EA:

Titanfall aside, you appear to be focused on existing IP. What is your new IP strategy?

We announced at E3 that we are working on a new Mirror’s Edge game, and even though that’s not a new IP, it is a revival done in a new way. We also announced Star Wars Battlefront, which to us is a new IP, even though it isn’t technically.

We have between six and eight new IPs in the works – completely new IPs. This is something we take seriously. The day that we stop making new IP is the day we slowly go onto life support. We need to incubate new ideas and push creative boundaries.

If Valve is coming out with a Steambox....how ballsy of a move would it be for them to announce Half Life 3 as an exclusive that you can only play on Steambox?

Dragonquest 10,

2.0 is an expansion

pics in updates

edgecrusher said:

When exactly does Dragon Quest 10 come out in America?

The hell?

Former Asian teen heartthrob and current all around action movie super star Aaron Kwok has made big waves again on the Chinese blogosphere. This time, the waves have nothing to do with how good or how bad any of his movies are, but instead, about what he looks like in one of his movies.P

Kwok, a Hong Kong singer, actor and amateur race car driver, has been a staple of the Chinese entertainment scene since his debut in the eighties. Mostly known for being in Hong Kong Action movies, Kwok's most recent work has drawn the attention of Chinese video game fans.P

In his latest movie, Silent Witness, which is about lawyers, Kwok is dressed quite similarly to another fictional character. With his blue suit, white shirt, red tie, and overly large and ornate pin, Kwok looks just like the titular character of Capcom's Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.P

The pin on Kwok's suit isn't actually a lawyer's badge, but instead, a communist pin. It serves the same purpose that an American flag pin does.P

In Silent Witness, Kwok plays an attorney, except unlike Phoenix, he's actually the prosecutor. Kwok's character Tong is a lot more like Miles Edgeworth than Phoenix Wright, but his attire and look says different. His uncanny resemblance to Phoenix Wright has Chinese netizens calling for a Chinese version of the Ace Attorney movie, with some even saying that he might make a better Phoenix than Hiroki Narimiya did. At the same time, some have also called out the movie for ripping off their beloved bumbling defense attorney. P

科研中的凤凰phoenix: Just watched the Silent Witness, it's full of scenarios from Ace Attorney. Aaron Kwok is Edgeworth, Yu Nan is basically Phoenix.With my understanding of video games and comics, it feels like I've been betrayed by the director and screenwriter.

三年z组imba老师: Despite the fact that it clearly takes from Ace Attorney, this is a good movie! Aaron Kwok looks like a good middle-aged Phoenix Wright! The costume is too cool! Domestic movies should be like this, follow the path of good stories.

DanteKung: Aaron Kwok's pose in Silent Witness must have come from Ace Attorney

Dvader said:

Same here, what exactly is wrong with hooking your PC to the TV and using big picture mode?

Because that's not user-friendly or convenient.

Currently, there exist set-top boxes for streaming like Roku and Boxee.  These as dedicated devices for streaming that make the set-up simple, create a TV-friendly interface and everything you need to do the specific task you want from it really well.  You could hook up your PC, but if it's a desktop, where is it located?  Do you have a cable that can reach, and is it in the way?  Do you even have HDMI out on your PC?  You could stream, but what software do you use?  Not always friendly, and that only works if you have something to interface like a PS3 anyway.

Let's look at it from gaming now.  How do you use a gamepad if your USB has to connect in another room?  If it's a laptop, where's your charger?  Is it a gaming laptop?  Do you have a nice interface to jump from Steam games to streaming movies?

SteamOS means you can have cheap, convenient machines licensed to different hardware providers to sell a quick, easy, user-friendly, convenient way to play a very large library.

Win 8.1 > SteamOS.

Just sayin'.

Dvader said:

And how do you play them, you still need to have the PC next to the TV to control the game.

No, you'll have one powerfull PC somewhere in your garage, which powers all your home computer stuff.  Think of it as how the WiiU powers the GamePad.  Cheap, dumb clients, portable (tablet), or not (tv), all able to do everything thanks to one powerfull brain.  It's all the benefits of the cloud, without the disadvantages of having to rely on fickle internet speeds or download limits.

gamingeek said:

So you have to buy some dongle which goes into the back of the tv?

I don't know how Valve sees this working.  I suppose so yes.  They'll need somewhere to store the OS on.  I doubt they'll go through the hasstle of negotiating with all smartTV manufacturors to bring their OS as a kind of app.  But as far as my understanding goes that's all it needs to be really.  I mean, my year old TV has a USB port.  It has an ethernet port.  It can download apps.  All I need is theorethically there.  I can hook it up to a network, plug in my PC x360 controller in the USB port and as far as hardware goes, I should be all set.  All I need now is a PC/server that can run steam and is connected to the network.  It's no different then OnLive or Gaikai, only you don't leave your home network, thus there is no noticable latency.  All SteamOS needs to do is offer an attractive OS, know where it needs to find the games, and be able to stream the experience over a wired home network.

Valve has stated in the past that they think this is where we're headed at.  Small home networks with 1 strong high-end PC with a number of dumb clients attached to it.