Wow.

I think its wrong that they're releasing Goldeneye on the other consoles. But I guess Nintendo didn't do anything to make sure it stayed exclusive. I mean its a remake of a game Nintendo helped Rare create....just should not be on PS360.

I also had no idea there were black dudes in the Russian military.

He wasn't in the Wii version, was he?

edgecrusher said:

He wasn't in the Wii version, was he?

I have no idea, I wasn't paying attention. Maybe he's in there but I don't remember him. I think he may have been in one of the levels, I don't think it was on this level as it was set in a russian military base, I think he must have been on the level in the construction yard.

Installing Fallout: New Vegas, motherfucker.

Miyamoto has been saying Nintendo needs to come up with new characters/franchises for the past 10 fucking years. He's as bad as Kojima and his "I LOVE this new Nintendo system! I can't WAIT to work on it!" bullshit.

Vigil said:

Sony's PlayStation 3 has been described as a "pain in the ass" to make games for by a developer of an upcoming triple-A multi-format video game - nearly five years after its launch.


Marvin Donald, game director at Darksiders II developer Vigil, told Eurogamer the studio is forced to do "wacky stuff" on Sony's console.


"It's a pain in the ass to work on," he said. "Five years later, getting used to it? That means it's a pain in the ass.


"I'm not an engineer, but I hear about it all the time. We have to do wacky stuff with the way we manage memory."


During the PS3's early life it was dogged by shoddy ports of multi-platform games.


At the time some developers complained about the complexity of the hardware, and suggested it would take time to wrap their heads around the systems under the hood.


In 2009 then Sony Computer Entertainment chairman Kaz Hirai claimed the PlayStation 3 was intentionally difficult to program for in order to ensure that the console met its promised ten year life cycle.


"It's hard to program for, and a lot of people see the negatives of it, but if you flip that around, it means the hardware has a lot more to offer," Hirai explained.


"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so then the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine-and-a-half years?"


Donald explained that the cause of Vigil's PS3 headache has to do with the memory management.


"Even as an artist, it's like, OK, my textures are too big, I'm in trouble because I checked in something that's making the 360 crash because it's a 20x48 when it really should just be a 10x24, or even smaller.


"But on the PlayStation 3, the assets go into different categories, and if one of those categories becomes too bloated it'll crash the system. It's a little bit more sensitive on the PS3 in that regard. There are some things you just can't do, or you have to do differently. Yeah, it's a pain."

"They have to do things their way," Donald said. "Somebody over there is going to think it's better. And it's really just different, which makes it a pain for everyone to port games back and forth. But, whatever. We'll see."

C'mon, 5 years and they aren't used to it yet?

Some interesting stuff from Vigil, who seem to the be only people talking about Wii U game development.

The power behind the Wii U is shrouded in mystery - and in a state of flux - although Eurogamer can reveal that second generation developer kits are now with development studios.

"At a minimum on par, for sure," Donald said of Darksiders 2's visuals on Wii U versus Darksiders 2's visuals on PS3 and Xbox 360.

"Whether or not we can go one step further, that might be driven by what's available on the PC and whether or not that is easy to translate to the Wii U hardware, because there are most likely going to be resolution choices for the PC version of the game. We know some gamers are just going to have more horsepower at their disposal.


"It's probably going to be the same graphically, regardless of any minor or major horsepower improvements on the Wii U.

"But, in all honesty, if the Wii U turns out to be this ridiculously powerful machine, we will probably make changes to our budget and scope to take advantage of that. But that's currently not the plan. It's going to be a direct port. That's what we're planning on. But that's based off of what we believe the hardware's going to be like."said:

So it sounds like the Wii U version might be at a higher resolution but only if they do it for the PC and can transfer the settings over.

Vigil said:

The studio's Jay Fitzloff told VideoGamer.com that the Wii U version is "the same" as the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. "We're not trying to bump up or bump down," he said, "but we reached it, and it wasn't hard. Once we got it up and running it was like 'cool, there it is."


Speaking more about the power of the Wii U, Fitzloff added: "We're still waiting on that final hardware and architecture, and help from Nintendo to figure that out.

"Right now, it looks like it's more than the 360 or PlayStation 3, but there's still a question mark about how much you can squeeze out of it. You know how it is, a new system, tricks get learned as the lifespan goes along, so this is where we're starting, and it looks good."

gamingeek said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

It is shitty designed hardware.

I'm calling it now, PS4 will be PS3 hardware with this masterful device.

Virtual reality headset with 3D and head tracking.

Mindblowing.

I am calling it right now.

You lost your bloody mind.

Live action Captain Planet is a million times for crazy that a VR helmet PS4.