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Time's running out to claim a free Wii U game In the Mario Kart 8 Bonus Game Promotion nintendo.co.uk gamingeek
[ign.com] Axiom Verge: Playstation's Very Own Metroid ign.com impressions media phantom_leo
[eurogamer.net] Captain Toad: is the best Nintendo spin-off in years Says Eurogamer eurogamer.net impressions gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] New characters playable in Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS Trailer Fire Emblem and more eurogamer.net media gamingeek
[mcvuk.com] Vita IS a triple-A machine in Japan but Western future remain unclear, Sony says mcvuk.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] History Lesson: How Halo started an FPS revolution Discuss computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Euro downloads - July 17 Kirby: Earthbound  sales And more gonintendo.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Mario Kart GP DX - English trailer gonintendo.com gamingeek
Latest Hyrule Wariors Trailer Semper Fi gematsu.com media news aspro
[youtube.com] Tekken 7 reveal trailer. The Final Battle, again! youtube.com media Dvader
[cinemablend.com] CB: The Best Wii U Games... So Far cinemablend.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Microsoft planning major job cuts - including Xbox division Lay-offs could be 'biggest in Microsoft history', Bloomberg says. videogamer.com gamingeek
[siliconera.com] Fatal Frame live-stream event airing on NicoNico this week Will discuss Wii U game, film etc siliconera.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Ori and the Blind Forest sings in your hands computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] YouTube star TotalBiscuit pledges 'full disclosure' amid ethics debate computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Ex-Panama dictator suing Activision over likeness in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 eurogamer.net gamingeek
[videogamer.com] The Last of Us Remastered details leak: 30fps toggle, additional DLC planned videogamer.com gamingeek
[siliconera.com] Dragon Quest X - streaming 3DS version info play alongside Wii, Wii U, PC and Android players siliconera.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Sega Clarifies 'No Plans for Virtual Console' Statement It's like EA's Wii U statement eurogamer.net gamingeek
[ign.com] Divinity: Original Sin (9.0) AMAZING! Review Outstanding tactical combat and engaging quests make Divinity: Original Sin one of the most rewarding RPGs in years. ign.com impressions phantom_leo
[recode.net] Microsoft shutting down Xbox Entertainment Studios 200 employees recode.net gamingeek
[nintendolife.com] Sonic Boom Comic Book Series to Accompany Games and Animated Show nintendolife.com news gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] What's going on at Criterion? eurogamer.net gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Microsoft suffer 18,000 job cuts, biggest ever ut Xbox will suffer "limited change" videogamer.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] DICE aiming for SW Battlefront to be 'the best SW game ever' Also aiming to never make a game on a Nintendo console videogamer.com gamingeek
[siliconera.com] Fatal Frame U: More Details on Plot & Controls Use the Gamepad as the "Projection Machine" siliconera.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] A Number of Job Openings at Nintendo of America & Retro Studios gonintendo.com gamingeek
[mynintendonews.com] Wii U Software Sales Increase by 479% In the UK in June Time to step up, 3rd parties mynintendonews.com gamingeek
[twitter.com] Best Buy buy one 1st party 3DS title, get one free.  Starts Sunday! twitter.com news travo
[youtube.com] HQ Fatal Frame Wii U trailer youtube.com gamingeek
[nintendolife.com] Miyamoto: Fatal Frame can show the power of the Wii U GamePad And also bring new players to the machine by offering new genres to enjoy. nintendolife.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Fatal Frame Wii U the biggest game released to date More details here computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Last of Us 30 FPS lock offered for purists Not because it struggles at 60 eurogamer.net gamingeek
[videogamer.com] The Last of Us Remastered trophies 'identical to PS3' but save files won't carry over videogamer.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Killzone: Shadow Fall gets fart DLC & I can't believe I'm typing this... videogamer.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] NHL 15: True Hockey Physics Trailer videogamer.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Playing The Last of Us at 30fps feels 'broken' after trying PS4 remaster, says Naughty Dog videogamer.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Nintendo issue download codes for Tomodachi Life Welcome Version videogamer.com impressions gamingeek
Destiny: beta won't be 1080p for Xbox One But Bungie claims it will be for launch thedestinyblog.com gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Tales of Zestiria scans + infos gamekyo.com gamingeek
[neogaf.com] Japanese Weekly Hardware & Software Sales - 7/7-7/13 Wii U outsells PS4 and PS3, 3DS outsells Vita yada yada neogaf.com gamingeek
[tumblr.com] Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley Developer Diary #1 The Tool System tumblr.com gamingeek
[minus.com] Bayonetta 2 - more scans minus.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Batman: Assault on Arkham - opening scene Movie acts as prequel to Arkham games gonintendo.com gamingeek
[mynintendonews.com] GameStop: Smash Bros U includes Amiibo figure RUMOR mynintendonews.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Nintendo stock on a steady rise Since Mid-may to now gonintendo.com gamingeek
[neogaf.com] Sakurai talks Lucina's inclusion in Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS why Chrom didn't make the cut neogaf.com impressions gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Fatal Frame: Wii U - debut trailer, screens and details - due out September 27th in Japan gonintendo.com media gamingeek
[twitter.com] Fatal Frame - Hollywood and Japanese movie updates Resident evil producer involved twitter.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Destiny XB1 Beta Isn't 1080p WTF? eurogamer.net news aspro
[playstation.com] Hands On With Last of Us Re-Run " the campaign is looking mighty promising" playstation.com editorial aspro
[gamasutra.com] Kottick Almost Fired Over Stock Grab He should have been. gamasutra.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] EA Dumps Sim 2 Support Seems fair. eurogamer.net news aspro
Fatal Frame Wii U Trailer If done well, shoudl fit the hardware to perfection. press-start.com.au media news aspro
[forbes.com] XB1 Sales Double In June (Price Drop) No real numbers before NPDay though. forbes.com news aspro
[videogamer.com] The Last of Us' actress angry over lack of female characters in Assassin's Creed: Unity videogamer.com gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Midtown Crazy Race coming to EU Wii U eShop on July 31 The greatest Wii U visuals thus far nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
[vg247.com] Microsoft burns bridges with developers and fans "Trust no One" says VG24/7 vg247.com gamingeek
Koei Tecmo announces Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War & Nightmare gematsu.com news gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Destiny: PS3 vs PS4 Comparison videogamer.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] European Xbox team 'hit hard' by Microsoft cuts Over 70% of staff fired from EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) team based in Reading, UK computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[dazeinfo.com] Microsoft Devices Division (including Xbox) May Lose it's $3.4 billion Android Safety Net - Patent Warz China dazeinfo.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Mario Kart 8 is Top-Selling Game in June Has Sold More than 885,000 Units in the U.S. in First Five Weeks gonintendo.com gamingeek
[arstechnica.com] DOTA 2 Hitting ESPN ESPN 3 pretty cool. arstechnica.com media news aspro
[giantbomb.com] MS laying off 18,000 Employees "Having a clear focus is the start of the journey, not the end." giantbomb.com news aspro
Disgea 4 Revistied Screens (Vita) NIS America has released a new set of Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited screenshots. gematsu.com media aspro
[playstation.com] Destiny Hands-On (PS4) "this post is by no means comprehensive" playstation.com editorial impressions aspro
[neogaf.com] Doom  Announced!!!!! Super fast, gory gameplay! XB1/PS4/PC, id tech 6, 1080p 60FPS. neogaf.com news Dvader
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[eurogamer.net] XB1 Update Adds Automatic Download of Purchased Games 3D Blu-Ray support too. eurogamer.net news aspro
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Thu, 17 Jul 2014 23:56:56

Watch Dogs 360 > Watch Dogs One

Watch Dogs PS4>>> all.

HUGE sign, 360 owners are either going for PS4 or not moving on. Titanfall sold better on 360 too.

Mario Kart was huge for Nintendo. Minecraft is absolutely insane, a cultural phenomenon.

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Thu, 17 Jul 2014 23:57:39

OMFG....I just got it to download by going to Sony playstation website and starting it from there...now its downloading on my PS4!!!

The fuck kind of shit is that?!?!

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:00:02

Doom 4 reveal going to happen live here

http://www.twitch.tv/quakecon

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:03:55

Dvader are you gonna play more destiny tonight? we need to hook up.

Dude...I think what happened was I downloaded the Destiny code on Playstation.com into my account...thinking like any other code it would be ready to go on my PS4. But I guess if you do that, you have to actually start the download from the website too....how stupidly complicated but whatever, its on my menu bar now!

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:03:59

Wii U lives!

Notes:
-Tomodachi Life: 175K (retail + digital)


Hardware:

PS4: #1 best selling
3DS: 150K (up 55% over May, was 225K last June)
Wii U: ~140K (up 233% over last June)

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:05:03
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Dvader are you gonna play more destiny tonight? we need to hook up.

Dude...I think what happened was I downloaded the Destiny code on Playstation.com into my account...thinking like any other code it would be ready to go on my PS4. But I guess if you do that, you have to actually start the download from the website too....how stupidly complicated but whatever, its on my menu bar now!

Yeah I should be on. But I plan to play some FFXIV as well.

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:22:12
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Fuck U, GG! What was that? GG's boomerrang of revenge?! LOL

I don't think I hit you, it was chaos. You are really out  of practice, usually you're a super amazing douche LOL

You must've hit me at random then. I was following you when you threw a boomerang behind you, hitting me, and then you hit me again. I'll see if I still have the replay.

EDIT: I found the replay, and you definitely hit me twice in the match. Unfortunately, Nintendo and/or Youtube won't let me upload it. I'll try again later.

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:17:30
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I wish we would get some new pre rendered Resident Evil style games. With how incredible they looked on Gamecube still to this day....I can only imagine how awesome they could look developed with that kind of detail NOW. Talk about Photo Realism...sure, real time graphics have come a long way, but I have no doubt a REmake style game would obliterate anything in real time.

It's a pity it went out of fashion before real time reached the same fidelity and character.

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Can't get over how insane this is.  It's the kind of crap that could excalate into a world war.

No one going to point out that this was Malaysia Airlines...? Where's the fun in that?

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:24:53

Well, gentlemen. The time has come. Surgery day tomorrow. Tried to cross OoT off my bucket list, but I, ironically, ran out of time... See you on the other side!

**I say this like I am going to be able to sleep tonight... I'll prolly be popping in every 10 minutes until dawn...**

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:37:35
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Well, gentlemen. The time has come. Surgery day tomorrow. Tried to cross OoT off my bucket list, but I, ironically, ran out of time... See you on the other side!

**I say this like I am going to be able to sleep tonight... I'll prolly be popping in every 10 minutes until dawn...**

Good luck man, you'll be fine.

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:39:25

They did it!!!!!!!!! A real sequel to doom!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DOOM is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no health regen, keys, demons, pentagrams, super fast gameplay!!!!!!!!

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:44:34
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Well, gentlemen. The time has come. Surgery day tomorrow. Tried to cross OoT off my bucket list, but I, ironically, ran out of time... See you on the other side!

**I say this like I am going to be able to sleep tonight... I'll prolly be popping in every 10 minutes until dawn...**

I'm sure you'll have plenty of time afterwards to try again. Happy

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 03:02:07

Best of luck to you, Leo!  

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 03:02:40
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They did it!!!!!!!!! A real sequel to doom!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DOOM is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no health regen, keys, demons, pentagrams, super fast gameplay!!!!!!!!

That's the id I want back. I hope it's good.

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 03:04:36

I'm sure everything will go fine. Take care, Leo.

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 03:06:14

Doom info

The stream is off and it's Doom 4 time. First up: the trailer we saw a few weeks ago. Next: exec producer Marty Stratton.

"The game is called Doom, not Doom 4. It's an origin game, reimagining everything about the originals."--Stratton


"The game begins just outside of a massive research facility on the surface of Mars."--Stratton



Today's reveal will focus on combat, which is what the team has been focusing on.


First combat mechanic: demons. Mechanical, corrupt, hell knights.


Second mechanic: guns. Conventional guns. "Big" guns. The double barrel shotgun got a round of applause.

Doom will focus on high-speed movement and run-and-gun. Just like the old days.


Just saw some stills of an exterior, street-size level. Some combat will be hand-to-hand.


There will be a live gameplay demo on stage.

Doom will run on idTech 6, according to Stratton. Will support 1080p, 60 frames per second.


Gameplay demo getting started. Tons of gray steel walls, flames, and a shotgun that is comically large.


A key feature will be stunning enemies with a shot, then smashing their face with your boots. It's happened five times already.


A new twist on finding the yellow keycard: year off a corpse's arm and use it to open a handprint scanner.


Breaking: barrels just exploded. Repeat, we have exploding barrels.

Doesn't look like health regenerates. Enemies drop health when you squish them.


A demon just ripped the player's arms off and beat him to death with them. The room is breaking out into a standing ovation.


An adorable custodial droid is trying to clean up all the blood. It is not succeeding.


The player is now exploring a dank, Mars cave system. This looks like some of the atmospheric horror from Doom 3.


The hand-to-hand kill moves are varied and fantastically gory. And here comes the chainsaw.


There's a huge variety of enemies on display. Small demons swarming with giant bullet-sponges.


And the demo ends with the reveal of the giant, horned demon we saw in the teaser. An explosive demo, and more than we thought we'd see.

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"We'll talk about the fast paced competitive multiplayer later"


Game has a weapon wheel


Demo was played with an Xbox controller on a PC


Let's get right to the point. No questions were taken and very little was said. About 10 to 15 minutes were shown on a PC with someone playing live. The following are my observations, presented as objectively as I can manage:

  • Doom is a remake of the original set on Mars, though additional locations seem likely.
  • The two maps that were shown resemble Doom 3, but are much more expansive, open and busy.
  • The player's helmet provides overlayed information, replacing the static HUDs of the previous games.
  • Early on, the player rips the arm off a dead marine and uses his hand to access an otherwise restricted area.
  • The combat uniform looks very high tech and facilitates melee attacks, such as crushing an enemy's head.
  • Nearly all enemies shown appear to have cybernetic elements, though they are equally as organic.
  • The layouts encourage jumping, with the player leaping very high and gracefully.
  • Barrels create enormous explosions.
  • The first map had a geo-thermal theme, with lots of sparks and lava. The doors use the classic sound and eveven look the part. Cargo ships or possibly drones could be seen flying in the distance.
  • The second map featured a slightly hellish area that felt very Doom 64-ish, complete with hanging body parts.
  • Player movement ranges from creeping slow to very fast, less so than Doom 1 but way more than Doom 3.
  • The most human looking enemies looked very grotesque and used weapons that resembled light beams and possibly concentrated fire.
  • The chainsaw, pistol, shotgun, super shotty, rocket launcher and plasma rifle were shown. No sign of reloading or alt fire.
  • Enemies react to where they're hit. Many gibbed in a variety of ways depending on the weapon. The chainsaw in particular tore zombies down the middle in an extremely brutal and visceral manner, and it was different every time.
  • The revenant has a jet pack and killed the player by ripping his arms off and beating him to death.
  • The mancubus had an extremely gruesome death involving having a piece of its gut shoved down its throat.
  • Every weapon seemed to haves lot of power to it. The shotguns have a very good range.
  • Sound effects were punchy and meaty. The music combined dark ambient and indusrial. No sign of metal or guitars, period.
  • The overall visual style is very detailed and resembles all of the Dooms, with a lot of Doom 3 thrown in, but with far more going on.
  • The player can jump on top of enemies and perform brutal melee attacks.
  • As for comparisons to Brutal Doom, the blood and gore is very extreme, but appropriate within the context of the combat. The mellee attacks never slow down gameplay and happen within the POV in a couple seconds.
  • Each enemy looks unique and the classics are recognized easily. The cyberdemon was shown at the end, but no combat ensued.
  • There is an implication that the monsters are UAC experiments gone wrong.
  • No sign of help from NPCs.
  • Graphics aren't groundbreaking, but does look much better than Rage and significantly better than TNO. Overall, they're true to the gritty industrial tendencies of the series, complimented by very moody use of light and shadow.
  • The game will have multiplayer and eill appear on XBOX1, PS4 and PC with a promise of 1080p 60FPS.
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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 03:13:04

MK8 470k last month. Up to 885k in the US so far, wow.

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 03:14:29

^ Doom sounds awesome. Now for the 5 year wait. Nyaa

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 03:15:32

I hope Nintendo can keep this momentum up.

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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 03:15:56

No mention of the music. They better take metal music and remix it like they did with the original.

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