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In-Game Chat: The Sandy Wii Episode |
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Jul 02, 2009 - 9:50 AM - by 'fishbang'
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You’re right - this episode here should have been available last week.
Clearly you should have gotten another episode long before now, but the show’s infrastructure suffered a debilitating series of body-blows over the course of the last two weeks, and its personnel haven’t fared much better. We’re still intact, and everything is more-or-less as it should be for our operation, but the demands of meatspace have put us in a bind more than once lately, and on-time delivery is always the first thing to go.
With those reasons out of the way, we’re going to deliver this episode to you without the usual synopsis, and without even its usual bookends of hand-picked music. The content will have to stand on its own, we’re sad to say - squeaky chairs and all.
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Not A Joke: Hollywood Making an Asteroids Movie |
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Jul 02, 2009 - 7:01 AM - by Michael 'DoctorFinger' Chauvet
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In the annals of history there are stupid decisions, moronic decisions, and decisions like this: Universal pictures has won a 4 studio bidding war for the right to make a film about the 1979 arcade classic Asteroids. And no, as far as I can tell this is not a joke, as much as I wish it were.
The movie will be penned by Matthew Sanchez and produced by veteran Lorenzo di Bonaventura. If you think Asteroids is a weak property on which to base a film, then you really don't want to see some of the other properties Universal has in the pipe.
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As opposed to today's games, there is no story line or fancy world-building mythology, so the studio would be creating a plot from scratch. Universal, however, is used to that development process, as it's in the middle of doing just that for several of the Hasbro board game properties it is translating to the big screen, such as "Battleship" and "Candyland."
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I won't be doing any more stories this week. I'll be too busy prepping my blockbuster adaptations of "Solitaire" and "Jacks." Samuel L. Jackson has expressed interests in both projects, and Moby wants to do the scores.
Source - Hollywood Reporter
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Trine Releasing Early; Available Today |
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Jul 02, 2009 - 6:50 AM - by Michael 'DoctorFinger' Chauvet
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I'm used to release dates for games being moved back, but moving a date up is a bit rarer. But in this age of digital distribution you can move the release of a game up with relative ease. That's what developer Frozenbyte is doing with the PC version of their platformer Trine, which is now available for purchase on Steam. It's unknown if the PSN version of the game will be available today or next Thursday. The XBLA edition is expected later this year.
The PC version of Trine on Steam costs $30, and the PSN version will run only $20
Sources - Shacknews; Steam.
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Capcom Announces Raft of PS1 & PSP Games for PSN |
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Jul 01, 2009 - 4:13 PM - by Michael 'DoctorFinger' Chauvet
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A couple months back Capcom promised PSN fans that they'd soon be the recipients of a deluge of PS1 and PSP games to download on Sony's PS3 service. Today, they began making good on that promise by announcing the first wave of downloadable titles.
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PS1 Games
* Dino Crisis
* Resident Evil 2
* Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
PSP Games
* Capcom Classics Collection Remixed
* Mega Man Powered Up
* Power Stone Collection
* Mega Man Maverick Hunter X
* Darkstalkers
* Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
* Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded
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Of the games listed only Capcom Classics Collection Remixed has an announced release date: this week. No word yet on pricing either.
Source - Joystiq.
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New Trailer for Fallen Earth |
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Jul 01, 2009 - 12:01 PM - by Michael 'DoctorFinger' Chauvet
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Pretty much all you need to know about the upcoming MMO Fallen Earth is said in the first 5 seconds of the trailer you see above. It's rated mature, and bears the tagline: "Sick of ogres, elves, and pixies?" It also seems to be going for 'attitude' as much as 'atmosphere.'
The game itself is in closed beta at the moment, with no concrete word on when it will go live.
Discuss this story at our PC Gaming hub - Immortal Machines
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Co-Opticast Episode 22: Buy Trine |
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Jul 01, 2009 - 11:20 AM - by Nicholas 'bapenguin' Puleo
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Believe it or not, this episode title is not a paid advertisement. Neither is the podcast. But for as much as we talk about the Trine demo and our enjoyment of it - well you might think Frozen Byte is kicking us a little something.
Mike and Nick dash at the latest co-op news, give impressions of Halo 3: ODST and a short review of Gunstar Heroes for the Xbox Live Arcade.
Finally there's a bit of demo discussion, and how a proper demo can be used to sell a game...like say...Trine.
Hit the Podcast Page to Listen or Download
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CoG Feature: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Review [Wii] |
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Jul 01, 2009 - 8:46 AM - by Loren 'AgtFox' Halek
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We bring to you our review of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, released recently on almost all systems in existence. The game was developed by EA Tiburon and released by EA Sports.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is simply the best game of golf ever created on a video game system. With the Wii MotionPlus add-on the experience is even that much better. The add-on will sense any changes in your wrist position and give you a slice or draw shot. The game basically makes you learn how to hit your shots and it can easily be transferred to your outdoor golf game. With online play without Friends Codes and Disc Golf (unfortunately not playable online), the whole package turns out to be a great purchase.
Feel free to read our Review and we will try to answer questions to the best of our ability.
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Damnation Development Team Laid Off |
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Jul 01, 2009 - 7:16 AM - by Michael 'DoctorFinger' Chauvet
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The entire team behind recent shooter Damnation has reportedly been laid off by developer Blue Omega Entertainment. According to documents uncovered by Shacknews Blue Omega was removed as developer of the game by publisher Codemasters in January. Development was then handed off to a pair of studios Blue Omega had subcontracted to work on parts of the game.
Damnation began life as a contest winning Unreal mod back in 2004, with a team eventually working to turn it into a full retail product. The game was released in May to overwhelmingly poor reviews and minuscule sales.
Sources - Edge Online; Shacknews.
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Maloof Money Cup Coming to Skate 2 |
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Jul 01, 2009 - 7:01 AM - by Michael 'DoctorFinger' Chauvet
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Have you ever heard of the Maloof Money Cup? Apparently it's the richest event in professional skateboarding, and it's coming to Skate 2 as downloadable content. The DLC (pictured above) will be available July 9 for the 360/PS3 and cost 240 MSP/$3. The Maloof Money Cup itself will begin the next day in Costa Mesa, CA.
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Red Faction Guerrilla DLC Announced |
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Jun 30, 2009 - 12:20 PM - by Michael 'DoctorFinger' Chauvet
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Volition has announced the first of three packs of DLC for Red Faction Guerrilla.
The Demons of the Badlands pack is a new single player mission arc set in an all new environment. You can see screens from it above. The pack is set for an August 13 release on both the PS3 and 360. Demons of the Badlands will cost 800 MSP/$10.
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CoG Feature: Guitar Hero: Smash Hits [360/PS3] |
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Jun 30, 2009 - 11:33 AM - by Loren 'AgtFox' Halek
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We bring to you our review of Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, released recently on almost all systems in existence. The game was developed by Beenox and released by Activision.
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits is a re-purposing of many of the songs from previous GH games up to Aerosmith. All the old ones done by Harmonix are now master recordings and re-noted and all the stuff present in World Tour and Metallica, including the Expert+ difficulty on drums is included here. The obvious grabs are the fact you can now play these songs with a full band, but the price is still quite steep for songs we've played in the past. A $10-20 drop in price would make this a for sure buy, but unfortunately at $60 it is just too much.
Feel free to read our Review and we will try to answer questions to the best of our ability.
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Gamestop No Longer Accepting Blu-Ray Movie Trade-Ins |
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Jun 30, 2009 - 8:04 AM - by Michael 'DoctorFinger' Chauvet
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According to a tip received by Consumerist the Gamestop chain has stopped taking Blu-Ray movies as trade-ins.
I contacted the manager of a local Gamestop store, who confirmed that they no longer accept the Hi-Def discs, although they still accept regular DVDs in exchange for store credit. The manager told me they'd stopped accepting BR movies last month although he notes some stores may have stopped before then. The manager I spoke to, who was not authorized by corporate to speak to the press, said the Blu-Ray discs were never a big part of his store, and they rarely had more than 20 on hand at a time. Those 20 movies tended to be the discs bundled with various BR Players, including upwards of 10 copies of the Spider-Man 3 film, as well as multiple copies of the various movies offered with Wal-Mart PS3 bundles. The movies don't sell and this manager is happy to see them go.
Source - Consumerist.
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Resonance of Fate Trailer |
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Jun 30, 2009 - 7:16 AM - by Michael 'DoctorFinger' Chauvet
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What you see above is the new (Japanese language) trailer for Resonance of Fate, from developer tri-Ace and publisher Sega. At first the trailer seems to hew fairly close to the JRPG tropes. Then what appears to be a John Woo-esque gun battle breaks out. Oh, some of the people dual-wielding uzis on the battlefield are still little anime girls, but the combat in particular in this game seems to be a real departure from the usual.
Resonance of Fate is releasing this fall on the 360 and PS3 in Japan, and in spring 2010 in North America.
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