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[joystiq.com] Some Ouya Developers Give Out Sales Numbers "It's probably not going to be a huge source of income compared to other platforms, but it's dead easy to submit a game and get it into the store." joystiq.com news aspro
An American in Melbourne Kuchera has a look at gaming in Australia, and gets most of it right. penny-arcade.com editorial impressions aspro
Nowgamer Pikmin 3 review - 9/10 "This is Nintendo. This is what we want to see. Brilliant ideas, well executed. Give Mario and co a well-deserved rest, Nintendo, it's time to let that brilliance shine again" nowgamer.com impressions gamingeek
[edge-online.com] Edge mag Pikmin 3 review - 8/10 "Little has changed – but little really needed to. Critically, makes convincing use of the GamePad" edge-online.com gamingeek
[ign.com] IGN AU Pikmin 3 review - 8.8 "A delight. There’s nothing else like its gentle combination of exploration, strategy and discovery" ign.com impressions gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamer Pikmin 3 review - 9/10 "A wonderful, generous game, astonishingly adept at catering to a variety of different skill levels" eurogamer.net impressions gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Videogamer Pikmin 3 review - 9/10 "This is a sumptuous, intelligent, witty and oddly cruel piece of work from a company that has no equal" videogamer.com impressions gamingeek
[gamesradar.com] GamesRadar Pikmin 3 review 4.5 out of 5 "The game is charming, funny, and utterly captivating. It is without doubt yet another Miyamoto masterpiece" gamesradar.com impressions gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] Pikmin 3 ONM 9/10 review "an explosion of scintillating strategy and pheromone-laced fruitiness" officialnintendomagazine.co.uk impressions gamingeek
[nintendolife.com] Pikmin 3 Nintendolife 9/10 review "Beautifully crafted and filled to the brim with exciting gameplay features, Pikmin 3 is a worthy new instalment in Nintendo's quirky strategy series" nintendolife.com gamingeek
Pikmin 3 Meristation review 91/100   "Pikmin 3 is the best Wii U game at the moment for its deep and accessible gameplay, its variety of situations and the brilliant visuals and sounds" meristation.com impressions gamingeek
[twitter.com] Scribblenauts Unmasked toys on the way These look great twitter.com gamingeek
[neogaf.com] Vivendi trying to extract over $3 billion from Activision Blizzard Modern Boardroom Warfare neogaf.com gamingeek
[gameinformer.com] LEGO Movie: The Video Game - details gameinformer.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] Pikmin 3 - first 20 minutes youtube.com gamingeek
[shacknews.com] LucasArts originally couldn't make Star Wars games Which is why they made adventure titles shacknews.com gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] More Scribblenauts Unmasked footage nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[mcvuk.com] EA bets on FIFA 14 for PS3 and 360; Ultimate Team overhauled Forget Xbox One and PS4, as EA pledges to keep investing in current generation FIFA. mcvuk.com gamingeek
[mcvuk.com] Forza 5 will not require net connection on first play... ..but will to complete the game mcvuk.com gamingeek
[mcvuk.com] Games retail is "taking the industry for a ride" Ready at Dawn claims mcvuk.com gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] New LEGO Marvel Super Heroes trailer officialnintendomagazine.co.uk gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Pikmin 3 gameplay basics trailer computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] PS4 continually records the last 15 minutes of gameplay, Sony clarifies computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Halo: Spartan Assault review eurogamer.net impressions gamingeek
[bloomberg.com] Bloomberg: Nintendo Rises  "as New Titles Spur Overseas Sales: Tokyo Mover" bloomberg.com gamingeek
[siliconera.com] Darkstalkers Were Just Resurrected But They Are Resting In The Grave For Now siliconera.com gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] ONM Preview Mario Kart 8 "It's impossibly colourful, gorgeously lit and shaded and is absolutely crammed full of lovingly rendered detail" officialnintendomagazine.co.uk impressions gamingeek
[nintendoworldreport.com] Pikmin 3 NWR review: 9/10 "Pikmin 3 is absolutely the sequel that everybody has been waiting for and is well worth exploring, whether you are a veteran or newcomer to the series" nintendoworldreport.com impressions gamingeek
[ibtimes.com] Atlus may be bought by Nintendo Outlet suggests ibtimes.com gamingeek
[steamcommunity.com] Deadly Premonition on Steam Greenlight! lolwat steamcommunity.com news Foolz
[youtube.com] DRAGON QUEST SERIES REVIEW PART 1 youtube.com media Ravenprose
[joystiq.com] Lorne Lanning on Xbox One Indepedent Support 'It's as if we don't matter' joystiq.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Eidos Founder Quits "..."irreconcilable" differences with parent company Square Enix." eurogamer.net news aspro
Assassin's Black Flag Gameplay Thirteen minutes of it. gematsu.com media news aspro
New inFamous Second Son Screens Looking pretty good. gematsu.com media news aspro
[neogaf.com] Miyamoto says Pikmin 3 DLC under consideration The dev team is considering adding in new missions and maps via DLC. neogaf.com gamingeek
[gamesindustry.biz] Gamesindustry: Nintendo's Handheld Revival With the 3DS as the hottest thing in gaming hardware, were declarations of the dedicated gaming portable's demise premature? gamesindustry.biz gamingeek
[gamesindustry.biz] Critical Consensus: Pikmin 3 Pikmin 3 arrives saddled with the weight of great expectations. gamesindustry.biz gamingeek
[kotaku.com] Hospital has doctors warm up on Super Monkey Ball GC Errr do not get surgery here.... kotaku.com gamingeek
[wired.com] Earthbound's original translator discusses project difficulties Little input from Itoi wired.com gamingeek
[gameinformer.com] XB1 To Support Independents Self Publishing Another unpopular restriction goers away. gameinformer.com aspro
[youtube.com] Mario Kart Arcade GP DX - trailer youtube.com gamingeek
Wii U breaks a million in Japan as fast as PS3 Unconfirmed gimmegimmegames.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] EA: 'Are listening to consumers, and we are changing' But not on Wii U computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Cut price Xbox One to launch summer 2014 without Kinect? But Microsoft says it has no plans to launch an Xbox One without Kinect. videogamer.com gamingeek
Eidos Montreal founder: Square-Enix has great games But doesn't know how to sell them- "Last year was supposed to be a home-run season, but we didn't hit a single home run" polygon.com gamingeek
[mcvuk.com] EA: Current-gen sports games pre-orders are "soft" Owing to nearing next-gen mcvuk.com gamingeek
[theverge.com] EA's Biggest Retail Partner is Apple. For the first time ever, Electronic Arts (EA), the world's third-largest gaming company, gained more revenue through Apple than any other single partner. theverge.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] New PS4 operating system screenshots computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] EA experimenting with new business models for next-gen Monetisation options to be expanded with new franchises released during the 'first 24 months' of PS4/Xbox One launch. videogamer.com gamingeek
[destructoid.com] Stardock Plans to Reboot Star Control AWE-SOME ! ! ! ! destructoid.com news phantom_leo
[neogaf.com] COD Ghost on Wii U ported by Treyarch Will Infinity Ward ever touch a Nintendo machine? neogaf.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Rayman Legends to arrive on PC same day as consoles Free Origins with pre-order eurogamer.net gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Pikmin 3 has new Bingo Battle maps - pics here Take a look, pretty cool gonintendo.com media gamingeek
Shadow of the Eternals new screens, trailer Dyack talks criticism polygon.com media gamingeek
Ace Attorney DD additional episodes confirmed for the West and Costume Pack capcom-unity.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Activision confirms 6 Wii U titles for the holiday season Including the highly anticipated Call of Duty®: Ghosts Wii U gonintendo.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Shadow of the Eternals - more footage interviews with Denis Dyack gonintendo.com media gamingeek
Strings attached to XB1 indie publishing 'MS not giving whole story' analogaddiction.org gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] New Wonderful 101 gameplay footage released Wonderful 101 release date of August 23 in Europe and August 24 in America computerandvideogames.com media gamingeek
[forbes.com] Forbes: Five Reasons Why Nintendo's Stock Is Surging Ask a gamer about Nintendo and they’ll give you a quip about the Wii U being dead in the face of more powerful, buzzed consoles from Sony and Microsoft. But investors see things a different way. forbes.com gamingeek
[gamespot.com] Activision criticises "immature, whiny a**holes" who threaten CoD devs gamespot.com gamingeek
[edge-online.com] Jury awards original Madden designer $11 million in lawsuit with EA edge-online.com gamingeek
[mcvuk.com] X1 self-publishing gimped? "not the equivalent to what other platforms offer" mcvuk.com gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] New Pikmin 3 trailer shows off Miiverse and Rock Pikmin officialnintendomagazine.co.uk gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies to get pirate DLC Will bridge the gap between Apollo Justice and Dual Destinie computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Shadowrun Returns review For those who just want to relive the isometric action of the SNES and Megadrive days, Shadowrun Returns easily delivers eurogamer.net gamingeek
Capcom on how long DuckTales 2 Remastered would take Darkwing Duck too capcom-unity.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] Creator of Tetris Talks to Adam Sessler youtube.com media Ravenprose
[ign.com] Earthbound (9.0) AMAZING! Review The true definition of a classic, EarthBound is as amazing and challenging a role-playing game today as it was in 1995. ign.com impressions phantom_leo
Spoiler Alert! Hands on with Saints Row IV laserlemming.com impressions isntchrisl
[eurogamer.net] PS4 only guarantees 4.5 gb RAM for game use Has 1GB of "flexible memory" reserves 3.5GB for the Operating system eurogamer.net editorial gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Japan: Nintendo dominates sales in first half of 2013 3DS lead the way, while Wii U clears one million lifetime sales computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[kotaku.com] Penis-Powered Game Gets Oculus Rift Support VR gaming with things people put their penises in will never be the same! kotaku.com news phantom_leo
[gamekyo.com] Kinect Sports rivals set for 2014 gamekyo.com gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Dead Rising 3 : new images gamekyo.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Mario and Luigi: Dream Team devs on exploring Luigi cut attacks and Wii U series interest computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[reddit.com] Wii U Rayman Legends is the most expensive Ubisoft makes the U version the most expensive version in the UK reddit.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] Mario and Luigi: Dream Team - video review GameXplain youtube.com impressions gamingeek
REPORT - Activision Blizzard separates from Vivendi  in deal worth $8.2B polygon.com gamingeek
[gameinformer.com] XB1 Records Last 5 Minutes At all Times PS4 records last 15 minutes. gameinformer.com news aspro
Battle Of The Gig Continues Developers say PS4 has 6 GB reserved for games. gematsu.com news aspro
[pcgamer.com] The Bureau XCOM: Declassified Nine minutes of gameplay. pcgamer.com media news aspro
[pcgamer.com] WoW Subscribers Drops to 7.7 Million Had 12 million in 2010. pcgamer.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Self-Publishing Coming to 360 Next Month? Nice. gamasutra.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] David Jaffe Kickstopped Car combat game cancelled. eurogamer.net news aspro
Phil Fish Has a Meltdown, Cancels Fez 2 Sigh vr-zone.com news travo
[edge-online.com] Capcom talks Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Dual Destinies dev time, DLC, Investigations/series future edge-online.com gamingeek
[neogaf.com] PS4 just lost half its flexible RAM Flex memory (down from 1gb) to 512mb neogaf.com gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] How Sonic Lost World became a Nintendo exclusive “The Wii U hadn’t been revealed when development began for Sonic Lost World, so we were working on a PC version in order to see what kind of platformer we could make" nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[gamesindustry.biz] Lorne Lanning would work with Iwata 'in a second' says Nintendo will still be here 100 years from now gamesindustry.biz gamingeek
[nintendoworldreport.com] Rodea: The Sky Soldier still alive *UPDATE* Kadokawa remained quite because they said the media lost interest nintendoworldreport.com gamingeek
Deus Ex movie adaptation - first details - directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Exorcism of Emily Rose) - co-writer C. Robert Cargill screenrant.com gamingeek
[gameunder.net] Game Under Podcast Ep. 16 Bioshock Infinite, Warhammer: Space Marine, Leisure Suit Larry and more. gameunder.net editorial impressions media news aspro
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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:09:20

What you playing folks?

This week I beat Bioshock Infinite.  Views are in the podcast, but all in all, I did not enjoy the game.

I am close to beating Space Marine, what a hidden gem this one is.  Really enjoying the challenge and simplicity of it.

Next? Sleeping Dogs or Max Payne 3...

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:30:45

That Wii U wedding turned into an out of control gangbang pretty fast:

Rayman Legends to arrive on PC same day as consoles

What's left now, iOS?

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:43:48

Ah baseball, the slow paced, pastoral game that evokes no emotions other than the love of statistics...

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:35:20

Anyone here actually manage to win the race in Retro City Rampage? Also, I'm missing special spree 9 and secondary spree 19...but can't be bothered actually looking for them. Anyone? (Doesn't appear to be a guide in any shape or form online except for achievement/trophy whore ones.)

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:38:01

Nope! That's what made me give up on the game! To do mini-games like that when the controls are so poor. Dumb.

Edit: No matter what I did, what short-cut I took, whatever boost I used... I NEVER had enough time to finish that stupid race!



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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:44:44
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Phil Fish's flameout; awesome.  Too bad he lacks the character to stick to his word and actually stay away from gaming.

I'm sure it was just a ploy for attention and in a week or two he will announce his return to the game to appease his "legions" of fans...

...of which you will not be able to find a single one that actually asked him to come back...

...don't get me wrong: I loved Fez, but Fish is a whiny little bitch I can totally do without. No way in HELL I would give him the satisfaction of falling for his tantrum and asking him to continue with Fez 2.



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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:46:46
Dvader said:

And it was still super easy.

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Foolz said:

Please, nothing is easy with the N64 controller.

Uh, haven't we known that for ages?

Nope, it's new news. PS4 was originally supposed to have 6.5gb for game use, now it's dropped to 4.5 and it was supposed to have 1 gb flexible RAM to add, now it's 512mb that is difficult to implement. And the original PS4 spec we knew about was only going to use 512mb for the OS. Also we knew X1 was going to reserve 2 cpu cores for the OS but now we know PS4 does this too. PS4s' hardware advantage has significantly dimished, it has higher bandwidth memory and more GPU cores. But recently X1 ESRAM had a significant performance improvement.

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:34:38
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Nope, it's new news. PS4 was originally supposed to have 6.5gb for game use, now it's dropped to 4.5 and it was supposed to have 1 gb flexible RAM to add, now it's 512mb that is difficult to implement. And the original PS4 spec we knew about was only going to use 512mb for the OS. Also we knew X1 was going to reserve 2 cpu cores for the OS but now we know PS4 does this too. PS4s' hardware advantage has significantly dimished, it has higher bandwidth memory and more GPU cores. But recently X1 ESRAM had a significant performance improvement.

6.5 I remember now. The .5 confused me. That's a pretty big drop. Hrm

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Nope! That's what made me give up on the game! To do mini-games like that when the controls are so poor. Dumb.

Edit: No matter what I did, what short-cut I took, whatever boost I used... I NEVER had enough time to finish that stupid race!

Well it is a side mission, so you don't have to do it. Some of the story mission stuff could be skipped too like the sweat bomber platforming section. I persevered, though. Only cost me about 40 lives.

I think I'm happy to call it quits with 1 incomplete mission (main story finished of course) across the 3 categories. There's a certain symmetry to it at least.

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 15:10:51

I've been playing bits and pieces of games this week.

Some of this:

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Bits of this:

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A few levels in this:

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And a few levels in this:

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Enjoying them all.

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 15:55:37
Been mostly playing Tomb Raider which seems like it'll be an excellent game. Tried a little bit of X-Com and Munch's Oddysee HD. Also played some more Project X Zone. Recently finished Saint's Row: The Third which was a very enjoyable game that I'd rate an 8 out of 10.

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:39:56

Been playing the new Shadowrun Returns game on steam. It is awesome. Combat is pretty much exactly like the old fallout games, turn based, movement on a grid with action points. The story is really good and the game does a good job of easing you into the system and the game while ramping up the difficulty with a nice curve.

I was going to complain that the game was too easy because I went 10 hours without dying but in the last 3 hours I have been getting murdered mostly do to my own poor battle strategy choices.

You even start off the game talking to the main character from the SNES version, game is so good. Has a big toolset so there will be a lot of fanmade content coming and the developers are working on DLC.

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:44:15

Tomb Raider 2013

I've been replaying Tomb Raider on Hardcorez mode (no optional upgrades). It's challenging and still a lot of fun. Please make a sequel, Square-Enix. DO IT.

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:24:15

I've also been playing Shadowrun. Never played the original so I'm a blank slate in regards to the universe and setting/characters. It's a good game with nice looks and a very interesting story as well as characters.

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:33:28
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Been playing the new Shadowrun Returns game on steam. It is awesome. Combat is pretty much exactly like the old fallout games, turn based, movement on a grid with action points. The story is really good and the game does a good job of easing you into the system and the game while ramping up the difficulty with a nice curve.

I was going to complain that the game was too easy because I went 10 hours without dying but in the last 3 hours I have been getting murdered mostly do to my own poor battle strategy choices.

You even start off the game talking to the main character from the SNES version, game is so good. Has a big toolset so there will be a lot of fanmade content coming and the developers are working on DLC.

Loved the SNES game at the time. It's one of those games like Little Big Adventure I fondly remember. And Syndicate. I've been playing Animal Crossing, it's really addictive, there's so much more to do this time and ways to upgrade. Also playing Pikmin 3, pretty great game, great controller use, effortlessly charming. This time you have 3 commanders and you can split teams up and multitask.

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:43:57

I have fond memories of the SNES Shadowrun game.  I never finished it so I'd love to give it a try one day.  I'd also like to try the latest one.

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:52:07

Amazon: Various Wii U games on sale

  • Assassin’s Creed III – $19.56 (save $20.43)
  • Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition – $25.40 (save $34.59)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops II – $19.99 (save $40)
  • FIFA Soccer 13 – $16.99 (save $13)
  • Just Dance 4 – $19.99 (save $30)
  • Madden NFL 13 – $16.89 (save $13.10)
  • Mass Effect 3 – $17.63 (save $42.36)Need for Speed Most Wanted U – $18.40 (save $41.59)
  • Nintendo Land – $10.95 with $3.99 shipping (save $49.04)
  • Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed Bonus Edition – $25.80 (save $14.15)
  • Scribblenauts Unlimited – $29.99 (save $30)
  • Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U – $19.99 (save $20)
  • ZombiU – $23.99 (save $36)

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 19:29:16

I've really played nothing, except a little Killzone 1 this week.

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 21:42:09
I just saw that Nickelodeon is debuting a new Rabbids cartoon next month. Talk about being 4 or 5 years late to the party. But I suppose they're more or less the same as the Despicable Me minions and those things are pretty hot right now, so why not?
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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:29:27
Foolz said:

Anyone here actually manage to win the race in Retro City Rampage? Also, I'm missing special spree 9 and secondary spree 19...but can't be bothered actually looking for them. Anyone? (Doesn't appear to be a guide in any shape or form online except for achievement/trophy whore ones.)

I beat the race after a few tries.  I don;t remember the other stuff you are looking for.

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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:42:38
travo said:

I have fond memories of the SNES Shadowrun game.  I never finished it so I'd love to give it a try one day.  I'd also like to try the latest one.

I played the Genesis one (they were two different games).  Had great atmosphere.

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