edgecrusher said:

Independent Lair developer Factor 5 laid off over 35 staff members last week, sources have independently told Gamasutra.

Do you think Factor 5's problems could get any worse than having "Independent Rogue Squadron developer" replaced with "Independent LAIR developer" for the whole generation?

Wow, it seems like these guys are on the way out. 38 people, and some had to take pay cuts? WOW. Doesn't sound too good for their future or the future of their Wii projects.

 Sounds like death. I thought these guys were owned by Lucasarts back in the day. I thought from the GC documentaries on the Rogue Squadron game discs that they were even located in that Lucas valley place. Either they go under and the talent goes elsewhere or they get bought by someone, or they stay as they are and scale everything back. This world recession is incredible, the UK has the highest unemployment in 8 years, huge brands like Woolworthes are going under, house prices are going down by 30%. Game companies are in the the shit, last week Sony cut thousands of jobs, Midway today and Factor 5, EA are struggling. 

SteelAttack said:

I remember the Genesis version of that Alien game.

 Thanks for the info. There was a genesis version of this? 

What? Damnit I didn't know that. 

Dvader said:

Poor Factor 5

MGS on phone makes me sad.

Namco wins Home.

Is this 3-D? Pre-rendered, touch shooting? 

You want some of this?

gamingeek said:

SteelAttack said:

Yeah, Jaffe stated that the footage that he was shown, behind closed doors, looked, and I quote
"like a fucking painting coming to life".
Still, it looks rather good.

That's a weird comment though, because a painting come to life is more like Okami or Muramasa?Odin Sphere right? Maybe even Kizuna.

Yeah, I know. When I first read his comment I was really hyped because the first thing that came to mind was some weird groovy shit like 300 or something. Sort of like concept art, but animated.

edgecrusher said:

I'm not that impressed by the GOW 3 stuff. It looks GOOD, but I was expecting this to just totally outclass what they did on PS2, and be the most impressive PS3 game ever shown. It doesn't do either, as of now.

It would be like EAD showing a new Zelda that basically looks and plays a lot like Twilight....just kind of , well, meh...as Jaffe says.

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 Well I guess you're not going to like the next Wii zelda then

Well, it could play differently. There has only been a few screens and teaser of GOW3, I haven't played them as I never had a PS2. It does look very similar to the screens of past games though. What design changes would you guys actually want in a huge sequel?

Oh yeah and did anyone check out the game list for Jan-March for Wii? 

Broken Sword: Shadows of the Templars (Directors Cut) -- March  

I had this on gba. Really like it but why not do the other Broken Sword games?

FF XIII

Ravenprose said:

Mario Kart Tournament

I've been playing around with the new Tournament, and I'm really enjoying this one (I haven't played a tournament since last summer). It's a drive-through-the-gates-as-fast-as-possible challenge on the DK Summit. So far, I'm about 10 seconds slower than 1st person on the worldwide rankings.

I also tried out the online Battle modes, and I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying them. I usually don't like playing online unless it's with friends, but this is actually fun.

 I didn't even know you could play online in battle modes. I think regenerating ballons killed it for me. 

Do you guys remember when Gillian Anderson was FHM worlds sexiest woman? 

Watching the X-Files again I wondered why and then I got "it" again. And no, by "it" I don't mean a hard on. 

She's so emotionless that you just want to tear her apart (sexually) to see her laugh, scream, smile, show any kind of emotion. 

I had a huge boner for Gillian Anderson. Hell I used to go home on Friday nights and skip partying just to watch her.

For me it was the combo of those sexy eyes and those insane lips. Mamma Mia. Plus, I like girls who are hot and have a brain.

edgecrusher said:

FF13.....WTF, why do they HAVE to have the dancing girl with her leg up in the air in EVERY FF since FF8? Can they not think of anything else to do? At least in FF10 with Yuna it actually was a part of the story to have her dancing around like a crackpot. The chick in FF12 just does it for the hell of it, and now what's this chicks deal?

 I think she wants Anal sex!

edgecrusher said:

To tell you the truth, I really don't know what I'd like them to change in GOW. All I know is, if its just more of the same its not going to blow me away like GOW1 did.

FF13.....WTF, why do they HAVE to have the dancing girl with her leg up in the air in EVERY FF since FF8? Can they not think of anything else to do? At least in FF10 with Yuna it actually was a part of the story to have her dancing around like a crackpot. The chick in FF12 just does it for the hell of it, and now what's this chicks deal?

 So in game she dances about in front of you in realtime or just cutscenes? Because in game if you could whack her with a weapon or something to knock her down it would be HIL-arious. 

EDIT:

I'm just turning on Animal Crossing if anyone wants an online match. It's 20:22 GMT, check the online thread to see details. Steel is -5hrs, Raven -7hrs.

gamingeek said:

Steel is in my town right now! With a freaky mask on!

Oh shit! Raven's here too!

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES!

Dvader said:

Poor Factor 5

MGS on phone makes me sad.

Namco wins Home.

Sucks about Factor 5.

Does not suck about MGS on the iPhone - as my iPod Touch is PLENTY to play it!

Namco does win the Japanese Home. They don't win English Home.

That images can best be described in one way.

:3