The Gaming News Thread

[Veho Nex]

Gamers need to boycott EA, IMO

[Husar]

Looks like GSC have left us.

Still seems a bit uncertain so far, but they made some really interesting games IMO, so I hope there's a future for such games.

[Psychonaut]

Looks like GSC have left us.

Still seems a bit uncertain so far, but they made some really interesting games IMO, so I hope there's a future for such games.

This is the saddest news of 2011.

[Pharaoh rameses II]

i was planing to post a thread about this ):

[jht]

PC Mass Effect 3 to require Origin.

[Psychonaut]

Yey for spyware!

[jht]

It has this particularly noteworthy blatant lie:

4) Will ME3 be available on Steam?
During initial release Mass Effect 3 will be available on Origin and a number of other 3rd party digital retailers, but not on Steam at this time. Steam has adopted a set of restrictive terms of service which limit how developers interact with customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content. We are intent on providing Mass Effect to players with the best possible experience no matter where they purchase or play their game, and are happy to partner with any download service that does not restrict our ability to connect directly with our consumers.

Yes indeed, how restrictive of Steam to expect that people who purchase the game on that platform are also able to purchase DLC on Steam, rather than being forced into another method.

[Monk]

PC Mass Effect 3 to require Origin.

This is a dark day.. I could tolerate an optional origin (the way they handled swtor) but.. required? Good god..

[Gelatinous Cube]

This is why people were against Steam back in the day. Just saying. They set the precedent for this to happen.

I still don't know if its a bad thing though. Wide-spread digital distribution has been pretty kind to me, and despite all the evil warnings of DRM i've never had a problem with Steam or any of the others. Requiring it for the game is just a good and reliable way to fight small-time Piracy, get out content quickly and universally to the customers, and to help Bioware and all them make more money to make more games with by promoting their distribution medium of choice.

I just don't see the problem. But its still totally Steam's fault this is possible and will likely become the standard, so people who do see this as a problem should point their ire in that direction.

[Husar]

I wouldn't say it's Steam's fault just because they were the first to offer a digital distribution platform with some DRM.

Annoying DRM aka copy protection already existed before Steam.

If you really want to blame the root cause for DRM then blame the first people who thought copying other peoples' commercial work for free was a good idea.

[Gelatinous Cube]

I wouldn't say it's Steam's fault just because they were the first to offer a digital distribution platform with some DRM.

Annoying DRM aka copy protection already existed before Steam.

If you really want to blame the root cause for DRM then blame the first people who thought copying other peoples' commercial work for free was a good idea.

Touche. Pirates always make things harder than they need to be.

[Xiahou]

Touche. Pirates always make things harder than they need to be.

And it's legitimate consumers who are the losers. Pirates still pirate and enjoy their free games unburdened by any DRM while the people who purchase the games are forced to endure more onerous DRM.

This is why people were against Steam back in the day. Just saying. They set the precedent for this to happen.

I still don't know if its a bad thing though. Wide-spread digital distribution has been pretty kind to me, and despite all the evil warnings of DRM i've never had a problem with Steam or any of the others. Requiring it for the game is just a good and reliable way to fight small-time Piracy, get out content quickly and universally to the customers, and to help Bioware and all them make more money to make more games with by promoting their distribution medium of choice.

I just don't see the problem. But its still totally Steam's fault this is possible and will likely become the standard, so people who do see this as a problem should point their ire in that direction.

That's the digital distribution conundrum in a nutshell. Having my game library spread over numerous digital distributors and having to install each of their accompanying apps is an inconvenience and cruds up your PC. But if there's only one or two distributors having everything then you're dealing with a monopoly and you're completely at their mercy. Get you account banned/hacked/whatever and you lose access to all your games.

Personally, I liked it much better when I went out and bought a box with a disc in it to install and play from.......

[Gelatinous Cube]

I think Digital Distribution has evened out considerably though. I have a large games library on Steam, Impulse (been a customer since Stardock first opened them up), and Gamersgate. They're all relatively streamlined and easy-to-use, and far more convenient than it used to be.

However, I'm primarily a strategy gamer. Most of my games come from relatively obscure or niche developers--and there's no denying that Digital Distribution has been very kind to those developers.

So, while Steam and all the other Digital Distribution platforms have worked out very, very well for me... I'm not representative of the vast gaming public.

[Fragony]

And suddenly I was interested in Bioshock: Infinite. The reason: 1999 mode. The catch with this mode is that you can screw up to the point where you won't be able to beat the game as all your build choices are permanent. That's harsh, System Shock 2 harsh. Now what game was released in 1999

[Husar]

Steam is now available for iPhone and Android.

Only the community features and the store, you can't play any games on your Smartphone with it (yet).

You can however use the chat and other community features and buy games for your Computer. Which means you won't have to miss out on sales if you're not at your computer for example.
Use depends on your use of Steam I guess.

[Psychonaut]

Steam is now available for iPhone and Android.

Only the community features and the store, you can't play any games on your Smartphone with it (yet).

You can however use the chat and other community features and buy games for your Computer. Which means you won't have to miss out on sales if you're not at your computer for example.
Use depends on your use of Steam I guess.

Need a beta key to use.

[Husar]

Need a beta key to use.

It says so but works without it. You just enter your account details and then get an error*.

Then you wait for the e-mail with the security code and enter that, too.

And then you get to use Steam on your Smartphone.

How dare you assume I posted that without trying it myself first!?




*only if you have this Steam Guard feature or what it's called I suppose

[Veho Nex]

Who wants to make $1,000,000 in a day?

All I can say is HOOOOOOLLLLLLLEEEEE

[Mailman653]

Former Mafia Developers License The Crytek Engine For New Open-world RPG

[jht]

Former Mafia Developers License The Crytek Engine For New Open-world RPG

Operation Flashpoint and Mafia developers together, imagine a game with the best elements of each.

[rajpoot]

Assassin's Creed III confirmed.

According to CEO Yves Guillemot, the game will hit stores on October 30th. The game is said to complete the story of Desmond.

[rajpoot]

Saw this the day before yesterday but didn't get the chance to look it up until just now.

Makes for an interesting little read.

[TinCow]

Bioware appears to be doing something related to Baldur's Gate. It looks like it's related to the Infinity Engine, so my guess is a re-release of the game with updated graphics and interface and such.

[Crazed Rabbit]

"The gods are dead."

This game looks cool:


CR

[rajpoot]

So this is like a hex based RPG or something? Looks really nice, the animated movie feel and all.

[Crazed Rabbit]

The Kara demo - rendered in real time on the PS3.


http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/0...quantic-dream/

“The Kara demo was made a year ago, and we’ve made incredible progress since then,” he said.

CR

[drone]

Time to invest in mice manufacturing companies, Diablo 3 due out May 15th.

[rajpoot]

End of the road for Dragon Age II

Mark Darrah has confirmed that no more story based DLC will be released for DA2, and that while they had plans for an expansion (titled Exalted March) it was cancelled as the team moved onto other things.
Hawke's story will be concluded eventually (although they won't provide a detailed conclusion that focuses on all the personal aspects.....referring to various LIs I think) in a non playable way.
Also they intend to move back to a more traditional RPG style (yay!)

I never believed it was possible but I felt a kind of vindictive pleasure when I heard they had to scrap the planned expansion. Looks like no matter what they said, in the end awesome things did not happen when they pressed a button and created DA2.

[Monk]

Casey Hudson has confirmed that no more story based DLC will be released for ME3, and that while they had plans for an expansion (titled The Truth) it was cancelled as the team moved onto other things.
Shepard's story will be concluded eventually (although they won't provide a detailed conclusion that focuses on all the personal aspects.....referring to various LIs I think) in a non playable way.

I give you Mass Effect 3 in one year.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I just made myself sad..

[Gelatinous Cube]

Time to invest in mice manufacturing companies, Diablo 3 due out May 15th.

Perhaps this will be enough to pull me out of my deep, deep SWTOR addiction. No game has ever quite caused me as many glorious, awesome, obsessively spent hours as Diablo II did.