RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS

[Monte Carlo]

^ Very simple - I was planning on getting my son one of these for his birthday later this year. If it has an always-online requirement then I won't buy it.

 

I'm sure I'm not alone.

[babaganoosh13]

They keep floating different ideas. Before that, the last I heard was they would let it be up to the publisher what type of (basically) DRM they wanted to impose.

 

Just make a stupid console that plays games, and if you want to hook it up to the internet, you can. Anything else is beyond stupid.

[Gfted1]

^ Very simple - I was planning on getting my son one of these for his birthday later this year. If it has an always-online requirement then I won't buy it.

 

I'm sure I'm not alone.

 

 

Im curious, what is your particular reason for being against always online?

[AwesomeOcelot]

Next Xbox won't require an always on connection. People are extremely gullible.

 

Before that, the last I heard was they would let it be up to the publisher what type of (basically) DRM they wanted to impose.

That's what Yoshida said about the PS4. Microsoft hasn't stated their position, but it's unlikely to be different.

Edited May 6, 2013 by AwesomeOcelot

[Monte Carlo]

 

^ Very simple - I was planning on getting my son one of these for his birthday later this year. If it has an always-online requirement then I won't buy it.

 

I'm sure I'm not alone.

 

 

Im curious, what is your particular reason for being against always online?

 

 

It's not anything other than (a) what if my internet connection fails and (b) why on earth should I pay for a product that doesn't *really* need online connection only to feed the convenience of the producer? I'm the customer, FFS, it should be about *my* convenience, not Microsoft's.

[NOK222]

That, and at this age not every single person has a stable connection. That might work in the future, but not on this decade. 

[Morgoth]

Here's the Twist: Nextbox will not have any singleplayer games. Easiest way to circumvent the offline (=piracy) option.

Microsoft. -We keep you safe from pirates.

[Serrano]

Bethesda is teasing another game announcement

 

 

 

Freddy vs. Terminator.

 

Although Terminators don't dream and I doubt Freddy would be much of a match for a Terminator in the waking world.... Bethesda may need to rethink this idea.

Edited May 6, 2013 by Serrano

[Drowsy Emperor]

Superior training and superior weaponry have, when taken together, a geometric effect on overall military strength. Well-trained, well-equipped troops can stand up to many more times their lesser brethren than linear arithmetic would seem to indicate.

Spartan Battle Manual

Edited May 6, 2013 by Drowsy Emperor

[HoonDing]

Bethesda is teasing another game announcement

 

 

SkyNET 2

 

[Morgoth]

Disney and EA sign multi-year Star Wars deal

 

BURBANK & REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced a new multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish globally new games based on Star Wars characters and storylines.

Under the agreement, EA will develop and publish new Star Wars titles for a core gaming audience, spanning all interactive platforms and the most popular game genres, while Disney will retain certain rights to develop new titles within the mobile, social, tablet and online game categories.

“This agreement demonstrates our commitment to creating quality game experiences that drive the popularity of the Star Wars franchise for years to come,” said John Pleasants, Co-President of Disney Interactive. “Collaborating with one of the world’s premier game developers will allow us to bring an amazing portfolio of new Star Wars titles to our fans around the world.”

“Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe,” said EA Labels President Frank Gibeau. “Three of our top studios will fulfill that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans. DICE and Visceral will produce new games, joining the BioWare team which continues to develop for the Star Wars franchise. The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay.”

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

 

 

Obsidian loses out - again.

Edited May 6, 2013 by Morgoth

[entrerix]

the last good thing labelled "star wars" was kotor 2

[Morgoth]

DICE and Battlefront 3 would be the perfect marriage, while Visceral I assume is gonna finish 1313. It would make a lot of sense.

[Morgoth]

As for that Bethesda thing: I think it's that new game from MachineGames.

[alanschu]

DICE and Battlefront 3 would be the perfect marriage, while Visceral I assume is gonna finish 1313. It would make a lot of sense.

 

Yeah that seems like the most obvious pairing with respect to Battlefront 3.  Though we're going to need a new way of condensing the name as BF3 will just get confusing!

 

Good to see the Visceral guys get to finish off what they started.  Hopefully they haven't lost too much.

 

 

I am curious if BioWare "continues" to work on Star Wars will mean anything more than just TOR.  Although I know part of the reason for new IPs was the flexibility, but at the same time I am getting the impression that Disney will be much less discerning on a lot of things compared to George Lucas.

[rjshae]

Here's a news announcement about HTML5 running 3D games, with demo videos at 140fps in a browser. Assuming this is real, it's pretty darn impressive.

 

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/154994-epic-mozilla-release-unreal-engine-3-html5-demo-to-the-public-and-its-awesome

[Mamoulian War]

Will Wright talking about newest Sim City...

 

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/05/original-simcity-creator-calls-eas-server-problems-inexcusable/

[Hurlshort]

I have a ton of fond memories of Skynet, I would probably buy it just to reminisce. It isnt like we have any other Terminator games to compare to.

[marelooke]

Disney and EA sign multi-year Star Wars deal

 

BURBANK & REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced a new multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish globally new games based on Star Wars characters and storylines.

 

Under the agreement, EA will develop and publish new Star Wars titles for a core gaming audience, spanning all interactive platforms and the most popular game genres, while Disney will retain certain rights to develop new titles within the mobile, social, tablet and online game categories.

 

“This agreement demonstrates our commitment to creating quality game experiences that drive the popularity of the Star Wars franchise for years to come,” said John Pleasants, Co-President of Disney Interactive. “Collaborating with one of the world’s premier game developers will allow us to bring an amazing portfolio of new Star Wars titles to our fans around the world.”

 

“Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe,” said EA Labels President Frank Gibeau. “Three of our top studios will fulfill that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans. DICE and Visceral will produce new games, joining the BioWare team which continues to develop for the Star Wars franchise. The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay.”

 

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

 

 

Obsidian loses out - again.

 

And so do we.

[alanschu]

I wonder if this would just mean that Obsidian would need to talk with EA.

 

"Agreement to develop and publish new games"

[WDeranged]

I wonder if this would just mean that Obsidian would need to talk with EA.

 

"Agreement to develop and publish new games"

 

Makes sense to me, fingers crossed.

[WDeranged]

I have a ton of fond memories of Skynet, I would probably buy it just to reminisce. It isnt like we have any other Terminator games to compare to.

 

I loved those old Terminator games, I didn't realise until years later that they were the same company that made the Elder Scrolls games.

[Hurlshort]

I wonder if this would just mean that Obsidian would need to talk with EA.

 

"Agreement to develop and publish new games"

 

Yeah, that's really how I read it.  Basically Disney is handing off a lot of the game business stuff to people they feel are more capable, since their own game development hasn't really gone well.  Obsidian's shot at working on Star Wars is probably the same as it was before.  Sadly I still don't think it is very good, as TOR is still alive and I doubt they'll release a single player game in that universe any time soon.  

 

Although with new movies, maybe they will launch a new RPG set in the EU.  But most likely we will see 1313, possibly Battlefront 3, and movie tie in games.

[alanschu]

I, perhaps paradoxically, think that a KOTOR 3 would have had greater chance of being made had TOR been a runaway success, since it could be viewed as ancillary and complementary to a big TOR machine, with the two feeding off each other in some capacity.  There's a large gap of time between KOTOR 2 and TOR that could have been filled.

 

 

I'd certainly like to see Obsidian getting another crack at it, however.  The biggest issue, I would imagine, would be financing.  EA would have to also be interested in ponying up the money, and I am not sure if they'd be keen on a smaller scale game (which I assume is what Obsidian would do, compared to the other bigger budgeted affairs).

[Zoraptor]

Are EA actually publishing games any more in the 'go out and find an external studio to make game x for $$$ y' sense? I thought pretty much everything (exc EA Partners stuff, which may be defunct anyway) was developed by internal studios now.