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[www.ea.com] EA Shutting Down a Lot of Multiplayer Servers Sports games from 2011, Sims 2 and more. www.ea.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Far Cry 3 Tops Charts in UK joystiq.com news aspro
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk]  Miyamoto: Focusing on creating brand new games  officialnintendomagazine.co.uk gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] Trine 2: Director's Cut review 90% Brilliant physics puzzles that force you to think on your feet, fun co-op and a huge, gorgeous quest, Trine 2 is eShop gold. officialnintendomagazine.co.uk impressions gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Developers discuss the next-gen nature of the Wii U nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
Laser Lemming Reviews The Book of Unwritten Tales 3.5/5 "...a classic..." laserlemming.com editorial impressions aspro
[gamespot.com] New US Retail Releases Week of Dec 30, 2012 A Boy & His Blob, Milon's Secret Castle... wait a second WHAT YEAR IS THIS? gamespot.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Fez Going Multiplatform in 2013 But future of company is up in the air. gameinformer.com news aspro
[kotaku.com] Call of Duty's Biggest Problem? Penis Swastikas. kotaku.com news phantom_leo
[eurogamer.net] Blizzard Drops Diablo III Deathmatch Promises they are still working on PvP. eurogamer.net news aspro
[gamekyo.com] Screens Need for Speed : Most Wanted (wii u) gamekyo.com media gamingeek
[pcgamer.com] PC Gamer Reviews Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition 77/100 Not as good as the mods you can get for free. pcgamer.com impressions aspro
Pokemon Announcement Coming in About a Week I smell a Nintendo Direct a'brewin'. gematsu.com news aspro
Potatoman Seeks the Troof Review The review we've all been waiting for. laserlemming.com impressions isntchrisl
Nintendo exec showed Super Mario 64 with briefcase chained to his arm To Pilotwings 64 team n64blog.com gamingeek
[siliconera.com] Disney’s canned video game projects Spy Mickey? siliconera.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] NFS Most Wanted on Wii U includes off-screen play HUD on gamepad eurogamer.net gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Video Sniper : Ghost Warrior 2 gamekyo.com gamingeek
[gamefront.de] 12 screens of Metro Last Light gamefront.de gamingeek
Tomb Raider Multiplayer Detailed Leaks! Oh Deathmatch? Nevermind. tombraiderforums.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Have a Violent Video Game? Get $25. Read The Crucible then go flip $5 games from GameStop. eurogamer.net news aspro
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] Nintendo: There are lots of fantastic Wii U games to come in 2013 "E3 will be another great show" officialnintendomagazine.co.uk gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] USA Wii U holiday sales 'below expectations' - analyst computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[gamesindustry.biz] 2013: The State of the Games Industry Multiple devs question Wii U's future, if Nintendo should go third party gamesindustry.biz gamingeek
[pcgamer.com] Crysis 4 May Not Be FPS Farm simulator maybe? pcgamer.com news aspro
[playstation.com] First MLB The Show 13 Trailer playstation.com media aspro
New DmC CG Trailer Navel gazing. gematsu.com media aspro
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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:55:03
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AC3. Can't say I'm impressed, it's not bad or anything but not really better in any way over AC2. What's annoying me is for a start the gameplay is interupted every couple of minutes with cutscenes. Then the whole interface and options are just fiddly. Every little thing is just not quite right. Like on screen text in the animus being in this little box ypu have to scroll through. You have a massive hdtv in front of you and you are viewing text in this tiny ass box? You are in this ye olde shop and want to buy something and you are kicked into this virtual reality sci fi menu.

They have done very little to optimise it for wii u. Virtually no touch screen support, low u pad only speaker volume, difficult and slow to switch to offscreen play. Thankfully the game is not a high colour game so it actually loses very little when playing off screen. It is cool being able to move the hud off the main screen, feels like sweeping away the cobwebs. Also the map is pretty useful, showing a larger field of play than the tiny on screen radar.

The button assignment is again, finnicky - they want you to parry with A but attack with Y meaning you have to cross your thumb over horizontally. They put jump on B when it would obviously be better on A.

Technically the game is the same as other versions, but it runs just under a solid 30 fps making it look just slightly off. The free running seems a touch less solid than 2 as well. They missed a trick too with wii u functionality, they could have done a lot of not too difficult stuff to truly make this version hands down better, but they didn't bother.

Anyway, it's still solid stuff but not improved as a sequel should be so far.

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:55:19

DmC Comes out in two weeks? I am actually going to pass on it unless there is some insane deal for it, like $40.

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:33:32
Dvader said:

DmC Comes out in two weeks? I am actually going to pass on it unless there is some insane deal for it, like $40.

Cool. I'll probably pick it up sometime shortly after it comes out regardless if it's on sale or not as I did enjoy the demo enough.

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:23:20
Archangel3371 said:
Dvader said:

DmC Comes out in two weeks? I am actually going to pass on it unless there is some insane deal for it, like $40.

Cool. I'll probably pick it up sometime shortly after it comes out regardless if it's on sale or not as I did enjoy the demo enough.



Same here. Though I want to beat 3 and 4 first.

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:20:33
Just ordered a headphone amplifier for the wii u pad. The speaker volume is loud enough but some dick games and programs put the u pad and speaker volume too low, like lovefilm and ac3. A headphone amp is small cheap and boosts the volume.

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:57:03

How does that affect sound quality?

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:05:36
Yodariquo said:
Call of Duty in a nutshell

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:03:28
gamingeek said:
What's the actual gameplay? Point and click?

Yeah but no inventories. You just move around with L and use R as a cursor and everything that can be interacted with is clearly highlighted. Its all pretty automatic with QTEs as well. The only choices you make are story ones.

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:38:55
gamingeek said:
That was like the first f---ing level. LOL

So he got further than in any Mario game he's played?

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:42:36
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Okay, Bulletstorm just went from pretty cool to dick-killin' awesome! in Chapter 2. LOL

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:48:55
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Okay, Bulletstorm just went from pretty cool to dick-lickin' awesome! in Chapter 2. LOL



Fixed.

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:16:34
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Okay, Bulletstorm just went from pretty cool to dick-killin' awesome! in Chapter 2. LOL

Always glad to hear when someone likes this game. Just wish more people tried it out when it first came out so that we would have gotten a sequel out of it. The good news for you though is that the game only gets better as it progresses. Now go out there an kill someone's dick!

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:39:02

Damn this Walking Dead game is brutal. Fans of the show have to try it out.

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:50:18
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+1's for the Bulletstorm love. Such a hilarious and kick-ass game.

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:34:59
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+1's for the Bulletstorm love. Such a hilarious and kick-ass game.

Indeed. May it never have a sequel, it can never be topped.

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:37:17
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Foolz said:
gamingeek said:
That was like the first f---ing level. LOL

So he got further than in any Mario game he's played?

To be clear I am responding to you, not GG. SMG 1 & 2. Paper Mario. Super Mario RPG (twice), Super Mario Land and Super Mario and 2.

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:15:21

I would give OK Go 3% more credibility if they just did covers and dropped the charade of being musicians and focused on the video bullshit as their main gig.

Which would give them a resevoir of 3% of Aspro's respect.

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:54:18

isntchrisl said:

How does that affect sound quality?

It doesn't, it just boosts output. Well I haven't tried the one I ordered yet but I tried a wireless set with a volume boost and battery built in. The signal degradation was because they were wireless, you got a mild sort of static, not really noticible once you've started but that's preferable than not being able to hear dialogue on a movie being streamed. The one I ordered uses a single AA battery and is half the size of a matchbook, it just links between your headphones and 3.5mm jack. Should be decent, I'll let you know in a couple of days.

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:54:23
Leo, I need your help!  Will you be online in thirty?
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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:51:15

Crap! Just saw this. No, I'm just about to leave, sorry!

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