A few of us at GR are huge RTS nerds, and a few of us are MMO nerds, and yes, there is some crossover. We’re of the firm belief that any genre could be made into an MMO, and we’re dismayed that nearly every MMO out there is an RPG. We’ve pondered how it could be possible to make an MMORTS, and it hasn’t been easy to imagine a persistent world populated by players all fighting each other for world domination – especially since there’s the huge hurdle of how to deal with a player’s base when they’re not logged in. Age of Empires Online tackles this problem by not actually tackling it at all, and the result is a game that tenuously connects itself to the MMO moniker. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing at all – it’s just different from what we expected from an MMORTS, but then that’s because we favor multiplayer over single-player in RTS games...
Monday, January 31, 2011
TalkRadar 136 – NextGenPodcast (Dead Space 2)
Dead Space 2, PSP2 news, horrible tales of poorly researched horseshit from the mainstream media, Marcus Fenix, and a community infused glitch-tacular!
Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/f/talkradar-136-nextgenpodcast/a-201101281632257015
Video game museum opens new exhibit in Germany, looks awesome (PC)
Nintendo reveals new Wii games, details next Kirby
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata used the company's third quarter financial results briefing to reveal a number of new games coming to Wii this year, including a fresh Kirby title.
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Top 5 Of Top 10 Lists: It?s Time For Androgyny
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. (more…)
Source: http://feeds.kotaku.com.au/~r/KotakuAustralia/~3/hKBA3OLYXaQ/
Sunday, January 30, 2011
The Preemptive 2011 Game Awards (RAGE)
We didn’t need to play UK Truck Simulator (totally real) or whatever before declaring our picks for the best games of 2010. We have common sense and expectations. We’re not robots. Well, maybe we are, but if we are then we’re really advanced robots - like Data’s brother in TNG.
This human (or evil android) common sense also gives us the power to make educated guesses as to which games of 2011 will get award-giving gamz jarnlists like ourselves all riled up...
Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-preemptive-2011-game-awards/a-20110121123226510098
Ringo Starr files trademark for ?Ringo? videogame
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Updating to a Current Free Download of Antivirus Software
Therefore, antivirus software has become increasingly significant and essential for the protection and security ...
Source: http://www.pcgamersblog.com/50226711/updating_to_a_current_free_download_of_antivirus_software.php
3DS Download Store Coming to Japan in May
Officially called the Nintendo eShop, the service will allow you to download trailers and demos in addition to all sorts of games: Virtual Console titles (including classic Game Boy games), DSiWare games, and new games specifically made for the 3DS. It was noted both the Wii and DSi's online stores haven't "provided the users with a sufficiently easy and accessible interface" due to being based on browser technology. The separation between the Wii's Nintendo Channel and Shop Channel also led to a disconnect between promotions and actual sales. That's been resolved for the eShop, according to Nintendo: "[W]e will be running a drastically redesigned shop for Nintendo 3DS in which you can more comfortably purchase software through downloads. Our goal is to make Nintendo eShop a place where you feel like stopping by and enjoying window shopping." At least in Japan, the eShop will be coming in "late May." It'll be delivered through the system's first firmware update, which will also add an internet browser and the ability to transfer DSiWare purchases from the DSi to the 3DS. Another firmware update is planned for sometime after the launch of the eShop which will grant users with a limited number of transfers to move downloaded games from one 3DS to another. Source: http://www.1up.com/news/3ds-download-store-coming-japan-may
One of the disappointing realizations about the other new handheld we recently learned about was that the 3DS' digital store wouldn't be available from launch. Some details on the service have just been released through a Q3 financial results briefing, including an idea of when gamers will be able to get their hands on it.
DC Universe Online becomes Sony Online's fastest seller (DC Universe Online)
Although the publisher wouldn't provide a specific number for how many units it has sold, Sony Online Entertainment has announced that DC Universe Online is the company's "fastest selling game ever," and that it's having difficulty keeping stock available...
Paradox Interactive wants you dead. Why death matters in new MMO Salem (PC)
Paradox Interactive wants you dead. For good. In an age of respawns, restarts, Vita-Chambers and phoenix downs, the Swedish publisher has announced that its upcoming MMO, Salem, will offer no mercy for fallen players beyond the ability to mourn their old lives and start over from scratch...
Saturday, January 29, 2011
The Best Thing About The NGP Isn?t New Technology
Sony’s Next Generation Portable has a lot of fancy, no doubt expensive new equipment inside it. And you know what? None of it matters. Why? Because the thing has two thumbsticks. (more…)
Source: http://feeds.kotaku.com.au/~r/KotakuAustralia/~3/o7NmhTkBugQ/
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The Manly Art Of Posing With Video Game Systems
I’ve never posed with a video game system. I doubt you have either. But the top men in video games do that any time there’s new gaming hardware to show off. How cool can you look posing with plastic? (more…)
Source: http://feeds.kotaku.com.au/~r/KotakuAustralia/~3/z7ApnO15Elc/
Xbox Live Labels Autistic Boy "Cheater"
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Metal Gear Solid: Rising - What we want to see
Metal Gear Solid: Rising is a game that we already know a fair bit about: Handled by a new Konami team, Rising is set to spawn a new series that runs alongside the original Metal Gear Solid story.
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David Jaffe compares Sony NGP to a vagina... in a good way
David Jaffe has proffered a rather lewd, crude and 'interesting' description of Sony's NGP (PSP2) - but it looks like he's a fan.
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Crytek 'discussing' Timesplitters 4
Crytek has told us it's exploring the possibility of making a new Timesplitters game.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
12 gaming mysteries we want solved in 2011 (PC)
January isn’t just a traditionally dry month for game releases – it’s also the month during which we, knowing relatively little about what’s to come in the new year, like to make arbitrary predictions and demands about/of the game industry. It’s not unreasonable; right now, the rest of 2011 looks like a vast field of possibility, so anything could happen. Assuming anything does, though, we have a few nagging questions we really hope will be answered in the next 12 months. For example…
Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/f/12-gaming-mysteries-we-want-solved-in-2011/a-20110126152149876009
DC Universe Online (Review)
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nah, it's just our hopes for DC Universe Online falling a bit from the heights we envisioned during our hands-on last month. The final product still packs a super-powered punch, but the thrill is fleeting. The quests quickly get repetitive. The content may not warrant playing beyond the first free month. And horror of horrors, the button-mashing quality of the gameplay occasionally makes playing World of Warcraft seem like performing a Rachmaninoff piano concerto on a banjo by comparison...
Last Class Heroes Screens
4 new shots posted.
Get the full article at GameSpot
Source: http://www.gamespot.com/iphone/rpg/lastclassheroes/images.html?sid=6294971
Golden Joystick Awards
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The obvious awards include Action/Adventure games, shooters and RPGs, while some of the more unpredictable categories include Music and Soundtrack, UK Developer and One to Watch (the award that over the years has made gamers aware of ...
Source: http://www.pcgamersblog.com/50226711/golden_joystick_awards.php
Star Wars: The Old Republic reportedly coming this fall, Mass Effect 3 delay seems more likely (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
A report from MCV claims that sources within BioWare have stated that Star Wars: The Old Republic will release September of this year, which is later than previously expected. The upcoming Star Wars MMOG is purportedly BioWare's most ambitious project ever, and is currently in a closed testing phase...
New StarCraft II custom games go live on Battle.net (StarCraft II)
When everyone else was Capturing the Flag, becoming King of the Hill and other done-to-death multiplayer options, the original StarCraft distinguished itself with online modes like Football and Zerg Hunting. Those were adventurous enough for their day, but with the three custom multiplayer modes just launched for the sequel, Blizzard seem to be aiming squarely at confounding expectations with interesting new play styles...
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Sony's NGP: What It Feels Like
Following the NGP press conference yesterday, Sony invited a bunch of media to a nearby office building -- a futuristic-looking tower known as "Sony City" -- to get a closer look at the system. With six people in the room (one guy was there just to wipe fingerprints off the system), I tried two games: an as-yet-untitled Uncharted spin-off from Sony Bend, and a new puzzle game called Little Deviants from Bigbig Studios. Notably, both teams have been key PSP developers for Sony in the past few years, with Sony Bend working on the Syphon Filter series and Resistance: Retribution, and Bigbig working on the Pursuit Force series and MotorStorm: Arctic Edge.
The Preemptive 2011 Game Awards (RAGE)
We didn’t need to play UK Truck Simulator (totally real) or whatever before declaring our picks for the best games of 2010. We have common sense and expectations. We’re not robots. Well, maybe we are, but if we are then we’re really advanced robots - like Data’s brother in TNG.
This human (or evil android) common sense also gives us the power to make educated guesses as to which games of 2011 will get award-giving gamz jarnlists like ourselves all riled up...
Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-preemptive-2011-game-awards/a-20110121123226510098
Platinum's new game due autumn 2011, renamed for Western markets
Platinum Games' new title will arrive in autumn 2011 for PS3 and Xbox 360 and be named Anarchy Reigns in the US and Europe.
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Sony NGP: 7 more official PSP2 shots
Sony has sent over a few more official photos of its NGP - or PSP2 as it's also known.
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