Infamous

steelattack said:

Batman Murray?

I really can't picture him as the caped crusader.

They wanted to recreate the original Adam West batman before Tim Burton came onboard? He would have been too sarcastic.

Fragile

gamingeek said:

Arc Rise gameplay footage does look cleaner and the frame rate helps. It's still nothing special though and really even without some technical wonder the art could be something more special like Kizuna or Little Kings story. Why was that attendee trying to walk down a hill he obviously couldn't? Tool.

I noticed that too. It reminded me of the parts of MGS3 where I could only jump down certain areas in the terrian.

gamingeek said:

steelattack said:

WKS is really shaping up in an awesome way.

There is a lot of text on the screen which worries me. Sometimes I wish that rpgs could be more user friendly but still deep if you know what I mean. That boss fight looks epic though.

So there were a couple of tidbits that caught my attention today. A couple of weeks back we were talking about this subject so it's interesting hearing what John Scappert of MS has to say:

"The innovation criticism is almost ironic to me," said Schappert. "You've got the Xbox, which is the console that pioneered hard drives, broadband gaming, online gaming, Achievements and gamercards. It's the console that arguably pioneered first-person shooters in your living room, wireless controllers... I could go on.

"I think we've earned our chops in terms of innovation," he added. "The games division has some brilliant people who have done amazing things, and who have shaped the industry forever. I think we've done a great job of innovating and we continue to lead."

Schappert said that he thinks Nintendo's Miis are "wonderful," but Microsoft's introduction of avatars is not a copycat move, just an extension of the 360 gamercard.

"With respect to Avatars - Miis are wonderful. Nintendo has done great things," offered Schappert. "But avatars are just a logical extension of what we've had already. We've had a gamercard and a gamer pic; I want to take that to the next level. Now we've got Live parties, we launched the first video store... So I get a little riled there.

"I think we've done some great things for the industry and for gamers," he said

*Waits patiently for Edge's response to this*

darthhomer said:

Goddamn it Blizzard. Goddamn..

What the hell are you talking about?

*Reads news

Oh, nevermind, the trilogy BS again!

gamingeek said:

So there were a couple of tidbits that caught my attention today. A couple of weeks back we were talking about this subject so it's interesting hearing what John Scappert of MS has to say:

"The innovation criticism is almost ironic to me," said Schappert. "You've got the Xbox, which is the console that pioneered hard drives, broadband gaming, online gaming, Achievements and gamercards. It's the console that arguably pioneered first-person shooters in your living room, wireless controllers... I could go on.

"I think we've earned our chops in terms of innovation," he added. "The games division has some brilliant people who have done amazing things, and who have shaped the industry forever. I think we've done a great job of innovating and we continue to lead."

Schappert said that he thinks Nintendo's Miis are "wonderful," but Microsoft's introduction of avatars is not a copycat move, just an extension of the 360 gamercard.

"With respect to Avatars - Miis are wonderful. Nintendo has done great things," offered Schappert. "But avatars are just a logical extension of what we've had already. We've had a gamercard and a gamer pic; I want to take that to the next level. Now we've got Live parties, we launched the first video store... So I get a little riled there.

"I think we've done some great things for the industry and for gamers," he said

What the fucking hell is this guy on?

• "The innovation criticism is almost ironic to me," said Schappert. Umm, what you're about to say is almost retarded to me.
• pioneered hard drives And then removed them in the fucking 360 and made them ridiculously overpriced add-ons and SKU seperators.
• broadband gaming, online gaming Whoa whoa whoa......my fucking word pal. *cough DREAMCAST cough* And the Xbox didn't even have online when it first launched.
• It's the console that arguably pioneered first-person shooters in your living room, No, there's no argument here. That console was the Nintendo 64.
• wireless controllers Are you shittin' me? Wavebird? Probably some other 3rd-party ones before that?

Does this guy just not know anything about the industry other than XBOX?

steelattack said:

darthhomer said:

Goddamn it Blizzard. Goddamn..

Godfucking dammit ActiBlizzion!!

Noooooooooooooooooo!

Next thing we know, Diablo III will be handled as 5 different products, each one focusing in a different character. You know, to add depth to the storyline and all that shit.

This is NOT about corporate greed taking advantage on a eagerly expected title. No sir.

The real question is, how are they going to release it?

Are they going to release all three games at the same time? Or one every so often?

edgecrusher said:

gamingeek said:

So there were a couple of tidbits that caught my attention today. A couple of weeks back we were talking about this subject so it's interesting hearing what John Scappert of MS has to say:

"The innovation criticism is almost ironic to me," said Schappert. "You've got the Xbox, which is the console that pioneered hard drives, broadband gaming, online gaming, Achievements and gamercards. It's the console that arguably pioneered first-person shooters in your living room, wireless controllers... I could go on.

"I think we've earned our chops in terms of innovation," he added. "The games division has some brilliant people who have done amazing things, and who have shaped the industry forever. I think we've done a great job of innovating and we continue to lead."

Schappert said that he thinks Nintendo's Miis are "wonderful," but Microsoft's introduction of avatars is not a copycat move, just an extension of the 360 gamercard.

"With respect to Avatars - Miis are wonderful. Nintendo has done great things," offered Schappert. "But avatars are just a logical extension of what we've had already. We've had a gamercard and a gamer pic; I want to take that to the next level. Now we've got Live parties, we launched the first video store... So I get a little riled there.

"I think we've done some great things for the industry and for gamers," he said

What the fucking hell is this guy on?

• "The innovation criticism is almost ironic to me," said Schappert. Umm, what you're about to say is almost retarded to me.
• pioneered hard drives And then removed them in the fucking 360 and made them ridiculously overpriced add-ons and SKU seperators.
• broadband gaming, online gaming Whoa whoa whoa......my fucking word pal. *cough DREAMCAST cough* And the Xbox didn't even have online when it first launched.
• It's the console that arguably pioneered first-person shooters in your living room, No, there's no argument here. That console was the Nintendo 64.
• wireless controllers Are you shittin' me? Wavebird? Probably some other 3rd-party ones before that?

Does this guy just not know anything about the industry other than XBOX?

And here we are. Also the NES was originally going to come with wireless controllers but it was cancelled. Oh and the Saturn, SNES, and Genesis all had online as well. Lulz at Microsoft.

It seems that each game will have 26 to 30 MISSIONS (which roughly amounts to the whole SP campaign in either SC or BW). If they are indeed handling each game as a standalone title, then I'm game for that.

Don't let me down, Blizzard.

archangel3371 said:

steelattack said:

It seems that each game will have 26 to 30 MISSIONS (which roughly amounts to the whole SP campaign in either SC or BW). If they are indeed handling each game as a standalone title, then I'm game for that.

Don't let me down, Blizzard.

Yeah that's why I didn't really see a problem with it myself. I think people just jumped the gun a little to hit the panic button.

...Actually, that's not too bad.

Just would have preferred to have all three campaigns in the one pack.

Updates done, go read them now! World of Goo sound awesome, but I heard we Europeans are getting a retail version with some extra content!

WTF europe got potpouri and midnight bowling yesterday.  not world of goo.  so yeah i'm not getting wednesday and i am pissed off