The Gaming News Thread

**Meneldil** · 09-17-2009, 09:24

That is retard. Unfortunately I don't remember my law courses, but I'm pretty sure they have to have some real reason to sue him in Australia.
From what I understood, Evony servers are based in the US, the company that runs it is a branch of a chinese company, and is located in the US as well. The whole Australian thingy has no ground I'd say.

You can't just fill a paper, send it to a lawer office in a far away country and have them sue someone on another continent. There are some very strict laws as to what country is competent in what case. An australian court has absolutely no legitimacy to have a say in the matter.

**Greyblades** · 09-17-2009, 23:16

Huh it seems that headlines blaming violence on video games sells more papers.

**Martok** · 09-18-2009, 02:11

Originally Posted by Greyblades

Huh it seems that headlines blaming violence on video games sells more papers.

And in other news, it was discovered that water is wet.

**Monk** · 09-29-2009, 06:49

After endless baiting and switching, Capcom finally let the cat out of the bag. A brand new, stand-alone SF4 game is confirmed, named humorously "Super Street fighter 4".

The game promises 8 new characters as well as a rebalancing patch to the original roster based on community suggestions. Capcom promises they won't be pushing this at full price, but that remains to be seen. It's on Schedule for a Spring 2010 release.

Bad news for any of us who were hoping to catch some frags in demo-land before the Modern Warfare 2 release in a month and a half. Infinity Ward has revealed they have no plans for a demo, despite CoD4 having one (one that was quite good i might add). IF claims this is so they can devote more time to polish, and their track record is good in that regard. We'll see.

Finally: the PSPgo has been getting a lot of headlines as I'm sure you've seen. What has me most intrigued is the complete lack of physical media, it seems to be all digital. Of course, that has the potential for huge drawbacks. It is entirely dependent on the an internet connection (WiFi specifically) for purchases and playing. But it also seems to boast a plug + play ability with your PC, so you can hook up and download directly from the PSN that way. If it works it could be a very interesting step in portables.

The main downside of the PSPgo currently... it looks to retail at $250 USD, which is a full hundred more than its rival the DS( according to prices at Amazon, for a brand new DSi) Heck, for that price i could almost get a PS3 slim! As kotaku points out, Sony is looking to completely cut out the retailer with an all digital games library, you'd think they could cut us a break with that in mind!

**Husar** · 09-29-2009, 11:52

Originally Posted by Monk

If it works it could be a very interesting step in portables.

iPhone AppStore?!

The difference being that iPhone users didn't already have hundreds of now-useless physical discs lying around that they paid for.

**Monk** · 09-29-2009, 21:01

Originally Posted by Husar

The difference being that iPhone users didn't already have hundreds of now-useless physical discs lying around that they paid for.

That's what made the news significant, at least to me. Sony is going to completely change gears and go for full digital media - personally I think it's a bad move for the very reason you point out. It could work, and it'll be really interesting to see in action, but backwards compatibility is about to take another for the team.

**frogbeastegg** · 09-30-2009, 17:52

The physical design of the PSP Go sums the entire concept up for me nicely. It looks pretty and shiny - until you notice that the shiny, vulnerable screen slides down to protect the buttons, and that the analogue nub is placed in the centre so you will kill your hands if you try to use it. My PSP 1000 already hurts my hands and the screen has picked up some minor scuff marks despite my taking the utmost loving care of it at all times.

PSP Go is not there to be played. It's there to be seen and act as a brand name "look what I got" toy. Problem: the Playstation brand has taken a sharp nosedive in recent years and the PSP never achieved superstar or must have status.

As for the price, it's nearly as much as a PS3 slim. £229.99 here in the UK. Insanity!