November 28, 2012

Genesis RPG, Pier HD, May Head To Dreamcast & Current Gen!

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

I think a lot of people in the gaming community laughed when a Sega Genesis game, Pier, was released by an independent developer in 2010. This RPG was a love letter to an RPG long past and thanks to Kickstarter the developer hopes to port the game to current gen consoles including the Xbox 360, Wii U and… the Sega Dreamcast?

Originally the developer aimed to bring the game to all platforms using the original 2010 graphics but as the project’s funding grew and grew their vision became more ambitious. For those of you wondering how such a project could possibly live on a platform like the Dreamcast, which has long been dormant, the answer is quite simple. Due to the systems Windows CE operating systems porting the game should be quite easy. In fact many different homebrew games have gained prominence on the internet, especially amongst collectors, who snatch up the games that are burnt (or pressed) on to CDRS, bundled with instruction books and command a price close to that of modern retail games.

Click the read more tab for the full list of announced perks if they raise enough money over the next six days.Read More

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Bethesda Considers Dishonored ‘A Franchise’

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Dishonored has been a bit of a critical darling recently and Bethesda has gained from this in terms of higher than expected sales. Speaking about the title Bethesda’s Pete Hines tells Destructoid that the game is now considered a franchise.

Here’s the direct quote:

“We did terrific numbers again this past weekend, both in stores and on Steam, where Dishonored was listed as the #1 selling title over the holiday weekend. And Dishonored has really sold well overseas. So, we’re very pleased and appreciate all the fans that have supported Dishonored and Arkane. We clearly have a new franchise.”

Did you enjoy Dishonored? We would love to hear your impressions of the game in our comments section. Perhaps now that we know that Bethesda is committed to the franchise perhaps we’ll see a new entry come the launch of the next generation consoles, or shortly there after.

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Sorry Xbox 360 Owners, Still No Metal Gear Solid 4 For You!

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

An Xbox 360 version of Metal Gear Solid 4 has been the butt of a joke in the PS3 community for some time. It went so far as to have users create image macros of a 20 disc Xbox 360 box art mock up for the game. So that when we learned that a New Zealand retail outlet listed an Xbox version of the game we were a little skeptica

As it turns out, the image is just the PS3 artwork for the 25th anniversary edition of the game that was recently released with an Xbox 360 banner plastered on top. A konami rep told another outlet the game is not planned for the Xbox360 and will remain a PS3 exclusive. Considering each chapter in the five chapter epic takes up 3,500MB each in addition to a 25GB Blu Ray you’d be looking at five discs or more to contain the game. Then again, games like Lost Odyssey are four discs and this year’s Halo 4 required an 8GB install for some features. So there is a precident for larger games.

All of this doesn’t mean that Xbox 360 owners are without Metal Gear Solid love in the near future. Both Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeros and Metal Gear Solid: Risingare scheduled for 2013 on PS3/Xbox 360. The Metal Gear Solid HD Collection was released for the Xbox 360 last year that included MGS2, Peace Walker and MGS 3.

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Dragon Age III Bound For The Next Generation of Consoles?

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Rumors, reported by Kotaku, state that Electronic Art’s next entry in the Dragon Age franchise, Dragon Age III, has shifted focused to the as unannounced Xbox 720 and PS4 rather this current generation of consoles. The source for this rumor is a LinkedIN profile for a former employee of Bioware who worked on the game as a level designer. This platform shift apparently will cause the game to be delayed from a late 2013 launch window to sometime in 2014.

Kotakue reports that the unnamed employee wrote on their social resume:

“Scope of the DAIII has been chaged [sic], which will target next gen platform [sic] and will be postpone [sic] to 2014.”

If DAIII was released two years from now would that spur your decision to jump into the next generation? Let us know in the comments below.

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Mass Effect 3’s Omega DLC Released

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Les Major

Noted as being the biggest expansion in the franchises history by our own Joshua Rust, the latest single player DLC for Mass Effect 3 focuses on Aria’s battle to reclaim Omega with Commander Shepards help. The announcement for the DLC asks “Forced to rely on Aria’s unique knowledge of the station and faced with her lust for revenge, how far will you go to retake Omega?” Read on for the launch trailer.Read More

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Sequel On The Way For Hotline Miami

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Les Major

Jonatan Söderström, creator of Hotline Miami has confirmed there will be a Hotline Miami 2. Earlier this week he tweeted, “Working while listening to the sweet tunes of a preliminary Hotline Miami 2 soundtrack that we’ve put together during the weekend.” Sounds like a productive Black Friday weekend indeed!

In an interview with Eurogamer, Jonatan revealed more about the sequel. Originally DLC for the first game was planned, but it was decided instead to be made into a full fledged sequel. He did also note however that they only have general ideas for the second game, and the team is still working on fixing Hotline Miami.

Our own Aaron Chados loved the original and you can check out his review here.

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Huge Black Friday Weekend For Xbox 360

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Les Major

Microsoft announced that over the Black Friday weekend (November 18th to 23rd) they sold 750,000 consoles in the United States alone. I have to admit, I even know some folks that took advantage of the new bundles and wonderful deals available for the Xbox.

Also noted was that Halo 4 sales exceeded expectations. It seemed quite a few retailers were offering gift cards along with the latest adventure in the Halo franchise. Sounds like the new trilogy is off to a great start both in reviews and sales!

Lastly Microsoft reported that on Sunday alone more than 14 million people logged into Xbox Live across the world. Once the newcomer to the console industry, Xbox has come a long way.

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Bungie Releases Concept Art From Destiny

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Les Major

Bungie’s first title under Activision is something fans have been eager to see. Under the working title of Destiny the included screen was released on Bungie’s website yesterday. It’s definitely going to be something to see where the Halo developer is going now that they’re with activision.

It’s an exciting time to be a gamer considering Halo 4 under 343 Industries is still getting rave reviews and we all know Bungie is a fantastic company that is surely doing something amazing with Destiny. What do you think we’re in store for? Bungie is promising more news soon!

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Battlefield 3: Aftermath Launch Trailer

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Les Major

As Rae pointed out yesterday, the new Battlefield 3 expansion has been released on PSN for BF3 Premium subscribers. Four new maps, three new modified vehicles, and a new scoped crossbow are included. Also the expansion adds the Scavenger game mode where gamers begin with only a pistol and must seek out more powerful weapons. The DLC is also available to non-subscribers at a cost of $14.99. The Xbox 360 and PC version for Premium subscribers is set to be released on December 4th. Meanwhile the regular release for non-subscribers will land on December 11th for PS3 and December 18th for Xbox 360 and PC.

Check out the action from these earthquake ravaged maps where you’ll be fighting for supremacy among the ruins in the launch trailer below:

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