Mojang could be bought out by Microsoft.

The latest U2 album is free on iTunes starting today!!  Go! Go! Go!

travo said:

The latest U2 album is free on iTunes starting today!!  Go! Go! Go!

Bono is so into charity he is giving away his music for free. What a guy.

Well, I just installed an additional 4GB RAM (bringing my PC up to 8GB now), and a 250GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, which I'm cloning as I write this. Here's to a faster computer!

Read the new Game Informer cover on The Evil Within, I am more excited than ever!!! It sounds like RE4 mixed with the best elements from other horror series. Everything makes it seem like we are in for another masterpiece. Here is a summary of the best moments they describe:

• First chapter mostly linear, basically a chase.
• There is a mirror that takes you into an alternate reality, this is where you upgrade.
• Chapter 2 starts at a lakeside area,very large lets you explore. There is a lighthouse in the distance.
• You find letters which tell the story much like RE. One letter says they don't remember a lighthouse being there and that the light makes him feel off. Alternate realities?
• The mirror takes you to a place with two rooms, one has a chair which is where you upgrade. The other is a morgue with locked fridges. Keys are hidden in the game. One key was hidden on the back of a rat. These doors hold ammo or gel rewards (gel is what you use for upgrades)
• Chapter 2 is very dark making you use your light. First enemy does the zombie turn from RE1.
• You will find headshots do not kill enemies, you can blow off a piece of their head.
• There are lots of options to the combat, one area has a huge mob eating people, you can hide in shadows and behind bushes to avoid them.
• Chapter 3 is where it gets amazing, it takes place in a farm town with a bunch of homes that are fully explorable. Sounds like a super version of the opening RE4 town.
• Enemy variety in this area is impressive. Zombies yield all types of melee weapons (like Ganados). One zombie is sits on his balcony with a rifle and shoots at you if you get close. One is a shotgun wielding guy with an armor helmet to stop headshots. AI is extremely impressive.
• The game is difficult, but checkpoints are well done as they keep track of each house you clear.
• The player found a shotgun and crossbow. The crossbow has all kinds of ammo, flash arrow which blinds enemies, an impaling arrow and one with a timed bomb.
• There are traps all over the environments, bear traps, trip mines, prox bombs. Sound familar, yup just like RE4!
• Some traps are triggered by enemies and they will lure you into them, like one switch that sends knives at you. You can turn these traps against the enemies.
• This chapter ends with a huge chainsaw weilding monster that chases you into any home you try to hide in. Sound familiar? Get the picture, this is the RE4 sequel we have always waited for.
• You need to use the traps in the environment to take down the chainsaw boss.
• Chapter 4 and 5 are a mix of psychological horror and action. Chapter 4 has a puzzle involving posters dealing with human anatomy.
• Chapter 5 has a small room you enter with nothing, when you turn to leave the door is gone. After a while a tile seems to be missing and it leads to a black hole like sequence which leads to a puzzle. Sounds silent hillish.
• New enemy that has a squid head and is totally invisible, you have to use sound to locate the enemy. He leaves footprints on water and occasionally bumps into objects.
• Crazy hair lady with all those arms chases you as well, the player just ran away.
• Chapter 5 ends with a sequence where you and a partner find another cop stuck in a metal box in the middle of a two story room. Enemies start to pour in, many carrying dynamite. You and your partner need to take them down while the metal box is filling with water.
• The partner AI is excellent but does need to be healed if injured.
• Even after you dispatch the enemies you still need to figure out how to save the woman in the box. This sounds like a mix of saw with the house invasion of RE4.
• The GI author says playing this game brought found memories of playing RE1 and RE4 again but with much more horror elements.

If those details don't excite you then this game is not for you. This is exactly what I needed to know, that the setpieces would always be new and changing. That there will be a ton of enemies and a ton of ways to beat them. A great mix of puzzles, action and stealth. This is channeling the best of RE4 and the best of Silent Hill with elements from other famous horror films/franchises. Brilliant, I cannot wait to play it.

MS spending $2B on one game that is already on every other system (except Wii U of course). I guess Minecraft 2 would be huge...

Dvader said:

travo said:

I'm certainly excited.  I don't want a RE4 retread... we'll, hell, I'll take that too!  Not sure about the partner part though.  Even Mikami is putting that shit in his games?

RE4 had Luis, Ada and Ashley. Oh and Mike, how can I foget Mike. MIIIIIIIIKKKKKEEEEEEEE!!!!! LOL

Didn't hurt that game.

Only because of how hilariously dumb it was.

Well, it's back and it seems to have returned with the Indian runs.

A year and a half later, India is still affecting me.

               Xbox One's Japanese launch musters half sales of Xbox 360             Yikes

               EA is removing Ray Rice from Madden 15 following NFL suspension            

Half of all PC players wait for sales before purchasing games, well their setups are freaking expensive!

Weirdness: Here's What DuckTales Would Look Like With Real Ducks

"End of the console era as we know it" Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter explains why the future of gaming is in the cloud, says free-to-play "should go away"

Sega's depressing $100 million marketing plan that failed to save the Dreamcast.

Thanks to all you guys for the updates...nice Evil Within info Vader.