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[eurogamer.net] Epic Star Wars Kinect railer FEEL THE FORCE eurogamer.net gamingeek
Hands on with Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance 'This is Kingdom Hearts with a renewed vigour and sense of humour' nintendo-gamer.net impressions gamingeek
[mcvuk.com] Bioshock film loses director mcvuk.com gamingeek
[edge-online.com] Nvidia planning Kepler-powered smartphones edge-online.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] UK Top 40 FIFA Street has scored a second week on top of the UK all formats chart. eurogamer.net news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Spector 'Desperately' Wants To Port Epic Mickey 1 “I just think it would be cool..." gameinformer.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Phantasy Star Online 2 Free to Download and Play In addition to the PC and PS Vita versions, an iOS and Android app will be released. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Wii U "On Par" With Current Console Generation Says Darksiders 2 developers. eurogamer.net news aspro
[destructoid.com] Preview: Dust 514 A NEW and UNIQUE concept coming to the... PS3?! That CAN'T be Right! destructoid.com impressions phantom_leo
[twitter.com] Xenoblade art book pics You lucky SOBs get this if you pre-order twitter.com media gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Green Hills chosen by Nintendo for Wii U Development The MULTI development environment supports more target processors, operating systems, and third-party tools than any other IDE nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Warren Spector quiet about Epic Mickey 2 on Wii U 'Whatever system you have, Wasteland will be there, Mickey Mouse will be there, the fun of Disney Epic Mickey: The Power of Two will be there' nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Sainsbury's increases new game stock, launches sale UK supermarket eurogamer.net gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Bleszinski: Gears wasn't planned as 'a dude-bro game Really? Duuuuuuuude. computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
Epic Mickey 3DS Power of Illusion details A quasi sequel to Castle of Illusion on Genesis about.com gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Kingdom Hearts 3D gameplay video gamekyo.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] You don't NEED to preorder Xenoblade to get it But you will have to buy through Gamestop or Nintendo gonintendo.com gamingeek
[pcgamer.com] GTA V and Max Payne Multiplayer Detailed Some kind of clan system. pcgamer.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Codemasters to be Distributed by Warner Bros. Was formerly done by THQ. gamasutra.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] EVE Online Player Kills Himself, Possibly Bullied CCP launches investigation. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] In Addition to Closings GAME is Pretty Much Done Suspends use of Reward Cards and gift cards, cancels refunds and exchanges. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] New Spy vs. Spy Game Teased Based on MAD Magazine strip. (iOS) eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamer Reviews Ninja Gaiden 3 4/10 "a gamble that fails to pay off". eurogamer.net editorial impressions aspro
[giantbomb.com] Call of Duty Pioneer Leaves Activision Abruptly He has been around since 2006. giantbomb.com news aspro
Brian Fargo Talks Wasteland 2, “Abysmal” Publish The industry sucks. ripten.com editorial Foolz
[computerandvideogames.com] Kojima is terrible at making games - Cave Story dev Rodriguez, formerly editor-in-chief at IGN and now producer at indie game studio Nicalis computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Ridge Racer Unbounded CVG review 6.4 - 'Solid, playable but ultimately uninspiring' computerandvideogames.com impressions gamingeek
Beyond The Labyrinth review (Japan import) 53% - ' A welcome dose of strategic smarts is undermined by lobotomised AI and dry-as-Ryvita delivery.' nintendo-gamer.net impressions gamingeek
[gamasutra.com] Critical Reception: Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden 3 Yikes gamasutra.com gamingeek
New Little King Story adds Sex appeal to Vita? What the? Underage half nekkid anime girls are in andriasang.com gamingeek
[edge-online.com] EDGE review Ridge Racer Unbounded 'One of the most subversive, sublime street-racing games ever made.' edge-online.com impressions gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion - first screens For real this time gamekyo.com gamingeek
U.S Xenoblade release trailer youtu.be gamingeek
[ign.com] XSEED comments on publishing one last epic Wii  RPG What about DQ10? ign.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] Fire Emblem 3DS video tutorial youtube.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] GameStop has no more Xenoblade art books You snoozed? You losed! Er, lose. gonintendo.com gamingeek
[gametrailers.com] Xenoblade Gametrailers review 9.3 - 'Easily one of the best games on the Wii' gametrailers.com impressions media gamingeek
[youtube.com] Bravely Default 2nd demo footage youtube.com gamingeek
[4gamer.net] Bravely Default screens Flying Fairy 4gamer.net media gamingeek
People have cracked Vita already partly..It's starting a People have found a way, Sony not happy. 1up.com _Bear
[computerandvideogames.com] Ono hands over Street Fighter reigns Temporarily steps out of the limelight computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[playstation.com] Journey becomes PSN fastest selling game.  Robio is ecstatic and eagerly awaits the soundtrack. playstation.com news SteelAttack
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamer review Ridge Racer Unbounded 8/10 eurogamer.net impressions gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] EGTV unboxes Star Wars Kinect Xbox 360 eurogamer.net gamingeek
[mcvuk.com] Japan 3DS sales jump 40% Kid Icarus makes sales soar mcvuk.com gamingeek
[kotaku.com] PS4 is Called Orbis, Sources Say. Here are the Details. 2013 holiday season - 4096x2160 resolution? WTF? kotaku.com gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Crimson Dragon: New trailer gamekyo.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] Darksiders 2 art director Han Randhawa interview  Calls Wii U 'a pretty powerful machine, more resources, you can do a lot more' youtube.com news gamingeek
[4gamer.net] DQ10 screens 4gamer.net gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] COD Black Ops 2 rumours computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[theverge.com] Wii U version of Aliens has 'so much more to offer' Pitchford: 'no other platform can do what the Wii U can do' theverge.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] Video: Darksiders 2 dev answers reader questions Wii U goals touched upon youtube.com gamingeek
[nintendoworldreport.com] Kid Icarus Uprising was first made on PC and Wii 3DS devkits weren't availible nintendoworldreport.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Angry Video Game Nerd: Sonic Memories For Vader gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[computerandvideogames.com] How PS4 and Xbox 3's visuals will change gaming CVG: What does the next-gen hold? computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Epic Mickey 2 PC, Mac confirmed Around 800 people working on project in new "virtual team" approach eurogamer.net gamingeek
[kotaku.com] BioWare gives 400 "Protest" Cupcakes to Charity Thanks for staying classy in the face of all this nerd-rage, Bioware! kotaku.com news phantom_leo
[computerandvideogames.com] Journey producer leaves thatgamecompany Robio to blame computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Bravely Default: Flying Fairy screenshots nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[edge-online.com] Sega to cancel games and cut jobs as it underperforms Sega Sammy plans to record unexpected, or 'extraordinary' losses edge-online.com gamingeek
[gamefront.de] SEGA AGES ONLINE PICS A virtual portal for Sega's past games gamefront.de media gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Sony: Sorcery couldn't be done on Wii or Kinect computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] EVE Online Resignation Over Suicide Depressed player was mocked and taunted by drunk. eurogamer.net news aspro
[latimes.com] 360 Used More for Non-Gaming Purposes Hrmmm. latimes.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Joystiq Reviews Ninja Gaiden 3 2.5/5 "the game is not murder -- it's suicide". joystiq.com impressions aspro
Tokyo Jungle Trailer andriasang.com media aspro
[pcgamer.com] THQ Lays Off 118 Staff At Relic and Vigil. pcgamer.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Journey is Fastest Selling PSN Game "...surpassing all first and third-party games". gameinformer.com news aspro
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[eurogamer.net] Eurogamer Reviews Tiger Woods 13 6/10 "little compelling reason to re-invest" eurogamer.net editorial impressions aspro
[eurogamer.net] THQ's Warhammer 40K No Longer an MMO Still "O" though. eurogamer.net news aspro
[gamespot.com] New US Retail Releases Week of April 1, 2012 Xenoblade, Tropico 4, Star Wars Kinect... gamespot.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Insomniac reveals cancelled game  Was intended to be the most realistic pinball simulation ever computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[gameinformer.com] Sony Closes it's interactive Zipper gameinformer.com gamingeek
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[gameinformer.com] Gameinformer reviews Xenoblade 9.5 - 'A Vision Of The Future' gameinformer.com impressions gamingeek
The Press Room Episode #106 Foolz and Aspro talk about games, news, suicide, Robio and Bugsy. thepressroompodcast.com editorial impressions media news aspro
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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:51:50
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Beginning of the end. *sigh*

Nooooo best store ever. I will get FFXIII 2 from them for $15 this week. Ass Creed Revelations is $20.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:12:05

Epic Mickey 2 - another round of details



-Mickey's paint/thinner and Oswald's electricity can erase or befriend foes.

-Mickey's paint/thinner can be amplified by combining them with Oswald's electricity

-Oswald's new powers include spinning his ears like a helicopter to hoverjump and he can detach an arm to use as a boomerang (can be used to reach faraway items)

-in solo play, Oswald is AI-controlled only. However, Warren Spector states, "His AI is pretty darned good. He genuinely does helpful things."

-Junction Point worked with Nintendo to improve the camera. Nintendo provided great feedback.

-Frank Welker voices Oswald and Cary Elwes voices Gus the Gremlin.

-Award-winning comic book writer Marv Wolfman helped with the game's dialogue and story.

-any changes you make to the environment with paint/thinner will actually be permanent this time.

-Mickey will gain/lose abilities based on the player's interactions, further enhancing the "Playstyle Matters" concept.

-the game has a Fantasia-themed tutorial level.

-each of the hubs in the game has a train station that can be repaired to provide a shortcut from region to region.

-a new physics engine is being used. Physics will play a bigger role in puzzles.

-2D cartoon levels with return and some are hinted at being based on the Oswald cartoons.

-collectible pins return, however, their concept is being taken further in this game.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:07:31

Good morning all!

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:09:06

^ ....The fuck?

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:10:44

When Cthulhu rises again, we'll all look like this.

IA IA!

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:14:23

It looks like a vagina....that's fucking morbid.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:34:43

Gross.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:46:18

Bravely Default concept art

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:59:30
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edgecrusher said:

lol No doubt about that.

When people want to convince themselves of the worst, they always go for the negative and ignore the positive. Happens here too.

I'll be interested in seeing who, if anyone does a news article on the new THQ comments as everyone reported the "on par" story a few days back. So far no one outside of a couple of enthusiast Nintendo sites have the story up today about it being more powerful.

Yep, 24 hours later and not one major site has picked up the story. Every site on the internet posted the "Vigil: Wii U on par with current gen" story. Not one major site has posted the contradicting comments from the Vigil art director (at the same event) saying it has more power and you can do a lot more with it's more resources and how it's pretty powerful.

My opinion of gaming journalism?

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:17:06

What the? Nintendo UK have produced this advert showcasing 4 Wii RPGS which seems to push Wii as some hardcore gaming platform.

And it has the voice actor from the X-Factor?

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:21:14

I suspect the Wii U will be 1.5 times the power of current gen. Prove me wrong, Nintendo!

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:30:24

I wish Epic Mickey were a full length, animated film rather than a game series.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:38:21

Baby chicken vs T-Rex????

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:49:12
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I wish Epic Mickey were a full length, animated film rather than a game series.

I loved the cutscenes in the original game, Kung Fu Panda does some similar stuff in their 2D bits.

Ravenprose said:

I suspect the Wii U will be 1.5 times the power of current gen. Prove me wrong, Nintendo!

It's bare minimum twice as powerful as 360 IMO. Look:

Ideaman said:

Ok, let's do this.


Ignore everything written in these speculations threads since 10 months

Now check a video of the japanese garden demo on Wii U from E3 2011, with AT THE VERY LEAST, a Xbox360+ content on the main screen + a 480p content on the padlet.




You know as a FACT that this demo was quickly built, run on firsts iterations of the dev kit (we are 4 dev kits after at the moment), on firsts SDK, etc etc etc.


Check a video of Ghost Recon Online with the UAV drone. You have at the very least, a current gen HD game + a different content on the padlet. Again, it was one year ago, on firsts dev kits, etc etc etc.


So you have at the very least:


A xbox360 on the main screen

A 480p xbox360 on the second screen. Let's say 480p + calculating a second view/scene/content from the same hardware is demanding, so it's roughly 0,5x xbox360


1 xbox 360 + 0,5x Xbox 360 = 1,5x xbox360


This was the situation one year ago, with all the elements derived from the very important context that i've described i don't know how many time. Add to that, at worst case scenarioS, just tweaking here and there, small boosts, optimizations, advancements in titles development, graphical polishing for these softs, devs being more and more accustomed to the asymmetrical setting (again, small improvement here), etc etc, all that since one year, you have, let's say roughly 0,5x xbox360 (through slightly better framerate, better/greater AA/texture filtering, and some things that the current gen GPU's can't handle).


So 1 xbox 360 + 0,5x Xbox 360 + 0,5x Xbox 360 = 2x Xbox 360, at the very least, considering the two screens. The Wii U isn't "on par" technologically, period, and this demonstration has always considered the worst that could have happened.


Rendering a different viewpoint on the padlet is quite resource intensive, like having to generate two images for each eye on 3DS. It's displaying better than 360 graphics on the HDTV and then having to generate a separate scene of Xbox 360 + graphics on the padlet too, albeit at a lower resolution. Then it's bound to have have newer components, better efficiency and newer effects than a 2005-2006 machine. If a developer wants to, they can just use the padlet for 2D maps, item switching etc and push better graphics on the main screen, better textures, higher framerate, higher resolution etc.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:06:36

The 360 is based on PC tech from 2004 or 2005....the Wii 2 is based on PC tech from 2008. Its a big jump.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:10:12
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It's bare minimum twice as powerful as 360 IMO. Look:
edgecrusher said:

The 360 is based on PC tech from 2004 or 2005....the Wii 2 is based on PC tech from 2008. Its a big jump.

Lies! All lies!

Prove me wrong, Nintendo!

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:02:47

The Wii U will be 1.382963 times more powerful than a PS3. There happy now.

What is the point of all this number crap? Lets just wait for some games.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:06:27
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The Wii U will be 1.382963 times more powerful than a PS3. There happy now.

What is the point of all this number crap? Lets just wait for some games.

Fuck games. Floating point operations per second is where it's at.

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:07:09

Sega will get more streamlined??? What does that mean, Sonic Fighter? Sonic Yakuza? Phantasy Sonic Online? Hey Sega, we liked you when you had a wide variety of franchises.

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