launch campaign” as the consoles in terms of downloadable content, unlike Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Troedsson told Shacknews that he “felt that we had, maybe, set PC aside a bit too much. I’ve said this publicly before, we were very unhappy that we were not able to get a PC version out of Battlefield: Bad Company. It was down to sheer manpower, or lack thereof. We felt that we couldn’t just bring out the Frostbite engine, and bring the game to consoles, and get the PC version out. We just failed there. It’s something that we regret but it was a pure fact that we were faced upon.”

“Now it’s Battlefield 3 and we thought, “Now it’s time to give some extra love to the PC community.” But also, we strongly believe in PC gaming. Two years ago, maybe one year ago, people talked about “the decline of PC gaming.” Or “the death of PC gaming.” These kind of words were thrown around and, honestly, that’s bullshit.”

Troedsson went on to apologise for not bringing the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Onslaught DLC to PC, adding that Battlefield 3 PC is “definitely going to get the same post-launch campaign or whatever we do.” The PC version looks as thought it might just live up to expectations.

Bioware finishing Dragon Age 2 , sort of ...

2011-03-08T06:23:00.000-08:00

Dragon Age 2 is getting a patch ... that isn't one , Bioware released an high definition texture pack for the PC version. The pack is more or less 1 Gb and activate DX11. The real question is why the hell this wasn't on the DVD from the beginning ? Looks like they rushed the game if you ask me ... and we see the results ...

The million for Bullestorm ?

2011-03-08T01:48:00.000-08:00

At least that's what Mike Capps says, the president of Epic Games, when he talked with the website IndustryGamers. Mike hope that the game will get to the million sales because from what he said, Epic will lose money.

" Only 1% of the new franchises launched this generation on consoles have saled more the 1 million copies. Beneath that number, we lose money. But i'm confident enough and i think we will get to it "

In the USA, the game got the indirect advertisment from Fox News, when the channel once again raised a shitstorm (lol got it, Bullestorm ...) because the game was ultra violent. Mice Capps told that it was a good thing for the sales but he is a bit sad that once again video games are portrayed like a satanistic drug used to turn childs into barbaric murderer.

Lara Croft is coming back to the theaters.

2011-03-08T01:40:00.000-08:00

It's on the Hollywood reporter site that we learned that miss Croft will be back on the screens for 2013. It's GK Films that got the hand of the copyrights for the movie, there are still no author but rumors about the script tell a story about the youth and beginning of the adventures of Lara Croft.

The movie will be named " Tomb Raider " and Angelina Jolie will probably NOT be part of it

Deus Ex : Human Revolution release date.

2011-03-08T01:35:00.000-08:00

Like i told you in one of my recent article, the release date for Deus Ex : HR was supposed to be revealed soon. Well here it its, August the 26th 2011. Hope you enjoy to wait 6 months ;)

PS3 Jailbreak : Sony's got your IP !

2011-03-07T14:53:00.000-08:00

Like a pitbull with rabies, Sony just can't let go the GeoHot case, the hacker that praised himself for destroying the security keys of the PS3 and thus enabling the reading of pirated games.

Sony just got the green light from a Californian judge to get all the IPs of the people that visited the GeoHot website , also with all the logs and fillers that were loaded. Even if you watched a Youtube video or a tweet, Sony have your IP.
Now, don't worry the SWAT won't show up at your door for that, it's just the justice gathering evidences to put GeoHot in jail, the question is more about confidentiality ... how far can this go ?

New Mass Effect 3 concept arts.

2011-03-07T11:59:00.000-08:00

Homefront has been leaked..

2011-03-07T09:13:00.000-08:00

Yep, after Crysis 2 and Killzone 3 it's the turn for Homefront to wander around on the interwebz. You can find it at the usual places ... you know ...

Mature games for the Kinect ?

2011-03-07T09:11:00.000-08:00

Despite his fanfaronous entry last year ( 500 millions $ of marketing LOL ) we can't say that Kinect has been seen lately ... Microsoft is trying to assure us that they are working on new games targeting a more " mature audience ". Kevin Unangst talked about the devloppement of " The Gunstringer " from Twisted Pixel.

For the rest of the games, he said to wait until E3 2011 scheduled for may.

Rumor: Your 3DS tracks flash cart usage, won’t boot if you update your system

2011-03-07T06:40:00.000-08:00

According to GoNintendo the 3DS might be ruthless when it comes to anti-piracy. On the subtler side your 3DS apparently tracks if you’ve used a flash cart and saves this data to a log. Retailers can then check if your 3DS has been involved in piracy and if it has, you won’t be able to trade-in games. But that’s not a huge deal. What’s a lot more interesting is that Nintendo is said to be planning an update (and I suspect, many updates) that will prevent your system from booting if it finds flash cart usage in your logs. You could just choose to not update the 3DS, but given that Nintendo will add a lot more features to the system over its lifespan, you might actually be selling yourself short. Discuss.

The Bungie MMO ? A bad joke.

2011-03-07T04:14:00.000-08:00

Last week during the GDC, David Aldridge, chief network engineer announced that the studio was working on an MMO. The information quickly find his way around the world and it sounded pretty official ! Well ... don't blame us for taking for granted informations that a high standing person of a studio says during a presentation ...

Now Bungie trys to limit the damages explicating that mister Aldridge was " joking and was persuaded that everyone was taking it as a joke as well. "

Bungie even agree that the guy have a special sense of joking that not everyone share ...

The Master Quest in Ocarina of Time 3D

2011-03-07T04:06:00.000-08:00

Nintendo confirmed that the famous Master Quest will be in the 3DS version of The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time. This episode will propose reworked dungeons from the collector edition of Wind Waker.

New characters for Dynasty Warriors 7

2011-03-07T04:04:00.000-08:00

The beat'em all Dynasty Warriors 7 reveal 6 new characters which will join the already 56 available fighters. For the contents, Dynasty Warriors 7 will offer 20 hours of story mode and 35 hours of conquest mode.
New information regarding the gameplay, it will be possible to switch weapons during a combo to create deadly combinations to destroy your ennemies. The title will be available March the 25th in Europe.

Nintendo facing industry backlash over controversial comments

2011-03-06T14:15:00.000-08:00

Ask any video game insider about the future of gaming and they'll quickly point to Facebook blockbusters like Farmville and mobile hits like Angry Birds.

Ask Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata, however, and you're in for a rough ride.

During his keynote speech at this week's Game Developers Conference, Iwata shrugged off the success of social and mobile gaming by issuing a clear warning to game makers: such titles are bad for business as they promote quantity over quality, and the increased interest in these platforms will threaten their very livelihoods.

"The majority of people here are creating games for social and mobile," Iwata said to a packed crowd on Wednesday. "I fear our business is dividing, and that threatens the employment for those of us who make games for a living." He later added that such platforms "have no motivation to maintain the high value of video game software" and that "game development is drowning."

It's a bold statement (especially when considering the glut of cheaply-produced shovelware games that plague the Nintendo Wii), but to many experts, it amounts to little more than fearmongering from a company who should, in fact, be embracing such change.

"Long-term, Nintendo is doomed," analyst Michael Pachter told All Things Digital. "[Iwata]'s under full frontal assault by Apple."

That's not an overstatement. Just moments after Iwata wrapped up his speech, Apple head Steve Jobs pulled the wraps off the iPad 2, which will launch March 11 -- two weeks before Nintendo ships their impressive 3DS handheld. Though neither company mentioned the other by name during the two speeches, it's clear they're thinking of one another. A lot.

The other target of Nintendo's ire, social game kingpin Zynga, wasn't amused by being slighted.

"I expected better from Nintendo," Zynga bigwig Brian Reynolds said. "They are missing the point of what we are doing. We are making games that everyone can play and socialize on while playing."

Even companies who have enjoyed a healthy working relationship with Nintendo seem concerned.

"[Iwata] may be right, but then the 200 to 300 million people who play games on Facebook are wrong," said Jeff Brown, the VP of corporate communication for Electronic Arts.

Nintendo has long touted the power of its singular vision -- the company sees itself as a trendsetter, not a trend follower -- but such insular thinking hasn't always paid off. The company opted to retain its cartridge-based game format when designing the Nintendo 64, a decision that ultimately doomed the company to a distant second behind Sony's CD-based PlayStation. And as the Xbox and PS2 fought for control over the living room by including convergent features like DVD playback, the purely game-oriented Nintendo Gamecube fell out of the picture, selling a mere 22 million units worldwide (not that being a pure game device is always a bad thing -- the Wii has already topped the 80 million mark).

Of course, they've enjoyed more than a few hits as well, and it's never a good idea to count the Kyoto giant out. The 3DS is enjoying tremendous buzz and has been virtually flying off shelves in Japan. With DS and Wii sales lagging in recent months, Nintendo hopes the system sells just as briskly when it hits the U.S. on March 27th.

The company is hardly alone in fearing the tide of inexpensive games that have made the App Store and Facebook such potent forces. Frank Pearce, co-founder of World of Warcraft developer Blizzard, also senses the changing tide.

"It's really tough to compete against free," he said at GDC. "No matter what level of quality you hit, there are a lot of people who are willing to sacrifice that for a cheaper version...The industry is changing in terms of the business model."

Don't know about you guys but i'm hyped as f*ck for this game

2011-03-05T16:49:00.001-08:00

Duke Nukem Forever scans: Info Blowout

2011-03-05T11:49:00.000-08:00

4 gameplay modes will be there in multiplayer: Dukematch, Team Dukematch, Capture the Babe and Hail to the King (King of the Hill mode).
8 player max, 4 vs 4 in case of team based matches.
In ‘Capture the Babe’ when you grab the other teams babe sometimes she’ll start to freak out as you take her back to your base, so you have to give her a gentle smack to quieten her down
10 maps at launch, maps include; remade Dukeburger where all Dukes are miniature running around a giant world, ‘Morning Wood’ old west town, Vegas Casinos, etc.
Jetpack only shows up in some multiplayer maps, isn’t in single player
Holoduke will be just like Duke 3d, but this time around the player becomes cloaked, allowing for sneak melee kills
Steriods allow Duke to do one hit kill punches, also allows for faster run speeds, cannot use weapons, not sure if their immune to Shrinker anymore like in Duke 3d.
When shrunk by the Shrinker, the mini-Duke can still use weapons, but they only do 10% of the normal damage
You can plant trip bombs on players and enemies
Confirmed weapons; pistol, shotgun, ripper chaingun, pipebomb, rpg, shrinker, railgun, freezer, devestator, tripbomb. Can only use 2 primary weapons at once along with pipebombs and tripbombs.
As you kill other players you gain experience points, which, when acquiring enough of them, you can spend the points on customizing your Duke. Basic kills get basic points, but specialty one time achievement kills like killing someone when using the holoduke or funny kills like killing yourself with the pipebomb by accident, gives you bonus points.

Quick sneak peak at Zelda : OOT on 3DS

2011-03-05T11:42:00.000-08:00

How the next-gen should looks like ( well at least on PC )

2011-03-05T10:09:00.000-08:00

All these screenshots shows what the Unreal Engine is capable of and is running on a PC with a GTX580. I don't know for you but consoles are getting a bit old .... :)

Deus Ex first hour of gameplay preview

2011-03-05T08:41:00.000-08:00

The First Hour

The initial hour of the game serves as a tutorial while also introducing players to the game world, the main characters, and the impressive technology that exists in 2027. It also sets up the overarching plot, though it does so without granting the player direct access to augmentations, inventory decisions, hacking opportunities, or significant dialogue choices. As such, you won't get a chance to check out the game's intricacies until after you suffer through what can only be described as a near-death experience. More on this later.

As Adam Jensen, you are an ex-SWAT officer who has been hired on as private security for the biotechnology company Sarif Industries. The circumstances surrounding Adam's departure from SWAT aren't exactly clear, though the game and various NPCs that you run into make it clear that it had something to do with the events that took place at the "Mexicantown Massacre". Adam is no scientist himself, but he wasromantically involved with Dr. Megan Reed, one of the most intelligent and influential scientists at the company (fun fact: Adam Jensen voice actor Elias Toufexis and Megan Reed voice actress Michelle Boack are married in real life). She's the one who landed him the job at Sarif Industries following his departure from SWAT, and based on what can be gleaned from some of the game's early dialogue, she may yet have some feelings for the protagonist. Either way, Megan is central to the game's plot, and that's how Adam finds himself involved in a global conspiracy of a grand scale.

The game opens up with an introductory cinematic featuring a mysterious group of individuals having a high-tech audio conference. Their discussion is purposely cryptic, but it's clear that these individuals are very concerned about a gene sequence that Megan has discovered, and are willing to go to any length necessary to keep Sarif Industries from releasing it to the world. Their discussion will immediately have you running several different conspiracy theories through your head, and if you're like me, you'll probably restart the game a few times just to make sure you catch every little facet of it. It's obviously impossible to decipher what it all means without additional information, but in any event, it sets the stage for what's to come.

From there, the game jumps to Adam and Megan in her office having a video conference with David Sarif about their plans to present this discovery to a group of politicians in Washington, DC and the security detail that will be needed to ensure that everyone arrives safely. David wants you to meet up with him to go over the plans, though not before you're given some time to do some detective work in Megan's office. This serves as your first opportunity to procure whatever information you can from the world around you - an ebook lying on Megan's couch gives you some very interesting background details about a "Patient X", a digital newspaper lying on her desk introduces you to the augmentation-friendly group called L.I.M.B. (Liberty in Mind and Body), and the emails on her computer reveal that the two of you have a dog named Kubrick, that her mother Cassandra is quite worried about her, and that she's concerned about whether or not the politicians in Washington will want to know how she acquired the first gene sample that's part of this big discovery. Predicting the future of human evolution through past mutations stored in the database of our mitochondria? The chemicals in Patient X's nervous system are undetectable by the human immune system? Patient X is now one or two steps ahead of the genetic curve? In the game's very first room, you're already able to assume that Megan was dabbling within a controversial and potentially dangerous area of research.

Source

10 minutes of brand new Guild Wars 2 gameplay !

2011-03-05T04:11:00.000-08:00

Screenshots of Patapon 3

2011-03-05T04:09:00.000-08:00

The release is the 13th April , remember that the game is now playable in CO-OP with 8 players !

The release date for Deus Ex : HR soon !

2011-03-05T04:06:00.000-08:00

From the Twitter of Jean-François Dugas , lead designer of Deus Ex : Human Revolution , he announced that the release date for the game will be confirmed next week ! Let's hope we don't have to wait until the end of the year ...

Alice : Madness Returns demo gameplay

2011-03-04T16:59:00.001-08:00

Alice: Madness Returns Gameplay Demo Part 1 - For more funny movies, click here

Mortal Kombat New vids gameplay

2011-03-04T16:17:00.000-08:00

And some more here => http://gdc.gamespot.com/video/6302317/

Guild Wars 2 Thief Weapons show off

2011-03-04T15:28:00.000-08:00

Mirror's Edge 2 Still in EA's Plans

2011-03-04T13:32:00.000-08:00

Electronic Arts says it hasn't thrown in the towel on the Mirror's Edge franchise. During an interview with IGN, EA Games President Frank Gibeau said the publisher continues to work with developer DICE on ways to bring Faith back for a sequel.

"We're looking at ideas for it, absolutely," he said. "We just haven't figured out the right way to bring it back yet. It was a franchise that reached an audience, but it didn't reach a large audience, and from a quality standpoint it was good, not great."

"Working with DICE, we're really trying to figure out a way of bringing Faith and the Mirror's Edge property back, but we just really haven't crafted the idea yet. We're looking at it," Gibeau added.

Despite critical acclaim, the first title failed to meet EA's sales expectations. A small team was confirmed to be working on a sequel back in 2009.

Battlefield 3 leaked gameplay GDC 2011

2011-03-04T09:39:00.000-08:00

The video has been uploaded here

Gears of War 3 beta multiplayer dated !

2011-03-04T09:19:00.000-08:00

If you own an Xbox 360 then this is a date you'll have to note in your schedule. We already knew that the beta multiplayer of Gears of War 3 was for april but we didn't knew when exactly. So here we are and Microsoft announced that the beta will be held the 25th April, BUT if you pre-ordered the Epic edition of Bullestorm you will have access to the beta the 18th April.

The beta will be closed the 15th May. Also note that if you play the beta you'll unlock bonuses that will carry on to the final game

Kotaku on the 3DS

2011-03-04T07:15:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow will mark my one week anniversary of owning a Nintendo 3DS. I'm happy with the handheld — it's a peach. However, six days in, and I've already ditched the 3D. I loathe it, and it's a feature I can do without.

Thankfully, Nintendo allows players to switch on the 3D effect and switch it off. And thankfully, the stylish hardware and elegant software that powers it are compelling enough to warrant a purchase. But the 3D? No thanks.

When I first got the machine, I was amazed by the 3D effect. I still am. I posted tips players could follow in order to enjoy the 3DS in its 3D glory and not get ill. Those tips are certainly helpful, and I haven't gotten sick to my stomach from playing the 3DS. As time passed, I did get headaches and a general worn-out feeling — even with the 3D in its weakest setting. I'm not alone: My wife made it about two days with the 3D and then switched it off. However, my 7-year-old played with it for the recommended time and thought it was "really cool". It is cool. It really is. 3D images without the need of stupid glasses!

Before the 3DS launched, there were reports on how it takes twice as much effort for human eyes to reproduce the 3D effect. I've found this to be true. Eye strain has left me feeling like I'm cross-eyed (I'm not, so do not worry). I've been trying to figure out why I'm experiencing this. Of course, it's no doubt a side-effect of autostereoscopy. But I've been wondering if there is something intrinsic to the way that the 3DS is set up that makes players (read: me) more susceptible to issues.

The anecdotal conclusion I've reached is that it is the result of having two screens. The top screen can display the 3D effect, while the touch screen is in 2D. Players typically end up using both while playing, but focusing on the top screen. So while playing, players eyes will focus on the 3D, and then have to re-focus on the 2D as they use the touch screen. This focusing, re-focusing and then focusing again could be the cause of issues I'm having.

The other issue is that the 3DS requires a sweetspot for the 3D effect to be viewed. So you must stay in the same position to view the 3D effect. Shifting position might mean that you have to tweak the 3D effect. Even pressing buttons on certain games, thereby causing the handheld to move slightly, can impact the 3D effect. This makes it difficult to relax — like listening to music and constantly have to turn up and turn down the volume. You can't focus on simply playing.

When the 3DS launched, many Twitter users complained of eye strain, so others do seem to be affected by the 3D effect. I'm finding particular difficulty with the Professor Layton game — reading text in 3D hasn't been fun — and with the special over-the-shoulder "3D view" in Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition. The traditional Super Street Fighter IV view in 3D is far more manageable. But even Nintendo's own efforts, like the on-board games and Nintendogs + Cats, are causing my eyes to work hard to produce the effect.

The upside? The hardware itself is definitely worth the purchase. Buy it. If you liked the DS, you will like this machine. It's...a new DS, with better graphics, a better interface and honest-to-goodness online. What else can you ask for? I'd trade my Nintendo 3DS for a Nintendo 2DS anytime. Thing is, that's a harder sell. You can't have a famous Japanese boy band go on television and talk about Nintendo's new wonderful interface for 15 seconds at a time. Well, I guess you can, but, like I said, it's a harder sell.

Nintendo is in the third act of an amazing play. In the first act, it rolled out touch-based gaming. For the second act, it introduced it's take on motion-based gaming. But the third act is a lot trickier. On the Nintendo 3DS, glasses-free 3D is a gimmick. It's a gimmick, and people will buy the 3DS because of that gimmick. But the 3DS is good enough without the 3D effect, which doesn't matter, because the handheld stands up on its own merits. The 3DS doesn't need 3D, and neither do I.

Intel Extreme World Championships are right now

2011-03-04T06:59:00.000-08:00

http://tv.esl.eu/de/

Check the link for direct stream

Dark Souls new screenshots

2011-03-04T06:18:00.000-08:00

Valva on experimental video games.

2011-03-04T05:20:00.000-08:00

For decades, the futur of video games have always fascinated the players. Even in the early 80s, film makers were dreaming of virtual reality like Tron. But today ... the controller , keyboard and mouse are the pinnacle of video game controls, but the Wiimote, Playstation Move and Kinect are good exemples of what the future can reserve for us.

And Valve have certainly understand it. The american company has run a serie of experiments, modifying some of their games to measure the stress of the player with prototype versions of sensors.

For exemple, a version of Left 4 Dead 2 enable to spawn objects of infected according to you sensations. Valve even showed a chart during the GDC where we could seen the stress elevations during the attack of a special infected. Without surprises , the biggest elevations of stress were during the attack of a Tank.

Tests were made where in Dota 2, their next game, you can see the stress of your opponents on your screen, damn sweet he ?

And finally a version of Portal 2 was modified to control the vision of the character with ... your eyes. It still needs a lot of work but Valve is very happy with the results.

Can't wait for more

Bungie on a MMO !

2011-03-04T05:07:00.000-08:00

Yes the " secret sources " from Kotaku were well informed. (lol) Bungie is really working on a MMORPG and take advantage of the GDC 2011 to confirm the information. But attention, Bungie want to be sure that everyone know that they are not working on a " WoW in space " ... but that doesn't mean it won't be in space ...

The non-official name of the project is " Destiny ", many questions remain about this project but we can say that the game must be well advanced for Bungie to reveal it.

New screenshots of Dead Island.

2011-03-04T05:02:00.000-08:00

Valve unveils Steam Guard.

2011-03-03T12:53:00.000-08:00

Valve announced today a new Steam and Steamworks feature called Steam Guard, which gives users greatly increased account security.

Steam Guard allows users to link management of their account to a specific PC. Attempts to modify or change account settings by any other PC won't be possible without the user's approval.

Steam Guard will take advantage of upcoming Intel® Identity Protection Technology (Intel® IPT), an encrypted, hardware-based feature available with the new 2nd Generation Intel® CoreT and Intel® CoreT vProT processors. IPT generates a new numerical password every 30 seconds, integrating into the processor functionality that previously required a separate card or key fob.

Users will also be notified if any PCs other than those authorized by them attempt to log into or modify their account settings.

Steam Guard is available to third parties to incorporate into their own applications through Steamworks.

"Account phishing and hijacking are our #1 support issues," said Gabe Newell, President of Valve. "With Intel's IPT and Steam Guard, we've taken a big step towards giving customers the account security they need as they purchase more and more digital goods."

"We expect to see widespread adoption of hardware-based security like Intel IPT by other service providers," said Doug Lombardi, Valve's Vice President of Marketing. "If as a customer you are buying movies, music, games, or digital goods, you want to know that they are more secure than your physical goods."

"With over 30 million accounts worldwide, Steam is an ideal platform for Intel IPT," said George Thangadurai, General Manager of PC Client Services at Intel. "Those running Steam are investing in a robust digital collection of PC games. By adding hardware-based protection to these investments, we hope to bolster the amazing success of platforms such as Steam."

Source : http://www.bluesnews.com/a/2200/valve-unveils-steam-guard

New Battlefield 3 leaked screenshot

2011-03-03T10:34:00.000-08:00

We can see the guy going prone on a street in Paris.

Can't. F*cking. Wait.

Pokemon is 15 years old !

2011-03-03T09:15:00.001-08:00

Damn, time is running fast ! The last sunday Pokemon blew his 15th candle for his anniversary ! The serie started the 27th february 1996 with Pokemon Red and Pokemon Green in Japan.

It took 3 years for the serie to come in Europe after the tremendous succes in the archipel.

200 millions copies sold, who said Nintendo don't print money ?

Gotta catch'em all !

Minecraft and Amnesia awarded.

2011-03-03T09:05:00.000-08:00

The organasitors of the Independant Games Festival ( or IGF ) have just presented the winners of the 2011 edition. Without much surprises it's Minecraft who gained the prestigious Seumas McNally prize and also the public prize.

The other winner of this year is Amnesia : the Dark Descent wich has been awarded by the Technical Award and Best Audio Award.

Desktop Dungeons, BitTrip Runner and Nidhogg have also won a prize each.

NGP : Details about the cartridges and the diffenrent models.

2011-03-03T08:30:00.000-08:00

During the GDC , Sony gaves some precisions about their next console , the NGP. We learn that the games cartridges will be presented in 2 models : 2 Gb or 4 Gb.

The 2 Gb card is for " casual games " more light. While the 4 Gb will be necessary for bigger games like Uncharted. 5 to 10% of the cartridge is reserved for the saves, updates and other fixes.

Sony also talks about the power of the NGP and says that it will be 2 times LESS powerful than the PS3.

What a bummer ....

A surprise for the 25 years of Zelda ?

2011-03-03T06:25:00.000-08:00

During the GDC currently holding in San Francisco, Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo , announced that Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Zelda serie, is preparing a surprise for the 25th birthday of the legend of Zelda !

Now we can start the bets !

Video of Uncharted on NGP

2011-03-03T03:52:00.000-08:00

GDC 2011 is bringing more informations than expected ! Here is a demonstration of the new Uncharted game on the new portable console of Sony, the NGP ! ( no games portables lolololol )

Most of the games don't make any senses

2011-03-03T03:46:00.000-08:00

David Cage, the creator of Heavy Rain took a speech a bit pretentious during the GDC currently holding at San Francisco. David Cage explained to his crowd that it is time to stop creating video games targeting teenagers.

He says : " What do you do in most of the games ? You shoot. You kill. You destroy everything with violence. Or you jump on a plat-form, you climb, you run, you do physical stuff (...) The consequences are that video games are now absurd (...) And emotionally limited. You can't give a sens to a game where the hero can only shoot or jump on plat-form."

I hope the creators or Braid, Limbo, Deus Ex or System Shock weren't near him when he said that ....
Also, the only good game he mentioned was ... Heavy Rain

The Shepard song

2011-03-02T17:00:00.000-08:00

If that's not absolutely awesome then i don't know what it is

Shogun 2 the 15th March

2011-03-02T15:46:00.000-08:00

Well i can't wait for this game to come ! I've played Medieval 2 for a sh*tload of time now and i grew tired of it.
I wasn't interested in Empire and Napoleon because the gameplay was very different and ranger battles weren't really my thing.

So for everyone i am going to cast games online, the campaign and other stuff about Shogun 2 on my youtube channel so be sure to check it out

http://www.youtube.com/user/TharumBernard !

Notch on piracy: “if a pirated game is a lost sale, should bad reviews be illegal?”

2011-03-02T11:55:00.001-08:00

Notch, the developer of Minecraft, has explained his take on intellectual property and piracy during a series of rapid fire talks at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. Speaking to developers and journalists he explained: “A lot of big companies try to make piracy like theft; I wouldn’t steal a car, but I would steal a good design. If I liked another person’s apartment, I would try to make mine look like someone else’s… but that’s not stealing.”

He went on to criticise the idea of a lost sale, and explained his view on how game developers should consider a deeper relationship with their consumers. “If a lost sale is so bad, should bad reviews be illegal? What about missed release dates?” He also believes that pirates can be converted to customers, if developers are smart. “If you just make your and keep adding to it, the people who copyright infringed would buy it the next week.”

Notch has more money than God since developing Minecraft. He’s probably worth listening to.

A new add-on for Sins of a Solar Empire !

2011-03-02T10:35:00.000-08:00

The very god Sins of a Solar Empire is going to receive a new add-on, this time stand-alone !

Sins of a Solar Empire : Rebellion will be added to the famous Diplomacy and Entrenchment, the previous extension of the game.

Content ? New factions that will let you side with the loyalist or the rebells. New ships and new victory conditions.

3 new screenshots for Battlefield 3

2011-03-02T10:31:00.000-08:00

All we can say for now is that the graphics are seriously kicking ass

The brand new Battlefield 3 gameplay is live !

2011-03-02T10:29:00.000-08:00

New game from the Minecraft team announced !

2011-03-02T10:27:00.000-08:00

Yep, has you may know , Notch, the creator of Minecraft created the studio Mojang to improve the developement of the game. Today, one of the member of the crew, Jakob Porser, announce with proud the creation of a new title responding to the name of " Scrolls ".
It's a strategy game inspired by card games like Magic where you need to collect all kind of cards to defeat your ennemies with the help of scrolls.

More informations can be found on the official site : http://www.scrolls.com/

Notch also says that the developement of Minecraft will be not altered by Scrolls. Notch will barely supervise the project.

Welcome to zone vidya !

2011-03-02T10:17:00.000-08:00

Sup guys it's been a while that i wanted to do a blog about video games and the technology revolving around them. I've got a lot of free time on my hands so i'm going to update this blog almost every day with all the informations i can gather and also since i'm from Belgium i'll translate articles in french if you guys want !

So there you go and i hope you'll have a great time reading this blog